Taylor Swift shut down a fan theory making the rounds after the release of her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl."While promoting her album on BBC Radio 2, host Scott Mills asked Swift if the latest release would be her last as she's set to marry Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce."That's a shockingly offensive thing to say," Swift said. "It's not why people get married, so that they can quit their jobs."TAYLOR SWIFT COMPARES HERSELF TO HOLLYWOOD LEGEND ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN NEW SONG"I think the fans were just panicking," Mills told Swift, explaining that the theory going around is that Swift would focus on building her life with Kelce following their marriage."They love to panic sometimes," she noted.Swift released "The Life of a Showgirl" on Oct. 3. The 12-songs, produced by Max Martin and Shellback, have taken the internet by storm garnering mixed reviews.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSSwift emphasized she's not planning on quitting music anytime soon."Its like, I love the person that I am with because he loves what I do, and he loves how much I am fulfilled by making art and making music," she said."Thats the coolest thing about Travis: hes so passionate about what he does that me being passionate about what I do, it connects," Swift added. "Theres no point in time where hes gonna be like, Im really upset that youre still making music. Imagine [him saying], The music that I signed up for, that I knew you love, I thought you were going to stop doing that."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERSwift announced Kelce had proposed in an Instagram post on Aug. 26. The pop star shared photos of the intimate moment, including the caption, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."Ahead of her own wedding, Swift attended the wedding of longtime friend Selena Gomez.Gomez married record producer Benny Blanco last month in Santa Barbara. The couple got engaged in December 2024 after a year of dating.Gomez posted a video and photos from the special day to Instagram in celebration of Swift's new album.A video, shot by Swift, showed Gomez having her veil placed on her head as her friend gushed, "Are you even serious? What? Look at her.""I can't believe it, I have a veil," Gomez said as the video panned to the mirror showing Swift sitting beside the bride."I'm so happy," the "Love You Like a Love Song" singer added. "I'm getting married finally!"In her Instagram caption, Gomez wrote, "In honor of SHOWGIRL .. blessed to have you by my side almost 20 years later gator! I love you @taylorswift forever and always."

Chicagos top cop came out swinging Monday, denying claims that a chief ordered officers to "stand down" after federal agents were rammed in two weekend attacks, and warning protesters that striking law enforcement could trigger a justified counterpunch including the use of deadly force."If you ram any vehicle, especially one that contains law enforcement agents, and thats any law enforcement and you do this intentionally, this is considered deadly force," Larry Snelling told reporters at a news briefing Monday. "Deadly force is anything that can cause great bodily harm or death. When you plow into a vehicle that contains law enforcement agents, you are using deadly force. And they can use deadly force in response to stop you."Federal agents arrested two people accused of jabbing government vehicles with their own on Saturday. One of the suspects, identified as Marimar Martinez, was shot and wounded. The other, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was arrested in an unrelated but similar ramming incident. No one was hurt in that one, Snelling said.FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL VOWS JUSTICE AFTER DHS AGENT'S VEHICLE RAMMED IN CHICAGOMartinez's shooting was one of 22 incidents between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, resulting in 29 shooting victims and four murders, according to city police records.Snelling warned that hitting or blocking law enforcement vehicles would be considered the unlawful use of deadly force."If you box them in with vehicles, it is reasonable for them to believe that they are being ambushed, and that this could end in a deadly situation," he said. "And its reasonable for them to use force based on those conditions. Do not box in any law enforcement officer. You are breaking the law when you do that. And you are putting yourself in danger."The superintendent said he called the news briefing to dispel reports that Chicago police did not respond to the incidents and were ordered to stand down, which he said were "absolutely not true."CHICAGO POLICE ORDERED NOT TO RESPOND AFTER CAR-RAMMING ATTACK ON FEDERAL AGENTS: SOURCESSnelling offered the following timeline of events:CHICAGO ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS BLOCK VEHICLES, GET HIT WITH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER BALLSAs proof, he said 27 of his officers were exposed to tear gas that federal agents deployed in an effort to remove protesters.However, Fox News previously obtained what appears to be a dispatch log indicating the chief of patrol did appear to order officers to stand down."The facts radio tapes and the dispatch message screen speak for themselves," a retired high-ranking officer told Fox News Digital. "Snelling is in a tough spot, first dealing with the politics and the rhetoric."Snelling, for his part, said he would never order officers to hold back when other members of law enforcement were in need."I would not tell our officers to stand down, because if our officers were in trouble and we needed help from other officers, I would expect those officers to step in and help us," he said.Additional information is expected to be released Tuesday as the department continues to review the incident, Snelling added.

Early voting is now underway in California in a special election that will make a huge impact on next year's battle for the U.S. House majority.California voters are deciding whether to pass a ballot proposition this November which would dramatically alter the state's congressional districts, putting the left-leaning state front-and-center in the high-stakes political fight over redistricting that pits President Donald Trump and the GOP against the Democrats.California state lawmakers this summer approved a special proposition on the November ballot to obtain voter approval to temporarily sidetrack the state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democrat-dominated legislature. Ballots began being mailed out on Monday.The effort in California, which could create five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts, aims to counter the passage in the reliable red state of Texas of a new map that aims to create up to five right-leaning House seats. Failure to approve what's known as Proposition 50 would be a stinging setback for Democrats.WHAT STATES ARE NEXT UP IN THE CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BATTLETwo-term Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender, is spearheading the push to pass the proposition."If we lose here, we are going to have total Republican control in the House, the Senate and the White House for at least two more years," Newsom emphasized in a recent fundraising appeal to supporters. "If we win here, we can put a check on Trump for his final two years."The push by Trump and Republicans for rare mid-decade redistricting is part of a broad effort by the GOP to pad its 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.TRUMP'S SHADOW LOOMS OVER KEY 2025 ELECTIONSTrump and his political team are aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections.Missouri last month joined Texas as the second GOP-controlled state to pass congressional redistricting ahead of next year's elections. The new map in Missouri is likely to give the GOP another right-leaning seat.But unlike Texas and Missouri, California voters need to weigh in before giving redistricting power back to the legislature in Sacramento."Heaven help us if we lose," Newsom said in his fundraising pitch. "This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for Democrats."Proponents and opponents of Proposition 50 reported raising more than $215 million as of Oct. 2, with much of the money being dished out to pay for a deluge of ads on both sides.One of the two main groups countering Newsome and the Democrats is labeling their effort "Stop Sacramentos Power Grab."Also getting into the fight is former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was the last Republican governor of California.During his tenure as governor, Schwarzenegger had a starring role in the passage of constitutional amendments in California in 2008 and 2010 that took the power to draw state legislative and congressional districts away from politicians and placed it in the hands of an independent commission."Thats what they want to do is take us backwards this is why it is important for you to vote no on Prop 50," Schwarzenegger says in an ad against Proposition 50. "Democracy weve got to protect it, and weve got to go and fight for it."As ballots start reaching mailboxes across California, a panel of federal judges in Texas is hearing a case in the legal battle over the passage of the new congressional maps.If redistricting in Texas is blocked, it's not clear how the ruling would impact California.Newsom this summer indicated that California could continue with its nonpartisan redistricting commission if other states rescinded their efforts to change their maps. But that language was not included in the proposition now on the ballot.Even before Trump initiated his redistricting push, Ohio was under court order to redraw its maps. That could boost Republicans in a one-time battleground state that now leans right.Republicans in the GOP-dominated states of Indiana and Florida are also mulling congressional redistricting. And Democrats in heavily blue Maryland are weighing a redistricting push.Other states considering altering their maps are Democrat-dominated Illinois and red states Kansas and Nebraska.Meanwhile, Democrats could pick up a seat in Republican-dominated Utah, where a judge recently ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to draw new maps after ruling that lawmakers four years ago ignored an independent commission approved by voters to prevent partisan gerrymandering.

A rabbi has been assaulted outside his home in New Jersey just hours before the start of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, authorities said.The Oct. 5th incident is being investigated as both a violent crime and a suspected antisemitic attack, with the local mayor condemning it as "a disgraceful act of violence."Police said the suspect, Jeffrey Zicchinella, 40, of Ridgefield Park, was driving through the area of Sussex Road around 2 p.m. when he allegedly stopped his vehicle, got out, and attacked Rabbi Avraham Wein.ANTISEMITIC ATTACKERS VIOLENTLY TARGET SYNAGOGUE, ISRAELI RESTAURANT IN AUSTRALIAA neighbor who witnessed the assault rushed to help the Rabbi, who is an assistant at Congregation Keter Torah in nearby Teaneck. The neighbor managed to restrain the suspect until officers arrived.Zicchinella was taken into custody and later charged with two counts of simple assault, according to NorthJersey.com. Records also indicate he may also go by the name Jeffrey Vangoldren."Due to the quick actions of our residents and the Bergenfield Police Department, the male actor was taken into custody and charged with two counts of simple assault and remanded to the Bergen County Jail," police said in a statement shared on Facebook.TRUMP ADMIN CRACKS DOWN ANTISEMITISM AS DOJ OFFICIAL EXPOSES 'VIOLENT RHETORIC' OF RADICAL PROTESTERS"We are in consultation with the Bergen County Prosecutors Office and stress that this is still an ongoing investigation," the statement continued."We take all reports of bias-motivated or hate-related incidents seriously and remain dedicated to ensuring that everyone in our borough feels safe and respected."Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh also said extra patrols have been ordered around synagogues and residential neighborhoods "out of an abundance of caution," adding that preliminary findings suggest the incident appears isolated.ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN AMERICA AS SOME INVOKE INTIFADA AND TARGET JEWSMayor Arvin Amatorio condemned the assault in a public statement:"This was a shameful act that has no place in Bergenfield. I strongly condemn this attack and make it clear that we will not tolerate violence in our town, against anyone, under any circumstances," the mayor posted on Facebook.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAuthorities say the investigation remains ongoing, with Bergenfield police coordinating closely with the Bergen County Prosecutors Office to determine whether the assault was bias-motivated."For legal and privacy reasons, there is no more information to be shared at this time," a spokesperson for Rabbi Wein's synagogue said."We are thankful he is safe and deeply appreciative of the concern and support shown by our TABC community," they added.Fox News Digital also reached out to Bergenfield Police Department for comment.

The Vaticans top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas "inhuman and indefensible" Oct. 7 attacks and Israels "ongoing massacre" in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a "largely defenseless population."Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vaticans secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV's advisers, spoke in an interview marking the second anniversary of Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel a raid that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 people taken hostage.Parolin said Israels military response has stretched far beyond the bounds of proportionality, turning Gazas crowded neighborhoods into ruins."The war waged by the Israeli army to eliminate Hamas militants disregards the fact that it is targeting a largely defenseless population, already pushed to the brink, in an area where buildings and homes are reduced to rubble," he told Vatican media.THE UNS BETRAYAL AND ISRAELS FIGHT FOR TRUTH"Those who are attacked have a right to defend themselves," he said, "but even legitimate defense must respect the principle of proportionality."Reuters reported that Hamas-run Gaza health authorities claim Israel's campaign has resulted in over 67,000 deaths in Gaza, mostly civilians.The remarks rank among the Churchs sharpest rebukes of the war. They also mark a shift toward a more forceful Vatican voice under Leo, who succeeded Pope Francis in May.Parolin also faulted global powers for their paralysis.DNC SUMMER MEETING DERAILED AFTER TENSIONS FLARE OVER DUELING RESOLUTIONS: 'LOSING OUR FUTURE'"It is clear that the international community is, unfortunately, powerless and that the countries truly capable of exerting influence have so far failed to act to stop the ongoing massacre," he said."I can only repeat the very clear words spoken by Pope Leo on July 20: I renew my appeal to the international community to observe humanitarian law and to respect the obligation to protect civilians, as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force and the forced displacement of the population."Parolin went further, questioning the morality of arms sales to parties in the conflict.ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVIST MAHMOUD KHALIL CLAIMS OCT. 7 TERROR ATTACK WAS DESPERATE ATTEMPT FOR GAZA TO BE HEARD"Its not enough to say that what is happening is unacceptable and then continue to allow it to happen," he said."We must seriously ask ourselves about the legitimacy of continuing to supply weapons that are being used against civilians."In July, Pope Leo XIV expressed sadness and called for a ceasefire after Gazas only Catholic Church was hit in an apparent Israeli strike, leaving at least two dead and several injured. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said "stray ammunition" hit the church.Parolins warning lands as European leaders face growing pressure to do more than issue statements of concern. His use of "massacre" echoed humanitarian groups that say Gazas civilian infrastructure has collapsed.At the same time, he reiterated the Churchs demand that Hamas free all remaining hostages."Those attacks were inhuman and indefensible," he said, underscoring that neither sides suffering diminishes the others.Fox News Digital has reached out to the Vatican on the matter.Reuters contributed to this report.

A Chicago alderman and former police officer is blasting the citys mayor for politicizing the police force in response to recent reporting that the department was ordered not to assist federal immigration agents who were being surrounded by protesters."When someone calls for help, our guys go. Period," Anthony Napolitano, Chicago Republicanalderman of the citys 41st Ward and a former Chicago police officer and firefighter, told Fox News Digital."Theres no way in hell that our officers would not have responded to that call for help even from the top-up. From our superintendent all the way down to our PPOs, they all would have gone unless there was a directive. I believe by the mayor's office. This is the most disgusting act that I have ever seen in my 50 years of being alive and my 25 years of working for the city. This is rock bottom right now. This is, to me, political oversight on our police now determining how our police react to situations. That's wrong. That's absolutely wrong."Chicago police officers were ordered by their chief of patrol not to respond after Border Patrol agents called for help, saying they were boxed in and surrounded following a ramming incident outside Chicago,Fox News Digital reported over the weekend.WHITE HOUSE MOCKS 'SLOB' PRITZKER AFTER HE REJECTS TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD PLANNapolitano called the stand-down order "unheard of" and something he "never" experienced during his time as a first responder and placed blame on Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson."This is pure politics controlling our police," Napolitano said. "A lot of people at City Hall feel the same way, even if they wont say it out loud. The mayors administration is trying to create chaosso that federal help looks catastrophic instead of helpful. Its politics over public safety, and its outrageous. Officers swear an oath to the Constitution, not to the mayor."Chicago has been at the center of the national immigration debate in recent weeks asICE launched Operation Midway Blitz, describing the operation as one that "will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor Pritzker and hissanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets."Both Pritzker and Johnson have resisted Trump administration efforts to deploy federal resources to apprehend illegal immigrants in the city, with Johnson calling Trump "unstable" and labeling his efforts an "egregious attempt to undermine the sanctity of our democracy."FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL VOWS JUSTICE AFTER DHS AGENT'S VEHICLE RAMMED IN CHICAGONapolitano told Fox News Digital that Chicago residents he has spoken with "want more police" and are behind efforts to rid the streets of criminal illegal aliens."They want the federal agents in there removing some of these people that dont belong here," Napolitano said, adding that while there is support for the "hard working" individuals that are trying to make the city a better place, residents are "furious" about the hundreds of millions of tax dollars going to programs supporting illegal immigrants while citizens struggle.As for Trump sending federal resources into Chicago, Napolitano said, "Send more.""I absolutely love it. It absolutely is needed more than you know," Napolitano said. "We need to clean up our streets. There are a lot of intense gang members and now when you bring in such an influx of illegals who are gang members on the city of Chicago streets, who prior to them had over 170,000 of our own gang members here originally, and they start clashing for territory and vice profits, there is a major issue in the city. So they need to come in and stay here until they clean it up."The Chicago Police Department issued a statement on Sunday disputing claims that officers failed to respond, saying they were on the scene to maintain public safety and document the incident."To clarify misinformation currently circulating, CPD officers did in fact respond to the shooting scene involving federal authorities on Saturday to maintain public safety and traffic control," the department said.CPD added that federal authorities are leading the investigation into the shooting, but that officers were present to ensure safety. Later that afternoon, police also responded to a separate call involving two hit-and-run crashes affecting federal personnel, the department said."The Chicago Police Department will always respond to anyone who is being attacked or is under the threat of physical harm," the department said. "For incidents involving federal immigration enforcement, CPD supervisors will respond to the scene and determine the appropriate course of action in accordance with City law."But two longtime ranking Chicago police sources sharply rejected the departments assertion that officers responded to calls for help from ICE agents who were rammed and surrounded by protesters,telling Fox News it was, in their words, "COVER THEIR A-- BULLS---!!"One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who also said officers were unable to move and "were forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen."Napolitano told Fox News Digital that the mayors actions are likely motivated by his poll numbers being "in the gutter.""A lot of us feel it's a burn the house down on the way out effect where you have no chance of being reelected, so what you're gonna do is try to get as much done as far as your agenda and their socialist movement over the last two years that they possibly can," Napolitano said. "So it's not about the city of Chicago, it's- about getting what they can get done before the 2027 election. That's all it is down there now."Fox News Digital reached out to Johnsons office for comment.

In blue cities across America Portland, Oregon, especially often violent protesters now seek to surround ICE facilities to stop federal officers from fulfilling their assigned and legal duties of arresting illegal aliens.Some 10 million or more illegal aliens were allowed to enter the U.S. during the Joe Biden years illegally and thus without criminal or health checks.Neither Antifa nor liberal urban America objected to such a flagrant disregard for the law. But both are now as intent on obstructing the legal enforcement of the law as they were earlier in favor of its illegal non-enforcement.FEDERAL AGENTS IN PORTLAND DEPLOY TEAR GAS, MAKE ARRESTS MINUTES AFTER JUDGE BLOCKS NATIONAL GUARDMuch less did they care about the consequences of sending millions of foreign nationals into cities and counties where they swamped social services, spiked crime, and flooded emergency rooms and schools.ICE has repeatedly presented data that show in its first rounds of deportations, it is concentrating on removing either criminal illegal aliens or those who have already been processed with deportation orders, somewhere between 70 and 90% of all current apprehensions.No matter.Left-wing protesters are swarming ICE headquarters in Portland to violently oppose all deportations, even those of known criminals and those who have already exhausted efforts to remain here illegally.FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO PORTLAND AMID CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGEWhy? The Democratic Party apparat knows that the public wants both secure borders and deportations of illegal aliens. Indeed, in part, it lost an election because of its open-borders advocacy.But Democrat officials feel that if street thugs like Antifa can surround and besiege ICE facilities in Portland, Oregon, then deportations will stop. Then, a de facto amnesty will follow for millions who entered the U.S. illegallyand will soon become Democratic constituents.As a result, they do not fully enforce the law when thugs attack federal law enforcement. Antifa and its spin-off groups favor the night, when they try to block all entries and exits of ICE vehicles and personnel, and can commit their violence with greater anonymity.PORTLAND POLICE CHIEF TOUTS 'CROWD SUPPORT' APPROACH AS ICE FACILITY FACES ONGOING VIOLENCEThe masked rioters assault anyone in their way. They count on exemption from punishment for committing violence against federal officers through the goodwill or indifference of kindred local and state officials who hate the Trump administration more than they respect the law. An Orwellian scenario follows in which federal officers are attacked by Antifa, which in turn counts on the non-intervention of local police.Summed up: the city of Portlands armed officers are in a de facto proxy war with their federal counterparts in our version of something out of 1860, on the eve of a real civil war.Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek feel their constituents want open borders and thus should have the right in their own city and state to do as they pleaseand federal law be damned.DAVID MARCUS: PORTLAND'S DYSTOPIA DELUSION COMING TO A CITY NEAR ALL OF USBut by doing so, both the Democrat Party officialdom and the street armies of Antifa are on the proverbial wrong side of history.America for almost 200 years has already decided, in formal law and court rulings, that no local or state entity can disrupt the enforcement of federal laws or usurp Washingtons powers. To do so with impunity would unravel the American nation in short order.We know that from our own violent history. Andrew Jackson, in 1832, like Trump, threatened to send troops to stop South Carolinas nullification of federal tariff laws.America fought a Civil War over Confederate states efforts to ignore federal law and confiscate or occupy federal property within their state jurisdictions.FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO PORTLAND AMID CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGEAs late as 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace thought he could nullify federal law by using his state guard to deny black students enrollment in the University of Alabama until the Kennedy administration federalized all state troopers and sent in additional federal troops.So what we are witnessing in Portlandand elsewhereis a neo-Confederate attempt to supersede federal law and, in reactionary fashion, invoke states and cities rights.Oregon and Portland believe that they are more moral than the federal government and thus have a natural right to side with street mobs by both not enforcing their own laws against Antifa violence and ignoring the innate civil rights of ICE personnel.DAVID MARCUS: IN DEMOCRAT PORTLAND, LUXURY, VAGRANCY AND TOTAL DISORDERThe latter are denied freedom of movement, association, and the ability to fulfill their job duties by what has turned out to be a near city-sanctioned siege of their facilities.The Democrats are fine with all this. They think the violence against ICE will be portrayed daily as general chaos by their allied media. Thus, the proverbial people who keep clear of the siege and its detritus will simply want all the bother to go awayand supposedly blame those enforcing, not breaking, the law. In sum, the Democratic Party is the official face of the left. Antifa provides the street shock troops, and the media serves as its propaganda arm.So, the left-wing logic is to allow the violence and siege to continue in a "safe space" for Antifa. A strapped ICE will supposedly eventually shut down operations and move on. And any violence that occurs can be chalked up to Trumps federal government "baiting" Portlanders.ICE DIRECTOR SAYS PORTLAND FACILITY FACES VIOLENCE WITH 'LITTLE HELP FROM LOCAL POLICE'The reigning moralistic assumption is that ceding territory to terrorists, not enforcing local and state laws, and nullifying federal statutes are all small prices to pay for the larger projection of chaos and violence that can be blamed on Trump.Such thinking entails utter indifference to any Portlanders who live near the siege and are nightly subjected to constant disruptions, harassment, and occasional violence. Do these law-abiding residents have fewer civil rights than the lawbreaking armies of the night?In contrast, the use of federal troops to stop the siege of ICE facilities will remind the violent protesters of the left that their neo-Confederate tactics will not work, but instead subject them to arrest and federal indictments.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONBringing in federal forces to uphold the law will also protect the rights of ICE personnel and neighborhood residents to live in peace and security and have their constitutional protections secured. Not all American citizens are Portlanders, but all Portland citizens are Americans.In other words, both Antifa and the appeasing Oregon officials are our new neo-Confederate secessionists. They feel that their states are now autonomous entities that are still entitled to federal money but not obligated to follow federal laws.Portland also reminds us of the recent utter incoherence of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. On the one hand, she pleads for federal dollars to restore her citys burned-out neighborhoods due to her own incompetence and neglect, while on the other hand actively obstructs the federal government from enforcing immigration laws in her own city.For a party that has been quick to shout "insurrection," it is ironic that Democrats and their useful, though violent, Antifa insurrectionists are in rebellion against the federal government and its agents.It is hard to know which is worse the Antifa thug who nightly tries to injure a federal officer, or the sanctimonious neo-Confederate official who empowers him to keep trying?This column was originally published on The Blade of Perseus.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

A weekend away from Washington did little to soften Senate Democrats resolve as they again blocked Republicans effort to reopen the government, ensuring the shutdown will last at least a week.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most of his caucus are adamant that unless a deal is struck on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, commonly known as ObamaCare subsidies, they will not provide the votes needed to fund the government.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., needs at least eight Democrats to cross the aisle and support the GOPs bill, which would reopen the government until Nov. 21.SCHUMER'S SHUTDOWN SCHEME EXPLAINED: DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON OBAMACARE CREDITS AS STANDOFF DRAGS ONHowever, only Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Angus King, I-Maine, have broken with their caucus to end the shutdown. Meanwhile, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., remains the lone Republican to buck his party.Senate Democrats have remained steadfast in their demand that a deal must be reached to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. They argue that unless Congress acts, Americans who rely on the tax credits will see their healthcare premiums skyrocket.Both Senate leaders are encouraging talks among rank-and-file members to find a solution, but neither side can agree on when exactly the subsidies should be dealt with.GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ENTERS 3RD DAY AS SENATE STALEMATE OVER OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES DRAGS ONWhen asked what the appetite for tackling the expiring subsidies was within the Senate GOP, Thune said it was "a mixed bag.""But like I said, you know, there may be a path forward," he said. "I think a lot of it would come down to what the White House lands on that, but certainly not without reforms. And we all know the program is broken, it needs to be fixed, so that would be certainly a starting place."Schumer wants an additional bulwark added to a deal: President Donald Trump has to sign off on it, given that there may be resistance among House Republicans to extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies."Look, the bottom line on that is we need the president to be involved. [House Speaker Mike] Johnson and a whole lot of his caucus don't like the ACA, don't want to do the extensions," he said. "A lot of Republican senators in the Senate do, but they're not enough. Good is not enough."DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO BUDGE OVER OBAMACARE FIGHT AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON"You need Johnson and you need Trump to get it done," he continued. "So that's the bottom line."Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that "we're talking to the Democrats." When asked if he would work to make a deal with them on ObamaCare subsidies to reopen the government, he said "Yeah.""I'd like to see a deal made for great healthcare," Trump said. Ii want to see great healthcare, I'm a republican but I want to see healthcare much more so than the Democrats."Schumer fired back in a statement that Trump's "claim isnt true but if hes finally ready to work with Democrats, well be at the table."And Fetterman, who has routinely voted against shutting the government down regardless of which party controlled the Senate, recognized that without Trumps greenlight, a deal would go nowhere.He gave the example of a bipartisan border deal negotiated between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate in 2023 that was sidelined under orders from Trump."It got tanked. Trump tanked that, and he wasn't the president, and he didn't have to sign that thing," Fetterman said. "So what I'm saying, wheres the leverage? Because ultimately, doesn't he have to sign off on any of it anyway?"

A far-left professor at the University of Chicago was arrested Friday and charged with violent felonies stemming from riots at an ICE facility in the suburbs of the city.Associate Professor Eman Abdelhadi of the University of Chicago's Department of Comparative Human Development was arrested on Oct. 3 and charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a government employee, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of resisting/obstructing peace, a Class A misdemeanor, the Cook County Sheriff's Office confirmed Monday to Fox News Digital.Abdelhadi was released from custody after her initial appearance on Saturday.OVER A DOZEN ARRESTED AT ANTI-ICE PROTESTS IN CHICAGO SUBURBCourt records show her next scheduled hearing is Tuesday.A university spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that Abdelhadi is an associate professor at the school.Left-wing agitators have been rallying outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, for weeks. Rioters have blocked ICE vehicles from exiting the facilities, and have been involved in a slew of violent confrontations with police, leading to more than a dozen arrests.Posts from Abdelhadi's X account show that she was at the rally on Friday. In her last post at 8:52 a.m., she took a photo of a line of Illinois State Police officers, and accused the state of "enforcing Trumps agenda of terrorizing our community with abductions."She has not posted since.A day before her arrest, she appeared on a podcast called "Movement Memos," which is affiliated with the far-left publication Truthout. During that interview, she recalled her previous experiences at the riots at the Broadview facility.DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE THROWN TO GROUND DURING CHAOTIC ANTI-ICE PROTEST"These people are terrorizing our communities and theyre setting up shop," she said, referring to federal immigration officials. "I mean, in Broadview, ICE has been setting up shop in our backyard. Just brazenly taking up community resources to terrorize this very same community. And so it felt really important to join protesters out there to say, not in our city, not in our name, not in our backyard."She later expressed her frustration at centrist liberals."Theres no center left," she said. "Youre either resisting or youre complicit."Abdelhadi made headlines earlier this year when she cursed out her employer at a July conference called Socialism 2025."F--- the University of Chicago, its evil, you know its a colonial landlord. Like, why would I put any of my political energy into this space? I kind of had a little bit of disdain for people who spent their time doing that," she said.However, she reasoned that teaching there was her only chance to have any power."Turns out, I work at one of the biggest employers in the city of Chicago. I work at a place that is a landlord, a healthcare provider, a police force, f--- that s---, but, they are, and a place where I have access to thousands of people that I could potentially organize actually, this is where I need to build power. Thats possible structural leverage," she said.Socialism 2025 described itself as a "a four-day conference bringing together thousands of socialists and radical activists from around the country to take part in discussions about social movements, abolition, Marxism, decolonization, working-class history, and the debates and strategies for organizing today."ANTI-ISRAEL PROFESSOR CURSES OUT EMPLOYER UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, SAYS SHE TEACHES TO BUILD POWERThe professor spoke on a panel called "Revolutionary Accompaniment: Holding Each Other When Things Fall Apart."According to the Truthout interview, she also organizes with Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago, and has referred to the war in Gaza as a "genocide.""This is a painful lesson that a lot of us in the Palestine solidarity movement have been learning is that we dont have power what we dont have is power the question Im asking myself, and Im asking you to ask yourself, is where can I actually build power?" she said at Socialism 2025.Much of her X feed consists of resharing posts that are critical of Israel, but she shares some posts of her own."Do you see that fight for Palestine is the fight for the whole world? A world where no one is disposable, where no one is disappearednot by ICE or the IDF, where the will of the people of the world matters more than the will of profit and empire. Do you see it?" she recently wrote.Abdelhadi did not return a request for comment.Fox News' David Spector contributed to this report.

Nicole Kidman debuted a new look at fashion week following the news of her recent split from husband Keith Urban.The 58-year-old Australian actress posed for photos with her daughters, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, in a rare public appearance together at the Chanel fashion show during Paris Fashion Week.Kidman looked casual in a white collared button-down shirt, which she styled with loose-fitting jeans. Her older daughter, Sunday, 17, wore a red vest, which she also paired with loose-fitting jeans, while her younger daughter, Faith, 14, wore a black mini dress with a denim jacket.Her outfit wasn't the only thing that turned heads as she posed for photos. The actress changed up her hairstyle, wearing bangs similar to her character in "Big Little Lies."NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN END MARRIAGE AS ACTRESS EXPERIENCES MAJOR CAREER COMEBACK: EXPERTThe Academy Award-winning actress stepped out for the first time since news of her split from Australian country music superstar, Urban, was announced on Saturday at the amfAR Dallas Gala.She posed for photos on the red carpet at the event in a long black dress and a diamond necklace, and wore her hair down with a center part.News of her split with Urban, following 19 years of marriage, broke on Sept. 29, with Kidman filing for divorce just one day later on Sept. 30, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.According to the court documents, Kidman cited "irreconcilable differences" and ongoing "marital difficulties," as the reason for the split and listed Sept. 30 as the couples date of separation.While fans were shocked by the news of their separation, sources close to the couple shared it was "inevitable."It "really hasnt been a secret," a source told People, adding they "have been living separately for a while now.""People close to Keith felt like the split was kind of inevitable," the source claimed.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe former couple met in 2005 and were married a year later in June 2006. They were last seen in public together at the FIFA Club World Cup match in Nashville in June.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERFox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez and Tracy Wright contributed to this report.