Actor Jeff Daniels lamented former Vice PresidentKamala Harris losing the 2024 presidential election in a new interview, saying she would have governed like President Abraham Lincoln."I still think about Kamala, and how I think she would have been a good choice," Daniels told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace in an episode published Monday of her podcast, "The Best People." "I don't care what they say, because she would have done what Lincoln did.""Liz Cheney would have been secretary of state," Daniels said.'VIEW' CO-HOST WHO SUPPORTED HARRIS SAYS SHE MADE BIG MISTAKE REACHING OUT TO REPUBLICANS"Team of Rivals," Wallace interjected, referencing the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," which looks at how Lincoln included former political opponents in his cabinet."Team of Rivals,"Daniels agreed. "That's what Lincoln did, surrounded himself with the people who would disagree with him, not the people who would, you know, takea knee and go, Yeah, more tariffs, sir, more."Harris' campaign heavily used Liz Cheney, one of President Donald Trump's fiercest Republican critics, on the campaign trail in 2024. Once a conservative star in the House, Cheney was one of only two Republicans who served on the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which resulted in her losing her seat in Wyoming. Harris also pledged to appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected.Daniels, known for his prominent movie, television and stage roles, said the Republican Party was deteriorating under Trump.BIDEN TELLS 'THE VIEW' HE WASN'T SURPRISED HARRIS LOST, BLAMES SEXISM AND RACISM"It's the madness of King George, and just the deterioration of the Republican Party," he said. "I mean, look, I'm just an actor. What do I know? But when Mitch [McConnell] started stacking the courts 25 years ago, I said it on your show once, they can see it coming. The new America that is diverse and treats everyone with equality and respect and dignity, you know, kind of like Jesus did. We're ready for that."He also said wealthy backers are "losing money" under Trump."And Mitch and company could see it coming," he said. "They were going to be the minority, so they just started and then here we are, and now you got it, and now you're losing money. I hope you're losing tons of money, those of you who thought this would be OK."Daniels is playing President Ronald Reagan in the upcoming movie "Reykjavk," about the summit between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986. His recent roles include playing former FBI Director James Comey in Showtime's "The Comey Rule," and fictional newscaster Will McAvoy on HBO's "The Newsroom," in addition to his numerous film roles going back to the 1980s.

Congressional Republicans are facing an uphill battle over the next two months to deliver on their promises to cut spending in the next fiscal year while avoiding a partial government shutdown if no deal is struck."Whens the last time we got 12 appropriations bills actually done, and completed in a couple of weeks? Its almost impossible to do," Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told Fox News Digital last week.Passing 12 individual appropriations bills, each funding separate aspects of the federal government, has been Republicans goal each time the Sept. 30 fiscal year (FY) deadline nears.But that has not happened since 1996 FY1997 and the partisan environment in Washington has only gotten more polarized since.Recent Republican-backed legislation has all but sidelined the once-powerful appropriations committees in both chambers.COMER DISMISSES BIDEN DOCTOR'S BID FOR PAUSE IN COVER-UP PROBE: 'THROWING OUT EVERY EXCUSE'Meanwhile, House Republicans are more broadly eager to adhere to the Trump administrations request to cut $163 billion from non-defense government spending than their Senate counterparts which could result in a standoff between the two chambers."Its looking like its going to be higher than what the presidents budget is. And that, Im not a fan of," Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told Fox News Digital last week.Another committee Republican, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., said, "Im really proud of the work the committee has done so far. I do feel like were gonna be able to get these bills done. The question is, whats the Senate going to do?"Further compounding difficulties between the two sides of the U.S. Capitol is the 60-vote filibuster threshold that most bills in the Senate must ram through.TAX CUTS, WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ASYLUM FEES: HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE THE SENATE'S VERSION OF TRUMP'S BILLThat means that any spending bills have to be bipartisan, but after Senate Republicans advanced President Donald Trumps $9 billion rescissions package, Senate Democrats have warned that they wont play ball.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that he would like to go ahead with a regular appropriations process, but that Senate Democrats "have signaled that they dont want one.""The Democrats have been very clear," he said. "They are already conferencing the idea of a government shutdown I don't have any idea, no idea how that is helpful for them or to anyone."Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., previously warned that if Republicans were successful in passing the rescissions package after icing out Democrats during the budget reconciliation process that there could be trouble down the road in generating enough bipartisan support to pass spending bills, nonetheless avert a partial government shutdown.Sen. John Hoeven, chair of the Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee, told Fox News Digital that if Democrats planned to block everything, then "what would you expect?""By working with us, that's how they actually will get some of their priorities," the North Dakota Republican said. "But when they're going to just block us, then why should their priorities be included?"A House Appropriations Committee member who spoke with Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity indicated that Republican lawmakers are beginning to accept the possibility of a short-term continuing resolution (CR), a stopgap measure extending the previous fiscal years funding levels in order to keep the government open."You could see a situation where youre in a short-term CR, and well try to negotiate topline numbers and all that," that House lawmaker said.THOM TILLIS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM SENATE AFTER CLASH WITH TRUMPIts a situation that House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., didnt rule out to reporters early last week while agreeing with Senate Republicans concerns about Democrats failing to work across the aisle."I'm always worried about a shutdown, because I think the Democrats have a very hard time bargaining with Donald Trump. I mean, that's why we ended up in a CR," Cole said, referring to the last round of government funding talks that resulted in a CR from March through the end of FY2025."We offered them a much better deal than a CR, and they couldn't do it. So I hope this time they can, but the temperature on the other side is very high, and Democratic voters are punishing their own members for cooperating on things like keeping the government open."That could create issue with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, however, who have fiercely pushed back against CRs or "omnibus" spending bills in the past though no such standoffs have led to a shutdown in recent years.Both House and Senate Republicans are dealing with razor-thin margins of just three votes.House Republicans scored an important victory last week in passing their $832 billion defense funding bill. That, along with the bill funding military construction and Veterans Affairs, make up more than half of the discretionary budget requested by the White House earlier this year.But theyre not expected to hold House-wide votes on any of the remaining 10 bills before early September, when Congress returns from August recess.Senate Republicans are also gearing up to consider their first spending bill, one for military construction and the VA, on Tuesday that will likely end up being a test of how the appropriations process, and likely government funding extension, will play out in the coming months.Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said after the rescissions package passed that she wanted to see the panel return to form, and in doing so, keeping the bipartisan spirit of appropriations alive."It is unfortunate that many members of this body have voted to make that a whole lot harder," the Washington state Democrat said.One senior House GOP lawmaker who spoke with Fox News Digital ultimately downplayed concerns of a shutdown, however."The factors of the Senate wanting more money than the House, Democrats wanting more money than Republicans those have been in place for a generation. And most of the time, shutdowns dont happen," that lawmaker said."It would seem to me that although the Democrats are big mad about Elon and Trump, and reconciliation, at some point, that temperatures going to fade and people are going to realize that a shutdown doesnt really serve our national interests."

Kansas state Senate President Ty Masterson has joined the field of Republicans hoping to wrest the governorship from Democratic control.Masterson describes himself as "a results-oriented conservative laborer and businessman."While Kansas has gone red in every presidential election for more than 50 years, the state currently has a Democratic governor.KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE LAUNCHES 2026 GOP GUBERNATORIAL BID FOR SEAT HELD BY 2-TERM DEMOCRATGov. Laura Kelly has held the post since early 2019, but is not eligible to run again in 2026 because she's currently serving her second consecutive term."No person may be elected to more than two successive terms as governor " the state constitution stipulates.Masterson's move to jump into the running adds another candidate to the Kansas GOP gubernatorial field that also includes former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, and others.ADVOCATES CELEBRATE OVERRIDE OF DEM GOVERNOR'S MISGUIDED VETO OF PROTECTING KIDS FROM GENDER TRANSITIONSColyer, a former Kansas lieutenant governor, ascended to the governorship in 2018 because then-Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, departed the role to serve as U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom.While serving in the governorship in 2018, Colyer ran for governor, but was just barely edged out in the GOP primary by then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who went on to lose the general election later that year to Kelly.HOCHUL FAILS TO CRACK 50% BUT TOPS POTENTIAL GOP CHALLENGES BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN NY GOVERNOR RACE: POLL

Hunter Biden raged against President Donald Trump and his mass deportation efforts during an expletive-laden interview with a Philadelphia podcaster in which he calls his fathers successor a "f---ing thug" and draws parallels to 19th-century government actions against Black freedmen.Biden and "Channel 5" podcaster Andrew Callaghan spoke for three hours on a range of topics, from the former first sons cocaine use, to the former presidents disastrous debate, to theories that he was marketing paintings to assuage overseas interests in favor of his dad.On immigration, Biden began by revisiting the Reconstruction era and the Ku Klux Klans early role as a voter suppression organization against Black Americans.He discussed an 1873 incident in Colfax, Louisiana, when former Confederate militiamen and the Klan converged with a cannon on a courthouse where several Black men were defending GOP officeholders following a contested election.Many of those defenders were slaughtered outside the courthouse and Biden said such violence and intimidation continued throughout the country thereafter.Connecting that time to the present, Biden said America gets stuck in a "permanent Jim Crow loop" that when the "more perfect union" is nearly realized, a "symbiosis between money and power" ruins it."There is a minority group that those in power, that came into power through democratically elected means, are going to target this minority group because they're stealing all the jobs," he said, as clips played of Trump from 2016 speaking about "Mexico not sending their best" and claims of migrants "eating the dogs" in Ohio."And what we're going to do is we're going to send masked men to this marginalized group, and we are going to take them, put them on planes, put them on buses, put them on trains, and send them to a prison camp in a foreign country," Biden fumed.FLASHBACK: BIDEN REPEATEDLY EQUATED ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTISEMITISM AMID SURGE IN ATTACKS ON JEWS"What am I describing right then? Am I describing Germany? Or am I just describing the United States right now? Because I will tell you what. You think that the prison in El Salvador is not a f---ing concentration camp, you're out of your f---ing mind."Biden then claimed White men are "45 times more likely" to commit a violent crime than illegal immigrants.He also reserved invective for former President Barack Obamas top acolytes, including the "Pod Save America" hosts, and top advisors David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPBiden said Axelrod wrongly surmised that Democrats need to understand why people are upset and appeal to them."Well, the only people that f---ing appealed to those f---ing White voters was Joe Biden, 81 years old, and he got 81 million votes. And he did because, not because he appeased their f---ing Trumpian sense, but because he challenged it," Biden said."And he said, you can be an 81-year-old Catholic from f---ing Scranton that doesn't understand it, but still has empathy for transgender people and immigrants," he said, as Callaghan posted a photo of former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine, who also served in the Biden administration.If he were president, Biden said, he would call Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and warn him that "you either f---ing send them back [to the U.S.] or I'm going to f---ing invade.""It's a f---ing crime what they're doing. He's a f---ing dictator thug," he added.When Callaghan asked if Biden meant Trump or Bukele was a "thug," Biden indicated "both.""Luckily for the American people, a house cat has a better chance of being President than Hunter," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital in response to Biden's comments. "If anyone agreed with Hunters unhinged rantings, Kamala Harris would be in the White House right now. But the American people sent President Trump back to the White House because they wanted him to undo all of Joe Bidens disastrous policies including his open borders agenda that let countless criminal illegal aliens come into our country."

Preparing for a successful MRI screening involves more than just lying still.Certain materials can interact with the strong magnetic field of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine, so what you wear or dont wear is essential.A recent fatal incident in Westbury, New York, at Nassau Open MRI, involved a man being sucked into an MRI machine due to a heavy metal chain he wore around his neck.MAN DIES AFTER BEING PULLED INTO MRI MACHINE BY METAL NECKLACE HE WAS WEARINGThe man, 61, entered the room during his wife's scan. He was drawn into the machine by his necklace, which "resulted in a medical episode," according to a press release from the Nassau County Police Department.The man was transported to a local hospital on July 16 and died the next day due to his injuries, the release stated.Nassau Open MRI states on its website that anything metallic should be removed prior to entering the machine, including hearing aids, partial plates, dentures, jewelry and hair pins.Multiple practices and agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), warn that the "strong, static magnetic field" of an MRI machine will attract magnetic objects.TOXIC HEAVY METALS DETECTED IN POPULAR RICE BRANDS ACROSS AMERICA, STUDY SHOWSSmall items like keys and cellphones as well as large, heavy items like oxygen tanks and floor buffers may "cause damage to the scanner" or injure the patient or medical professionals if those objects "become projectiles," the FDA cautioned.Iowa Carver College of Medicines Magnetic Resonance Research Facility published MRI safety guidelines, noting that the magnet is always on, and only cleared patients and professionals are permitted to enter.The following list of items should not be brought into an MRI screening, according to multiple experts and medical facilities.ARE FULL-BODY SCANS WORTH THE MONEY? DOCTORS SHARE WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOWFlorida-based Precision MRI Group warned on its website that patients should avoid clothing and wearables that include metal, as this interaction can cause "burns, malfunctions in the machine or compromised image quality."Loose-fitting cotton or linen clothing, pajamas and nightgowns are all permissible attire for an MRI, according to the above source.Items like compression wear, tight-fitting spandex and clothing with metal embellishments should be avoided."Some modern clothing brands incorporate metal fibers in their fabrics for anti-odor or antibacterial purposes," the group wrote. "While these innovations are helpful in daily life, they are dangerous in an MRI setting."ARA Diagnostic Imaging, a radiology practice with multiple locations in Texas, noted on its website that any implants or devices should be discussed with a doctor prior to an MRI.These include the medical devices and implants mentioned above, as well as others like artificial heart valves, ports, pumps, artificial limbs, metallic joint prostheses, metal pins, screws, plates, surgical staples, some IUDs and even shrapnel anywhere in the body.Kenneth J. Perry, M.D., an emergency medicine attending physician in Charleston, South Carolina, reiterated in an interview with Fox News Digital the strength of MRI magnets, noting how hospital gowns, monitoring devices and even stretchers are free of metal around MRI machines.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"People should remember to mention any implantable device to the MRI tech," he said. "Patients who have pacemakers should bring their pacemaker card with them, as it will have information about safety protocols to have an MRI."Perry added, "Nerve stimulators are also sometimes MRI-compatible and should have information cards that can be presented to the MRI tech."It's "very important to answer appropriately" when asked by an MRI tech if you're wearing jewelry or have piercings, the doctor advised.Patients should also leave their wallets out of the room, Perry noted, as many of them are magnetic.For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/health"It can also be detrimental to your cards, as the magnet is strong enough to wipe the magnetic strip on the back of debit and credit cards," he cautioned.Fox News Digital reached out to Nassau Open MRI requesting comment.Fox News Digital's Melissa Rudy contributed to this report.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says he is still not ready to endorse Zohran Mamdani's bid to become mayor of New York City.Jeffries made the statement during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Monday, telling reporters that he is still weighing the decision. Mamdani, a self-professed socialist, has become a lightning rod for attacks from Republicans since he secured the Democratic Party's nomination."We agreed to reconvene with other members of the [New York] delegation and high-level community leaders in Brooklyn upon his return to the country," he said.Mamdani met with Jeffries in Brooklyn on Friday as the candidate seeks endorsements from New York's most prominent Democrats.TRUMP SAYS CUOMO'S GOT A 'GOOD SHOT' OF BEATING MAMDANI IN NYC MAYOR ELECTION"As has been the case with every single high-profile endorsement decision that I've made in the past, I have a sit-down conversation, and then I take it from there," Jeffries told reporters prior to the meeting.Mamdani has since left the country for a trip to Uganda, saying he is celebrating his marriage with extended family there."And since you will undoubtedly read about this trip in the New York Post, inshallah [Arabic for God willing], on the front page, here are a few of my humble suggestions for headlines," Mamdani said, jabbing at the New York-based newspaper.CUOMO QUIPS EVEN I WILL MOVE TO FLORIDA IF MAMDANI WINS NYC MAYORAL BIDHe proposed tabloid headlines in a post on social media, including "M.I.A.? Mandani in Africa," "Uganda Miss Me," or "He's Kampala-etely Crazy," a reference to Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda."Zo-Running Away?" Mamdani said, offering one last imagined headline before the video showed himself and another campaign supporter waving to the camera and the screen fading to "Zohran for Mayor."Mamdani holds dual U.S. and Ugandan citizenship. He was born in Uganda and was raised in South Africa until moving to New York City at age 7.He owns four acres of undeveloped land in Jinja, Uganda, that's valued between $150,000 and $250,000, the New York Post previously reported, citing Mamdani's 2024 New York Legislative Ethics filing.

After border czar Tom Homan vowed to "flood the zone" with ICE agents in response to the shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams answered whether he will cooperate with the Trump administrations crackdown.Adams said he would support any efforts to "go after dangerous people like this individual who shot an innocent Customs and Border Patrol agent.""If he's going to assist us to go after those individuals, I welcome it," he said, adding, "If it's going to be to go after everyday individuals who are trying to complete the path to be a citizen, I don't think we should do that."Adams, who is running for re-election as an independent, addressed the shooting during a press conference on Monday. He said he has visited the injured officer and that he is "extremely angry that we have a Customs and Border Patrol officer that is in the hospital because a person that should have not been on our street was on our street."The CBP officer is currently hospitalized in stable condition.TRUMP LASHES OUT AT BIDEN AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING CBP OFFICER IN NYCIn response to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem singling him out as being responsible for the shooting because of New York Citys sanctuary laws, Adams said, "Ihave nothing to do with the rules that are put in place. I just carry out the rules."He placed the blame on criminal bail reform laws passed under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is also running for mayor as an independent. He said the bail reform passed under Cuomo has created a "revolving door criminal justice system" that allowed people such as the shooters to get back on the streets."You know how outraged I am because of Andrew's bail reform laws on how we have this revolving door criminal justice system," he said."I'm very clear. Always have been clear," he went on. "Stop the revolving door system, go after the dangerous migrants and asylum seekers who are here and allow hardworking people who are in this city to go on with their lives as they go through the process."ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO RAPED, IMPREGNATED HIS OWN DAUGHTER AT GOVERNMENT-RUN SHELTER LEARNS PRISON SENTENCEThe mayor also addressed mixed reporting on his relationship with President Donald Trump and the administration, saying, "You guys are confusing me. You know that?""When they say I do a good job, you attack me, saying that they never criticize me and I never criticize them, although we've taken the administration to court more than any mayor in the country," he said. "And when they say I do something wrong, you say, why aren't you upset that they said I've said that I did something wrong. You can't have it both ways. You know, we're not joined at the hip.""But when they mention my name of the good things I do, y'all say I'm in their pocket, I'm under their thumb. Like, I mean, which one is it? I'm a little confused here. You know, they have their perspective, I have my perspectives, and then we come together sometimes."The CBP officer was allegedly shot in the face and forearm in Manhattans Riverside Park on Saturday night in an attempted robbery allegedly by two criminal illegal immigrants. Two suspects, Dominican nationals Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez and Cristian Aybar Berroa, have been arrested in connection with the shooting.DEM MAYOR MOCKED FOR PUSHING ICE KIDNAPPING STORY THAT ENDED UP BEING ALLEGED HOAXNoem has said Aybar-Berroa has a criminal record in New York City and that detainers "were ignored" because of Adams' sanctuary city policies.Meanwhile, socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Partys mayoral candidate, has remained silent on the shooting.Mamdani's social media posts and website show no public statement on the matter, which has become national news and sparked a broader discussion of President Joe Biden's border policies and criticism of sanctuary cities.Activist and Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa commented on the incident on his X account, saying, "A violent illegal alien may have pulled the trigger, but it was Eric Adams reckless policies that created the conditions for it to happen. He, for sure, has blood on his hands."Sliwa also said, "I am the only candidate on the ballot who opposes sanctuary city status. Adams, Cuomo, and Mamdani all support it."Fox News Digital reached out to the Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa campaigns for comment but did not immediately hear back.

Rep. Mark Green's last day in office was Sunday, leaving 219 Republicans and 212 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.With Green's departure, there are now 431 House members and four vacancies, including those from late Democratic Reps. Sylvester Turner of Texas, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, and Gerry Connolly of Virginia.Green, the Republican from Tennessee, said last month that he would leave Congress for the private sector once the House voted again on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," in a statement first obtained by Fox News Digital."It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up. As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of Representatives that I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package," Green said.'A TRUE WARRIOR': RETIRING REP MARK GREEN ENDORSES HIS POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT IN GOP RACEAnd with the House of Representatives passing Trump's megabill by a self-imposed July 4th deadline, Green shared with Fox News that his last day in Congress would be Sunday, July 20.MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCEHe called serving Tennessee's 7th Congressional District "the honor of a lifetime.""They asked me to deliver on the conservative values and principles we all hold dear, and I did my level best to do so. Along the way, we passed historic tax cuts, worked with President Trump to secure the border, and defended innocent life. I am extremely proud of my work as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and want to thank my staff, both in my 7th District office, as well as the professional staff on that committee," Green said.Green acknowledged in his statement that he had previously geared up to retire in the last Congress, but reversed course."Though I planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed to ensure that President Trumps border security measures and priorities make it through Congress," he said."By overseeing the border security portion of the reconciliation package, I have done that. After that, I will retire, and there will be a special election to replace me."Green is an Army veteran who has served in Congress since 2019.As House Homeland Security Committee chair, he oversaw Republicans' impeachment of former Biden administration DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.Even with Green's departure from Congress, it's a safe bet to assume his House seat will stay in Republican hands.The district voted for Trump by more than 20 percentage points over former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.Fox News Digital was first to report last week that Green endorsed Matt Van Epps to replace him in the U.S. House of Representatives.Green called Van Epps, a decorated Army veteran and the former commissioner of Tennessee's Department of General Services (DGS), a "true warrior.""Matt Van Epps has my complete and total endorsement," Green shared in a statement with Fox News Digital. Green revealed that he served in the same Army special operations unit as Van Epps, which he described as "a brotherhood that cannot be replicated anywhere else."In a statement shared first with Fox News Digital, Van Epps said he was "deeply honored" to receive Green's endorsement and "ready to put the people of the 7th District first.""Congressman Green has left some very large shoes to fill, but Im ready to step in and continue his work on behalf of Tennesseans," Van Epps said.Several Republican candidates have announced their own congressional campaigns, including Montgomery County Commissioner Jason Knight, U.S. Army veteran Jonathan Thorp, Mason Foley of Main Street Health, and state Reps. Jay Reedy, Lee Reeves and Jody Barrett.

What happens when one of the world's richest companies decides to go all-in on artificial intelligence? If you're Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it means launching superclusters so large they could rival the footprint of Manhattan.Recently, Zuckerberg unveiled plans to invest "hundreds of billions of dollars" into next-generation AI infrastructure, including some of the largest compute clusters the world has ever seen. Meta's first supercluster, called Prometheus, is slated to go live in 2026.But that's just the beginning. Another cluster, Hyperion, is being designed to scale up to a mind-blowing 5 gigawatts of compute power over the next few years."We're building multiple titan clusters," Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. "Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan."Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, youll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide - free when you join myCYBERGUY.COM/NEWSLETTERNEW GOOGLE AI MAKES ROBOTS SMARTER WITHOUT THE CLOUDThe answer is simple: compute power is now the most valuable resource in AI development. As generative AI, robotics and large language models become more sophisticated, they demand exponentially more data and processing capacity.Meta's planned superclusters, beginning with Prometheus, will be capable of training ultra-large AI models faster and more efficiently than ever before. According to industry publication SemiAnalysis, Meta could become the first AI company to launch a supercluster exceeding one gigawatt of compute power. That's a serious leap and a direct shot at competitors like OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?To supercharge this effort, Meta recently launched Meta Superintelligence Labs, a new elite division focused entirely on next-gen AI development. The lab is being led by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI, and Nat Friedman, ex-GitHub chief. In a major signal of intent, Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and has reportedly poached top talent from Apple, OpenAI and Anthropic to join the effort."I'm focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry," Zuckerberg said.He's putting his money where his mouth is, literally. Meta is offering some AI recruits up to $100 million in compensation as it rushes to assemble a dream team of AI researchers and engineers.It's no secret that Meta has struggled to keep pace with the AI breakthroughs happening at rival labs. The company's Llama 4 large language models received a lukewarm reception earlier this year. Now, Meta is retooling. The investment in infrastructure, talent, and research is Zuckerberg's way of leveling the playing field-and possibly pulling ahead. In April, Meta increased its 2025 capital expenditures to $64-72 billion, a massive chunk of which will go toward AI development. These numbers aren't just headline-grabbing, they're a clear signal that Meta is done playing catch-up.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HEREYou might be wondering how Meta's massive investment in AI superclusters actually affects your life. As Meta builds out these enormous compute clusters, the AI systems they train will become faster, smarter and more deeply integrated into the apps and services you already use.Everything from your Instagram feed to your Facebook search results will be powered by increasingly intelligent algorithms. Virtual assistants will respond more naturally, recommendations will become eerily accurate, and features in Meta's AR and VR platforms, like Meta Quest, will get significantly more advanced. Even the ads you see will be more personalized, based on AI's growing ability to predict what you might want before you even search for it.In short, while you might not see these superclusters, you'll definitely feel their impact, every time you scroll, swipe, tap or speak to an AI-powered device.Meta isn't just investing in AI. It's reshaping the future of it. With billions earmarked for superclusters, an elite team of researchers and cutting-edge infrastructure, the company is placing one of the largest tech bets in history. If it succeeds, Meta could lead the next era of AI. If it fails, it will have spent unprecedented sums chasing a dream that others already control.Is Meta building the future of AI or just trying to buy its way back into the race? Let us know by writing us atCyberguy.com/ContactSign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, youll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide - free when you join myCYBERGUY.COM/NEWSLETTERCopyright 2025 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved.

Lawyers for Harvard University and the Trump administration sparred in federal court in Boston on Monday over the administration's decision to slash roughly $2.6 billion in federal research funding for the university the latest in a series of high-stakes court clashes that have pitted the Trump administration against the nation's oldest university.Harvard sued the Trump administration in April over the funding freeze, which it described in its lawsuit as an unlawful and unconstitutional effort to assert federal "control" over elite academic institutions, according to a filing submitted to U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs.The Trump administration, for its part, has accused Harvard of "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," and refusing to comply with demands from a federal antisemitism task force sent to the university earlier this year.Both sides have asked Burroughs, an Obama appointee, to issue a summary judgment by early September, which could allow them to avoid a lengthy trial before the start of the new school year.CONTINUED COURT FIGHTS COULD PUT HARVARD IN UNWINNABLE POSITION VS TRUMPIn court on Monday, Harvard lawyer Steven Lehotsky argued that the funding cuts are an illegal attempt by the Trump administration to coerce the university into complying with the administration's policies and violate the First Amendment and Title VI protections.Lawyers for Harvard have argued that the Trump administration's actions amount to an unconstitutional "pressure campaign" to influence and exert control over its academic programs, which Lehotsky echoed on Monday.He told Burroughs the funding freeze is an attempt by the Trump administration to control the "inner workings" of the university, and one he argued could cause lasting damage. He pointed to earlier claims from Harvard that the administration "fails to explain how the termination of funding for research to treat cancer, support veterans, and improve national security addresses antisemitism.""By accepting federal funds, Harvard agreed to abide by the provisions in Title VI and the relevant agencies corresponding regulations," lawyers for the university said in filing the lawsuit earlier this year.But Harvards agreement, they said, does not constitute a "blank check for agencies to impose the governments recent, unrelated demands as a condition of continued funding."Meanwhile, Michael Velchik, a lawyer for the Justice Department, countered that the administration has "every right" to cancel the funding, which they sought to frame as a mere contract issue and one that should be heard in a different court.HARVARD PRESIDENT SAYS HE HAS 'NO CHOICE' BUT TO FIGHT TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONThe Justice Department also reiterated that they see Harvard's actions as violating the administration's order combating antisemitism."Harvard claims the government is anti-Harvard. I reject that," Velchik said on Monday. "The government is pro-Jewish students at Harvard. The government is pro-Jewish faculty at Harvard."President Donald Trump signaled dissatisfaction with the hearing on Monday vowing on social media to appeal any ruling against the administration to a higher court.He also took aim at Burroughs. "How did this Trump-hating Judge get these cases?" he said on Truth Social, "When she rules against us, we will IMMEDIATELY appeal, and WIN,"Trump further took aim at Harvard, accusing the university of being "anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, and anti-America," despite having "$52 billion" sitting in the bank."Much of this money comes from the U.S.A., all to the detriment of other schools, colleges, and institutions, and we are not going to allow this unfair situation to happen any longer," Trump said.Burroughs ended Monday's hearing by saying she would take the case under advisement, and would issue a ruling after she had sufficient time to weigh the matters presented by the administration and the university.She did not offer a timeframe for when she planned to rule on the matter.JUDGES V TRUMP: HERE ARE THE KEY COURT BATTLES HALTING THE WHITE HOUSE AGENDAStill, the judge appeared skeptical during the hearing of some Trump administration claims, including how it could make such wanton cuts to university funding.At one point, Burroughs noted to Velchik that she had doubts about the government's so-called "ad hoc" decisions to cut billions in grant money without providing further evidence, documentation or procedure to "suss out" whether the university or its administrators had taken sufficient steps to combat antisemItism or comply with the guidance handed down by the Trump administration. "The consequences of that in terms of constitutional law are staggering," she told Velchik at one point during the hearing."I dont think you can justify a contract action based on impermissible suppression of speech."Since Trump took office in January, the administration has targeted the university with investigations from six separate federal agencies.It has also sought to ban Harvard's ability to host international students by attempting to revoke its certification status under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) a program led by the Department of Homeland Security that allows universities to sponsor international students for U.S. visas.Burroughs in June issued a temporary restraining order blocking the administration from immediately revoking its SEVP credentials, siding with Harvard in ruling that the university would likely suffer "immediate and irreparable harm" if the action was enforced.Harvard, meanwhile, has signaled no plans to stand down in its fight with the Trump administration."Ultimately, this is about Trump trying to impose his view of the world on everybody else," Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman said in a radio interview earlier this summer discussing the administration's actions.