NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American adults are more likely than others to view their fellow citizens as morally bad, with more than half agreeing to the sentiment in a new Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries. The survey, which was released earlier this month, was the first to feature this question, meaning Pew did not have data to publish showing whether this was a long-held belief or a recent trend.”What we’re seeing is really an increase in a lack of social trust, right? That more frequently, Americans are living in communities where there’s high levels of Americans [who] say that they don’t trust those around them,” J.P. De Gance, the founder and president of Communio, told Fox News Digital.Communio is a nonprofit that works with churches to strengthen families and communities by promoting healthy marriages and relationships.OPINION: NO MARRIAGE. NO BABIES. NO FUTURE. AMERICA’S GOING FROM BIRTH TO DEATH De Gance pointed to the rise in single parent-led households as a primary reason for the decline in social trust.”I think this is the result of a long-term flight from that institution that best forms morals, which is marriage and the family,” De Gance said. “In the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The stunning and ominous rise in anti-Semitism in the United States cannot be disputed, but can be resisted. It is particularly the obligation of genuine Christians to participate in the repression through education of the ancient evil. It is the particular obligation of Christian institutions — churches, colleges, publishers and more — to do their part in making this sin once again an obvious source of shame and to help cure those who suffer from it and, where it cannot be cured, to force it back by shaming and shunning into the deepest shadows where it belongs.Christianity didn’t invent anti-Semitism. It existed before Christ and the empires of the ancient world would target Jews for many reasons. But, once Christianity rose to dominate Europe, anti-Semitism spread alongside and within a vast portion of the Church.Some, but not enough, of the Church always spoke out against anti-Semitism and its costumed version of today — anti-Zionism — and continues to do so. Saint John Paul the Great and Pope Benedict were the most visible and outspoken opponents of anti-Semitism from within the Catholic Church of my lifetime, but many others have noted the obvious…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his calls to release Tina Peters, a pro-Trump election worker who was convicted for her role in a scheme aimed at finding evidence of election fraud in the president’s 2020 election loss.Peters, a former election clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, is serving a nine-year prison sentence following her August 2024 conviction on seven charges, including four felonies, related to a 2021 security breach of the county’s voting systems as she sought evidence to support Trump’s claims that his loss to former President Joe Biden was due to voter fraud.Trump has been pressuring Democrat Gov. Jared Polis to release Peters, 70, since he returned to the White House last year.”Free Tina Peters, a 73-year-old woman with cancer, given a nine-year death sentence in a Colorado prison by a Democrat governor, Jared Polis, and a corrupt political machine, for exposing fraud by the Democrats during the 2020 presidential election,” Trump wrote Wednesday on Truth Social. “Again, free Tina!”COLORADO GOVERNOR LAYS OUT CONDITION FOR GRANTING CLEMENCY TO PRO-TRUMP CLERK UNDER PRESSURE FROM PRESIDENT Polis has acknowledged that Peters’ sentence was “harsh,” given that she had no prior criminal record.The…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York City Police Department officer assigned to security at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence and City Hall has been suspended after officials said he shot a man in the head while off duty.The shooting occurred Monday at around 9 p.m. in the Bronx after the officer interacted with several men regarding a stolen car, according to the NYPD.The officer, who has not been publicly identified, has not been arrested or charged with a crime as of Thursday morning, police said. He has been suspended without pay.TUBERVILLE DEFENDS POST LIKENING MAMDANI TO 9/11 ATTACKS: ‘I JUST GO BY HIS RHETORIC’ A spokesperson for the NYPD told The Associated Press that the department’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the shooting.Fox News Digital has reached out to the NYPD.The victim, identified only as a 30-year-old man, was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said. ARCHBISHOP HICKS CELEBRATES ‘BEAUTIFUL’ ST. PATRICK’S DAY MASS IN NYC WITH MAYOR MAMDANI IN ATTENDANCE Mamdani’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.The city’s official mayoral residence is a stately home known as Gracie Mansion located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.A manager of a bar across…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI is investigating former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent over allegations that he leaked classified information, according to three sources familiar with the matter.The probe predates Kent’s departure from government, sources told Fox News Digital.The FBI declined Fox News’ request for comment.Fox News Digital has reached out to Kent by phone and email for comment.TOP COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL RESIGNS IN PROTEST OF US WAR AGAINST IRAN Kent resigned Tuesday from his role as the nation’s top counterterrorism official, citing opposition to the U.S. war against Iran.In a public statement, Kent said he “cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” arguing that Iran posed no imminent threat and that the conflict marked a break from the administration’s prior approach to avoiding prolonged wars in the Middle East.A senior administration official previously told Fox News Digital that Kent was a “known leaker” who had been cut out of intelligence briefings months before his resignation.OUSTED HEGSETH AIDE RESURFACES IN INTEL ROLE AS IRAN WAR SPARKS INTERNAL STRAIN It is unclear whether the FBI investigation is related to those concerns or to a separate matter.Kent, a former Army Green Beret and CIA paramilitary officer,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joseph Garrett Duggar was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a 9-year-old girl years earlier.The former “19 Kids and Counting” star was arrested and charged with molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.The alleged victim, now 14, told investigators during a forensic interview that the allegations happened while she was on a vacation to Panama City Beach in Florida with her family in 2020.During the vacation, the former reality star allegedly asked the girl to sit on his lap, then he asked her to sit next to him and covered both of them with a blanket, the sheriff’s office said in a release.TIMOTHY BUSFIELD INDICTED ON CHILD SEX ABUSE CHARGES IN NEW MEXICO The office said “Duggar manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals. Duggar would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs.”Duggar later apologized for what he allegedly did to the girl, and it stopped, officials said.The girl’s father confronted Duggar about the crimes on Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said, adding that Duggar admitted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Local authorities announced last Tuesday that a Colorado school staffer is accused of carrying out months of alleged sexual abuse involving a 13-year-old student.The staffer was identified as 34-year-old Brenda Meza at Greeley-Evans School District 6, located about an hour north of Denver, police said. She is reportedly on the run and is currently wanted on several felony charges.Meza, a secretary who also coached the cross-country team and advised the games club at Franklin Middle School, is accused of grooming an eighth grader by supplying alcohol and drugs, engaging in lewd text exchanges, and arranging multiple meetings at locations including a park and a Walmart parking lot, the New York Post reported, citing the arrest affidavit and local police. “During the investigation, it was determined Meza engaged in continuous sexual abuse of the minor for several months,” the Greeley Police Department said. “As a result of the investigation, Brenda Meza is currently wanted on several Felony charges.”LOUISIANA TEACHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR WITH A JUVENILE Authorities said she allegedly became jealous when the boy interacted with female classmates, the Post reported.In November, the two reportedly began exchanging a series of sexual text messages, which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. State Department on Wednesday expanded its list of countries whose citizens will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. business or tourist visas.The department added 12 nations to the growing list — Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles and Tunisia.Starting April 2, passport holders from these countries must pay a bond of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, which is refunded if the visa application is denied or, if granted, the traveler complies with the terms of the B1 or B2 visa.TRUMP ADMIN EXPANDS VISA BOND REQUIREMENT TO 38 COUNTRIES, WITH FEES UP TO $15K The cost of the bond depends on the applicant’s circumstances and is determined at the discretion of a consular officer during the visa interview.The requirement was first rolled out by the Trump administration last year, as part of an effort to crack down on visa overstays and illegal immigration, according to officials.TRUMP ADMIN HIT WITH FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER IMMIGRANT VISA BAN AFFECTING 75 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE With the latest additions, citizens from 50 countries will be subject to the bond requirement beginning April 2, although…