The White House criticized a judges decision not to unseal grand jury materials related to the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, calling the ruling "unfortunate."White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the remark after U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Monday shot down the motion filed by the Justice Department, finding the documents do not contain "significant, undisclosed information about [their] crimes, or the investigation into them.""We think that decision is unfortunate. Of course, we moved to unseal that information because the president has said he wants to see credible evidence released. As for the appeal process, I would defer you to the Department of Justice for that," Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday.Last month, President Donald Trump said he supported Attorney General Pam Bondi releasing "credible" files from Epstein's sex trafficking case, noting that "She's handled it very well, and it's going to be up to her, whatever she thinks is credible she should release."EPSTEIN GRAND JURY MATERIALS WONT BE RELEASED AFTER FEDERAL JUDGE DENIES DOJ REQUEST TO UNSEALEngelmayer wrote in his 31-page opinion that only two "features" of the grand jury evidence were noteworthy, summarizing them in his decision:"First, the grand juries in this case were not used for investigative purposes," he wrote. "They did not hear testimony from any firsthand witness to any event at issue. They did not hear testimony from any victim, eyewitness, suspect, or even a records custodian. The grand juries met instead for the quotidian purpose of returning an indictment."The only witnesses were members of law enforcement, and each grand jury heard evidence only for one day, he wrote.GHISLAINE MAXWELL OPPOSES COURT UNSEALING HER GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS"Second, the evidence put before the Maxwell grand juries is today, with only very minor exceptions, a matter of public record," Engelmayer continued. "The Government admitted as much."In addition to transcripts of grand jury testimony, the Justice Department also wanted to unseal additional evidence presented as exhibits to the grand jurors. They were expected to include more names than have been publicly associated with the latter in criminal and civil court proceedings.But Engelmayer denied the government's request for the exhibits, too.Fox News' Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected an effort by a group of labor unions to block President Donald Trumps Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing potentially sensitive U.S. user data from several government agencies.Judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to vacate a lower courts preliminary injunction that blocked DOGE from accessing certain user data, citing concerns that DOGEs access would violate federal privacy laws.The ruling is a near-term win for the Trump administration, allowing DOGE toaccess sensitive user information compiled by the U.S. Department of Education, Treasury Department, and Office of Personnel Management.Unions had sued to block the access earlier this year, citing privacy concerns.The 2-1 appeals court ruling vacates the lower court's preliminary injunction, handed down by U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardma, and remands it back to the lower court to be heard on its merits.The computerized data could include access to Social Security numbers and immigration and citizenship status. The case will continue to be litigated on the merits, but for now it is a legal victory for the Trump administration.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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The Washington Post editorial board offered limited support for President Donald Trump's decision to federalize the Washington D.C. police force and send National Guard troops into the city to combat crime, but noted that "longer-term solutions" are needed to make a longstanding impact."However unpopular he might be in the deep-blue District, Trump is trying to deliver on the law-and-order message of his presidential campaign," the Post stated on Monday. "He might not delve into the weeds of criminal justice, but lawmakers in the city and on Capitol Hill have an opportunity to enact policies that will help."Trump's decision to federalize the D.C. police force and send National Guard troops to the city on Monday came on the heels of a foiled carjacking involving one of his administration's staffers.TRUMP'S PLAN TO DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD IN DC SPARKS BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTSBUT SOME WELCOME ITEdward Coristine, nicknamed "Big Balls," a programmer formerly appointed to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was assaulted around 3:00 a.m. last Sunday by a group of teenagers in the citys Logan Circle neighborhood. The teens attempted to carjack him and a woman, whom police identified as his significant other, according to authorities.The paper's editorial board urged the Trump administration, as well as federal and local lawmakers, to commit to enacting "sustainable fixes" to crime in the city."Its one thing to get tough, but its also essential to enact sustainable fixes. Crime is a serious problem, and fighting it requires a serious commitment from this administration, as well as federal lawmakers, the mayor, the D.C. Council, prosecutors and local judges," they argued.TRUMP CLAIMS DC CRIMES TROUNCE STATS FROM NOTORIOUSLY VIOLENT CITIES WORLDWIDEThe Post contended that while the increased security on the streets of D.C. may "deter crime and keep some troublemakers from going out after dark for the rest of the summer," his efforts will likely have "limited value" unless more sustainable actions are taken, and warned that a prolonged presence of troops in the city could eventually "agitate residents."According to the editorial board, what D.C. desperately needs is more police officers, but achieving that goal would require the help of Congress in restoring the city's budget."In 2023, then-Police Chief Robert J. Contee III warned that the citys force had fallen to a half-century low of about 3,350 officers, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars on overtime. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the D.C. Council have already dedicated millions in their recent budget to increase staffing, as part of a goal to reach 4,000 officers by 2031," the editorial reported. "Congress could restore the citys budget, which it cut while averting a shutdown earlier this year."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREOther than increasing the number of police officers in the city, The Post pointed out two other major issues facing D.C. both having to do with the city's youth. The paper argued that it is imperative that the city continues to prosecute juvenile offenders and also tackle the school system's truancy problem."If the D.C. attorney generals office applies justice consistently, young people can expect real consequences when they hurt others. In 2024, 73 percent of juvenile cases were prosecuted up from less than half in 2019. Thats an improvement, but the number could be higher," The Post asserted. "The city also has trouble with truancy, which is closely intertwined with youth crime. Strides have been made to keep students in school. The overall number of chronically absent kids reached pre-pandemic levels last year. Still, more than half of D.C. high-schoolers continued to miss 10 percent of the academic year."In conclusion, the paper's editorial board maintained that the issues facing D.C. "are not the types of problems that can be easily tackled from the Oval Office or by swarming the citys streets with Humvees," and noted that these problems require "sustained attention" to ensure that crime continues to fall after the National Guard leaves the city.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News' Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

A crowd rental company has seen a massive uptick in inquiries regarding its services in Washington, D.C., amid President Donald Trump's move to federalize the police force in the nation's capital."Right now, D.C. inquiries are up roughly 400% compared to the same period in 2024," Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart told Fox News Digital, adding that the time period he is referencing is May to July 2024.The company always sees a spike in requests during what Swart calls "high-stakes political moments."TRUMP'S PLAN TO DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD IN DC SPARKS BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTSBUT SOME WELCOME IT"A large share are focused on opposing Trumps policies in Washington and raising alarms about government overreach," Swart said. "Were weighing those offers carefully because while theres truth in saying D.C.s local government has been an abject failure inkeeping citizens safe, theres also a real danger in putting too much power in federal hands. That balance of power matters."Swart said the "vast majority" of people at political or advocacy events in D.C. are in some way paid."Most people don'tknow this, but manyprotesters are literally on the payroll Capitol Hill staffers from both parties are often expected to show up at rallies and protests on their own time," he said. "So yes, most attendees are being paid or are there because its part of their job. That doesnt mean they dont support the cause but it does mean these crowds arent as organic as they appear on TV."TRUMP CLAIMS DC CRIMES TROUNCE STATS FROM NOTORIOUSLY VIOLENT CITIES WORLDWIDEOn Monday, Trump announced that District of Columbia National Guard troops will be activated to patrol the streets in Washington, and that the federal government will take control of the Metropolitan Police Department.Trump cited unchecked violent crime as the reason for the takeover, which he announced a week after former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine and his girlfriend were subject to an attempted carjacking on Aug. 3. Coristine was left beaten and bloodied.Upon learning of Coristine's victimization, Trump first floated the idea in a post on his TRUTH Social platform.He said criminals in the city are not afraid of the police because "nothing ever happens to them.""The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs," Trump wrote. " Perhaps it should have been done a long time ago, then this incredible young man, and so many others, would not have had to go through the horrors of Violent Crime. If this continues, I am going to exert my powers, and FEDERALIZE this City. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been sidelined from peace talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday because the Russian leader extended the invitation to meet, according to the White House."The president is agreeing to this meeting, at the request of President Putin," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. "And the goal of this meeting for the president is to walk away with a better understanding of how we can end this war.""I think the president of the United States getting in the room with the president of Russia ,sitting face-to-face rather than speaking over the telephone will give this president the best indication of how to end this war and where this is headed," Leavitt said.VLADIMIR PUTIN TO RETURN TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADEMeanwhile Zelenskyy has remained firm that any decisions to end the war made without Ukraine will prove futile."Any decisions made against us, any decisions made without Ukraine they are simultaneously decisions against peace," Zelenskyy said in a Saturday statement. "These are dead decisions; they will never work. And what we all need is a real, living peace, one that people will respect."Other European allies have Ukraine's back. A group of European leaders issued a statement Saturday claiming that the "path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine."Trump told reporters Monday that he predicted hed know within minutes whether Putin was serious about hashing out a deal or not. He also acknowledged that Russia and Ukraine would have to navigate some "land swapping" issues as part of an agreement.SUMMIT WITH PUTIN SET TO TOP TRUMPS AGENDA THIS WEEK AS UKRAINE WAR TAKES CENTER STAGETrump also said he would be in contact with Zelenskyy and other European leaders following the meeting with Putin."If its a fair deal, I will reveal it to the European Union leaders and the NATO leaders and also to President Zelenskyy," Trump said. "I may say, lots of luck, keep fighting, or I may say we can make a deal."When asked if the meeting would pave the way for a peace deal, or whether the meeting would simply serve as an opportunity for Trump to feel out if a deal was even possible, Leavitt said the administration wasnt ruling out either option.TRUMP, PUTIN WILL HOLD FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING SINCE UKRAINE INVASION NEXT WEEK IN ALASKA"I think both can be true, right?" Leavitt said. "The president has always said he wants a peace deal. He wants to see this war come to an end. But this bilateral meeting is a bilateral meeting between one party in this two party war. Right. You need both countries to agree to a deal. The president is accepting this bilateral meeting with Putin on Friday, and I will let him speak further to it after it concludes about how he felt it went."Trump and Putin are scheduled to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday despite the president's comments in recent days that the two would meet in Russia."There were many sites discussed, but of course, Alaska is a state within the United States of America," Leavitt said. "So the president is very honored and looks forward to hosting President Putin on American soil."

Washington police have released documents describing an unsolved home invasion involving an intruder with a knife and ski mask just a few miles from the Idaho students' murders crime scene."[The victim] said she was asleep in bed in her room in the basement when she awoke to her bedroom door being opened," according to a Washington police report obtained through public records. "She said she saw a person enter the room and approach her bed. She said the person was wearing a full-face burgundy ski mask and was holding a knife in their right hand."She was unable to tell if the intruder was male or female, but they raised the knife, she told a responding officer."I like kicked the s--- out of their stomach and screamed super loud, and they like flew back into my closet and then ran out my door and up the stairs," she told responding officers in bodycam video.INSIDE THE HORROR: IDAHO FOUR CRIME SCENE PHOTOS REVEAL BLOODY AFTERMATH OF ATTACKWATCH: Woman describes waking up to find armed man in a ski mask in her bedroom miles from Idaho crime sceneThe officer told her to sit tight in a locked vehicle with her roommates as police swept the house and surrounding neighborhood and confirmed the intruder had fled."This is not something that happens in Pullman," the officer told them all later. "About 18 years ago, we had some situations like this, but this is very, very unusual for Pullman."The following fall, a mass murder with eerily similar details would rock the community.The Pullman Police Department reopened the case days after Bryan Kohberger's arrest for the Idaho students' murders in December 2022 more than a year after the incident, but it remains unsolved. It had been reported previously, but following Kohberger's sentencing and the end of the gag order, police files have been released to the public.The suspect was described as between 5-feet, 3-inches and 5-feet, 5-inches tall, wearing a maroon mask. He or she has not been identified, but police suspected a neighbor early on and later looked for ties to Kohberger.BRYAN KOHBERGER PLEADED GUILTY TO IDAHO STUDENT MURDERS, BUT THESE KEY QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWEREDRead the police report:It happened around 3:30 a.m. on October 2021 in Pullman, Washington. Kohberger moved there to attend Washington State University in pursuit of a Ph.D. in criminology for the fall 2022 semester. The town is on the state border with Moscow, Idaho, and a 10-mile drive from the University of Idaho, where Kohberger killed four students, three of them in their sleep, in a November 2022 home invasion stabbing spree.After his arrest in the quadruple murder of four University of Idaho students just 10 miles away, police looked for a possible connection to the Pullman case due to the similarities between the two home invasions. The police report indicates they found no evidence linking him to the earlier case, and they ruled him out and dubbed the investigation "inactive."The victim was not attending WSU at the time but had ties to students there. Like two of the four Idaho victims, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21, she worked at a small restaurant in town.IDAHO VICTIMS' FAMILIES TO ADDRESS KILLER DIRECTLY AT KOHBERGER SENTENCINGPolice investigated the neighbor, identified as Jose Anibal Cruz, but while they identified alleged holes in his alibi, they said they did not have probable cause to arrest him.Even Cruz's connection to the case is reminiscent of how Kohberger stalked his victims repeatedly before the murders. The victim told police she worried he could see through her bedroom window when he went outside to smoke. He even told police that he rarely spoke with his neighbors except when they complained he was smoking too close to their door.Cruz could not immediately be reached for comment. According to police records, he allegedly broke into another woman's apartment in 2017 and watched her sleep.Police also received another, albeit unconfirmed, report of a man in a burgundy ski mask up to no good. Two days after the Pullman break-in, other residents reported a masked man waving at students through their window.Another similarity between the two home invasions is that police found unlocked doors and windows.LISTEN: THE FOX TRUE CRIME PODCAST WITH EMILY COMPAGNO"Without the DNA on the sheath, this wouldve been nearly impossible, and he wouldve probably struck again," said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley.Kohberger, who had a master's degree in criminal justice from DeSales University in Pennsylvania, studied crime scene cleanup extensively and appears to have known how to avoid detection as a result. However, he left a Ka-Bar knife sheath with his DNA on it under Mogen's body.It wasn't until the FBI assisted Idaho police with investigative genetic genealogy techniques that Kohberger's name surfaced in the investigation. The lead investigators said after his sentencing last month that they would have caught him eventually explaining how they had a plan to whittle down the list of suspect vehicles until they had their man.Pullman police asked WSU officials if Kohberger had come to campus for any recruiting events, but they had no record of his presence during that timeframe.There's a chance he could've been in town without having documented it with the university, but air travel, toll booth records or cellphone data could be used to conclusively place Kohberger in his home state of Pennsylvania or in Washington at the time of the incident, Giacalone said."But at this stage of the game, it doesnt matter," he said.Idaho Judge Steven Hippler sentenced Kohberger to four consecutive sentences of life in prison without parole plus another 10 years. As part of a plea deal that spared him from the potential death penalty, he waived his rights to appeal and to seek a sentence reduction.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin laid out his plans to address human trafficking during an annual conference Tuesday, saying the Trump administration has been a shot in the arm to state law enforcement as it attempts to tackle the elusive issue.Youngkin, joined by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and other state attorneys general, compared human trafficking enforcement to addressing transnational gangs."We must have multi-state and federal support in order to dismantle the networks, not just arrest an individual, we've got to unpack the networks," Youngkin told a crowd of a few hundred.The Trump administration has been a boon to human trafficking enforcement efforts, Youngkin said, noting he met with top Justice Department officials at the White House after the inauguration to discuss the matter and found them receptive. Virginia law enforcement has since been coordinating with the federal government to take down foreign gang operations, which Youngkin said overlaps with the human trafficking space. Youngkin used the example of gang crime inside correctional centers, which he said was the first "thread" his team pulled.FLORIDAS OPERATION DRAGON EYE RESCUES DOZENS OF CRITICALLY MISSING CHILDREN IN MASSIVE STING"We were able to unpick [MS-13 gangs] from their phones," Youngkin said. "What we found was an immense network being run out of incarcerated criminals, and once the FBI tools and the Homeland Security tools and the state police tools could all be unleashed, in the FBI regional headquarters here in Northern Virginia, a map went up on the wall of the organization, and it's just like any other work chart."Miyares said in an interview with Fox News Digital he made requests to the Biden administration for an interagency task force to address MS-13, Tren de Aragua and other gangs but that the requests were made "on deaf ears." He said that, by contrast, the Trump administration has acted quickly."It's not just drug trafficking. Human trafficking is a huge component of it. Within 30 days, [the Trump administration] had both approved it and given us interagency space at the FBI field office in Manassas, a huge space where we had both federal, state and local law enforcement working together," Miyares said.In March, the U.S. attorney for Eastern Virginia announced the task force had made 342 arrests, "many of them with illegal status," and that 81 had "gang or transnational crime affiliation."VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS CHOOSE NOMINEE TO CHALLENGE GOP ATTORNEY GENERAL JASON MIYARESHuman trafficking violations are governed largely by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a law passed more than two decades ago. Incidents can involve a person forcing or coercing another person into performing labor or sexual acts. The perpetrators tend to target children, women and vulnerable people, such as those living in economic hardship, fleeing natural disasters or struggling psychologically.Youngkin said human trafficking is an "ill-defined" problem.Miyares echoed those sentiments, saying human trafficking violations were "multifaceted." He cited instances of missing children in his state and an arrest made in 2022 after migrants were discovered working illegally in a laundry facility in Williamsburg.West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey told Fox News Digital in an interview after the event that trafficking cases "all look so very different" but that foster children in his state were particularly susceptible. He said he hopes to harness artificial intelligence to use data across agencies to get a firmer grasp on the issue."I think the biggest next step is building these communication bridges between agencies. Because once a kid is found, [police] need to know everything immediately, and it needs to all be in one centralized place so that a correct decision can be made very, very quickly," McCuskey said. "Because these things happen fast, and a kid's life can be ruined in a day and a half because an adult made the wrong decision based on bad intervention."

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb spoke out against President Donald Trump's plan for crime in Washington, D.C., during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday."We as public officials need to do everything we can to drive crime down, and we have done that. Unfortunately, the President's characterizations of what's happening on the ground here in the District of Columbia is not consistent with the facts. We have seen meaningful, significant drops in crime since I was elected in 2023, when there was a crime. Spiked crimes, violent crimes have consistently gone down every year," Schwalb said.Trump announced on Monday that he was deploying the National Guard to DC and said he would federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington to respond to crime placing it under the authority of Attorney General Pam Bondi."We do not believe we need this takeover of MPD. Our Home Rule Act provides that, while we do have limited authority to govern ourselves, local affairs like local policing are entrusted to our mayor and our chief of police, who are doing the job. There are things the federal government could do to help us. We certainly have a problem with the fact that more than 20% of the judges on our superior court that are required to be on the bench to handle criminal matters, juvenile matters, housing matters and other matters are vacant. And that's something that the federal government, the President and the Congress could make sure we had some meaningful help right away in terms of the administration of justice in our city," Schwalb continued.TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN SAYS TRUMP 'RIGHTLY' TOOK OVER DC POLICE, DEMANDS BOWSER, OTHERS TESTIFY ON CRIME"I'm very concerned about the law of the country, the Home Rule Act and the D.C. Charter being complied with," Schwalb said. "This is an unprecedented step taken by the President of the United States. In more than 50 years of Home Rule in the District of Columbia, this provision of the Home Rule Charter has never been invoked by a president."Mayor Muriel Bowser also reacted to Trump's announcement on Monday and called for DC statehood. Bowser also said Sunday during an MSNBC interview, "Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false.""If people are concerned about the President being able to move the National Guard into our city, the time to do that would have been when the Congress had a bill that it could have given control of the D.C. National Guard to D.C.," she told reporters on Monday, according to Politico. "So there are things that, when a city is not a state, and not fully autonomous, and doesnt have senators, that the federal government can do."The chair of the Washington D.C. police union, Gregg Pemberton, said he supported Trump's takeover.TRUMP'S PLAN TO DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD IN DC SPARKS BACKLASH FROM RESIDENTSBUT SOME WELCOME IT"We completely agree with the President here that crime in the district is out of control and something needs to be about it, " union chair Gregg Pemberton said in support of Trump's actions during an interview on Fox Business on Monday. "This concept that crime is down is really an old trope. They're using statistics in a way that makes it appear that crime is going down, but our rank-in-file officers know that we're going call to, call, to call, for armed car jackings, stabbings, robberies, shootings, homicides and the crime isn't going anywhere."Pemberton said they welcomed the assistance of the National Guard but expressed concern that the measure was only temporary.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURETrump slammed crime in the city during his press conference on Monday."Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people," he said. "And we're not going to let it happen anymore. We're not going to take it," he said.The nation's capital in the following years has been rocked by shootings that have left innocent children shot and dead, a trend of juveniles committing carjackings that have turned deadly in some cases, shoplifting crimes and attacks on government employees, summer interns and others, including the fatal shooting of 21-year-old congressional intern, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, in June.

Sha'Carri Richardson has offered a public apology to her boyfriend, fellow Olympic sprinter Christian Coleman, for a physical incident that led to her arrest.In surveillance video from the Seattle Tacoma Airport last month, Richardson was seen approaching Coleman from out of the frame and appeared to grab his backpack from behind. Richardson appeared to grill Coleman and nudged him before shoving him into a wall, nudging him more later on.The two appeared to exchange words while walking toward security, with Richardson still nudging him and appearing to reach for his face.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMColeman declined to be a victim in the case, a police report said, and he made it very clear that he wants to move on from the "sucky situation."Well, after the two both competed at the U.S. Track and Field Championships shortly following the incident, Richardson posted to her Instagram story on Tuesday to apologize to Coleman."I apologize to Christian. He came into my life and gave me more than a relationship but a greater understanding of unconditional love from what Ive experienced in my past," Richardson wrote. "Due to past trauma and pain. I was blind and blocked off to not only receive it but give it. I love him and to him I cant apologize enough. My apologize (sic) should be just as loud as my actions honestly louder. To Christian I love you and I am so sorry."TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING TASK FORCE FOR 2028 OLYMPIC GAMES IN LOS ANGELESDespite the incident, Coleman said Richardson should not have been arrested."People have discussions and emotions and stuff like that. She has things that she needs to work on for herself, of course. So do I, so do you,so does everybody. But I'm the type of guy who's in the business of extending grace, and mercy and love," Coleman told reporters at the USATF event."I look at situations like this, take a step back, analyze it self-mentally, and then just try to see what you can do to be your best self Shes a human being, and a great person. We've been good teammates all year She has a lot of things going on, a lot of emotions and forces going on inside of her that not only I cant understand, but nobody can. Shes one of one. And Im one of one too."Richardson missed qualifying for the 200-meter final by one-hundredth of a second at the championships. She has a bye in the 100-meter after winning the world title in that event two years ago.Both Coleman and Richardson won gold at the world championships in 2023 for the 4x100 meter. Coleman also won the event in 2019 as well as the 100-meter. Richardson won the 100 at the 2023 world championships in Budapest, Hungary, and finished with the silver medal in the event at the Paris Games last summer. She also helped take the 4x100 relay to an Olympic gold.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.