NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued Gov. JB Pritzker got “outplayed and outflanked” as the Chicago Bears look to leave the state for Indiana.On Thursday, an Indiana House panel approved legislation to help finance a potential new NFL stadium for the team. The facility could be constructed near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana, just across the state border.”The Indiana legislature did what it did, and it caught our governor asleep,” Blagojevich said Saturday on “Fox & Friends Weekend.” “Governor Pritzker really is guilty of gubernatorial malpractice, and this isn’t the first time a major business is about to leave Illinois,” he added.ILLINOIS FATHER SAYS PRITZKER SHOWS ‘INDIFFERENCE’ TO HIS DAUGHTER BEING KILLED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTBlagojevich blamed the blue state’s high taxes as a reason the team may be considering the move, noting other major companies like Boeing and Tyson Foods that have already left.”He [Pritzker] spent $3 billion on illegal immigrants, migrants, and apparently doesn’t have the money or has paid the attention to try to keep the Bears in Illinois,” he said.Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of Pritzker but did not immediately hear back.  “He’s been outplayed and outflanked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four Colombian nationals were arrested, including three at an airport with one-way tickets out of the country, after prosecutors say they posed as immigration judges and federal agents to target migrants.Three of the Colombian nationals arrested were identified as siblings Daniela Alejandra Sanchez Ramirez, 25, Jhoan Sebastian Sanchez Ramirez, 29, and Alexandra Patricia Sanchez Ramirez, 38. Federal prosecutors said all three were arrested at Newark Airport in New Jersey with one-way tickets to Colombia.The fourth individual was identified as Marlyn Yulitza Salazar Pineda, 24. She was arrested at a restaurant in New Jersey.A fifth defendant in the partially unsealed indictment is still not in U.S. custody.FOUR DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING 2 VENEZUELANS, USED 115 STOLEN IDENTITIES IN MASSIVE FOOD STAMP FRAUD “The defendants brazenly stole their victims’ money and deceived them by sending fictitious documents and holding sham court proceedings,” Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement. The group allegedly impersonated judges, law enforcement officers and lawyers to orchestrate sham immigration proceedings held over videoconference.Court documents contain two representative photos of two of the virtual “proceedings” with faces blacked out.  Victims were led to believe that their immigration…

This article was originally published by Joshua Mawhorter at The Mises Institute.  When moving away from superficial, cartoonish, and caricatured history, the importance of context and distinctions becomes obvious. Part of the task of responsible history is to show how things are often more complicated than first assumed. The Civil War is an important historical event in which this is evident. Zooming in on just one aspect of the US before the Civil War, it is key to understand the role of the federal legal protections of slavery. While recognizing slavery’s role in secession, and secession as a cause of the war, it is often overlooked that the federal government—not just slave states—had implemented legal protections of slavery by policy for decades. Further, without these federal protections, slavery was arguably more vulnerable in the slave states that seceded from the Union. Historian Paul Johnson—who does not view secession as a legitimate right of states—writes the following, The most the Lincoln Republicans could do, and proposed to do, was to contain slavery. To abolish it in the 1860s required a constitutional amendment, and a three-quarters majority; as there were fifteen slave states, this was unobtainable. A blocking majority of this magnitude would still have been sufficient in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an interview with Fox News Digital earlier this year, “Miracle on Ice” goaltender Jim Craig said he hoped this year’s United States Olympic men’s hockey team would show “that same commitment” his 1980 squad had. Well, this team has won him over.In an Instagram post showing the celebration from the U.S.’s overtime win over Sweden in the quarterfinals, Craig praised this year’s Olympic team as it geared up for a gold medal game against Canada on Sunday.”You can feel it. The preparation. The poise. The response when it matters most,” Craig wrote.  “Great teams don’t chase history – they create it. The 1980 team proved what belief can do. This group has that same edge. Different names on the back. Same name on the front. That crest carries history. It carries sacrifice. It carries belief.”Congratulations on the win, @usahockey. One more.”When Craig played in the Olympics, NHL players were not allowed to participate. Craig was all for having the “best athletes in the world” compete, but on one condition.”I just hope that they have that same commitment that the amateurs had, right? That what’s the most important thing isn’t their brand,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump announced Saturday he is raising a global tariff to 15% following a ruling this week by the Supreme Court.”Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been ‘ripping’ the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Read the full article here

American self-propelled artillery in World War II transformed how the United States Army delivered firepower on the battlefield. These tracked vehicles combined mobility with devastating howitzers and guns, keeping pace with advancing armor divisions in ways towed artillery never could. From the M7 Priest’s 105mm howitzer to the massive M43’s 8-inch gun, these weapons shaped combat operations across North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific. An M7 Priest supports American soldiers advancing on Japanese positions during combat on Leyte Island. Image: NARA The story starts with improvisation. When Germany blitzed through France in 1940, American planners saw they needed artillery that could move fast and hit hard. Self-propelled guns became essential for supporting mobile warfare. The U.S. entered the war in late 1941 with almost nothing in this category, forcing engineers to mount existing artillery pieces on whatever chassis they had available. T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage The T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage represents the first American attempt at fielding self-propelled artillery during the Second World War. Engineers adapted the 75mm M2A1 gun and mounted it on the M3 halftrack chassis. This quick solution entered service in 1941, but the vehicle soon showed its limitations. Shown here is an T19 howitzer motor carriage. Based…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Border czar Tom Homan told CNN’s Sara Sidner on Friday that ICE’s immigration surge in Minneapolis is “over,” and that the agency’s footprint would shrink to approximately 150 agents “within a week.”During his interview on “CNN News Central,” Homan was asked about the status of the immigration agent drawdown in Minneapolis.”Where are we? How many officers have left? How many are still there and how long will they stay?” Sidner questioned.JACOB FREY IS SKEPTICAL OF ICE WITHDRAWAL FROM MINNEAPOLIS, SAYS ‘I’LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT’ Although Homan said he was unsure of the exact number of agents remaining in the city, he explained his plans for immigration operations in Minneapolis moving forward. “My plan is to get back to the regular footprint, which is 150, but with a couple of caveats,” Homan said. “Number one, we do have a small team of security forces to back up ICE agents in case things get out of hand. And if law enforcement continues to respond like they’ve committed to, then we’ll pull that small force out.”Despite the planned reduction of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Homan confirmed that the investigators probing alleged widespread…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge has seemingly ended a debate that’s been going on for years: Are “boneless wings” still considered chicken wings?In a Feb. 17 decision, U.S. District Judge John Tharp Jr. dismissed a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) for the chain’s use of the term “boneless wings.”The suit was brought by a customer who argued that the name was misleading, claiming he expected an actual chicken wing without the bone.FEDERAL JUDGE RULES ON WHETHER BUFFALO WILD WINGS CAN KEEP ‘BONELESS WINGS’ ON MENUThe customer, named Aimen Halim, said that BWW’s product was more like a chicken nugget — a complaint that Tharp said had “no meat on its bones.”Tharp pointed to a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision that said no reasonable diner thinks “chicken fingers” are made from fingers. Does this lawsuit put the debate to bed — or is there still a bone to pick? Fox News Digital talked with chefs to find out.Carlo Filippone, founder of the meal prep brand The Chicken Pound, said he sees both sides of the argument.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ”A consumer unfamiliar with the brand may not understand the branding… BWW’s boneless…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Money can make you do crazy things… but would you kill for $28 billion?That answer comes easy for Becket Redfellow in A24’s “How to Make a Killing.”Glen Powell stars as Becket, the outcast of the Redfellow family dynasty. He grew up modestly in Newark as his mother was shunned by the New York billionaire patriarch when she got pregnant out of wedlock, and after she died, the Redfellows kept their giant gates shut on the young orphaned boy.‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ REVIEW: MARGOT ROBBIE, JACOB ELORDI STAR IN STEAMY ADAPTATION OF ILL-FATED ROMANCE However, before she died, she told him that he was in line for the multibillion-dollar inheritance which includes the estate, private jets, at least one private island — you name it — giving him hope that someday it will all be handed to him.Years later, working at a tailor, Becket has a chance encounter with his childhood crush Julia Steinway (Margaret Qualley), who he previously told about his family’s wealth.”Well, call me when you’ve killed them all,” Julia jokingly tells him as she leaves.‘GOAT’ REVIEW: MOVE OVER ‘ZOOTOPIA,’ THERE’S A NEW KING OF THE JUNGLE Except Becket doesn’t exactly take it…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you’re struggling to make sense of the economy today, you’re not alone. Many so-called experts completely whiffed their forecasts, while positive economic data — the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 50,000 points — seemingly contradicts negative survey responses. But understanding five key elements reveals we’re about to be off to the races.First, 2025 was a year of transition for the economy. Under Democrat President Joe Biden, particularly his last two years in office, job growth was disproportionately due to government hiring. Similarly, government purchases played an outsized role in growing overall economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP).President Donald Trump turned off those spigots, slamming the brakes on government spending growth and firing a record number of bureaucrats at the federal level. Shrinking the unproductive public sector while growing the private sector is a welcomed change, but it initially shows us as a negative in many economic metrics.Shrinking the federal workforce and cutting wasteful government spending subtracts from the overall job numbers and GDP, respectively. Just as Biden was able to boost these figures with government largesse at taxpayer expense, now cutting the bloat drags down the headline numbers.…