NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two Democratic-aligned political groups shifted millions of dollars in planned Maine Senate ad reservations days before a rape allegation against former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner became public, handing Republicans a new line of attack over whether party leaders had already lost confidence in his campaign.WinSenate removed more than $6.2 million in Maine Senate ad reservations, including $5.9 million in broadcast reservations from July 7 through Aug. 31 and $330,000 in cable reservations that had been set to begin June 30, AdImpact, a leading ad-tracking and analytics firm that monitors political advertising, reported July 2. AdImpact also said a separate $240,000 in digital spending shifted from Majority Forward.The ad shift came roughly one week before one of Platner’s ex-girlfriends accused him of rape, though Majority Forward denied the shift was due to recent campaign turmoil. The rape allegation reported by Politico, which Platner denied, ended a campaign already weakened by months of controversy. Platner had faced scrutiny since October 2025 over comments from a deleted Reddit account and a Nazi-linked tattoo he acquired while serving in the armed forces. Pressure intensified June 4 after The New York Times reported that multiple ex-girlfriends described…

Riley Green is going viral with his latest music video.Green has become a country music superstar over the past couple years, and it’s not hard to figure out the formula to his success.The “There Was This Girl” singer makes incredibly fun and engaging music. He’s also known for keeping it real and authentic. That’s about as rare as a unicorn sighting these days.COUNTRY MUSIC STAR ANNOUNCES MAJOR CAREER NEWS, FIRES UP FANS WITH VIRAL VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUMNow, he’s, once again, proven why he’s a star.  Riley Green releases music video for “Think As You Drunk.”Green released the music video for his new hit song “Think As You Drunk” for fans on Thursday, and it’s making serious waves in the country music world.It’s classic Riley Green.COUNTRY MUSIC SENSATION WYATT FLORES SHOCKS INTERNET WITH NEW SONG, UNEXPECTED COLLABORATION Give it a watch below, and make sure to let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.People in the comments were incredibly excited with Green’s latest music video. One wrote, “Bringing back good music videos, not a lot of people do it like this anymore.”Another commented, “This is sooooo freaking funny! I love it! Made my day!”ELLA LANGLEY’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACM AWARDS VIDEO HAS FANS…

This article was originally published by Michael Matulef at The Mises Institute.  Every July 4th, Americans are handed sparklers and told to celebrate their freedom. Politicians climb podiums, flags wave, a hundred million dollars’ worth of fireworks scatter across the sky, and somewhere between the hot dogs and the stadium-rock anthems, it becomes easy to confuse the theater of freedom with the substance of it. Let’s be precise about what actually happened in 1776. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were not, by any stretch, anarchists. Many owned slaves. Most had no intention of dissolving the institution of government—only of reassigning who ran it. But, embedded within that document, is one of the most radical political assertions ever put to paper: that rights are not granted by rulers; they precede rulers. They derive from the laws of nature and nature’s God, and no earthly authority can legitimately strip them away. This is not a conservative idea; it is not a progressive idea; it is a libertarian idea in the most fundamental sense of the word. The Declaration’s logic runs as follows: governments are instituted to secure pre-existing rights, and they derive their just powers, if they have any, only from the consent of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: An illegal alien child rapist from Laos who was set for deportation until Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the State Board of Pardons granted him clemency has been removed from the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital.Rubio stepped in to terminate Tue Lue Vang’s legal status in the U.S. and ensure that Walz’s actions would not create roadblocks for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removing him from the country.”Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America’s children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,” the Secretary of State said. “Tue Lue Vang admitted to committing heinous crimes against a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He attempted to pay his victim for her silence and dismissed his acts of child abuse as a ‘minor thing.'””Just days before he was scheduled to be deported, the Minnesota Governor pardoned him, setting him free to endanger American families once again,” Rubio lamented. Vang was convicted in 2006 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He repeatedly raped the girl between 2002 and 2004, and told authorities after he was arrested that “it is…

This week, the Pentagon published a comprehensive yet practical guide to help non-experts understand the threat drones pose as well as ways to avoid and prevent attacks. Brig. Gen. Matthew Ross, the director of the Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Defense Department’s lead organization for countering drones, described the handbook as “not a technical manual or detailed set of rules” but rather “a common foundation to shape our collective approach to this challenge.”Using conversational language, freehand sketches and relatable references, Small Drones, Big Problems: A First Principles Approach to Countering-UAS makes the information approachable. Inside, the handbook introduces the concepts of drones and drone protections. It offers guidance such as “The Four Ps of Drone Threats” and “The Five Ds of Protecting Against Drones,” as well as simple definitions of technical concepts and procedures. But more importantly, it offers a perspective. In the opening chapter, the handbook shares a brief anecdote from 1939 about the “happy time” for Nazi Germany because Allied Forces did not yet know how to react to U-boat operations. “But the ‘happy time’ didn’t last forever,” the handbook reads. “British and American ships learned to adapt to the threat by implementing a convoy system to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FCC Chairman Brendan Carr mocked “The View” on X Wednesday after co-host Sunny Hostin urged Democrats to flip the Senate during a discussion about Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner. This came as ABC argues the daytime program should remain exempt from federal political equal opportunity rules.Carr said ABC was asking the FCC to treat the show like a traditional news program while Hostin openly pressed for a Democratic Senate majority.”ABC is arguing to the FCC that The View is a ‘bona fide news program’—just like Meet the Press—and thus exempt from the political equal opportunity rules,” Carr said. ABC FIRES BACK AT FCC PROBE OF ‘THE VIEW,’ CALLS OUT AGENCY’S ‘CHILLING EFFECT ON FIRST AMENDMENT’Hostin’s remark came as “The View” panel discussed whether Platner, who faced mounting Democratic pressure over allegations he denies, should step aside in the race to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.”We’re in an existential crisis. We need to flip the Senate,” Hostin said.Hostin argued that Maine remained a key pickup opportunity for Democrats and said the party needed the right replacement candidate if Platner left the race. PLATNER CAMPAIGN PUTTING ‘THUMB ON SCALE’ TO…

If you’ve been on the homestead long, you probably already have plenty of experience canning food from your garden or orchard. I had heard of dry canning but naively thought it was the same as vacuum sealing the mason jar using the valve attachment. While vacuum sealing does remove the air from within the jar, it doesn’t necessarily kill all of the eggs or bugs that could be lurking in your dry goods. As homesteaders, we can all use new techniques to extend our food stock, and dry canning is just one option to use. Dry canning is not a new idea, but there are some critics out there that only believe that traditional canning is the way to go. While all canning methods have specific rules to follow, you can preserve low moisture foods with the dry canning method. Learn more about how to dry can food with these tips. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! Step #1: Gather Supplies It is important to choose low moisture food when dry canning. The rule of thumb is to only dry can items with less than 10% moisture content without any added oils.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in this week’s fatal shooting of an illegal immigrant in Houston were not wearing body cameras, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told Fox News.The development comes as the shooting continues to draw national attention. The incident is being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, while prosecutors in Houston are conducting a separate investigation into the shooting.Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen who authorities said was in the country illegally, was shot and killed Tuesday after he allegedly tried to ram an ICE officer with his vehicle, the agency said.ICE SAYS OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO TRIED TO RAM HIM WITH CAR IN HOUSTON Multiple Democrats have called for an independent investigation into the incident.”Every single ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo must be investigated to the full extent of the law,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote on X. “Video footage of the killing must be released immediately. The American people deserve the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also called for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California authorities seized more than 63,000 pounds of illegal cannabis worth over $104 million, along with firearms and cash, during a three-month crackdown targeting organized criminal networks across the state.Between April and June, authorities carried out enforcement operations across 10 counties, eradicating more than 89,000 cannabis plants, confiscating 17 firearms, seizing more than $220,000 in cash and making 24 arrests, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.Since Newsom established the state’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force in 2022, California has seized and destroyed more than 841,000 pounds of illicit cannabis valued at more than $1.3 billion.FORMER ACTING DHS SECRETARY WARNS CHINESE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE INFILTRATING AMERICA’S HEMP INDUSTRY “Disrupting the illegal cannabis market is about more than seizing unlicensed products – it’s about taking on criminal networks, removing illegal firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals, and stopping activity that threatens public safety,” Newsom said in a statement.”Through strong multiagency collaboration, California is making clear: if you threaten our communities, we will act,” he added.The largest enforcement operation took place between May 14 and June 3 across the southern Central Valley and northern Antelope Valley, where the California Department of Fish and…

CARSON, Calif. — On a hot Thursday in Carson at Dignity Health Sports Park, LA Galaxy head coach Greg Vanney stood on the practice field answering questions.When we asked about Team USA’s World Cup exit just days earlier, Vanney pointed to one problem: the Americans were too naive.Later that afternoon, Belgium, fresh off eliminating the United States, was scheduled to train at Dignity Health Sports Park ahead of Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal against Spain, prompting heightened security around the Galaxy’s training complex.AFTER BLOWOUT LOSS TO BELGIUM, MANY ARE WONDERING IF TEAM USA IS BETTER OR WORSE THAN IT WAS A DECADE AGO “Collectively, the team entered that final match entirely too naive from top to bottom,” Vanney said.”It immediately put us on our heels. Against world-class opponents, it is incredibly difficult to recover your rhythm once you fall behind like that. We have to be less naive in a World Cup knockout setting.”The Galaxy coach expanded on why Team USA fell short, why Christian Pulisic never found his footing and what North American soccer must change before the next World Cup.US SOCCER ISSUES STATEMENT ON MAURICIO POCHETTINO’S FUTURE WITH TEAM USA AFTER WORLD CUPWe also asked Vanney about Christian Pulisic,…