We had just left touring the Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal, on April 28 when we entered the darkened lobby of a hotel. Immediately someone told us the power was out in all of Portugal and Spain. I thought there must be a translation issue since Id never heard of an entire country without power let alone two countries.But it was true there was no power anywhere in Portugal. I thought it best to get back to our hotel and find out more information. We took an Uber and the driver told us more about what was happening.Tens of thousands of train passengers in Spain and Portugal were left stranded, unable to continue their journeys as rail services came to a halt. The outage also knocked out telecommunications, leaving people without access to cellphones, the internet and online banking.As we drove, traffic lights were off and the gas pumps were not working. Businesses were closed and people joined queues to get cash as card payments did not work. People were coming out of their offices and walking home because they did not know when the buses were coming. The Lisbon airport was shut down.GOD CAN RESURRECT AND RESTORE WHAT YOU THINK IS LOST AND DEADMillions were unable to seek assistance or even communicate about their predicament. The disruption was compounded by panic buying, as locals and tourists rushed to purchase food, supplies and gas, leading to long lines and empty shelves. Many worried about food, water, gas and cash in case the power outage went on for days.It was quite chaotic; with cellphones not working no one had any information. Rumors were flying; it was the Russians, a cyberattack, a plane had flown into a power station. No one knew anything.Our hotel had generators so there was some power. When we went to get something to eat our menu was limited to salad or a Charcutier board of meats and cheeses. I tried for some ice cream, but it had already melted. We were blessed to have something to eat, most restaurants had closed.WILL POPE LEO XIV REVERSE THE ANTI-AMERICAN VIBE FROM THE LAST POPE?Initial reports were that Spain would have power back in 10-12 hours, but it could be up to a week in Portugal. Fortunately, power was restored in both countries in 10-14 hours. By the next morning, life for over 59 million people was pretty much back to normal.The whole experience caused me to reflect on Gods power. Ephesians 3:21 tells us,"His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine." The power of God is real. It is available to anyone, anytime. And there is never an outage with Gods power.Too often we try to provide for our needs instead of relying on Gods power. We struggle, we worry, we labor all within our own power. We try to solve our problems without Gods help.WHAT LEO'S CHOICE OF NAME TELLS US ABOUT THE NEW POPEGod wants us to rest in His unlimited power instead of in our limited strength. We have Gods power available to us and when we ask for Gods strength, we will receive it. So much of what we struggle with could be taken care of by God. All we must do is stop striving and scheming and trust that God is able to do it.There are times when God orchestrates events and circumstances to do something miraculous. We may not see how the situation can be worked out, we think there is no way for things to get better, we are certain there is simply no solution.And then God does something rare, uncommon, unusual. He brings together events in the perfect way so that what was impossible becomes possible. His power is at work in our lives.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONIve seen it many times. My father-in-law was an alcoholic. His wife and seven children were suffering from his harmful behavior. He cried out to God and asked for the strength to quit drinking. God gave him the power and for over 40 years he never took a drink again.A woman had a tumor and asked for Gods healing power. We prayed and she came back to church with two medical images, one showing the tumor and the other showing no tumor. The doctors were stunned; her surgery was canceled. Gods power had removed the tumor and she was perfectly healthy.The same power of God is available today to anyone who needs it. When we open ourselves up to God, the Spirit works in us with power and we witness the amazing things God will do.Gods power can open doors, demolish obstacles and break bondages. We can experience miraculous help that can only be understood as from God.Ask God for the power you need. His power is always on.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM RICK MCDANIEL

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy in Rome Sunday for ongoing peace talks as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues."During our talks we discussed negotiations in Istanbul to where the Russians sent a low-level delegation of non-decision-makers. I reaffirmed that Ukraine is ready to be engaged in real diplomacy and underscored the importance of a full and unconditional ceasefire as soon as possible," Zelenskyy shared on X of the meeting."We have also touched upon the need for sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defense cooperation, battlefield situation and upcoming prisoners exchange. Pressure is needed against Russia until they are eager to stop the war. And, of course, we talked about our joint steps to achieve a just and durable peace," he continued.ZELENSKYY SPEAKS WITH TRUMP, ALLIES AFTER RUSSIA PEACE TALKS BROKER NO CEASEFIREWorld leaders converged in Rome this weekend for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass at the Vatican on Sunday, with Vance leading the U.S. delegation. Zelenskyy also attended the mass.The meeting comes after Russian and Ukrainian officials held their first direct peace talks in years last week in Istanbul. The two sides, however, failed to reach a ceasefire agreement for a war that has raged since February of 2022.Hours after the meeting, a Russian drone strike hit a passenger bus in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday.TRUMP SAYS PUTIN IS TIRED OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE WARRussia and Ukraine did agree to a large prisoner swap during the meeting last week, despite not reaching a ceasefire.President Donald Trump said on Friday, during his four-day tour of the Middle East, that he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war "as soon as we can set it up."Trump added in a Truth Social post on Saturday that he will speak to Putin by phone on Monday, which will be followed by another call to Zelenskyy and NATO leaders as the U.S. continues to work to broker a peace deal between the two nations as negotiations drag.TRUMP, AFTER SKIPPING RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE TALKS, WANTS TO MEET PUTIN AS SOON AS WE CAN SET IT UP"I WILL BE SPEAKING, BY TELEPHONE, TO PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF RUSSIA ON MONDAY, AT 10:00 A.M. THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE BLOODBATH THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK," Trumpposted on his Truth SocialSaturday."HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY, A CEASEFIRE WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THIS VERY VIOLENT WAR, A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, WILL END," Trump said. "GOD BLESS US ALL!!!"Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.

House lawmakers are being summoned to Capitol Hill late Sunday night as Republicans self-imposed deadline to pass President Donald Trumps "big, beautiful bill" looms just days away.The House Budget Committee is meeting at 10 p.m. for a vote on advancing the wide-ranging legislation toward a chamber-wide vote later this week.Initial plans to advance the bill on Friday morning were upended in a mutiny by four members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, Ralph Norman, R-S.C., Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., and Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., all joined Democrats in voting against the bill.The fiscal hawks are opposed to aspects of the legislations crackdown on Medicaid, which Republicans have said they are only trimming for waste, fraud, and abuse. But Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied people are not set to kick in until 2029, and conservatives have argued that it was a large window of time for those changes to be undone, among other concerns.ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLIONTheyre also pushing for a more aggressive effort to repeal green energy tax subsidies passed in the former Biden administrations Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). That push has pitted them against Republican lawmakers whose districts have businesses that have benefited from the tax relief.Meanwhile House GOP leaders and the White House have held the bill up as the most significant fiscal reform in decades.Holdouts were expected to negotiate with GOP leaders in Congress and the White House through the weekend."I really need to see something in writing. You know, weve talked enough. They know where we are. And you know, before, if it's just if it's the same old thing, that we can't get [a majority], we're going to have to pretty much stick with what we have, Ive got a problem," Norman told Fox News Digital on Sunday morningHe said he and other critics of the legislation were asked to meet with House GOP leaders at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.BROWN UNIVERSITY IN GOP CROSSHAIRS AFTER STUDENT'S DOGE-LIKE EMAIL KICKS OFF FRENZYRepublicans are working to pass Trumps agenda via the budget reconciliation process, which allows the party controlling both Congress and the White House to pass vast pieces of legislation while completely sidelining the minority in this case, Democrats.It does so by lowering the Senates threshold for passage from 60 votes to 51, lining up with the Houses own simple majority. The legislation must adhere to a specific set of rules, however, including only items related to federal spending, tax, and the national debt.Both the House and Senate are dealing with razor-thin margins. That extends to the House Budget Committee as well, where Republicans can only lose two of their own to still advance the legislation.Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was confident that Republicans could overcome their differences and stick to their timeline during an appearance on Fox News Sunday."The plan is to move it to the Rules Committee by midweek, and to the House floor by the end of the week, as we meet our initial, our original Memorial Day deadline," Johnson said.Johnson said Republicans also "have got to compromise" on Medicaid work requirements, adding he was in contact with states "to make sure what the earliest possible date is.""This is the biggest spending reduction in three decades, maybe longer," Johnson said.Norman signaled that significant compromise was going to have to be made on leaders parts."Lets say they want it to kick in, in a year or six months. It ought to be now, but we'll look at that. We're not inflexible," he said. "But the main thing I want to relay, this isn't the end-all-catch-all-be-all. Nobody would disagree that the tax cuts are good policy, and nobody would disagree with President Trump's wanting to phase out Green New Deal scam credits. Anyone we want to do it on day one. So we're carrying out his policies."Meanwhile Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, a close ally of Roys, took to X in support of the bill after it failed Friday."Critics have attacked the House's One Big Beautiful reconciliation bill on fiscal grounds, but I think they are profoundly wrong. It is truly historic," Vought said. "The bill satisfies the very red-line test that House fiscal hawks laid out a few weeks ago that stated that the cost of any tax cut could be paid for with $2.5 trillion in assumed economic growth, but the rest had to be covered with savings from reform."Trump blasted the people holding up the legislation as grandstanders in a Truth Social post Friday.Those rebels and their allies, however, have argued that they are only pushing to fully enact Trumps agenda."He campaigned on cutting the Green New Deal. But it's really a scam. But this bill to postpone phase-out for seven years, it's just money we don't have," Norman said.Economic Policy Innovation Center founder Paul Winfree wrote on X Saturday, "Several of the Members of Congress negotiating on the OBBB this weekend are trying to make it even better. In fact, there is a significant group that has been fighting all along to make sure that [Trump] gets the biggest win possible."Moving ahead with Sunday nights vote is a sign of confidence by House GOP leaders, but its not yet clear how it will play out. In addition to the Medicaid and IRA differences, Republicans must also reconcile current disagreements with blue state GOP lawmakers over State and Local tax (SALT) deduction caps.The legislation raised the current $10,000 cap to $30,000, but a handful of blue state Republicans rejected the compromise as insufficient.Meanwhile, conservatives in redder districts are demanding deeper pay cuts if the SALT deduction cap was raised.SALT Caucus member Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., suggested raising taxes on the highest earners to offset the cost it would likely be an uphill battle to enact, though some conservatives have also signaled openness to the idea."The One Big Beautiful Bill has stalledand it needs wind in its sails. Allowing the top tax rate to expirereturning from 37% to 39.6% for individuals earning over $609,350 and married couples earning over $731,200breathes $300 billion of new life into the effort," LaLota wrote on X Saturday."Its a fiscally responsible move that reflects the priorities of the new Republican Party: protect working families, address the deficit, fix the unfair SALT cap, and safeguard programs like Medicaid and SNAPwithout raising taxes on the middle class."

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the recent excavation in a Facebook post in April. Researchers investigated the House of Helle and Phrixus in Pompeii, finding proof of "residents' attempts to save themselves from the ongoing eruption."The house consists of an entrance, an atrium with a water collection basin called an impluvium, and a bedroom plus a room with a canopy and a banquet hall with "richly decorated walls."ANCIENT TOMB TIED TO ROMAN GLADIATOR DISCOVERED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS"This opening may have allowed lapilli (volcanic rock fragments) to rain inside the house during the early phases of the eruption, from which the victims, now found, tried to protect themselves by taking refuge in a room barricaded with a bed," noted the statement, which was translated from Italian to English."A cast of the bed was made by identifying voids in the solidified ash formed by the organic decomposition of the wood," officials said."Plaster was poured into the voids to reconstruct the shape of the bed preserved as an imprint in the ash."In one striking account, researchers found that a family placed a bed across a bedroom door as a makeshift barricade to protect themselves against the volcanic eruption.EXPERTS SHOCKED BY ANCIENT KING ARTHUR MANUSCRIPT FOUND TUCKED INSIDE BOOK: 'SURVIVED THE CENTURIES'Archaeologists also came across the remains of at least four people in the house, including a child."The child likely owned the bronze bulla found here, an amulet worn by boys until reaching adulthood," the post said.Excavators also found various pantry items, which paint a vivid picture of daily life in Ancient Rome."Among various other objects discovered were a stash of amphorae stored under a staircase serving as a pantry, some used to contain garum, a widely used fish sauce; and a set of bronze vessels, including a ladle, a single-handled jug, a basket-shaped vase, and a shell-shaped cup," the statement said.The house may have also been undergoing renovation at the time of the eruption, as there were thresholds removed and traces of wall cutting sitting at the entrance of the residence.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle"However, it continued to be occupied by its residents, who, caught by the eruption, chose not to leave the house, meeting their end there," the statement added.The house was named for a mythologicalpainting that depicts Elle and Phrixus, two figures in Greek mythology.The painting was found on one of the house's walls, though archaeologists do not believe that the inhabitants worshiped Greek gods.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"[In] the 1st century AD, these stories no longer held the religious and cultural significance they had in the archaic and classical ages," the archaeological organization said."We must assume, therefore, that their function in the homes of the middle and upper classes was primarily entertainment, the display of economic and cultural status, and beauty, which is also evident in this medium-sized domus."In a statement, PompeiiArchaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said the excavation helps to confront "the fragility of life for all of us.""In this wonderfully decorated small house, we found traces of the inhabitants who tried to save themselves by blocking the entrance to a small room with a bed, of which we made a cast," Zuchtriegel said."This was because lapilli, volcanic stones, were entering through the atrium roof opening, threatening to invade the space," he continued."They didn't make it; in the end, the pyroclastic flow arrived, a violent stream of scorching ash that filled every room here, as elsewhere, with seismic shocks having already caused many buildings to collapse."

Indiana Fever star Aliyah Boston was stunned on Saturday when she learned she had eceived a technical foul during Caitlin Clark and Angel Reeses tiff in the third quarter.Clark was hit with a flagrant foul after she fouled the Chicago Sky before the second-year forward went up for a shot. Reese fell to the ground but got up and got into the face of Clark. Boston tried to come in between both players.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe referees determined that Clarks foul had crossed the line of a natural basketball player because she had used her left hand to push Reese to the ground. The referees also gave Boston a technical foul."I got the tech? Oh, no!" she said in the postgame press conference.Boston continued to be shocked as Clark explained the foul on Reese."Let's not make it something that it's not," Clark said. "It was just a good play on the basketball. I'm not sure what the ref saw to upgrade it, and that's up to their discretion. It's a take foul to put them at the free-throw line. I've watched a lot of basketball in my life, that's exactly what it was. I wasn't trying to do anything malicious. That's not the type of player I am."CAITLIN CLARK, ANGEL REESE DOWNPLAY HEATED MOMENT AFTER FLAGRANT FOUL IN FEVER'S SEASON-OPENING ROUTClark said she appreciated Boston having her back, even though she made clear that it had been just a routine basketball play. She added that she would pay Bostons fine.Reese also downplayed the hoopla, calling it "a basketball play."Indiana won the game 93-58. Clark had a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebound and 10 assists. Boston had 19 points and 13 rebounds.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Biden family insider Michael LaRosa opened up about the former administration's culture of concealment while speaking to Fox News on Sunday, telling "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy that the people surrounding the former president during his tenure in the White House were unwilling to be transparent."This was a group in the White House who were allergic to transparency, and I'm talking about just in the East Wing," he said. "The very first day walking into the White House, the usher was fired, and I couldn't get reporters straight answers, because nobody would give me straight answers."BIDEN INSIDER EXPOSES HOW WHITE HOUSE 'GASLIT' THE PUBLIC ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT'S DECLINELaRosa, who served as press secretary for former First Lady Jill Biden from 2021 to 2022, noted that his comments were not intended to suggest whether Biden was fit or unfit for office, as audio obtained by Fox News captures the former president appearing to struggle to remember key details while being pressed on his handling of classified documents."What I am suggesting [is] it was not intuitive it was not their style to be transparent about anything. They took days and months to be deliberative, and I'm talking about the small things, about when the dog bites occurred," he said, referencing the former first family's dog, Major, who had reportedly bitten multiple people. BIDEN'S TEAM HID THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS HEALTH ALL ALONG: WH PRESS SEC"Or about the wedding with the grandkids," he continued. "They got caught lying to the press about press coverage, because they were so scared to be transparent about anything.""I said to myself at some point, 'If it's this hard to get them to just be transparent and disclose things and to just be upfront from the beginning about anything, even the small things My God, what would happen if there were big things?'"Still, LaRosa said that, even if tapes revealing Biden's cognitive struggles had come forward sooner, it likely wouldn't have been enough for him to have been forced out of the 2024 race earlier.

Pro wrestling star Saraya Bevis posted a message for fans who come see her during autograph signings and photo-ops following a bizarre incident on Saturday.Bevis wrote on social media that no fan should be trying to kiss her, especially on the mouth.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Crazy I have to say this but. If you come to my signings.. please dont try to kiss me anywhere. Especially ON MY MOUTH. He wasnt able to because I moved. But Jesus f----g Christ," she wrote on X.She explained in a subsequent video that the incident had occurred during a photo opportunity. She added that she was doing "OK" following the strange encounter."I managed to get away and he ended up leaving, so its good," she said. "But I just want to put a PSA out there, I am a hugger. Ive always been a hugger when it comes to my fans but going forward I would love if we just stick to handshakes just to be safer and to have a little bit of a boundary.WWE STAR RHEA RIPLEY DROP KICKS FANS CRITICAL OF FEMALE WRESTLERS"We shouldnt have to worry about that kind of stuff. So, going forward, I just want to stick to that."Bevis is known in the pro wrestling world as simply Saraya following her time with All Elite Wrestling. She was known as Paige during her run in WWE.She was a two-time WWE Divas champion and was the youngest when she won it at 21. She was also the only WWE wrestler to hold the WWE Womens Championship and NXT Womens Championship simultaneously.In AEW, she won the Womens World Championship once.Bevis journey to professional wrestling was chronicled in the movie "Fighting with My Family."Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

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A TikTok video played a key role in one mothers cancer diagnosis after it prompted her to see a doctor regarding a strange marking on her fingernail, SWNS reported.Lauren Koltcz, 45, from North Royalton, Ohio, noticed a brown line on her left thumbnail, but thought it was caused by a vitamin deficiency."I had this nagging feeling it was something more than a vitamin deficiency," she said.4 TROUBLING CANCER TRENDS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT IN 2025When the brown line became thicker, the mother of two spoke to her nurse practitioner, who said it could be a fungal infection."I put some fungal medication on my thumb, but it didn't do anything," she said, as SWNS reported.Then, in February 2025, Koltcz noticed the line spreading across her nail."I started researching online and found some TikTok videos from dermatologists," she recalled.RARE SPINAL CANCER TUMOR REMOVED THROUGH PATIENTS EYE AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALIn one video, a dermatologist implored those with brown lines on their nails to see a medical professional.Koltcz booked an appointment at Cleveland Clinic, where doctors took a biopsy of the brown area.The next day, she got a call from her doctor, Alison Vidimos, MD, who said they needed to do a biopsy."I was concerned because the pigmentation on her nail was very dark, there were different shades of brown, and the spot was wider than 3 millimeters," said Vidimos, who is chairman emeritus of Cleveland Clinics Department of Dermatology.TERMINAL COLON CANCER PATIENT SAVED BY BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENTThe biopsy results came back four days later."I just couldnt believe it. Everybody knows someone whos had cancer, and now I was one of them," Koltcz said.The results showed that Koltcz had subungual melanoma a skin cancer that develops under the nail but they had caught it at stage 0, meaning the melanoma was only in the top layer of the skin.Subungual melanoma (nail melanoma) is a serious and rare type of skin cancer, accounting for 0.7% to 3.5% of all melanomas worldwide, according to Cleveland Clinic.For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthIt can impact any nail and discoloration doesnt always occur, which is why it's so important to take note of any nail changes."When this type of cancer is caught early, there's over a 95% survival rate," Vidimos said in a press release from Cleveland Clinic. "But if its neglected and not diagnosed at an early stage, it can spread to the lymph nodes and make treatment more challenging."Nail melanomas are often diagnosed late, according to the doctor, because people dont think about checking their nails.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERPrompt surgery removed Koltczs cancer and some of the tissue around the area to ensure that no cancer cells remained.While she currently shows no evidence of cancer, Koltcz will have regular follow-ups with her dermatologist."I just kept thinking, How lucky am I that I caught it in time and had such great doctors to treat it?'"

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham turned heads on Saturday afternoon with her outfit before the teams win over the Chicago Sky.Cunningham wore a black jacket over a black sheer outfit and heels and walked the Fevers carpet, which they had rolled out for the outfit checks before the game. She posed for a few pictures of herself and with teammate Lexie Hull.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMUnfortunately, Cunningham put on sweats instead of a Fever jersey. She was ruled out of the game with an ankle injury.The Fever acquired Cunningham in a trade with the Phoenix Mercury in the offseason. She averaged 8.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in 40 games. She shot 37.8% from 3-point range and 42.9% from the field in all.FEVER STAR LEFT STUNNED AFTER LEARNING SHE RECEIVED TECHNICAL FOUL IN CAITLIN CLARK-ANGEL REESE INCIDENTCunningham went viral a few times during the 2024 season with some of the outfits she wore before games. One "Love Island" dress even became the talk of social media, but she told Fox News Digital in August that it was mom-approved.She took the attention as a sign of the times as more interest has been paid to the WNBA since Caitlin Clark entered the league. Pregame "fit checks" have been one of the ways the league has captured attention on social media."I do think it's super cool that people are interested in what we do off the court now," Cunningham told Fox News Digital last year. "Our tunnel fits have been a fashion show, and people are so excited and intrigued about what we're going to wear."Fox News Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.