The U.S. Army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday. Gannon Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett’s courtroom in Manhattan. Van Dyke sported a shaved head and wore a black blazer, jeans and brown shoes as he arrived to the courtroom with his lawyers, Zach Intrater and Mark Geragos. Last week, Van Dyke was arrested on a federal indictment charging him with placing $33,000 in bets on prediction market Polymarket between December 27, 2025, and January 2, 2026, that Maduro would soon be out of office and that U.S. forces would soon enter Venezuela. Markets at the time assigned low probabilities to those events, leading to a big payout for Van Dyke, prosecutors said. The case marks the first time the Justice Department has filed insider trading charges involving a prediction market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed civil charges against Van Dyke. RELATEDVan Dyke, a master sergeant with U.S. Army Special Forces who is stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was involved in the “planning and execution” of the January…
Last week, Palantir Technologies, headed by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, released a technological manifesto. However, it was more of a dystopian blueprint than anything else. Palantir has unmasked itself, revealing its authoritarian face and desire for control over humanity. To be fair, Palntir is only one of several major technology companies that sell their technologies to systems of repression and human rights violations, and has been condemned by international human rights organizations. It has been participating in and enabling forced deportations, mass surveillance, and the persecution of dissidents. According to a report by TruthDig, the most damning of all in this manifest were documented reports that have revealed a direct partnership between this company, alongside other Western technology companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, and the Israeli military, providing data and targeting systems that were used in operations in Gaza, making it an actual partner in documented war crimes against Palestinian civilians. Palantir Technologies’ vision of a “Technological Republic” arrives as a manual for the refinement of the boot, the one destined to remain on the human face, provided the boot remains equipped with the latest predictive sensors. In the spirit of a clear-eyed look at the clock striking thirteen, we…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Taylor Swift credited her harshest critics with helping shape her catalog.For Swift, the criticism that dogged her career ultimately sparked some of her biggest hits.”Criticism has been a huge fuel for me,” Swift explained during an interview with The New York Times. “It’s been a jumping off point, like a creative writing prompt or something. There are so many songs in my career that would not exist. Like ‘Blank Space’ would not exist if I hadn’t had people being like, ‘Here’s a slideshow of all her boyfriends.'””And then ‘Antihero’ is a song that I’m so proud of still. Like that song doesn’t exist if I don’t get criticized for every aspect of my personality that people, you know, have a problem with or whatever.”POP STAR CHAPPELL ROAN CLAIMS ‘SOME PEOPLE WANT ME DEAD’ WHILE DEALING WITH STALKER FANS Swift has addressed the obsession and criticism of her dating life before. When re-releasing her “1989” album in 2023, the global pop star shared a prologue highlighting the judgment she experienced for “dating like a normal young woman.””The voices that had begun to shame me in new ways for dating like a normal young…
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MoreThe U.S. Army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday. Gannon Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett’s courtroom in Manhattan. Van Dyke sported a shaved head and wore a black blazer, jeans and brown shoes as he arrived to the courtroom with his lawyers, Zach Intrater and Mark Geragos. Last week, Van Dyke was arrested on a federal indictment charging him with placing $33,000 in bets on prediction market Polymarket between December 27, 2025, and January 2, 2026, that Maduro would soon be out of office and that U.S. forces would soon enter Venezuela. Markets at the time assigned low probabilities to those events, leading to a big payout for Van Dyke, prosecutors said. The case marks the first time the Justice Department has filed insider trading charges involving a prediction market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed civil charges against Van Dyke. RELATEDVan Dyke, a master sergeant with U.S. Army Special Forces who is stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, was involved in the “planning and execution” of the January…
Last week, Palantir Technologies, headed by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, released a technological manifesto. However, it was more of a dystopian blueprint than anything else. Palantir has unmasked itself, revealing its authoritarian face and desire for control over humanity. To be fair, Palntir is only one of several major technology companies that sell their technologies to systems of repression and human rights violations, and has been condemned by international human rights organizations. It has been participating in and enabling forced deportations, mass surveillance, and the persecution of dissidents. According to a report by TruthDig, the most damning of all in this manifest were documented reports that have revealed a direct partnership between this company, alongside other Western technology companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, and the Israeli military, providing data and targeting systems that were used in operations in Gaza, making it an actual partner in documented war crimes against Palestinian civilians. Palantir Technologies’ vision of a “Technological Republic” arrives as a manual for the refinement of the boot, the one destined to remain on the human face, provided the boot remains equipped with the latest predictive sensors. In the spirit of a clear-eyed look at the clock striking thirteen, we…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Taylor Swift credited her harshest critics with helping shape her catalog.For Swift, the criticism that dogged her career ultimately sparked some of her biggest hits.”Criticism has been a huge fuel for me,” Swift explained during an interview with The New York Times. “It’s been a jumping off point, like a creative writing prompt or something. There are so many songs in my career that would not exist. Like ‘Blank Space’ would not exist if I hadn’t had people being like, ‘Here’s a slideshow of all her boyfriends.'””And then ‘Antihero’ is a song that I’m so proud of still. Like that song doesn’t exist if I don’t get criticized for every aspect of my personality that people, you know, have a problem with or whatever.”POP STAR CHAPPELL ROAN CLAIMS ‘SOME PEOPLE WANT ME DEAD’ WHILE DEALING WITH STALKER FANS Swift has addressed the obsession and criticism of her dating life before. When re-releasing her “1989” album in 2023, the global pop star shared a prologue highlighting the judgment she experienced for “dating like a normal young woman.””The voices that had begun to shame me in new ways for dating like a normal young…
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A New York Yankees fan learned a very valuable lesson about reach advantage on Monday night during a fight in the stands at Globe Life Field: Never give up the high ground to your opponent.Emotions boiled over in the center field seats during the first of a three-game set in Arlington. On the field, the Yankees raced out to a 4-0 lead and held on for a 4-2 win. Off the field, the Yankees took a big loss when one of their pinstripe-wearing knuckleheads decided it was a smart decision to run his mouth at a couple of good old boy Rangers fans who held the reach advantage. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEWatch what happens when a Yankees fan smacks a bottle out of Rangers fan’s hands:A major debate has broken out on Twitter over whether that was a sucker punch that instigated the melee. “Anyone about to fight needs to announce they’re going to punch the other person. Otherwise, it’s a sucker punch,” one fan fight analyst wrote.However, there are those who say if you’re going to take a swing at someone, even if you hit a bottle out of their hands, it’s game on. “Don’t knock…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pittsburgh Penguins staved off elimination for the second straight game with a clutch Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, but celebrations were briefly halted when a skirmish erupted over a controversial hit on Sidney Crosby after the final buzzer.Flyers forward Travis Konecny found himself at the center of the scrum — and the controversy — after he appeared to cross-check Sidney Crosby after the game ended, marking the second incident involving Konecny this series to draw criticism. A massive fight broke out with Crosby and Konecny at the bottom of the pileup. Eventually, the players were separated, but fans on social media called out Konecny for his “dirty” plays in the first-round series.”No way Konecny would deliver one of the cheapest cross checks on Crosby to end the game,” one person wrote on X. “Examples are too numerous [to] count. But another example of the garage league @NHL @NHLPlayerSafety not protecting its stars and players,” another person added. “Nobody has ever bought a ticket or tuned in to watch Travis Konecny. A fine or supplemental discipline should occur. But won’t.”OILERS FAN THROWS ROTISSERIE CHICKEN ON ICE IN LOSS…
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The U.S. Army soldier charged with winning $400,000 by using insider information to bet on the removal of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to fraud charges on Tuesday. Gannon Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett’s courtroom in Manhattan. Van Dyke sported…
Last week, Palantir Technologies, headed by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, released a technological manifesto. However, it was more of a dystopian blueprint than anything else. Palantir has unmasked itself, revealing its authoritarian face and desire for control over humanity. To be fair, Palntir is only one of several major…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Taylor Swift credited her harshest critics with helping shape her catalog.For Swift, the criticism that dogged her career ultimately sparked some of her biggest hits.”Criticism has been a huge fuel for me,” Swift explained during an interview with The New York Times.…
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A New York Yankees fan learned a very valuable lesson about reach advantage on Monday night during a fight in the stands at Globe Life Field: Never give up the high ground to your opponent.Emotions boiled over in the center field seats during the first of a three-game set in…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pittsburgh Penguins staved off elimination for the second straight game with a clutch Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, but celebrations were briefly halted when a skirmish erupted over a controversial hit on Sidney Crosby after the…
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the United States’ first centralized intelligence agency, established during World War II to coordinate espionage, sabotage and psychological warfare against Axis powers. It laid the foundation for modern intelligence operations and was the direct precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The OSS…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that the United States has been humiliated by Iran in negotiations. The U.S. lacks skills in diplomacy and has “no convincing strategy” in talks with Tehran. “The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected, and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in…
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MoreNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized former CNN anchor Don Lemon on “Hannity” Monday for defending his “illegal” actions at a Minnesota church anti-ICE protest as an “act of journalism.””So, anyone with a camera then would be allowed, under his [Lemon’s] theory, to come in and attack a church like that and riot a church on a Sunday morning,” she said.”You can’t do that in this country. It’s illegal, we’re going to prosecute you, and you will be held accountable. Doesn’t matter if you’re a failed journalist with a camera in your hand. You can’t do it.”Bondi’s remarks followed the arrest of two more individuals in connection with the invasion of a Minnesota church by anti-ICE protesters on Monday.EX-CNN COLLEAGUE OF DON LEMON QUESTIONS WHETHER HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A JOURNALIST “These people committed a crime under the FACE Act, and they will be held accountable,” she explained. “Nine of them have been charged, and you will not do this in our country. We’re coming after you if you do.”On Jan. 18, hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minn., protesting a pastor who they accused of assisting the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries unloaded on Republicans Monday, saying they “done eff’d up in Texas,” accusing the GOP of overreaching on redistricting and predicting they will fall well short of flipping five congressional seats.During a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Jeffries was asked about a recent Texas state senate race in which a Democrat flipped a seat in a district President Donald Trump carried in 2020. Jeffries was also pressed on whether Democrats could win four of the five redistricted congressional seats in Texas.”Yes, Republicans done eff’d up in Texas, and they know it,” Jeffries said. “We knew it months ago, and it’s because of a variety of reasons.”DESANTIS LAUNCHES FLORIDA REDISTRICTING PUSH TO POTENTIALLY ADD MORE GOP HOUSE SEATS Jeffries argued Republicans were never positioned to gain five seats but instead created a scenario in which they attempted to take seats from Democrats, believing there would be no response.”California responded decisively, and we will pick up five seats as a result of Prop. 50,” he said, referring to a California ballot measure that reshaped redistricting rules and boosted Democratic chances in multiple congressional districts. “It remains to be seen…
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan was confirmed by the Senate as the next leader of U.S. Southern Command, assuming the four-star post as the Trump administration seeks to reassert American military dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Donovan was approved by voice vote Friday. His 37-year career spans infantry, reconnaissance and special operations, during which he has led Marines and sailors in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces, the military said. Until recently, he served as the vice commander of SOUTHCOM. The previous commander, Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, relinquished duties Dec. 12, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X. Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus served as acting commander of SOUTHCOM after his departure.RELATEDDuring Donovan’s confirmation hearing in January, Donovan pledged “to protect America’s vital national interests, deter war, and if necessary, win them quickly and decisively.” Donovan is set to lead the Pentagon’s maritime operations in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific. Since early September, President Donald Trump has authorized more than three dozen strikes targeting vessels that are allegedly linked to drug trafficking. The attacks have killed at least 116 people, according to data compiled by Military Times. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a critic of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson slammed the assertion he was connected with Jeffrey Epstein in any way after his name was mentioned in an email dump last week.Wilson’s name was mentioned in an email chain among the 3 million the Justice Department released on Friday. It was seen in a correspondence between Epstein and his personal pilot, Larry Visoski. The two discussed Wilson potentially buying Epstein’s Gulfstream G-IV in 2019. But Wilson firmly distanced himself from Epstein in a post on X.”NOPE!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT! Not TODAY Satan!” he wrote. “Some Random plane broker tried to sell me a plane. I had no idea whose plane and never bought the plane. Never talked nor never met the man.”Thank God!!!”Visoski wrote that Wilson, who was with the Seattle Seahawks at the time, was calling a broker about the plane “nonstop.””Here is the dilemma, according to Russell,” the email read. “Russell wants to sign a new contract with (the) Seattle SeaHawks before letting the media and his team know that he is Purchasing a Plane, he is concerned it will effect his contract negotiations for some reason??NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL FACES MULTIPLE QUESTIONS OVER…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas criticized the Chicago White Sox for leaving him out of a Black History Month graphic to start February.Thomas played 16 years for the White Sox from 1990 to 2005 and finished his career first in several key stat categories, including home runs (448), RBI (1,465), doubles (447), on-base percentage (.427), slugging percentage (.568), OPS (.995) and walks (1,466). He pointed out his accolades on X in response to the organization.”I guess the Black player who made you rich over there and holds all your records is forgettable! Don’t worry I’m taking Receipts!” he wrote on X.The graphic in question pointed out some of the key moments in the White Sox’s organization and Black players. Minne Miñoso broke the franchise’s color barrier, Al Smith was the first Black All-Star in the team’s history in 1960, Danny Goodwin was the first African American player selected with the top pick of the draft by the White Sox in 1971 and Kenny Williams became the first African American general manager in Chicago Sports history – to name a few. LIVVY DUNNE FACES BOYFRIEND PAUL SKENES IN ‘ULTIMATE TEST OF TRUST’…
President Donald Trump implored the House on Monday to end the partial government shutdown, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to quickly approve the federal funding package he brokered with the Senate without first debating their own demands over immigration enforcement operations.Democrats are refusing to provide the votes House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to push the package forward as they try to rein in the Trump administration’s deportation operations after the shooting deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis. That’s forcing Johnson to rely on his slim GOP majority, which has its own complaints about the package, to fall in line behind Trump’s deal with Senate Democrats.Voting could begin as soon as Tuesday, which would be day four of the partial shutdown. The Pentagon, Homeland Security and other agencies saw their funding lapse Saturday. And while many operations at those departments are deemed essential, and still functioning, some workers may go without pay or be furloughed.“We need to get the Government open, and I hope all Republicans and Democrats will join me in supporting this Bill, and send it to my desk WITHOUT DELAY,” the president wrote on social media.“There can be NO CHANGES at this time,” Trump insisted. ”We…
This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute. “How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?”—Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind” What does it say about a political movement that demands absolute reverence for life in the womb yet shrugs when the government kills, cages, or brutalizes the living? What does it say about a government—and a political movement—that claims to value the unborn, but once you are born, that concern evaporates? When life upon birth becomes expendable, subject to force, punishment, neglect, and death so long as it serves “law and order,” “national security,” or political convenience—when you can be shot by the police state, executed by the police state, starved, surveilled, displaced, raided, abused, or discarded by the police state—and this is treated not as a moral failure but as policy and doctrine, then you’re not dealing with a government that is truly pro-life. It is pro-control. If the measure of a society’s morality is how it treats its most vulnerable—the living, breathing, conscious—then a worldview that sanctifies life before birth but abandons it afterward is morally hollow. Consider that on January…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Air transportation safety officials are sounding alarms about potential safety issues at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) in the Los Angeles area.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a meeting last week related to the collision in January 2025 of an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River.At the hearing, NTSB board chair Jennifer Homendy spoke about airspaces of concern, specifically mentioning the Hollywood airport.THE MOST TURBULENT FLIGHT ROUTES IN THE US FOR AIRLINE PASSENGERS MAY SURPRISE YOU”Burbank is one [airport] where commercial airlines have called me to say the next midair [collision] is going to be at Burbank, and nobody at the FAA is paying attention to us,” said Homendy, according to Fox 11 and other sources. She added, “The FAA has to ensure safety. That is their job.” Between January to November of last year, 862,825 passengers passed through the Hollywood Burbank Airport — for a 12.08% increase from 2024, according to airport data.Following the deadly Potomac River crash last year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a rotorcraft safety roundtable media readout highlighting closely spaced airports.”We’re also looking at the traffic flows around Hollywood Burbank Airport and…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said DHS will immediately deploy body cameras to every federal officer in the field in Minneapolis, with plans to expand the program nationwide as funding allows.The move comes amid renewed scrutiny of body camera use in federal immigration enforcement operations, as recent shootings in Minneapolis highlighted uneven policies across agencies and raised questions about transparency and accountability.”I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEdirector @CBPCommissioner,” Noem wrote on X. “Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” she continued. “We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country. The most transparent administration in American history — thank you President Donald Trump.”BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN VOWS TO STAY IN MINNESOTA ‘UNTIL THE PROBLEM’S GONE’ Noem concluded with, “Make America Safe Again.”Trump said Monday that the decision to deploy body cameras in Minneapolis was made by Noem, telling reporters he deferred to her judgment and said the devices are “generally” beneficial for law enforcement because they document encounters.DHS PROBES WHETHER AGENTS KILLED VA NURSE…
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