New York City Council candidate Ramses Frias and Elmhurst resident Guadalupe Alvarez join 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss the surge in crime seen in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., district and the lawmaker's avoidance of the issue.

The White House on Saturday released a study estimating that 8.2 to 9.2 million more Americans could be without health insurance as a result of an ensuing recession if President Donald Trumps "big, beautiful bill" on the budget does not pass.The finding comes from a White House Council of Economic Advisers memo titled, "Health Insurance Opportunity Cost if 2025 Proposed Budget Reconciliation Bill Does Not Pass."The research assumes that the U.S. had approximately 27 million uninsured people in 2025. If the budget bill does not pass, that could increase to approximately 36 million uninsured people, far closer to the approximately 50 million people who were uninsured before the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, in 2010, according to the memo.'FAILURE'S NOT AN OPTION': TRUMP BUDGET BILL WILL BE 'BIG' HELP FOR SENIORS, TOP HOUSE TAX-WRITER SAYSThe memo says the estimate is "based on the assumption that states which expanded Medicaid with relatively generous eligibility will pull back to meet balanced budget requirements and try to provide more unemployment support during a severe recession." It also qualifies its conclusions by saying the analysis assumes "no policy countermeasures," which the White House describes as a "very unlikely but plausible worse case" scenario.The White House projects that the expiration of the 2017 Trump tax cuts in 2026 and other shocks would trigger a "moderate to severe recession." The economic advisers report that a "major recession" would result in reduced consumer spending as a result of higher individual taxes, lower small business investment and hiring as a result higher pass-through individual taxes, global confidence shock including concerns about U.S. competitiveness, and dollar deflation tightening credit and pushing real interest rates higher.GOP REBEL MUTINY THREATENS TO DERAIL TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' BEFORE KEY COMMITTEE HURDLEAccording to the advisers' "upper bound" estimate of the impact of not extending the Trump tax cuts, U.S. GDP could contract by approximately 4% over two years similar to the 2008 recession. Unemployment could increase by four percentage points, resulting in approximately 6.5 million job losses. Of those 6.5 million job losses, 60% had employer-sponsored insurance, so the White House projects approximately 3.9 million people would lose coverage and become uninsured as a result.The memo also anticipates a loss of individual and marketplace coverage, as those already without employer-sponsored insurance are no longer able to afford to purchase insurance themselves. The White House expects a 15% drop from approximately 22 million enrolled in 2026 to approximately 3.3 million losing coverage.Without the passage of the "big, beautiful bill," Medicaid and ACA subsidized plan enrollment could experience 10% enrollment frictions, resulting in approximately 500,000 to 1 million people losing or failing to gain coverage, the memo states. The expiration of the 2017 Trump tax cuts would disproportionately affect non-citizens, gig workers and early retirees, according to the White House. The advisers assess that individuals in those working classes without employer-sponsored insurance would no longer be able to afford coverage as a result of a recession, leading to 500,000 to 1 million insurance losses among "vulnerable segments."House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is laboring to get the "One Big Beautiful Act" through the House by a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline despite divisions among Republicans, who maintain control of the lower chamber by a razor-thin margin.The 1,116-page bill includes more than $5 trillion in tax cuts, costs that are partially offset by spending cuts elsewhere and other changes in the tax code, and would make permanent the tax cuts from Trump's first term.It alsorealizes many of Trumps campaign promises, including temporarily ending taxes on overtime and tips for many workers, creating a new $10,000 tax break on auto loan interest for American-made cars, and even creating a new tax-free "MAGA account" that would contribute $1,000 to children born in his second term.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

FIRST ON FOX A legal group closely aligned with President Donald Trump is joining a federal court battle in Washington, D.C., to overturn a Carter-era consent decree that bars the government from using merit-based hiring, a resolution that, if overturned, would dissolve one of the most influential civil service decisions of the last 40 years.The America First Legal Foundation (AFL), a group aligned with Trump, has filed a federal complaint in Washington, D.C., that aims to dismantle what it calls a dated and illegal effort to promote diversity in federal hiring that sidelines more qualified candidates."America is missing out on top talent because of an illegal, 44-year-old consent decree," Nick Barry, senior counsel at AFL, told Fox News Digital. "We must move back to merit-based evaluations. Race and other immutable traits have no place in that process."JUDGE ON WARPATH PRESSES TRUMP DOJ ON ABREGO GARCIA DEPORTATION, ANSWERS LEAVE COURTROOM IN STUNNED SILENCEThe lawsuit targets the Luevano consent decree, an agreement that Black and Hispanic plaintiffs struck with the government under President Jimmy Carter in 1981. The settlement ended merit-based hiring practices for federal government agencies and required written tests to be replaced with alternative assessments.Critics of these alternative assessments, including AFL and the firm Boyden Gray, PLLC, which joined the complaint, argue they are clunky and outdated solutions that illegally promote an unfair system of race-based hiring."We must move back to merit-based evaluations," Barry added. "Race, color and other immutable characteristics have no place in that evaluation."The Office of Personnel Management had previously asked the court to end the Carter-era system, an effort that AFL and Boyden Gray now join, arguing it violates Supreme Court precedent."Being able to recruit the best and brightest to work in Washington returns dividends for the country by doing more with less," AFL Vice President Dan Epstein told Fox News Digital. "That is what all Americans deserve from their government."AFL's backing could bring new momentum to OPM's attempt to end these hiring practices in the federal government. But it's also likely to be met with a fair degree of criticism.Though efforts to end or replace the 40-year-old alternative assessment systems aren't exactly radical, the filing comes as the Trump administration continues to clash with government employees over agency budget cuts and workforce reductions.The case, if heard in court, could reignite debate across the country over race-conscious hiring practices.100 DAYS OF INJUNCTIONS, TRIALS AND 'TEFLON DON': TRUMP SECOND TERM MEETS ITS BIGGEST TESTS IN COURTAmerica First Legal, though not officially part of the Trump administration, was founded by longtime Trump advisor Stephen Miller, one of Trump's most vocal advocates for tougher immigration enforcement, dismantling DEI programs and ending affirmative action in public education. Miller stepped down from AFL before rejoining the White House in 2025.The effort also comes at a time when many federal agencies have struggled to cope with a massive loss of personnel and institutional knowledge due to funding cuts and other orders from DOGE, the quasi-government efficiency agency headed up by billionaire Elon Musk.Still, AFL sees its effort as supporting OPM and ending what it argues is a virtually "impossible" standard to create a broadly used merit-based civil service exam."Public service is a public trust," Epstein said. "Presidential administrations from both parties have long advocated ending unaccountable bureaucracies that fail to do a good turn for the American people."Neither OPM nor the White House immediately responded to Fox News's request for comment on the new court filing or on their views on the existing hiring practices.

If you can't beat them, eat them.That's become a slogan of sorts for the New England seafood industry and some of the fishermen who supply them, as they try to eradicate or at least control the population of one of the world's most invasive species: the green crab.These pesky creatures offer little meat but have a voracious appetite of their own, wreaking havoc on the shellfish industry and the ecosystem.NEW ENGLAND BARBECUE JOINT MAKES RADICAL MENU CHANGE AMID MAHA MOVEMENT"They're omnivores, so they eat everything, including a lot of our really important species and commercial species, like soft-shell clam," Adrienne Pappal, habitat and water quality program manager for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, told Fox News Digital.Green crabs have been in New England since the mid-to-late 1980s, making their way from Europe and West Africa via cargo ships.The crabs have broad environmental tolerances, Pappal said, so they can live anywhere from intertidal to subtidal areas, from 30 to 100 feet."They have a lot of ways to survive, and that's why they've been really successful," said Pappal. "They are so widespread in the environment and can have a lot of different impacts."Green crabs are hard on the shellfish industry in Massachusetts, according to Story Reed, deputy director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF).AMERICANS SHOULD EAT MORE OF THESE INVASIVE ANIMALS, SAY EXPERTS"On the North Shore, there are five towns that have done eradication programs that have been mostly funded through the state to pay fishermen to go out and try to eradicate these things," Reed told Fox News Digital."We've recently heard from towns in the Cape Cod area who are also interested in eradication programs because they're seeing impacts to their shellfish as well."Fisherman Jamie Bassett, of Chatham, Massachusetts, said he's seen that firsthand."We have an issue with green crab," he told Fox News Digital."A gravid female gravid meaning egg-bearing can, I believe, disperse up to 180,000 eggs into the water."Bassett said he frequently encounters hundreds of gravid females."The issue of green crab as an invasive species is not going to go away," he said.HOLIDAY MEANS OYSTER ROASTS IN THIS SOUTHERN STATE: 'BELOVED DELICACY'"One, because they reproduce so much. And two, because it's just not a sought-after species."Finding a market for green crabs is a challenge, he said."How many pounds of green crabs is a restaurant going to order from one of the seafood wholesalers in Boston?" he said."They're not too edible. It's not like you can pick through them like a lobster. You'll die of old age before you pick through a green crab for a thimble of it."But Sharon St. Ours, whose family has been in the seafood business for 45 years, is hoping to change that."When I learned how they were devastating the oyster population because of their numbers, I turned to my dad and said, 'We can do something about this problem,'" St. Ours told Fox News Digital. "We got some crabs and cooked them."As it turns out, they're "really delicious," she said.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"Their broth is a lot sweeter than any other crabs that I've used to make shellfish broth. It's a lot sweeter than lobster broth."St. Ours & Company officially debuted its crab broth powder, after three years in the making, at the Seafood Expo North America trade show in March. It was named a finalist in the food service category."It's not profitable yet and I have more to sell," she said."But I do have a lot of interest in it."For more Lifestyle articles, visitfoxnews.com/lifestyleThe broth was partially funded by the DMF's seafood marketing program."It was really neat to see it get that recognition at an international show and get to taste it," Reed said."I think it's the creativity, the willingness to try new species, both from [the] consumer's perspective and from chefs in the culinary world. It's great that people are trying these different things."

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Baseball legend Pete Rose accomplished in death what he could never manage in his lifetime reinstatement to Major League Baseball. Yet baseball "purists" are clutching their pearls, terrified that the bad man will now be admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.Theyre dead wrong. Time for Pete to enter Cooperstown, no matter what the baseball eggheads may be saying.For those too young to remember, Pete Rose is one of the greatest, most exciting athletes ever to pick up a glove. Rose remains baseballs all-time Hit King, with 4,256 base hits to his name, three World Series titles, 17 All-Star Game appearances and more hitting records than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at.In 1978, he tore off a National League record 44 consecutive game hitting streak. And for more than two decades, major league pitchers had nightmares about Pete Rose dancing off third base.PETE ROSE'S REINSTATEMENT HAS BASEBALL FANS IN UPROAR: 'WHAT A SHAME THEY WAITED UNTIL NOW'Rose was a man ahead of his time, in the sense that he was gambling long before Americas major sports, and our society as a whole, embraced the habit. Of course, Rose didnt simply log onto FanDuel and put 50 bucks on the Lakers. He bet on baseball games while managing his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds. Thats what got him booted in disgrace from the game.Its easy to understand why Rose got tossed. Baseball had been through cheating scandals before. The 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series at the behest of gamblers, as demonstrated in the book and movie "Eight Men Out." The 1918 World Series might also have been fixed.Protecting the integrity of the game was paramount to MLB commissioners and to the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as commissioner Rob Manford said, as he reinstated Rose, its hard to see what damage someone can do to the game from the grave.There are plenty of people who would love to see Roses exile continue forever. They say his actions took baseball down a slippery slope from which it will never recover. Oh, please. They overlook his greatness on the field and focus on his personal shortcomings, which admittedly were numerous.PETE ROSE'S DAUGHTER DISCUSSES MEETING WITH ROB MANFRED, REACTION TO FINDING OUT DAD'S BAN HAD BEEN LIFTEDBut the Baseball Hall of Fame does not exist to honor character. If it did, they would have to take down the plaques of Ty Cobb, a notorious racist and an all-around lousy human being, and countless other malefactors who could swing a bat or throw strikes.Roses choices did not affect the outcomes of games, unlike the later baseball players whose use of performance enhancing drugs boosted their statistics and transformed the standings. He only hurt himself.Back in 1973, when I was 15, I cut school to watch the Mets play the Reds in the National League Championship Series, a game marked by Pete Rose and Mets shortstop Buddy Harrelson getting into a violent confrontation that nearly resulted in a Mets forfeit.Mets manager Yogi Berra and legendary player Willie Mays actually walked out to left field to urge the fans in the stands to stop throwing liquor bottles and batteries at the players.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONYears later, I met Rose at the Las Vegas memorabilia store where he would sign a photo or a baseball for a fee. I told him that Id witnessed his scuffle with Harrelson."We lost," he snapped at me. "Why would I wanna hear about that game?"It took Rose decades to acknowledge the gambling, probably because he never really thought he did anything that bad. His unapologetic stance undoubtedly cost him reinstatement in baseball and admission to the Hall of Fame in his lifetime.Yet admitting Rose to the Hall of Fame now doesnt simply honor his memory. It celebrates his greatness in the memories of fans like me, and younger fans who study the history of the game.The Classic Baseball committee is not scheduled to meet until December 2027 to determine Roses fate. Heres hoping they get together on a Zoom call today, right now, and give Pete Rose his due.That man was a Hall of Famer from the time he first put on a Reds uniform. He went to his death without forgiveness or vindication. Thats an error in the scorebooks if I ever saw one. Its time to put the Hit King where he belongs. On a plaque in Cooperstown, with the rest of the immortals. And the pearl clutching sports "experts" can take a hike.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MICHAEL LEVIN

Baseball legend Pete Rose accomplished in death what he could never manage in his lifetime reinstatement to Major League Baseball. Yet baseball "purists" are clutching their pearls, terrified that the bad man will now be admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.Theyre dead wrong. Time for Pete to enter Cooperstown, no matter what the baseball eggheads may be saying.For those too young to remember, Pete Rose is one of the greatest, most exciting athletes ever to pick up a glove. Rose remains baseballs all-time Hit King, with 4,256 base hits to his name, three World Series titles, 17 All-Star Game appearances and more hitting records than you can shake a Louisville Slugger at.In 1978, he tore off a National League record 44 consecutive game hitting streak. And for more than two decades, major league pitchers had nightmares about Pete Rose dancing off third base.PETE ROSE'S REINSTATEMENT HAS BASEBALL FANS IN UPROAR: 'WHAT A SHAME THEY WAITED UNTIL NOW'Rose was a man ahead of his time, in the sense that he was gambling long before Americas major sports, and our society as a whole, embraced the habit. Of course, Rose didnt simply log onto FanDuel and put 50 bucks on the Lakers. He bet on baseball games while managing his hometown team, the Cincinnati Reds. Thats what got him booted in disgrace from the game.Its easy to understand why Rose got tossed. Baseball had been through cheating scandals before. The 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series at the behest of gamblers, as demonstrated in the book and movie "Eight Men Out." The 1918 World Series might also have been fixed.Protecting the integrity of the game was paramount to MLB commissioners and to the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as commissioner Rob Manford said, as he reinstated Rose, its hard to see what damage someone can do to the game from the grave.There are plenty of people who would love to see Roses exile continue forever. They say his actions took baseball down a slippery slope from which it will never recover. Oh, please. They overlook his greatness on the field and focus on his personal shortcomings, which admittedly were numerous.PETE ROSE'S DAUGHTER DISCUSSES MEETING WITH ROB MANFRED, REACTION TO FINDING OUT DAD'S BAN HAD BEEN LIFTEDBut the Baseball Hall of Fame does not exist to honor character. If it did, they would have to take down the plaques of Ty Cobb, a notorious racist and an all-around lousy human being, and countless other malefactors who could swing a bat or throw strikes.Roses choices did not affect the outcomes of games, unlike the later baseball players whose use of performance enhancing drugs boosted their statistics and transformed the standings. He only hurt himself.Back in 1973, when I was 15, I cut school to watch the Mets play the Reds in the National League Championship Series, a game marked by Pete Rose and Mets shortstop Buddy Harrelson getting into a violent confrontation that nearly resulted in a Mets forfeit.Mets manager Yogi Berra and legendary player Willie Mays actually walked out to left field to urge the fans in the stands to stop throwing liquor bottles and batteries at the players.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONYears later, I met Rose at the Las Vegas memorabilia store where he would sign a photo or a baseball for a fee. I told him that Id witnessed his scuffle with Harrelson."We lost," he snapped at me. "Why would I wanna hear about that game?"It took Rose decades to acknowledge the gambling, probably because he never really thought he did anything that bad. His unapologetic stance undoubtedly cost him reinstatement in baseball and admission to the Hall of Fame in his lifetime.Yet admitting Rose to the Hall of Fame now doesnt simply honor his memory. It celebrates his greatness in the memories of fans like me, and younger fans who study the history of the game.The Classic Baseball committee is not scheduled to meet until December 2027 to determine Roses fate. Heres hoping they get together on a Zoom call today, right now, and give Pete Rose his due.That man was a Hall of Famer from the time he first put on a Reds uniform. He went to his death without forgiveness or vindication. Thats an error in the scorebooks if I ever saw one. Its time to put the Hit King where he belongs. On a plaque in Cooperstown, with the rest of the immortals. And the pearl clutching sports "experts" can take a hike.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM MICHAEL LEVIN