Dozens of clergy members protested outside an ICE facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, saying they would continue to block the gates accessing the facility until they are arrested.The group is composed of roughly 50 clergy members from Faith in N.J. and Faith in Action. They linked arms outside the main gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center as they chanted and sang songs.Several speakers also said prayers for the inmates inside the facility and condemned their detention.The clergy members say they have "volunteered" to be arrested and that they will attempt to enter the ICE facility.NEWARK MAYOR ARRESTED AS DEM CONGRESS MEMBERS STORM NEW JERSEY ICE PRISON TO CONDUCT OVERSIGHT VISITThe protest comes days after Democratic lawmakers and protesters on Friday stormed the gate of the facility. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has said the detention center is housing "murderers, terrorists, child rapists and MS-13 gang members."The Department of Homeland Security posted on social media about the identities of several inmates.WHITE HOUSE BLASTS DEMS CROSSING THE LINE BY STORMING ICE FACILITY"The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the proper permitting is false. Meet who the New Jersey lawmakers are fighting for," the DHS wrote.Recent polling shows an overwhelming majority of Americans, 83%, support the deporting at least some illegal immigrants, according to the Pew Research Center. Roughly 32% of Americans say they support deporting all illegal immigrants, and of those who only support deporting some, 97% are in favor of removing any who have committed violent crimes.ICE FACILITY DEMOCRATS STORMED HOLDS CHILD RAPISTS, MURDERERS: OFFICIALSA trio of Democratic lawmakers who participated in the "storming" of Delaney Hall last week doubled down on their actions this week, arguing the Trump administration is "weaponizing law enforcement."Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, all Democrats from New Jersey, made the comments during a joint appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday."Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE who were with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the facility, go to the private property and lock the mayor of the largest city in the state of New Jersey up," Coleman said."That's absurd. That's un-American. That's scary. That's determination to intimidate people in this country," she added, claiming the administration is "lying at all levels."Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was also present and was arrested and charged with trespassing. Authorities claim an ICE agent was assaulted in the confrontation, which was caught on camera.

Dozens of clergy members protested outside an ICE facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, saying they would continue to block the gates accessing the facility until they are arrested.The group is composed of roughly 50 clergy members from Faith in N.J. and Faith in Action. They linked arms outside the main gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center as they chanted and sang songs.Several speakers also said prayers for the inmates inside the facility and condemned their detention.The clergy members say they have "volunteered" to be arrested and that they will attempt to enter the ICE facility.NEWARK MAYOR ARRESTED AS DEM CONGRESS MEMBERS STORM NEW JERSEY ICE PRISON TO CONDUCT OVERSIGHT VISITThe protest comes days after Democratic lawmakers and protesters on Friday stormed the gate of the facility. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has said the detention center is housing "murderers, terrorists, child rapists and MS-13 gang members."The Department of Homeland Security posted on social media about the identities of several inmates.WHITE HOUSE BLASTS DEMS CROSSING THE LINE BY STORMING ICE FACILITY"The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the proper permitting is false. Meet who the New Jersey lawmakers are fighting for," the DHS wrote.Recent polling shows an overwhelming majority of Americans, 83%, support the deporting at least some illegal immigrants, according to the Pew Research Center. Roughly 32% of Americans say they support deporting all illegal immigrants, and of those who only support deporting some, 97% are in favor of removing any who have committed violent crimes.ICE FACILITY DEMOCRATS STORMED HOLDS CHILD RAPISTS, MURDERERS: OFFICIALSA trio of Democratic lawmakers who participated in the "storming" of Delaney Hall last week doubled down on their actions this week, arguing the Trump administration is "weaponizing law enforcement."Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, all Democrats from New Jersey, made the comments during a joint appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday."Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE who were with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the facility, go to the private property and lock the mayor of the largest city in the state of New Jersey up," Coleman said."That's absurd. That's un-American. That's scary. That's determination to intimidate people in this country," she added, claiming the administration is "lying at all levels."Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was also present and was arrested and charged with trespassing. Authorities claim an ICE agent was assaulted in the confrontation, which was caught on camera.

EXCLUSIVE: The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is accusing Democrats of lying about President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital on Monday he believed Democrats had been waging a "fear campaign to scare Americans" ever since Republicans began discussions about the budget reconciliation process."Now, Democrats are pedaling incorrect reports that include policies that arent even in the bill," Guthrie said."This bill refocuses Medicaid on mothers, children, people with disabilities, and the elderly not illegal immigrants and capable adults who choose not to work."ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLIONThe Kentucky Republican was specifically referring to his panel's portion of Trump's bill, the text of which was released late on Sunday night.The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has broad jurisdiction, including over federal health programs, telecommunications and energy, was tasked with finding at least $880 billion in spending cuts to pay for other priorities in the bill.It's the largest share of any of the 11 committees involved in the reconciliation process some of which have been given additional funding to enact Trump's priorities on tax cuts, defense, immigration and the border.The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, said on Monday the legislation would likely achieve even more savings than its $880 billion benchmark.Guthrie himself told Republicans on a lawmaker-only call on Sunday night that the committee found "north of $900 billion" in savings, a source told Fox News Digital.Democrats immediately seized on the legislation as what they saw as a smoking gun of Republican plans to cut Medicaid.But the details released on Sunday night appear to show House GOP leaders veered away from the much more severe cuts to the low-income healthcare program that some conservative lawmakers were pushing.The legislation would put a new 80-hour-per-month work requirement on certain able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid, aged 19 through 64.It would also put guardrails on states spending funds on their expanded Medicaid populations. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults who make up to 138% of the poverty level.More specifically, states that provide Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants could see their federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars diminished, putting more of that cost on the state itself.The bill would also require states with expanded Medicaid populations to perform eligibility checks every six months to ensure the system is not being abused.State Medicaid plans would be affected by a moratorium on any new state provider taxes, while freezing current rates where they are. State provider taxes are state-imposed fees on healthcare providers that help those states get more federal funding for Medicaid.BROWN UNIVERSITY IN GOP CROSSHAIRS AFTER STUDENT'S DOGE-LIKE EMAIL KICKS OFF FRENZYNew Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the committee, released a CBO projection requested by his own party that said at least 13.7 million people would lose health insurance based on a draft of Republicans' Medicaid proposals."Lets be clear, Republican leadership released this billunder coverof night because they dont want people to know their true intentions," Pallone said."This is not trimming fat from around the edges, its cutting to the bone. The overwhelming majority of the savings in this bill will come from taking healthcare away from millions of Americans. Nowhere in the bill are they cutting waste, fraud, and abuse theyre cutting peoples healthcare and using that money to give tax breaks to billionaires."Guthrie dismissed the calculations in the Democrats' press release."It is reckless that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle claimed an artificially high number in alleged coverage loss just so they can fearmonger and score political points," he told Fox News Digital."This reconciliation is a win for Americans in every part of the country, and its a shame Democrats are intentionally reflexively opposing commonsense policies to strengthen the program."Republicans are expected to advance the Energy and Commerce portion of the bill on Tuesday afternoon. If it passes through committee, it will be added to the final bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hopes to pass the House by Memorial Day.

EXCLUSIVE: The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is accusing Democrats of lying about President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital on Monday he believed Democrats had been waging a "fear campaign to scare Americans" ever since Republicans began discussions about the budget reconciliation process."Now, Democrats are pedaling incorrect reports that include policies that arent even in the bill," Guthrie said."This bill refocuses Medicaid on mothers, children, people with disabilities, and the elderly not illegal immigrants and capable adults who choose not to work."ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLIONThe Kentucky Republican was specifically referring to his panel's portion of Trump's bill, the text of which was released late on Sunday night.The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has broad jurisdiction, including over federal health programs, telecommunications and energy, was tasked with finding at least $880 billion in spending cuts to pay for other priorities in the bill.It's the largest share of any of the 11 committees involved in the reconciliation process some of which have been given additional funding to enact Trump's priorities on tax cuts, defense, immigration and the border.The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, said on Monday the legislation would likely achieve even more savings than its $880 billion benchmark.Guthrie himself told Republicans on a lawmaker-only call on Sunday night that the committee found "north of $900 billion" in savings, a source told Fox News Digital.Democrats immediately seized on the legislation as what they saw as a smoking gun of Republican plans to cut Medicaid.But the details released on Sunday night appear to show House GOP leaders veered away from the much more severe cuts to the low-income healthcare program that some conservative lawmakers were pushing.The legislation would put a new 80-hour-per-month work requirement on certain able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid, aged 19 through 64.It would also put guardrails on states spending funds on their expanded Medicaid populations. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults who make up to 138% of the poverty level.More specifically, states that provide Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants could see their federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars diminished, putting more of that cost on the state itself.The bill would also require states with expanded Medicaid populations to perform eligibility checks every six months to ensure the system is not being abused.State Medicaid plans would be affected by a moratorium on any new state provider taxes, while freezing current rates where they are. State provider taxes are state-imposed fees on healthcare providers that help those states get more federal funding for Medicaid.BROWN UNIVERSITY IN GOP CROSSHAIRS AFTER STUDENT'S DOGE-LIKE EMAIL KICKS OFF FRENZYNew Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the committee, released a CBO projection requested by his own party that said at least 13.7 million people would lose health insurance based on a draft of Republicans' Medicaid proposals."Lets be clear, Republican leadership released this billunder coverof night because they dont want people to know their true intentions," Pallone said."This is not trimming fat from around the edges, its cutting to the bone. The overwhelming majority of the savings in this bill will come from taking healthcare away from millions of Americans. Nowhere in the bill are they cutting waste, fraud, and abuse theyre cutting peoples healthcare and using that money to give tax breaks to billionaires."Guthrie dismissed the calculations in the Democrats' press release."It is reckless that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle claimed an artificially high number in alleged coverage loss just so they can fearmonger and score political points," he told Fox News Digital."This reconciliation is a win for Americans in every part of the country, and its a shame Democrats are intentionally reflexively opposing commonsense policies to strengthen the program."Republicans are expected to advance the Energy and Commerce portion of the bill on Tuesday afternoon. If it passes through committee, it will be added to the final bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hopes to pass the House by Memorial Day.

An ancient Bronze Age settlement was recently uncovered by archaeologists in the United Kingdom while a highway was being built.The Suffolk City Council described the site as a "Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery" that dates back 3,000 years; they shared the information in a press release dated mid-April. In Britain, the Bronze Age lasted from 2500 B.C. to roughly 800 B.C.The excavation took place on the construction site of Europa Way. The highway was built to link roads in northwest Ipswich, a port town in Suffolk.DOZENS OF ANCIENT SKELETONS FOUND IN HEART OF BUSTLING CITY: 'HARD TO IMAGINE'"Intensive Late Bronze Age activity at Europa Way was located on the glacial outwash gravels, which outcrop on the lower slopes of the northern side of the valley of the River Gipping," the city council said in a statement."There is a rich record of prehistoric land use on the lighter soils of the terrace and outwash gravels, which flank the River Gippings course upstream of Ipswich."Archaeologists uncovered 18 burials dating back to 1200 B.C., along with remains of various structures and a host of ancient artifacts."The postholes of two roundhouses, numerous four and six-post structures, and two ring-gullies were found at the site near Bramford and Sproughton, along with multiple pottery finds," the city council's statement read."This evidence indicates a settlement with a mixed agricultural economy including cereal production, and breeding and raising cattle."Archaeologists also found cremation urns, a copper-alloy pin, fragmented fired clay weights and a clay spindle whorl, along with a "rare example of a flint quern, used for hand-grinding grain into flour."EXPERTS SHOCKED BY ANCIENT KING ARTHUR MANUSCRIPT FOUND TUCKED INSIDE BOOK: 'SURVIVED THE CENTURIES'Experts from Cotswold Archaeology, Oxford Archaeology and Suffolk County Councils Archaeological Service all participated in the excavation, with Oxford Archaeology taking the lead on the fieldwork.In a statement, Oxford Archaeology senior project manager Chris Thatcher said that the discovery was important in understanding "prehistoric activity along this stretch of the Gipping valley.""Some aspects of the settlement remains are of considerable significance in the wider regional context, especially the substantial pottery finds, the cremation cemetery, and the way that the agricultural landscape was organized," the archaeologist said.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleThatcher added that a distinctive feature of the cremation cemetery was "how close it was to the buildings and daily life.""[T]he inhabitants of the settlement were likely buried close by," he also said."This is part of an emerging pattern of Late Bronze Age burial activity, and appears to mark a shift from the Middle Bronze Age preference for major cemeteries, typically within extensive field systems, or the deceased being interred at earlier-established ancestral monuments."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThe latest announcement comes on the heels of other discoveries at the site, ranging from millennia-old Neolithic pottery to Iron Age currency and medieval artifacts.In a statement, Suffolk County Council cabinet member Philip Faircloth-Mutton hailed the discovery as showing Suffolk's "unique history, and add[ing] another layer to our understanding of what life was like for previous generations in our part of the world.""This is why it is important that the councils Archaeological Service is here to help record and preserve our past," Faircloth-Mutton said."As important and interesting as finds are today, who knows how significant this information might be in generations to come."

An ancient Bronze Age settlement was recently uncovered by archaeologists in the United Kingdom while a highway was being built.The Suffolk City Council described the site as a "Late Bronze Age settlement and cremation cemetery" that dates back 3,000 years; they shared the information in a press release dated mid-April. In Britain, the Bronze Age lasted from 2500 B.C. to roughly 800 B.C.The excavation took place on the construction site of Europa Way. The highway was built to link roads in northwest Ipswich, a port town in Suffolk.DOZENS OF ANCIENT SKELETONS FOUND IN HEART OF BUSTLING CITY: 'HARD TO IMAGINE'"Intensive Late Bronze Age activity at Europa Way was located on the glacial outwash gravels, which outcrop on the lower slopes of the northern side of the valley of the River Gipping," the city council said in a statement."There is a rich record of prehistoric land use on the lighter soils of the terrace and outwash gravels, which flank the River Gippings course upstream of Ipswich."Archaeologists uncovered 18 burials dating back to 1200 B.C., along with remains of various structures and a host of ancient artifacts."The postholes of two roundhouses, numerous four and six-post structures, and two ring-gullies were found at the site near Bramford and Sproughton, along with multiple pottery finds," the city council's statement read."This evidence indicates a settlement with a mixed agricultural economy including cereal production, and breeding and raising cattle."Archaeologists also found cremation urns, a copper-alloy pin, fragmented fired clay weights and a clay spindle whorl, along with a "rare example of a flint quern, used for hand-grinding grain into flour."EXPERTS SHOCKED BY ANCIENT KING ARTHUR MANUSCRIPT FOUND TUCKED INSIDE BOOK: 'SURVIVED THE CENTURIES'Experts from Cotswold Archaeology, Oxford Archaeology and Suffolk County Councils Archaeological Service all participated in the excavation, with Oxford Archaeology taking the lead on the fieldwork.In a statement, Oxford Archaeology senior project manager Chris Thatcher said that the discovery was important in understanding "prehistoric activity along this stretch of the Gipping valley.""Some aspects of the settlement remains are of considerable significance in the wider regional context, especially the substantial pottery finds, the cremation cemetery, and the way that the agricultural landscape was organized," the archaeologist said.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleThatcher added that a distinctive feature of the cremation cemetery was "how close it was to the buildings and daily life.""[T]he inhabitants of the settlement were likely buried close by," he also said."This is part of an emerging pattern of Late Bronze Age burial activity, and appears to mark a shift from the Middle Bronze Age preference for major cemeteries, typically within extensive field systems, or the deceased being interred at earlier-established ancestral monuments."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThe latest announcement comes on the heels of other discoveries at the site, ranging from millennia-old Neolithic pottery to Iron Age currency and medieval artifacts.In a statement, Suffolk County Council cabinet member Philip Faircloth-Mutton hailed the discovery as showing Suffolk's "unique history, and add[ing] another layer to our understanding of what life was like for previous generations in our part of the world.""This is why it is important that the councils Archaeological Service is here to help record and preserve our past," Faircloth-Mutton said."As important and interesting as finds are today, who knows how significant this information might be in generations to come."

Urban Meyer was one of the most successful college football coaches in recent memory, as he led the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Florida Gators to national championships before he stepped away from the game.Meyer revealed during a sermon in Columbus, Ohio, at a non-denominational church that he threatened to leave the school after his idea to have a church service before team meetings on Sundays. He said he wanted to "bring church" to players who did not have time for it during the week.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe former coach said the universitys attorney told him that he was not allowed to have a Bible study nor was he allowed to have a church service. He recalled that he vowed to do it anyway."I said, Im really busy, we're doing it'. She got our athletic director," he said. Gene (Smith) comes over, I haven't told this story many times. But, he comes over and he's like OK, and I said Gene, were doing this, if not, you gotta let me go'. He's like, Were good, let's go talk.'UNC REFUTES REPORT THAT JORDON HUDSON, BILL BELICHICK'S GIRLFRIEND, IS BARRED FROM SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL FACILITY"So, the compromise was that we had to call it reflection. I don't know, in this day and age, your 18 to 21 years old, we take every second of their time. How can you not do that? That's more of the question. Instead of saying, How do you do it? How do you not do it?"Meyer coached the Buckeyes from 2012 to 2018. The Buckeyes were the winners of the first College Football Playoff National Championship in 2014.He was 83-9 as Ohio States head coach. He retired from coaching amid an investigation into whether he knew of abuse allegations against assistant Zach Smith. Ryan Day took over from there.Meyer coached the Jacksonville Jaguars for 13 games before he was fired in his first season.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Urban Meyer was one of the most successful college football coaches in recent memory, as he led the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Florida Gators to national championships before he stepped away from the game.Meyer revealed during a sermon in Columbus, Ohio, at a non-denominational church that he threatened to leave the school after his idea to have a church service before team meetings on Sundays. He said he wanted to "bring church" to players who did not have time for it during the week.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe former coach said the universitys attorney told him that he was not allowed to have a Bible study nor was he allowed to have a church service. He recalled that he vowed to do it anyway."I said, Im really busy, we're doing it'. She got our athletic director," he said. Gene (Smith) comes over, I haven't told this story many times. But, he comes over and he's like OK, and I said Gene, were doing this, if not, you gotta let me go'. He's like, Were good, let's go talk.'UNC REFUTES REPORT THAT JORDON HUDSON, BILL BELICHICK'S GIRLFRIEND, IS BARRED FROM SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL FACILITY"So, the compromise was that we had to call it reflection. I don't know, in this day and age, your 18 to 21 years old, we take every second of their time. How can you not do that? That's more of the question. Instead of saying, How do you do it? How do you not do it?"Meyer coached the Buckeyes from 2012 to 2018. The Buckeyes were the winners of the first College Football Playoff National Championship in 2014.He was 83-9 as Ohio States head coach. He retired from coaching amid an investigation into whether he knew of abuse allegations against assistant Zach Smith. Ryan Day took over from there.Meyer coached the Jacksonville Jaguars for 13 games before he was fired in his first season.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

The Trump administration has not revealed which administration official was targeted by the Biden administration's State Department in a "disinformation" dossier compiling previous social media posts that identified them as "purveyors of disinformation."Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed at the most recent Trump administration Cabinet meeting April 30 that an unidentified Trump administration official who was present had been the subject of a State Department dossier detailing alleged promotion of social media "disinformation."Rubio, the State Department and the White House have not yet identified which official the Biden administration targeted. Fox News Digital has reached out repeatedly to the White House regarding the identity of the official, including on Monday, but did not receive replies.When asked for an update on the identity of the Trump official, the State Department directed Fox News Digital to Rubio's April 30 remark, detailing that, "We are going to be turning over these dossiers to the individuals, and theyll decide whether they want to disclose it or not."RUBIO REVEALS OBSCURE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICE KEPT 'DISINFORMATION' DOSSIER ON TRUMP OFFICIALRubio said during the April 30 Cabinet meeting that a little-known, now-defunct office within the State Department called the Global Engagement Center (GEC) had compiled disinformation dossiers on Americans across the country as part of an effort to "censor" free speech, including an individual who has since joined the Trump administration."We had an office in the Department of State whose job it was to censor Americans," Rubio said during the meeting. "And, by the way, I'm not going to say who it is. I'll leave it up to them. There's at least one person at this table today who had a dossier in that building of social media posts to identify them as purveyors of disinformation. We have these dossiers. We are going to be turning those over to these individuals."Vice President JD Vance interjected, asking, "Was it me or Elon (Musk)? We can follow up when the media is gone," which drew laughter from the Cabinet.RUBIO OVERHAULING 'BLOATED' STATE DEPARTMENT IN SWEEPING REFORM"But just think about that. The Department of State of the United States had set up an office to monitor the social media posts and commentary of American citizens, to identify them as vectors of disinformation," Rubio continued. "When we know that the best way to combat disinformation is freedom of speech and transparency."Though Rubio did not identify which Trump official the Biden administration kept a dossier on, Elon Musk has previously railed against the Global Engagement Center."The worst offender in US government censorship & media manipulation is an obscure agency called GEC," Musk posted to X in January 2023. That was more than a year before Musk endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential race and became a fixture of the administration in his temporary role with the Department of Government Efficiency."They are a threat to our democracy," Musk added.RUBIO ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF STATE DEPARTMENT EFFORT THAT 'WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD ALREADY'Former President Barack Obama established the Global Engagement Center in 2016 through an executive order aimed at coordinating counterterrorism messaging to foreign nations before it expanded its scope to also include countering foreign propaganda and disinformation, State Department documents show.Conservatives have slammed the office as a political weapon to silence free speech, including Rubio in an April op-ed when he cited a 2020 GEC report claiming that a "Russian disinformation apparatus" was behind public speculation that the coronavirus was an "engineered bioweapon" or was created by "research conducted at the Wuhan institute."In the years following the pandemic, the Department of Energy under the Biden administration and former FBI Director Christopher Wray said evidence indicated that COVID-19 was the result of a lab leak, while the Trump administration's CIA reported earlier in 2025 that a lab leak was the likely origin of the virus.TWITTER BOSS ELON MUSK ACCUSES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OF BEING WORST OFFENDER IN US GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIPIn 2024, lawmakers did not approve new funding for the office in the National Defense Authorization Act, and it was scheduled to terminate on Dec. 23, 2024. The Biden administration, however, shuffled staffers and rebranded the office.It became the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub just days before Trump's inauguration, the New York Post reported in January.Rubio announced in April that the office would officially shutter."I am announcing the closure of theState DepartmentsCounter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center(GEC)," Rubio said in an April 16 statement announcing the office's closure."Under the previous administration,this office, which cost taxpayers more than $50 million per year, spentmillionsof dollars to actively silence and censor the voices of Americans they were supposed to be serving," he wrote. "This is antithetical to the very principles we should be upholding and inconceivable it was taking place in America. That ends today."WHITE HOUSE PROPOSAL AXES UN, NATO FUNDS AND HALVES STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGETRubio has railed against the office in previous interviews and op-eds, including authoring an opinion piece for the Federalist in April touting that he was dismantling the "censorship-industrial complex" that had gripped agencies such as the State Department.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Over the past half-decade, bodies like GEC, crafted by our own governing ruling class, nearly destroyed Americas long free speech history," he wrote in the op-ed. "The enemies of speech had new lingo to justify their authoritarian impulse. It was "disinformation," allegedly pushed by nefarious foreign governments, that was the No. 1 threat to our democracy. To protect 'our democracy,' this disinformation had to be identified and stamped out."

House Republicans have seemingly dropped plans for a new millionaire's tax hike to pay for other priorities in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."The Ways & Means Committee, the House's tax-writing panel, released nearly 400 pages of legislation on Monday, setting the stage for permanently extending Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), as well as a host of other new Trump tax priorities.That includes no taxes on tipped and overtime wages, both of which are accomplished via new tax deductions.For Trump's promise to cut taxes on seniors' Social Security, the legislation temporarily increases the standard tax deduction that seniors are allowed to take, affecting the end of last year through the beginning of 2029.This story is breaking and will be updated