A 10-year-old girlfrom London made history this week when she became the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, who is 50 years her senior.Bodhana Sivanandan,a chess prodigy from Harrow, became the youngest female chess player to reach the historic milestone when she defeated Grandmaster Peter Wells, 60, in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships on Sunday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ONFOXNEWS.COMAccording to the International Chess Federation, Bodhana set the record previously held by American Carissa Yip, who set the record in 2019 at 10 years, 11 months and 20 days old.Bodhana was 10 years, five months, and three days old when she defeated Wells.8-YEAR-OLD BOY MAKES HISTORY BECOMING YOUNGEST TO DEFEAT GRANDMASTER IN CHESSThe young chess star now holds the title of woman international master, according tothe BBC, which is the second highest-ranking title exclusively held by women. A grandmaster is the highest title that can be obtained by any chess player, and it is one that is held for life after earning it.Bodhanas parents told the BBC that she first picked up the game during theCOVID-19 pandemic when she was just 5 years old.In 2024, Aswath Kaushik became the youngest person to ever defeat a grandmaster when he bested 37-year-old Jacek Stopa, of Poland, at the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Openin Switzerland.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is threatening to sue the Trump administration if they dont release the Epstein files.Late last month, Schumer and every Senate Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee invoked an arcane, nearly century-old law to compel the Trump administration to release information on Jeffrey Epstein.DEMOCRATS ARE HAMMERING REPUBLICANS ON EPSTEIN, BUT ONE SENATOR BRUSHED OFF THE ISSUE YEARS AGOThe move came as Epstein drama had already paralyzed the House, and as Democrats in the upper chamber began to ramp up their messaging against President Donald Trump for his handling of the issue.And Friday was the deadline for the Justice Department and White House to comply, and so far, the documents have not been given to Schumer and Senate Democrats."Theyre now breaking the law to hide the files," Schumer said on X. "[Senate Majority Leader John Thune] must appoint a lawyer to defend the Senate in Court and get the files.""If he chooses complicity well take them to court ourselves."'LOUDER BY THE HOUR': SENATE GOP WANTS THE EPSTEIN DRAMA TO END, BUT DEMOCRATS AREN'T LETTING IT GOThe Justice Department declined to comment on the matter. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Thunes office for comment.However, a senior GOP aide noted to Fox News Digital that it's not entirely up to the South Dakota Republican to appoint legal counsel to represent the Senate. Instead, that falls onto the Senate Joint Leadership Group, which includes Thune, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and the president pro-tempore of the Senate, Schumer, and the chairs and ranking members of the Senate Judiciary and, in this case, the Homeland Security committees.That committee would have to approve legal counsel on a two-thirds vote. Or, the Senate could vote on a resolution to grant legal counsel, which also requires two-thirds of lawmakers to advance.Last month, Democrats invoked the "rule of five," a 1928 law that requires government agencies to hand over information if any five lawmakers on a Senate or House committee with jurisdiction over the information make a request. Typically, its viewed as a tool of the minority party to exert oversight powers.SCHUMER SAYS CENTURY-OLD LAW FORCES TRUMP DOJ, FBI TO RELEASE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES BY AUGUST DEADLINEIn a letter sent to the White House and the DOJ, Schumer and Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security panel charged that it was "essential that the Trump Administration provide full transparency," in releasing the files related to the late pedophile."We call on you to fulfill those promises of transparency," they wrote.Democrats request included all documents, files, evidence and other materials that DOJ had related to the case of U.S. v. Jeffrey Epstein, along with any records related to Epstein and his clients.However, whether the law is enforceable in court remains to be seen, given that it has seldom been used since its inception.The last attempt came in 2017, when Democrats tried to force the release of documents surrounding the lease of the Old Post Office building in the District, which became one of Trumps hotels.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemtemporarily relocated her personal residence as she's facing an increase in threats against her and "vicious doxxing," a department spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday."Following the medias publishing of the location of Secretary Noems Washington D.C. apartment, she has faced vicious doxxing on the dark web and a surge in death threats, including from the terrorist organizations, cartels, and criminal gangs that DHS targets. Due to threats and security concerns, she has been forced to temporarily stay in secure military housing," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. "Secretary Noem continues to pay rent for her Navy Yard residence."Its a shame that the media chooses sensationalism over the safety of people enforcing Americas laws to keep Americans safe," McLaughlin added.Noem said last week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens."NOEM SAYS ICE AGENTS ARE FACING '1000% INCREASE IN ASSAULTS'"We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down. Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators," she added in a post on X. NOEM, IN ILLINOIS, CALLS OUT GOV. PRITZKER, CHICAGO'S MAYOR OVER THEIR HANDLING OF CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSIn July, Fox News Digital reported that ICE officials faced an 830% increase in assaults between Jan. 21, 2025 and July 14, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. That timeframe began the day after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.

The New York businessman who is believed to own the Montauk yacht where swimwear designer Martha Nolan was found dead on Aug. 5 was once accused of fighting and biting a former FDNY member at a tribute concert commemorating 20 years after the 9/11 terror attacks, according to a Manhattan lawsuit.Christopher Durnan, a 60-year-old businessman said to be an investor in Nolan's East x East brand, has owned a number of large pleasure boats and yachts over the years, public records show. Several of them have been named "Ripple" the same name used on the boat where police found Nolan dead at the scene.Durnan has not been charged with a crime or accused of wrongdoing in connection with Nolan's death.Former firefighter Michael Balfe accused Durnan of "viciously" attacking, biting and assaulting him at a Sept. 11, 2021 concert at Webster Hall in New York City. The lawsuit alleged that Balfe suffered serious injuries, both physically and mentally. The allegedly unprovoked attack caused permanent injuries, according to the lawsuit. Balfe also accused the venue of failing to maintain proper security.HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR WARNS AGAINST RUSHING BIKINI DESIGNER'S YACHT DEATH PROBE AS LAWYER REVEALS NEW DETAILS"Plaintiff, MICHAEL BALFE, was injured; rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled; caused to undergo hospital and medical treatment and advice; unable to pursue his usual and regular activities; caused to undergo great conscious pain and suffering, continues to undergo such, and will permanently be affected by the injuries incurred as a result of the occurrence," the lawsuit alleged.The lawsuit was reported earlier by the New York Post, which identified Balfe as a Ground Zero first responder and Durnan as the owner of multiple boats docked in Montauk, including the Sea Ray 540, where Nolan was declared dead.MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS DEATH OF IRISH FASHION DESIGNER AT EXCLUSIVE MONTAUK YACHT CLUBRead the civil complaint:Durnan's lawyers denied all the allegations, claimed self-defense and accused Balfe of being the aggressor.Police initially charged Durnan with four misdemeanors and a violation including assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance, court records show. He later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct and spent a year on conditional release after paying a $95 fine.Eventually, the parties reached an out-of-court settlement, according to court documents.A phone number listed for Durnan was out of service on Friday morning. His attorney in the Balfe case declined to comment.MONTAUK YACHT DEATH: TIMELINE REVEALS BIKINI MOGULS FINAL DAYS IN HAMPTONS BEFORE MYSTERIOUS DEMISEBalfe's lawyer, Darren Moore, told the Post his client would not be commenting out of respect for Nolan's family.Both a preliminary scene investigation and subsequent autopsy could not determine Nolan's cause of death, according to authorities. A toxicology report is pending and could provide more answers.Arthur Aidala, a prominent New York attorney retained by Nolan's family, told Fox News Digital earlier this week that reporting that she may have died from a drug overdose was premature speculation.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"The cause of Marthas death is inconclusive and any reporting otherwise is mere speculation and irresponsible," he said. "The family asks that you respect their privacy during this devastating tragedy. We are focused on honoring Marthas legacy."Homicide detectives with the Suffolk County Police Department are investigating.

President Donald Trump offered a glimpse into his plans ahead of a historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Speaking exclusively Friday to Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier aboard Air Force One, Trump outlined what hes expecting from the meeting, and what would happen if it doesnt go his way."Were going for a meeting with President Putin in Alaska," Trump said while en route to the summit."And I think its going to work out very well and if it doesnt, Im going to head back home real fast," the president said.The talks come as Russias invasion of Ukraine continues to claim lives daily in the third year of the conflict. The summit is being held in Anchorage, Alaska, chosen as a midpoint between Washington and Moscow.This is the first high-level summit between the United States and Russia since the start of the Ukraine war. Its also President Putins first time on U.S. soil in nearly a decade.TRUMP TO HOLD HISTORIC SUMMIT WITH PUTIN IN ALASKA SEEKING AN END TO RUSSIAUKRAINE WARWhen pressed by Baier to confirm his willingness to walk away if the negotiations sour, Trump didnt hesitate.WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMPS MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN ALASKA"I would walk, yeah," he said.During a separate press gaggle aboard the flight, Trump warned of "very severe" consequences if Russia fails to show progress towards ending the war.He also said additional sanctions would be put in place if the meeting failed to be productive. Still, the president voiced optimism about the outcome."I think were going to do very well," Trump told Baier, before shifting to tout the countrys economic strength.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Our country is doing very well. Were setting records economically like we never have before, including stock markets at a record high. Were taking in trillions and trillions of dollars with tariffs."Watch the full interview on "Special Report" tonight at 6 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is launching an investigation into Meta after reports found that the company green-lit internal rules that allowed AI chatbots to have "romantic" and "sensual" exchanges with children.Hawley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, wrote in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that his committee will dive into whether Meta's generative-Al products enabled exploitation, deception or other criminal harms to children. Further, the probe will look at whether Meta misled the public or regulators about its safeguards on AI.REPUBLICANS SCRAP DEAL IN 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' TO LOWER RESTRICTIONS ON STATES' AI REGULATIONS"I already have an ongoing investigation into Meta's stunning complicity with China but Zuckerberg siccing his company's AI chatbots on our kids called for another one," Hawley told Fox News Digital. "Big Tech will know no boundaries until Congress holds social media outlets accountable. And I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle can agree that exploiting childrens innocence is a new low."Hawley demanded that the company must produce a trove of materials related to internal policies on the chatbots, communications and more to the panel by Sept. 19.His announcement on Friday comes after Reuters first reported that Meta, which is the parent company to Facebook, had given the go-ahead to policies on chatbot behavior that allowed the AI to "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual."SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT HIT WITH SCATHING AD CAMPAIGN AMID ANGER OVER AI CHATBOTS SEXUALLY EXPLOITING KIDSHawley noted that Meta acknowledged the reports and charged that the company "made retractions only after this alarming content came to light" in his letter to Zuckerberg."To take but one example, your internal rules purportedly permit an Al chatbot to comment that an 8-year-old's body is a work of art" of which every inch... is a masterpiece a treasure I cherish deeply," he wrote."Similar conduct outlined in these reports is reprehensible and outrageous and demonstrates a cavalier attitude when it comes to the real risks that generative Al presents to youth development absent strong guardrails," Hawley continued. "Parents deserve the truth, and kids deserve protection."A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to Fox News Digital that the document reviewed by Reuters was real but countered that "it does not accurately reflect our policies."SCHUMER CLAIMS TRUMP ADMIN WITHHOLDING EPSTEIN FILES, THREATENS TO SUE"We have clear policies on what kind of responses AI characters can offer, and those policies prohibit content that sexualizes children and sexualized role play between adults and minors," the spokesperson said. "Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios. The examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed."The document in question, known as the "GenAI: Content Risk Standards," included over 200 pages of rules that outlined what workers at Meta should consider as acceptable behavior when building and training chatbots and other AI-generative products for the company.Hawley demanded that the company produce all iterations of the GenAI: Content Risk Standards, all products that fall under the scope of the guidelines, how the guidelines are enforced, risk reviews and incident reports that reference minors, sexual or romantic role-play, in-person meetups, medical advice, self-harm, or criminal exploitation, communications with regulators and a paper trail on who decided and when to revise the standards and what changes were actually made.

The NCAA has handed the Michigan football program hefty fines and suspensions for their sign-stealing scandal.Michigan will receive a fine that is expected to be more than $20 million, including the loss of postseason football revenue for the next two seasons, according to ESPNs report.Michigans head coach, Sherrone Moore, will also have a game added to his already-existing self-imposed two-game suspension that he will serve this upcoming season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Over the course of three seasons, the Michigan football program committed violations involving an off-campus, in-person scouting scheme, impermissible recruiting inducements and communications, head coach responsibility rules, individuals failure to cooperate and Michigans failure to monitor, according to a decision released by a DivisionI Committee on Infractions panel," The NCAA said in a press release.The NCAA said that the majority of violations in this case stem from former Michigan football staff member Connor Stalions' impermissible scouting schemes in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons.Stalions arranged for interns and other staff members to do off-campus, in-person scouting for future opponents. Those sent on the trip filmed and recorded their upcoming opponents' signs, which Stalions then deciphered.JOHNNY MANZIEL WISHES 'NOTHING BUT THE BEST' FOR ARCH MANNING EXCEPT FOR 1 GAME DURING TEXAS' 2025 SEASON"In total,56 instances of off-campus, in-person scouting of 13 future regular-season opponents occurred across 52 contests. Stalions' conduct resulted in a collectiveLevel I violation of the impermissible scouting rule that expressly prohibits off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents," The NCAA said.Stalions and other individuals deliberately destroyed and withheld information regarding the investigation. The panel said that the "true scope and scale of the scheme" will never be known because of the destruction of evidence.The NCAA also said that former head coach Jim Harbaugh, then assistant coach and now current head coach Moore, and former director of player personnel Denard Robinson all failed to meet the memberships expectation of cooperation."Their conduct ranged from destroying relevant materials to providing false and misleading information during interviews includingStalions instructing an intern to clear out emails, photos, texts and videos related to the scouting scheme," the NCAA said.Below are the penalties the NCAA doled out:"Theprescribed penalties for the parties who contested their violations in this case are as follows:A show-cause order deems that any school that wants to hire a person must show cause to the Committee on Infractions that it must accept the restrictions tied to the individual.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

In 1992, then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., sounded much like President Donald Trump does today, repeatedly warning about Washington, D.C.s crime crisis the same issue that ultimately led the current Republican leader to take control of the citys authorities.Biden argued in favor of the need to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., as he took to the Senate floor that September to warn against stopping at red lights late at night and urged his colleagues to support what became the "Biden Crime Bill."The clip resurfaced as the Democratic Party, in which Biden has been the de facto leader, lambasted Trumps takeover of Washington law enforcement agencies to quell what the clip itself laid out to now be a multi-decade crisis.Biden addressed Senate Presiding Officer Robert Byrd, D-W.V., saying when he could not catch an Amtrak train back to the Wilmington station that now bears his name, he would either "get in my car outside this great citadel of justice and freedom and drive out to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway" or rent a room at the Hyatt Hotel on New Jersey Avenue.WHITE HOUSE BLASTS FAR-LEFT DA'S WARNING THAT TRUMP BETTER NOT TRY DC TAKEOVER IN PHILLYBiden said he never worried about getting jumped, until one night a representative for the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms stopped him from walking to the hotel."Now I am not any more than my friend (Byrd) from West Virginia very big on perks here in the United States Senate. I don't think either one of us have ever been accused of seeking the perks of office," he said. "And I felt it was kind of silly."Biden said he was warned that a congressman "had been stabbed in the gutter outside the Hyatt" a short time prior and that "two people had been shot in the park.""Driving home, my staff, who lives here on the Hill, reminded me don't stop at a stoplight until I'm out of town."AS TRUMP INTERVENES IN DC'S CRIME CRISIS, ANOTHER VIOLENT CITY'S DA GETS A CHALLENGER FROM INSIDE THE TENTThe future president said crime risks in Washington had gotten so bad that he would "slow up" halfway down a block when the next traffic signal turned red and "never come to a full stop" at the intersection."Because of carjackers: stopping at the light, people standing on the corner, walking up with a gun."Biden recounted a Sergeant-at-Arms official telling him that he unsuccessfully interrupted a carjacking at a 7-Eleven in Washington as the official watched a woman pump gas and walk over to pay the attendant when someone jumped in her car and attempted to take off until the official intervened. The crook produced a pistol and the official relented.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"What's changed, Mr. President, is it used to be at least the women and men in this country, if they were very prudent about how they behaved... and didn't walk certain places at night; didn't do certain things that put themselves at risk, that they had a pretty good prospect of avoiding becoming the victims of violent crime.""Not today, Mr. President. Prudence in no way will determine whether or not you can avoid being the victim of violent crime -- It may increase your chances of not being a victim, but there's no place to hide, Mr President. And let's look at what's happened just in the last several years here [in Washington]."In separate floor remarks, Biden slammed then-President George H.W. Bush for reportedly helping prevent passage of crime-crackdown legislation and bragged that "we do everything but hang people for jaywalking in this bill."While Bidens "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993" he was lobbying for never passed, the successful "Clinton Crime Bill" from Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, the following year shared much of its substance.

EXCLUSIVE - An international aid worker operating in Gaza has filed a formal whistleblower complaint to the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), alleging "gross misconduct and misuse of humanitarian funds by the World Food Programme and other U.N. Agencies," according to a copy of the complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.Details of alleged United Nations interference in the delivery of aid to Gazans have been revealed by the whistleblower who was in Gaza in July. The whistleblower confirmed to Fox News Digital the content of the complaint.The whistleblowers complaint claims "A firsthand eyewitnessing of senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials offering any support necessary, including security protection and coordination, to representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) only to have WFP and OCHA respond that they were not prepared to discuss such coordination."HAMAS LOSING IRON GRIP ON GAZA AS US-BACKED GROUP GETS AID TO PALESTINIANS IN NEEDAccording to the whistleblower complaint, this "raises serious questions as to why WFP and OCHA were unprepared to discuss or accept the assistance offered by the IDF, thereby preventing aid from getting to the people of Gaza."The whistleblower confirmed to Fox News Digital during an interview the allegations outlined in the complaint. The whistleblower said in the complaint that "the IDF is actively helping theGaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) get food into the hands of civilians while U.N. agencies, including WFP and OCHA, through their unwillingness to coordinate with the IDF, are inhibiting the distribution of such aid."The whistleblower continued, "As has been recently shown through openly available imagery, the IDF has provided clearance for thousands of tons of U.N. humanitarian goods that are now sitting inside of Gaza, awaiting distribution. The U.N. must be held accountable to pick up and distribute such aid. I urge you to launch an independent investigation into this matter to determine the extent to which U.N. agencies, by refusing to coordinate with the IDF on essential issues, including security, are abusing U.S. taxpayer funds rather than using them to deliver the aid the American people are donating and whether such actions are being taken independently by U.N. officials in Gaza or at the direction of the U.N. Secretary General or other senior U.N. officials in New York. "The GHF, with support from the U.S.and Israel, has distributed 127 million meals to Gazans since May. However, its aid distribution system has been under consistent attack from Hamas andfrom some unlikely quarters the world's leading aid groups.GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE US-BACKED AID GROUPThe whistleblower told Fox News Digital "There is a concerted effort to discredit GHF and any attempts to provide aid out of [the] U.N."A senior U.S. State Department official sent Fox News Digital a lengthy response. The official said, "The fact of the matter remains that GHF is a threat to how Hamas functions and enriches itself because GHF provides meals to those in need with safeguards to minimize Hamas from stealing. This is why Hamas continues to attack GHF aid sites." GHF Executive Chair, Reverend JohnnieMoore, told Fox News Sunday that the U.N. would rather aid Hamas, a U.S.-designatedforeign terrorist organization, than help the charity.According to the State Department official, "Aid diversion to terrorists frequently occurs in conflict zones under Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) control. It is a moral and legal obligation, and our duty to the American taxpayer, to work with our partners to ensure this ends immediately.There is endless video evidence of Hamas looting, not to mention members of the aid-industrial complex who have admitted that looting exists by reporting it as 'self-distribution,' in a poor attempt at an aid corruption coverup." The State Department official continued that "During the Biden Administration, USAID OIG published concerns related to the vetting of NGO personnel in Gaza. USAID OIG identified serious shortcomings and vulnerabilities in oversight mechanisms to prevent diversion of aid to Hamas terrorists. As a result of investigations, numerous UNRWA personnel affiliated with Hamas have been referred to the State Department for suspension or debarment proceedings."Fox News Digitalreported on August 1 that the U.S. State Department urged in a report that the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) that provides aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip needs to be abolished and is beyond reform.According to a U.S. State Department public assessment to Congress that was independently obtained by Fox News Digital, "The Administration has determined UNRWA is irredeemably compromised and now seeks its full dismantlement."DOSSIER REVEALS INFORMATION USED TO EXPLAIN UN AGENCY'S DEEP TIES TO HAMAS IN GAZAThe State Department officials said that "USAID OIG investigations into UNRWA officials associated with Hamas, as well as other credible reports of Hamas interference in the delivery of aid, are active and ongoing.USAID OIG has received and is actively investigating credible allegations of systematic interference by Hamas in Gaza. These allegations can come from aid workers, whistleblowers, and other parties, rather than sanitized disclosures sent by U.N. agencies which refuse to name Hamas as the party responsible for the interference. Whistleblowers, including U.N. staff, may fear political retaliation or violent retribution for sharing information and outing Hamas."An Israeli security official told Fox News Digital, "In recent months, Israeli security officials have several times proposed to U.N. representatives that they hire the services of a security company. However, the U.N. has categorically refused and opposed the Israeli proposal."The Israeli official added, "It should be emphasized that despite this opposition by the U.N. to armed security for the organizations convoys in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. does agree to receive security and escort for its convoys in other countries around the world where it provides humanitarian services to civilians, such as SouthSudanorCongo."The whistleblowers complaint has caught the attention of congressional lawmakers. A senior Republican congressional staffer confirmed to Fox News that several offices have seen the whistleblower report and that it has been discussed between the Hill and USAID oversight and State Department officials."This report is just the latest in a long line of investigations and evidence in showing that Hamas worked with the U.N., NGO and officials within the Biden USAID to divert aid and cover it up. However, it is one of the more compelling accounts to come out yet," said the senior congressional Republican staffer.A second congressional staffer weighed in on the whistleblowers complaint. According to the senate aide, the complaint was received, and they "conveyed their interest in this issue to the executive branch.We hope that they will do their job and look at it."Stphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the United Nations secretary general, told Fox News Digital, "We are not aware of this complaint by a whistleblower as nothing has been passed on to us by USAID."He added, "On the basic accusation that we refuse to coordinate with the IDF in Gaza, the only thing that I can tell you is that such an accusation is delusional. There is not a single day that goes by that my colleagues on the groundare not in contact with the IDF, ormore specifically COGAT, in an effort to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza.On the issue of hunger in Gaza we firmly stand by thereporting of various U.N. agencies on the dramatic humanitarian situation."According to the whistleblower, who was on the ground in Gaza, they "found no evidence of starvation or famine in Gaza. There are pockets of severe hunger, but they are not systematic or pervasive."The whistleblower also based the analysis of hunger on input from other aid workers in Gaza.ISRAEL RELEASES CONVERSATIONS OF GAZA RESIDENTS AMID CRITICISMS OF AID DELIVERY SYSTEMA WFP spokesperson told Fox News Digital in response to the whistleblowers allegations about WFP disrupting aid delivery and impeding IDF help "that any such claim is untrue."The WFP spokesperson added, "GHFs four sites in Gaza are in specific areas and the routes used to deliver aid to the sites are different from other humanitarian organizations delivering aid into Gaza. The U.N. is 100% transparent with the Israel authorities - for all coordination and if incidentsoccur."Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former White House and National Security Council official during both Trump administrations, told Fox News Digital, "The U.N. is playing hunger games with the people of Gaza to drive a crisis, try to get the GHF to fail and resuscitate UNRWA as the dominant aid facilitator. We are talking about an enormous amount of taxpayer money being provided to WFP and the U.N. writ large with an expectation that aid be delivered in coordination with Israel."The allegations here suggest a directive from the Secretary General himself across the U.N. system to cause aid disruptions for the benefit of Hamas, which would be the biggest U.N. scandal since oil for food."He added, "Secretary Rubio would be more than justified in calling the Secretary General and telling him that the U.N. wont get another dime from U.S. taxpayers unless he submits to an independent investigation and orders all agencies to cooperatewithIsrael."Fox News' Beth Bailey contributed to this article.

Democratic leaders in the Democrat-dominated California legislature are expected as early as Friday to unveil their new proposed congressional district maps that would create up to five more blue-leaning U.S. House seats in the nation's most populous state.The revealing of the maps is coming after two-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom teamed up in Los Angeles with congressional Democrats and legislative leaders in the heavily blue state to unveil their redistricting playbook.Newsom and the Democrats are aiming to counter the ongoing effort by President Donald Trump and Republicans to create up to five GOP-friendly congressional districts in red state Texas at the expense of currently Democrat-controlled seats."Today is liberation day in the state of California," Newsom said. "Donald Trump, you have poked the bear, and we will punch back."ABBOTT, TEXAS REPUBLICANS MAKE NEW PUSH FOR TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING AS FLEEING DEMOCRATS TO END WALKOUTNewsom vowed to "meet fire with fire" with his push for a rarebut not unheard ofmid-decade redistricting.Newsom says Trump missed a deadline to stand down on his push to redistrict in Texas."DONALD TACO TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, MISSED THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE BEAUTIFUL MAPS, THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!)," Newsom wrote earlier this week in a social media post posted by his press office, which was meant to mock how Trump writes his own social media posts.The Republican push in Texas, which comes at Trump's urging, is part of a broader effort by the GOP across the country to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.NEWSOM DEMANDS TRUMP GIVE UP TEXAS REDISTRICTING PUSHTrump and his political team are aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats stormed back to grab the House majority in the 2018 midterms.But while the Republican push in Texas to upend the current congressional maps doesn't face constitutional constraints, Newsom's path in California is much more complicated.The governor is pushing to hold a special election this year, to obtain voter approval to undo the constitutional amendments that created the non-partisan redistricting commission.A two-thirds majority vote in the Democrat-dominated California legislature as early as next week would be needed to hold the referendum. Democratic Party leaders are confident they'll have the votes to push the constitutional amendment and the new proposed congressional maps through the legislature."Here we are in open and plain sight before one vote is cast in the 2026 midterm election, and here [Trump] is once again trying to rig the system," Newsom charged.Newsom said his plan is "not complicated. Were doing this in reaction to a President of the United States that called a sitting governor in the state of Texas and said, Find me five seats. Were doing it in reaction to that act."The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) charged that "Newsoms made it clear: hell shred Californias Constitution and trample over democracy - running a cynical, self-serving playbook where Californians are an afterthought, and power is the only priority."But Newsom defended his actions, saying "were working through a very transparent, temporary and public process. Were putting the maps on the ballot and putting the power to the people."Thursday's appearance by Newsom, who is considered a likely contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, also served as a fundraising kickoff to raise massive amounts of campaign cash needed to sell the redistricting push statewide in California.SCHWARZENEGGER'S NEW STARING ROLE: PUSHING BACK AGAINST NEWSOM'S REDISTRICTING DRIVEThe non-partisan redistricting commission, created over 15 years ago, remains popular with most Californians, according to public opinion polling.That's why Newsom and California Democratic lawmakers are promising not to scrap the commission entirely, but rather replace it temporarily by the legislature for the next three election cycles."We will affirm our commitment to the state independent redistricting after the 2030 census, but we are asking the voters for their consent to do midterm redistricting," Newsom said.But their efforts are opposed by a number of coalition of figures supportive of the non-partisan commission.Among the most visible members is likely to be former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the last Republican elected governor in Democrat-dominated California."Im getting ready for the gerrymandering battle," the former governor wrote in a social media post on Friday.Schwarzenegger, during his tenure as governor, had a starring role in the passage of constitutional amendments in California in 2008 and 2010 that took the power to draw state legislative and congressional districts away from politicians and placed it in the hands of an independent commission."Most people don't really think about an independent commission much, one way or another. And that's both an opportunity and a challenge for Newsom," Jack Pitney, an American politics professor at California's Claremont McKenna College, told Fox News.But he added that "it's going to take a lot of effort and money to energize Democrats and motivate them to show up at the polls" and that Newsom's effort "is all about motivating people who don't like Trump."Fox News' Lee Ross contributed to this report