Several mainstream media outlets platformed pro-communist commentator Hasan Piker, who has previously called for people to be "killed" on Twitch, to weigh in on the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk from a left-wing perspective.Piker had been scheduled to debate Kirk at Dartmouth College later this month, but Kirk was shot and killed last week during a campus event at Utah Valley University. The two had debated multiple times before at Politicon events.In the days following Kirks death, outlets including Vanity Fair, Politico and The New York Times interviewed Piker for his reaction and what the tragic killing might mean for political commentators moving forward.In an interview with Vanity Fair on Friday, Piker was described as "immediately traumatized" after seeing video of Kirk being shot, but he went on to criticize the ways people have begun eulogizing Kirk for whitewashing "the incendiary, explosive, dehumanizing language" that Kirk had used.FAR-LEFT STREAMER HASAN PIKER SUSPENDED FROM TWITCH AFTER BROADCASTING DC SHOOTING SUSPECT'S MANIFESTO"Its just that I think people venerating a person, with what I consider to be a morally repugnant political ideology, is going to have unforeseen secondary consequences, as far as normalization of this ideology," Piker said. "Were seeing that in every aspect of society already, and its very frustrating."Though he criticized Kirk, Piker condemned political violence across all publications, telling Politico on Thursday that he "never advocated for such a thing" and "never would." He added that he feared "political repercussions" in the wake of Kirks death, though did not elaborate on which side."I fear that that is the worst future possible: political repercussions, political persecution on the systemic side against political dissidents and enemies of the state, and decentralized acts of violence on the individual side," Piker told Politico.He went into more detail with The New York Times on Friday, claiming that Republican lawmakers were taking advantage of the "confusion" surrounding the shooters motivation to foment calls for vengeance. "But that confusion, I think, is being utilized by many, including people in positions of power, like the administration and many other prominent Republicans in Congress, to enact some sort of vengeance or political persecution of all political dissidents that have spoken out against either Charlie Kirk, or even the Trump administration," Piker said.CHARLIE KIRK PAINTED AS 'CONTROVERSIAL,' 'PROVOCATIVE' IN MEDIAS ASSASSINATION COVERAGEThe New York Times also ran an opinion piece by Piker on Saturday titled, "I Was Supposed to Debate Charlie Kirk. Heres What I Would Have Said." In it, Piker tied Kirks death to what he described as lax gun laws, civil decline and social challenges linked to capitalism."The social challenges include rising rents and homelessness, the destruction caused by climate change, titanic levels of inequality, and too many others to name here. Our capitalist way of life always accumulating, never evening out leaves more and more people to deal with these problems on their own," Piker wrote.In a comment to Fox News Digital, a New York Times spokesperson defended speaking to Piker as a way to "better understand" Kirk from different perspectives."The Times has published dozens of news articles and Opinion pieces about Charlie Kirk after his assassination to help readers better understand him and this social and political era.Kirk and Hasan Piker had debated each other before, and were about to do it again. They saw value in talking to each other, and they werent afraid to engage in open debate about issues and ideas," the spokesperson said.Fox News Digital also reached out to Vanity Fair and Politico for comment.'CHEERLEADING FOR TERRORISM': TWITCH STAR CALLED FOR NEW 9/11, DISMISSED HORROR OF OCT 7Piker, who has openly supported communism as an "honorable" goal in the past, has a history of using violent language on his Twitch stream against political opponents.Earlier this year, Piker apologized after being suspended from Twitch for urging people to "kill" Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.,while on a stream."[Republicans are] not tackling providers; they're not actually going after false billing. They are trying to cut recipients. [Fraud] is not happening at the point of recipient. If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott," he said.Across X, videos also resurfaced of Piker using incendiary language to call for bloody massacres of capitalists and Republicans."Yeah kill them! KiII those mother---ers and murder those mother---ers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their f---ing red capitalist blood, dude," Piker said regarding property owners who choose not to rent out empty homes."Left-wingers, liberals, you need to be f---ing showing your opponents guts on there. You need to be gutting them," Piker said in a video presumably following the 2022 Georgia Senate debate.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital reached out to Piker for a comment but did not immediately receive a response.

The major election year 2026 kicks off with a new mayor taking over GothamonJan. 1. From Sacramento to Minneapolis to New York, some candidates are peddling Karl Marx.The most glaring example isZohranMamdani, who pledges innumerable freebiesandhascalledfor "seizing the means of production."What are we to make of this"popMarxism"?What is its appeal?It is "pop" in two senses of the word.It ispopularin that it is shallow while presenting as novelandexciting.It ispopulistin a braying pretense of familiarity, its calls for costless gratificationandits gratuitous attacksonthe status quo.Underneath the pop lies a dangerous ideology. Call itMarxism, socialism or communism they aim for the same result. Marxandhis disciples foresaw an "inevitable" future, prophesying that democratic capitalism would give way to statist socialism, followed by full-blown communism.IM FROM GEN Z. WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO STOP SOCIALISM FROM TAKING OVERIn the first step, the unaccountable, indomitable administrative state takes control of all aspects of economic life.Allaspects: what type of work you will be allowed to do, where you shopandwhat you shop for, where you live, whether you receive an inheritance or it is redistributed to the faithful,anda thousand other economic matters.Andthat is just phaseone. Communism, the second step, means totalitarian control over not just where you goandwhat you do, but what you thinkandbelieve. Schoolsanduniversities, therefore, are the epicenters of indoctrination.Many seem to have done their job. In asurveyearlier this year, 62% of young Americans have a positive view of "socialism,"the ideology that murdered 100 million people at the hands of Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Maoandothers.NYC'S SHOCKING SOCIALIST VICTORY IS A DIRE WARNING FOR THE RIGHTAgain, what is the appeal?Young Americans are not poor, hungry, or oppressed, rather extremely well-off by historicalandcontemporary standards. Gens YandZ are, to put it plainly,privileged,andyet seduced byMarxism.Two things conspire to delude them: revisionist educationandinappropriate guilt.The first problem is flimsy, ideologically-driven history education. Each year, many high school classrooms barely make it to World War II. Then, exhausted teachers skip over the Cold War, the crimes of communism, the heroic tales of resistance,andthe vigilance of the Western democracies to end the school term with their preferred version of "current events," such as the purported bravery of eco-terrorists.NEW YORK'S SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE IS JUST BEGINNING BUT THERE'S STILL A WAY OUTAt the same time, the curriculum young people receive from grade schoolonup has been ideologically reconstructed. They were taught to view all of history through the neo-Marxist lens ofoppressorvs.oppressed.U.S. historyandliterature are framed around race, genderandwage slavery. America is guilty of exploitationanddomination.Second,popMarxismperpetuates a twisted sense ofguilt. They have been lectured that their blessings were not earned by their grandparentsandparents, but, rather, stolen from the underprivileged.The Greatest Generation? White men advancing Americas imperial agenda. The same for Cold Warriors from Berlin to South Korea. Americas wealth is ill-gotten, not the fruit of a free society that has encouraged innovation from Benjamin FranklinandThomas Edison to Carver, Einstein, Copland, Salk, Gates, JobsandMusk.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONHere is the great irony: these young people simultaneously hold anti-institutional viewsanda gross sense of entitlement. They call for a revolution against corporationsandslow-moving government institutions but demand a subsidized first-world lifestyle. They want benefits without workandsecurity without responsibility. After all, doesnt equality mean free health care, free college, free transportationandguaranteed incomes?Then again, what have we taught them? They learned from the COVID lockdowns that money rolls off the states printing press, citizens could be paid to lounge at home,andpassing grades were "earned" just for showing uponZoom.Losing a majority of young Americans topopMarxismis not just unacceptable, it is dangerous.PopMarxisms leaders are rabidly political,andtheir young followers can get caught up in the destructive idealism of the moment.In contrast, todays silent majority of young adults is far less political, being concerned with earning an education, starting a family,andresponsibly paying his or her way.With 2026 being both an election yearandthe 250thanniversary of our nations birth, it is an appropriate time to be grateful for our blessings, tell the truth about American history, recommit to our founding principles of ordered liberty,andconfront the lies of communism.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY ERIC PATTERSON

Former ESPN host Samantha Ponder revealed on social media shes received "disturbing" messages after she expressed her sorrow for the death of Charlie Kirk last week.Ponder, who also spoke about her concerns for safety while riding the New York City subway following the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska, wrote on X that her direct messages have increasingly gotten worse since mourning the loss of the 31-year-old conservative influencer.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"My DMs are more disturbing than ever (and trust me, thats sayin something). Apparently only perfect people can be mourned when theyre murdered in their 30s with a wife and young children," she wrote. "When a man is shot, debating opinions with anyone for all to see, he must align with our chosen dogma perfectly. If not, he had it coming/shouldnt have said those mean things, so you should shut up about it."How can we see someone post about sadness over the death of ANYONE they cared about, even someone we think was flawed, and say "Stop being sad about them. I didnt like their opinions." Mourn with those who mourn. If I ever see hypocrisy, let me see it in myself. God forbid every word weve ever spoken be the prerequisite for sympathy when we die."Kirk was assassinated at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem. Tyler Robinson was charged in his killing.NFL GREAT'S NJ HOMETOWN REFUSED TO LOWER FLAGS IN HONOR OF CHARLIE KIRK, ITS NEIGHBORS ROSE TO THE OCCASIONPonder was among the sports figures who spoke out about Kirks death and mourning for his family and loved ones."I feel changed by this. At first, admittedly, more fearful," she wrote on Thursday. "But as I consider what's at stake for our country and our children, I am emboldened to speak the truth with love even more."I spent so much of my professional career as a coward... shamefully afraid to say true things because it might jeopardize my position. One of the great things about having no position anymore is the realization that a platform is actually useless without courage. I mourn for Charlie's family. I mourn for our country. But I have renewed hope that many, like me, will find the courage to lovingly speak the truth boldly in the public square, as he often did."Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

A man drove a car into a metal gate at the FBIs Pittsburgh field office early Wednesday in what authorities described as an intentional "act of terror."Donald Henson, of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, allegedly rammed the gate of the main entrance around 2:40 a.m. with a white Toyota sedan before getting out and then grabbing an American flag from inside the vehicle and throwing it over the gate, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Giordano said at a press briefing.Henson fled on foot after the crash and may be dangerous, Giordano added. It was not immediately clear if he was armed."We look at this as an act of terror against the FBI," Giordano said, per CBS. "This was a targeted attack on this building."This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

FIRST ON FOX:The Department of Homeland Security and theU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (USCIS) unveiled a letter from President Donald Trump that newly naturalized legal migrants will receive upon obtaining citizenship in the U.S.The letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, is written by President Trump and congratulates the new citizens while reminding recipients of the oath theyre taking to "forge a sacred bond with our Nation, her traditions, her history, her culture and her values.""America has always welcomed those who embrace our values, assimilate into our society and pledge allegiance to our country," Trump writes in the letter. "This rich heritage is now yours to protect, promote and pass down to the next generation. Our history is now your history. Our customs are now your customs. Andour Constitution is now yours to safeguard, honor and Respect."DHS BLITZES CHICAGOLAND, NETTING MANY ARRESTS AS NOEM ONSITE FOR IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN"The United States is now your homeland, and you stand as a part of one Nation under God," Trump added. "You have pledged your heart to Americaand in return, she offers the boundless promise of freedom and opportunity."DHS andTrump himself have maintained an immigration policy stance consistent with the 47th presidents campaign promise to deport illegal immigrants who entered the country under the Biden Administration, while promoting migrating to the U.S. legally."Im fine with legal immigration," Trump said during his first press conference of his second term. "We need people and Im absolutely fine with it we want to have it."TRUMP ADMIN BLOCKS CITIZENSHIP FOR NON-CITIZEN VOTERS"American citizenship is a sacred trust, and it should never be treated like that," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital in a statement. "To be an American citizen is to commit yourself to upholding our values, culture, and Constitution.""We are doing everything in our power to make sure that anyone who is offered the privilege of becoming an American citizen fulfills their obligation to their new country," McLaughlin added.Sources at DHS told Fox News Digital thatenhanced vetting practices like reinstating neighborhood interviews to determine whether migrants who are seeking citizenship possess good moral character and identifying non-citizens who registered to vote have raised the bar for qualifying for naturalization.ICE RIPS PRITZKER FOR SIDING WITH CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN AFTER OFFICER DRAGGED, SUSPECT SHOT DEADSources also told Fox that USCIS overhauled the citizenship test to ensure applicants meet high standards to become citizens.President Trumps letter will be sent to all new citizens starting Wednesday, which also marks the day the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia in 1787."We applaud your devotion to our country, our people, our history and our great American story," President Trump wrote. "As long as the American people continue to love our country and uphold our values, there is nothing that our Nation cannot achieve. Our communities will flourish. Our people will prosper.""Our traditions will endure," the letter continued. "And our future will be brighter, more radiant and more hopeful than ever before."

The Kansas City Chiefs watched as Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles knelt out their second win to start the 2025 season.In turn, the Chiefs fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2014.Its unusual to see Kansas City in this position, but Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino isnt panicking about the storyline. He believes the Chiefs, as they have in the past, will overcome adversity.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMA big reason for that confidence is quarterback Patrick Mahomes."I think Patrick is probably the best quarterback in the league," Marino told Fox News Digital while also discussing his personal health journey after being diagnosed with MASH, also known as fatty liver disease. "Hes shown it over the last few years. Hes an incredible athlete, incredible talent. Hes a positive guy, a leader. I think hes going to bring those guys back around.PATRICK MAHOMES HITS CAREER-FIRST MILESTONE NO QUARTERBACK WANTS IN LOSS TO EAGLES"Its one of those things its 0-2 and it happens. They had a tough couple games, but Ive got a feeling theyre going to be OK."Since the 2020 season, 42 teams have started 0-2, and only five went on to make the playoffs. Statistically, the Chiefs chances are slim, but it would still be a shock if they missed the postseason.Kansas City has shown time and again in the Mahomes era that even the slimmest playoff chances are worth betting on. And this time, they still have 15 regular-season games left to work with.One factor in their early struggles has been the lack of healthy role players on offense. Second-year receiver Xavier Worthy, expected to step up as Mahomes top wideout while Rashee Rice serves a six-game suspension, dislocated his shoulder on the third snap of the season.The rushing attack has also been ineffective. Mahomes leads the team with 123 rushing yards through two weeks, while running backs Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt each have just 47 yards.Could things look different once Rice and Worthy return? Possibly. But head coach Andy Reid and the Chiefs know that doesnt help them right now."Listen, if you dont have all your great players with you, I dont care whos telling you otherwiseits going to affect your offense," Marino said. "But youve got to find a way to overcome that. You overcome it in a way of playing mistake-free football and figuring out how youre going to score points."Thats kind of the situation they may be in right now, but Ive got a feeling Patrick will be OK."The Chiefs also havent been blown out. In Week 1, Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers played a near-perfect game in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earning a 27-21 win. In Week 2, the Eagles defense held strong in a 20-17 victory despite a quieter offensive performance than in their Super Bowl LIX win.Next, the Chiefs will meet another 0-2 team as they travel to MetLife Stadium to face the New York Giants on Sunday night.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

California high school senior Hadeel Hazameh believes she was brainwashed.For the previous three school years, she had to watch biological male athletes finish ahead of her in at least seven track and field events. But things got even harder during the volleyball season, when she had to share a locker room with a biological male transgender teammate.She put her inner feelings and religious duties aside to tolerate it.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"I shouldn't have had to be scared to change in the women's locker room. I'm not allowed to show my hair or my body to biological males, and I shouldn't have had to deal with that. I should have had those privacy rights since the second I walked into the locker room since my freshman year," Hazameh, a practicing Muslim, told Fox News Digital."I wish they would just understand there's some things I just can not do because of my religious faith there's stuff I just can't do and I wish I had more privacy protecting those rights."Now, she's taking revenge.Hazameh, in her final season, has stepped away from her team at Jurupa Valley High School and joined a lawsuit with her family against the Jurupa Unified School District (JUSD), the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and California Department of Education (CDE).But even though he is not listed as a defendant on the lawsuit, Hazameh is also placing blame on the shoulders of Governor Gavin Newsom for what she has had to endure in high school.Newsom has, on multiple occasions now, said he believes males competing in girls' sports is unfair. Yet, under his leadership, nothing has been done to prevent it."If our governor himself says that its unfair, then hes the one who should act on it he should be the one to stand up, it shouldnt have to be girls like me," Hazameh said. "What are you here to do?"Hazameh's teammate Alyssa McPherson, a practicing Catholic who has also argued her religious liberties have been infringed upon, is a plaintiff in the lawsuit as well."I've always known that it wasn't quite right it didn't feel right," McPherson said, later adding that she believes the issue will affect the decisions of young voters in the state's gubernatorial election next year."I definitely think this will be a big factor that people will consider."Maribel Munoz is the mother of McPherson and former Jurupa Valley volleyball player Madison McPherson, who is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit. Munoz is one of many Southern California parents who has been trying to confront the issue at her child's school for years. But current California policy has put up a stonewall."They're completely disregarding our girls," Munoz told Fox News Digital of the state government. "Having a boy on the team just makes it so difficult our government, they're not supporting our kids."When Munoz tried to make complaints directly to the school, she says she was told the issue was "above their pay grade.""Last year I complained about many issues to athletic administrators, vice principal, principal and even our superintendent. If I wasnt ignored, I was told it was above their pay grade," Munoz said.So far, four schools have already been confirmed to have forfeited to Jurupa Valley this season amid controversy involving the trans athlete. The first school that publicly announced it would do so was Riverside Poly High School back in August.Fred Brayton, the father of a Riverside Polly player, told Fox News Digital that he also blames Newsom for years of devotion by young female athletes going to waste."Girls devote years of hard work to earn opportunities in athletics, and Californias policies under Governor Newsom have created situations where those opportunities are being put at risk. If sports are divided by sex to protect fairness, why are we treating gender identity as the deciding factor?" Brayton said."By defining participation based solely on gender identity, the state has chosen inclusion for a few at the expense of fairness for many. Protecting the intent of Title IX and the rights of biological girls is not about exclusion its about ensuring that fairness, safety, and opportunity remain at the heart of athletics."The JUSD has directly encouraged critics to take up the issue with government officials and lawmakers, in a statement provided to Fox News Digital."School districts do not write laws for the state of California, nor do they have the power to ignore them or change them. However, as primarily state-funded agencies, they are required to follow them. As these issues play out in our courts and the media, any advocacy on these matters should be directed at state and federal officials elected to make laws and policies that affect public education," the statement read.Santa Rosa Junior College was thrust into its own controversy involving a transgender player on its women's volleyball team when three players filed a Title IX complaint about it in the first week of September.Santa Rosa sophomore Madison Shaw told Fox News Digital that the trans player allegedly caused a concussion to a female athlete with a spike to the head. Fellow Santa Rosa women's player Gracie Shaw says she herself was also hit in the head with one of the trans athlete's spikes.The issue of trans athletes in women's volleyball has prompted unique scrutiny due to the potential for head injuries. The awareness for this grew after former North Carolina high school volleyball player Payton McNabb suffered permanent brain damage after being spiked in the head by a trans opponent in 2022.Madison Shaw is also asking why Newsom hasn't done anything to stop this."Gavin Newsom already said this is unfair. But were not going to do anything about it? For him to acknowledge that this is unfair, really means that there should be change. We should uphold our Title IX rights," Madison Shaw said.Like Jurupa Valley, Santa Rosa Junior College has deferred blame for the situation to the California laws they have to follow."The District complies with California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) regulations, which govern student eligibility and participation in our athletic programs," read a statement provided to Fox News Digital by a school spokesperson. The school has not responded to Madison and Gracie Shaw's allegations that the trans athlete spiked the ball into female players' heads and caused a concussion to one of them.California has faced a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice for letting males in girls' sports since July.On top of that, one of the state's public universities, San Jose State, is under a Title IX investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for a scandal involving a transgender player that erupted last fall.SJSU receives the majority of its operating budget from state appropriation, with state funding accounting for approximately 52% of its total budget, per the university.Former SJSU player Blaire Fleming, a biological male, played for the university for three seasons. A lawsuit led by former co-captain Brooke Slusser alleges the university withheld Fleming's birth sex from her and other teammates, and that Fleming conspired with an opponent to have Slusser spiked in the face during a match, after Slusser brought public attention to the situation.U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon previously told Fox News Digital the investigation into SJSU "will continue" in an interview in early July. Then in early August, DOJ and the White House sent further warnings after Fox News Digital reported that a conference investigation into Fleming's allegations of conspiring to have Slusser harmed was carried out by the same law firm that is defending the Mountain West against Slusser's lawsuit, which included those same allegations.EX-SJSU STAR BROOKE SLUSSER MAKES NEW ALLEGATIONS ABOUT PROBE INTO TRANS TEAMMATE'S ALLEGED PLOT TO HARM HERSlusser fled the campus, and the entire state, back in February. She has since started a new life in North Carolina. Slusser recently told Fox News Digital she is now working as a girls' junior varsity volleyball coach at a North Carolina high school, and as a coach at a local youth club.And from a distance, Slusser is also serving as an inspiration for many of the young women volleyball players in California who are speaking out against the state's current practices.Jurupa Valley's Hazameh and McPherson, and Santa Rosa's Madison and Gracie Shaw, were all sharing their courts and locker rooms with biological males back in fall 2024, all while the scandal at SJSU gradually escalated and gained national attention. They all paid attention to the situation unfolding at San Jose at the time.And this fall, they all cite Slusser as an inspiration for their recent decisions to stand up to their own teams and coaches."She was one of the factors," Hazameh said of Slusser.Madison Shaw added, "When Blaire was hitting a ball, Brooke was saying how much harder and how much force is behind that ball I could say the same from experience watching our male athlete on our team spike the ball."Slusser said she advises those young women to "keep to their faith," as they challenge their schools and state officials on the issue. "Those are people's basic morals. Those are the things that people live by, and I think people trying to say that we're not allowed to speak up about our beliefs and what we believe in and our faith is so wrong," Slusser said. "Just know that your steps are firm, and I think it's very important that the adults that are coaching these young ladies know that."As someone who went to college in California for nearly two years, Slusser believes Newsom should shoulder "all" the blame for trans athlete inclusion affecting girls' and women's volleyball teams."He should have to shoulder all of it," Slusser said of Newsom. "He could change it if he wanted to and he hasn't."Slusser said she has no plans to step foot back in the state of California until there are changes within the state."I'm so traumatized from my time in California, I just don't have a need or a want to ever go back but honestly until there's some changes made to the state of California I don't see a reason why anyone would want to be there."Newsom's office provided a statement to Fox News Digital in response to the complaints by athletes and parents, suggesting the responsibility falls on the CIF, CDE and state legislature, but not on him."CIF is an independent nonprofit that governs high school sports. The California Department of Education is a separate constitutional office. Neither is under the Governors authority. CIF and the CDE have stated they follow existing state law a law that was passed in 2013 and signed by Governor Jerry Brown (not Newsom) andin line with 21 other states. For the law to change, the legislature would need to send the Governor a bill. They have not," the statement read.The CIF has not responded to Fox News Digital's requests for response.A CDE spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "The California Department of Education cannot comment on this matter, as we cannot comment on pending litigation."On April 1, the California state legislature blocked two bills that would reverse the current law which allows males in girls' sports.Every Democrat voted against it, with Assembly member Rick Chavez Zbur arguing that one of the bills "is really reminiscent to me of what happened in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. We are moving towards autocracy in this country. In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life."Zbur said this while in the presence of a descendant of a holocaust survivor, who had to excuse herself from the chamber, according to GOP Assembly member Kate Sanchez."She stood up and left because she was just so disgusted with the comparison," Sanchez told Fox News Digital.Newsom made no public statement at the time encouraging any of his fellow Democrats to support the bill. At that point, Newsom had already made his first public statements disputing the "fairness" of trans athletes in girls' and women's sports, in the first episode of his podcast after he was pressed on the issue by the late Charlie Kirk.Fox News Digital asked Newsom's office if the governor would condemn Zbur's statement, but that inquiry has not been responded to.Newsom's office provided a transcript of an apparent exchange between him and a reporter on April 2, the day after the bills were blocked, in which the governor said he "didn't pay any attention" to the bills. He added that he was preoccupied with Los Angeles wildfire recovery."Well, I didn't pay any attention to the committee yesterday. I was, literally, spent most of the day talking about LA fire recovery with our teams. And progress is being made there, by the way, but we're starting to run up into some of those abundance conversations around permitting that's already starting to take shape, where most of my focus was yesterday," Newsom said when asked about the failed vote and the general issue of males in girls' sports.Then in July, Newsom spoke about the issue in an interview on the "Shawn Ryan Show" saying he has been "amazingly frustrated by it" and that he regularly encounters parents who are angry about the state's policies at his children's soccer games."Every parent coming up says, Its so unfair.' Like Whoa,' like everywhere I went, progressively-minded people, not bigots, that are champions of trans policy like I am, but didn't like the sports. They were like come on man, you got to figure this out," Newsom said.Newsom added that his allies in the LGBTQ caucus were "furious" with him after he made his initial comments in March while speaking to Kirk, and even recalled an alleged conversation with President Donald Trump about it."Trump is having the time of his life, and I assure you he is because we've had conversations on this topic, he says you got abortion, I got this.' He told me that, on my mother's grave," Newsom said."And now he's suing and threatening us, and they're just, and you know, I'm the poster child," Newsom added. "But I do think we have to address that issue."Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As Las Vegas tourism continues to decrease, many are calling out the high prices, as others say Vegas is now appealing primarily to Americas wealthy rather than the "average traveler."In the "r/LasVegas" forum on Reddit, one user wrote, "Las Vegas is overpriced and out of touch. Im not surprised people arent visiting."Said another person, "I actually think Las Vegas has shifted its strategy, and its not by accident, its by design. The city is no longer trying to appeal to the average traveler or budget-conscious visitor."'PAWN STARS' BOSS RICK HARRISON CALLS OUT 'INSANE' VEGAS PRICES, BLAMES 'COVID HANGOVER'The user went on, "Instead, Vegas is now targeting people with serious disposable income. Its become a playground for the affluent, and thats exactly what the current business model is built around.The person added, "The Strip isnt trying to be accessible anymore. Its being curated. Its becoming more exclusive, and thats intentional."The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) recently released its numbers for July visitors, noting a 12% drop from last year.There were 3,089,300 visitors this July compared to over 3.5 million last year, while occupancy on the Strip dropped 7% from 86.5% last year."They dont want Jim & Marleen from Arkansas who wont gamble, drink at the cocktail lounges, or eat at high-end restaurants and pinch pennies," commented another Redditor.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle"They want Bradley & Stephanie from California who blindly spend money without a second thought at every turn," the person continued.Rick Harrison of "Pawn Stars" previously told Fox News Digital the Las Vegas Strip has"gotten a little insane with their prices.""I've heard so many people complain," said Harrison. "They go to a hotel, they go to check out. And there's $500 in stupid fees on their bills resort fees andparking feesand this fee and that fee."Circa Casino and Resort CEO Derek Stevens told Fox News Digital earlier that tourism traffic is disproportionate.Stevens said he is seeing continued growth in the high-end market, but it is "the other end that is kind of hurting."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERCirrus Aviation, a Las Vegas private jet charter company, said business for them is booming."It's the millionaires, the billionaires, the celebrities, the athletes, the residencies that we have the honor of accepting in Las Vegas to make our Las Vegas trip just move in groups. You name it, they're flying in," Travis Turner, vice president of Client Experiences, told Fox News Digital.Turner said they have not been impacted by a tourism decline and actually are seeing an increase in revenue."In Las Vegas, we're fortunate enough to have a lot of different conferences and a lot of big events that come back and forth," said Turner.He said they see a lot mid-week travel based on the conferences and different activities going on."Typically, it's going to be a Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday turn based off what they have going on for the weekends," said Turner. "A lot of artists and different celebrities and concert performers come on Wednesday and Thursday to prepare for the weekend coming in."

OREM, Utah Tyler Robinsons mother told investigators she had watched her son change dramatically in the year leading up to the Utah college shooting of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.Once a college scholarship recipient with a promising future, Robinson had "become more political," leaning left and supporting "pro-gay and trans rights," his mother said, according to court documents.She also recounted heated arguments between Robinson and his father, who held sharply different views and regularly sparred over their competing ideologies.At one point, she told police, her son dismissed Kirks Utah Valley University (UVU) event as a "stupid" venue and claimed Kirk "spreads too much hate."CHARLIE KIRKS ALLEGED ASSASSIN HELD LEFTIST IDEOLOGY BUT MOTIVE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION: UTAH GOVERNORProsecutors now argue that political hatred was at the core of Robinsons alleged actions.In court filings, they allege he intentionally targeted Kirk "because of his political expression" and his parents recognized him from surveillance video after the shooting."Robinsons father reported that when his wife showed him the surveillance image of the suspected shooter in the news, he agreed that it looked like their son," prosecutors alleged in court filings.His father confronted him and talked him into surrendering to authorities.WHO IS TYLER ROBINSON? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK'S SUSPECTED ASSASSIN"As they discussed the situation, Robinson implied that he was the shooter and stated that he couldnt go to jail and just wanted to end it," prosecutors wrote. "When asked why he did it, Robinson explained there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate."Prosecutors charged Robinson Tuesday with aggravated murder in the killing of Kirk, along with multiple related offenses. He also faces two counts of obstruction of justice for concealing the rifle and discarding clothing, and two counts of witness tampering for urging his roommate to delete texts and stay silent.Robinson was additionally charged with committing a violent offense in the presence of a child, and prosecutors have filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty.FBI INVESTIGATING LEFTIST GROUPS FOR POSSIBLE TIES TO CHARLIE KIRKS ASSASSINATION: SOURCEThe 22-year-old from southern Utah evolved from a top high school student to a scholarship recipient to an alleged killer.Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was answering questions in the packed courtyard of UVU when a gunman shot him from a rooftop about 200 yards away, according to authorities and video taken at the scene. The conservative commentator died from the injury.CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION SUSPECT AWAITS CHARGES AS UTAH RESIDENTS DESCRIBE ALLEGED KILLER AS VERY QUIETFamily photos, viewed by Fox News Digital, captured the Robinson family of five traveling together on vacations, from an Alaskan adventure in helmets and harnesses to a cruise and a trip to Universal Studios.The suspected killer beamed in photos alongside his siblings, hugged his mom after graduating from high school in 2021 and appears to have enjoyed fishing with the family.But authorities, citing interviews with his mother, said he had radicalized over the past year after entering a relationship with a biological male roommate who is transitioning to female.WHO IS TYLER ROBINSON? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK'S SUSPECTED ASSASSINIn a series of text messages after the shooting, revealed Tuesday by Utah County District Attorney Jeff Gray, Robinson allegedly admitted, "I had enough of [Kirks] hatred. Some hate cant be negotiated out."He said he had planned the attack for "a bit over a week," detailing to his lover how he discarded clothing and the rifle, and urged his partner to delete the messages and stay silent if questioned by police.Read the court documents:Robinson graduated from Pine View High School in 2021.By that fall, he was shown moving into Utah State University (USU), with photos outside the Richard and Moonyeen Anderson Engineering Building.In a statement to Fox News from USU, the public university said: "Utah State University confirms that Tyler Robinson, the suspect arrested in the killing of Charlie Kirk, briefly attended Utah State University for one semester in 2021.""We can also confirm that he was a pre-engineering major and took classes consistent with that major for his one semester," the school added.CHARLIE KIRK'S ALLEGED ASSASSIN TYLER ROBINSON FACES DEATH PENALTY AS CHARGES FORMALLY ANNOUNCEDOne photo shows him posing in a dorm room there, wearing black-and-white Converse sneakers like the ones he allegedly wore for Kirk's slaying. Just a few inches away, on his computer desk, are a gaming keyboard and headset.He didn't last long there, however, and Robinson more recently attended Dixie Technical College. He was a third-year student in the electrical apprenticeship program.At the time of the murder, authorities say he was living with a "roommate," identified by authorities as a romantic partner undergoing a transition from male to female, who is cooperating with investigators.Prosecutors included a lengthy chain of text messages between the two in charging documents against Robinson, which allegedly show him discussing the case with his partner, confessing to the crime and expressing the fear that he wouldn't be able to retrieve the suspected murder weapon because police had locked down the area.UTAH PROSECUTORS PREPARE POTENTIAL DEATH PENALTY CASE AGAINST CHARLIE KIRK SUSPECT TYLER JAMES ROBINSONAuthorities said they recovered a Mauser .30-06 rifle wrapped in a towel in the woods near UVU.What remains unclear is what Robinson did for a living and the details of his apparent radicalization.FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told "America's Newsroom" Monday that investigators were looking into whether Robinson had any potential accomplices.He alleged that Robinson had made threats against Kirk to acquaintances before the shooting, but his statements were still being investigated."It appears from the data weve accumulated that this ideology had infected him and had taken over," Bongino said. "He was intent on making Charlie his target and people may have known in advance."

The assassination of conservative influencer and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last week has sparked renewed urgency around protecting free speech, particularly on college campuses.Kirk, 31, was killed Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He leaves behind his wife, Erika, and two young children.Seattle-based journalist and conservative influencer Cameron Higby, who contracts for Turning Point's FrontLines, is among those leading efforts to honor Kirks legacy. He co-launched a grassroots campus tour this week with political commentator David Khait called "Fearless.""Its to show people that conservatives, and people in general, arent afraid to go out and talk about their beliefs in the public square Even though Charlie sat behind a table just like ours and was shot and killed. We want to show that were not scared," Higby told Fox News Digital.COMPLETE COVERAGE OF CHARLIE KIRKWearing "Make America Great Again" hats, Higby and Khait set up a booth Monday at Georgia State University with signs that read, "Nobody should be killed for their opinions. RIP Charlie" and "Left is violent: Lets debate." The next day, they kept the Kirk sign and put up a new sign that read, "Men cannot be women: Lets talk."Higby said the tour will expand to more schools in Georgia and surrounding states, with the goal of encouraging open dialogue between both sides.Some people who approached the booth engaged respectfully, Higby said, while others confronted them aggressively.Clips shared on social media showed one man calling Kirk anti-LGBTQ and saying he was "happy" Kirk was killed. Another person declared Kirk "deserved it" and mocked him by pretending to shoot himself in the neck."Its very sad to see that kind of thing, especially people who clearly know nothing about Charlie coming up and basically justifying his death," Higby said.'SLEEPING GIANT' LIKELY WOKE UP FOR TURNING POINT USA AFTER CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATIONAt one point, a person snatched Khaits hat as a crowd cheered. On X, Higby wrote that protesters also tried to take their microphones, jumped on their table and demanded they leave.Higby, who frequently documents Antifa activity in the Pacific Northwest, said the hostility extends beyond campuses. He encountered protesters at a Seattle vigil for Kirk, where one man boasted on camera that he supported Kirks murder and would have killed him himself.Higby said he was punched in the face by two other protesters while covering the vigil and protest."One of them grabs my phone out of my hand then punched me in the face. And then the transgender person came up and punched me in the face. They literally smashed [my smart glasses] on my face. Theyre completely destroyed," he said.CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWSHigby said he has also faced violence covering protests in Seattle and Portland, where he and other independent journalists have been targeted. In June, he and Seattle journalist Brandi Kruse were attacked by agitators protesting immigration enforcement.Despite the confrontations, Higby said many students have shown support for Kirks family even if they disagreed with his politics. He pointed to conversations at the University of Washington last week as evidence that free speech is still alive, even in far-left enclaves.He believes Kirks influence has spread because of his commitment to debate and civil discourse."I think that Charlie was almost a perfect reflection of the principles that this country was built on," Higby said. "He actively sought out his opposition to have discussions with them and actively policed his own followers to behave and respect those people who disagreed with him.""People are sad because he represented what America stands for, and he was murdered doing it," he added.Turning Point USA, the organization Kirk founded, has received more than 37,000 inquiries from people interested in starting new campus chapters since his death.