The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the authority of judges to block infrastructure projects due to environmental concerns.The nine justices handed down the lone decision Thursday morning, slightly curbing judicial authority at a time when President Donald Trump's administration is loudly complaining about alleged judicial overreach. The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, relates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the requirement for environmental impact statements (EIS) in infrastructure projects supported by the federal government."NEPA does not allow courts, under the guise of judicial review of agency compliance with NEPA, to delay or block agency projects based on the environmental effects of other projects separate from the project at hand," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the opinion of the court."Courts should afford substantial deference and should not micromanage those agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness," the opinion continued.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW EL SALVADOR DEPORTATION FLIGHT CASEKavanaugh went on to state that agencies should not be expected to consider the environmental impact of any project aside from the one they are currently working on, "even if" the environmental impacts "might extend outside the geographical territory of the project or materialize later in time.""The fact that the project might foreseeably lead to the construction or increased use of a separate project does not mean the agency must consider that separate projects environmental effects," the court ruled.Thursday's decision was an 8-0 ruling, with Justice Neil Gorsuch taking no part in the consideration of the case. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett joined with Kavanaugh's opinion.Meanwhile, Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a separate concurring opinion, onto which joined Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.Trump, having a history in major construction projects, has repeatedly complained about environmental impact statements and the roadblocks they can cause.NUMBER OF INJUNCTIONS HALTING TRUMP POLICIES TROUNCES PREDECESSORS BY DOUBLERepublicans have also widely criticized what they see as judicial overreach in federal judges unilaterally blocking major aspects of Trump's agenda."Universal injunctions are an unconstitutional abuse of judicial power," Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News Digital earlier this month."Just this past week, a D.C. district judge issued a universal injunction blocking the presidents executive order requiring voter ID or proof-of-citizenship prior to voting in national election," he continued. "Judges are not policymakers."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Supreme Court is considering the wide use of universal injunctions in a separate case that will be handed down in the coming weeks.

A federal judge in Boston said Thursday that she plans to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's certification to host foreign students.Judge Allison D. Burroughs who was appointed by former President Barack Obama already granted Harvard University a temporary restraining order last week, preventing the government from revoking the Ivy League school's certification in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program. The program permits the university to host international students with F-1 or J-1 visas to study in the U.S.At Thursday's hearing, Burroughs said the block on the Trump administration would stand for now.In its lawsuit, Harvard said the revocation would impact more than 7,000 visa holders more than a quarter of its student body.Lawyers representing Harvard said in Thursdays hearing that international students are "terrified" and are "facing real harm in real time."This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson is running for the U.S. Senate, as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., seeks the governorship in the Yellowhammer State.Tuberville, who has served in the U.S. Senate since early 2021, announced a gubernatorial bid this week, leaving Alabama's 2026 U.S. Senate race wide open since there will not be an incumbent in that contest."President Trump needs fighters, not career politicians. Im a former Navy SEAL, not a swamp insider and Im running for U.S. Senate in Alabama to help secure the border, crush the woke agenda, and defend our Christian values," Hudson noted in a post on X.RED STATE OFFICIAL RECOUNTS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING DEBANKED AND WHY IT HAS TO BE STOPPEDHouse Freedom Caucus member Rep. Eli Crane spoke highly of Hudson when sharing the candidate's post on X."Really glad to see men like Jared jumping into one of the toughest fights on earth. I served with Jared at Team 3. He is a very good man, who loves the Lord and his family," the congressman said in a post.TRUMP ALLY TUBERVILLE ANNOUNCES RUN FOR ALABAMA GOVERNOR"Eli Crane is a friend & God-fearing patriot," Hudson posted in response to Crane's comments. "We need more warriors like him in Congress representatives who dont quit & serve the people, not the Swamp. Thats why Im running. Ill provide reinforcements for Eli & Pres. Trump in the fight to Make America Great Again!"Hudson and his wife founded the nonprofit organization Covenant Rescue Group, according to the group's website.TRUMP TELLS UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATES NOT TO BE A VICTIM, SAYS IN AMERICA WE REJECT THAT IDEA"They saw a lack of skills and funding to properly rescue victims and arrest criminals involved in human trafficking and child exploitation," the site notes. "Sharing a passion for children who fall victim to these crimes globally, they decided to become active. They organized their passion, training, and expertise to bring this wicked organized enterprise to an end."

Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin called out her own party on Wednesday for spending years claiming the economy wasnt bad under the Biden administration.Though she defended voting in favor of many of former President Joe Bidens economic policies as a congresswoman, Slotkin told the New York Times "The Opinions" podcast that Democrats largely fumbled by ignoring people's struggles."So we did pass a bunch of things, but we also spent a good year plus after the pandemic explaining to people that the economy was not as bad as they thought," Slotkin said. "Saying things like: This Harvard economist says that G.D.P. is the highest, bah, bah, bah."DEM SENATOR SAYS ITS NO SECRET TO ANYONE THAT TRUMP HAS PARTY ON ITS HEELSShe remarked, "I was going to punch someone if they quoted me one more Harvard economist when I could tell you with certainty that in my part of the world, peoples wages were not keeping pace with inflation. Period."Slotkin went on to say that the Democratic Party made voters feel "stupid" by ignoring their issues because the economy looked good "on a piece of paper in a spreadsheet in Boston.""That was annoying and was our fault," she said.Slotkin, who was elected to the Senate last year, rose to national prominence after giving the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's congressional address in March. Since then, she has been equally critical of her own party for its focus on identity politics.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREIn April, Politico previewed a speech she gave in Lansing where she called on the Democratic Party to "f---ing retake the flag" and stop being "weak and woke."Though that report got attention, Slotkin clarified to the New York Times that the words "weak" and "woke" were not from her but from focus groups describing the Democratic Party.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Just to correct the record, the weak and woke were the two words when there were focus groups done in Michigan in February. The two most common words to describe the Democratic Party in Michigan were weak and woke. So just to be accurate, that wasnt me who said those two words. It was me repeating what the perception is of the party," Slotkin said.

Smokey Robinson has filed a $500 million cross-complaint against four anonymous former employees who accused him of sexual assault, sexual misconduct and false imprisonment in a $50 million lawsuit they filed earlier this month.In court documents filed Wednesday in LA Superior Court and obtained by Fox News Digital, the 85-year-old singer and his wife Frances sued the four Jane Does and their legal representatives for slander, financial elder abuse, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, civil conspiracy and other claims.The lawsuit alleges that the accusations made by women against Robinson were "fabricated in support of their extortionate scheme." The documents further stated that "Mr. and Ms. Robinson did not view, or treat, people in their employ as just employees. They treated them as extended family."SMOKEY ROBINSON ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BY FORMER HOUSEKEEPERS IN $50M LAWSUITAccording to the cross-complaint, the Robinsons had vacationed with the accusers, exchanged gifts and celebrated holidays and birthdays together. The lawsuit stated that "Plaintiffs asked for and accepted help from the Robinsons, including several thousands of dollars, monetary support for members of at least one Plaintiffs family, clothes, dental surgery, and even a car."The documents claimed that the accusers had asked for and received concert tickets to the Motown legend's concerts for themselves and their families. The lawsuit included displays of text messages that were allegedly sent by the accusers to the Robinsons. The texts featured birthday wishes, expressions of love and an invitation to a son's graduation. "The Robinsons did not abuse, harm, or take advantage of Plaintiffs; they treated Plaintiffs with the utmost kindness and generosity," the lawsuit stated. "Unfortunately, the depths of Plaintiffs avarice and greed knows no bounds."The lawsuit alleges that the accusers, with the assistance of their law firm Harris & Hayden, had initially sought $100 million from the Robinsons prior to filing their lawsuit. After the accusers' demands were not met, they filed the lawsuit and "created a media circus and made a public spectacle of themselves," the lawsuit stated.The documents referenced a press conference that was given by the accusers' attorneys on May 6 and attended by three of the four Jane Does."With the assistance of their legal counsel, they paraded themselves in front of the media, wearing sunglasses and face masks for full dramatic effect," the lawsuit read. "Their counsel, John Harris, with no firsthand knowledge and without reference to the Complaint they had filed, went on to claim publicly that Mr. Robinson was a 'serial and sick rapist' and a 'serial assaulter.'""Plaintiffs are hiding their identities, hoping to convince the general public of a half story," the lawsuit alleged.The Robinsons' team claimed that one accuser "took Ms. Robinsons cell phone and deleted all their text exchanges, photos, and identifying information."The lawsuit also suggested that the accusers could have potentially stolen from the musician and his wife during their employment."Doe Plaintiffs had the ideal access to take advantage of the Robinsons," the documents read. "As a result of their roles as household staff, they had particular knowledge of where the Robinsons valuables were kept, including a hidden safe and gold Krugerrands. That safe and the valuables it contained and several gold Kruggerands were later stolen by someone who knew precisely where they were located. The Robinsons reported the theft to the police."Additionally, the Robinsons' lawyers state that Frances had discovered that she was missing financial records, including bank statements, and noted "at least one Plaintiff had access to and knew exactly where these records were kept."The cross-complaint argued that the accusers "said nothing about the Robinsons that would suggest any abuse or harm.""At least one Plaintiff left the employment of the Robinsons and returned, undercutting their claims that Plaintiffs were too afraid to report any alleged abuse," the documents stated.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSIn addition to the cross complaint, the Robinsons' lawyers filed a separate motion on Wednesday to have the accusers' lawsuit dismissed, arguing that it violated the California Code of Civic Procedure because it was filed under fictitious names.Fox News Digital has reached out to the accusers' attorneys at Harris & Hayden of Los Angeles for comment.In the lawsuit against Robison, which was filed on May 6, the accusers identified themselves as four former housekeepers who worked at his Chatsworth home between 2006 and 2024. The women alleged that the singer repeatedly assaulted and raped them during their employment.Frances, Robinson's wife of 25 years, was also accused of perpetuating a "hostile work environment."The accusers claimed Frances "failed to take the appropriate corrective action to prevent Defendant Smokey Robinsons deviant misconduct" despite having "full knowledge of his prior acts of sexual misconduct, having settled cases with other women that suffered and experienced similar sexual assaults perpetuated by him."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERJane Doe 1 worked for the singer from January 2023 through February 2024 but was forced to resign due to his "repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment against her," the suit states.She claimed Robinson sexually assaulted her "at least 7 times" while she was employed by the family. She was unwilling to report the incidents due to "her fear of losing her livelihood, familial reprisal, public embarrassment, shame and humiliation to her and her family, the possible adverse effect on her immigration status, as well as being threatened and intimidated by Defendant Smokey Robinsons well-recognized celebrity status and his influential friends and associates," documents stated.Jane Doe 2 (JD2) claimed sexual assaults began in 2016 when the "Tracks of My Tears" singer would send text messages for JD2 to meet him in areas of the Chatsworth home where closed-circuit cameras were not located. Upon arrival, she claimed he would "proceed to rape her."JD2 also claimed Robinson assaulted her at least 23 times and would "threaten her that if she refused to have sex with him, he would make Defendant Frances Robinson be mean to her," the lawsuit states.Jane Doe 3 (JD3) alleged Robinson repeatedly raped her during "most of her entire employment with Defendants," which began in February 2012 and ended with her forced resignation in April 2024.She claimed Robinson "repeatedly raped" her at least 20 times, and, on one occasion, when she resisted his advances, Robinson allegedly offered JD3 "$500 to allow him to orally copulate her, an offer she refused," according to documents.Jane Doe 4 worked as a housekeeper and served as Frances' personal assistant, cook and hairdresser, beginning in October 2006. She claimed Smokey first sexually assaulted her the following year at his Las Vegas home.In addition to sexual battery and assault, the four women sued for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, gender violence and a number of labor code violations.On May 15, a representative for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that it had opened an investigation into the allegations against Robinson. No charges have yet been filed.Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.

Indianapolis Colts great and current wide receivers coach Reggie Wayne fought back tears during the teams first media availability on Wednesday following the death of longtime owner Jim Irsay.It was an emotional moment for Wayne, a six-time Pro Bowler and a member of the ColtsSuper Bowl XLI winning team, as he spoke about his relationship with Irsay, who passed away in his sleep last week at age 65."Its like losing a family member. There were times that I felt like [Irsay] treated me like I was one of his sons even though he didnt have any," Wayne managed a smile as he spoke to reporters.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"When you lose something like that, it definitely shocks the soul."Irsay famously began his football career as a ball boy when his father first purchased the team in 1972 when the Colts still played in Baltimore. He slowly moved up the ranks and became the youngest team owner at 37 when he took over for his father following his death in 1997."He had the biggest heart in the city. I think we all know how caring he was, how easy he was as far as giving I think he was definitely the heart of this city," Wayne continued.Wayne played his entire 14-year career with the Colts after being drafted out of theUniversity of Miami with the 30th overall pick in 2001. He led the league in receiving yards in 2007, was three-time All-Pro and ranks second in franchise history for most receiving records behind Marvin Harrison. He returned to the Colts in 2022 as an assistant coach.PEYTON MANNING, PAT MCAFEE, OTHER SPORTS STARS MOURN COLTS OWNER JIM IRSAY AFTER DEATH AT 65While reminiscing about his time with Irsay, Wayne struggled to explain the message he shared with receivers after learning about Irsays passing."I told the receivers, I said, A lot of yall dont really know him but he would've done anything for anybody. He would've gave the clothes off his back," he said tearfully."He cared about his players. He cared about his team. He cared about the city. And it wasnt just the players, he cared about the people in the building. He was that dude. And I told them, I said straight up Man, yall dont really know him but y'all got to push your ass for him. Because he would've done that for y'all. So, that's what I told them. I said, 'Y'all got homework to do, man. Read about him. Learn about him. So that you really know the type of person he was.'"Irsay battled health and addiction issues in his life. Despite his struggles, he restored glory to the franchise and left an everlasting impact on the organization.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Nearly two years after passengers screamed while sparks flew down a runway during the landing of an Alaska Airlines flight, the cause has been revealed.A final report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released on Tuesday points to "incorrect" maintenance work.The flight, which departed from Seattle, Washington, made a hard touchdown in Santa Ana, Calif., during Tropical Storm Hilary after the left main landing gear collapsed on touchdown.Video recorded by a passenger captured the plane slamming into the ground at high speed. Sparks were seen flying as the plane appeared to drag its left wing along the tarmac.ALASKA AIRLINES PASSENGERS SCREAM AS PLANE MAKES HARD LANDING AMID TROPICAL STORM HILARY: 'SPARKS OUTSIDE'Investigators revealed that the incident was caused by a "fatigue crack" of a metal trunnion pin, which is part of the left landing gear. The fracture formed from excessive grinding during a 2018 maintenance overhaul, which introduced heat damage to the metal. While the crack was initially not visible, it grew over time and ultimately "caused the pin to fracture during landing," the NTSB report said."Results of this examination and previous NTSB investigations demonstrate that even relatively mild heat exposure from grinding and/or machining during overhaul can lead to cracking, which can lead to fatigue crack growth and failed landing gear components, as occurred in this accident," the report stated.DELTA PLANE'S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TORONTO CRASH-LANDING, INVESTIGATORS SAYThe report added that the pin had endured more than 4,000 landing cycles since undergoing the 2018 maintenance work. The crack itself had likely been present for approximately 800 landing cycles, the NTSB found.Although the aircraft sustained substantial damage from the hard landing, all 112 passengers and crew members were able to deplane safely and without injury.Alaska Airlines previously said,"our focus is taking care of our guests who were on board, including retrieving their checked bags.""We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate their patience during this situation."Alaska Airlines did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.Fox News' Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.

The deadly shooting outside Washington, D.C.s Capital Jewish Museum has added to an ongoing conversation about antisemitism after Hamas brutal Oct. 7 massacre. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were killed when leaving an event at the museum hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC). The suspected shooter, Elias Rodriguez, has since been charged with their murders.Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., is one of only four Jewish Republicans serving in Congress, placing him in a unique position when it comes to assessing antisemitism in America and how it has been politicized.ADL URGES AMERICANS TO FIGHT HATE AFTER DEADLY SHOOTING IN DC"We know that antisemitism has been around for a very long time, and obviously, after October 7, 2023, it came to the forefront. It came out as strongly as it did, in part because colleges and universities allowed some pro-Palestinian and frankly some pro-Hamas protesters to preach hate and antisemitismand they didnt do anything to stop it," Kustoff told Fox News Digital.The Tennessee congressman condemned the shooting in D.C., calling it "a horrific act of antisemitic terrorism.""Antisemitic violence has no place in our society. We must remain united in calling out and confronting this rising tide of hate," Kustoff wrote in a post on X.Kustoff said that in his district, which he described as "strongly Republican, strongly pro-Trump," there arent many Jewish people. In fact, according to World Population Review, just under 30,000 Jews live in Tennessee, which has more than 7.3 million residents. Despite the small Jewish population, Kustoff told Fox News Digital that people in his district are "very supportive of Israel, very supportive of the U.S.s relationship with Israel, and they love the Jewish people."However, Kustoff also said that Jewish people in his district have "real concerns about going to synagogue." Jewish institutions and community centers have had "to go above and beyond" in terms of security, according to Kustoff.WITNESS RECOUNTS CHILLING MOMENT DC JEWISH MUSEUM SHOOTER CONFESSED 'I DID THIS FOR GAZA'The congressman spoke about an incident in 2023 when a man opened fire outside the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South. The suspect was later identified as Joel Alejandro Bowman, who faces several charges, including attempted second-degree murder.Kustoff sees the issue of combating antisemitism as one that has received bipartisan support in Congress. He praised Democrats like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill. who are Jewish for their support of Israel and its relationship with the U.S., calling them "true leaders." Kustoff also noted that, while they are not Jewish, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., have been vocal about their support for Israel.While Kustoff praised colleagues on both sides of the aisle, he also criticized members of Congress who have made "incendiary" remarks about Israel, saying such rhetoric "in effect helps to breed antisemitism."Kustoff spoke to Fox News Digital shortly after a video of outspoken Israel critic Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., refusing to condemn the murders of Lischinsky and Milgrim went viral. When asked about the incident, Kustoff said that "We get asked easy questions and difficult questions all the time as members of Congress. That was clearly an easy question to answer, and her constituents can make their own decisions."As chairman of the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group, Kustoff has had a close-up view of U.S.-Israel relations. He recalled his July 2024 trip to Israel, where he toured the site of the Nova Music Festival and a kibbutz that was attacked on Oct. 7, and met with Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."[Netanyahu] told me that he knows that the American people are still very supportive of Israel and the Israeli people know that," Kustoff told Fox News Digital. "We talked about the instances on college campuses. In closing, his feeling was that a number of these students probably couldn't look at a map and know where Israel is located."

The Louisiana rapper who was pardoned by President Donald Trumponce said "F--- Donald Trump" in a 2017 song.NBA YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, has been thanking Trump for the reprieve, writing in a recent Instagram post that the president is "giving me the opportunity to keep building -- as a man, as a father, and as an artist."However, in his song "Red Rum," the 25-year-old Gaulden once rapped "And f--- Donald Trump b----, that NBA s---."Pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson was asked about the remark during an appearance on "Fox & Friends" earlier this morning.RAPPER THANKS TRUMP FOR PARDON ON GUN CONVICTION"So a couple of rappers have come out or lets say one in particular -- YoungBoy. One of his lyrics in 2017 that he put out is "F Donald Trump" and some more disparaging things to say. He had a violent past of assault and battery. Multiple cases of that, andfirearm, drug and fraud charges. What sold you on him getting a second chance?" co-host Brian Kilmeade asked her."I looked at the age and how this young man grew up. He grew up in a very impoverished neighborhood. And the things that he had to face, NBA YoungBoy growing up. Most of those were gun charges without the guns being discharged," she said."But I also looked at what happened to him on a set where he was filming a video and he had a prop in the set. Thats really where this came from. He didnt come out of prison. He was given a pardon so he could have a new beginning. And the officers who in this particular case they came at him as though he was a terrorist and he was on a set, filming for a video. They gave him a gun charge for that... the officers who did this were all investigated and fired. So I look at the elements of what happened to this young man," Johnson added.Last year, Gaulden was sentenced by a federal judge in Utah after he acknowledged possessing weapons despite being a convicted felon. However, he reached an agreement that resolved Utah state charges against him and settled two sets of federal charges against him -- one carried a 23-month sentence and the other ordered five years of probation and a $200,000 fine. TRUMP PARDONS EX-CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ROWLAND AND COMMUTES CHICAGO GANG LEADER HOOVER'S SENTENCE "I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and for giving me the opportunity to keep building -- as a man, as a father, and as an artist," Gaulden, whose stage moniker stands for "Never Broke Again," wrote on his Instagram. "This moment means a lot." "It opens the door to a future Ive worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this," Gaulden added. Gaulden was released from federal prison in March and sent to home confinement after receiving credit for time served, his attorney Drew Findling told the Associated Press. With home confinement finished last month, the pardon means he won't have to follow the terms of his probation, including drug testing, he said.The rapper has acknowledged that he possessed a Glock 21 .45-caliber pistol and a Masterpiece Arms MPA30T 9mm handgun while filming a rap video in Baton Rouge. He has also said he had a Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic pistol at his home in Huntsville, Utah. He had agreed to give up the guns. Gaulden had previously been convicted in Louisiana of aggravated assault with a firearm. He had also pleaded guilty in November to his role in a prescription drug fraud ring that operated out of his home in Utah. He had to pay a $25,000 fine and was given no prison time.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Only a single member of former President Joe Biden's cabinet responded to a massive outreach effort from Fox News Digital asking if the more than two dozen cabinet-level officials stood by previous remarks that Biden was mentally and physically fit to serve as president.And even that lone statement, from former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, skirted addressing head-on whether he had witnessed instances of Biden's now widely acknowledged cognitive issues."I met with President Biden when needed to make important decisions and to execute with my team at HHS," Becerra said. "Its clear the President was getting older, but he made the mission clear: run the largest health agency in the world, expand care to millions more Americans than ever before, negotiate down the cost of prescription drugs, and pull us out of a world-wide pandemic. And we delivered."Roughly four months after Biden's Oval Office exit, a handful of political books detailing the 2024 campaign and Biden administration have hit store shelves and are painting a bleak picture of Biden's health. Adding fuel to the fire, audio recordings of Biden's October 2023 interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur showed the former president tripping over his words, slurring sentences, taking long pauses between answers and struggling to remember key moments in his life, including the year his son Beau died of cancer.BIDEN'S WOES CONVERGE: LAST-MINUTE PARDONS UNDER FIRE, CALLS FOR PROSECUTION MOUNT FOLLOWING HUR TAPE RELEASEFox News Digital has written extensively dating back to the 2020 presidential campaign about Biden's cognitive decline and his inner circles role in covering it up.BIDENS CABINET OFFICIALS STAND BY STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT AS TERM DRAWS TO A CLOSEBecerra's statement stood in marked contrast to the silence emanating from the rest of his former colleagues. Fox News Digital reached out to 26 Biden administration officials with cabinet-level positions from former Vice President Kamala Harris to former Chief of Staff Jeff Zients asking whether they still believe that Biden was fit to serve as president, or whether they've had a change of heart amid the cascade of damning evidence and anecdotes portraying a mental decline.If a majority of those cabinet-level officials believed Biden to be unable to perform his duties, they could have attempted to remove him from office through the 25th Amendment. Instead, those officials repeatedly said at the time that Biden was competent and in command.That talking point hasn't abated among the former officials.Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighed in on Biden's presidential health earlier in May during a town hall with veterans and military families in Iowa.When asked during the event whether Biden experienced cognitive decline, Buttigieg told reporters that "every time I needed something from him from the West Wing, I got it.""The time I worked closest with him in his final year was around the Baltimore bridge collapse," he added. "And what I can tell you is that the same president the world saw addressing that was the president I was in the Oval with, insisting that we do a good job, do right by Baltimore. And that was characteristic of my experience with him."Buttigieg did not elaborate when responding to a separate inquiry from Fox News Digital.Biden's office recently revealed that the former president was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer that had metastasized and was undergoing treatment.The diagnosis sparked an outpouring of well-wishes from political leaders across both aisles, and shock from some doctors who said such cancer should have been caught before it advanced and metastasized.None of Biden's annual physical health reports as president tested for prostate cancer, Fox News Digital previously reported, with a representative confirming Biden's last-known prostate blood test was conducted in 2014.The 2024 presidential debate between Biden and President Donald Trump opened the floodgates of criticism surrounding Biden's mental acuity after the 46th president's poor performance, which included Biden losing his train of thought and stumbling over his words.CRITICISMS MOUNT THAT BIDEN IS A 'SHADOW' OF HIMSELF AFTER DISASTROUS DEBATE: 'NOT THE SAME MAN' FROM VP ERAConcerns over Biden's mental acuity had simmered for years among conservatives, but it wasn't until the June 2024 presidential debate that traditional Democrat allies and media outlets began questioning Biden's health and openly called for him to drop out of the race.Despite mounting concerns, members of Biden's cabinet vowed he was of sound health and mind.Then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement in September 2024, for example, that he has"full confidence in President Bidens ability to carry out his job."BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE MAN THAT WAS TOO OLD, SAYS BYRON YORK"As Ive said before, I come fully prepared for my meetings with President Biden, knowing his questions will be detail-oriented, probing, and exacting," he said. "In our exchanges, the President always draws upon our prior conversations and past events in analyzing the issues and reaching his conclusions."Conservatives in 2024 floated calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Biden, which would have required Harris and the majority of the cabinet to declare him unfit to lead. Harris and the cabinet did not take such steps during the administration, and instead defended his health.BIDEN'S PRESIDENTIAL HEALTH REPORTS SHOWED NO SIGN OF RECENTLY REVEALED AGGRESSIVE CANCERIn July 2024, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo called Biden "one of the most accomplished presidents in American history and continues to effectively lead our country with a steady hand.""As someone who is actually in the room when the President meets with the cabinet and foreign leaders, I can tell you he is an incisive and extraordinary leader," Raimondo said at the time.Since Biden's exit from the White House in January, political journalists have published a handful of books arguing that, behind the scenes of the administration, staffers were concerned about Biden's health."Biden's physical deterioration most apparent in his halting walk had become so severe that there were internal discussions about putting the president in a wheelchair, but they couldn't do so until after the election," according to a new book written by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.""Given Biden's age, (his physician Kevin O'Connor) also privately said that if he had another bad fall, a wheelchair might be necessary for what could be a difficult recovery," the authors wrote.While another newly released book by longtime D.C. reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, "Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," investigated Biden's mental decline in the lead-up to the general election, calling him a "shell of himself.""All of them," Parnes told Vanity Fair in April of who in Biden's inner circle was most to blame for covering up his mental decline when he was in office."Its pretty remarkable how they kept him very closed off," Parnes said. "He was a shell of himself. When he entered the White House, he was so, so different from the man who I covered as vice president, a guy who would hold court in the Naval Observatory with reporters until the wee hours."HUNTER BIDEN PARDON: MEDIA TAKES LATEST BLOW TO CREDIBILITY WITH BOTCHED COVERAGE OF BROKEN PROMISE"Wed been watching Bidens decline for a long period of time and, honestly, thought he had lost his fastball some when he was running in 2020," Allen added of Biden's mental decline. "And it was still so shocking to see the leader of the free world so bereft of coherent thought."Earlier in May, hours of Biden's October 2023 interview with Hur's office were released to the public and underscored the president's apparent mental decline from his days as a senator from Delaware.Hur led an investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents after Biden's departure as vice president during the Obama administration. The then-special counsel announced in February 2024 he would not recommend criminal charges against Biden for possessing classified materials after his vice presidency, saying Biden is "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."Hur came under fire from Biden, Harris and other Democrats in 2024 for suggesting in the report that Biden could not remember when his son Beau died. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015.In February 2024, following the release of the report, Biden shot back at Hur: "Theres some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events. Theres even a reference that I dont remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that?"BIDEN STRUGGLES WITH WORDS, KEY MEMORIES IN LEAKED AUDIO FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR INTERVIEWHarris called the report "gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate."The recently released audio recordings show it was Biden who brought up his son and could not remember when Beau died."So, during this time when you were living at Chain Bridge Road and there were documents relating to the Penn Biden Center, or the Biden Institute, or the Cancer Moonshot or your book, where did you keep papers that related to those things that you were actively working on?" Hur asked Biden in the interview."Well, um I, I, I, I, I don't know. This is, what, 2017, 2018, that area?" Biden responded."Yes, sir," Hur said."Remember, in this timeframe, my son is either been deployed or is dying, and, and so it was and by the way, there were still a lot of people at the time when I got out of the Senate that were encouraging me to run in this period, except the president," Biden continued. "I'm not and not a mean thing to say. He just thought that she (Hillary Clinton) had a better shot of winning the presidency than I did. And so I hadn't, I hadn't, at this point even though I'm at Penn, I hadn't walked away from the idea that I may run for office again. But if I ran again, I'd be running for president. And, and so what was happening, though what month did Beau die? Oh, God, May 30th."Others present during the interview responded that Beau Biden died in 2015.Trump has called an alleged cover-up of Biden's health a "scandal" and has argued that White House staffers were controlling the administration through the use of an autopen.WHAT IS AN AUTOPEN? THE SIGNING DEVICE AT THE HEART OF TRUMP'S ATTACKS ON BIDEN PARDONSAutopen signatures are automatically produced by a machine, as opposed to an authentic, handwritten signature. The conservative Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project first investigated the Biden administration's use of an autopen earlier in 2025 and found that the same signature was on a bevvy of executive orders and other official documents, while Bidens signature on the document announcing his departure from the 2024 race varied from the apparent machine-produced signature.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Whoever had control of the 'AUTOPEN' is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment," Trump posted to Truth Social in May.