NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scores of New Yorkers, including some families victimized by the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to skip the annual memorial service at Ground Zero — a call he is not heeding.Mamdani is set to attend the annual remembrance ceremony on Friday at Ground Zero, which is an invitation-only event attended by victims’ families, dignitaries and other invited guests. Hosted by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the event begins at 8:30 a.m. Vice President JD Vance and former presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are also expected to attend.A petition launched by relatives of 9/11 victims, which has since garnered roughly 110,000 signatures, asks Mamdani to stay home on Friday, citing his appointment of Ramzi Kassem as the city’s chief legal counsel. Kassem previously represented Ahmed al-Darbi, an al Qaeda operative who pleaded guilty to war-crimes charges.”For 9/11 families, this is not simply a public ceremony—it is a deeply personal day of mourning. The presence of individuals whose words or associations are perceived as conflicting with the solemn purpose of the event risks detracting from that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration designated an Ecuadorian gang as a “foreign terrorist organization” on Wednesday, extending its list of designated foreign terrorist groups in Latin America and the Caribbean to 21.The State Department designated Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.According to the department, Los Tiguerones is an Ecuador-based gang linked to narcotrafficking and other illicit activity, along with several attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers and journalists, including the live takeover of an Ecuadorian TV station in 2024.”The Trump administration will continue to use all available tools to protect our nation by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.US FORCES SINK NARCO-REFUELING STATION LINKED TO ECUADORIAN CARTEL IN PACIFIC: SOUTHCOM “Today’s action taken by the State Department further demonstrates that the Trump administration continues to deliver on its promises to the American people to dismantle cartels and narcoterrorist networks in our region, ensuring the safety of the American people,” he added.The announcement came during Rubio’s diplomatic tour to South America, where he made stops in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President JD Vance blasted a heckler waving foreign flags and yelling at him from the GOP convention floor during his primetime keynote address Thursday night.The rabble-rouser emerged from the crowd waving Mexican and Palestinian flags, catching Vance’s eye as he delivered his rallying cry to thousands of GOP voters at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The incident wasn’t captured by the convention’s official television feed, but Vance described it for viewers at home.”What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag.,” he said. “Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a– over there. I’ll buy you the plane ticket.” JD VANCE TO INVOKE CHARLIE KIRK, FAMILY ‘BIRTHRIGHT’ IN FIERY MIDTERM KEYNOTE SPEECH THRASHING DEMSSIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTERThe crowd erupted into chants of “USA! USA! USA!” as the troublemaker was escorted out of the event.Vance delivered a deeply nationalistic keynote focused on America First principles. “I believe the Founders built this nation on a promise that echoes our Creator: That every American child is born an heir, born with a birthright,” said Vance.…

You thought Kamala Harris was done after getting summarily beaten in the 2024 presidential election by Donald Trump? Think again.The former vice president is right back at it, laughing it up with friends, discussing her future in politics, and avoiding any and all difficult questions she does not have prepared answers to.On Thursday, Harris joined former US women’s soccer player and political activist Megan Rapinoe for a fawning new interview on “Why Are You Like This?” where she touched on important questions, like, “Why are you so amazing?”SMUG MEGAN RAPINOE GOES ON UNHINGED RANT, ATTACKS RILEY GAINES AND SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM OVER WOMEN’S SPORTS “You could do anything, you’re brilliant, and you’re talented, and you’re beautiful, and you’re smart, and you’re funny and you’re all these things,” Rapinoe said in an incredible moment of journalism. The context for this question is Rapinoe’s wondering why Harris chose to go into politics because she would be reminded that she’s “still a woman” and “still black.”Her answer? Well, not much. Determination, enjoying hard work, and some barrier breaking, of course. As for her upbringing, Harris said that she was taken to “marches” in a “stroller” by her parents, which she associates with her educational…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “I’m getting out. I’m coming home.”Those were the final words of William Lawrence Fallon Jr. before he was killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 25 years ago.He worked as an IT manager for Cantor Fitzgerald and was just 38 years old when he was killed.I LOST MY WIFE ON 9/11. PLEASE LET THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BELONG TO THE FAMILIES His daughter Kayla Fallon Smith was 8 years old when she learned her father would not be coming home.Before the attacks, Smith, now 33, said her father – who always commuted into work early – would call the house phone in the morning to wish her and her sister well before they would head to school.📩 Send me a story idea: kelsie.cairns@fox.com📸 Instagram: kelsiecairns_tv🎥 Facebook: Kelsie CairnsHe went in early so he could leave earlier in the afternoons to take her to dancing school after her school day.”That was the kind of man he was. I remember he would get up and work out in the morning before even going to work, so you’d hear the weights dropping in the house. I do remember that as a kid,”…

Superteam. Unbeatable. Super Bowl bound.These were all used to describe the Los Angeles Rams all offseason, yet Week 1 proved why there’s no such thing as a sure thing in the NFL.The Rams faced their NFC West foe, the San Francisco 49ers, in the NFL’s first-ever game in Australia on Thursday night (or should we say, 10:35 a.m. local time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground) and were dominated in a 27-7 loss to begin the 2026 season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Let’s be clear: This is no slight to the 49ers, a team many believe will earn a playoff berth in a loaded division. Rather, the noise and astronomical expectations for the Rams made this Week 1 performance a shocker to say the least.While the “overrated” talk has already begun for football fans on social media, the question must be asked: were the Rams right to fly to Melbourne less than two days before kickoff?The Rams arrived in Melbourne on Thursday morning local time, with 28 hours until kickoff to begin their season. On the other hand, the 49ers spent close to a week getting adjusted to Melbourne time, practicing multiple times and making sure the team was…

The current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka moved one step closer to a third consecutive U.S. Open title Thursday, defeating third-ranked Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the women’s singles semifinal in New York.The match was even through most of the first set, but Sabalenka found another gear late, taking advantage of Pegula’s second serve and carrying that momentum into the second set. She turned the final set into arguably her most impressive stretch of tennis in the tournament.”No complaints,” the 28-year-old Belarusian tennis star said after securing a spot in Saturday’s final. “I’m just super happy that I was able to pull out such tennis.”ARYNA SABALENKA FIRES BACK AT REPORTER FOR ASKING QUESTION ABOUT PARTYING AFTER US OPEN VICTORY Sabalenka will face the winner of the semifinal between No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina and No. 4 seed Coco Gauff on Saturday. A win over either opponent would make her the first women’s player since Serena Williams from 2012-14 to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles. Rybakina will replace Sabalenka atop the women’s tennis rankings next week, and Sabalenka said this week she would be fine ceding No. 1 after she held it.It will be hard to prevent that if she…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One year after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, the people who stood feet from him when he was killed returned to the campus Thursday night in what Turning Point USA (TPUSA) described as a deliberate effort to “reclaim” the space in his honor.”We’re doing an event in Utah right now at UVU, a deliberate act reclaiming that space in his honor and for his legacy,” TPUSA spokesman and “The Charlie Kirk Show” Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet told Fox News host Jesse Watters Thursday night.Andrew Sypher, TPUSA’s chief field officer, told the gathering at UVU in Orem that he had been standing about 10 feet to Kirk’s left when the fatal shot rang out on Sept. 10, 2025.CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION: NEW UVU PRESIDENT SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO ‘HOST THE FRAYS,’ EMBRACE FREE SPEECH “Steps from these doors is the ground where evil unfolded,” Sypher said. “We did not come back to rehearse the crime scene.”Instead, Sypher said, they returned because “this is where they tried to end him” and “this is where we refuse to let the last word be a gunshot.”ERIKA KIRK URGES CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS NOT TO BACK…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The sister of a Washington, D.C., mother who vanished last week said a series of alarming discoveries inside her home immediately signaled something was wrong, as police continue investigating her disappearance after reclassifying her case as a critically missing person.Antoinette Forbes, 53, was last seen around 3 p.m. Friday at her home in the 3200 block of Nebraska Avenue NW, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police are asking anyone with information about her whereabouts to come forward.According to family friend Elizabeth Northrup, police initially classified Forbes as a missing person before reclassifying her as critically missing in less than 24 hours. Under Metropolitan Police Department guidelines, a critically missing person is someone believed to be in danger or facing life-threatening circumstances.”I knew immediately something was wrong,” Forbes’ sister, Aileen Forbes, told Fox News Digital.’WONDERFUL’ CA NURSE AND MOTHER VANISHES AFTER GOING TO CASINO, CAR FOUND ABANDONED AT MOUNTAIN PARK: FAMILY The sisters had spoken over FaceTime on Saturday morning while making plans to visit their mother in Florida over the holidays.”It was just a fairly ordinary check-in with my sister, with whom I have regular contact — daily contact by text…

EXCLUSIVE: Rev. Franklin Graham is calling on Americans to remember the extraordinary turn toward faith that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks and to “turn back” to God as the nation marks 25 years since the day that changed the world forever.”September 11 is a day I’ll never forget,” Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse, told Fox News Digital.”It’s impossible to describe the tremendous amount of pain that I witnessed at ground zero in the aftermath. There were so many who were in shock and grieving,” he added. “It is still hard to fathom the depths of evil that caused so much destruction.”As Americans commemorate a quarter-century since the attacks, Graham said his prayer is for America to rediscover her reliance on faith he witnessed in the aftermath.REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: 9/11 IS JUST A HISTORY CHAPTER FOR A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS “As we observe the 25th anniversary of this day when our world changed forever, my prayer is that America will recognize our need for God like we did after 9/11,” Graham said. “Churches were full. People gathered to pray in public places.”Graham also recalled his father, the late evangelist Rev. Billy Graham,…