A killer nobody expected has pleaded guilty in the 2001 murder of a Chevy Chase, Maryland, mother.Defendant Eugene Gligor, 45, of Washington, D.C., walked free through the nation's capital for more than 20 years before his DNA linked him to then-50-year-old Leslie Preer's murder in 2001.Preer's daughter, Lauren Preer, told FOX 5 D.C. that she dated the suspect when they were both 15 years old. She was 24 when her mother was killed.Montgomery County authorities linked DNA found beneath Preer's fingernails at the time of her murder to Gligor's "distant relative from Romania" who had voluntarily submitted her DNA to an online database, ultimately leading authorities directly to him last year, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said during a Wednesday press conference.CALIFORNIA 1977 COLD-CASE MURDER SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS 69-YEAR-OLD FORMER ARMY PRIVATE LIVING IN OHIOGligor had lived in the D.C. area since committing the gruesome crime some 24 years ago. Fox News Digital has reached out to his attorney for comment."Lauren, her family, and friends have waited 24 years to finally get closure and justice for this horrific crime that tore her family apart," family attorney Benjamin Kurtz told Fox News Digital. "The fact that it turned out to be someone they allowed in their home with open arms, just makes it that much harder to understand."CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES STANCE ON MENENDEZ BROTHERS PROSECUTOR STAYING ON CASE AMID RESENTENCING BATTLEKurtz added that "Lauren has been given a sense of peace knowing that her father has finally been vindicated of any wrongdoing, even if after his death, and she feels he can finally rest in peace with the knowledge her killer has been caught."She also "wanted to express her gratitude to the Montgomery County Police Department who never stopped trying to get justice for her family and to the States Attorneys Office for their efforts of securing a guilty plea from Leslies murderer.""Lastly, while the guilty plea will never bring back her mother, or create any of the moments she never got to experience due to losing her at such a young age, she and her family can finally have some closure to this horrific loss and try to start the healing process," Kurtz said. "She wanted to express her sincere appreciation to all of her family and friends for the love and support over the years and decades and during the last year waiting for a conviction."SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERPreer's boss found her dead in the second story of her Chevy Chase home on May 2, 2001, after she did not show up for work that day. Her death was ruled a homicide. There was blood all over the house, McCarthy said.She died of blunt force trauma and strangulation.In 2022, police submitted DNA collected from the crime scene to a lab for forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and later identified Gligor as a potential suspect.McCarthy called Preer's case "historic" during a May 7 press conference, saying it was the first time familial DNA was used in a cold-case murder in the county.ATTEMPTED MURDER FUGITIVE BUSTED AS 40-YEAR SCHEME POSING AS DEAD COLLEGE MATE UNRAVELS"This was excellent police work that took place for over two decades," former Washington, D.C., homicide detective Ted Williams told Fox News Digital. "This is how science, familial DNA, was able to help law enforcement catch a person who felt that they had committed the crime. The fact that the DNA that was found under [Preer's] fingernails was preserved all of those years and was later used to track down Mr. Gligor he would have gotten away with murder, absent having this near-exact science, and that is familial DNA."Authorities obtained a sample of Gligor's DNA by staging a fake second security screening at Dulles International Airport. They escorted the then-suspect into a room, where there were several water bottles. Gligor drank one water bottle and threw it away before leaving the room, according to court filings obtained by The Washington Post.GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB"There are times, unfortunately, when the evidence that is gathered at a crime scene does not lead in any one specific direction," Williams said. "I am sure that at the early stages of the investigation, the investigators were looking at anybody they believed may very well have been involved with this murder, but [Gligor] did not come up on their radar screen. That happens in murder cases all the time and at some stage or another, the development of the scientific evidence is something or two that law enforcement now have in their possession to go back many, many years."Gligor worked at a real-estate firm and was known as a "zen" and friendly person, the Post reported last year, when he was named as a suspect.DNA SAMPLE TIES ELDERLY MAN TO 40-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE MURDER OF TEXAS WOMANCourt records and accounts from those who knew him obtained by the Post show that he was a mischievous high-schooler with some history of substance abuse. His parents divorced while he and Lauren were dating in high school, and he did not take the separation well. He was also expelled from boarding school, the Post reported.Following Preer's death, when friends and family offered support to Lauren, Gligor apparently drove cross-country to visit a friend in Oregon while Lauren was grieving. That friend told the Post that Gligor didn't tell him he was coming to Oregon until he was already on his way.Lauren recalled a moment years before her mother's murder, when she and Gligor were still dating, when Gligor was accused of assaulting a woman on a bike path between the two then-teenagers' houses. Lauren told the Post she went to the police station with a friend, insisting to officers that Gligor was innocent.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X"We both said, there is no way Eugene would have done this," Preer recalled to the Post.Authorities have not shared any kind of motive behind Preer's murder. McCarthy said it will be up to the defendant to share what the motive was in his decision to kill Preer, adding later that there was no evidence to suggest the murder was "premeditated," and Preer had no criminal record.McCarthy, speaking on Lauren's behalf during the Wednesday press conference, remembered Preer as a "spectacular, loving, wonderful person."Gligor faces up to 30 years in prison, which was the maximum penalty for second-degree murder in 2001 when the incident occurred. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 28, 2025, at 9 a.m.

The eldest granddaughter of President Donald Trump, Kai Madison Trump, turns 18 on Monday as the family shares birthday wishes.She is the oldest of the five children of Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife Vanessa Trump. Her four siblings are Donald John III, Tristan Milos, Spencer Frederick and Chloe Sophia.The Florida native has participated in the political arena, speaking at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Wisconsin as she honored her grandfathers bid for a second term.FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP TURNS 55: HER LIFE IN PHOTOS, FROM SLOVENIA TO WHITE HOUSE"To me, he's just a normal grandpa," she said of President Trump at the time. "He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren't looking, he always wants to know how we're doing in school."She added, "When we play golf together, if I'm not on his team, he'll try to get inside of my head. And he's always surprised that I don't let him get to me. But I have to remind him I'm a Trump, too."Kai Trump is a senior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThe rising golf star announced last summer that she plans to attend the University of Miami, committing to join the womens team.She's often seen posting on social media about playing golf with President Trump and golf elites, including Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.She's no stranger to the spotlight, taking social media by storm as she shares content on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.Last year, she started a YouTube channel that has over one million subscribers, posting glimpses into her daily life.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleVideos show her giving sneak peaks into the White House residence, golf challenges and traveling with her grandfather to UFC 314.In a video recapping her UFC trip, President Donald Trump shared his praises."I just wanna say that I play a lot of golf with Kai and she's a fantastic golfer," Trump said in the video.The president added, "She's a scratch player, which is amazing. I think some day in the not-too-distant future she's gonna be much better than scratch."

Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial on sex trafficking charges will begin on Monday, a year and six months after he settled a lawsuit brought by his ex-girlfriend, accusing him of rape and abuse. The 55-year-old rapper faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution.The "Ill Be Missing You" singer faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty.Here is a timeline of how he landed in the hot seat.CELEBRITY LAWYER MARK GERAGOS STEALS DIDDY TRIAL SPOTLIGHT, RUNS INTO TROUBLE WITH JUDGEDiddys trial begins Monday in Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan as he faces sex trafficking, racketeering, fraud and prostitution charges.During court on Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian said a pool of 45 prospective jurors will be narrowed to 12 jurors and six alternates on Monday before opening statements begin.The trial is expected to last around eight weeks as the rapper and mogul faces the possibility of life in prison if hes found guilty on all the charges.Jury selection began last Monday for Diddys trial, with both sides questioning the potential jury pool in an effort to narrow it down to 12, with six alternates.The potential jurors were asked everything from their beliefs about infidelity and their taste in music to their recognition of celebrities like Kanye West and Mike Myers.On Tuesday, Judge Subramanian instructed the lawyers that jury selection would "continue for the next few days," with the trial scheduled to begin May 12 with opening statements. He gave jurors instructions "not to discuss the case or read about it. Delete news alerts. Dont allow anyone to speak to you."JAMES COMEY'S DAUGHTER IS KEY TO DIDDY PROSECUTION AFTER TAKING DOWN EPSTEIN ACCOMPLICE"Inquiring if jurors recognize certain celebrity names helps determine their exposure to media coverage or personal opinions about individuals who may be involved in the case," Victor Balladares with Offit Kurman told Fox News Digital."Familiarity with key figures could influence a juror's perspective, consciously or subconsciously.Identifying such connections ensures that selected jurors can evaluate the case based solely on the presented evidence, free from external influences."Diddy was arrested at a Manhattan hotel last September on sex trafficking and racketeering charges that were revealed in an unsealed indictment accusing him of coercing women into sexual performances through his business empire. Diddy has pleaded not guilty and denied all the charges against him.His arrest came after his homes in Los Angeles and New York were raided in connection to a federal human trafficking investigation, officials confirmed to Fox News Digital at the time.Prosecutors added two new charges against Diddy in an April 3 superseding indictment after federal prosecutors claimed the rapper engaged in sex trafficking a female victim as recently as 2024. He was accused of transferring the woman, referred to as "Victim 2," along with sex workers across state lines to engage in prostitution between 2021 and 2024.On May 17, 2024, CNN released surveillance video that showed Diddy in a towel beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hallway of a Los Angeles hotel room.Two days after the release of the video, which was shot in 2016, Diddy shared an on-camera apology in his now-deleted Instagram post, though he didn't mention Ventura by name."Its so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that. I was f---ed up I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses," he said. "My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video."Diddy admitted, "I was disgusted then when I did it. Im disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab.""I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. Im so sorry. But Im committed to be a better man each and every day. Im not asking for forgiveness. Im truly sorry."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe Los Angeles District Attorneys Office said at the time that it wouldnt be able to file charges against Diddy over the assault because the statute of limitations was up.Diddys apology was met with skepticism from Ventura's legal team."Combs most recent statement is more about himself than the many people he has hurt,"Meredith Firetog, a partner at Wigdor LLP, the legal firm representing Ventura, told Fox News Digital at the time."When Cassie and other multiple women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday.That he was only compelled to apologize once his repeated denials were proven false shows his pathetic desperation, and no one will be swayed by his disingenuous words," she added.In March of last year, federal agents with Homeland Security raided Diddys homes in Los Angeles and Miami as part of their investigation.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERA day after the raids, the rapper spoke out, calling them "meritless accusations."His lawyer, Aaron Dyer, said it was a "gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs residences.""There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated," he added. "Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities."Diddys ex, Cassie Ventura, who goes by Cassie as an R&B singer, filed a lawsuit against the rapper in November 2023, accusing him of subjecting her to years of abuse, beatings and rape.The rapper settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount a day later while denying the accusations through his attorney.Cassie claimed in the lawsuit that he raped her in her own home, and made her endure "over a decade" of his "violent behavior and disturbed demands," including forcing her to have sex with male prostitutes while he watched and filmed.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA week later, two more women came forward accusing Diddy of sexual abuse in lawsuits.This was followed by dozens of additional lawsuits by more women and men who accused Diddy of similar behavior. He has denied all of the allegations. Fox News Tracy Wright, Lauryn Overhultz and Ashley Hume and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Longtime fraud risk expert Linda Miller was cautiously optimistic in an interview that aired Sunday about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), though she emphasized that the need to stop government fraud is not political."I really think fraud is not a political issue. This is mom and apple pie stuff," Miller told "60 Minutes." "We all agree that bad actors should not be stealing American taxpayer dollars. But now, it's become political. People like me, and people in the law enforcement community, we see the adversary, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as foreign adversarial nation-states and organized crime rings."She added, "And I believe that there's opportunities for DOGE to save a lot of significant money, if they focus on the right things, if they focus on real fraud."DOGE EMPLOYEE 'BIG BALLS' REVEALS HOW HE GOT HIS NAME, WARNS OF 'NO CHECKS' ON GOVERNMENT SPENDINGHowever, Miller clarified that DOGE and DOGE founder Elon Musk tended to equate "fraud" with "wasteful spending," which she pointed out were two separate issues."You may not agree with what USAID does, you may not want to be investing American dollars in, you know, foreign fertilizer, for example you may think that's the wrong thing to be spending money on, but that's not fraud," Miller said.During the "60 Minutes" segment, correspondent Cecilia Vega spoke to experts like Miller, who argued that hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud were caused not solely by people falsely taking disability benefits, but also by international crime rings from hostile nations like Russia or China, through such actions as stealing government funds from disaster assistance.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThough she said the "jurys still out" on whether DOGE has been effective in combating fraud, Miller said she saw signs that it was addressing the right issues."To be honest, Elon Musk coming out and saying, There is a huge amount of fraud, I welcome that message completely because, finally, someone is actually saying this," Miller said.Last month, Musk and DOGE volunteer Antonio Gracias identified more than 2 million noncitizens who were issued Social Security numbers in FY2024. So far, they have found that approximately 1 million noncitizens were issued Social Security numbers in FY2025, which began in October and will end in September.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

The "new media" seat at the White House has shaken up press briefings as the Trump administration aims to reach Americans who dont rely on what it calls "the archaic White House press corps" for information.The "new media" seat is the brainchild of press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who felt legacy media essentially had a monopoly over coverage of the White House. No seats were taken from anyone, as the designated seat to the right of the lectern is where White House staffers or guests traditionally sat along the side of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.Nowadays, the seat is filled by new and emerging voices who typically get introduced by Leavitt before being called upon for the first question of the briefing, which traditionally went to the Associated Press under previous administrations.EX-CNN JOURNALIST SPEAKS OUT ON BIDEN COVER-UP, SAYS WHITE HOUSE AIDES MADE IT DIFFICULT ON PRESSSome of the "new media" seats occupants, such as Axios Mike Allen and 2Ways Mark Halperin, are longtime D.C. insiders who currently work for upstart organizations, while others, like "Unbiased Podcast" host Jordan Berman, wouldnt have sniffed the briefing room under previous administrations."The legacy medias charade of inclusivity has been exposed by their resistance to allow emerging voices into the press briefing room. Americans have found new ways to digest their mediaand we cater to the people, not the archaic White House press corps," assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital.The "new media" seat has also faced criticism, largely from legacy outlets, and some of the occupants have been criticized for lobbing softball questions at briefings or heaping praise on Leavitt and the president. But White House insiders believe negative coverage of the opportunity for new voices is proof that traditional outlets are scared to relinquish control of the briefing room.Ruthless Podcast co-host John Ashbrook occupied the seat in January and asked Leavitt if the legacy media was out of touch with the border crisis. He embraced his role as an outsider in the briefing room despite what he called "eye rolls and smirks" from traditional journalists."Every dirty look from legacy media was wiped away when they had to write down the news made in response to the question I asked," Ashbrook told Fox News Digital.While Ashbrook used his lead-off question to prompt criticism of the press, other "new media" seat occupants have asked about such topics as transgender athletes, artificial intelligence, the economy and foreign policy.PODCAST HOST SAYS HE RECEIVED 'EYE ROLLS,' 'SMIRKS' FROM REPORTERS DURING WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING DEBUT"Timcast IRL" host Tim Pool has been one of the more polarizing occupants of the seat. When Pool was announced as the seat holder last month, the move was swiftly criticized by mainstream reporters.New York Times reporter Ken Bensinger reminded his followers on X that Pool was tied to a Tennessee-based media company accused of receiving money from Russia (Pool has denied any wrongdoing), while a USA Today reporter took issue with his signature beanie cap.Pool, who has 2.4 million followers on X, said he noticed "snooty looks" from some legacy reporters and "disdain" for his presence on social media following the opportunity."All they've done in that press room is march in lockstep with each other, all reporting the same falsehoods, the same angles, the same manipulations. There's no curiosity. The questions they largely ask are predictable. And yet, if any other company wants to come in, it's a whiplash, it is an attack, it's vitriol. They're acting more like high school teen girls than professionals," Pool told Fox News Digital.Pool said that during the Biden administration, White House reporters from liberal, mainstream outlets were largely not curious or intentionally tried to obfuscate facts and details to push a political ideology. Hes thrilled that Leavitt has shaken things up to offer a break from the "faux adversarial questions" that liberal reporters asked during the Biden administration."There needs to be an attempt to create competition in the journalistic space so that we're not getting the same worldview from every single reporter," Pool said. "Naturally, they're upset by the competition. But all I see is, with the new media personalities coming in, they're largely on the other sides of the political spectrum, but even then, they're not in complete agreement on everything.""I do think this is a great step forward in bringing in new voices with different perspectives, which is what diversity was supposed to mean," he continued. "It was an honor and a privilege."WHITE HOUSE REPORTERS RESPOND AFTER BEING CALLED OUT FOR WEAK COVERAGE OF BIDEN'S DECLINE AT WHCDThe "new media" seat has also been occupied by The Bulwark's Andrew Egger, Breitbarts Matt Boyle, podcaster Sage Steele, Rumbles Chris Pavlovski, Xs John Stoll, Semafors Shelby Talcott, The Daily Wires Mary Margaret Olohan, "Breaking Points" co-host Saagar Enjeti, Townhalls Katie Pavlich, Merit Street Medias Lyndsay Keith, NOTUS reporter Jasmine Wright, Matthew Foldi of the Washington Reporter, Punchbowls Brendan Pedersen and Blaze Media correspondent Chris Bedford, among others.Reporters from outlets such as the AP, CNN, Reuters, ABC, CBS, NBC, USA Today, The New York Times, NPR, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Fox News have assigned seats at White House press briefings, while reporters from smaller outlets stand along the crowded perimeter of the room.Leavitt explained why she has taken a different approach to the media during a May 5 appearance on "Hannity.""It's because President Trump has revolutionized media and the way Americans consume media. He started this on the campaign when he opened the campaign to social media influencers and podcasters, and he was willing to take that nontraditional media route. We've continued that effort at the White House," Leavitt said.Former Obama press secretary Jay Carney even praised Leavitts changes to the White House press operation."I think it's importantto recognize the media landscape has changed, to bring in new voices, to shake things up,"Carney said at an ROKK Solutions event last month when asked about the new media seat."I think that's admirable," Carney continued. "Everybody can learn from that."

At the dawn of what was billed as a new American "Golden Age," President Donald Trump stood before the nation and proclaimed, "The American Dream will soon be back and thriving like never before."That was January 20, 2025. Now, just a few months into this new chapter, it's worth asking: What does a thriving American Dream actually require? Its not built on speeches or slogans, but on the everyday systems that support working families schools, hospitals, firehouses and other vital services that keep our communities strong and our local economies growing.Take a walk through any thriving town or city in America. You will find not just businesses booming and cranes dotting the skyline. You'll find hospitals staffed by highly skilled nurses, public schools filled with ambitious children, public health departments tracking outbreaks before they spread and fire departments ready to respond within minutes. TRUMP ADMIN REINSTATES 9/11 SURVIVORS PROGRAM STAFF FOLLOWING HHS REORGANIZATION PLANYou'll also find community colleges and public universities acting as launch pads for young adults entering the workforce. These are not just services. They are the living, breathing organs of a healthy, functioning economy.This isnt just theory. Its personal. My mother, a retired NICU nurse, spent decades caring for the smallest lives at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. She was a proud member of SEIU Local 1991. Like many Jamaican-American women in healthcare, she wasnt just a registered nurse she was a community builder, a public servant and the backbone of our neighborhood. Her union card didnt just signify fair pay; it represented dignity, stability and a stake in Americas future.Policymakers across the political spectrum often talk about revitalizing American industry and rebuilding the middle class. Many Americans especially those in the political middle, who feel disconnected from the extremes of both parties are simply looking for practical solutions. Theyre not chasing culture wars or partisan fights; they want what works: good jobs, strong schools, and safe, stable communities.But manufacturing doesnt happen in a vacuum. You cant build a factory in a town where the hospital has closed, the school is underfunded, the firehouse is short-staffed, and the technical college has shuttered because of federal budget cuts. Just ask any titan of industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 449,000 job openings in the manufacturing sector as of March 2025. These are real jobs that require real people with real skills. Yet, we lack the workforce to fill them. Why? Because weve spent the past decade underfunding the very institutions that grow, train and sustain that workforce.One bipartisan bright spot is career and technical education (CTE). As a recent New York Times opinion piece by AFT President Randi Weingarten highlighted, CTE is having a moment. Bringing together leaders like Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and business leaders like Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, CTE could catalyze the kind of revitalization many Americans are calling for.To make that a reality, it must expand with the support of our most significant national resource: the federal government. A robust, federally supported career and technical education system could help resolve nursing shortages, address crises in emergency services and build a new generation of skilled tradespeople. But education doesnt just begin at age 18.Public schools are the first rung on the ladder. Yet, under the latest federal budget proposal, funding for public K-12 schools is set to take a massive hit. One billion dollars for student mental health services? Gone. Programs aimed at closing achievement gaps and supporting students with disabilities? Slashed.This isnt belt-tightening. This is misaligned priority-setting.Our schools are already overwhelmed. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. School nurses, counselors and support staff are being cut or forced to cover multiple roles. In some districts, students show up to class hungry, traumatized and with nowhere to turn. And the federal governments answer is to cut more?CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONWe cant build a 21st Century workforce without 21st Century schools. We cant have a strong manufacturing base without strong community colleges. We cant train the next generation of emergency responders if were defunding the very programs that would prepare them. A factory job may require technical skill, but the journey to that skill begins in a kindergarten classroom.When some lawmakers talk about "freedom," they often forget that freedom is meaningless without infrastructure. What good is the freedom to choose your doctor if there are no doctors in your town? What does school choice mean if your local public school is being bled dry by underinvestment and neglect?Americas prosperity has always rested on a simple formula: invest in people, invest in places, and the profits will follow. The towns that are thriving today are those that never stopped believing in that equation. They fought to keep their schools open, their hospitals staffed, their libraries funded and their civic fabric intact.If we truly want to restore American greatness, we must recognize that it isnt built solely on tax breaks and tariffs. Its built in the maternity wards, classrooms, firehouses and community colleges that serve as the foundation of working-class life.Cutting for the sake of cutting isnt policy. Its performance art. And for working families like the one I grew up in, its not just shortsighted its dangerous.To restore the American Dream, we need more than rhetoric. We need reinvestment. In schools. In hospitals. In people. In hope. Thats the kind of manufacturing America still knows how to do and it starts right in our backyard.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM RICHARD FOWLER

A simple selfie could hold hidden clues to ones biological age and even how long theyll live.Thats according to researchers from Mass General Brigham, who developed a deep-learning algorithm called FaceAge.Using a photo of someones face, the artificial intelligence tool generates predictions of the subjects biological age, which is the rate at which they are aging as opposed to their chronological age.MUSIC CONDUCTOR WITH PARKINSONS SEES SYMPTOMS IMPROVE WITH DEEP BRAIN STIMULATIONFaceAge also predicts survival outcomes for people with cancer, according to a press release from MGB.The AI tool was trained on 58,851 photos of "presumed healthy individuals from public datasets," the release stated.To test the tools accuracy, the researchers used it to analyze photos of 6,196 cancer patients taken before radiotherapy treatment.Among the people with cancer, the tool generated a higher biological age that was about five years higher than their chronological age.PARALYZED MAN WITH ALS IS THIRD TO RECEIVE NEURALINK IMPLANT, CAN TYPE WITH BRAINThe researchers also tested the tools ability to predict the life expectancy of 100 people receiving palliative care based on their photos, then compared it to 10 clinicians predictions. FaceAge was found to be more accurate than the clinicians predictions.The researchers findings were published in The Lancet Digital Health."We can use artificial intelligence to estimate a persons biological age from face pictures, and our study shows that information can be clinically meaningful," said co-senior and corresponding author Hugo Aerts, PhD, director of the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) program at Mass General Brigham, in the release."This work demonstrates that a photo like a simple selfie contains important information that could help to inform clinical decision-making and care plans for patients and clinicians," he went on.WOMAN SAYS CHATGPT SAVED HER LIFE BY HELPING DETECT CANCER, WHICH DOCTORS MISSED"How old someone looks compared to their chronological age really matters individuals with FaceAges that are younger than their chronological ages do significantly better after cancer therapy."The goal is for the tool to help eliminate any bias that may influence a doctors care decisions based on the perception of a patients appearance and age.The researchers noted that more research is needed before the tool could be rolled out for clinical use.Future studies will include different hospitals and cancer patients at various stages of the disease, according to the release. Researchers will also evaluate FaceAges ability to predict diseases, general health status and lifespan."This opens the door to a whole new realm of biomarker discovery from photographs, and its potential goes far beyond cancer care or predicting age," said co-senior author Ray Mak, MD, a faculty member in the AIM program at Mass General Brigham, in the release."As we increasingly think of different chronic diseases as diseases of aging, it becomes even more important to be able to accurately predict an individuals aging trajectory. I hope we can ultimately use this technology as an early detection system in a variety of applications, within a strong regulatory and ethical framework, to help save lives."Dr. Harvey Castro, a board-certified emergency medicine physician and national speaker on artificial intelligence based in Dallas, Texas, was not involved in FaceAges development but shared his comments on the tool.ARE FULL-BODY SCANS WORTH THE MONEY? DOCTORS SHARE WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW"As an emergency physician and AI futurist, I see both the promise and peril of AI tools like FaceAge," he told Fox News Digital."What excites me is that FaceAge structures the clinical instinct we call the eyeball test a gut sense of how sick someone looks. Now, machine learning can quantify that assessment with surprising accuracy."Castro predicts that FaceAge could help doctors better personalize treatment plans or prioritize palliative care in oncology "where resilience matters more than a birthdate."The doctor emphasized, however, that caution is key."AI models are only as good as the data they're trained on," Castro noted. "If the training data lacks diversity, we risk producing biased results.""While FaceAge may outperform clinicians in some survival predictions, it should augment human judgment, not override it."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERCastro also cautioned about potential ethical concerns."Who owns the facial data? How is it stored? Do patients understand what's being analyzed? These questions matter as much as the technology itself," he said.There is also a psychological impact of the tool, Castro noted."Being told you look older than your age could influence treatment decisions or self-perception in ways we don't yet fully understand," he said."We need clear consent, data privacy and sensitivity. No one wants to be told they look older without context."For more Health articles, visitwww.foxnews.com/healthThe bottom line, according to Castro, is that AI can enhance a doctors judgment, but cannot replace it."AI can enhance our care but it cannot replace the empathy, context and humanity that define medicine."

President Donald Trump has now made good on his threat to defund public media to cut off the $535 million a year that public radio and television receive from the federal government. Hes not wrong that, too often, theyve been vehicles for biased journalism both by commission (all diversity and "reproductive choice" stories all the time) or omission (not covering the Hunter Biden laptop story).But as satisfying as it might be to zero out the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting where I once served on the board of directors and tried to warn my colleagues about the threat that liberal bias posed Trumps move could backfire. PBS and NPR could emerge both financially stronger and insulated from public accountability.Cutting off federal funds will not put public media out of business. Both PBS and NPR are federally chartered non-profit organizations which will continue to exist. So will some 1,000 local public broadcasting TV and radio stations. At the national level, dont be surprised if liberal foundations Gates, MacArthur, Robert Wood Johnson, Carnegie and Ford (which helped invent public broadcasting) step up to fill what will not be that big a budget gap. The bull market of recent years has swelled the endowments of all.PBS, NPR BLAST 'BLATANTLY UNLAWFUL' TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER HALTING PUBLIC FUNDING, VOW CHALLENGESThese types of foundations already provide the systems with financial support, including for specific types of programming. Incredibly, the Rockefeller Foundation, whose endowment is based on oil industry profits, is funding NPRs "climate desk" reporting staff. The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative has contributed to the same cause, while the Walton Family Foundation has done the same for NPR and the PBS News Hour, targeting its support for "environmental journalism"This is a very worrisome way in which the federal funds vacuum can be filled by liberal donors effectively buying the type of stories that should be included in the "news." As anyone who has worked as a journalist knows, the decision about what to cover is more consequential and fundamental than the coverage style itself. This is the essential point in sociologist Herbert Gans seminal 1979 book about CBS, "Deciding Whats News." Absent federal funding, Congress would no longer have any standing to call public media executives to account, as Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene did in March. The leverage of threatened cuts can be more powerful than the loss of funding itself. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONConsider the fact that, in a recent week, the "PBS News Hour" has seen fit to include among its guests both the Manhattan Institutes Chris Rufo who has led the charge against university DEI programs Oren Cass, head of American Compass, a key Trump-friendly policy thinker with close ties to Vice-President JD Vance, and Christopher Scalia of the American Enterprise Institute, author of the new book, "Thirteen Novels Conservatives Will Love." The "News Hour" was likely feeling pressure to become more politically diverse. Thats a good thing.Better than an abrupt threat to public media funding would be a change in the rules governing it, per the Public Broadcasting Act. As matters stand, public media serves mainly liberal audiences in blue states and college towns. Congress should insist that the services show that they can serve the country at large meaning theyd have to adjust their programming and news content to attract a geographically and politically diverse audience. Annual hearings on that count would help. In other words, attach constructive strings to the federal funding requiring annual reports about whos watching and listening, including their cities and states and their political affiliations. Turn the diversity metrics on their head to hold NPR/PBSs feet to the fire. At the same time, local stations, which currently have to pay NPR dues and pony up to carry "All Things Considered," should get to keep the $267 million in "community service grants" half of CPB funding. They should be required to use the funds to cover their local governments at a time when the closing of newspapers is creating news deserts. NPR listeners in New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas and Los Angeles already get more local news yes, sometimes with a progressive slant than they otherwise would.Make no mistake. Public media deserves much of the criticism its received and has not shown an openness to change that it should, especially in terms of the topics and locales of its journalism. I learned that firsthand during my time on the CPB board, when my criticisms, not dissimilar to those of Trump, were ignored and I was marginalized, including by being stripped of committee assignments and pushed to resign. But defunding it, although it looks like a conservative victory, could leave NPR and PBS still standing and immune from accountability.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM HOWARD HUSOCK

Americans from all over the country are still coming to terms with President Donald Trumps tariffs on imports, though many are acknowledging that theyre willing to pay more for American products.Fox News Digital spoke to everyday Americans in Washington, D.C., New York City, Knoxville, Tennessee, and other major U.S. cities to find out if theyd be willing to pay more for American products or go with less to allow for Trumps tariffs to reset Americas trade deals throughout the world. Many of those interviewed said yes."Oh, 100%. I don't like to spend money and buy goods outside the USA because I'm also then supporting child labor and forced labor conditions that are unethical, normally," Lyndsey from Birmingham, Michigan, said when asked if shed spend more on products made in America.THESE COMPANIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTION TO INCREASE US MANUFACTURING AMID TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYSOther Americans gave similar answers to the question."Yeah, absolutely," Joe from Boston said. "You know, I mean, I'm pro-conservative, so anything that's going to build the economy here in America, yes, I would."Zharko in Michigan told Fox, "Absolutely, because we make the best. We just, nobody realized that. And it's about time."Ray in New York City said hed pay more for American-made, so long as "its a higher quality than I can get somewhere else."Mark, who was visiting D.C., told Fox, "Absolutely. We've talked about it a lot, and I think it's a temporary pain for good pay-off in the future, I think."WATCH: ENGLISH IS AMERICAS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. BUT, IS IT TRANSLATING FOR EVERYONE?However, D.C. resident Tamara said she liked the idea in principle, but disagreed with it because Trump has been promoting it."I am pro-America. I do like made-in-American products. But considering today's climate and where it's coming from, I'm not really a fan," she said.Bill, a Republican voter visiting D.C., disagreed with the idea of paying more for American-made, telling Fox, "I think that's not a good policy. I mean, if America's going to compete with the rest of the world, it's got to compete on prices. I'm all for free markets."Fox also asked these people what they thought of Trumps recent statement that kids may have to deal with having less toys because of his reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods. Trump told reporters last weekend, "All Im saying is that a young lady, a 10-year-old girl, 9-year-old girl, 15-year-old girl, doesnt need 37 dolls."He also told NBC News anchor Kristen Welker in a recent interview, "I dont think that a beautiful baby girl needs thats 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe interview subjects were more mixed in their answers to this question. Knoxville resident Jay said, "I would agree. I think today's society has a sense of entitlement, and I think that's where he's really going with that. Like, instead of having multiple things that you really don't need, you can do with less, and we can teach our kids to do with less maybe."Lyndsey from Birmingham agreed, saying, "I 100% agree with that. I think we need to be a less consumeristic style society and more of an organic, back-to-nature society where we're buying back from our farmers, we're getting everything locally sourced, and we're kind of building back a better community of just keeping things, the goods and services within a small community of places."Sergio, a Mexican man living in Tennessee, agreed with Trumps statements, but turned them around on the president, saying, "It's true, we don't need so many, but at the same time, Trump doesn't need so many millions, and he has a lot of millions. So why he doesn't give up some of those millions?"Tamara in D.C. didnt like Trumps point."It's funny that he's the party of freedom, but he wants to tell us how we are to spend for our children, and I just don't think that's right," she said.Bill in D.C. criticized Trumps doll example, stating, "It's not going to just affect dolls. It's going to affect prices of all kinds. So, I don't think that that's probably the best analogy."

One of President Donald Trump's most significant achievements during his first 100 days in office was hisexecutive orderrequiring "radical" healthcare price transparency. The order doubles down on his first-termhospitalandhealth insuranceprice transparency rules requiring the publication of actual prices of care and coverage, including discounted cash and negotiated insurance rates.This information protects patients from overcharges and empowers them to reduce inflated costs through choice and competition. The executive order requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of the Treasury to issue rules strengthening, standardizing and enforcing systemwide price transparency by the end of this month.Trump's healthcare price transparency effort will revolutionize healthcare and the entire economy. It's a pro-worker, pro-growth, free-market policy to boost worker paychecks and business earnings.5.5 MILLION PATIENTS' INFORMATION EXPOSED BY MAJOR HEALTHCARE DATA BREACHWhen employers and unions can access actual prices throughout the healthcare system, they can spot wide price variations for the same care, expose middle players driving up costs and design affordable health plans. They can share their savings with workers in the form of lower premiums and higher wages.Under the status quo, healthcare is fundamentally un-American. It is the only economic sector where consumers cannot see real prices before they buy.No functioning market can exist under these conditions. As a result, prices for the same care can range by 10 times, even at the same hospital.For instance, C-sections varyfrom $6,000 to $60,000and MRIs from$450 to $6,500. That isn't a marketplace it's Russian Roulette that allows Big Health to profiteer off patients' misery.For decades, health insurers have hidden prices and claims information, facilitating spread pricing that robs workers and employers. Employer-sponsored family health plans now cost $25,600 annuallyand increase bydouble-digitseach year. Researchshowsthat about the same amount of compensation gains for average workers since 2000 has gone to premiums as paychecks, a major cause of wage stagnation.Unfortunately, hospitals and health insurers haven't complied with Trump's first-term rules. According to a recent study byPatientRightsAdvocate.org,only 21.1%of hospitals nationwide are fully complying with the hospital rule. The Biden administration didn't meaningfully enforce the rule, issuingonly 25 financial penaltieson the thousands of hospitals that didn't comply. Biden alsorolled backthe rule, allowing the posting of unaccountable estimates in lieu of actual prices needed to shop. And health insurers have buried their data disclosures in massive files full ofmeaningless "ghost codes"that crash computers and are nearly impossible to parse.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONTrump's new order increases enforcement to boost compliance, requires actual prices not estimatesso patients can shop with financial certainty, expands transparency requirements throughout the healthcare system, and standardizes data disclosures, so consumers can make meaningful price comparisons. It gives people prices before they receive care. Trump's order will also enact overdue requirements for health insurers to provide Advanced Explanations of Benefits (AEOBs), required by the bipartisanNo Surprises Actthat passed at the end of 2020. AEOBs let patients know exactly what they'll owe including their out-of-pocket patient responsibility giving them financial peace of mind.They also empower employers and unions to audit their health plans and verify claims payments match provider bills and posted prices. Employers and unions can then eliminate spread pricing thatas the New York Timesreported last year often requires their health plans to pay far more to middle players than providers.Drawing on a JAMA study concluding that 25% of U.S. healthcare spending ($4.9 trillion in 2023) is waste, overcharges, and fraud, economists estimate systemwide price transparency can generate approximately $1 trillion of savings. Putting $1 trillion a year in overbilling back intothe productive economy, including worker paychecks and business investment, will result in an enormous annual economic stimulus.Healthcare price transparency is the most important microeconomic reform in American history. It creates a functional, competitive marketplace that restores choice, accountability and trust. When prices are clear, markets work. When markets work, costs fall. And when costs fall, wages rise.President Trump's executive order and the ensuing federal rules issued later in May will finally make healthcare price transparency a reality. They will solidify Trump's legacy as the president who fixed American healthcare.Cynthia A.Fisheris a life sciences entrepreneur, and founder and chairman ofPatientRightsAdvocate.org.