50 Cent wasted no time mocking Sean "Diddy" Combs after the music mogul was sentenced Friday to 50 months in prison on federal prostitution charges.The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, posted on X not long after Diddy's sentence was revealed, offering to take his spot at an upcoming speaking engagement."Hey to whoever was booking Diddy for speaking engagement. I heard he wont be able to make it, Im available! " 50 Cent wrote, including a link to his website, G-Unit Brands.He was likely referencing speaking engagements that Diddy had booked for next week in Miami, which the prosecution revealed during the sentencing hearing.DIDDY TRIAL VERDICT: ROSIE O'DONNELL, 50 CENT AND MORE STARS REACTThe two artists are longtime rivals their feud goes back decades after 50 Cent accused Diddy of knowing who murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G. on his 2006 diss track "The Bomb."On Thursday, the eve of the sentencing, 50 Cent posted a "letter" he wrote to Judge Arun Subramanian, who issued the ruling in Diddy's case."I have had an ongoing dispute with Puffy (one of Diddy's nicknames) for over 20 years. He is very dangerous. Multiple times I have feared for my life," the letter reads.50 CENT OPENS UP ON BEING SHOT 9 TIMES, EXPLAINS HOW IT 'SHIFTED' HIS CAREER50 Cent then goes on to explain why he thinks Diddy should remain in jail and ends the letter with a reference to all the baby oil found when federal authorities raided Diddy's properties last year.A jury found Diddy guilty on both counts of transportation to engage in prostitution during his sex trafficking and racketeering trial in July 2025. He was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.In addition to the 50-month sentence, Diddy will have five years of supervised release and pay a $500,000 fine.

With the government shutdown now in day four and no compromise in sight, a federal budget expert says two dates could send things "spiraling out of control": the first day essential federal workers go without pay and the first day service members miss a paycheck.The next federal worker pay date is Oct. 10 and the next pay date for the military is Oct. 15, according to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and U.S. General Services Administration.Richard Stern, director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at the Heritage Foundation, explained that while both sides are blaming the other for the shutdown, neither wants to be responsible for essential government workers or the troops to miss out on pay, making those dates central to ending the shutdown.Stern explained that while Democratic leaders are attempting to blame the GOP for the shutdown, it was their decision to reject a compromise temporary spending bill that shut down the government.SPEAKER JOHNSON FLIPS SCRIPT ON DEM LEADERS WITH STAUNCH WARNING AGAINST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNDemocrats have insisted that any agreement to keep the government funded must extend tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) beyond the end of this year, a provision Republicans rejected.Some Democrats have even admitted it was their decision to close the government. In a viral video, Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., said, "We got to make sure Americans have the healthcare that they need, and if that means weve got to shut the government down, so be it."Former Politico reporter Rachel Bade also went on the record recently, saying, "The pressure is just going to skyrocket on Democrats.""I mean, it's not just some people who live paycheck-to-paycheck. Most people cannot go without getting a subsequent paycheck. Like, that's just the reality of things troops not getting paid," said Bade. "So, I think over the next, you know, week or so, if it lasts that long, we're just going to have this gut-wrenching reminder of what shutdowns mean."Stern likened the Democrats actions to deciding to "stomp [their] feet and make a dramatic situation out of it."REPUBLICANS ERUPT OVER SHUTDOWN CHAOS, ACCUSE DEMS OF HOLDING GOVERNMENT 'HOSTAGE'"Republicans passed a clean seven-week funding bill. They offered them the ability to fund the government for seven weeks and continue negotiations," he said. "It was superfluous. It really was gratuitous of them to say, no, we demand the shutdown.""Democrats are asking for a restoration of so-called foreign aid. But a lot of that is money for transgender surgeries and abortions overseas," Stern continued. "They want more money to go to NPR and PBS, that spread left-wing propaganda. They want other grant money that goes to left-wing causes. But the big ticket item is they want one and a half trillion dollars of extension of a welfare program that largely hands money to very well-off Americans, and included in that, they want to remove anti-fraud provisions that were passed in the one big, beautiful bill. Not only would that increase fraud, but it will actually effectively expand these welfare benefits to legal aliens. So, it's hard to understand where they're coming from, but that's what they're asking.""So, at the end of the day, I think they're going to get the blame that I think they deserve."President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought have indicated the administration could use mandatory pots of money provided in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act to ensure that service members, Border Patrol agents and other Homeland Security personnel paychecks are not interrupted, which could serve as a lifeline for Democrats, Stern noted.GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN AFTER CONGRESS DEADLOCKS ON SPENDING DEALEven if this is the case, the White House noted shortly before the shutdown began that the government closure would jeopardize military pay, critical care for veterans, firefighter pay, disaster relief funding and many other programs important to Americans.Either way, Stern said that the longer the shutdown continues, the greater the danger that funding can fail, and essential services start buckling under the pressure.One example of essential federal workers who could be impacted by an extended government shutdown is air traffic controllers and other FAA personnel, who do not receive paychecks during government shutdowns despite being required to work to keep the nations flight schedules safe and on time. Though they are eventually paid when the government reopens, extended periods of time without a paycheck lead to stress on both the workers and the overall flight system.SOCIAL SECURITY, AIRPORTS, FOOD STAMPS: HOW ARE YOU AFFECTED DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN?In 2019, on the 35th day of a government shutdown, ten air traffic controllers called in sick in Virginia and Florida, triggering ground stops at LaGuardia Airport in New York and cascading delays at Newark, Philadelphia and Atlanta."This gets to the question of when do things start spiraling out of control?" said Stern, adding, "Some of these program expirations, as the shutdown drags on, might put more of a fire under Congress on both sides to reach a deal, whatever it means."

His name isn't on the ballot, but President Donald Trump's unprecedented second-term agenda and the federal government shutdown are top of mind on the campaign trail with one month to go until Election Day 2025.In the spotlight this November are New Jersey and Virginia, the only two states to hold gubernatorial contests the year after a presidential election.The races, which traditionally grab outsized national attention, are viewed as crucial early tests of Trump's popularity and agenda, and key barometers ahead of next year's midterm showdowns for the U.S. House and Senate.Also in the political spotlight next month is the ballot box proposition over congressional redistricting in California, the three state Supreme Court contests in battleground Pennsylvania and New York City's high-profile mayoral election.HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING ON THE 2025 ELECTIONSHere's a closer look at 2025's top elections.New JerseyTrump is weighing heavily on this year's ballot box battle for governor of New Jersey.And Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli, who enjoys the president's support, says Democratic nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill is trying to use Trump as a cudgel."Listen, if you get a flat tire on the way home from work today, she's going to blame it on the president. There isn't anything she doesn't blame on the president," Ciattarelli argued in a Fox News Digital interview.BLUE STATE REPUBLICAN RIPS DEMOCRATIC RIVAL FOR BLAMING EVERYTHING ON TRUMPSherrill, in a recent fundraising email to supporters, charged, "As Trump has inflicted all this damage on our country, Republican politicians like Jack Ciattarelli have cheered him on every step of the way."And at their first debate last month, she pointed to Ciattarelli and claimed that "hell do whatever Trump tells him to do."The two candidates have also traded fire over who's to blame for the federal government shutdown, which is impacting the Garden State.Ciattarelli, pointing to his rival's vote in Congress, said, "I do know that there's a bipartisan group of congresspeople that are trying to keep the government open. My opponent has decided not to be part of that bipartisan group, and she voted no. And so here we are."Sherrill, who has repeatedly linked Ciattarrelli to Trump, placed the shutdown blame squarely on Trump's shoulders, writing in a social media post, "This is precisely the extreme MAGA agenda that @Jack4NJ wants to bring to NJ."The two candidates face off next week in the second and final debate in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.Ciattarelli, who is making his third straight run for governor and who came close to upsetting Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, discounted talk that Trump is the dominant issue in the race.And Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker and a certified public accountant who started a medical publishing company before getting into politics, charged that the Democrats are to blame, as he works overtime trying to link Sherrill to Murphy and the Democrats who've long controlled the state legislature in Trenton.The combustible ballot box battle was rocked two weeks ago after a report revealed that the United States Naval Academy blocked her from taking part in her 1994 graduation amid a cheating scandal.Ciattarelli and his campaign are calling on Sherrill, who went on to pilot helicopters during her military career after graduating from the Naval Academy, to release her military records to explain why she was blocked from attending her graduation ceremony.But a second report revealed that the National Personnel Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, errantly released Sherrill's improperly redacted military personnel files, which included private information including her Social Security number, to a Ciattarelli ally.The news spurred calls by top Democrats across the country for an investigation.VirginiaRepublican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is facing off against former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger in the race to succeed GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin.Youngkin is prevented from running for re-election, as Virginia's constitution does not allow sitting governors to seek consecutive terms.Earle-Sears was born in the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 6. She served in the Marines and is a former state lawmaker who made history four years ago when she won election as Virginia's first female lieutenant governor.Spanberger is a former intelligence officer in the CIA who won election to Congress in 2018 before securing re-election in 2020 and 2022.The winner in November will make history as Virginia's first female governor in the commonwealth's four-century-long history. Additionally, if Earle-Sears comes out on top, she will become the nation's first Black woman to win election as governor.Trump and his policies are a major issue in the state's gubernatorial showdown.The president's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been on a mission this year to chop government spending and cut the federal workforce.The moves by DOGE, which was initially steered by Elon Musk, the world's richest person, have been felt acutely in suburban Washington's heavily populated northern Virginia, with its large federal workforce.And this week's federal government shutdown, which will likely hit Virginia hard, is also now a top topic in the race.New York CityThe mayoral election in the nation's most populous city always grabs outsized attention, especially this year as New York City may elect its first Muslim and first millennial mayor.Democratic socialist 33-year-old state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani's victory in June's Democratic Party mayoral primary sent political shock waves across the country. And he's come under attack from Republicans and from his rivals on the ballot over his far-left proposals.Mamdani is the clear frontrunner in the heavily blue city as he faces off against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who came in a distant second in the primary and is now running as an independent candidate. Cuomo is aiming for a political comeback after resigning as governor four years ago amid multiple scandals.Also running is two-time Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, a co-founder of the Guardian Angels, the non-profit, a volunteer-based community safety group.Embattled Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who was running for re-election as an independent, dropped out of the race a week ago, but his name remains on the ballot.Trump, a native New Yorker, has continuously been in the spotlight in the race for months.California Prop 50Voters in heavily blue California will vote in November on whether to temporarily set aside their popular nonpartisan redistricting commission and allow the Democrat-dominated legislature to determine congressional redistricting for the next three election cycles.The vote will be the culmination of an effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats to create up to five left-leaning congressional seats in the Golden State to counter the new maps that conservative Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in August, which will create up to five more right-leaning U.S. House districts in the red state of Texas.The redistricting in Texas, which came after Trump's urging, is part of a broader effort by the GOP across the country to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.Pennsylvania Supreme CourtDemocrats currently hold a 5-2 majority on Pennsylvania's highest court.But three Democrat-leaning justices on the state Supreme Court, following the completion of their 10-year terms, are running to keep their seats in "Yes" or "No" retention elections.The election could upend the court's composition for the next decade, heavily influence whether Democrats or Republicans have an advantage in the state's congressional delegation and legislature, and impact crucial cases including voting rights and reproductive rights.While state Supreme Court elections typically don't grab much national attention, contests where the balance of a court in a key battleground state is up for grabs have attracted tons of outside money.The state Supreme Court showdown this spring in Wisconsin, where the 4-3 liberal majority was maintained, drew nearly $100 million in outside money as both parties poured resources into the election.

Iran reportedly executed six prisoners Saturday who the regime claimed carried out deadly attacks in the countrys oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, marking the latest surge in executions that rights groups say have reached levels unseen in decades.The six executions were reported by The Associated Press, as well as Iranian news agency Mizan.A seventh prisoner, accused of killing a Sunni cleric in 2009, along with other crimes, was executed in Kurdistan province.Saturdays executions follow the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June, which ended with Tehran vowing it would target its enemies at home and abroad.IRAN MORE THAN DOUBLES STATE EXECUTIONS IN FIRST HALF OF 2025According to Amnesty International, Iranian authorities have executed more than 1,000 people so far in 2025, the highest annual figure recorded by the group in at least 15 years.Iran said the six men linked to Israel killed police officers and security forces, as well as orchestrated bombings targeting sites around Khorramshahr in Irans restive Khuzestan province. Iranian state television aired footage of one of the men talking about the attacks, saying it was the first time the details were being made public.A Kurdish group called the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights said the six were actually Arab political prisoners who had been arrested during the 2019 protests. Hengaw said Iran accused them of having links to the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, a separatist group blamed for pipeline bombings and other attacks in the region.The group insisted the men were tortured and forced into giving televised confessions under duress.IRAN RAMPS UP STATE EXECUTIONS AMID NUCLEAR TALKS WITH USThe seventh prisoner, Saman Mohammadi Khiyareh, a Kurd, was convicted over the 2009 assassination of Mamousta Sheikh al-Islam, a pro-government Sunni cleric in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj.Activists have questioned Khiyarehs case, noting he was only 15 or 16 at the time of the assassination, was arrested at 19 and was held for more than a decade before his execution. His conviction, they said, relied on confessions extracted under torture a practice activists accuse Iranian courts of using regularly.The number of state executions has drastically escalated since President Massoud Pezeshkian took office in July 2024. At least975 people were executed in 2024, according to figures from the United Nations. Pezeshkian answers to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate authority in the country.Iran has been putting prisoners to death at a pace unseen since 1988, when it executed thousands at the end of the Iran-Iraq war.Independent U.N. human rights experts have sounded the alarm about the sheer number of executions, calling it "a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law," according to a recent press release from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights."With an average of more than nine hangings per day in recent weeks, Iran appears to be conducting executions at an industrial scale that defies all accepted standards of human rights protection," the body said.The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report

It was an action-packed week in America that ended with a government shutdown as Democrats and Republicans failed to arrive at a compromise on health care benefits.But despite what you heard from the mainstream media, that wasnt the big health care story of the week. It was this:On Tuesday, the Trump administration reached a deal with Pfizer to lower the cost of drugs for Americans, reversing decades of unfair pricing in which American patients paid up to four times more than Europeans for drugs that were developed in our own country.TRUMP SAYS 'REAL CHANCE FOR GREATNESS' AS NETANYAHU WHITE HOUSE MEETING LOOMS FOR GAZA TALKSPfizer agreed not to launch new drugs at a higher price in the U.S. than in other wealthy countries. It also agreed to sell drugs to Medicaid at lower prices and to sell drugs at a discount to Americans without insurance.The deal will mean huge relief for Americans living paycheck to paycheck, who can expect to pay hundreds of dollars less a month for lifesaving drugs.As head of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. put it, "No family should ever be forced to choose between filling a prescription and putting food on the table."Lowering the cost of drugs is something every Democrat has promised to do for yearsand none did. It was President Trump, a Republican, who did it. Thats the real story of last week, not whether the Democrats or Republicans are to blame for the shutdown, but the fact that Trump stole yet another signature issue out from under the Democrats noses in order to deliver for working-class Americans.So howd he pull it off?Trump ignored the experts who insisted that health care is the Democrats bag.He used tariffs to create an incentive for Pfizer to begin reshoring the manufacture of drugs and to demand other nations carry more of the burden. And in so doing, Trump changed the rules of the market to align the interests of a private company with those of its consumers.And he called both RFK Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the federal administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, relentlessly, at all hours of the night and day, demanding they make headway.These are the three signature moves that define Trumps deal-making approach:Ignore. Align. Play the long game.Trump doesnt only use this signature deal-making playbook for domestic policy. Its how hes been navigating conflicts across the globe too, as he did this week.On Monday, Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House with a single goal in mind: getting Netanyahu and the Gulf Arab states that underwrite Hamas to sign off on a 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. This was no mean feat. Netanyahu has consistently resisted calls to end the war before Hamas is fully eliminated, and the Arab states were united in their fury after Israel bombed Qatar last month.And yet, Trump managed to get both to sign off on the plan, which, if Hamas agrees to it, would see the immediate release of all the remaining hostages, an end to the hostilities, and a plan for the de-radicalization of the Gaza Strip.Again, he used the three-pronged approach: Ignore the experts, identify with the interests of both sides, and play the long game, pivoting when necessary.Trump ignored the conventional wisdom of the Middle East that the battle is about conflicting values. Rather than pick a side, Trump has been proudly, avowedly pro-Israel while also making a tour of the Gulf Arab states early in his second term, securing trillions of dollars in investments in the U.S. from the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. In so doing, he laid the groundwork necessary to prove to those countries that he had their best interests at heartbecause they were now intertwined with our interests.This was step two: He convinced both the Israelis and the Arabs that he understood their interests, identified with them, and would not betray them because it would mean betraying the U.S. And having secured the trust of the Israelis over a decade of having their backs, Trump forced Netanyahu to call Qatar and apologize for the bombing. Trump alsosigned an executive order upgrading the U.S. commitment to Qatar with security guarantees, signaling he was serious about reigning the Israelis in.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONWhats amazing is that none of this would have been possible without Israels bombing of Qatar. Viewed widely by the conventional wisdom as a "costly failure" on Israels part, the Trump negotiating team saw it as the oppositean opportunity. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner saw the crisis as leverage to end the war,sources told Axios.They noticed "the Arabs were speaking with one voice" to shout at Israel, a Trump adviser familiar with the discussions told Axios. "It became clear, particularly to [Witkoff], that this rallying cry that seemed negative at first could be turned into something positive."Ignore the experts. Align the interests. Play the long game and pivot when necessary.If Hamas accepts the deal, history will have been made thanks to a President who understands the art of the deal like no one else, on the domestic front and the international front.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS

Multiple police union leaders have requested or supported federal law enforcement assistance to counter rising rates of violent crime in their cities, including in Charlotte, where the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska drew national attention. But, at least one union leader reversed course after city officials rejected the idea as illegal and unnecessary.On Thursday, the Fraternal Order of Police in Charlotte's Mecklenburg County became the latest police union to invite the National Guard, having sent a letter to city leaders requesting federal law enforcement assistance after the city faced 15 murders in roughly a month. Prior to Charlotte, police unions from Milwaukee and Washington, D.C., also signaled support for the deployment of federal law enforcement by the Trump administration.The leader of Milwaukee's Police Association, Alex Ayala, indicated last month he planned to request that the Trump administration bring federal troops and law enforcement officials to his city. However, he later walked the claim back following pushback from city leaders, calling the request a violation of federal law and unnecessary.OBAMA-NOMINATED FEDERAL JUDGE MARRIED TO HOUSE DEM RECUSES HIMSELF FROM OREGON NATIONAL GUARD CASE"We will not need the guard to come to Charlotte," the city's mayor, Vi Lyles, said in response to the city's police union request for federal help. Her comments were echoed by numerous Democratic leaders in the region, from the city's congressional representative to local city council officials."These measures do not address the root causes of violence," JD Mazuera Arias, a Charlotte City Council member, said in a statement after the request was made public.In addition to Charlotte, Ayala said last month he intended to make a similar request for federal assistance in Milwaukee. However, following pushback from Milwaukee city officials calling the request illegal and unnecessary, Ayala told a local news station that his remarks were taken out of context and that he has not reached out to the Trump administration.The District of Columbia's police union, led by Gregg Pemberton, has also supported the president's choice to bring federal troops into the nation's capital. Pemberton told Fox News last month that the difference has been "night and day" since the federal deployment there earlier this summer.TRUMP CRIME CRACKDOWN IN MEMPHIS SEES EARLY SIGNS OF SUPPORTD.C. was one of the first major metropolitan cities in a series this summer that saw an infusion of federal law enforcement officials to help with crime. At the time, city leaders, like Mayor Muriel Bowser, similarly pushed back on whether federal assistance in the nation's capital to help with crime was necessary."I want the message to be clear to the Congress, we have a framework to request or use federal resources in our city," Bowser told reporters earlier this summer when Trump began cracking down on crime in D.C. "We dont need a presidential emergency." In addition to Charlotte, Milwaukee and D.C., the National Police Association has also expressed support for the Trump administration's federal deployment to help with violent crime in major metropolitan areas.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"This isnt politicsits a fight for our neighbors lives. On August 22nd, Iryna Zarutska was savagely cut down on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) train, and since then, 15 more Charlottean's have been gunned down in our streets," the Charlotte-Mecklenburg FOP said in a post on Facebook Friday. "Just yesterday, two lives were lost in a double homicideand a 16-year-old murdered in a busy Uptown shopping district. Our Uptown beat is reeling from nearly a 200% spike in homicides year-to-date compared to last year.""I think its a great strategy for the president to bring in the National Guard along with other federal resources to Memphis to show the rest of the country that what happened in Washington, D.C. can work in other cities like Memphis and beyond," National Police Association spokesperson Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith added in regard to federal officials being deployed to Tennessee's second-largest city, Memphis.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday detailed a list of all the shocking charges and convictions against illegal alien Ian Andre Roberts, who was working as the head of Des Moines, Iowa, public schools until his recent arrest by ICE.Roberts is currently in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service in Polk County jail, according to a Homeland Security statement. In the statement, DHS said that Roberts "rap sheet and immigration history reveal a long record of criminal conduct in the United States," which the agency said proves "he should never have been serving in a role overseeing children in Iowas largest school district."He is currently facing illegal weapons possession charges. The DOJ said a search warrant of Roberts' home uncovered three guns, a loaded and chambered 9mm pistol was found underneath a seat cushion in the living room, a loaded rifle was wound in the master bedroom closet and a shotgun was found behind the master bedroom headboard.EX MICHELLE OBAMA AIDE LEADS DES MOINES SCHOOL BOARD'S DEFENSE OF SUPERINTENDENT ARRESTED BY ICEAccording to DHS, Roberts was previously convicted of reckless driving, unsafe operation and speeding in Maryland in 2012. The statement also said he was convicted in Pennsylvania of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in 2022.Besides these, he also has charges of criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery instrument and possession of a forged instrument in New York dating back to 1996 and charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree weapon charges in 2020.Additionally, according to the Polk County Sheriffs Office, itscivil divisionservedRoberts a sealed restraining order from Jackson County, Missouri, in August 2023. It is unclear what prompted the restraining order since the order was sealed.He was also discovered to be illegally registered to vote as a Democrat in Maryland, raising serious questions about the states voter registration system.Despite these charges and his illegal status, Roberts has held several high roles in public education in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, California, Pennsylvania and Iowa.After his arrest, he resigned his most recent position as superintendent of schools in Des Moines, a position he had held since 2023. Des Moines Public Schools initially placed Roberts on paid leave before changing it to unpaid leave and then finally voting to accept his resignation.There has also been confusion over the degrees that Roberts claimed to have attained on his LinkedIn page. Among several schools listed on his profile, Roberts claims to have attended Morgan State University from 2003 to 2007 and to have been an "incoming MBA candidate" at MIT Sloane School of Management. Morgan State University confirmed that he attended. However, it said he "did not receive a degree."The MIT Registrars Office said that it "has no record of enrollment for a person with the name Ian Andre Roberts, and similarly, there is no record of enrollment in the MIT Executive MBA program at the MIT Sloan School of Management."SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER ICE ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT IN IOWA: 'CRAZY STORY'Before taking charge of the Des Moines public schools, he was superintendent of schools at Millcreek Township School District in Pennsylvania. During his time in leadership, the district was sued for sex discrimination by a male faculty member who claimed Roberts gave principal positions to less qualified women because of a "bias against males in favor of females." According to local outlet GoErie, this was not the only sex discrimination lawsuit the district faced while Roberts was in charge. The outlet reported the district had to pay over $400,000 in settlements to resolve three sex discrimination suits.An immigrant from Guyana, DHS said Roberts first entered the country "classified as a visitor for pleasure" in 1994. The agency said he departed at an unknown date but returned again before his 1996 drug charges. He then re-entered the U.S. on a student visa in 1999.DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTS SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIGNATION AFTER ICE ARRESTIn total, he filed applications for employment authorizations three times, in 2000, 2018 and 2019, each of which was granted and lasted a year, meaning that his last work authorization expired in 2020.U.S. Customs and Immigration Services issued Roberts a notice to appear before an immigration judge in 2020 and on May 22, 2024, an immigration judge in Dallas, Texas, ordered Roberts removed in absentia.He was arrested by ICE with the help of the Iowa State Patrol on Sept. 26. ICE said Roberts attempted to flee arrest and was found hiding in the brush. The vehicle he was driving was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed blade knife and a loaded Glock 9mm pistol, which led to additional criminal charges of being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.Commenting on the revelations since his arrest, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, "Ian Andre Roberts, a criminal illegal alien with multiple weapons charges and a drug trafficking charge, should have never been able to work around children.""Under Secretary Noem, ICE will continue to arrest the worst of the worst and put the safety of Americas children FIRST," said McLaughlin.

President Donald Trump has an almost flawless record on the Supreme Courts emergency docket this year, a streak that has delivered crucial moments of relief to the government as it fights hundreds of lawsuits challenging the presidents agenda.The Supreme Court has ruled in Trumps favor on government cuts, nationwide injunctions, immigration policies and more, leading the White House to tout what it recently counted as 21 victories before the high court.Those victories are, however, temporary. The upcoming term, which begins Monday, will allow the justices to begin weighing the full merits of some of these court disputes and ultimately cement or undo key parts of the Trump agenda.Jonathan Adler, a William & Mary Law School professor, attributed the interim wins to the Supreme Courts desire to narrow the judicial branch's role in policymaking.TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO FIRE FEDERAL WORKERS FINDS FAVOR WITH SUPREME COURTSpeaking during a Federalist Society panel this week, Adler said the high courts thinking might be that "lower courts are doing too much. Were going to scale that back because its not our place, and its for the executive branch and the legislative branch to figure that out."The Trump administration has only challenged about one-fifth of the adverse rulings it has received from the lower courts. Adler said Solicitor General John Sauer, who represents the government, is strategically selecting which cases to bring to the high court."If you go through them, setting Humphreys Executor stuff slightly to the side, what they all have in common is that theres a kind of clear argument that district courts were a little too aggressive here," Adler said.He acknowledged that some might have a different view, that the Trump administration has been "too muscular" and that court intervention is a necessary check.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TORPEDOES SCOTUS WITH EMERGENCY REQUESTS AND SEES SURPRISING SUCCESSThe emergency docket, sometimes known as the shadow or interim docket, allows the Trump administration or plaintiffs to ask the Supreme Court to quickly intervene in lawsuits and temporarily pause lower court rulings. The process can take a couple of days, weeks or months, and is viewed as a much speedier, albeit temporary, way to secure court relief than if the high court were to fully consider the merits of a case, which can include a long briefing schedule and oral arguments.The Supreme Court's emergency docket this year has been extraordinarily active. Attorney Kannon Shanmugam, who has argued dozens of cases before the high court, said Trump's high volume of executive actions is partly the reason for that."[An increase in emergency motions] coincides with the rise of executive orders and other forms of unilateral executive action really as the primary form of lawmaking in our country with the disappearance of Congress, and that has posed enormous challenges for the court," Shanmugam said.Through the emergency docket, the Supreme Court has greenlit Trump's mass firings of career employees and high-profile terminations of Democratic appointees. It has curtailed nationwide injunctions and cleared the way for controversial deportations and immigration stops. The high court has said the government can, for now, withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid and discharge transgender service members from the military.In other instances, parties on both sides in a court fight have construed Supreme Court outcomes as wins.In one such order, the Supreme Court said the Trump administration must attempt to return Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the government admitted in court to improperly deporting to a Salvadoran prison. But at the same time, the high court noted that district court judges must also be deferential to the executive branchs authority over foreign policy.Similarly, the high court said the administration must allow deportees under the Alien Enemies Act a reasonable chance to fight their removal through habeas corpus petitions. The justices have not yet weighed in on the merits of Trumps invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, one of his most aggressive deportation tactics, which the president employed to swiftly remove alleged Tren de Aragua members.KAVANAUGH CITES 3 PRESIDENTS IN EXPLAINING SUPREME COURT'S BALLOONING EMERGENCY DOCKETConservative lawyer Carrie Severino, president of the legal watchdog JCN, said one criterion the Supreme Court considers when making fast decisions is whether parties are at risk of irreparable harm.As an example, Severino pointed to the Supreme Court recently allowing Trump to fire Biden-appointed FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a case that the high court is now using as a vehicle to revisit in the coming months the 90-year precedent set by Humphreys Executor v. United States.Severino said, "If one assumes, Okay, if Trump's right, then this is a serious burden on the government to have a good chunk of their four years being taken up with not being able to actually staff the government as they want to. If Trumps wrong, then Commissioner Slaughter should have been in that position, and they can remedy that by providing her back pay.""When you're balancing those types of harms, this is the kind of case where the government's going to have a leg up," Severino said.In a small defeat for Trump on Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to allow the president to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and instead said it would hear her case in January. The move was a deviation from the court's typical posture and underscored its unique view on the Federal Reserve compared with other agencies.The Supreme Courts majority has often split along ideological lines and offered little reason for its emergency decisions. This differs from final orders from the court, which can be lengthy and include numerous concurring opinions and dissents.Attorney Benjamin Mizer, who served as a top DOJ official during the Biden administration, cautioned during the panel that the Supreme Court could reverse its shadow docket positions down the road."As cases reach the court on the merits, we shouldnt presume that the administration will win them all," Mizer said.

The government shutdown underscored President Donald Trump's whirlwind work week after Senate lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement in a stalemate that's anticipated to spur "thousands" of federal layoffs.The shutdown took effect after the clock struck midnight Wednesday and has continued since. Trump championed earlier in the week that he did not want a shutdown to bring the government to a screeching halt, but remarked some "good" could come from it as he looks to further trim down the size of the government."A lot of good can come down from shutdowns," he said Tuesday. "We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want, and they'd be Democrat things. But they want open borders. They want men playing in women's sports. They want transgender for everybody. They never stop. They don't learn. We won an election in a landslide.""Thousands" of federal employees are set to face layoffs, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, while Trump met with Office of Management and Budget chief Russell Vought Thursday to map out which agencies and programs could be targeted.HERE'S WHAT TRUMP WANTS TO DO TO RESHAPE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE SHUTDOWNHouse lawmakers passed a short-term extension earlier in September of fiscal year 2025 funding, aimed at keeping the government open through Nov. 21. Senate lawmakers, however, could not reach an agreement on the budget ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline, sparking the shutdown.Democrats expressed frustration they were sidelined from spending negotiations, as well as the GOP bill excluding enhanced Obamacare subsidies from the Biden era that are set to lapse at the end of 2025.KAROLINE LEAVITT WARNS DEMOCRATS FACE 'VERY REAL' CONSEQUENCES IF SHUTDOWN STANDOFF DRAGS ONThe Trump administration and Republicans have since pinned blame for the shutdown on Democrats pushing to include taxpayer-funded medical benefits for illegal immigrants. Democrats have denied the claims and pinned blame on Republicans for the shutdown.It is unclear how long the shutdown will last as the Senate comes to stalemate on votes.Outside of Capitol Hill buzzing about the shutdown, Trump also gave Hamas terrorists until Sunday to reach a peace agreement as the war with Israel, which started Oct. 7, 2023, continues raging. Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday at the White House, where he announced a 20-point plan to end the Gaza war.Hamas is now left to agree to the plan or face the military wrath of Israel.TRUMP UNVEILS 20-POINT PLAN TO SECURE PEACE IN GAZA, INCLUDING GRANTING SOME HAMAS MEMBERS 'AMNESTY'"They will be given one last chance," Trump said in a Friday Truth Social post. "THIS DEAL ALSO SPARES THE LIVES OF ALL REMAINING HAMAS FIGHTERS!""We will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other. The violence and bloodshed will stop," Trump added. "RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD, NOW! An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time."U.S. generals from around the world were summoned to convene with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Trump at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia Tuesday, when Trump celebrated "reawakening the warrior spirit" within the military."We're bringing back a focus on fitness, ability, character and strength," Trump said Tuesday. "And that's because the purpose of America's military is not to protect anyone's feelings. It's to protect our republic."TRUMP DECLARES REAWAKENING OF WARRIOR SPIRIT, UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR MILITARY: I HAVE YOUR BACKSTrump criticized the military's recent shift toward political correctness."The apparatus of our country was not set up for merit," Trump said. "It was set up for political correctness. And you can never be great if you're going to do that.""We will not be politically correct when it comes to defending American freedom, and we will be a fighting and winning machine," he continued. "We want to fight. We want to win, and we want to fight as little as possible."The Trump administration also sent a memo to Congress Thursday explaining the United States is now "in a non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, which administration officials have designated as "terrorist organizations."TRUMP ADMIN TELLS CONGRESS IT DETERMINED US ENGAGED IN FORMAL 'ARMED CONFLICT' WITH 'TERRORIST' DRUG CARTELS"The President directed these actions consistent with his responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests abroad and in furtherance of United States national security and foreign policy interests, pursuant to his constitutional authority as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive to conduct foreign relations," the memo stated.The White House said the memo was filed following a Sept. 15 strike on "a Designated Terrorist Organization."The memo follows Trump vowing to unleash the U.S. military on drug cartels amid a buildup in the Caribbean in August, and has signed off on a series of U.S. military strikes against alleged drug vessels from Venezuela to combat the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPThe most recent U.S. strike on an alleged drug trafficking vessel was carried out Friday off the coast of Venezuela.Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Elkind, Louis Casiano and Morgan Philips contributed to this report.

IN TODAYS NEWSLETTER:- Trump signs executive order to harness AI in fight against childhood cancers- Elon Musks xAI hiring video game developers- AI market explodes: $25 trillion tech valuation could hit $29 trillion by years endTECH RESCUE: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at improving ways to identify and treat pediatric cancers using artificial intelligence.TECH TIME: Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is expanding into video game development, seeking candidates with game design experience.VALUE EXPLOSION: Constellation Research founder R 'Ray' Wang warns AI intelligence is doubling every six months, fueling a $25 trillion tech market that could rival the U.S. economy and reshape industries from Microsoft to Tesla.ACTORS FIGHT BACK: The Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) condemned the creation of actress "Tilly Norwood" through artificial intelligence in a statement Tuesday.WORK SMARTER: The Interior Department announced Tuesday it is testing autonomous lawnmowers on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in an effort by the Trump administration to use artificial intelligence to "boost operational efficiency."FALLING BEHIND: 'The Big Money Show' panel reacts to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warning America is falling behind in the A.I. race.AT-RISK USERS: ChatGPT could soon alert police when teens discuss suicide. OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman revealed the change during a recent interview. ChatGPT, the widely used artificial intelligence chatbot that can answer questions and hold conversations, has become a daily tool for millions. His comments mark a major shift in how the AI company may handle mental health crises.KEEPING THE WATCH: A New Jersey school district has adopted artificial intelligence to help detect weapons and stop threats before they escalate. The Glassboro Public School District has become the first in the country to combine AI gun detection with a mass communication system that speeds up emergency responses and reduces the time it takes to notify law enforcement.FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebookInstagramYouTubeXLinkedInSIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERSFox News FirstFox News OpinionFox News LifestyleFox News HealthDOWNLOAD OUR APPSWATCH FOX NEWS ONLINEFox News GoSTREAM FOX NATIONFox NationStay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future with Fox Newshere.