Conservative and liberal scholars have published a manifesto calling for an end to "wokeness" in the humanities, the College Fix reported."This peer pressure on academic freedom has constricted and warped the production of knowledge," political science professor Eric Kaufmann said in an email, according to The Fix."It has made us dumber about the social world, not smarter," Kaufmann said."The Buckingham Manifesto for a Post-Progressive Social Science", first published byThe Chronicle of Higher Education in July, calls for a "post-progressive social science" to be "pursued in new universities and centers, among dissident scholars in the academic mainstream, in think tanks, or, best of all, in a future academe rededicated to open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and civil discourse."WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL ADMITS COLLEGES MUST TAKE 'STRENUOUS ACTION' TO RESTORE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS"In the second two decades of the 21st century, academic and cultural institutions were suddenly seized by a radical ideology known as Critical Social Justice, Intersectionality, the Identity Synthesis, the Successor Ideology, or most commonly, Wokeness," Kaufmann said."This takeover took many by surprise and remains unexplained. We hold that the wokeness revolution was not compelled by new discoveries or moral imperatives but is a contingent historical episode that needs to be studied, just as scholars have sought to explain the rise of nationalism, communism, neoliberalism, and populism."Kaufmann organized the manifesto at a Heterodox Social Science conference at the University of Buckingham in June. According to Kaufmanns Substack detailing the conference, scholars assembled at the conference shared concerns about"forbidden topics or viewpoints," such as "the negative economic effects of immigration, or whether differences in family structure help to explain racial inequality."HARVARD PROFESSOR URGES UNIVERSITY TO EMBRACE IDEOLOGICAL BALANCE AMID CLASH WITH TRUMP ADMINHe explained further that "cultural left ideology" achieved a position of "institutional hegemony."Several scholars signed on from Americas prestigious institutions, like the Ivy League, as well as prominent conservative activist Christopher Rufo, and liberal scholars including Steven Pinker from Harvard. Academics from other countries, including Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Argentina, signed the manifesto as well."In signing this manifesto, we are trying to define the new social science and theories that will guide knowledge production in the post-progressive era," Kaufmann told The College Fix."They disagree on how to reform higher education, but agree that we need this new, positive, research agenda," he added.Kaufmann also announced aBuckingham Research Award of up to $100,000 for "post-progressive social science research" in the near future and a new book, "Post-Progressivism: Toward a New Social Science."

In a lengthy and beautifully crafted address on Independence Day, July 4, 1821, then-President John QuincyAdams delivered an extraordinarily detailed and learned lesson on the founding of America. Its one that still deserves repeated and close reading -- though much of it will simply not be understood by most Americans today, for it is dense in references to history no longer taught widely in the United States.Adams most memorable sentences are often quoted:"[America] has, in the lapse of nearly half a century, without a single exception, respected the independence of other nations while asserting and maintaining her own. She has abstained from interference in the concerns of others, even when the conflict has been for principles to which she clings, as to the last vital drop that visits the heart. She has seen that probably for centuries to come, all the contests of that Aceldama the European world, will be contests of inveterate power, and emerging right. Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence, has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will recommend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example."SUMMIT WITH PUTIN SET TO TOP TRUMP'S AGENDA THIS WEEK AS UKRAINE WAR TAKES CENTER STAGEThe declamation that America "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy" is a favorite text of both the pre-World Wars One and Two isolationists in America, but of course both global conflicts reached out and drew the United States into them.Now, far, far more than in 1917 and 1941, the assumptions of our sixth president simply no longer apply.There is no longer any "abroad."The idea of an "abroad" about which Americans could be either indifferent or at most the subject of a distant approval or remote scorn, is dead.To repeat: There is no such thing as "abroad."Not even remotely.What remained of the concept after Pearl Harbor was shattered by Sputnik in 1957, and then by successive generations of missile technology.With the rise of hypersonic missiles only fools would believe that there is an "abroad" anywhere on the globe that the United States can disregard.Beijings hypersonic arsenal can reach Washington, D.C. in two hours or less, and that margin is going to shrink rapidly. Russias hypersonic missiles can reach the lower 48 even sooner and Alaska in a blink.IF AMERICA DOESNT SHAPE THE WORLD, OUR RIVALS WILLOther nations will inevitably add to the number of potential adversaries that can change the world via hypersonic missilery and wreck enormous, perhaps Republic-ending damage on the country.Of course, America possesses a "second strike" capability deep under the seas in our Ohio-class submarines, and even an enormous fusillade of thousands of hypersonic missiles would be unlikely to cripple all of our B-2s and B-21s or ever missile silo. The United States would take down with it all of the evil powers that combined to strike it first, just as it did from 1941 to 1945.But there would be no "Marshall Plan" waiting for anyone or any country on the other side of such an unimaginable catastrophe. Thus it must be deterred. Deterrence is only accomplished by the reality of American military power and the military power of the allies on which it can rely.To repeat a third time: There is no "abroad."TRUMPS NEW AMERICAN DOCTRINE MEANS PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH HAS RETURNEDThis very dangerous word will only grow more so with the years. President Trumps decision to destroy the Iranian nuclear weapons program alongside Israels blows against that fanatical theocracys ballistic missile capability shielded the entire world from the most unstable and terror-addicted regime in the world obtaining the ability to threaten all of the West and beyond with Armageddon.For a time, at least, the precise and purposeful application of American military force to the missile and nuclear arsenal of an enemy on the brink of "breakout" kept the number of nuclear powers stable.Bravo, President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whatever criticisms come their way on whatever other subject, the most important mission of their careers is complete. (Though both men may be obliged by the fanatics in Tehran to do it again.)The West still has enemies, of course, and the most formidable one is the Chinese Communist Party that dominates the Peoples Republic of China, and its ruthless leader, Xi Jinping. Xi and the CCP are followed in second place by Xis equally ruthless if not quite as powerful ally in Putins Russia, not to mention the unstable nuclear powers of North Korea and Pakistan.The Wests nuclear arsenal distributed among our allies Great Britain and France and especially alongside that of Israel and our sometimes friend India combines with our own prodigious, yet in-need-of-modernization nuclear arsenal to hold the most dangerous enemies at bay.There are only four actual superpowers in the world the quartet of nations that can project nuclear power far beyond their borders and which possess intelligence and espionage capabilities that are unmatched except by each others capabilities: The United States and Israel on the side of the West and the PRC and Russia on the side of despotism. All others in the "nuclear club" have limitations imposed by their own chaotic domestic politics or lack of deliverable firepower and the will to use it.Thats national security realism in a nutshell.5 TERRIFYING FLASHPOINTS THAT COULD IGNITE GLOBAL WARWhen two of the leaders of any of these four nations meet, it is a significant occasion. It is a very good thing that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have met three times in 2025 and have spoken far more frequently than that.Xi and Putin have only met in person twice in this year, but their "partnership" is very close even though Xi is to Putin as Trump is to Netanyahu: the senior partners to their powerful but not nearly as powerful junior partners.This is the basic geopolitical structure of the world and only with that understanding of reality can analysts judge what President Trump gets out of his meeting with the Russian tyrant this week if anything is even made public afterward. It will take months, if not years, to assess what happens this week.EU HITS BACK AT TRUMP, ZELENSKYY COMMENTS, NO CONCESSIONS IN UKRAINE BEFORE PUTIN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTPutin has attempted to play every American president since Bill Clinton, sometimes successfully, sometimes fooling them only for a time. The temptation to "strike a deal" with Putin is the same as the apple on the forbidden tree in Genesis. That way lies ruin. But sizing up the tree and the apple at close range can have benefits.President Trump has met with Putin six times prior to this week and has spoken with him often. The real estate developer-turned-television force-turned president has as much of the skills set anyone could have to deal with such a stone-cold killer as Putin. Trump survived not just two assassination attempts in 2024 but years of lawfare preceded by the plots of the permanent left embedded in our vast administrative state during his first term.Trump is as tough and as resilient as any president since Richard Nixon. There will be no hot mic whisperings of weakness, nor will there be blunt assessments spoken like that of former Vice President Dick Cheney: "[W]hat I see [in Putin is] a KGB colonel."Trump is a realist, just like his friend of old from New York in the 1980s and early 1990s, RN. Trump is as tough as W standing in the ruins of the Twin Towers, as tough as the genuine war hero H.W., as tough as Reagan, Ford and Ike.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONIf Trump can bring an end to the savagery underway in Ukraine on terms acceptable to President Zelensky, it will be an achievement greater than his interventions to stop the hostilities between India and Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Thailand and Cambodia and last weeks peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Trumps destruction of the Iranian nuclear program is the biggest building block of his legacy, rivaled only by the Abraham Accords.If he can bring a ceasefire to Central Europe that is acceptable to our allies and the Ukrainian people, it will be the third pillar of his legacy, with the fourth the rebuilding of the American military into so potent a force that no one, not even Chinas Xi, dares to risk a confrontation with us as his fourth. On top of those four pillars can rest an era of prosperity and renewed American growth and innovation.If anyone is hoping for the president to fail in this endeavor as described, they are not patriots but partisans blind to the realities of the world. There are a lot of those sorts of partisans in the U.S., and increasingly our NATO allies are showing themselves to be unreliable.Like it or not, the near-term security prospects of the West rest on Trump, and serious people must prefer that to the infirmities of President Biden or the illusions of President Obama.Trump has confidence in his own abilities and serious analysts of realpolitik should too. At this point, after "Midnight Hammer" and the other ceasefires, after all of the decade since he came down the escalator, there is very good reason to believe he can achieve as much as any other American at the table with Putin. Anyone hoping for his failure should assess their own mental health. It is in the interests of everyone on the planet that knows no "abroads" that stability break out everywhere, beginning in Alaska this week.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT

Zohran Mamdani is a con man.Not just because the socialist currently atop New Yorks mayoral leaderboard lives in a rent-controlled apartment, which should offend everyone, but because he promises to make life more affordable for New Yorkers while ignoring the real causes of the Big Apples cost-of-living crisis.Mamdani is correct: New York is one of our countrys most expensive cities, ranking either first or second in cost of living, vying with San Francisco for top honors. In a list of top ten most costly cities to live in, all but one Miami, Florida are in blue states like California and Massachusetts.NYC AT RISK? SOCIALISM SURVIVORS' DIRE WARNING FOR THE EMPIRE STATE UNDER MAMDANI'S VISIONHas any liberal reporter asked Mamdani why that might be? Why the cost of housing, transportation, electricity and other essential services in those Democrat-run cities is significantly higher than in other towns across America?No, they have not, because the answers are not flattering to Democrats. It is the overreaching and intrusive hand of government the hand that Socialists like Mamdani want to empower that raises the cost of everything.Take housing, which is one of the biggest issues for New Yorkers and those struggling to make ends meet across the nation. Five of the ten most expensive cities in America in which to buy or rent a home are in California. The reason for the Golden States high housing costs is simple: local governments and the state make it almost impossible to build.One recent study from the Rand Center on Housing and Homelessness compared the cost of building a new apartment in California and Texas. It found that the cost of building an average apartment in Texas was roughly $150,000; in California the cost was about $430,000, or 2.8 times more.Ironically, "For publicly subsidized, affordable apartmentsa sector that California has spent billions on in recent yearsthe gap is even worse." Such units evidently cost over four times as much as affordable apartment units in Texas.GROCERY CHAIN C.E.O. AND REAL ESTATE TITAN WARN SOCIALIST MAYORAL FRONTRUNNER COULD DESTROY NEW YORKWhy the disparity? Higher prices paid for land, labor, architectural and engineering costs were all culprits, but the major "soft cost" differential was development fees to local governments, which average roughly $30,000 per unit in California against only about $800 in Texas. In other words, local officials have their hands out, taxing and adding fees every step of the development process, driving up total costs enormously. But the study showed the main reason building in California is so pricey compared to Texas is that it takes too long.For a privately financed developer, it takes about two years to produce an apartment building in Texas compared to over four years in California. In building, time is money as "land costs must be carried for longer, equipment and labor are on jobsites longer, and that loans are taken out for a longer term, and so on."As the Rand economist Jason Ward notes, "Most of the differences that the study uncovered stem from policy choices made by state and local governments." Many are legacies of the so-called"slow growth movement"in California, which has shaped housing production since the 1980s." He points out that the "slow growth" movement has worked; Californias population has shrunk, thanks largely to the choking cost of living in the state.As in California, it takes too long to build in New York, thanks to burdensome regulations, and it is expensive thanks to union demands and other costs. Even the left-leaning New York Times concluded last year, "It has become quite difficult, time-consuming and expensive to build and maintain apartment buildings here." Navigating the zoning and regulatory thicket, complying with onerous building codes, getting approval from the numerous agencies and political bodies involved, including the City Council, can take years and drives costs higher. The Times cites a study showing New York is the most expensive place in the world to build.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONDoes Mamdani want to lighten the rules and regulations that drive housing costs higher? No. Socialists want more government interference, not less.New Yorkers also pay high costs for electricity, thanks to leftist policy decisions. The average residential electricity rate in New York City is 52% higher than the national average. Officials, bowing to environmentalists, have tried to phase out fossil fuels, including affordable, plentiful and relatively clean natural gas, and also shrink nuclear powers share of the pie, even as they push electrification. The increasing reliance on solar and other renewable fuels, which is endorsed by Mamdani, has driven electricity costs higher.How about transportation? The cost of mass transit in New York skyrocketed 56% between 2012-13 and 2022-23, according to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. New York is not alone; mass transit systems everywhere have suffered rising expenses and in some cases declining ridership, leading officials to boost fees.Some of the problems are local, but the relentless rise in costs also tracks back to a law passed by Congress called the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964; Section 13(c)of that law required local agencies, like New York, accept federal transit grants, to workers from modernization or efficiency moves that could result in layoffs. This law has meant that transit systems cannot implement measures to cut costs which, thanks to hefty union settlements, have risen above the rate of inflation.Would Mamdani buck the unions that are costing New York transit riders ever-higher fees? Doubtful. Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen has backed the socialists plan for free bus fare; he no doubt calculates that if there are no fare revenues, people will be less likely to blame high transit system deficits on labor costs.Mamdani is lying to voters about the sources of and the solutions to -- the affordability crisis in New York. His Big Government proposals, including raising taxes to fund free buses, free childcare and other handouts, will only make matters worse, as they have everywhere.Socialism is not new; its just bloated government run amok.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LIZ PEEK

If you are one of the millions of people celebrating the trimming of federal fat, youll want to know that anewtaxpayer threat ofstunningproportions is rising, fast. This time its not coming from Washington, D.C.; its coming from your statecapital.A $1.3 trillion pension crisisis barreling toward American taxpayers, and common-sense solutions are being actively ignored.The most likelyresult:You will no sooner enjoy thefederaltax and spending breaks of the Trump years than you will beforcedto bail out state employee pension funds, which are insolvent after having been mismanaged for decades.Unlessurgentreforms are made, yourstatepropertytax tab will increase by a percentage thatoneshuddersto calculate.My own state of Ohio is, regrettably,at the center of this crisis. According toa new report by the nonpartisan Equable Institute, theState Teachers Retirement System of Ohio(STRS)is between $20 and $30 billion in debtand will be unable tofullypay back the teachers who funded it throughout their careers.Equable alsonotedin its report that a stunning 44% of unfunded liabilities are from underperforming investments.YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THE SOLUTION TO THE DEBT CRISIS, BUT HERE'S HOW TO FIX AMERICA'S SPENDING PROBLEMHow could this happen? How coulda$90+ billion fundbe so poorly managed as to be at a loss?The short answer is ugly: bureaucratic hubris and a sense of entitlement.Ohio STRS employees have taken unnecessary risks with the teachers fund by investing in alternative assets such as private equity and hedge funds that have not yielded the returns that more conservative approaches would have produced.STRS actively manages itsgargantuanportfolio, resisting a shift toward passive investment strategies despiteoverwhelming evidencethat active management consistently underperforms.To justify these choices and disguise underperformance, they have engaged in a practice all too common among public pensions in the USthey have contriveda benchmarkthat no one else can reproduce, allowing them to claim success while taxpayers shoulder the consequences.Adding insult to injury,public records requests haverevealedthat for years, STRS has awardedand spent liberally onluxurious perksfor themselves, such as $1,500 monthly plant-watering contracts, a cafeteria with a baby grand piano, and concierge services.Meanwhile, it has failed to deliver the most basic ROI to its funders, includingmeaningful cost-of-livingadjustments (COLAs) to the teachers who contributed to the system their entire working lives.Investment shortfalls are not unique to Ohio. Across the United States, public pension funds have persistentlyunderperformed passive indexes since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. In fact,comparative researchhas found that U.S. public pension funds have underperformed their private-sectorcounterparts andpublic pension systems in Canada and Europe byapproximately 50 basis points annually.You may be wondering where the teachers unions are why arent theyringing alarm bells on behalf of the teachers?Sadly, teachers unions havent just failed to fix the systemtheyve helped break it. For decades, their representatives on the board of STRS have blocked transparency, resisted accountability, and vilified those who dared proposechanges.In June, a union-backed slate of STRS board candidates campaigned on promises of reform. Yet once elected, they quicklyembraced the status quorubber-stamping staff bonuses and calling for a taxpayer-funded bailout. In response, the legislature began to take meaningful action,restructuring the boardand passing a budget thatinitiates a transition to a flat income taximportant steps toward protecting Ohio taxpayers. But these initial reforms must be followed by stronger measures, including demands for full transparency and accountability from STRS.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThe situation in Ohio is dire and taxpayers there must be warned of whats likely to come. Also: Taxpayers in all states deserve to know that a bailout in Ohio will likely be the start of a wave that spreads across the country.Other state pension funds are watching, and ataxpayer bailout in one statewill setaterrible, expensiveprecedent.Meanwhile, themessageof a bailoutto irresponsible bureaucratsisunconscionable:Mismanage billions, ignore your fiduciary duty, and youll still get paid justpass the bill to taxpayers.Fortunately, there is an alternative to this doomsday scenario of taxpayer bailouts.Transparent, passive investment strategies likethose used by many of the worlds best-run funds can and shouldreplaceunnecessarily risky investment strategies.State legislatures across the country, starting in Ohio, must act now to protect taxpayers from the $1.3 trillion hole in Americas public-employee pensions.

Liberal comedian Bill Maher admitted he fears getting canceled for the remarks hes made in private on Monday's episode of his "Club Random" podcast.During a conversation about free speech with actress Drew Barrymore, Maher said it had become less "dangerous" to speak out on controversial issues as there had been a cultural "vibe shift" against woke-ism over the past two years. But he confessed he still feared that his everyday conversations in public could be used against him to end his career."We did have a vibe change because the Democrats lost so badly in 2024. The blush is off the rose on left-wing censorship and Oh my God, you cant say that. Stop telling me what I can do. What I can say. What I can think. Who my heroes are supposed to be. Just get the f--- off me. That is whats viscerally going on with me when I have issues with the left," Maher said.Barrymore praised him for his boldness and asked him if there was anything that still "scares" him.MAHER CALLS OUT SNL FOR 'ZOMBIE LIE' THAT REPUBLICANS ARE RACIST, WARNS THEY ARE 'NOT HELPING'"Oh, what scares me is... at any moment, you can like say something that, really in private conversation, wouldn't upset anybody. Yes. But these snitches and b----es will be able to use it to attack and end you, which they did once on Politically Incorrect," he said."When I go out its unlikely anything is going to happen that would end my career, but it is possible."Maher explained how he carried this "paranoia" with him constantly. Although it wasnt as severe as other problems people face, he said it wasnt insignificant."I'm always... and now it's like a running joke because you know, 'Did anything bad happen?' Like that sort of paranoia. No. Is it as bad as things other people go through? No. But living with that paranoia is not nothing," he lamented.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE"I dont feel guilty saying thats a complaint I have about life. Everybody has their complaints. That's one of mine. Is it as bad as starving? No. But its not nothing. It kind of sucks that you cant pull into the driveway without having a peaceable night at dinner without thinking, Did anything bad happen?"The "Real Time" host previously opened up about his worries about getting canceled in a 2023 CNN interview."It just makes me laugh when people say to me, You know, youre uncancellable. Are you kidding? In two seconds, I could get canceled. Anybody could," he told the news outlet.Maher faced backlash for controversial remarks following 9/11, and ABC canceled "Politically Incorrect" the following year amid declining advertiser support.Days after the terrorist attack, Maher insisted it was "cowardly" for the U.S. to use cruise missiles overseas, while the terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center were "not cowardly."Theliberal comedianfaced intense backlash from viewers and advertisers at the time and ABC pulled the plug on his show the following year. In 2003, he launched "Real Time with Bill Maher," which continues to air on HBO.Fox News Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

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President Donald Trump endorsed Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones for governor, a move that marks a blow to Peach State Attorney General Chris Carr's competing gubernatorial bid."As the first member of the Georgia State Assembly to Endorse DONALD J. TRUMP for President, Burt was strongly committed to my Campaign in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and worked tirelessly to help us WIN. He has been with us from the very beginning," the president said, in part, in his endorsement post on Truth Social.The state went to Trump in the 2016 presidential contest, flipped to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020, and then went back to Trump in 2024.GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES GOP OPPONENT IN GOVERNOR'S RACE OVER CAMPAIGN FINANCINGThe president is weighing in on the race well before the Republican gubernatorial primary."President @realDonaldTrump just endorsed our campaign for Governor of Georgia!" Jones declared in a post on X. "Were fighting for election integrity, lower taxes, and to secure Georgia values and with Trumps support, were just getting started."FORMER GEORGIA LT. GOV. GEOFF DUNCAN ABANDONS GOP TO JOIN DEMOCRATIC PARTYCurrent Gov. Brian Kemp, who is serving his second consecutive term, is ineligible to run next year.GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a staunch Trump ally, ruled out a 2026 gubernatorial bid last month.MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE RULES OUT 2026 BID FOR TOP GEORGIA POLITICAL POST: WE ALL KNOW I WOULD WINCarr recently lodged a legal challenge against Jones pertaining to campaign finance."Mr. Jones is raising and spending unlimited amounts of money in the primaryand Mr. Carr is limited in what he can raise by Georgias existing campaign contribution limits. This Court should level this uneven playing field by preventing Mr. Jones from using his leadership committee during the primary election," part of the complaint says.

FIRST ON FOX: More than 100,000 Americans have applied for roles with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the organization began a recruiting drive at the end of last month, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.President Donald Trump's administration launched a drive to hire 10,000 additional ICE agents at the end of July, offering incentives to candidates and removing certain limits on who can apply. The total number of applicants has now eclipsed 100,000 in barely two weeks. The agency had received 80,000 applicants as of August 6."Our country is calling you to serve at ICE. In the wake of the Biden administrations failed immigration policies, your country needs dedicated men and women of ICE to get the worst of the worst criminals out of our country," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News Digital in a statement. "This is a defining moment in our nations history. Your skills, your experience, and your courage have never been more essential. Together, we must defend the homeland."All ICE law enforcement recruits will be required to go through medical screening, drug screening, and complete a physical fitness test, the agency clarified.TRUMP SUGGESTS BORDER CRACKDOWN IS 'SAVING A LOT OF MONEY' AFTER STARK DROP FROM BIDEN ERA CROSSINGSICE is seeking to entice more applicants with a signing bonus of up to $50,0000, options to repay or forgive student loans and other benefits.ASSAULTS ON ICE OFFICERS SURGE 830% AS DEMOCRATS CAUGHT 'DOXING AND PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING' AGENTS: DHS"Your country is calling on you to serve at ICE and defend the Homeland," Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement. "In the wake of the Biden administrations open border policies, the dedicated men and women of ICE now face unprecedented challenges in removing millions of criminal illegal aliens from our country. Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, we now have funding to recruit and hire Americans who want to patriotically serve their country and protect American communities."The recruitment drive comes amid what has been at least an 830% increase in assaults on agents amid riots and protests throughout the country, according to DHS data. Noem said last week that number has since spiked to 1,000%.TRUMP SUGGESTS BORDER CRACKDOWN IS 'SAVING A LOT OF MONEY' AFTER STARK DROP FROM BIDEN ERA CROSSINGSICE's recruitment website highlights three key roles: deportation officer, criminal investigator and general attorney, but there are a variety of listings on the federal governments job site that it links back to.The site also lists "How dangerous is the work?" as a frequently asked question."ICE law enforcement officers should expect a certain level of risk when performing their duties; however, they are expertly trained and every precaution is taken by ICE when it comes to protecting its officers' well-being," the website states.Fox News' Cameron Arcand contributed to this report

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lauded President Donald Trump for taking decisive action to crack down on crime in the nation's capital, telling Fox News' Brian Kilmeade that the move is not only right, but it's also long overdue."It's a federal city, and I think the president is taking responsibility for what he needs to take responsibility for and what Joe Biden didn't take responsibility for," he said Monday on "The Brian Kilmeade Show.""There's no excuse for our nation's capital to be a crime-ridden place."TRUMP VOWS TO MAKE DC 'SAFER' AND 'BEAUTIFUL' AS CAPITAL BATTLES CRIME AND HOMELESSNESSTrump, on Monday, announced that he is activating National Guard troops and is taking over the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, D.C., after beefing up federal law enforcement presence in the area on Saturday.He told reporters at a press conference that the National Guard deployment seeks to "reestablish law, order and public safety" in D.C. and that the Metropolitan Police Department is being placed under the authority of Attorney General Pam Bondi to mitigate crime.PRESIDENT TRUMP INCREASES FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN DC FOLLOWING VIOLENT CRIME SURGEThe moves come in the wake of a violent assault on a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer on Aug. 3 in Washingtons Logan Circle.Christie, who has been a vocal Trump critic at times, said the current state of lawlessness should be an "embarrass[ment]," and he hopes the president's plan succeeds for everyone's benefit."We have people from all over the world who want to come to Washington, D.C. to see the seat of the greatest democracy, and when they walk around the city, we should be embarrassed," he said."So I'm glad the president's doing what he's doing. I hope he does it well, because if he does well, everybody who lives in Washington and everybody who visits Washington are going to benefit by it."Christie also weighed in on the New Jersey gubernatorial race, believing Republican Jack Ciattarelli has a "legitimate shot" to defeat Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill."People in New Jersey are growing very tired of one-party rule in the state," he said.Fox News' Diana Stancy contributed to this report.

A 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade factory was recently uncovered in Israel offering a rare link to a major group of people central to the Bible.The ancient workshop was discovered in Kiryat Gat, a city roughly 40 miles south of Tel Aviv. The workshop is the first of its kind found in southern Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made the announcement in a Facebook post in late July.1,000-YEAR-OLD MEDIEVAL SWORD EMERGES FROM DUTCH RIVER AFTER CHANCE DISCOVERY: 'BARELY CORRODED'"The most impressive findings discovered at the site are large flint cores, from which extremely sharp, uniformly shaped blades were produced," the IAA said."The blades themselves were used as knives for cutting and butchering, and as harvesting tools, like sickle blades."The remnants of the factory were unearthed at the city's Nahal Qomem archaeological site, which contains hundreds of underground pits once used for craft production, storage and other purposes.Pictures shared by the IAA show long flint blades that were recovered, as well as the large stone cores that were used to produce them.LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT DATING BACK 3,000 YEARS UNCOVERED AMID ROAD WORK: 'IMPORTANT DISCOVERY'Cores are chunks of raw stone from which blades were struck.The artifacts will be put on display at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem.The IAA ties the discovery to the "Canaanite blade industry," referring to an ancient people described in the Bible as inhabiting the region before the Israelites.Archaeologists say the tools align with the material culture of Canaan during the time of Abraham and show how sophisticated the industry was.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"Only exceptional individuals" knew how to craft Canaanite blades, according to the IAA.The discovery deepens the understanding of craftsmanship in Israel, as well as urbanization during the Bronze Age, the IAA added.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle"This is clear evidence that already at the onset of the Bronze Age, the local society here was organized and complex, and had professional specialization," the organization added."The discovery of a sophisticated workshop indicates a society with a complex social and economic structure already at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age."