White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called out CNN's Pamela Brown's "lazy assumptions" regarding the Trump administration's executive power during an appearance on "The Situation Room" on Friday.Miller rejected the notion that district judges should have to "green light" each individual policy directive or executive order that President Donald Trump implements, claiming that it challenges the will of the voters who put him in office.The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from deporting roughly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The decision is a near-term victory for Trump as he moves to crack down on border security and immigration priorities in his second term.SUPREME COURT HANDS TRUMP WIN ON REVOKING PAROLE FOR 500K FOREIGN NATIONALSThe order stays, for now. The lower court ruling halted Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for some migrants living in the U.S., which allows individuals to live and work in the U.S. legally if they cannot work safely in their home country due to a disaster, armed conflict or other "extraordinary and temporary conditions."Brown asked Miller whether he believes district judges should just "rubber stamp" whatever the Trump White House does, and if not, what checks and balances he thinks should be in place."Its not the job of a district court judge to perform an individual green light or red light on every single policy that the president takes as the head of the executive branch," Miller replied. "Just think about the premise baked into your question. Respectfully, Pam, youre saying that when the American people elect a president of the United States of America"Brown interrupted before he could finish his thought, claiming that her words were being taken out of context, and that she was just asking what checks and balances should be in place.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE"I will answer the question happily," Miller responded. "But look, when you have these kinds of lazy assumptions built into questions, it makes it hard to have a constructive dialogue."The CNN anchor asked what "lazy assumptions" he thought she was making.Miller began to argue that district judges should not individually approve each executive action implemented by the president, but was interrupted by Brown stating that her question was being misinterpreted. She went on to clarify that she was questioning what checks and balances the Trump official felt were appropriate.Brown contended that her question about whether judges are expected to "rubber stamp" White House decisions was reasonable, before giving Miller the floor to finish his argument."When you say, Do we think district court judges should rubber stamp each action there is a premise that is built into that that is absurd," he asserted. "The president is the sole head of the executive branch. Hes the only officer in the entire government thats elected by the entire American people.""Democracy cannot function in fact, democracy does not exist at all if each action the president takes - foreign policy, diplomatic, military, national security - has to be individually approved by 700 district court judges," he continued. "Thats democracy? So if theres 15 communist, crazy judges on the court, that each of them as a team working together can block and freeze each and every executive action?"

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is firing back at accusations she directed staffers to create so-called "burner" accounts to boost her image online, telling Fox News Digital the claims are from "bitter exes" and lack any real proof."When a story relies on anonymous former staffers, its journalist-speak for We didnt have anything real, so we called the bitter exes," Mace said, responding to a recent article published by Wired magazine.The article cited former aides and consultants, including a deposition from political consultant Wesley Donehue, to allege Mace used burner accounts and even automated bots to amplify her political messaging.EXCLUSIVE: NANCY MACE UNLOADS AFTER ARREST OF TRANS ACTIVIST WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO 'ASSASSINATE' HERBut Mace, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, isnt buying it."Unlike some folks, I dont need a burner phone to tell the truth," she said. "I say what I mean, I mean what I say, and I post it from my real account, with my name on it. Accountability starts there."At a time when anonymous sources dominate headlines, Mace is leaning into her reputation for saying the quiet part out loud."Ill keep telling the uncomfortable truth," she added. "And if it makes you squirm, good. That means youre finally paying attention."NANCY MACE TORCHES CLEMSON UNIVERSITY OVER 15-GENDER MENU: 'NOT ON MY WATCH'Mace has built her brand on fighting for survivors of sexual assault, including her own, and advocating for policies that protect women and parental rights. She has taken public stands on legislation to preserve Title IX protections for biological women and expand access to resources for survivors of violence.Earlier this month, she called out a transgender activist accused of threatening to "assassinate" her, saying, "You dont have to agree with me, but threatening a mother and congresswoman with violence isnt protest, its criminal."In the interview, Mace pointed to her real-world experience in tech, a rarity in Congress, as a major asset in crafting meaningful policy."Well, for starters, I actually understand the intricacies of technology, which already puts me ahead of most of Washington," Mace said, referring to her background as a self-taught computer coder. "Were writing policy focused on protecting your data, cracking down on cyber threats, and pushing back against Big Tech censorship."Her hands-on experience, she said, helps her spot both software flaws and political spin."It turns out writing code teaches you to spot bugs in software and in political BS," Mace said.When asked how she keeps her offices online work grounded in conservative principles like accountability and leadership, Mace didn't miss a beat."I lead with facts, I speak for the people who sent me here and I dont hide behind consultants or filtered statements," she said. "Being accountable means saying the hard stuff, standing your ground and not running from a fight, even if it makes the media clutch their pearls."As for the viral video online showing what appeared to be a stack of burner phones, Mace had a laugh at the spectacle."About as many burner phones as Wired has credible sources for burner-gate," she quipped.She even poked fun at claims on social media with a tongue-in-cheek AI-generated image of herself holding two Bernese Mountain dogs outside the Capitol, captioned it, "Its true. I have multiple berners!"CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMace made it clear she sees this controversy as more smoke than fire, one she believes wont distract her from the work of legislating and representing her district.Mace is the first woman to graduate from South Carolina's Citadel and the first woman elected to represent Charleston in Congress.

The California track and field state championship prelim round in Clovis on Friday was a scene of conflicting beliefs and even police intervention amid an ongoing controversy involving a trans athlete competing in the girls' category.At least one person was arrested, the Clovis Police Department confirmed Fox News Digital. The person arrested was a protester who is accused of shattering a car window with a flag pole. The department confirmed the person arrested was an LGBTQ activist.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"This afternoon at 3:55PM, a disturbance between two adults occurred at the intersection of Nees/Minnewawa. One adult on the sidewalk and one in a vehicle at the intersection became involved in a disturbance that turned physical. During the disturbance, one of them used pepper spray against the other. EMS was called and one of the adults was arrested," a statement read.The person has been arrested for assault with a weapon and obstructing a police, according to Sergeant Chris Hutchison."We don't have room for violence or property damage or anything like that," Hutchison.Meanwhile, a plane flying a banner that read "no boys in girls' sports" passed over the California track and field championship Friday in Clovis.Footage provided to Fox News Digital by California activist Beth Bourne showed the plan flying overhead at Buchanan High School's Veterans Memorial Stadium.The stunt was organized by two women's advocacy group, Women are Real and the Independent Council for Women's Sports."California is beginning to reap the consequences of defying federal law and brazenly harming girls," said Kim Jones, co-founder of ICONS in a press release announcing the aerial banner."How long will Governor Newsom and legislators in this state continue to prioritize granting a few boys the right to take opportunities and recognition away from girls? Not one single boy should ever be in girls sports. It's the easiest problem in the world to solveand the most brazen public 'screw you' to female athletes by Democrat leadership. Since when do we tell a single boy he is more important than every girl in the competition? That he has the right to ruin sports for all of them? Its time for California to pay and its time to right these wrongs."CALIFORNIA TOWN RALLIES BEHIND TRUMP AS IT HOSTS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP AMID TRANS ATHLETE CONTROVERSYWitnesses at the event told Fox News Digital that pro-transgender protesters attended the event in support of transgender athlete AB Hernandez.The meet and the California Interscholastic Federation's (CIF) entire track and field postseason has been under a national microscope in recent weeks. Trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School has dominated the girls' track and field postseason in 2025, prompting national backlash and even the attention of President Donald Trump.Trump sent a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, warning the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom of potential funding cuts and orders to local authorities to prevent a trans athlete from competing in the girls' category.Then the Department of Justice announced it would launch an investigation into the CIF and California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the state's law that allows biologically male trans athletes to compete with girls and women on Wednesday.The CIF announced a pair of rule changes on Tuesday and Wednesday in response to the backlash, expanding the size of the competitor pool and even handing out medals to any "biological female" athlete displaced by a transgender athlete at the meet.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Purdue University announced Friday it is "sunsetting" DEI activities and initiatives, effective immediately."An increasing number of actions and policy measures at both the federal and state level have made it clear that doing so is a necessary part of our future as a public university and a state educational institution," the university said in a statement.The move comes after similar announcements from other Big 10 schools, including the University of Michigan and Ohio State.UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANNOUNCES IT'S SHUTTERING ITS DEI OFFICES DUE TO TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERSThe Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging will close as will related activities in colleges and departments, according to school officials.Staff colleagues working in DEI departments will have the opportunity to interview for vacancies in other departments.THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 'SUNSETS' OFFICES AMID ONGOING REVIEW OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION WORKThe university will also update leading programs in its colleges into the Boilermaker Opportunity Program Plus in the Office of the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management to "serve all academic programs and to best support all current and future students," according to the statement.Cultural centers will continue to serve as open resources for the Purdue community, providing support for all students as part of the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life.DEI OFFICE CLOSURES AT UNIVERSITIES PILE UP AFTER ANOTHER STATE ORDERS END TO WOKE VIRUS"As we refocus our efforts on the success of all students in keeping with our land-grant mission and values, our team will be with you every step of the way through these updates," Purdue University Provost & Miller Family professor Patrick J. Wolfe wrote in the statement.Purdue University did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said that the Biden administration "strangled" the state of Alaska with restrictions and red tape that was beyond levels imposed on North Korea, Iran and Venezuela combined."Alaska, a state that has had more sanctions, more restrictions on production of oil and gas in Alaska than everything we did to Iran and Venezuela and North Korea if they produced any combined. You know, the last administration just strangled Alaska. This awesome state of immense natural resources," Wright said from the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California.Wright joined the inaugural Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to celebrate President Donald Trump's executive orders "unleashing American energy" and how the administration is tackling regulations that have prevented the growth of coal and nuclear energy in recent history. Fox News' Maria Bartiromo moderated the energy-focused panel.He pointed to the Gulf of America and Alaska as two key areas for American energy growth, most notably in the Last Frontier State.US FEDERAL AGENCIES TO 'UNLEASH' COAL ENERGY AFTER BIDEN 'STIFLED' IT: 'MINE, BABY, MINE'"Alaska has been this great resource. It boomed and then it's been strangled. The idea is we export oil from the north slope of Alaska, comes by pipeline to southern Alaska, and then exported," he said. "We want to build a pipeline from the north slope of Alaska that brings natural gas, not just oil. And then an oil, a natural gas export terminal on the southern coast of Alaska that in six days can sail to Tokyo or Taiwan or Korea. And then down to our allies in East Asia. So they're getting energy from us. But it would be awesome and great from a geopolitical stance to have a very short supply chain between a huge industrial American facility and our allies in East Asia."CHRIS WRIGHT CONFIRMED TO SERVE AS TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF ENERGYWright added that the Gulf of America is a key area of the country to build massive export terminals, where American energy can be exported to foreign nations."The export terminals today are almost entirely on the Gulf of America, on the Texas and Louisiana coast. And they're there because you can build things there. The natural gas comes from Pennsylvania, Ohio or North Dakota or Texas or Oklahoma. The gas comes from all over. But that's where you can build these giant facilities to export it," he said.TRUMP LAUNCHES 'DECISIVE COUNTERSTRIKE' ON DEM STATES THAT 'WEAPONIZED' COURTS AGAINST COAL: EXPERTSWright added that America was recently the largest importer of oil in the world, but has since become the largest exporter."We were, not long ago, the largest importer of oil in the world and the largest importer of natural gas in the world. Today, we're the largest exporter of natural gas and a net exporter of oil," he continued."Who's the biggest importer of oil in the world and the biggest importer of natural gas in the world? Both China. We have an incredible energy system advantage over China. But we should use it not just to the benefit of our country, but to bring security and tight alliances with our allies as well."

Taylor Swift is now the rightful owner of all of her music, and Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are loving it.The pop icon bought her catalog of recordings, originally released through Big Machine Records, from their most recent owner, the private equity firm Shamrock Capital, regaining control of her entire body of work.Swift posted a letter to her website about the news and implored her 281 million Instagram followers to read it in a post captioned, "You belong with me," a reference to one of her hit songs. The post was a photo of Swift with each of her first six albums.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBrittany Mahomes, wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, shared the post on her Instagram story."Just so amazing," Mahomes wrote with teary eye and heart emojis.Patrick reposted the news on X.Brittany and Swift have formed a friendship in recent years since Swift began dating Patrick's teammate, Travis Kelce, in 2023.Throughout that season, the Chiefs' WAGs were spotted in suites together at several Chiefs games, and it was not uncommon to see them hanging out outside of games with their significant others."I cant thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated my life to, but have never owned until now," Swift addressed fans in the post. "The best things that have ever been mine finally actually are."Swift had been rerecording and rereleasing her albums under the moniker "Taylor's Version" in an attempt to regain control of her music.She has also released new music, including last years "The Tortured Poets Department."The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Hunter Biden was seen out and about with his family in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday amid Republicans' investigation into an alleged "conspiracy" related to his father's cognitive decline as president.The embattled son of the former president toured Cape Town with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and son, Beau Biden Jr., driving a rented Toyota sedan, a big change from the black Chevy Suburbans he was used to traveling in before President Donald Trump yanked his Secret Service detail.In March, Trump terminated Hunter Biden's Secret Service detail after former President Joe Biden extended his son's detail indefinitely. Typically, children of former presidents only enjoy Secret Service protection if they are 16 or younger.Trump's move to remove Hunter Biden's detail came as the former president's son was once again vacationing in South Africa.FBI REOPENING INVESTIGATION INTO COCAINE FOUND AT BIDEN WHITE HOUSEHunter Biden and his family were seen on the Sea Point Main Road, a main thoroughfare in a wealthy part of Cape Town, paying for parking and stopping into the local butcher. Based on the images, it is apparent Hunter no longer has the luxury of a Secret Service detail.The new pictures also mark the first time Hunter Biden has been seen publicly since his father's public cancer announcement.JAKE TAPPER UNLOADS ON HUNTER BIDEN AS DEMONSTRABLY UNETHICAL, SLEAZY AND PRONE TO HORRIBLE DECISIONSRepublicans are launching a new investigation into the alleged "conspiracy" behind former President Joe Bidens cognitive decline.Senstors Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced plans to hold a Senate Judiciary hearing June 18 to look into the alleged cover-up of the 82-year-old former presidents mental decline while in office by the media and those closest to him.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe lawmakers are still gathering witnesses for the probe, which would be the first full congressional committee hearing on the subject.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called out CNN's Pamela Brown's "lazy assumptions" regarding the Trump administration's executive power during an appearance on "The Situation Room" on Friday.Miller rejected the notion that district judges should have to "green light" each individual policy directive or executive order that President Donald Trump implements, claiming that it challenges the will of the voters who put him in office.The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from deporting roughly 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The decision is a near-term victory for Trump as he moves to crack down on border security and immigration priorities in his second term.SUPREME COURT HANDS TRUMP WIN ON REVOKING PAROLE FOR 500K FOREIGN NATIONALSThe order stays, for now. The lower court ruling halted Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for some migrants living in the U.S., which allows individuals to live and work in the U.S. legally if they cannot work safely in their home country due to a disaster, armed conflict or other "extraordinary and temporary conditions."Brown asked Miller whether he believes district judges should just "rubber stamp" whatever the Trump White House does, and if not, what checks and balances he thinks should be in place."Its not the job of a district court judge to perform an individual green light or red light on every single policy that the president takes as the head of the executive branch," Miller replied. "Just think about the premise baked into your question. Respectfully, Pam, youre saying that when the American people elect a president of the United States of America"Brown interrupted before he could finish his thought, claiming that her words were being taken out of context, and that she was just asking what checks and balances should be in place.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE"I will answer the question happily," Miller responded. "But look, when you have these kinds of lazy assumptions built into questions, it makes it hard to have a constructive dialogue."The CNN anchor asked what "lazy assumptions" he thought she was making.Miller began to argue that district judges should not individually approve each executive action implemented by the president, but was interrupted by Brown stating that her question was being misinterpreted. She went on to clarify that she was questioning what checks and balances the Trump official felt were appropriate.Brown contended that her question about whether judges are expected to "rubber stamp" White House decisions was reasonable, before giving Miller the floor to finish his argument."When you say, Do we think district court judges should rubber stamp each action there is a premise that is built into that that is absurd," he asserted. "The president is the sole head of the executive branch. Hes the only officer in the entire government thats elected by the entire American people.""Democracy cannot function in fact, democracy does not exist at all if each action the president takes - foreign policy, diplomatic, military, national security - has to be individually approved by 700 district court judges," he continued. "Thats democracy? So if theres 15 communist, crazy judges on the court, that each of them as a team working together can block and freeze each and every executive action?"

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., unpacks the scandal around former President Joe Biden's decline on 'Hannity.'

Fox News senior national correspondent Rich Edson has more on the bureau under President Donald Trump investigating the alleged cover-up of coronavirus' beginnings on 'Special Report.'