NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republicans are divided over Virginia’s new redistricting map, which creates a 10-1 Democratic advantage, with party leaders calling it an ‘egregious power grab’ while others blame GOP messaging for their loss.Virginia’s new map, which gives Democrats the opportunity to pick up four additional seats, passed on slim margins, with 51.5% of votes cast in favor and 48.5% against the ballot measure. Republicans have argued that the close results show the new map is not an accurate reflection of Virginia voters.”Virginia Democrats can’t redraw reality,” National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said. “This close margin reinforces that Virginia is a purple state that shouldn’t be represented by a severe partisan gerrymander. That’s exactly why the courts, who have already ruled twice to block this egregious power grab, should uphold Virginia law.”DEMOCRATS’ CHAIR VOWS TO FIGHT ‘TOOTH AND NAIL’ TO STOP TRUMP, REPUBLICANS, IN REDISTRICTING BATTLE The nonprofit group Virginians for Fair Maps, which is chaired by former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, echoed Hudson’s call to take the fight to the courts.”Virginians deserve fair maps and respect for the rule of law, but as…

The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting U.S. visas, according to an advocacy organization that works on their behalf.The discussions underscore the legal hurdles facing Afghans who fled the Taliban after U.S. immigrant visa processing for Afghan nationals was effectively halted, leaving them in limbo more than four years after the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul.Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac, a coalition of veterans and advocacy groups, told Reuters that U.S. officials had briefed him about the plan to resettle the Afghans in Congo, which he described as unacceptable, partly because of chronic insecurity in the central African country. The Afghans are housed at Camp As Sayliyah, a former U.S. Army base in Qatar, where they were transferred to complete immigrant visa processing for entry into the United States. Some are relatives of U.S. citizens or worked for a U.S.-funded organization during the 20-year war.But that processing ground to a halt after the Trump administration took office in January 2025.Last June, the Trump administration included Afghanistan on a list of 12 countries subject to a travel ban, with a narrow exemption for Special…

April and May are without a doubt some of the best times of the year for sports. With the NFL, we get some good playoff games, but those are usually only two days a week. October baseball has a magic feeling, but I personally feel like the three Wild Card teams have taken away from a bit of that.With the NHL and NBA, we have almost nightly action for a few weeks, and the games are typically great. Tonight, we have two NBA games, and the first one is between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons in Game 2.AUSTIN REAVES NEARING RETURN FOR LAKERS AS LUKA DONCIC REMAINS OUT INDEFINITELY WITH HAMSTRING STRAIN: REPORT The Magic enter this one having already taken away home-court advantage from the first-seeded Pistons. I was not one of the people who thought Orlando would get swept, but I did believe the Pistons would be able to advance without too much trouble. In Game 1, the Magic never really struggled.Keep in mind, this team lost to the 76ers in a road Play-In Game, then had to go home and beat a pesky Hornets team. The Hornets’ game turned out laughable as they destroyed them.…

Another step, and two deer scooted from a foggy clearing. But their dash into the alders suggested they’d not go far. Circling downwind, I drifted onto a deer trail, pausing at each step, glassing not yards ahead but feet. Then: a glint from the shadows. Stay still! Presently, beside the eye, an antler came clear. My bullet struck below the burr. Almost any rifle and load could have claimed that blacktail. But hunters don’t bet their fortunes on arms that suffice only for brain shots at 20 feet. New game bullets with polymer noses and high ballistic coefficients help the .308 extend its reach. So it was that a .308 also joined me in the Uintas. The elk were winning when, the last morning, a distant bellow sifted through the aspens. Dodging deadfall, I closed at a run. There! A long tine winked. A short dash ahead, a tree steadied the rifle. My Nosler drove from flank to scapula. The bull crashed away, then faltered. A second shot felled him. Professional hunters in Africa like rifles in .308 caliber because of their good performance and easy shooting: “Instead of flinching and missing, clients kill game.” After six decades afield, I’ve found no…

China has emerged as a “winner” with regard to oil sales. The country has been “aggressively” selling its reserve oil to a world experiencing a shortage and sky-high prices thanks to the United States and Israel’s war with Iran. China had accumulated a cool 1.5 billion barrels in its strategic petroleum reserve with a goal to become the world’s largest strategic petroleum reserve when the time arises. That time looks like it could be now. U.S. Begins Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Iranian Official Warns of $200 Oil Prices Amid Escalating Strait of Hormuz Tensions “What has been happening in the last two or three weeks is actually they have been aggressively selling crude oil,” Mercuria CEO Marco Dunand said at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne on Tuesday. “They’ve taken out a lot of demand from various countries and offered aggressively in tenders.” China has been capitalizing on this energy crisis as it releases its reserve barrels of oil to its mainland, and it continues the sale of Iranian oil. But the most important thing Dunand said was his response to the question of how long this lasts: “How long can they do this for? I think the guess would be probably…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of Anthropic’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) philosophy architects argued that intentional discrimination could be a way to combat stigmas on topics of race and gender.In a 2023 paper authored alongside a number of other AI researchers, Amanda Askell, a philosopher hired by Anthropic to develop their AI’s moral compass, argued companies might benefit from a kind of overcorrection toward stereotypes.But, the paper explained, that would require human input on how to modify its answers.”Larger models can over-correct, especially as the amount of [human input] training increases. This may be desirable in certain contexts, such as those in which decisions attempt to correct for historical injustices against marginalized groups, if doing so is in accordance with local laws,” Askell wrote.PALANTIR’S SHYAM SANKAR: AMERICANS ARE ‘BEING LIED TO’ ABOUT AI JOB DISPLACEMENT FEARS The comment referred to an experiment on how Anthropic’s models dealt with the race of students.”In the discrimination experiment, the 175B parameter model discriminates against Black versus White students by 3% in the Q condition and discriminates in favor of Black students by 7% in the Q+IF+CoT condition,” the paper notes, referring to one AI trained without human corrections and a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to extend protections for Haitian migrants, and Republicans say it’s a perfect example of him putting the interests of illegal immigrants over Americans. Schumer fast-tracked a House-passed bill that would extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Haitian migrants for three years earlier this week onto the Senate schedule. Whether it actually makes it to the floor is ultimately up to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.The top Senate Democrat’s desire to pass the legislation in the Senate comes at an inflection point for both the protected status of Haitian migrants and a funding battle started, in part, over immigration operations in the country.  HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEFY TRUMP TO SHIELD HAITIANS FROM DEPORTATIONSen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., who led negotiations for Senate Republicans to try to strike a compromise deal to end the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, told Fox News Digital, “I’m so glad that he is prioritizing people who are not American consistently.””What about the countless Americans that have died at the hands of illegal aliens? I mean, the fact that you’re literally trying to defund the organization that is tasked with keeping our…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  This is the worst of times for U.S. farmers. Coming into 2026, we were already in the midst of the worst farming crisis in at least 50 years. Now the war in the Middle East has caused fertilizer prices to go absolutely haywire, and a historic drought has created nightmare conditions for farmers from coast to coast. What we are witnessing is truly unprecedented. One recent survey discovered that 70 percent of U.S. farmers won’t be able to afford all of the fertilizer that they need this year. When have we ever seen that happen before? And some farmers are telling us that they may not plant anything at all this year due to extreme drought. If the information in this article shocks you, that is good, because we all need a major league wake-up call right now. The Strait of Hormuz is the most important chokepoint on the entire planet, and as I write this article, there are hundreds of commercial vessels on both sides of the Strait that are unable to travel through it… Hundreds of commercial tankers are stranded on both sides of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A pre-dawn collision between a work vehicle and a stationary train injured 11 people in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday, snarling rush-hour travel and triggering widespread delays.The collision happened shortly after midnight and caused major disruptions on the busy Silver Line, said Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), also known as Metro.The 11 injured passengers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the agency said.Metro officials said Silver Line service is limited between Ashburn and Clarendon, with riders heading toward New Carrollton or Downtown Largo asked to transfer to the Orange Line.AMTRAK RIDERS TRAPPED FOR NEARLY 24 HOURS WITH OVERFLOWING BATHROOMS AMID RAGING WILDFIRES Trains are also single-tracking between McPherson Square and Smithsonian, causing delays in both directions.Metro Center reopened around 5:15 a.m., but service delays continued through the morning. AMTRAK APOLOGIZES AFTER HEAT WAVE TRAPPED PASSENGERS WITHOUT AC OR POWER FOR OVER AN HOUROfficials are still investigating what caused the crash.The train system in the nation’s capital, which serves 98 stations and has 128 miles of track, carries approximately 115,000 to 125,000 passengers during the morning commute, according to recent Metro data. In early 2026, train ridership averaged about 480,000 daily trips, according to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man accused of carrying out a deadly string of seemingly random shootings in the Atlanta suburbs, including the killing of a Department of Homeland Security employee walking her dog, has died in jail before authorities could determine a motive.Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was discovered unresponsive in his cell at approximately 6:48 p.m. at the DeKalb County Jail. Officials attempted lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead about a half hour later, the sheriff’s office said.”There is no indication of criminal activity or foul play,” a statement from the sheriff’s office said, adding that the medical examiner’s office will determine an official cause of death. The sheriff’s office said it is conducting an internal review of the death, in accordance with agency policy.Adon Abel had been charged in connection with last week’s shootings, which killed Prianna Weathers, 31, and Lauren Bullis, 40, a DHS auditor. Prosecutors were also pursuing an additional murder charge after Tony Mathews, 49, who was wounded in the attack, died Sunday.NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING SUSPECT SHOUTED ‘ALLAHU AKBAR,’ WAS STRUCK BY RETURN FIRE AND SUBDUED BY WITNESS: FEDS Investigators have not identified a motive and said it remains unclear whether…