Senate Republicans left Washington this week to sell President Donald Trumps "big, beautiful bill," but the road to creating and passing the legislation began just over a year and a half ago.Trumps $3.3 trillion megabill, crammed with his legislative priorities on border security, defense and energy, was a product months in the making. And it was the marquee policy in the bill, which was to extend or make permanent many of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that was the driving force behind Republicans desire to pass it.But Senate Republicans have had little time to rest on their laurels and celebrate the bills passage, spending the month since Trump signed it advancing a $9 billion clawback package and trying to ram through Senate Democrats blockade of the presidents nominees.SENATE PASSES TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' AFTER MARATHON VOTE-A-RAMAThe journey to pass the bill began well before Republicans had a trifecta in Washington in early 2024, when then-Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo., hosted a policy retreat with Senate Republicans to hash out what the GOPs agenda could look like should the win out in November.And months later, Trump visited with Senate Republicans to discuss the strategy they had been working on behind-the-scenes."With President Trump in the White House, we discussed how Republicans will get America back on track," Barrasso said at the time. "That starts with helping families escape the pain of Democrat high prices, unleashing American energy, stopping Democrat tax increases, and securing the Southern Border. Republicans are united."The real, nitty-gritty work began in January where concepts were taken and fleshed out into legislation.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., opted to leapfrog the House and move forward with the Senates own budget framework, which initially divided the "big, beautiful bill" into two chunks. That added pressure on Republicans in the lower chamber to coalesce behind a plan of their own.For much of the earlier part of this year, however, the Senate was waiting on the House to fine-tune and pass their own version of the bill. Still, Thune and his leadership team, including Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., worked to get a product from one side of the building to the other that the Senate GOP could work with.TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' FACES REPUBLICAN FAMILY FEUD AS SENATE REVEALS ITS FINAL TEXTAnd when the bill made its way to the upper chamber in early June, the pressure was on to deliver a finished product to Trump by July 4, an artificial deadline used to help corral lawmakers into finishing work on the bill.One of the major disagreements in the upper chamber before the bill ever hit the floor was over the nature of cuts to Medicaid, particularly aimed at the provider tax rate. The issue was eventually smoothed over through the creation of a $50 billion rural hospital fund, but lawmakers who sounded the alarm against it vowed to ensure that the changes to the provider would never take effect."I think it was a huge mistake," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said at the time. "I think this has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid.""And I think, frankly, my party needs to do some soul-searching," he continued. "If you want to be a working class party, you've got to get delivered for working class people. You cannot take away health care from working people."And when the bill did finally hit the floor for what would evolve into a multi-day affair of passing through procedural hurdles, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forcing the reading of the entire bill and a marathon vote-a-rama, Senate Republicans were still not entirely on board.At first, a cohort of fiscal hawks led by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., appeared to not support the package they wanted even deeper cuts to Medicaid by tweaking the percentage that the federal government pays for healthcare in states that opted into Obamacare, which they argued would have saved billions extra.They were offered an amendment that eventually never came to the floor, but was enough for them to back down from tanking the bill. And their resistance began in the first of a handful of huddles inside Thunes office outside the Senate floor.TAX CUTS, WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ASYLUM FEES: HERE'S WHAT'S INSIDE THE SENATE'S VERSION OF TRUMP'S BILLSen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., joined them for the closed-door conversations, and told Fox News Digital that while her vote was not contingent on getting the change added, she wanted to make the case for why it should be."It saved a lot of money," she said. "It saved a lot of money, and so I was anxious to see us use the opportunity, since we were able to open up mandatory spending, use the opportunity to really save some money."And later on, in the wee hours of the night, Republicans were bouncing from Thunes office to the Senate floor, hashing out deals as they went to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to support the bill, knowing that Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., could vote against it."Sometimes it's got to be put on a clock, because at some point the argument has to come to an end," Mullin told Fox News Digital. "And that's why we had to do some of it on the floor. We had to, we had to force the hand."And in the end, only three Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Collins and Tillis voted against the bill. From there it went to the House, where Republicans in the lower chamber had their own dramatic rally to pass the legislative behemoth.And now, as Republicans scatter to their home states to sell the bill to their constituents, Tillis said that the "foundational" piece of information that lawmakers can share is that they averted a nationwide tax hike."The shame of the Medicaid provision is that the vast majority of the bill is supported," he told Fox News Digital. "I think we have to remind them the problem with the tax bill is they're not going to see a cut, but if we hadn't done it, they would have seen a historic increase.""So we need to remind them of what we're doing is continuing what we started, and the economy that we created, it was able to withstand COVID," he continued. "And I firmly believe if we hadn't passed it. We'd have been in a different posture."

God calmed the storm for Moses.Pharaohs army thundered behind him. The Red Sea churned in front. Two million Israelites panicked all around. Moses had nowhere to turnbut up. Whether he shook his staff at God in anger or raised it in desperation, only Moses knows. But whatever the reason, he called out to heaven. The sea opened. The people crossed. And Egypt faded in the rearview mirror.Sometimes God calms the storm.He excises the malignant cancer. Transfers the cranky boss. Replenishes the diminishing funds. The breath of heaven blows, the clouds scatter, and the winter sky turns springtime blue.I'M A PASTOR AND I KNOW OUR WORLD FEELS WOUNDED, WORRIED, AND WEARY. HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND?Sometimes He calms the storm. Other times, He calms the child.Rather than quiet the tempest, He stills the sailor. Rather than remove the disease, He removes the fear. Rather than lift the debt, He lifts the doubt. The storm still rages. The wind still howls. But the child no longer fretshe trusts. He may even sleep.Jesus did. Remember that night?Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples. Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, "Lord, save us! Were going to drown!"Jesus responded, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and rebuked the wind and waves, and suddenly there was a great calm.(Matt. 8:2326, NLT)What do you find more amazing? That Jesus calmed the stormor that He slept through it?Exactly how does one sleep through a storm? The boat bounced like a ping-pong ball. Waves crashed over the deck. Thunder boomed. The disciples screamed. And Jesus snored. The boat became His bassinet.Could you use that kind of peace?If so, you're not alone. Anxiety is now standard fare.Recent studies show 43% of U.S. adults feel more anxious than they did just a year ago. Its not hard to see why. We feel ambushedhurricanes strike, wildfires rage, the Middle East teeters on war, and AI threatens everything from jobs to our sanity.In our whirlpool of worries, we sleep less, argue more, digest poorly, and ache everywhere. Unhealthy stress raises blood pressure, dulls intimacy, and even turns our hair gray. Even mild anxiety brings a 20% greater risk of death.Sometimes God calms the storm. Sometimes He calms the child.He calmed Bill Loveless.Bill, a beloved minister who served churches worldwide, was diagnosed with cancer of both the pancreas and the liver. But the news didnt take him down. Just the opposite. In a final letter to friends of his ministry, he wrote:Immediately upon hearing this diagnosis I walked [into] a new realm of Gods presence, His love and His grace. The things I have been teaching have become a living, breathing 3D reality like I have never experienced. The Lord and I have been in nonstop communion, and every day His presence, love, mercy, and comfort continue to fill my soul. I truly cant put into words what the Lord is revealing, but I have never experienced such a deep awareness of His presence.And God is calming my friend Susannah.She buried her husband just weeks ago. A widow at 40. Two middle schoolers. Long nights. An uncertain future. But already, shes written me two letters of gratitudeone for a Scripture I texted, another for the flowers we sent. "I can already see good coming out of this," she wrote.God didnt keep her out of the storm. But He calmed her in the midst of it.No storm ever hit harder than the one that raged through Gethsemanes garden. And no prayer was ever prayed with more passion than the one Jesus prayed on the eve of His death: "Can you calm the storm?"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONGod had calmed storms for Moses. He had protected Daniel. He would deliver Paul and Silas. Surely He could do the same for His own Son.Of course He could. But He chose not to.The cross was part of Gods plan to redeem His children. God didnt calm the storm. But He calmed His Son. And Jesus walked to Calvary in peace. A heaven-sent, illogical, stare-death-in-the-face-with-a-smile peace.You can find this peace.I pray God calms your storm. If He does not, may He calm you. And may you find:"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding."(Philippians 4:7, ESV)CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MAX LUCADO

Cybercriminals are always looking for new companies to attack, and the insurance industry seems to be a favorite. Insurance companies are lucrative targets because of the vast amounts of personal, financial and medical information they collect and store.Only recently, U.S. insurance giant American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) confirmed it was among the victims of a notorious cyber gang. Now, another insurance provider has fallen prey to a data breach. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America has disclosed a breach that exposed personal information belonging to the "majority" of its 1.4 million customers.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/NEWSLETTERMULTIPLE US CANCER CENTERS HIT IN COORDINATED PHISHING BREACHThe Minneapolis-based insurer told CyberGuy hackers accessed a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform used by the company. The breach occurred on July 16 and involved the compromise of data belonging not just to customers, but also financial professionals and some employees.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HEREAccording to Allianz, the attacker used a social engineering technique to break in, though the company did not disclose further details. Social engineering attacks typically involve tricking employees into revealing passwords or installing malicious software that gives attackers access to internal systems.Allianz said it"took immediate action to contain and mitigate the issue" and has notified federal law enforcement, including the FBI. The company added that there is "no evidence that the Allianz Life network or other company systems were accessed, including our policy administration system."Allianz did not specify what kind of customer data was taken, but life insurance providers often store highly sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth and financial details.The company also didn't say who might be behind the attack. But cybersecurity researchers recently warned that Scattered Spider, a financially motivated hacking group known for using social engineering tactics, has been actively targeting insurance companies in recent months.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?Allianz said its investigation remains ongoing and that it has begun reaching out to those affected, offering support through dedicated resources.Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is a subsidiary of Germany-based Allianz SE, one of the world's largest financial services firms. The breach appears limited to the U.S. arm of the company.If your personal information has been exposed in a data breach, taking the right steps immediately can help you limit the damage, protect your identity and prevent future fraud.You can't undo the damage once hackers have accessed your data. However, you can limit the fallout by investing in a data removal service. A data removal service can help you remove all this personal information from the internet.Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visitingCyberguy.com/DeleteGet a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web:Cyberguy.com/FreeScanYour Social Security number or other sensitive data may have been exposed in the data breach. Identity Theft companies can monitor personal information like your Social Security number, phone number and email address and alert you if it is being sold on the dark web or being used to open an account. They can also assist you in freezing your bank and credit card accounts to prevent further unauthorized use by criminals.See my tips and best picks on how to protect yourself from identity theft atCyberguy.com/IdentityTheftTurn on2FA for your email, banking and insurance logins. Even if a hacker has your password, 2FA requires a second verification step, like a code sent to your phone, making unauthorized access much harder.After a data breach, attackers often follow up with phishing emails or phone calls. They pretend to be from your insurance company or a support service. Don't click on links in unsolicited messages and verify any claims through official channels before responding. The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.Get my picks for the best 2025 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices atCyberGuy.com/LockUpYourTechPut a credit freeze on your files with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. This stops criminals from opening new accounts in your name. It's free, easy to set up and you can lift the freeze temporarily when needed.Change your passwords for all important accounts. Start with email, financial and health-related logins. Use strong, unique passwords for each account. Consider using a password manager, which securely stores and generates complex passwords, reducing the risk of password reuse.Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2025 atCyberguy.com/PasswordsLook for any signs of identity misuse, like:Early detection makes a big difference.If someone is misusing your identity, go to IdentityTheft.gov. This government site provides step-by-step help and generates the letters and reports you'll need to stop the fraud.The Allianz Life breach fits a pattern we've seen too often. Attackers targeted a third-party vendor, stole customer data and triggered a response from the company. Allianz claims it acted quickly to contain the breach and alert authorities, but it hasn't explained what data the attackers stole or how they pulled it off. This silence raises serious concerns.Do you trust insurance companies to protect your personal data? 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EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Hill turned down multiple Division I women's track and field scholarships to compete for Division III Rochester Institute of Technology.Her talents allowed her to break the program record in the 200-meter and 300-meter early in her collegiate career. But then she had to watch both records fall to transgender teammate Sadie Schreiner, all while feeling "uncomfortable" sharing a locker room with her trans teammate for the next two years.Then, even after Schreiner was ruled ineligible to compete when the NCAA changed its transgender policy on Feb. 6, Hill alleges Schreiner continued to use the women's locker room and train with the team for another month. RIT has declined to comment on Hill's allegations.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMNow, Hill is the first of Schreiner's former RIT teammates to speak out about the experience. Hill previously joined Riley Gaines' lawsuit vs. the NCAA in 2023 Schreiner's first official year on her team as an anonymous plaintiff. But now, she has come forward to put her name down.Hill claims she and her teammates were introduced to Schreiner as their future teammate in 2022. Schreiner did not officially begin to compete until 2023."He was practicing with us a little bit during the preseason," Hill said of the situation in 2022. Fox News Digital was unable to verify why Schreiner did not officially compete for RIT in 2022.When Schreiner began competing the following year, Hill claims the two of them were paired up as "workout buddies" by their coaches."We were sort of expected to be training buddies because we're both women on the women's team running the same events," Hill said."Personally, I saw it as This is not fair. This is definitively unfair' the expectation was that we are equals, being perceived as equals by the coach. That was what I had a harder time with."Hill even made it a point to protest the situation to her coach and administrators, but to no avail. Hill even alleges that Jacqueline Nicholson, RIT executive director of intercollegiate athletics, told her and the other women on the team that Schreiner had "less testosterone" than some of them."I had a couple conversations with her. She was very firm in that This is what the NCAA is enforcing. We're supporting it,'" Hill said. "We even had a meeting with the women on the team where she addressed us and said, We support this athlete competing on the team. Some of you women have more testosterone than he does, making it seem like it was totally fair and just as if we had a problem with it, that was not OK. It was very, very harsh."Hill said her conversation with her sprint coach was futile as well."I was very vulnerable expressing my feelings about the male athlete competing and training with us. And he was not very empathetic," Hill said. "He sort of tried to diminish my thoughts, and it was a lot of deflection. It's like, 'Well, we shouldn't be focusing on that.'"Hill also claims that other women on the team were supportive of competing with Schreiner."A lot of my teammates, um, were very supportive of this athlete competing and training with us," Hill said.In Schreiner's second year on the team in 2024, the trans athlete broke Hill's program record in the 300-meter, clearing Hill's previous record, which she set her sophomore year in 2022, by 1.42 seconds.In early 2025, Schreiner broke the program record in the 200-meter with a 24.46, besting Hill's best time of 25.82, which she set that same year. She ranks just behind Schreiner for second-best in program history.While Hill had to watch Schreiner break her collegiate records on the track, an even more personal dilemma awaited her in the locker room."I remember one day, I think I was changing, and all of a sudden this athlete is just in the locker room, and being very just shocked and kind of mortified obviously because it's uncomfortable to have a male in the locker room. And so actually his locker was right next to mine," Hill said. "It's kind of a social area, but he really didn't talk to anyone."FORMER UPENN SWIMMER REFELCTS ON BEING TEAMMATES WITH LIA THOMASHill also said Schreiner never changed in the women's locker room. Still, Hill said she actively tried to avoid changing in front of Schreiner, but that wasn't always an option."If he was like standing there doing something or whatever, I would kind of wait for him to be somewhere else before I changed," Hill said. "Or there were times where I did, but I would just change as quickly as I could and, you know, I was able to just like suck it up, I guess. Not that I should have had to do that."Hill spent the two years of her collegiate career sharing those spaces and competitions with Schreiner. After President Donald Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5, which aimed to put an end to situations like the one at RIT, the NCAA complied the next day, changing its policy to only allow biological females to compete as women.Hill said the coaches never officially informed the female athletes that Schreiner wouldn't be competing with them anymore.RIT provided a statement to Fox News Digital on Feb. 12 that read, "We continue to follow the NCAA participation policy for transgender student-athletes following the Trump administrations executive order. Sadie is not participating in the next meet."However, Hill alleged that this didn't mean the end of seeing Schreiner in the locker room or at practice."He was still changing with us and all that. I was sort of confused," Hill said. "Utilizing our coaches, our facilities, our resources during a practice times even though the rules had been changed. So it didn't end with the rule change. He kept training with us. Not that we were training buddies, but he was always there at the same time as I was I would say a month after [the rule change]."Schreiner's attorney, Susie Cirilli of Cirilli LLC, told Fox News Digital, "We are not responding at this time," in response to a request for comment on Hill's statements.Eventually, Schreiner made an effort to compete in non-NCAA sanctioned events.Schreiner competed at the USA Track & Field Open Masters Championships on March 1 in New York.There, Schreiner took first place in the women's 400-meter dash and 200-meter dash.FORMER SJSU STAR MAKES NEW ALLEGATIONS ABOUT PROBE INTO TRANS TEAMMATE'S ALLEGED PLOT TO HARM HERWeeks after that, Schreiner posted an Instagram video claiming to have likely competed in Schreiner's last organized track meet in the U.S. after a USATF event in Maine."I very likely just ran what will be my last meet in the United States," Schreiner said, later adding, "I will find a way to keep competing, but I doubt that will be in the United States."Schreiner said USATF changed its policy on transgender eligibility from the one used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which allows biological males to compete in the women's category, to the one used by World Athletics, which bans any athlete who has undergone male puberty from competing as a woman. The USATF's official transgender eligibility policy does now reference the World Athletics guidelines on its official webpage. It previously referenced the IOC's policy, as seen in an archive via Wayback Machine.Then in July, Schreiner filed a lawsuit against Princeton University after the school allegedly excluded the athlete from a May 3 women's race.Schreiner's lawsuit claimed the athlete attempted to participate in the women's 200-meter sprint at the Larry Ellis Invitational as one of the 141 participants unattached to a university or club. The suit alleges officials told Schreiner the athlete could not participate 15 minutes before the race began."The actions of the two Princeton officials were in blatant and willful disregard of Sadies rights based on Sadies rights as a transgender woman under controlling New Jersey law, thereby causing Sadie Schreiner to foreseeable emotional and physical harm," the lawsuit argued.Cirilli provided an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital about Schreiner's lawsuit against Princeton."The action of the two Princeton officials were in blatant and willful disregard of Sadies rights as a transgender woman under controlling New Jersey Law," the statement read. "The actions of the defendants were utterly intolerable in a civilized community and go beyond the possible bounds of decency."Meanwhile, Hill, having graduated from RIT with a degree in graphic design, is pressing ahead as a now-public member of the Gaines vs. NCAA lawsuit.Hill said fear of retaliation from fellow students at the school and elsewhere prevented her from speaking out against the situation earlier. But now, as the culture in America has shifted, Hill is proudly putting her name out there as an advocate to protect women's sports."I was definitely a little worried being on campus, being on my team, um, with administration that felt strongly, I get that they were against the lawsuit I was a little worried about my own safety and that things might escalate in a way that I couldn't foresee," Hill said."I feel like it's worthwhile to come forward [now] just because I have the ability to use what has happened to me as a way to show that harm is being done to women, to female athletes it is scary to put yourself out there because I'm sure there's a lot of girls out there that feel like they can't and don't have a voice."The NCAA has definitely made it so that they, a lot of women and girls don't feel like they can speak out, so I want to do it."Hill is calling for RIT to apologize to her and reinstate her as the program record-holder for the 200- and 300-meter.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little didnt necessarily have anything to prove going into training camp and his first preseason game before the 2025 regular season.Little is entering his second season with the Jaguars. He made 93.1% of his field-goal attempts, including five from 50 yards or more. He was also 100% on extra points.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOn Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Little showed off his leg a bit. He connected on a 70-yard field goal, which would have been a record if it were a regular-season game."It does suck," he said. "That means we just have to go out there and make it again. I was talking to ([Jaguars senior director of football communications Dylan Morton) and I was like, Dude does that count, and he was like, 'No, it doesnt.' That is unfortunate."The half ended with the Steelers leading 14-9.MADDEN NFL 26 RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS SAQUON BARKLEY'S APPARENT TRUMP-STYLE TOUCHDOWN CELEBRATION DANCE"I dont think were necessarily going to be kicking 70-yarders in the first quarter or anything like that," Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said. "But unbelievable to see him make that. Thats huge, especially in those two-minute drills. If you can get him near the 50, you got a really good shot. Having a guy like that is a weapon."The Steelers won the game, 31-25.Former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has the NFL mark with a 66-yard field goal in 2021 against the Detroit Lions. Eight kickers have attempted 70-yarders in the regular season and all of them failed."Dont stress about the record. This wont be the last 70 yarder," Little added on X.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

When one thinks of New England, they tend to think of charming little college towns, freezing winters and funny accents, but theres something else that should be added to this list: The region is the most heavily gerrymandered, in favor of Democrats, of any in history.Redistricting is the hottest story in America just at the moment, as state legislators have fled Texas, some to New England, to stop a vote to change the congressional map in the Lone Star State, and likely give Republicans five more House seats in Washington D.C.DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST SAYS PARTY LACKS 'MORAL AUTHORITY' ON TEXAS REDISTRICTING FIGHTBut when it comes to drawing districts in order to shut out the minority party, which is really what gerrymandering is, New England Democrats have a perfect record: There 21 House seats spread over six states and not one single GOP representative.Frankly, a Republican would be about as likely to win a House race in 1860 Mississippi as one in New England in 2025.Democrats will counter that it is a very liberal region, or that no map could be made in a state like Massachusetts to accommodate a GOP seat. But in fact, there are millions of Republicans in New England. President Trump nearly won New Hampshire in 2024 and Maine has a Republican senator (at least sort of) in Susan Collins.It wasnt all that long ago that the former Republican governor of Massachusetts became the GOP presidential nominee in the form of Mitt Romney, so it's not like New England is devoid of conservatives, they just dont get any representation.The only other region that comes close to this kind of congressional imbalance is the Great Plains, with only three Democrats out of 18 House seats. But then again, it's not Republicans who are calling gerrymandering such a threat to democracy that laws must be broken to stop it.And, to borrow a phrase from a 1980s anti-drug ad, "they learned it from watching you, Democrats."These Texas Democrats have run away from their duties to govern in protest of a practice that their party has absolutely perfected, You cant get better than 21-0.At the end of the day, redistricting House seats is inherently subjective. In making the maps, lots of things can be taken into account; geographic proximity, race, urban vs rural, and, of course, party affiliation. There is no one gold standard.In the past, supposed bipartisan or nonpartisan blue-ribbon commissions have failed to create a model of fairness. Now it is suggested that artificial intelligence could do it, but which AI, whose AI, and what will the prompt be? "Draw fair districts?" Who is defining fair? You see the problem here?No, the bottom line is that the Texas Democrats lost the Texas legislature fair and square, and it is the Texas legislature that gets to do redistricting pursuant to state law.The only leg that the Texas Democrats might have to stand on is that what the Republicans are doing is so unconventional, so out of keeping with the spirit of the law that criminal civil disobedience is demanded. But if so, why isnt it demanded in New England, as well?Before liberals go to war over the electoral splinter in the eye of the Texas Republicans, they should really remove the plank from the eye of New England and its exclusion of GOP House districts.Democrats have become addicted to the politics of emergency, which calls for wild stunts and breaking the law. They yell and scream that we are falling into fascism and we have to wake up!CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONHonestly, telling voters they "have to wake up" is about as effective as me trying to get my 15-year-old out of bed before 7 a.m. on a Saturday.Most Americans do not believe that we are in the midst of an authoritarian emergency. Some do, especially those who are loud or have prominent platforms, but you dont see Texas voters in their tens of thousands protesting over redistricting.Eventually, it is very likely that Texas redistricting will occur, by hook or by crook, and the Sturm und Drang will reach the high heavens.But just remember, when that happens, that meanwhile, up in old, storied New England, the exclusion of Republicans from the lower house of Congress will continue apace, and nobody, but nobody, will bat an eye.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Austin Hill sparked a massive wreck at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon and took heat from others over it.The incident came with nine laps to go in the race. Hill, Michael McDowell, Zane Smith and Sam Mayer were among those chasing down the leader Connor Zilisch. Hill and the rest of the pack were coming out of Turn 5 when he got into the back of McDowell.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe crash involved multiple drivers as Hill took the blame for running into the back of McDowell."Just two guys going for it. Nothing malicious, as much as everybody wants to sit there and try to make it more than it is," Hill said, via Frontstretch. "It was just two guys racing it out. I was trying to get by the 88 (Connor Zilisch) as quickly as I could because the 88 was driving away from us, and I thought that we could maybe have a shot at racing with him and racing for the win there. I had a massive run off the Carousel."I kind of thought I was trying to catch (McDowell) off guard and get to his left side."2025 NASCAR ODDS: SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HEAVY FAVORITE FOR WATKINS GLENMcDowell said Hill was bumping him for the last two laps prior to the crash."He turned me for sure. I mean, there is no way he was gonna get alongside me," McDowell said, via NASCAR.com. "I got around him cleanly on those restarts, and there at the end, like I said, Ill have to get a better view of it. But to me, he wasnt alongside me. Just got to my rear bumper, turned me sideways."Im not talking like he intentionally hooked me. He doesnt need a penalty for that. Just, there was no way he was gonna finish the pass there, and he just made a decision not to lift and to turn me but thats not the same as a right-rear hook at an oval. Thats not what Im saying, so I dont want that to be communicated. I dont want that to be the headline."Its unclear if there will be further discipline for Hill. NASCAR suspended him for one race for causing a crash at Iowa a few weeks ago.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addressed whether he will run for president again in 2028 during an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union.""Let's not worry about that," he told host Dana Bash. "I am going to be 84 years of age next month, as a matter of fact. I think that speaks for itself."Sanders said that "what is more important" is educating, organizing and giving "working-class people an agenda" to understand that "we can, in fact, provide a decent standard of living for all our people."Bash suggested to Sanders that without leadership, a "very hungry, energized base with an idea of what they want" will not evoke change. SEN BERNIE SANDERS NAMES 2 THINGS TRUMP HAS DONE RIGHTThe senator remained steadfast that "strong grassroots movements will bring forth the appropriate leadership." He did not want to name anyone he supports politically to "take up" what Bash called "the Bernie Sanders mantel."BERNIE SANDERS GETS UP DURING INTERVIEW AFTER 'NONSENSE' QUESTION ABOUT AOCSanders ran for president during the 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He has been conducting a "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" around the U.S. for much of this year.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPOn Sunday, Sanders is in Asheville, North Carolina. The venue for the tour stop had to be changed from one that holds 2,400 to one that seats about 7,200, Blue Ridge Public Radio reported.

Historians recently unearthed some "health hacks" dating back to the Middle Ages v and some sound like they came straight off TikTok.The database, called the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine, offers a wealth of information about how people in the so-called "Dark Ages" viewed health, science and medicine. It was announced by Binghamton University in July.Meg Leja, an associate professor at the university, told Fox News Digital that she helped catalog hundreds of medieval medical texts, particularly focusing on all surviving Latin manuscripts up to the year 1000.WEARABLE HYDRATION MONITOR COULD HELP PREVENT HEATSTROKE, SCIENTISTS SAY"This means that we covered most of Continental Europe, but not England, where many early medieval medical writings were in the vernacular (i.e., Old English)," she said."Because very few manuscripts survive from before the year 600, effectively our date range is 600 to 1000."Some of the cures, researchers said, could fit into in modern wellness circles. Below are six examples they found.Historians repeatedly came across a 12-month detox plan that included drinking herbs like cinnamon, sage, ginger and fennel one for every month.The drinks were said to purge the body of buildup like mucus and "unwanted matter," much like modern juice cleanses.WORLD'S MOST PREMATURE BABY DEFIES ALL MEDICAL ODDS TO REACH 1ST BIRTHDAYAnother recipe in the database recommended a vinegar remedy "so that your face is radiant.""Grind wheat flour with vinegar [and] put this on as a plaster mixed with oil," the tip advises.Barley water occasionally pops up on TikTok as a "natural remedy" and centuries before influencers promoted it, early medieval writers recommended its use.According to a text written before 1000 A.D., a healer claimed that mixing barley with hot wine would aid digestion.Other hacks were not TikTok-like at all, featuring ingredients that are both unpleasant and difficult to obtain.One text written before 1250 swore by dead vultures being a one-size-fits-all cure for a myriad of health issues."You capture a vulture and decapitate it with a reed while saying Angel, Adonai Abraham, on your account the word is complete," the text advises.The dead bird's skull was said to prevent migraines, while its eyeballs "relieve pain of the eyes." Tying the vulture's feathers to a pregnant woman's legs was also said to help speed up labor.One late 9th-century tip found in a priests personal manuscript suggested using green lizard ashes for fuller hair.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"For flowing hair, cover the whole head with fresh summer savory and salt and vinegar," the translated instructions read. "[Then] rub it with the ashes of a burnt green lizard, mixed with oil."The most repulsive recipe, from an 11th-century text, offered the following tip for chest pain."You dissolve goat dung in water and, sieved, you give it to drink," the tip advises. "It soon relieves the pain, however intensely it hurt."J. Matthew Knight, M.D., a board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon, urged caution for those considering trying these cures.The Florida-based medical expert told Fox News Digital that, while barley, cinnamon and fennel may offer minor digestive benefits, the idea of detoxing over 12 months isnt backed by science.Knight, the founder of the Knight Dermatology Institute, also noted that the vinegar facial mask "could lead to irritant contact dermatitis," though vinegar has antibacterial effects.As for the more extreme remedies like using goat dung for chest pain the doctor warned they are "unsanitary and dangerous," and emphasized that anyone experiencing chest pain should go straight to the emergency room.Though Knight said he appreciates the novelty of the list, they exist "somewhere between funny and completely ineffective."For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/health"All of these schemes predate the microscope, germ theory of disease and modern medicine, and rely on the idea that maladies were due to spiritual imbalance, moral transgression or cosmic forces,"hetold Fox News Digital. "Illness wasnt seen as bacterial or viral, but as a disturbance in unseen forces, like body humors.""Unfortunately, when it comes to TikTok trends, or medieval remedies, there is painfully little to no scientific basis for their use."

ANACONDA, MT: Two residents of the rural Montana town that was rocked by an armed gunman's alleged mass shooting at a local bar said members of the town had long predicted that he would snap.Two men in Anaconda, Montana, who requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of their comments and the prevailing sentiment in town, told Fox News Digital that Michael Paul Brown was a "loose cannon" whose delusions were well known to residents long before he allegedly murdered four people in cold blood at the Owl Bar last Friday."I've been to a couple of barbecues with him and what not, and he's always been just kind of a loose cannon," one man said. "We always joked about it. About him, like going nuts and just shooting."MONTANA FUGITIVE'S BROTHER SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR SEPARATE MURDER CONVICTION IN SAME TOWN"Like I got in a fight with him once and then someone was like, You better watch yourself, he might kill you," the man said. "So, he was just always kinda not there."The man explained that Brown, who grew up in Anaconda and was an armor crewman in the Army from January 2001 to May 2005 before serving in the National Guard from April 2006 to March 2008, would sometimes share fantastical stories that were well out of the realm of possibility."He's just a storyteller, you know, just maverick stories," he said. "One of the stories that he told me is how he went and stole some artifact from some place, and then, like, killed a bunch of people and started a civil war."Both men claimed that while the narrative that Brown had been denied access to mental healthcare is popular among some locals and in the media, Brown actually declined the healthcare he may have needed.MONTANA MANHUNT EXPANDS FOR EX-SOLDIER SUSPECT SEEN WITH STOLEN SURVIVAL GEAR AFTER BAR MASSACRE"This family tried to get him out, and he never accepted it, you know," the first man said, adding that even the owner of the Owl Bar that Brown frequented wanted to get him help.The second added that people "absolutely" tried to help Brown."He denied service," that man said. "What I understand, there was a couple families that was trying to get him to get [help]."Clare Boyle is Brown's niece and an Anaconda resident. She told KXFL that Brown suffered from PTSD stemming from his time in the army, and from schizophrenia."Mikees decline started really heavily when my grandma passed," she told the outlet. "The trauma from losing his last parent broke Mikee."Brown's mom died in 2021."The VA said he no longer qualified for assistance with obtaining prescriptions and help. The Montana State Hospital wouldnt take him in unless it was a court order," Boyle said. "The only way to obtain a court order was for Mikee to become a harm to himself or others. We warned them that a snap could happen and that he was not of sound mind, and we were still left with no answers and nowhere to turn."MONTANA BAR SHOOTING SUSPECT COULD RETURN TO TOWN, STATE AG SAYS, CITING 'CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC'"My heart breaks for this town," she said. "There is no amount of apology or words that could ever describe how sorry I am and how I feel for these families, my own included."Boyle has not returned multiple comment requests from Fox News Digital this week.The men also dispelled a rumor that Brown had been denied service at the bar on Thursday, July 31, which some have posited as a motive for the shooting. They said that Brown had carried out the alleged killings with premeditation."Like I said, he just decided to do that that day, like he didn't get kicked out of the bar or nothing. He just walked in there and shot them," the first man said. "That could have been anybody in there at the time."Meanwhile, the town of 9,000 people remains on edge."It's a small-town community," the man said. "It hit pretty damn hard. That stuff don't happen out here. So that's got people freaked out about it."VICTIMS OF MONTANA BAR SHOOTING IDENTIFIED AS MANHUNT FOR MILITARY VETERAN SUSPECT CONTINUESBrown is suspected of killing 59-year-old Daniel Edwin Baillie, 64-year-old Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 70-year-old David Allen Leach and 74-year-old Tony Wayne Palm. All of the victims were from Anaconda.Shortly after the massacre, police tracked down a white Ford F-150 associated with Brown but did not locate him. That truck was equipped with outdoor supplies and food.At the time of the manhunt, Brown was described by authorities as "armed and extremely dangerous."