NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Canada opened its consulate in Greenland’s capital and the first French consul to the Danish territory arrived on Friday, following the Trump administration’s efforts to acquire the island.”I am en route to Nuuk for the opening of Canada’s new consulate — strengthening Canada’s presence, partnerships, and leadership in the Arctic,” Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand wrote on X Friday morning, later posting a video of the Canadian flag being raised in Nuuk.She was joined by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon.Canada had previously announced plans for the consulate in 2024, but its 2025 opening was delayed due to weather.TRUMP SAYS FRAMEWORK OF ‘FUTURE DEAL’ ON GREENLAND REACHED AFTER NATO TALKS AS TARIFFS PUT ON HOLD “The future of the Arctic belongs to the people of the Arctic. Tomorrow I will visit Denmark and then on to Greenland,” Simon said in a speech earlier this week. “Let me be clear, Canada stands firmly in support of the people of Greenland who will determine their own future.”Jean-Noël Poirier also arrived in Nuuk to become the first French Consul General of Greenland on Friday, the French government said in a release.French President Emmanuel Macron announced the Nuuk…

U.S. and Iranian officials convened in Oman on Friday, opening the door to a modest easing of tensions even as American warships mass in the Arabian Sea. The talks, arranged by regional power brokers, brought together President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in an effort to stave off a wider war in the Middle East. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, was also part of the U.S. delegation in Muscat, an American official told Military Times. Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated between the two sides, wrote in a post on X after the meeting that the next step was to “reconvene in due course.” Ahead of the negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast the meeting as a diplomatic opening to advance American strategic interests, rather than a concession. He said the negotiations would have to encompass other topics in addition to Iran’s nuclear program — including its ballistic missile arsenal, support for proxy groups and the Islamic Republic’s “treatment of their own people.” Tehran rejected the broader agenda, insisting discussions remain confined to the nuclear issue.RELATEDThe U.S. military has positioned a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Friday that it suspended more than 100,000 California borrowers amid suspected fraud, with the alleged abuse totaling nearly $9 billion.SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the agency suspended 111,620 California borrowers tied to suspected fraudulent activity across SBA pandemic-era loan programs. Those borrowers received 118,489 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans totaling more than $8.6 billion.”Once again, the Trump SBA is taking decisive action to deliver accountability in a state whose unaccountable welfare policies have created a culture of fraud and abuse at the expense of law-abiding taxpayers and small business owners,” Loeffler said in a statement.HOUSE REPUBLICANS CALL MINNESOTA FRAUD PROBE ‘TIP OF THE ICEBERG’ AS MORE BLUE STATES FACE SCRUTINY “Today, we announced we have suspended nearly 112,000 borrowers tied to at least $9 billion in suspected fraud,” she said. “This staggering number represents the most significant crack-down on those who defrauded pandemic programs, and it illuminates the scale of corruption that the Biden Administration tolerated for years.”Loeffler referenced the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown in another blue state, saying, “As we did in Minnesota, we are actively working with federal…

The U.S. Air Force is prohibiting the use of smart glasses while airmen are in uniform, citing security concerns.In a dress and appearance policy update, the service banned the use of smart glasses with photo, video or artificial intelligence capabilities while in uniform.The Jan. 9 memo did not specifically list the reasoning behind the move, but an Air Force spokesperson told Military Times Friday that the change is being made for operational security purposes.Other statements from Air Force leaders signal the concern for operational security requirements in military environments.Dana Thayer, 104th Fighter Wing information chief, wrote in a statement on Wednesday that smart glasses, like Meta AIs, bring convenience but also security concerns.Meta AI glasses, which feature cameras, microphones and cloud-connected artificial intelligence, present risks to OPSEC requirements on military installations, according to Thayer.Thayer wrote that constant audio and video capture is included in AI-enabled glasses, which can record and store sensitive information without the user knowing.“Such information, if stored or transmitted in unauthorized environments, could be exploited by adversaries,” Thayer said in the release.The smart glasses ban comes after the Air Force and other services in recent years barred the use of other smart electronics and devices, such as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With Super Bowl Sunday just about here, hosts across America are pulling together grocery lists and final preparations for game day.Many partygoers gathering with friends and family will expect the typical offerings: chicken wings, pizza, nachos, pigs in a blanket and plenty of beer.But on Super Bowl Sunday — the first major hosting event for many people since New Year’s Eve — could bring some surprises this year.AMERICA’S FAVORITE HOT SAUCES RANKED — INSTACART REVEALS THE TOP PICKSAt least one chef has observed some trends that she expects will impact game-day menus.Executive chef Kathryn Neidus, an executive chef at the StoneWater Golf Club in Ohio, told Fox News Digital that people are getting more creative with dips in particular. “Think jalapeño popper dip, hot bacon pickle dip or crab rangoon dip,” she said.”There’s also more experimentation with what to pair them with — from wonton chips to air-fried vegetables.”And spicing up the dips doesn’t need to be unhealthy. She cited cottage cheese and Greek yogurt as options that are lighter than sour cream but don’t sacrifice flavor — and they align with health trends of recent years. Baked sliders, a longtime party…

Sailors who served aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke have been awarded the Armed Forces Service Medal for their support and execution of ballistic missile defense operations in 2024 and during last June’s “12-Day War” between Iran and Israel, the ship said in a Facebook post Wednesday. RELATEDSailors who served aboard the vessel from Aug. 15, 2024, to Dec. 16, 2024, or during the 12-day armed conflict from Jun. 12, 2025, to Jun. 24, 2025, are eligible, according to the post.Sailors who qualified under both stretches would receive the medal and a subsequent award.The medal is authorized for service members who participate in a U.S. military operation of “significant activity” that did not involve foreign armed opposition or imminent threat.On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, such as the Natanz Nuclear Facility, that killed top military leaders. The country said it did so to prevent Iran from continuing to build its nuclear arsenal.Iran retaliated by firing nearly 900 ballistic missiles at Israel, according to the Foreign Policy Research Institute.About a week later, on June 21, President Donald Trump launched Operation Midnight Hammer, ordering airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities. The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Country music singer Brantley Gilbert was tapped to perform at Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show” Sunday to counter Bad Bunny’s spectacle at the Super Bowl.Gilbert will be one of four performers at the Turning Point USA event. Kid Rock is the headliner along with Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett. Gilbert has been performing professionally since 2007 and released his debut album in 2009. He may not be a household name for some Americans and football fans. He addressed those who were asking who he is and why he’s performing at the event.”I’m a songwriter who grew up, and still lives in Jackson County, Georgia, whose goal in the music business was to sell out the local theater a few miles from my house and somehow make my living writing songs,” he said in a statement. “I’m a recovering addict with the history of all the bad choices that come with it. I’m not proud of those choices, but I am proud of the choice I’ve made to live in another direction.”I share my story through my music in hopes that it may help and inspire others in their darkest hour. I’m a Christian,…

The Navy’s top civilian leader was listed on a passenger manifest list for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane, documents reportedly show.According to a flight manifest, Navy Secretary John Phelan traveled from London to New York City on March 3, 2006, on the disgraced financier’s private jet, CNN reported Friday.Epstein was awaiting trial for child sex-trafficking charges when he was found dead in his jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. His death was ruled a suicide by medical examiners.A close friend of Phelan’s confirmed to CNN he was on the flight but that it was the only instance Phelan interacted with Epstein and that Phelan, then working in the financial sector, was invited to fly by the late Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne. CNN did not identify the friend.The friend told CNN that Phelan did not know they would be flying in Epstein’s plane prior to their arrival and that Phelan never interacted or spoke with Epstein again. CNN further reported that there is no evidence Phelan was aware of any wrongdoing by Epstein or Epstein’s associates at the time of the flight.Phelan founded Rugger Management LLC, a private investment…

This article was originally published by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. at The Mises Institute.  Do illegal immigrants have the right to stay in America, or can they be deported? Of course, they do not have such a right. Furthermore, as Brion McClanahan of the Abbeville Institute has pointed out, the Supreme Court has in numerous cases ruled that control of immigration is a federal matter, not one under state jurisdiction. You can argue that these precedents are wrong,  but that is the law as it exists today. That being so, if “progressive” Governors like Tim Walz of Minnesota oppose the removal of illegal immigrants, they cannot block immigration enforcement within their state. They have no obligation to use state officials to help ICE agents, and if demonstrators against ICE attack agents or try by force to free those they take into ICE custody, state officials must arrest them. For some conservatives, that is the end of the matter: the demonstrators are a raging mob, who have only themselves to blame if some of them are injured or killed. Thus, writing in The Spectator, Dan McCarthy says, “The Border Patrol officer or officers who shot  [Alex]Pretti might have been wrong. But the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The new-look Detroit Lions have been a force to be reckoned with, but this season, they are in what has recently become unfamiliar territory.After making the playoffs in each of the previous two seasons, the Lions missed out on the playoffs after being one of the favorites to win it all in the preseason.In 2023, they were this close to making the Super Bowl for the first time. Last season, they lost in their first playoff game as the No. 1 seed.  “I really think we have all the pieces, and that’s why this year hurt the way that it did, because you know we have this high elite level of talent,” star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson told Fox News Digital on Radio Row. “I really just think it was a football thing, and it was a lack of complimentary football in critical moments. I think different phases were letting the team down. That’s defense included, too. It sucks that you have to sit there and say it, but I think that’s kind of what happened. Because we have the pieces.””I think we just slipped up here and there. Details kind of…