A group of mayors from across the Los Angeles region joined together Wednesday to demand the Trump administration stop federal immigration raids that they say have spread fear throughout their communities.More than 30 mayors from the region stood with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a news conference denouncing the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to the city.Bass accused the White House of "provoking" the protests and riots, suggesting Los Angeles "was part of an experiment to determine how far the federal government can go in reaching in and taking over power from a governor, power from a local jurisdiction, and frankly leaving our city, and our citizens, our residents in fear."President Donald Trump, however, posted Thursday morning on the Truth Social platform that Los Angeles "would be a crime scene like we havent seen in years" if he had not sent in the military.LIBERAL MEDIA DOWNPLAYS LA RIOTS, DISMISS VIOLENCE AS ISOLATED WHILE TOUTING PEACEFUL ANTI-ICE PROTESTS"Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights," Trump wrote. "Our great National Guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job. They all worked well together, but without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we havent seen in years."Trump again blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat "had totally lost control of the situation."Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores, a Marine Corps veteran, said during the news conference that the militarization of immigration enforcement has "no place in our neighborhoods" and further called the deployment of Marines on U.S. soil an "alarming escalation.""As mayors across this region, we stand united in rejecting fear-based tactics that target immigrant communities and erode public trust," he said.Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman told The Associated Press that some 2,000 National Guard soldiers are in Los Angeles and will soon be joined by 2,000 more, along with about 700 Marines."We are expecting a ramp-up," Sherman said, noting that protests across the nation were being discussed. "Im focused right here in LA, whats going on right here. But you know, I think were, were very concerned."CALIFORNIA LOOTERS NOW FACE HARD-CHARGING CONSEQUENCES AFTER BLUE STATE ABANDONED SOFT-ON-CRIME APPROACHMeanwhile, Downtown Los Angeles remains under a curfew.Los Angeles police have made nearly 400 arrests and detentions since Saturday, the vast majority of which were for failing to disperse, according to the police department. A handful of more serious charges have included assault against police officers, possession of a Molotov cocktail and possession of a gun.Nine police officers have been hurt, mostly with minor injuries.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

In a compelling interview with Fox Nation host Abby Hornacek, Frank Siller, Chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, shared his unwavering commitment to eradicating veteran homelessness in America. Siller passionately declared, "This is unacceptable in America to have a homeless veteran on the street... we must do it."Recognizing the immense scale of the probleman estimated 35,000 to 50,000 homeless veteransTunnel to Towers has taken over 10,000 veterans off the streets in the past two years. The foundation employs a national case management program, collaborating with over a thousand local non-profits, HUD, and the VA to provide housing, financial assistance, and crucial comprehensive support, including mental health services.Siller emphasized the profound debt owed to veterans who "put it all on the line" for national security, especially after 9/11. Beyond individual placements, the foundation is building "veteran villages" across the country, converting donated land and hotels into beautiful, dignified apartments with on-site support services for reintegration into society.With 19 such projects underway and a goal of over 300, Siller echoed President Donald Trump's commitment to ending veteran homelessness. He urged viewers to support this vital mission by donating $11 a month at T2T.org, stressing that their contributions make a "tremendous difference."

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The fate of President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion spending cuts request could rest on the shoulders of a handful of moderate House Republicans.The House of Representatives is set to consider the measure on Thursday afternoon, which cuts $8.3 billion in funds to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and just over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which routes federal funds to NPR and PBS.But at least four GOP lawmakers are known to have expressed at least some concerns about various aspects of the package.House Republican leaders have a razor-thin, three-seat majority in the chamber, which means any dissent beyond that could sink the bill.MIKE JOHNSON, DONALD TRUMP GET BIG, BEAUTIFUL WIN AS BUDGET PASSES HOUSENone of the four Republicans Reps. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.; David Valadao, R-Calif.; Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y.; and Don Bacon, R-Neb. have said how they will vote on the bill, however. They also all approved a procedural vote to allow for debate on the measure.But Amodei, co-chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday afternoon that he was not worried about NPR and PBS' national brands, with which he acknowledged the GOP's bias concerns, and that his fear was gutting funding to smaller local outlets that rely on federal funding to keep people informed in areas with less access."These aren't the people that are doing editorial boards that are flipping you the bird," Amodei argued to his fellow Republicans. "They're kind of important pieces of infrastructure in their communities."Amodei, who is intimately familiar with the government funding process as a House appropriator, said "a whole bunch of red counties" depend on public broadcast funding."It's easier for the nationals to raise money if they've got to make up for some funding they lost than it is these guys," he said.Valadao, who represents a California swing district, told Politico he was not sure if the measure would pass.He declined to elaborate on his concerns to Fox News Digital, however, and his office did not respond to a request for clarification.Meanwhile, Malliotakis told reporters on Wednesday that she met with Republican voters in her district who wanted PBS funding preserved but that her real concern was the process."I think that there's a lot of questions that members have regarding what programs specifically are going to be cut. This is a broad look at general accounts. We are, at the end of the day, the Congress that holds the power of the purse. We're the ones who we're supposed to be identifying where funding is going. And this gives a lot of discretion to the White House to be doing that unilaterally without Congress," Malliotakis said."I think there's a large number of members that do have concerns about that. And whether members are going to vote yes or no is a different story in this place. But I have, certainly, reservationsand we'll see how things go."Bacon, one of three House Republicans representing a district that former Vice President Kamala Harris won in 2024, told reporters Tuesday morning that he was feeling better about the legislation after getting assurances that the foreign aid cuts would not gut money for critical medical research.MCCAUL TOUTS MONEY IN TRUMP TAX BILL TO PAY TEXAS BACK FOR FIGHTING BIDEN BORDER POLICIESHe did not say whether his earlier concerns about PBS and NPR were alleviated, however, nor did he say how he would vote on the bill.Bacon told reporters last week, "It does bother me, because I have a great rapport with Nebraska Public Radio and TV."Fox News Digital reached out both to Bacon directly and to his office for clarification on his current stance.The $9.4 billion proposal is called a rescissions package, a mechanism for the White House to block congressionally approved funding it disagrees with.Once transmitted to Capitol Hill, lawmakers have 45 days to approve the rescissions proposal, otherwise it is considered rejected.Such measures only need a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass. But that's no easy feat with Republicans' thin majorities in both chambers.If passed, Republican leaders hope the bill will be the first of several rescissions packages codifying spending cuts identified by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Musk set out with a goal of finding $2 trillion in federal waste, but wound up identifying about $180 billion.House GOP leaders lauded the proposal during their weekly press conference on Tuesday."These are commonsense cuts. And I think every member of this body should support it. It's a critical step in restoring fiscal sanity and beginning to turn the tides and removing fraud, waste, and abuse from our government," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said.

Former President Joe Biden left office in January, but questions about his mental acuity and decline while in office continue to mount amid the release of audio of his interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur and his cancer diagnosis, drawing attention to a number of actions taken in his final days in office and beyond.BIDEN STRUGGLES WITH WORDS, KEY MEMORIES IN LEAKED AUDIO FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR INTERVIEWHere's a look at the known, active investigations into the former president and his team:Former PresidentJoe Bidenused his final weeks as commander-in-chief to grant clemency and pardon more than 1,500 individuals, in what the White House described at the time as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president.The Justice Department is reviewing the list of people that were granted pardons by former President Joe Biden, amid concerns about his use of an AutoPen to automatically sign documents.DOJ Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is reviewing the list of Biden-era pardons granted during the former presidents final weeks in office, including the one granted to his son, Hunter Biden, and the preemptive pardons granted to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, Biden family members, and members of the House Committee investigating Jan. 6.BIDEN ONLY HAND-SIGNED ONE PARDON DURING FINAL SPREE, AND IT WAS HIS MOST CONTROVERSIAL ONEBut Biden only signed one pardon by hand during his final weeks in officeand it was his most controversial onefor his son, Hunter Biden.Biden pardoned his son Hunter in December 2024 after vowing to the American people for months he would not do so.Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony gun offenses during special counsel David Weiss investigation. The first son was also charged with federal tax crimes over his alleged failure to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes.Before his trial, Hunter Biden entered a surprise guilty plea.Former President Biden in December 2024 announced a blanket pardon that applies to any offenses against the U.S. that Hunter Biden "has committed or may have committed" from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024."From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Departments decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted," the former president said.HERE ARE BIDEN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL PARDONS, MAINLY SIGNED USING AUTOPEN"There has been an effort to break Hunter who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution. In trying to break Hunter, theyve tried to break me and theres no reason to believe it will stop here. Enough is enough."Ihope Americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision."The House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is leading an investigation into an alleged cover-up of Bidens mental decline.The investigation, specifically, is into whether those inside Bidens inner-circle knowingly colluded to hide the former presidents declining mental acuity and used methods to circumvent the former president when it came to the issuance of important orders, particularly through the use of an autopen tool used to mimic the presidents signature.HOUSE GOP SECURES FOUR KEY WITNESSES IN BIDEN MENTAL-DECLINE PROBE AS FORMER AIDES AGREE TO TALKSo far, four former Biden aides have agreed to voluntarily testify for transcribed interviews, including the director of Biden's former Domestic Policy Council, Neera Tanden, Biden's assistant and senior advisor to the first lady, Anthony Bernal, former special assistant to Biden and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations, Ashley Williams, and Biden's Deputy Chief of Staff, Annie Tomasini.Tanden will appear before the House Oversight Committee on June 24, Bernal two days later on June 26, while Williams will testify July 11 and Tomasini on July 18.LONE BIDEN OFFICIAL BREAKS SILENCE ON COGNITIVE DECLINE AS CABINET STAYS MUTEBut Bidens former White House doctor, Kevin OConnor declined an invitation to sit for a transcribed interview scheduled for June 27.Comer subpoenaed OConnor to compel that testimony.Comer sent letters to five more top former Biden staffers, putting his total outreach in the investigation to 10 people so far.The latest round of letters are being sent to former White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, former senior communications advisor Anita Dunn, former top advisors Michael Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, and former Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Bruce Reed.Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer in May."Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms," Biden's team shared in a statement. "On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.""While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians," the statement said.JOE BIDEN DIAGNOSED WITH 'AGGRESSIVE FORM' OF PROSTATE CANCER WITH METASTASIS TO THE BONEDuring his presidency, Biden had a "cancerous" skin lesionremoved from his chest,the White House said at the time.Biden, during a 2022 speech discussing pollution in his home state, said: "Thats why I and so damn many other people I grew up (with) have cancer."But House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has expanded his investigation into Bidens mental decline to include an investigation into the timeline of when Biden learned he had cancer.BIDEN'S WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN SUBPOENAED AS REPUBLICANS DIG DEEPER INTO ALLEGED COGNITIVE DECLINE COVER-UP"If you'll remember, Joe Biden did an interview several years ago and said he had cancer. The White House quickly issued a statement saying, oh, he misspoke," Comer said during an appearance on Fox Business "Mornings with Maria." "Now, how many people do you know in the history of the world that have misspoke saying they had cancer when they really didn't?"Comer added: "So there's evidence out there that would suggest that there's been a cover-up with respect to his cancer for many years, just based on Joe Biden's own words."Comer has subpoenaed OConnor, the former White House physician who gave Biden several clean bills of health.Fox News Alec Schemmel and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.

The rift between the Cincinnati Bengals and first-round pick Shemar Stewart has reached a new level, as the Texas A&M product has reportedly left the final day of mandatory minicamp with his rookie contract still not signed.Pro Football Talk reported Stewart leaving minicamp wasnt because of the contract disagreement he has with the Bengals, but rather "he didnt want to be a distraction" for his teammates who are participating.Still, Stewarts contract situation has baffled many in the football world, and is the reason behind him not being on the field with his teammates.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMStewart, the 17th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in April, publicly addressed not being on the field during the Bengals minicamp practices due to not having inked his rookie deal."Im 100% right," he told reporters on Tuesday. "Im not asking for nothing yall (the Bengals) have never done before. But in yall case, yall just want to win arguments (more) than winning more games."The Bengals are reportedly trying to change the way their first-round rookie contracts are done, which would allow the team to void future guarantees. Stewart doesnt feel his contract language needs to be different, with Pro Football Talk pointing out Amarius Mims, the teams first-round pick last year, not having that language in his deal.BENGALS ROOKIE SHEMAR STEWART STANDS FIRM IN CONTRACT BATTLE: IM 100% RIGHT'Stewart was a higher pick than Mims as well.Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said he had "good communication" with Stewart before leaving camp.Given the Bengals contract problems with other players star edge rusher Trey Hendrickson has his own issue with his deal in Cincinnati Taylor gave his thoughts on Stewarts situation."Theres a first for everything," he told reporters. "Every year, you kinda learn something new in this position, and this is just one of those things that the players have managed really well. We keep the team moving, and when he jumps on the field, thatll be great for our team."Prior to leaving, Stewart was attending team meetings and studying his new playbook. But he knows how much being on the field makes a difference."You gotta get your body somewhat prepared to play football, especially me coming from college. The NFL is a way physical game, even though I played in the SEC, which is very physical. Nothing compares to actually playing in the NFL. I thought Id be on the field by now," he said.Stewart was considered a raw prospect coming out of theAggies program, someone who possesses tremendous athletic ability but needs to shore up the technical aspects of playing outside linebacker.Hes hoping to do that for years to come in Cincinnati, and though the contract situation is less than ideal, he doesnt have any ill will for the franchise."Im still new here. We still have a long future ahead of us," he said.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote in a New York Times guest essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump was "right about one thing," as she agreed with the president's call to eliminate the nation's debt ceiling limit."It is possible that hell has frozen over. President Trump and I agree on something very important: Abolish the debt limit," Warren wrote in the Times opinion piece. "The debt limit is a political tool that allows the minority party to threaten economic collapse, forcing Congress to negotiate its demands. It serves no other function. None. It has no impact on spending, and it doesnt restrain the growth of the national debt."Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" includes a debt ceiling increase of $5 trillion, which is a sore spot for some Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who said it was a "terrible idea.""Ive pushed publicly and privately, whether Democrats or Republicans have been in charge, to scrap the debt ceiling permanently. Now, with Mr. Trumps support, our country could finally get rid of this form of brinkmanship that has, for decades, threatened the stability of our economy," the liberal senator said.TRUMP WARNS RAND PAUL HE'S PLAYING INTO 'HANDS OF THE DEMOCRATS' WITH 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' OPPOSITIONTrump posted on Truth Social in late May about their shared agreement."I am very pleased to announce that, after all of these years, I agree with Senator Elizabeth Warren on SOMETHING. The Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe," he said. "It is too devastating to be put in the hands of political people that may want to use it despite the horrendous effect it could have on our Country and, indirectly, even the World."The Massachusetts senator said keeping the debt ceiling limit felt like political games."Keeping the debt ceiling around just feeds the political games as one party or the other threatens to block any increase and lets our country default," she wrote.STILL A NO: RAND PAUL SAYS $5T DEBT INCREASE IN 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' A DEAL-BREAKERWarren argued in the Times essay that the GOP was trying to pass a wave of "tax handouts for millionaires, billionaires and corporate giants" in the "Big Beautiful Bill," and argued they were taking health insurance away "from 16 million Americans."The Democratic senator stood firm against the bill, writing, "The current Big, Beautiful Bill is morally bankrupt, and I will continue to fight against it.""The president is right on this point: Lets scrap the debt ceiling once and for all," Warren concluded.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissent to the Supreme Courts decision to limit the U.S. Tax Court's authority in certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cases, asserting that the federal tax collecting service could avoid accountability in the future.Gorsuch wrote the dissent to the high court's opinion in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, a case that centers on Jennifer Zuch's dispute with the IRS that began in 2012 over the agencys moves regarding her late 2010 federal tax return filing."Along the way, the Courts decision hands the IRS a powerful new tool to avoid accountability for its mistakes in future cases like this one," Gorsuch wrote in his dissent.In this case, Zuch claimed that the IRS made a mistake, crediting a $50,000 payment to her then-husbands account instead of her own. The IRS disagreed and sought to collect her unpaid taxes with a levy to seize and sell her property.SUPREME COURT RULES DOGE CAN ACCESS SOCIAL SECURITY INFORMATIONOver the years after the dispute began, Zuch filed several annual tax returns showing overpayments. Instead of being issued refunds, the IRS applied these to her outstanding 2010 tax liability.Once the IRS settled Zuchs outstanding sum, her liability reached zero, and the IRS no longer had a reason to levy her property.The IRS then moved to dismiss Zuchs case in Tax Court, arguing that Tax Court lacked jurisdiction since there was no longer a levy on her property. The Tax Court agreed.TRUMP ADMIN ASKS SUPREME COURT TO LIFT INJUNCTION BLOCKING DISMANTLING OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENTThe Supreme Court upheld that Tax Court no longer had jurisdiction without a levy."Because there was no longer a proposed levy, the Tax Court properly concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to resolve questions about Zuchs disputed tax liability," read the high courts opinion.The decision will not only prevent Zuch from recouping her overpayments that she believes the IRS has wrongly retained, but give the IRS a way to avoid accountability, Gorsuch wrote in his dissent."The IRS seeks, and the Court endorses, a view of the law that gives that agency a roadmap for evading Tax Court review and never having to answer a taxpayers complaint that it has made a mistake," the justice wrote.

President Donald Trump on Thursday wouldn't say an attack by Israel on Iran was imminent, but warned it "could happen" as the U.S. continues to pressure Tehran on a nuclear deal, but simultaneously prepares evacuations from the Middle East."I don't want to say imminent, but it looks like it's something that could very well happen," Trump said. "Look, it's very simple, not complicated. Iran can not have a nuclear weapon."Other than that, I want them to be successful," he continued. "We'll help them be successful, will trade with them. We'll do whatever is necessary."Trump said ultimately he'd "love to avoid the conflict," but said that Iran is going to have to negotiate a "little bit tougher."HEGSETH AUTHORIZES VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS FROM ACROSS MIDDLE EAST AMID RISING TENSIONS"Meaning they're going to have to give us some things that they're not willing to give us right now," he said in apparent reference to Iran's so far refusal to give up nuclear enrichment capabilities.Trump on Wednesday told reporters that the U.S. has advised some evacuation efforts in the Middle East as the security situation with Tehran could become "dangerous" amid uncertain nuclear negotiations."They are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place," Trump said. "We've given notice to move out, and we'll see what happens."The presidents comments came after the U.S. embassy in Iraq ordered a partial evacuation of non-emergency government personnel and military dependents have been authorized to leave locations around theMiddleEast.HEGSETH AUTHORIZES VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS FROM ACROSS MIDDLE EAST AMID RISING TENSIONSReports originally claimed similar orders had been issued in Bahrain and Kuwait, though no notices have been posted to the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, and the embassy in Bahrain said that reports that it "has changed its posture in any way are false" and staffing operations remain "unchanged and activities continue as normal."Embassies near Iran have been ordered to hold emergency action committees and report back to DC on their risk-mitigation plans.No U.S. troops have been pulled from the Middle East at this time.The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digitals questions on why Iraq was deemed particularly dangerous when similar notices have not been issued in other nations surrounding Iran.When asked how the U.S. can calm the escalating security situation in the region, Trump did not provide a direct answer, but said, "They can't have a nuclear weapon. Very simply, they can't have a nuclear weapon. We're not going to allow that."The status of negotiation progress remains unclear as Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to head to Oman on Sunday for the sixth round of direct and indirect nuclear negotiations with Iran, Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi confirmed on Thursday.IRAN BECOMING 'MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE' IN NUCLEAR TALKS, TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWSThe negotiations have become increasingly strained in recent weeks and appear to have reached an impasse over the levels of enriched uranium.The U.S. has repeatedly said Iran must not be allowed to have any enrichment programs, including for civil energy use of which Iran contributes less than 1% of its overall energy needs to nuclear energy.Iran has thus far flatly refused to abandon all nuclear enrichment, and it remains unclear what it would be required to do with the stockpiles of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium that it currently possesses which it drastically increased over a three-month period earlier this year.The IAEA began sounding the alarm last month that Iran had increased its stockpiles by nearly 35% between February and May, when the nuclear watchdog said its stores had jumped from roughly 605.8 pounds worth of uranium enriched to 60% to 900.8 pounds by mid-May.The Institute for Science and International Security assessed earlier this week that Iran could further the enrichment process to create at least one nuclear warheads worth of weapons-grade uranium in as little as two to three days at its Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP).Nine nuclear weapons could be made within three weeks, and in coordination withNatanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP), Iran could turn around 22 nuclear warheads within a five-month period, the Institute for Science and International Security claimed.TRUMP REJECTS IRAN'S COUNTER-PROPOSAL IN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS: 'IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE'The IAEAs 35-nationBoardof Governorson Thursday declared Iranis inbreachof itsnon-proliferationobligationsfor the first time in nearly 20 years.The board may next take the breach to the UN Security Council, which could then be prompted to enforce severe snapback sanctions on Tehran, which Western security experts have long been urging the UNSC to pursue.Only three nations on the board objected to the breach declaration, including Russia, China and Burkina Faso, despite years of mounting evidence of man-made highly enriched uranium, and Tehrans refusal to grant the IAEA full access to all its nuclear facilities, which is a violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPAO).Tehran is still bound to the international deal, though the agreement drastically unraveled after the U.S. withdrew from the agreement in 2018 under the first Trump administration after it claimed Iran was already in breach of the terms.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who returned to the Hill today to testify in front of the House Armed Services Committee, told Senators on Wednesday that "There are plenty of indications that [Iran has] been moving their way towards something that would look a lot like a nuclear weapon."The secretarys comments contradict assertions made by the Director of National Intelligence, who said in March that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is just under one year away, and Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is already looking forward to it.There are 16 stadiums in 16 different host cities, and one of those is SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Chargers play their home games in SoFi Stadium, and Harbaugh said he is looking forward to the "vibe" the tournament will bring."Im just looking forward to the vibe, Im looking forward to what I see on TV. It brings people together, you roll out that pelota, you roll out that ball, and all cultural barriers are broken," Harbaugh told Fox News Digital.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"To see all the different countries coming to our city, just to imagine what its going to be like. Just those gatherings, those tens of thousands of people that gather and the way they support their team, because thats when the magic happens. It happens in real time, it happens when the crowds there and the crowds are so into it."Harbaugh said he is also looking forward to watching competition "at its highest level."The 61-year-old coach is also looking forward to the impact the World Cup will have on not only the host city, but also the country.WITH WORLD CUP EXACTLY 1 YEAR OUT, USMNT LEGENDS SAY PRESSURE IS TURNED UP A NOTCH"What I look forward to, and its going to do for our country and our city. Ive seen it before, World Cup in the United States in the '90s. The 94 US (mens) team, just how the sport exploded after that, so I look forward to all those things."Last season was Harbaughs first season as the Chargers head coach, as he left Michigan after he led them to a National Championship win in the 2023-2024 season.The Chargers went 11-6 in Harbaughs first season at the helm and made it to the playoffs. They were bounced in the AFC Wild Card round by the Houston Texans 32-12.Harbaugh said his team is "back to work" with the goal of winning a Super Bowl in mind."There is only one happy team in the NFL, thats the Philadelphia Eagles, just 'cause they won the Super Bowl," Harbaugh said. "The rest of us are disappointed, and the rest of us are back to work, we are chasing that Super Bowl. To be called World Champions, that is our goal."Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.