The Democratic Doctors Caucus was interrupted by a barrage of tourists during a press conference outside the office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday.As Congress rushes to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" before the self-imposed July 4 deadline, House Democrats hosted press conferences throughout the Capitol on Wednesday protesting the $3.3 trillion bill.The Democratic Doctors Caucus, comprised of the six Democratic physicians serving in the House of Representatives, planned a press conference in Statuary Hall, a room down the hall from the House speaker's office.Apparently noticing the large gaggle of reporters staking out Johnson's office amid last-minute member holdout negotiations, the caucus moved their press conference to right outside the speaker's office. Donning their white coats in the crowded hallway, the Democratic doctors began their prepared remarks.WATCH: LEFTIST PROTESTERS FLOOD CAPITOL HILL OFFICE BUILDING AS BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUDGET BILL VOTE LOOMSBut that area is a major tourist corridor, and the press conference was quickly flooded with tourists walking from the Rotunda past Johnson's office and into Statuary Hall.DEMS WARN HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL PAY PRICE AT BALLOT BOX FOR PASSING TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'Police officers directed members to stand on one side of the corridor, while the press stood on the other.The result was unusable to journalists as tour guides and tourists' chatter drowned out their remarks. The Democrats' comments were inaudible.Their press conference also created somewhat of a tourist traffic jam between the two areas, as officers struggled to keep the area open.Democrats have railed against potential Medicaid cuts since Trump was elected in November. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at least 10 million people will lose health insurance by 2034 due to Trump's megabill.While Trump has maintained that the bill does not cut Medicaid and Republicans claim the bill only cuts waste, fraud and abuse in the program, Democrats have continued to speak out against the projected cuts.The Democratic Doctors Caucus planned to highlight the harm Medicaid cuts could have on hospitals during their press conference Wednesday, but their remarks were drowned out by the steady flow and chatter of tourists walking back and forth from the Rotunda to Statuary Hall.

Democratic strategist James Carville said in an interview this week that hes "very" worried that President Donald Trump and his administration will cheat in the 2026 midterm elections.During an appearance on "The Jim Acosta Show" on Tuesday, Carville told the former CNN anchor he thinks theres a major risk of Trump tampering with votes in the 2026 midterm elections to make sure the Democratic Party doesnt gain any ground to oppose his second-term agenda."In the short word, yes," Carville said in response to Acosta repeating a viewer asking whether they believe Trump will end up "tampering" with the midterm votes. "In the longer words, very."CARVILLE ACCUSES JEWISH DONORS OF ABANDONING DEMOCRATS FOR GOP BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT THEIR F-----G TAX CUTCarville predicted that Trump is going to get worried about congressional Republicans' hold on power once he starts seeing the results of major elections over the next year or so."And I think what may happen, hes going to see the writing on the wall in Virginia," Carville said, mentioning the upcoming 2025 governors election between Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, and former Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger."This is what I think is going to happen," he continued. "And [Trumps] going to see retirements and people are going to start coming in."Carville also predicted Trump would see these races and say, "Were getting ready to lose. I gotta change and I gotta get some distance, and hes going to see all that coming."NEW YORK TIMES ATTORNEY TELLS TRUMP NO APOLOGY COMING FOR COVERAGE OF IRAN STRIKES"I dont put anything past him nothing to try to call the election off, to do anything he can. He can think of things like that, that that, you know, we cant because were not accustomed to thinking like that. We always assume theres going to be an election. In your case, How do I cover the election? In my case, How do I affect the election?" he said.Carville mentioned that people often share these kinds of concerns, saying they're scared of what Trump might do."I say, you should be," Carville said. "You have every reason to be scared. Dont kid yourself.""This is scary s---," Acosta, a Trump critic, responded. "And hes already tried to steal one election before, so, I mean, whats to say hes not going to try to steal more?"The White House fired back in a comment to Fox News Digital."President Trump has taken more action to restore the integrity of our elections on behalf of the American people than any president in modern history. According to the Democrats, voter fraud doesnt exist but clearly they are already searching for copouts preparing to lose big again in the midterms," spokesperson Taylor Rogers said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESeveral of Carville's prior predictions about Trump didn't come to pass. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the former Bill Clinton advisor declared in a New York Times column that former Vice President Kamala Harris would win the presidency.In March, Carville said that Trumps presidency had already collapsed just months into the second term.

The creators of Comedy Central's "South Park" let network parent Paramount Global know on Tuesday that they are not happy with the two-week delay of the latest season of their comedy series.In a statement shared to X on Tuesday, show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone expressed frustration over their shows premiere getting delayed another two weeks and blamed the potential upcoming merger between Paramount Global and Skydance as the reason for it."This merger is a s---show and its f---ing up South Park," the creators declared. "We are at the studio working on new episodes and we hope the fans get to see them somehow."FAIR ELECTION FUND URGES FCC TO HOLD CBS ACCOUNTABLE FOR 'UNLAWFUL CONDUCT RELATED TO 60 MINUTES INTERVIEWThe official "South Park" X account confirmed news of the delay early Tuesday morning, posting, "South Parks 27th season premiere has moved to Wednesday, July 23rd at 10:00pm ET/PT on Comedy Central." Season 27 marks the return of the show after a two-year hiatus.Comedy Central has not yet given a reason for the delay.The merger that Stone and Parker pointed to is set to happen by July 6, Deadline.com reported Tuesday, with Skydance to acquire control of Paramount Global and merge both companies.With the merger, Skydance Media boss Jeff Shell is set to become the boss of the soon-to-be-joined companies. Shell has been accused by the "South Park" creators of meddling in their current contract negotiations with Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), The Hollywood Reporter (THR) said.'60 MINUTES' KAMALA HARRIS INTERVIEW AT CENTER OF TRUMP LAWSUIT RUNS AFOUL OF CRONKITE-ERA CBS GUIDELINESStreaming rights for "South Park" are believed to be non-exclusive and have been shopped around to other platforms, like Netflix or Warner Bros. Discoverys HBO Max, Deadline noted.Parker and Stones entertainment company, Park County, threatened legal action against Shells companies, Redbird and Skydance, accusing them of directing Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery to alter terms of their offers for streaming deals with "South Park" that would benefit Paramount following the merger.According to them, Shell has sought to exert pressure on these platforms and their prospective deals with the show to ensure that Paramount+ gets to stream the shows new season exclusively for a certain time, at the expense of Park County.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREParker and Stone accused Shell of "urging WBD to give Paramount+ an exclusive 12-month window for new episodes of the show and to shorten the term of the deal from 10 to five years, which could worsen the studios bid for the series," THR reported, describing a letter sent on behalf of Park County."We hereby demand that you, Redbird, and Skydance immediately cease your interference," the letter states. "If these activities continue, we will have no choice but to act to both protect our rights and discharge any obligations we may have to the public."Paramount and the "South Park" creators did not immediately reply to Fox News Digitals requests for comment.

The federal government is planning to breed millions of flies and dump them over Mexico and Texas via airplanes in an effort to combat a flesh-eating maggot.The pest being targeted is the flesh-eating larva of the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly. The Department of Agriculture plans to ramp up the breeding and distribution of adult male flies. The flies will be sterilized with radiation before they are released.They mate with females in the wild, and the eggs laid by the female aren't fertilized and don't hatch. There are fewer larvae, and over time, the fly population dies out.US SHUTS SOUTHERN BORDER TO LIVESTOCK IMPORTS TO STOP SPREAD OF DEADLY FLIESFox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Agriculture.The USDA expects a new screwworm fly factory to be up and running in southern Mexico by July 2026. It plans to open a fly distribution center in southern Texas by the end of the year so that it can import and distribute flies from Panama if necessary.The New World Screwworm was considered to be eradicated in the U.S. since 1966, but has recently emerged as a threat following an outbreak in Mexico.In May, the news triggered a shutdown of cattle, horse and bison imports along the southern border, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced at the time.FLESH-EATING NEW WORLD SCREWWORM COULD POSE HEALTH RISKS TO CATTLE, HUMANS"Due to the threat of New World Screwworm I am announcing the suspension of live cattle, horse, & bison imports through U.S. southern border ports of entry effective immediately," she wrote on X.The pest is endemic in Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and some South American countries, according to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Despite being found in forests and other wooded areas, they often seek hosts like cattle or horses in pastures and fields, per the above source.A female fly will often lay eggs in a wound or orifice of a live, warm-blooded animal. The eggs then hatch into larvae (maggots) that burrow into the flesh, causing potentially deadly damage.Between 1962 and 1975, the U.S. and Mexico bred and released more than 94 billion sterile flies to eradicate the pest, according to the USDA.Fox News Digital's Khloe Quill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

White House border czar Tom Homan revealed that southern border apprehensions in June were incredibly low and nobody was released into the U.S. after being apprehended."Total Border Patrol encounters for the entire month of June 2025 was 6,070. That is less than a single day under Biden," Homan posted to X on Tuesday, touting "the Trump effect."The figure is a dip of 15% from March, and a major dip from moments during the Biden administration, such as December 2023 where there were an average of roughly 11,000 encounters daily.There were only 8,039 apprehensions on a national scale by Border Patrol, which is lower than the record set in March. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the first three days of June 2024 had over 11,000 apprehensions, with the southern border alone having over 7,000 apprehensions in the first two days of that month.NEW DATA REVEALS BORDER CROSSINGS REACH RECORD LOWS AMID TRUMP ADMIN'S CRACKDOWN"As a matter of fact, the total number of encounters is less than half of a single day under Biden on many days. Also, none of the 6,070 were released into the U.S. ZERO. President Trump has created the most secure border in the history of the nation and the data proves it. We have never seen numbers this low. Never. God bless the men and women of the US Border Patrol and God bless the men and women of ICE. The interior arrests and consequences help to drive down illegal immigration. The TRUMP EFFECT keeps America winning," he continued.In June, Fox News reported that the number of apprehensions and gotaways was at new lows midway through the month. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there were only 137 apprehensions on June 28, the lowest in roughly 25 years on a single day.Total nationwide encounters, which means encounters not just at the southern border, were the lowest in CBP history at 25,243, which is 12% less than the record low in February 2025. Gotaway numbers also shot down by 90% compared with June of last year.BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN REVEALS UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS IN TRUMP'S BORDER STRATEGY"The numbers dont lie under President Trumps leadership, DHS and CBP have shattered records and delivered the most secure border in American history. The world is hearing our message: the border is closed to law breakers," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated.CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE"Under President Trump, our Border Patrol agents are empowered to do their job once again, secure our border and protect the American people," she continued.While the political debate continues on deportation efforts and long-term solutions, the contrast remains incredibly stark from the Biden administration on the border itself.SOUTHERN BORDER APPREHENSIONS PLUNGE MORE THAN 90% FROM YEAR AGO IN APRIL, CBP SAYSShortly after taking office, President Donald Trump deployed troops to the border and the administration began taking steps to resume construction of a wall, a project that was primarily halted with only a few exceptions under Biden.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn Washington, the House is in the closing moments of its process on the reconciliation bill on Wednesday, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes billions in funding for border security and immigration enforcement for agencies like ICE and U.S. Border Patrol.

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The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr, delivered his first major speech in his new role with the Trump administration, announcing six priorities he plans to focus on during his tenure, including pushing the United States to dominate the "space economy.""Continuing to move vertically from the ground to the airwaves. Next up is space," Carr said during a speech in South Dakota Wednesday afternoon. "The Build America agenda will expand America's space economy. The Final Frontier is home to an emerging constellation of satellites that have become an essential part of America's economic and geopolitical strategy. So I want to see U.S. companies dominate in orbit."Our efforts on this front will be driven by a few key guiding principles: speed, simplicity, security and satellite spectrum abundance," Carr continued.Carr served as an FCC commissioner since 2017, before Trump tapped him to serve as the agency's chair as of Trump's inauguration in January. Carr traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Wednesday to deliver his speech at the headquarters of a telecommunications infrastructure construction company called VIKOR.TRUMP-APPOINTED FCC CHAIRMAN PROBES BIDEN CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM OVER CHINA CONCERNSThe speech was dubbed the "Build America Agenda" and outlined six priorities the Federal Communications Commission will tackle under Carr's leadership.On the topic of dominating the space economy, Carr said the FCC is already making progress.The FCC is "clearing backlogs of applications for satellite systems," he said. "And this type of acceleration is certainly needed. In fact, if you look back over the past couple of years, it actually took a faster amount of time for America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build and launch satellite constellations, than it would take for federal agencies in Washington to process the paperwork necessary to approve those launches. But that ends here."TRUMP SIGNS NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS INTENDED TO MAKE FLYING CARS A REALITY, SLASH FLIGHT TIMES"The Build America agenda will inject rocket fuel into our licensing process by standardizing our reviews through more objective metrics, protecting America's orbital advantage for years to come," he said.Carr outlined that the other five priorities include: unleashing high-speed infrastructure builds, restoring Americas leadership in wireless, cutting red tape and modernizing FCC operations, advancing national security and public safety and strengthening Americas workforce.The FCC chief remarked that the FCC still has rules on the books related to the use of telegraphs and "rabbit ear broadcast TV receivers" and that his leadership will clear the agency of outdated guidance and focus on the future.FCC COMMISSIONER SIMINGTON EXPECTED TO ABRUPTLY LEAVE AGENCY, POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT REVEALED"The FCC right now still has rules on the books regulating telegraph service, rabbit ear broadcast TV receivers and phone booths," he said. "Starting next month, that will change, and doing so in eliminating those outdated rules, the FCC will move directly to delete 40 rules or requirements, and over 7,000 words from the Code of Federal Regulations. A good step forward."Carr said that he and President Donald Trump are focused on keeping America as a tech leader, including broadening its 5G capabilities and beating China in the artificial intelligence race.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"One of the very first actions that I took when I became chairman of the FCC was to establish a new council on National Security within the agency," he said. "Our Build Agenda will ensure that the U.S. extends its lead over China in the race for critical technologies. Whether it's 5G, 6G or AI, we're going to do so by making sure that U.S. businesses and the standards they set continue to be the gold standard for businesses all across the world."

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said leaders in the state's most southern municipality face possible removal from office if they fail to restore an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).On Tuesday, the Key West city commissioners voted 5-1 to void an agreement that requires its police department to partner with ICE.The federal program known as 287(g) allows local authorities to perform certain federal immigration enforcement functions, including allowing officers to question, arrest and detain people suspected of violating immigration law.LARGE CITY SIGNS ONTO DEAL WITH ICE: 'KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE'"I try not to make decisions with my heart because it can get me into trouble," said Commissioner Donald Lee, the citys former police chief who voted to sever the so-called 287(g) agreement, the Miami Herald reported. "Tonight, I am going to make a decision from my heart, and I hope it doesnt get the city in trouble."In a letter Wednesday to the commissioners, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said their vote violates state law and has essentially made Key West a "sanctuary city.""Florida law unequivocally forbids sanctuary cities," Uthmeier wrote while demanding the city reverse course. "Failure to take corrective action will result in the enforcement of all applicable civil and criminal penalties, including removal from office by the governor."FLORIDA HALTS MIGRANT ARRESTS AFTER JUDGE REBUKES STATE OVER IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENTFox News Digital has reached out to Uthmeier, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the six Key West commissioners.Law enforcement agencies that operate county jails in Florida must enter partnerships with the federal government so their officers can carry out limited immigration agent functions, the Herald reported.On Tuesday, DeSantis told reporters Key West leaders could face suspension for not upholding the agreement."I think the attorney general has weighed in on that, and Ill let him do the analysis and send them whatever warnings need to be sent," DeSantis said at the opening of the new "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Everglades."But the reality is you have a responsibility for full participation," he added. "And you can virtue signal and try to make political statements, but the reality is local governments have to abide by Florida law."Criminal illegal immigrants were expected be "checking in" to the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility Wednesday night, Uthmeier said."Next stop: back to where they came from," he wrote on X.

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President Donald Trump's legislative agenda temporarily ground to a halt in the House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon.Plans for an early afternoon vote to begin debate on Trump's "big, beautiful bill" slipped away as both conservative concerns and weather delays led to issues in passing two procedural votes ahead of the critical measure.It's not clear if the key vote will proceed today at this point. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., one of the bill's biggest critics, told reporters a vote was still "possible.""No, not yet," he said when asked if he was getting what he needed from the White House to support the measure. "But the evening is so young."THOM TILLIS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM SENATE AFTER CLASH WITH TRUMPHouse GOP leaders had hoped to vote to begin debate on the vast tax and immigration bill, a maneuver known as a "rule vote," with the goal of teeing up a vote on the legislation's final passage by late Wednesday or early Thursday at the latest.The president has directed Republicans to get a bill to his desk for a signature by the Fourth of July, though he's suggested in some recent comments he would not mind a delay of a few days.The rule vote was meant to be the third in an early afternoon series of three votes. As of early evening Wednesday, that vote is still being held open, and the House floor is effectively paralyzed.Lawmakers who expected a vote were told to return to their offices to await further instructions.Multiple House Freedom Caucus members who left a meeting next to the House floor declined to comment on what they discussed, but several have made clear in recent days that they have serious issues with the Senate's version of Trump's agenda bill.The mammoth piece of legislation includes Trump's agenda on taxes, the border, energy, defense and the national debt.Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought was seen briefly entering and exiting the room where the fiscal hawks were gathered.He said little to reporters other than announcing they were "making good progress" on his way out of the room.Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, suggested that conservatives were speaking with the Trump administration about how Republicans could make up for what they saw as deficiencies in the current version of the bill.Fiscal hawks were angered by last-minute moves made to placate Senate GOP moderates who were uneasy about the bill's near-immediate phase-out of most green energy tax subsidies in former President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).SENATE PASSES TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' AFTER MARATHON VOTE-A-RAMAThey've also argued the Senate's bill would add more to the federal deficit than the House's earlier version, though Senate Republicans have pushed back."We were not happy with what the Senate produced. We thought there was a path forward as of late last week, even though I had concerns in public about them. But then they jammed it through at the last minute in a way that, you know, we're not overly excited about," Roy said. "So, now we're trying to understand what our options are from this point."Other representatives, like Keith Self, R-Texas, and Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., declined to comment about the meeting to reporters.Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who is not a member of the Freedom Caucus but had some concerns about the bill, told reporters when leaving the meeting, "Im just waiting to see whats going on honestly. Everybodys just discussing whats going on and trying to get to some [resolution]."Burchett told reporters earlier he was leaning in favor of voting to debate the bill.But Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can afford just three defections to still pass the bill along party lines."We're going to get there tonight," Johnson told reporters.