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Amid Caitlin Clark's extended injury absence from the Indiana Fever, at least one media pundit has suggested the team is better without the superstar.ESPN's Carolyn Peck said on the network on Thursday that Indiana is a "more dangerous" team without Clark on the floor.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"I think that Indiana is even more dangerous when Caitlin Clark doesnt play, because shes a ball-dominant guard," she said. "The balls in her hands a lot, so you know what you need to try to take away. But when you look at Indiana now, theyve got so many weapons."Peck gave specific praise to Fever players Kelsey Mitchell, Aari McDonald and Aliyah Boston. Peck did not appear to give praise to Fever stars Sophie Cunningham or Lexie Hull."When you have a point guard like Kelsey Mitchell, and Aari McDonald making plays on the perimeter, and a post like Aliyah Boston, Im gonna tell you: Indiana, they are a threat. And its specifically on the defensive end," Peck said.Peck's comments went viral on social media, inciting the wrath of Clark's loyal supporters.Barstool founder Dave Portnoy reposted the clip of Peck's comments on X, writing, "I knew this was gonna happen."The popular sports commentary X account "BricksCenter" also shared the clip, writing, "Their hatred toward CC needs to be studied."Hundreds of smaller accounts made their criticisms of Peck's analysis known.WNBA ROOKIE PAIGE BUECKERS SAYS MEDIA 'TRIES TO ISOLATE' IN RESPONSE TO PAST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACK WOMEN"ESPN would be a lot more 'dangerous' without Carolyn Peck," one user wrote.Another user wrote, "All of Peck's takes on CC last year ended being wrong and I don't expect anything different from this season."One user even went so far as to say, "ESPN analyst Carolyn Peck is a hater and a fool."Peck was the women's basketball head coach at Purdue when current Fever head coach Stephanie White was a player there. Together, they won the NCAA title in 1999.Clark has missed the team's last four games with a groin injury and will miss a fifth on Saturday against the LA Sparks. She previously missed five games with a quad injury.With Clark, Indiana is 54, averaging an 85.0 offensive rating.Without Clark, the team is 54 with an average 80.2 offensive rating.In games she has played, Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.9 turnovers.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

North CarolinaGov. Josh Stein has vetoedfour controversial bills that targetdiversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives andtransgender rights, setting up a political clash with theRepublican-led General Assembly.Stein, a Democrat, blasted the three DEI-focused bills as being "mean-spirited" that would "marginalize vulnerable people" and took aim at Republicans who failed to pass a fiscal budget for the year that just began.The DEI bills ought to ban DEI training, hiring practices and staff positions instate and local governments as well as outlawing the use ofstate funds for DEI programming. The legislation would have imposedcivil penalties on workers who violate the rules. No Democrats supported the three DEI bills.NORTH CAROLINA PROFESSOR WHO WAGED 'WAR ON DEI' AT UNIVERSITY TOUTS WIN"At a time when teachers, law enforcement, and state employees need pay raises, and people need shorter lines at the DMV, the legislature failed to pass a budget and, instead, wants to distract us by stoking culture wars that further divide us," Stein said in a statement."These mean-spirited bills would marginalize vulnerable people and also undermine the quality of public services and public education. Therefore, I am vetoing them. I stand ready to work with the legislature when it gets serious about protecting people and addressing North Carolinians pressing concerns."The measures cutting or eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in state and local governments, K-12 public schools and the university system have been a major priority for GOP lawmakers. They argue the programs targeted have overemphasized identity to the detriment of merit and societal unity.The transgender bill began as a bipartisan measure to curbsexual exploitation by enforcingage verification and consent rules for pornography websites. But lawmakers later added controversial provisions, including aban on state-funded gender-affirming procedures forprisoners.RUBIO-RUN STATE DEPARTMENT DUMPS BIDEN-ERA DEI HIRING CRITERIA, REPLACES WITH 'FIDELITY'It also affirms the recognition of two sexes and requires the state to officially attach a transgender persons new birth certificate to their old one if they change their sex assigned at birth.Stein said in a veto message that he strongly supported the anti-sexual exploitation provisions in the bill, but the final measure went too far. "My faith teaches me that we are all children of God no matter our differences and that it is wrong to target vulnerable people, as this bill does," he added.One Democrat backed the fourth bill before Stein vetoed it. All four bills now return to theGeneral Assembly, which could reconvene later this month to attemptveto overrides. Republicans areone vote short of a veto-proof supermajority in the House.The vetoes bring Steins total to 11 since taking office in January all within the past two weeks.Stein was previously North Carolinas attorney general since 2017 after serving in the state Senate from 2009 to 2016.The progressive attorney and politician campaigned on a platform of loweringthe cost of housing, increasing job creation, expanding access to abortion and improving education.Fox News Emma Colton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Parents are searching for information about their children's whereabouts as dozens remain missing after a deadly, devastating river flood swept through a local Christian camp. Officials say between 23 and 25 girls from Camp Mystic, an all-girls private Christian camp in Hunt, Texas, remain missing.State officials confirmed Friday night that at least 25 people are dead, including adults and children. Among the deaths, 24 were reported in Kerr County and one was in Kendall County.TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CLOSES CAPITOL GROUNDS FOLLOWING 'CREDIBLE THREAT' TO LAWMAKERSFamilies have lined up at reunification centers hoping to see their loved ones. According to the Kerr County Sheriff's Office, Ingram Elementary School in Ingram, Texas, and The Arcadia Live Theater in Kerrville, Texas, are being used as reunification centers.Camp Mystic, which had approximately 750 attendees, reportedly told parents that if they had not been contacted directly it meant that their child was accounted for.Ellen Toranzo told Fox News Digital that her daughter, Greta Toranzo, is one of the campers who went missing during the flood. Carrie Hanna also confirmed to Fox News Digital that her daughter, Hadley, is unaccounted for.TEXAS DRIVER CATCHES DRAMATIC PARTIAL OVERPASS COLLAPSE ON VIDEOElinor Lester, 13, told the Associated Press she was evacuated with her cabinmates by helicopter after wading through floodwaters. Lester also said that the "camp was completely destroyed" in the disastrous flood. The outlet noted that Lester was housed on higher ground at the camp, known as Senior Hill. Younger campers, who can begin attending at age 8, are housed along the riverbanks and were the first to flood, according to the Associated Press.The National Guard was deployed in Texas to respond after heavy rain on Friday morning caused the Guadalupe River to rise nearly 30 feet in 45 minutes. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem later said that members of the U.S. Coast Guard were deployed to assist in evacuations.Helicopters and military vehicles were used for evacuations. As of Friday night, 237 people had been evacuated, including 167 by helicopter.Texas deployed more than 1,000 state responders and over 800 vehicles and equipment assets, according to Gov. Greg Abbott's office. The governor also declared an emergency for 15 counties, and his office said that more could be added to the list."This is a time when we, as a state, need God more than ever," Abbott said in a statement. "The one thing I hear the most are the prayers that are being sent for those who are in harms way."President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the floods were "shocking" and "a terrible thing." He also said the state would receive federal aid and that his administration was working with Abbott.The Kerr County Sheriff's Office is encouraging those with missing loved ones to call the Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767 for information.Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch and Landon Mion contributed to this report.

Critics slammed the United Nations for rewarding a controversial anti-Israel Commission of Inquiry with four new positions worth up to three-quarters of a million dollars, even as the world body undergoes a severe cash crisis."When it comes to spending money for the spread of antisemitism, the U.N. doesn't have a spending limit," Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices,told Fox News Digital.On June 4, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem (COI), led by South African Navi Pillay, announced four new job openings for senior-level positions in Geneva. These include two P-2 level associate interpreters, one higher-level P-3 level human rights officer, and a still more senior P-4 level human rights officer.REVEALED: THE EXTENSIVE PERKS UN OFFICIALS RECEIVE WHILE ORDERING BUDGET CUTSCombined, their salaries will range from $530,000 to $704,000, based on salary scales released by the U.N. and its location-based salary multiplier (set at .814 for Swiss employees), published in a document supplied to Fox News Digital by a diplomatic source.These salaries do not include other senior-level U.N. employee benefits, including dependent costs, housing allowances or relocation fees.Bayefsky asked why the U.N.s "belt-tightening exercise applies to all kinds of urgent matters but exempts the COI, which has simultaneously gone on a spending-spree.""The COI was created to destroy the Jewish state and is now conducting itself accordingly." She said its latest report, issued in June, is "totally unhinged" and "claims Israelis are like Nazis engaged in extermination of the Palestinians, refers to thoseextremist Jews, denies biblical history, [and] fuels antisemitism by claiming Jews defile Muslim holy sites."A spokesperson from the U.N. Human Rights Office did not respond to Fox News Digitals questions about the Commissions findings.DOGE USAID BUDGET CUTS HIT UN IN WORST LIQUIDITY CRISIS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENTPillay and the COI have come under fire previously for anti-Israel sentiment. In January 2022, 42 Republicans and Democrats in Congress signed an open letter calling for the U.S. to defund the COI.The Representatives expressed concern that "Chairwoman Navi Pillay, while serving as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014, repeatedly and unjustly accused Israel of committing war crimes." They stated that while she condemned Israel, Pillay "reportedly said nothing at all about egregious human rights abuses in dozens of other countries which, unlike Israel, received the worst, Not Free rating from the respected Freedom House."In October 2023, a representative from the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in Geneva said before the Third Committee of the U.N. that the U.S. "remains deeply concerned about the scope and nature of the open-ended Commission of Inquiry established in May 2021. The COI demonstrates a particular bias against Israel in subjecting it to a unique mechanism that does not exist for any other U.N. Member State."In October 2024, a report from the COIexcluded information about Hamas use of Kamal Adwan Hospital for operations, failed to recount the maltreatment Israeli hostages received at Gazan hospitals, and could "not verify" that tunnels found below Al-Shifa hospital "were used for military purposes." Bayefsky said the report trafficked in blood libels.In March, Pillays commission claimed that rape and sexual violence are part of the Israel Defense Forces "standard operating procedures towards Palestinians." Pillay also said that the IDFs sexual violence creates "a system of oppression that undermines [Palestinians] right to self-determination." In response, Bayefsky called Pillay "the worlds leading champion of the 2001 U.N. Durban Declaration slander that a Jewish state is a racist state."In March 2024, Congress passed a budget bill that eliminated funding for the COI while simultaneously banning funds for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to the Jerusalem Post.The U.N. Human Rights Council is already experiencing the impact of the organizations liquidity crisis.In a June 16 letter penned by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights VolkerTrk, the Human Rights Council outlines more than a dozen reports, as well as studies, regional workshops, and panels mandated by the Council, which could not be completed due to inadequate resourcing.In response to a request for comment about how the COI has received additional personnel while the Human Rights Council deals with scarcity, spokesperson Pascal Sim told Fox News Digital that the Human Rights Councils "views are only expressed in the resolutions and decisions that its 47 Member States adopt at the end of each of its sessions."FORMER TRUMP OFFICIAL SLAMS UN REFORMS AS EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS LATETo the question of whether the council is in greater need of personnel or funds to fulfill its current workload, Sim said that "Member States of the U.N. are currently continuing consultations on this matter."In a press conference on July 1, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder updated reporters on U.N. Secretary-GeneralAntnio Guterres cost-cutting UN80 Initiative.Ryder said that the U.N. recognizes "that we have a difficult task of untangling the undergrowth of decisions and resolutions and mechanisms that we put in place to implement them, and we wonder if were going to be able to advance significantly."Ryder also admitted that "When a similar review was undertaken 20 years ago, it ran rather quickly into the sand. It did not produce the results that were hoped for and expected at that time. Were looking at that experience of 20 years ago, and we hope we can avoid some of the pitfalls."However, Bayefsky said, "For decades, the U.N. has engaged in phony cost-saving measures while their actual expenditures have ballooned," she said, noting that the U.S. "has always been satisfied by moving around the deck chairs on the Titanic."Bayefsky said that "it's our government's job to put an end to this devious calculus by immediately withholding the entire U.N. budget until such time as the dangerous lesions are removed. It's our job to deny visas to the COI members planning to come to the United States in the next couple of months."Contrary to popular belief, it is not required by the U.S.-U.N. host agreement to allow international travelers into the U.S. to fan the flames of antisemitism, and vandalize our fundamental values and the Constitution from the middle of New York City," Bayefsky said. "We need a new boat, not new deck chairs."A budget proposal from the Trump administration leaked in April announced the intention to eliminate all expenditures to the U.N. and international organizations.In response to questions about whether a decision about U.N. funding has been finalized, a senior State Department official told Fox News Digital that "President Trump is ensuring taxpayer dollars are used wisely. Any announcements regarding funding to international organizations will come from the President or the administration."The U.S., through its taxpayers, is the single-largest contributor to the U.N. In 2022, the U.N. reports that $18.1 billion, or 26.8%, of its $67.5 billion in expenditures came from the U.S.

A man on TikTok has gone viral for claiming that he received a two-star review by guests online because his rental home was deemed not "weight accessible."In a video that garnered over 20,000 likes and hundreds of comments, the host shared the grievances his guests supposedly communicated to him after their stay."I guess they were on the larger side and my house didnt perfectly accommodate their size," said the host.WOMAN PLANS TRIP TO EUROPE AS BOYFRIEND'S 'DYING MOTHER' BATTLES CANCER: 'MIGHT BE FAKING'He claimed the guests said they couldnt fit through the doorway, after which the host commented, "I have standard door frames."He also said the guests claimed that "some of the furniture seemed shaky at best, and we felt scared we were going to break it.""And then they were like, I noticed your egg chair on your deck had a weight limit of 330 pounds on it. Thats the manufacturer that puts that [there], not me, and thats for one person," the host added."Then they were like, Unfortunately, none of us could use that."The TikToker host claimed the Airbnb guests said his bed was super soft and they felt like they were going to cave into the middle when they were both on it.MOM PULLS OFF SNEAKY AIRLINE SEAT HACK THAT HAS OTHER TRAVELERS IN DISBELIEF"I might say this house isnt a good fit for you," the host added in response, in part.The host concluded that it was "not a learning lesson" for him but "hopefully [it was] just for them."Fox News Digital reached out to the TikToker and Airbnb for comment.The website of Airbnb lists various accessibility features that hosts can add to their listings.Some related features potentially pertaining to guests who are of a larger size could be the width of the home.The phrases "guest entrance wider than 32 inches" and "room entrance wider than 32 inches" are both listed.For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyleTikTokers took to the comments section to share their opinions on the matter."As a plus-sized person, I cannot imagine being this entitled," wrote one woman. "Its no ones job but mine to make sure its somewhere Ill be comfortable."A user asked, "If they couldn't fit through the door frame, how'd they know about the rest of the things?""Thank you for handling this with professionalism. Unfortunately, entitlement comes in all sizes," said one woman.Another user wrote, "I'm plus size. This level of entitlement is crazy. I always check weight limits."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERStill another wrote, "I read the low reviews for this reason. Sometimes the issues do not apply to me."A different TikToker wrote, "I think you should have very sturdy furniture if youre going to [do] this. I think hotels use that kind of furniture."Airbnb began in 2007 "when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe," the company notes on its website."Every day, hosts offer unique stays, experiences and services that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way."

Conservative activist and children's safety campaigner "Billboard Chris" took a victory lap Wednesday after successfully suing part of the Australian government for trying to censor his posts critical of government officials that advocate for transgender operations.Following a lawsuit filed by social media platform X and the conservative activist whose real name is Chris Elston the Australian government was forced to back down from its demands that X delete Elstons 2024 post criticizing a World Health Organization bureaucrat for what Elston described as their pro-child gender operation views."I think this was a very large dose of rationality for Australia, which has really gone off the deep end in terms of censorship," Elston told Fox News Digital following an Australian Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) ruling this week that Elston could leave his post on the platform.Elston added that the ruling was "a decisive victory" and declared that "Australians should rejoice because they're free to call a man a man, and a woman a woman."MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE PUSHES BILL TO PUNISH THOSE WHO PERFORM GENDER TRANSITION MEASURES ON MINORSXs official Global Government Affairs account reacted to the verdict, stating, "This is a decisive win for free speech in Australia and around the world. X will continue to fight against coercive state censorship and to defend our users rights to free speech."Elston shared a Daily Mail story on X in 2024 that exposed the identity and sexual proclivities of Teddy Cook, an Australian transgender male who had just been appointed to a WHO body tasked with drafting "care guidelines for trans and non-binary people."The Daily Mail reported that Cook has a "kinky track record in everything from bestiality to bondage, drugs and nudism." Elston posted the article to X and referred to Cook as a "she," in accordance with Cook's biological sex.In the caption to his original post, Elston wrote, "This woman (yes, shes female) is part of a panel of 20 experts hired by the @WHO to draft their policy on caring for trans people. People who belong in psychiatric wards are writing the guidelines for people who belong in psychiatric wards."POLICE ARREST BILLBOARD CHRIS, CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST IN EU CAPITAL FOR DENOUNCING CHILD TRANSGENDER TREATMENTSAfter his posts, Elston revealed that Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant sent the activist and X a notice demanding they remove the posts because it amounted to "cyber abuse" of Cook. The government official then threatened X with a nearly $800,000 fine if the platform did not remove the post, prompting X and Elstons legal challenge.Lois McLatchie Miller, a spokesperson for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International the legal group who coordinated Elstons case against the ruling along with Australias Human Rights Law Alliance explained to Fox News Digital how Grant tried to justify the demand to have Elstons speech removed from social media.According to the legal expert, Grant charged Elston and X with violating Australias "Online Safety Act," alleging his post engaged in "cyber abuse against an Australian adult."Miller continued, "So they use that terminology to say that Chris's post should have been banned. But of course, that would give rise to or demand that Chris intended or the intention of his tweet was to bully someone to abuse them. And, of course, that was not the case."After a week-long hearing over Elstons case that occurred in March, ART reached a verdict Wednesday siding with the activist. According to ART Deputy President Damien ODonovan, it was clear that Elstons post was not cyber abuse but a statement of his beliefs.Donovan stated in his ruling, "The post, although phrased offensively, is consistent with views Mr Elston has expressed elsewhere in circumstances where the expression of the view had no malicious intent.""When the evidence is considered as a whole I am not satisfied that an ordinary reasonable person would conclude that by making the post Mr Elston intended to cause Mr Cook serious harm," he added.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREMiller described Donovans finding as a "really significant point," telling Fox News Digital that Elston's "intention was to keep his conviction to speak in the way that he thought was accurate and true. And to uphold the right of identity of women and children."Elston mentioned he felt his team beat the case on "every single legal point.""I think this sets a fantastic precedent going forward, and it should, at the very least, make Australians feel safe to say that a man is a man and a woman is a woman, because we've set a precedent for that," he said.Miller added, "This is a really significant early ruling in favor of free speech, which is going to be helpful for citizens all over the world as they tackle these new laws coming in."In a press release, ADF International executive director Paul Coleman celebrated the verdict."This is a decisive win for free speech and sets an important precedent in the growing global debate over online censorship. In this case, the Australian government alarmingly censored the peaceful expression of a Canadian citizen on an American-owned platform, evidence of the expansive reach of censorial forces, even beyond national borders. Today, free speech has prevailed."The Australian eSafety Commission pointed Fox News Digital to their statement on ART's verdict, which read, "eSafety welcomes the guidance provided by the Tribunal on the statutory test for adult cyber abuse. We will continue to take seriously the responsibility of remediating online harms and protecting Australians from serious online harms."

President Donald Trump is riding a major wave of momentum after he signed his $3.3 trillion "big, beautiful bill" Friday a final notch in a series of wins for his administration in recent weeks.The bills passage comes on the heels of other significant victories for his administration, including a Supreme Court ruling in his favor and successful strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities."President Trump has delivered more wins for the American people in two weeks than most Presidents do in four years," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Thursday statement to Fox News Digital. "This has been the most historic two weeks of any Administration in history. Thanks to President Trump, America is back and is the hottest country in the world!"The tax and domestic policy bill arrived on his desk after the House passed the final version of the measure Thursday meeting Trumps self-imposed Fourth of July deadline to get the measure over the finish line.The bill includes key provisions that would permanently establish individual and business tax breaks included in Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and incorporates new tax deductions to cut duties on tips and overtime pay.The measure also raises the debt limit by $5 trillion a provision that has faced scrutiny from figures such as SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Furthermore, the bill rescinds certain Biden-era green energy tax credits, and allocates approximately $350 billion for defense and Trumps mass deportation initiative to weed out illegal immigrants from the U.S.The measure also institutes Medicaid reforms, including new 80-hour-a-month work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and expands work requirements for those on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.Here are some other recent events that have gone in the Trump administrations favor:The U.S. launched strikes June 21 targeting key Iranian nuclear facilities, which involved more than 125 U.S. aircraft, according to Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Following the strikes, Trump said in an address to the nation that the mission left the nuclear sites "completely and totally obliterated," and Caine said that initial battle damage assessments suggested "all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction."Still, Caine acknowledged that a final assessment would "take some time."TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES ON NEW BATTLE SHUTTING DOWN INITIAL IRAN STRIKE ASSESSMENTSBut days later, a leaked report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, published by CNN and the New York Times, cast doubt on those claims, saying that the strikes had only set back Irans nuclear program by several months.However, the Pentagon said Wednesday that internal intelligence assessments indicate the strikes set back Irans nuclear program by one or two years."We have degraded their program by one to two years, at least intel assessments inside the Department (of Defense) assess that," Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell told reporters Wednesday.The Supreme Court ruled, 63, to block the lower courts from issuing universal injunctions on June 27. Multiple executive orders Trump has signed during his second administration have been tied up in the courts as a result of nationwide injunctions, including his ban on birthright citizenship.TRUMP CELEBRATES SUPREME COURT LIMITS ON COLOSSAL ABUSE OF POWER BY FEDERAL JUDGESThe Supreme Courts ruling means that lower courts are only permitted to issue broad injunctions in limited cases, which Trump said would prevent a "colossal abuse of power.""I was elected on a historic mandate, but in recent months, we've seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president to stop the American people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers," Trump said on June 27.CBS News parent company, Paramount Global, Tuesday agreed to a $16 million settlement with Trump, stemming from a lawsuit Trump filed against CBS in October 2024 related to a "60 Minutes" interview with his opponent in the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris.CBS BLASTS TRUMPS LAWSUIT AS MERITLESS DESPITE RECENT $15 MILLION SETTLEMENT OFFERIn the lawsuit, Trump alleged that CBS deceptively edited the interview with Harris when asked about why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn't "listening" to the Biden administration. While the segment aired one answer from Harris during a primetime special on the network, a less polished answer had previously appeared in a preview clip of the interview.The money from the settlement will not go to Trump himself, but rather, toward his future presidential library and to cover the plaintiffs' fees and costs. CBS said it worked with a mediator to reach the settlement agreement and that Paramount will not issue an apology.

Turning Point USA founder and conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk says democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is "stoppable" from winning the New York City mayoral race, but only if the opposition coalesces around a strong alternative against the Democratic nominee.Following last week's shocking primary where Mamdani bested ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in rank-choice voting, there has been an effort by political strategists and donors to prevent the 33-year-old state assembly member from winning in November. Both Cuomo and current New York City Mayor Eric Adams are now running as independent candidates.In an interview with Fox News Digital, Kirk said that Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels crime-prevention group who won the Republican nomination uncontested, should withdraw from the race."He's a little bit of a novelty candidate. I like him. He is a good guy. But you cannot have a competition on the Republican side. So I think he should drop out," Kirk said. "Whoever ends up running against [Mamdani], if it's Eric Adams, who is not exactly well liked in New York right now, you have to run on crime, quality of life, and an anti-radical agenda. Just common sense, unifying the city. We do not want these radical, third-world elements introduced into America's largest city and once greatest city."CHARLIE KIRK CALLS MAMDANI THE CAMPUS RIOT CANDIDATE, WARNS HE'S A PREVIEW OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S FUTUREIn response to Fox News Digital's request for comment, the Sliwa campaign cited a recent poll conducted by American Pulse which showed Sliwa edging out Adams 16%-14% in a four-way race, with Mamdani leading with 35%, followed by Cuomo with 29%. The poll also showed Adams with the worst net favorability. "Eric Adams paved the way for Zohran Mamdani by failing spectacularly over the last 3.5 years. With Adams polling dead last and holding the worst favorability rating on record at 68% unfavorable, its clear Im the only candidate with a real path to victory, and Ill prove that on November 4th. Why would any candidate drop out when Eric Adams has no path to victory?" Sliwa said in a statement.Sliwa, who was the GOP nominee in the 2021 mayoral race, previously lost to Adams, the then-Democratic nominee, by a 67-28 margin.CURTIS SLIWA VOWS TO STAY IN NYC MAYORAL RACE AS DONORS PLOT TO STOP MAMDANIKirk says Mamdani's biggest vulnerability is "how radical he is" and while he conceded Mamdani's proposal to freeze rent may appeal to some New Yorkers, he's "so bad on crime," which is the issue he thinks Mamdani's opponents should focus on (Mamdani has previously promoted the "defund the police" movement and has been campaigning on creating the Department of Community Safety)."Crime is an issue that affects all New Yorkers," Kirk told Fox News Digital "Where, like, rent stabilization actually, he might get votes for that he is so bad on crime. He's unspeakably bad on the police."POLITIFACT DECLARES ZOHRAN MAMDANI IS NOT A COMMUNIST IN FACT-CHECK OF TRUMPWhat Mamdani has working in his favor, according to Kirk, is that he's "very social media savvy," something Mamdani showcased during his primary run. He also pointed to the "hundreds of thousands of college students" who are motivated to rally behind who he calls the "encampment candidate.""He also is the Democrat nominee, and a lot of people would just blindly vote for Democrats in New York, and so he has that advantage," Kirk said.The prominent conservative dismissed those on the right who suggested liberal New York City is beyond saving, stressing the mayoral race has "existential importance" and that voters must come together to stop Mamdani."Some people say 'Oh, I don't care about New York City.' That is a bunch of nonsense and that's a bunch of rubbish," Kirk said. "We will not surrender America's largest city to a communist. We are not going to let that happen. And so I encourage everyone to get involved whatever degree you can. The future of western civilization will run through its cities. And right now, the battlefield is all eyes on New York."

New York Times opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argued on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is much more of a "normie Republican" than both his supporters and critics may lead one to believe.Bouie's opinion piece, titled, "Face It. Trump Is a Normie Republican," contended that Trump has governed as a "mostly orthodox Republican" over the duration of his second term, and compared his first term to a hypothetical third George W. Bush presidency."Perhaps the most underappreciated fact about President Trump is that he is a Republican," Bouie stated, noting that "nearly every commentator under the sun" has considered Trump to be unique "in ways that defy traditional categorization."TRUMP TAKES AIM AT CNN AND NEW YORK TIMES OVER IRAN STRIKE COVERAGE, BUT JOURNALISTS ARE SHRUGGINGThe columnist pushed back on the notion that Trump cannot be considered a typical Republican due to his uniqueness, arguing that the "most salient detail" about the current president is that he's a "Republican politician committed to the success of the Republican Party and its ideological vision.""We saw this in his first term, with his signature legislative accomplishment, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Was this his promised transformation of the American economy, the populist blow for those Americans left behind by the nations failed political and economic leadership?" he questioned. "No, it was a massive upper-income tax cut designed to pay huge benefits to the wealthiest Americans, including the president, his family and their friends."Bouie continued, listing off actions taken by Trump during his first term, summarizing that, in short, "Trump governed like a Republican.""And it is not a stretch to say that much of his first term was, on the domestic front, more or less indistinguishable from a hypothetical third term for the previous Republican president, George W. Bush. Trump even ended his term, as Bush did, with a rolling set of crises and disasters, each exacerbated by his mismanagement," he added.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe columnist claimed that Trump's "big, beautiful, bill" lines up with "what any Republican president would do," but has been cloaked in "the rhetoric of populism" by the president.As far as Trump's foreign policy goes, Bouie argued that the president's recent strike on Iran's nuclear facilities was reminiscent of the foreign policy of two former Republicans."With one decision, Trump fulfilled the dreams of a generation of Republican hawks who have been clamoring for war with and regime change in Iran since President Bush proclaimed that it was a member of the axis of evil in 2002. You could, if you were so inclined, draw a straight line from that speech to John McCains bomb Iran quips in 2007 to Trumps appointment of Mike Pompeo, a noted Iran antagonist, as secretary of state in 2018 to his airstrike last month," he claimed.The columnist concluded that some of the "worst" aspects of the Trump administration can be chalked up to the "specific authoritarian vision" of the president and his allies but for the most part this is "simply what happens when you elect a Republican to the White House."