USAID will no longer send foreign assistance across the globe, with the State Department taking over any such programs that President Donald Trump's administration wishes to continue, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday.Rubio made the announcement in a Tuesday statement, saying USAID had for decades failed to ensure the programs it funded actually supported America's interests. The State Department will take over foreign assistance programs beginning July 1, he said."Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War. Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown," Rubio wrote."This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end. Under the Trump Administration, we will finally have a foreign funding mission in America that prioritizes our national interests. As of July 1st, USAID will officially cease to implement foreign assistance. Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policiesand which advance American interestswill be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more accountability, strategy, and efficiency," he continued.FIRED ME ILLEGALLY: EMOTIONAL EX-USAID EMPLOYEES LEAVE BUILDING WITH BELONGINGS AFTER MASS LAYOFFSThe move comes after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) gutted USAID as part of Trump's effort to remove waste, fraud and abuse from the federal government.The agency came under fire for many funding choices, including allocating $1.5 million for a program that sought to "advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbias workplaces and business communities" and a $70,000 program for a "DEI musical" in Ireland.As a result, Rubio announced on March 11 that the State Department had completed a six-week review and would cancel more than 80% of USAID programs cutting roughly 5,200 of USAID's 6,200 programs.RISCH URGES TOP TO BOTTOM USAID SPENDING REVIEW AFTER WASTE, FRAUD EXPOSEDDemocrats have blasted the Trump administration's efforts to trim foreign aid programs, and many activists have protested the plans. Actress Charlize Theron lashed out at the administration on Monday."The world feels like its burning because it is," Theron said at the annual Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Program Block Party, according to Variety."Foreign aid cuts brought HIV and AIDS programs in my home country of South Africa to an absolute standstill," Theron said. "All of this is not just detrimental, its dangerous. People will lose their lives. Many have already, unfortunately, and at a frightening rate. Its absolutely heartbreaking to see this kind of unnecessary suffering."Theron also criticized recent immigration raids in Los Angeles and claimed that women and LGBTQ people are also under threat of "being erased.""Here in Los Angeles, in the U.S. and across the globe, we are moving backwards fast. Immigration policy is destroying the lives of families, not criminals. Womens rights are becoming less and less every day, queer and trans lives are increasingly being erased, and gender-based violence is on the rise. This isnt just policy, its personal. F--- them," she said.Theron emphasized, however, that there is hope in "standing up, organizing, protesting, voting and caring for each other, and refusing to accept that this is the new normal." She touted her charity as an example.Fox News' Diana Stancy and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report

The House of Representatives is expected to take up the Senate's modified version of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" this week.The Senate passed the bill after a marathon weekend session, which included Democrats forcing a read-through of the entire 940-page text. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.The bill first passed the House in late May by just one vote and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have a margin of just three Republicans to advance it again.Both moderate and conservative House Republicans still had various concerns about the bill as of the weekend, but it's not immediately clear if it will be enough to force GOP leaders to pause their ambitious timeline of getting the bill to the president's desk by Fourth of July.SENATE REPUBLICANS RAM TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' THROUGH KEY TEST VOTE"The House will work quickly to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill that enacts President Trumps full America First agenda by the Fourth of July. The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay," House GOP leaders said in a joint statement."This bill is President Trumps agenda, and we are making it law. House Republicans are ready to finish the job and put the One Big Beautiful Bill on President Trumps desk in time for Independence Day."Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital on Monday that the House could start voting as early as Wednesday at 9 a.m. on the first procedural hurdle, with final passage possible later that day or Thursday.House GOP leadership held a brief call with lawmakers on Saturday to discuss their expectations on the timing of the bill, while also urging them to air concerns with their Senate counterparts directly rather than on social media.SCHUMER FORCES READING OF TRUMP'S ENTIRE 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' AS SENATE BRACES FOR ALL-NIGHTERMeanwhile, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and his team began taking temperatures in the House GOP conference remotely on Sunday, even as the Senate still considered the bill."We want to get on this as soon as possible, so be prepared," Emmer told lawmakers, Fox News Digital was told.But a source familiar with whip team operations told Fox News Digital on Sunday that conservative fiscal hawks had concerns about the Senate's version of the bill, particularly after the parliamentarian said key provisions must be stripped out.Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to fast-track a massive bill advancing Trump's agenda on taxes, the border, defense, energy and the national debt.Budget reconciliation allows the party in power to sideline opposition in this case, Democrats by lowering the Senate's threshold for passage from 60 votes to 51. But the legislation must adhere to certain guidelines, including only adding measures that deal with the federal budget or national debt.The parliamentarian is a nonpartisan, unelected Senate staffer who helps guide the chamber through its complex procedures. The parliamentarian is chosen by the Senate majority leader, without term limits, and is typically selected from someone already working in the parliamentarian's office due to their deep knowledge of its mechanisms.Measures deemed non-germane to the final bill included a provision banning Medicaid funding from covering transgender medical services and a measure aimed at slashing funding to states that allow illegal immigrants to use Medicaid services.But the Senate made its own changes to the House bill even without the parliamentarian's input; the Senate added a $50 billion rural hospital fund to offset concerns from Senate Republicans about Medicaid cuts still in the bill.A provision was also added late Saturday morning that raised tax deductions for whale hunters, an apparent bid to court Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who had various concerns about the bill.The Senate bill would also increase the debt limit by $5 trillion, compared to the House bill's $4 trillion. The U.S. debt is currently over $36 trillion.KEY GOP SENATOR DEFECTS ON CRUCIAL VOTE, IMPERILING TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' IN NARROW MAJORITYHouse Freedom Caucus Policy Chair Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote a lengthy post on X listing his issues with the bill."The Senate BBB has a deficit problem. 1) CBO shows the Senate bill misses the House framework by $651 billion EXCLUDING interest. Even adjusted for dynamic growth revenues interest in light of front-loaded cost vs. backloaded savings lifts cost to $1.3 Trillion," he began.Among his other issues were the debt limit increase and the added benefit aimed at Alaska."There remain numerous substantive problems from illegals on benefits to funding sex change operations, no REINS Act regulatory relied," he posted.Roy told reporters on Tuesday that he was not confident in the final vote happening by July 4, "I think the odds are hell of a lot lower than they were even 48 hours ago, or 72 hours ago."Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., said on "Fox Report" on Sunday, "If it does pass the Senate and comes over with those significant changes, it changes the framework that we agreed upon in the House from a spending perspective.""When you do that, there are a lot of us that are going to have pause because we're not cutting as much spending as we wanted to cut previously because of decisions that the parliamentarian has made. So it's going be challenging," Steube said.Meanwhile, multiple House GOP moderates are threatening to vote "no" over Medicaid cuts specifically, changes that would shift a greater cost burden onto states that expanded their Medicaid populations under ObamaCare.A source close to Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital that she would vote against the bill if the Senate did not adhere to the House's Medicaid language on Saturday.Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., said in a public written statement, "I've been clear from the start that I will not support a final reconciliation bill that makes harmful cuts to Medicaid, puts critical funding at risk, or threatens the stability of healthcare providers across [California's 22nd Congressional District].""I urge my Senate colleagues to stick to the Medicaid provisions in H.R.1 otherwise, I will vote no," Valadao wrote.On the lawmaker-only call Saturday, both Johnson and Scalise urged Republicans to keep their negotiations and concerns about the bill private."They're not going to be reading your social media, so putting it there doesn't help. You need to reach out to them directly, they're in the thick of it," Johnson said, Fox News Digital was told.

An excerpt from a new book details the immediate aftermath of the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, including the president's trip to the hospital after the shooting.The book, titled, "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America," was written by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf and is set to be released on July 8.Susie Wiles, now Trump's chief of staff, told those around her to get down as gunshots rang out at the rally on July 13, 2024."The shooting stopped. Wiles rushed to the side of the tent to see if she could tell what had happened. She caught a glimpse of Trump just as he was standing up. She saw the blood. She saw him struggling with the agents, looking for his shoes, raising his fist. She couldnt tell where he was hit, but she thought he was going to be okay," the excerpt, published by the Washington Post, read.TEXTS REVEAL OFFICERS WERE AWARE OF THOMAS CROOKS 90 MINUTES BEFORE SHOOTINGWiles was ushered into a motorcade as she waited for other Trump advisers, Steven Cheung and Dan Scavino, to join her."Wiles didnt see adviser Dan Scavino in the car now either. She looked back and saw him some forty feet behind, picking something up off the ground. She rolled down her window and shouted, Get in the car! Only when he got inside and the motorcade started rolling did Wiles notice what Scavino had stopped to retrieve: the red MAGA cap that Trump had been wearing, stained with his blood," the authors wrote.As the motorcade left the rally, Wiles spoke to the head of Trump's Secret Service team, who told her that the president was breathing and was okay. Trump walked into the hospital, refusing to use a stretcher because he didn't want the "visual," the excerpt said.Wiles, Scavino and Cheung walked into Trump's hospital room when a doctor alerted them.ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSIN SEEN WALKING AROUND PENNSYLVANIA RALLY HOURS BEFORE OPENING FIRE"It was bleeding like a b----," Trump told the authors in an interview. "They thought I had four or five bullets in me because there was so much blood."The authors wrote that his aides realized the president was okay when he started cracking jokes.The president's wife, Melania Trump, requested the president return to Bedminster, the location of Trump's golf club, and asked the area be evacuated. The book also stated Trump was receiving unexpected phone calls from people who wouldn't normally have reached out to him prior to the assassination attempt.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURECLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Trump was flooded with calls and messages expressing relief, sending strength and wishing him well some from unusual sources. Sylvester Stallone called. He heard from two of the richest men in the world, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos," the book read."Both men, whod been frequent targets of Trumps criticisms, now told him how courageous hed appeared when hed raised his fist and shouted FIGHT! Bezos said Trumps instincts showed who he was, and he wanted them to have a friendship."Trump also spoke to former President Biden, and said the call was "very nice, actually."

The sport of golf is one of the most competitive fields any athlete could break into.Only a handful of golfers make it to the PGA or LPGA Tours. Some get stuck in the Korn Ferry Tour or Epson Tour, while others head for green pastures with LIV Golf.Golfers like Tisha Alyn have found a different way to make an impact on the sport becoming one of the most-followed influencers in the sport. Alyn boasts more than 1.3 million followers on TikTok and another 519,000 followers on Instagram numbers that rival the likes of Paige Spiranac, Grace Charis and others.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAlyn took up the sport when she was 3 years old and began competing when she was 7. Shes been across the entire country from junior golf to NCAA Division 1 with Cal State Fullerton and it has never been about anything else."Golf was always my main path," Alyn told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I used to be a competitive dancer as well, and for anyone who follows me or knows anything about me Ill showcase some fun dance trends and whatnot, but besides that, golf was always my main focus."For those who arent that familiar with golf, it really takes all of you. It is a lengthy sport that takes time in your day, and it is one of those sports, because it is low impact, you can do it and do it for so long. So my parents their goal for me was to always compete at a high level, play at a high level, achieve a scholarship, so golf was always it for me."Alyn said she played professionally from 2015 to 2018 but gaining funding to be able to continue to play at a high level took its toll. She said she made a larger focus on growing her social media right around the time platforms like Instagram reached its peak.She said she hoped she could use social media to earn sponsorships and other paid opportunities.TISHA ALYN AIMS TO 'CREATE A NEW ERA OF WOMEN'S GOLF' WITH HER BRAND"As I was going on my professional golf career, it grew in tandem with social media at the same time. Come 2018, when I stopped, I was going through injuries, I was going through a lot of personal things," she said, "I thought, I think it is time to put the bag down, stop playing professionally and pursue social media, because I see something really big here, and I always was pretty good at finding trends and seeing what is going to be that it factor."And I knew at the time even though there wasnt that influencer or personality, like we didnt have words for it, but I knew social media was here to stay. You know, looking at where we are now, it is basically the tried and true. It's where you go for any and all things media. So, I like to say I chose the right path after putting the bag down."Pursuing a career with a social media mindset is completely different from making one.LIV GOLF STAR BROOKS KOEPKA DESTROYS TEE MARKER WITH DRIVER AFTER WAYWARD SHOTA lot of time is spent creating and producing content and keeping a positive mindset is something that anyone who is extremely online is. With all the positives that come with a successful entrepreneurial career, so comes the backlash anyone would face on social media.Alyn, much like Spiranac, gets her share of social media scoundrels in her mentions. She told Fox News Digital that the key for her was to stay focused on her goals."Staying focused on your own path and your own career I think is everything, and I am someone who is pretty feisty compared to my friends and peers around me, so I am not afraid to put up a fight or say what I feel when people especially come at me," she said. "I know I dont have it the worst among other people in my world. I'm good friends with Paige, and she really deals with it and I always tell her every time I see her you have the thickest skin We dont wake up with a following right."So, as you grow in it, you grow that thick skin with it. I can't imagine for those who have been one hit wonders how that must be for them to suddenly be criticize in front of the world, but for me, I just grown to wipe it off, you know dust it off the shoulder, because a lot of times they just want your attention. I think the comments that do hurt the most when they dont just attack me but they attack the people I love around me, and I think that is when it is kind of the most hurtful. But, you know, it is just kind of how that saying goes those that throw hate at you are just envious and that is kind of how I feel, and they also give engagement, like if you want to comment thanks your growing, your growing my post, my profile, what have you, your feeding into the algorithm thank you for that."LPGA Tour legend Annika Sorenstam expressed support for golf influencers in their efforts to grow the game, lauding the ability of influencers to "bring a different view or perspective into the sport" in an interview with Fox News Digital."I mean that to me means the world," Alyn said in response. "I have been able to work with Annika a few times so we do have a type of working relationship there but to get that affirmation from someone who is quite literally a legend in the game I think means everything."There is still a lot of, you know, beliefs on influencers and personalities being in the space, but I think that for those who do it right, I want to say that I believe I do it the right way, to try to inspire and grow the game. I think that is here to stay, and I think Annika sees that, and she is utilizing social media. She is trying to grow on her platform as well, so it just means the world."Fox News' Connor McGahan contributed to this report.

Senate Republicans rallied to send President Donald Trumps "big, beautiful bill" back to the House, notching a major victory in their record-shattering march toward getting the legislation signed into law.Nearly every Republican in the upper chamber coalesced to advance Trumps $3.3 trillion megabill, save for Sens.Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Susan Collins, R-Maine. No Senate Democrat crossed the aisle to support the bill.DEM DELAY TACTIC ENDS, DEBATE BEGINS ON TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote was needed to push the bill across the finish line unlike on Saturday, when the Ohio Republican descended on Capitol Hill in anticipation of a tight vote to proceed with debate on the bill.That comes after Republican leadership tried to win over the votes of Collins and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, with sweeteners in the final, amended version of the bill.The bill now heads to the House, where fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are frustrated with what they say are shallow spending cuts, and moderates are concerned over cuts to Medicaid. All have warned that they may not support the bill.Still, Republican leaders have made clear that they intend to have the bill on Trumps desk by Friday.Many House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called on the Senate to change as little as possible. A product that could pass the House was front of mind for some Senate Republicans as the day dragged on."We're talking to the House," Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said. "We know they're going to have some issues over there, just like we had some issues when it came over here, too. But we think we're going to pass a bill that they can pass."House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, the chief tax writer in the House, said he was "optimistic" about the bill on his way to the Senate floor Tuesday morning."We're moving to the point that we're getting more balance, and what I've said all along is let's have balance in the bill," the Missouri Republican said. "We're going to get this done, we're going to get this to the president by July 4."Republicans pushed the chamber from the end of June to the beginning of July after a marathon weekend that saw a high drama unfold on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., bleed time, hours of mostly one-sided debate, the occasional protest in the Senate gallery, a grueling blast of amendments and the penultimate vote to move the ball forward for the presidents ambitious agenda.SENATE REPUBLICANS RAM TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' THROUGH KEY TEST VOTEThe blur from Monday to Tuesday, like the weekend slog before it, was not without its own dramatics. Senate Democrats tried numerous times to shelve the legislation during the "vote-a-rama," while Republicans sought to revive certain measures that were scrapped like provisions that would have booted illegal immigrants from Medicaid or amendments to sate key Republican holdouts.And before the bill was put on the floor for a final vote, last-minute deals were struck and changes made in a "wraparound" amendment to attract holdouts.Included was the doubling of the rural hospital fund to $50 billion, which was pushed by Collins, and a rollback of the start date of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) work requirements for states with higher payment error rates, like Alaska.Trumps "big, beautiful bill" is crammed with his and congressional Republicans legislative priorities, including billions for the Pentagon and to bolster the White Houses border and immigration agenda, the permanent extension of his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, deep spending cuts and an effort to reform Medicaid.Senate Republicans have pitched the bill as a way to both turbocharge the economy and as a means to prevent Trumps first-term tax cuts from expiring. They have simultaneously used it as a vehicle to achieve deep spending cuts in the neighborhood of $1.5 trillion.But Senate Democrats have railed against the package for the millions it could boot off of Medicaid and the trillions it could add to the federal deficit.The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two sets of scores Saturday and Sunday that reflected both current policy and current law. Under current policy, the bill would tack on just over $507 billion over the next decade. But under current law, the package would add roughly $3.3 trillion.TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' FACES REPUBLICAN FAMILY FEUD AS SENATE REVEALS ITS FINAL TEXTSenate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., countered that when it came to spending, Senate Democrats were being hypocritical."I've been here a long time," Thune said. "And I've not been involved in a single spending debate and fight in which Republicans were trying to spend less, and Democrats were trying to spend more, with one exception."And that's national security," he continued. "Democrats are always willing to cut defense but never want to cut anywhere else."But Schumer accused Trump of "lying" about the bill, particularly over the nature of proposed cuts to Medicaid and the economic growth potential tied to the tax package.And in one final act of defiance ahead of the bill's final passage, Schumer had the official title of the legislation "The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" nixed."The American people will not forget what Republicans do in this chamber today," Schumer said.

Los Angeles Sparks star Cameron Brink touted her looks in yet another magazine shoot in May.This time, it was for "Players," which did a photoshoot of Brink smoking a cigarette in an open jacket without an undershirt."It did throw me off when those proofs came back. I did think you had a cigarette in your mouth," Brink's mother, Shelly, admitted on Brink's latest edition of her podcast.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut then, Shelly was hit with a shock Brink admitted that she was "walking around naked" during the shoot."There was only gays and girls in the room I think," Brink said. "It wasn't an issue."Brink has been through many photoshoots, including for Sports Illustrated, and said she is "usually pretty open" when it comes to the magazines' ideas."I feel like I trust the creatives in the room," she said. "If they have a vision, I like the artistry of it all. I liked shooting stuff like that. I think its fun."SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AS FELLOW PLAYERS RANK CAITLIN CLARK 9TH-BEST ALL-STAR GUARD: 'THESE GIRLS ARE LAUGHABLE'Brink's mother then commended her daughter for being comfortable in her own skin, which Brink said comes naturally as an athlete."We just walk around the locker room naked. I feel like as an athlete, youre just comfortable."Brink said she also pranked her mother into thinking she would be shown fully naked for the shoot."I was like, um, what do you mean naked? Like body image naked? Are you covered?" Shelly said, adding that would be "too much" for her to handle.But not to worry.Brink said there was "no way" she would appear "fully" naked.Brink has yet to play this year after suffering a torn ACL in just her 15th WNBA game last year. She was the second overall pick, behind only Caitlin Clark.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X,and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

While Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have started questioning former President Joe Biden's Cabinet members about the alleged cover-up of his cognitive decline, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider says she is sitting on a trove of answers.In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Lindy Li, a former DNC fundraiser and National Finance Committee member, detailed her front-row seat to Biden's presidency and the people who pulled the strings behind the scenes."[Biden is] definitely complicit, but there were a lot of people behind him, like puppet masters. [Former first lady Jill Biden] very much knew what she was doing. What she did was absolutely elder abuse. There is no question in my mind," Li said.Last week, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a subpoena to Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior advisor to the first lady, to appear for a July 16 deposition.TOP BIDEN OFFICIALS SUMMONED TO TESTIFY ABOUT ALLEGED COVER-UP OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S MENTAL FITNESS"They deny the cover-up, but I had a front-row seat watching it happen. People like Anthony Bernal. I saw him running the White House like he was in charge, like he was a king. It's just so amazing now to see him dodge a subpoena and completely dodge accountability. He can run, but he can't hide. His name is going to go down in infamy forever," Li told Fox News Digital.WHO IS ANTHONY BERNAL?: THE 'INDISPENSABLE' BIDEN AIDE DITCHING HOUSE OVERSIGHT PROBE ON HIS MENTAL DECLINEBernal had confirmed his appearance for a voluntary transcribed interview before the committee on June 26, but after the White House Counsels office informed him it was waiving executive privilege for the Oversight committees investigation, he refused to appear.Li said Bernal, who also served as the first lady's chief of staff, "followed Jill around like a dog." While Bernal's apparent power grab coincided with Jill Biden's growing role in the Biden White House, Li added that he ran the East Wing more than the West Wing.Li, who attended events at the White House and organized fundraisers in critical battleground states during the 2024 presidential election, said that in addition to Bernal, deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, counselor Steve Ricchetti and senior advisors Anita Dunn and Mike Donilon were among those running the White House during Biden's presidency.Fox News Digital reached out to the aforementioned Biden aides but did not receive a response.Biden's former domestic policy advisor, Neera Tanden, testified for hours before the House Oversight Committee last week about her knowledge of the autopen, an automatic signature tool used throughout past presidencies that allowed aides to sign pardons, memos and other important documents on Biden's behalf.Tanden told reporters that she "answered every question, was pleased to discuss my public service, and it was a thorough process," adding she was "glad I answered everyone's question."Li said Tanden played an "intricate" role in using the autopen when "Biden was manifestly unqualified and unable to prosecute the duties of the office."The former DNC insider said Tanden's remarks that she "answered every question" reminded her of Jill Biden's demeanor after her husband's disastrous and consequential debate performance one year ago.Li said she was in the room when Jill proclaimed, "You answered every question!" and said the Democratic Party went to great lengths, even then, to cover up Biden's cognitive decline. She said that included talking points from Biden's campaign managers, who claimed Biden couldn't drop out of the race due to campaign finance laws."This is such an eerie parallel. It's not enough to just give empty answers," Li said.The former Democrat, who said she has faced the wrath of her former friends and colleagues since she left the party, added that Jill Biden was ultimately the one running the White House."Joe was not able to do a lot of campaign events, so Jill would come out on his behalf, acting like the president or the presidential candidate. That's why she graced the Vogue cover three times. She loved it. If I were to pinpoint two reasons why Joe decided to run again, it would be two people: Jill and Hunter Biden. Because Hunter Biden's freedom was on the line and Jill's ego was on the line," Li said.Before the president ultimately dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris last summer, Jill Biden took a break from the campaign trail to show her support for Hunter Biden at his federal trial.Hunter was found guilty on all counts but received a presidential pardon from his father before departing the White House in January.When reached for comment about her allegations, a former Biden official quipped, "Who is Lindy Li?"Fox News' Danielle Wallace, Alec Schemmel, Elizabeth Elkind and David Spunt contributed to this report.

Senate Republicans coalesced to pass President Donald Trump's colossal "big, beautiful bill" early Tuesday morning.Senate Republican leaders and the White House have pitched the legislative behemoth as a means to turbocharge the economy, root out waste, fraud and abuse in a slew of federal programs, and to make crucial investments in defense and Trump's border and immigration priorities.SENATORS ENTER MARATHON VOTE-A-RAMA AS TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' DEADLINE BARRELS NEARMeanwhile, Senate Democrats have bashed the bill as a deficit-ballooning monstrosity that would boot millions of Americans from their healthcare and rollback key Medicaid, food nutrition assistance and green energy provisions ushered in by the Obama and Biden administrations.So what's in Trump's bill? Below, Fox News Digital breaks down key proposals in Senate Republicans' "big, beautiful bill."The bill seeks to permanently extend Trumps 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which a House GOP memo from earlier this year said would avoid a 22% tax hike for American families at the end of this year.It also includes tax cuts specifically tailored to the middle and working-class, like allowing people to deduct taxes on up to $25,000 of tipped wages. That deduction would begin to phase out for people making $150,000 per year or $300,000 as a married couple.The Senate bill would also allow people to deduct up to $12,500 in overtime pay under the same income guidelines. Both the tipped and overtime wage deductions would be available through 2028.Another temporary tax break through 2028 would allow people to deduct interest paid on their car loans.For seniors aged 65 and older, the bill would give an additional $6,000 tax deduction through 2028.The legislation increases the current cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions, a benefit primarily geared toward people living in high-cost-of-living areas like New York City, Los Angeles and their surrounding suburbs.The current SALT deduction cap would be raised to $40,000 for five years, before reverting down to $10,000 where it stands now for the subsequent five years.Blue state Republicans fought for the increase, arguing its an existential issue for a bloc of lawmakers whose victories were decisive for the House GOP majority. However, Republicans from redder areas have criticized SALT deductions as giveaways to high-tax states as a reward for their progressive policies.DEM DELAY TACTIC ENDS, DEBATE BEGINS ON TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'Medicaid cuts have proven the biggest pain point among Republicans, though many of the changes that have been proposed are widely popular. Cuts to the widely used healthcare program account for roughly $1 trillion, according to recent analyses from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).The CBO found that under the Senate GOPs plan, nearly 12 million Americans could lose their health insurance.Stricter work requirements have been the crown jewel for the GOP. The bill would require able-bodied, childless adults between the ages of 18 and 64 to work at least 80 hours a month to maintain their benefits, or by participating in community service, going to school or engaging in a work program.However, there are more divisive changes, like tweaks to the Medicaid provider tax rate. The rate change would, year-by-year, lower the provider tax in Medicaid expansion states from 6% to 3.5%. The plan was tweaked to comport with Senate rules and now starts in fiscal year 2028.Just ahead of the bill's passage in the Senate, Republicans doubled a rural hospital stabilization fund pushed for by lawmakers concerned that the changes to the provider rate would shutter rural hospitals around the country.That fund was boosted to $50 billion, half of which will be distributed through grants, in chunks of $10 billion each year.Republicans also removed a ban on Medicaid benefits funding transgender healthcare, largely because it would not have complied with Senate rules.Senate Republicans bill also includes cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.Like tweaks to Medicaid, Republicans pushed for work requirements for SNAP for able-bodied, working-age adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years old, and for parents with children over the age of 7. The bill would also shift some of the cost burden of the program from the federal government to the states.Currently, the federal government covers the costs of SNAP, but states with a higher payment error rate would cover a greater share of benefit costs.If the error rate is 6% or higher, states would be subject to a sliding scale that could see their share of allotments rise to a range of between 5% and 15%.However, in last-minute deal-making, Senate Republicans delayed SNAP work requirements for states that have a payment error rate of 13%, like Alaska, or higher for one whole year.SENATE REPUBLICANS RAM TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' THROUGH KEY TEST VOTEThe bill raises the borrowing limit on the U.S. governments $36.2 trillion national debt by $5 trillion.A failure to raise that limit also called the debt ceiling before the U.S. government runs out of cash to pay its obligations could result in a downgrade in the countrys credit rating and potential turmoil in financial markets.Trump has made it a priority for congressional Republicans to deal with the debt ceiling and avoid a national credit default. A bipartisan agreement struck in 2023 suspended the debt ceiling until January 2025.Multiple projections show the U.S. is poised to run out of cash to pay its debts by sometime this summer.HOUSE LEADERS EYE WEDNESDAY VOTE ON TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' AS SLEEPLESS SENATE DRUDGES ONWhile the bill cuts spending on Medicaid and other domestic programs, it includes billions of dollars in new funding for defense programs and federal immigration enforcement.The bill provides $25 billion to build a Golden Dome missile defense system, similar to Israels Iron Dome. It would also include $45.6 billion to complete Trumps border wall, and $4.1 billion to hire new border agents.The bill would also surge an additional $45 billion to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for the detention of illegal immigrants.An additional $15 billion would be directed toward modernizing the U.S. nuclear triad and $29 billion for shipbuilding and the Maritime Industrial Base.Several new provisions were included in the bill that hike, or create, fees for migrants who are seeking asylum, a work permit or are apprehended, among others.Among the list of new fees is a new, $100 fee for those seeking asylum. That becomes an annual fee for every year that the asylum application remains pending. There is also a new, $1,000 minimum fee for immigrants granted temporary entry into the U.S. on the grounds of "humanitarian or significant public interest."For migrants caught trying to illegally enter the country through a port of entry, a new minimum $5,000 fee would come into play. There is another new $5,000 fee for migrants that are arrested after being ordered to be removed.There are also new fees of between $500 and $1,500 for migrants whose immigration status is changed by a judge, or who appeal for a status change.Then there is a new, $30 Electronic Visa Update System fee for certain Chinese nationals. They also have to maintain biographic and travel information in the country online.

A rare weather sighting occurred in Portugal as tourists and locals witnessed a one-of-a-kind cloud in the sky in recent days. (See the video at the top of this article.)A "tsunami" roll, also known as a roll cloud, filled the sky on Sunday following a heat wave, according to Euro News.Portugal's temperatures hit over 107F with heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail.BEACH VISITOR ACCIDENTALLY PICKS UP SHELL OF VENOMOUS SNAIL THAT CAN KILL A HUMAN IN MOMENTSThe roll sits low in the sky in a horizontal tube-shaped arcus cloud and is "relatively rare," according to the National Weather Service (NWS)."Roll clouds usually appear to be rolling about a horizontal axis, but should not be confused with funnel clouds," said NWS.Stephen Corfidi, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), previously told National Geographic the clouds are typically associated with thunderstorms.Roll clouds "can last for several hours and extend for several hundred miles," Corfidi told the outlet.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER"The 'shear' across the inversion sets up a rolling motion much like that of a rolling pin used in a bakery," saidCorfidi.Beachgoers took to social media to share videos and discuss the phenomenon."It was nuts to have experienced this rolling cloud in the north of Portugal. Felt like a tsunami out of a movie," said one X user.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleAnother user wrote, "This cloud rolled in like an actual tsunami over Portugal.""Looks scary, but cool," posted an X user.A user added, "This does look fricking cool, tbh."

Who is Dan "Razin" Caine? The retired fighter pilot and CIA vet-turned chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has brought vision, grit and outsider energy to America's top military job after President Donald Trump tapped him for the position in an "unprecedented move."Now his military experience and journey to the top are the focus of a Fox Nation original explaining who he is.Hosted by Marine Corps veteran and Fox News contributor Johnny "Joey" Jones, the special installment features perspectives from military analysts and experts familiar with Caine and the gravity of his role, including the likes of former Navy fighter pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, former senior enlisted advisor to the chairman Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez and former State Department senior advisor Christian Whiton."Whenever something goes wrong in the world, the first question that the president asks is, Where is the nearest aircraft carrier? And the person he's going to ask that of is his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Buckley said.GENERAL WHO HELPED TRUMP DECIMATE ISIS TERRORISTS IN FIRST TERM CONFIRMED AS JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMANAs Jones put it, Caine is "the guy in charge of the guys in charge." His role was created decades ago to unify U.S. defense organizations and was first held by legendary World War II general Omar N. Bradley.Fast-forward to February 2025 when, during his second administration, President Donald Trump appointed Caine to the position in a shock to the establishment.Sitting before the Senate during his confirmation hearing this year, Caine acknowledged the fact."I acknowledge that I am an unconventional nominee, but these are unconventional times," he said.His appointment marked the first time a president had pulled an officer out of retirement for the role, and Trump was quick to tout his confidence that Caine, along with other Defense Department leaders, would fulfill his "peace through strength" mission.HEGSETH, PENTAGON BRASS PRAISE TRUMP'S 'SPECTACULAR' MILITARY SUCCESS IN IRAN NUCLEAR STRIKESBut before stepping into the largest role of his life, Caine offered a life of service to the country in other ways.As the new special explores, after graduating from Virginia Military Institute in 1990, he followed in his father's footsteps and became an F-16 fighter pilot.He logged thousands of flight hours and eventually earned his nickname."We're all familiar with what raising Cain means, meaning that you're going haywire" Colon-Lopez said."But in that calm, poised shell that you see, there's fire inside there, and it's almost like a volcano waiting to erupt, and when that man goes off, he goes off," he added.Colon-Lopez went on to call Caine's nickname "well-earned," saying he feels for any enemies that try to test him.During the first Gulf War, he was tasked with a top-secret mission to neutralize the threat of Saddam Hussein's scud missiles, minimizing their threat in the second Gulf War while, at the same time, gaining experience by communicating across departments.On September 11, 2001, Caine led F-16 combat patrols over Washington, D.C. with a critical mission to defend the nation's capital in the midst of fear and uncertainty.CLICK HERE TO JOIN FOX NATIONThe mission left him with a heavy call to make should he or his crew encounter any commercial airlines flying illicitly.Beyond that, he became a White House fellow and helped coordinate the federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, worked with the Department of Homeland Security, specializing in counterterrorism, before serving part-time in the National Guard and delving into entrepreneurship and national security roles in the private sector.More recently, Caine stood beside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon following Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S.'s surprise attacks on key Iranian nuclear sites, detailing the intricate operation before the American public.For more information about Caine's expansive list of skills and accomplishments as well as the top-secret efforts he guided, subscribe to Fox Nation and begin streaming "Who is Razin Caine?" today.