What do they do now?The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is law. Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration stuffed every legislative initiative imaginable (that would mesh with Senate budget rules) into the package. Now Republicans must figure out what to tackle during the remaining 18 months of the 119th Congress.There are always subjects on which the GOP wants to focus and legislate. But after approving the hallmark of President Trumps legislative agenda, there are frankly not a lot of other big items rolling down the parliamentary pike.RACE AGAINST TIME: HOW CONGRESS BARELY MADE JULY 4 DEADLINE ON BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILLBut well focus on a few that are important to the GOP and could make headlines.The first big project comes next week. A "rescissions" bill is due in the Senate. A "rescission" is a request by the administration to cancel spending that Congress had already appropriated. Congress approved an interim spending bill in March to avoid a government shutdown, but a few months later, White House Budget Director Russ Vought sent a "rescissions" request to Congress. Vought hoped to claw back $9.4 trillion in spending for USAID and public broadcasting.BIDEN'S DOCTOR ARRIVES FOR CLOSED-DOOR INTERVIEW IN HOUSE HEALTH PROBEThe House barely approved the package, 214-212, last month. Flip one vote and the bill would have failed. Now, its up to the Senate to align with the House. Senators must do so before a July 18 deadline.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted that the measure was "subject to amendments." A change to the plan means the Senate would have to bounce it back to the House to sync up. And the administration hopes to do multiple rescissions plans this year. So if the House and Senate cant even trim a few billion dollars from what the GOP considers low-hanging fruit.Cutting public broadcasting? Especially in rural areas?Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., who represents a sprawling state which still relies on radio in places, indicated that hed like to see some changes to the rescissions package, especially in light of the flooding in Texas."Looking at radio stations in some of the rural areas that do a lot of emergency services," said Rounds.Without question, the biggest challenge facing Congress this fall and next fall is funding the government and avoiding a shutdown. Congress managed to avoid a shutdown in March simply renewing all existing funding at the levels dictated by the Democrat-controlled Congress last year, and signed off by former President Biden. The only reason they avoided a shutdown was because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., decided a shutdown was a worse option.So Schumer and several Democrats voted to assist the GOP overcome a filibuster and keep the government lights burning.Democrats railed against Schumer for essentially helping bail out Republicans and getting nothing in return. Some called on him to step aside. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and other Democrats seethed at Schumers maneuver.Schumer can probably only go to that well once. One wonders what Schumer could possibly extract from Republicans and President Trump who arent exactly ready to deal even though they lack the votes to fund the government themselves.Moreover, its unclear if a government funding measure of any sort can even make it through the House with just GOP votes.Remember that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., promised conservatives that they would do funding bills one by one when he secured the speakership in October 2023. After all, that was the knock against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Johnson managed to advance some spending bills last year, but the path to doing all 12 spending bills before the Oct. 1 deadline is narrowing. The House Appropriations Committee has readied several spending packages through the spring and early summer, but none are ready for the floor.Whats the magic potion for funding the government on time this year?Well, the question is whether Johnson can again keep his coalition together and convince conservatives to approve yet another interim spending measure. And, since its about the math, they absolutely must have assistance from Schumer and Senate Democrats to avoid a filibuster yet again.Some of this will boil down to what President Trump wants. The easy path is simply re-upping the old Biden/Democrats money (again) for a short period and then hammering out a broader spending pact later in the fall or before Christmas. But that doesnt change the numbers in the House and Senate.And guess what? They have to do this all again by Oct. 1, 2026.There are also expectations and some promises of GOP leaders advancing another "reconciliation" package full of items they werent able to stuff into the Big, Beautiful Bill. A "reconciliation" measure must deal with fiscal issues not policy. It must also not add to the deficit over a decade.So, expect Republicans who didnt score certain savings items in the Big, Beautiful Bill to push for provisions in this package. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., has been among the most vocal advocates for two bills. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., even pushed for two reconciliation packages over the winter. He preferred a plan focused on beefing up the military and the border. Graham then wanted GOPers to turn to a bill to cut spending and accomplish many of the goals outlined by the Big, Beautiful Bill.In fact, the Senates initial budgetary framework adopted in February focused on the border and military.What else is at stake?Well, Republicans are simultaneously looking backwards and forwards.House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is conducting an inquiry into what former Biden officials knew about the cognitive state of the former president. Republicans want to prevent future presidents from relying on staff if they are potentially out of it. The GOP wants to construct legislative remedies to address a potential future executive who cant handle the job.But weve been down this road before. Edith Wilson practically acted as president after Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke.The press corps was complicit in hiding the physical condition of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s and 1940s.Addressing a future impaired executive is a worthy exercise, but gazing backwards may be problematic for the GOP. Republicans dont really have a good Democratic foil right now. Biden provides that. And so while the GOP focused on investigating the Bidens in 2023 and 2024, theyre going back to the same well again. It also doesnt hurt Republicans politically to find out what former Vice President Kamala Harris knew. Same with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Both are flirting with a 2028 presidential bid.This comprises much of the agenda for lawmakers over the coming months. The midterms will be here soon enough. Most anything else will likely pale in comparison to the Big, Beautiful Bill. And with the touchstone of President Trumps agenda now signed into law, Democrats are now determining how to weaponize it against Republicans in the fall of 2026.Most of the legislative agenda is in the books.So what do they do now?Campaign.

The 1990s were a transformative decade in technology, entertainment and politics and now Fox Nation subscribers can retrace steps through time in a new episodic series."Who Can Forget? The '90s" is a new 10-episode docuseries diving into each year from the final decade of the 1900s. Each episode breaks down one year in the iconic decade with popular Fox News, FOX Business and Fox Nation hosts contributing commentary, including Kennedy, Will Cain and David Asman.DAN GAINOR: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE ABSURD: JUNE'S WILDEST POLITICAL MOMENTS AND CELEBRITY MELTDOWNSThe series chronicles the major political events of the 1990s, including the Persian Gulf War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Elian Gonzalez case. The series also documented the rise of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and his subsequent journey to the White House, serving two terms and becoming arguably the face of the decade.FOX NEWS PODCASTS CELEBRATE GREAT AMERICANS WITH NEW SERIES SHOWCASING HEROES AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE DAYOn the entertainment side, "Who Can Forget? The '90s" showcases the rise of grunge music and bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Country musicians like Garth Brooks dominated the airwaves and future pop superstars like Britney Spears started their path to stardom at the end of the decade.In film and TV, iconic motion pictures like "Jurassic Park," "Pulp Fiction" and "The Matrix" wowed audiences with heart-pounding thrills and often cutting-edge special effects. Sitcoms like "Seinfeld" and "Friends" captured the attention of American television sets, while HBO became a household name on cable when "The Sopranos" debuted in 1999.FOX NATION HONORS MILITARY SACRIFICE WITH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CONTENT LINEUP, FREE SUBSCRIPTIONIn the world of sports, the '90s were full of triumphs and unbelievable athletic feats. In the "1992" episode, the success of the U.S. mens basketball team in the Barcelona Summer Olympics, led by global superstar Michael Jordan, was billed as a strong, unifying portrayal of the country. On the golf course, Tiger Woods won the Masters in 1997, breaking racial barriers along the way and further popularizing the game in the United States.Previously on Fox Nation, "Who Can Forget? The '80s" turned back the clock to look back on some of the most important cultural and political moments of the 1980s.CLICK HERE TO JOIN FOX NATION

The top three selections in the 2022 NBA Draft are getting paid.The Orlando Magic announced a five-year, $239 million contract extension for Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, on Monday. Bancheros contract could be worth up to $287 million if he becomes eligible for a supermax deal.The Oklahoma City Thunder and Chet Holmgren have agreed to a five-year maximum rookie contract extension that could be worth up to $250 million, according to ESPN. Holmgren was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe No. 3 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Jabari Smith Jr., intends to sign a five-year, $122 million rookie contract extension with the Houston Rockets.Banchero, 22, won rookie of the year in the 2022-2023 season and has improved in each of his three seasons in the league.Banchero played 72 games in his rookie season and averaged 20 points and just under seven rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. In his second season. Banchero upped his scoring and assists averages.The former Duke star averaged 22.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.4 assists across 80 games and was selected to the All-Star team.KEVIN DURANT, STEVE NASH REFLECT ON ISSUES THAT PLAGUED NETS DURING TURBULENT RUN IN BROOKLYNThis past season, a torn oblique muscle limited him to 46 games, but Banchero shined in the games he played. Banchero averaged 25.9 points while bringing in 7.5 rebounds with 4.8 assists a game.Banchero is the pillar of an ascending Magic team that has made the playoffs the last two seasons.Holmgren, 23, was an integral part of the Thunder team that defeated the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals.The former Gonzaga star played in all 23 of the teams playoff games and had the highest plus-minus (+169) of any player in the playoffs this season, according to ESPN.MAVERICKS ROOKIE COOPER FLAGG OFFERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO TEXAS COMMUNITIES REELING FROM DEVASTATING FLOODSHolmgren missed his entire rookie season with a ligament tear in his right foot but played all 82 games the following season. He averaged 16.5 points, nearly eight rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in his first season of NBA action.The 7-foot-1 star played in just 32 regular-season games last season as he missed time with a pelvis injury, but still posted very similar numbers to his first year in the games he played. Holmgren averaged 15 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and over two blocks a game when he returned from injury.Holmgren is a force on the Thunder's strong defense, and is considered one of the best defenders in the league. With the contract extension handed out to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder have two of their best players signed long-term as they look to start a dynasty.Smith, 22, is part of the young Rockets core that helped the team become the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference this season.Smith has been a consistent player throughout his three seasons in the NBA. In 212 career games, the former Auburn star averaged 13 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.The Phoenix Suns reportedly tried to acquire Smith in the Kevin Durant trade, but the Rockets rebuffed requests to include him, according to ESPN.With the addition of Durant to the Rockets core, the franchise hopes he can push them over the top to make a run deep into the playoffs.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Texas police say "sightseeing" residents are making it harder for them to complete their rescue and recovery missions in the wake of deadly flash floods this week.Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha made the comments during a Wednesday press conference, urging anyone not involved in recovery efforts to "give us room.""Our first responders are trying to get to places to do their jobs," he said. "And people coming here from outside the community, and people within the community, they want to go sightseeing, look at the river, see the flood damage it's making our job very hard.""We ask folks to give us room to work," he added.TEXAS FLOOD SURVIVORS SHARE HARROWING STORIES, SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THOSE STILL MISSINGLeitha says authorities are now using heavy machinery to search through dense piles of debris that collected in "bottlenecks" at various places along the flooded rivers and creeks.He also urged residents who have large piles of debris on their property not to use heavy machinery to remove them until first responders arrive."It's possible there are victims in that debris pile," Leitha said. "We don't want to disturb that. Please give us a calland let us know that you've got a debris pile that needs to be checked before you begin that level of clean-up.Officials said there have confirmed 95 deaths in Kerr County alone, including 59 adults, and 36 children. Of those, 14 and 13 remain unidentified respectively.Officials added that there are still 161 people reported missing in Kerr County, and they urged residents who may have reunited with missing loved ones to notify authorities.Authorities noted that some methods of search such as horseback or ATV patrols are currently not viable due to hazardous conditions. Numerous low-water crossings and bridges remain in need of repair before emergency teams can fully access all affected locations.Fox News' Stepheny Price contributed to this report

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that another four individuals were arrested for allegedly interfering with a federal immigration operation outside Los Angeles as law enforcement officers face increased attacks for enforcing the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda.The Department of Justice (DOJ), meanwhile, said it "is actively tracking these targeted assaults against our law enforcement and will hold offenders accountable to the fullest extent of the law.""Any official promoting anti-police rhetoric and encouraging reckless behavior should think twice before inciting further violence and putting federal agents in harms way," a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital.The incident happened while U.S. Border Patrol conducted what DHS categorized as a "target immigration enforcement operation" in Van Nuys, Calif., on Tuesday.GUNMAN AMBUSHES BORDER PATROL AGENTS DAYS AFTER HOUSE DEMS REJECT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-ICE VIOLENCE"DHS and its components continue to enforce the law every day in greater Los Angeles even in the face of danger," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "During the operation, four U.S. citizens placed improvised tire deflation devices on the road and punctured a Border Patrol vehicles tire. Agents were able to identify the suspects and placed them under arrest for obstructing law enforcement.""During the arrest, one individual assaulted a Border Patrol agent and was subsequently arrested for assaulting federal law enforcement," DHS added. "Our officers are facing a surge in assaults and attacks against them as they put their lives on the line to enforce our nation's laws. Secretary Noem has been clear: If you obstruct or assault our law enforcement, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent Gregory K. Bovino was the first to identify the four suspects arrested Tuesday.Border Patrol agents arrestedJenaro-Ernesto Ayala, 43;Jude Jasmine Jeannine Allar, 28;Sadot Jarnica, 54; andDaniel Montenegro, 30, "for interfering with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations," Bovino said in an X post. "They are facing felony charges for placing homemade tire spikes to disable law enforcement vehicles. Anyone who interferes with our lawful mission will be arrested.""The case is being reviewed by the U.S. Attorneys Office. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty," he added.Photos shared by Bovino show a tire on a Border Patrol vehicle punctured by a caltrop-like device made of nail spikes.ICE AGENTS TARGETED IN 2 AMBUSH ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYSLocal outlets saidnonprofit organization Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur De California (IDEPSCA) identified Ayala and Allard as "day laborer advocates," or individuals who support people, including migrants, seeking short-term and informal jobs.IDEPSCA operates a day labor center in the parking lot of the Home Depot where the immigration operation was being conducted, the Los Angeles Times reported.The group claimed that the two men were arrested while exercising their legal right to observe and document the immigration raid and complained about federal agents tackling their advocates.Fox News Digital has also reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Attorneys Office and IDEPSCA for more information.The incident comes as DHS has reported a 700% increase in attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration enforcement agents since President Donald Trump took office this year.Federal immigration agents have come under armed ambushes in Texas twice in recent days.A man wearing a utility vest and armed with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents and a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on Monday, authorities said. Ten individuals were charged in connection with a Fourth of July ambush outside a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck and other correctional officers came under fire, according to the DOJ.The DOJ has also been monitoring repeated attacks and sabotage attempts on an ICE facility in Portland, Ore., since June.

The current number of measles cases in the U.S. is at its highest level in more than 30 years, according to new data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC said 1,288 confirmed cases have been recorded as of Tuesday throughout 38 states. Texas leads the nation with more than 700 cases.Last year, the CDC reported only 285 measles cases. In 2019, there were 1,274 recorded, but this years total so far is the most since 1992, when there were 2,126 cases."There have been 27 outbreaks reported in 2025, and 88% of confirmed cases (1,130 of 1,288) are outbreak-associated," according to the CDC. "For comparison, 16 outbreaks were reported during 2024 and 69% of cases (198 of 285) were outbreak-associated."MIDWESTERN STATE REPORTS FIRST MEASLES CASE SINCE 2011Measles cases this year have led to three deaths across the U.S. -- and 92% of those who have contracted the virus are unvaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status.Of this years cases, 13% have required hospitalization. Those under the age of five are the most likely to require additional medical care, the CDC said."The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is very safe and effective. When more than 95% of people in a community are vaccinated (coverage >95%), most people are protected through community immunity (herd immunity)," it added. "However, vaccination coverage among U.S. kindergartners has decreased from 95.2% during the 20192020 school year to 92.7% in the 20232024 school year, leaving approximately 280,000 kindergartners at risk during the 20232024 school year."The states with cases are Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.MEASLES CASES CONTINUE TO CLIMB AHEAD OF SUMMER TRAVELThe CDC also said "Measles was officially eliminated from the United States in 2000, meaning there is no measles spreading within the country and new cases are only found when someone contracts measles abroad and returns to the country."Health officials said measles symptoms begin to appear 7 to 14 days after contracting the virus and include a high fever, coughing and rashes."Measles can cause serious health complications, especially in children younger than 5 years of age," the CDC said. "Common complications are ear infections and diarrhea. Serious complications include pneumonia and encephalitis.""Measles is very contagious," the CDC warns. "It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You can get measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been. This can happen even up to 2 hours after that person has left."

FIRST ON FOX: The China Select Committee is launching an investigation into universities that partner with a Chinese scholarship fund,raising alarm over what lawmakers describe as a covert pipeline for Beijing to gain access to sensitive American research and technology.This week, the committee is sendingformal oversight letters to a group of major universities, includingDartmouth, Notre Dame, Temple University and several campuses within the University of California system, demanding answers about their involvement in PRCs China Scholarship Council (CSC).Notre Dame told Fox News Digital the university had already terminated its CSC program. "We will, of course, respond to the inquiry and look forward to working with the Committee on this important matter." The other universities did not return a request for comment.The letters, first obtained by Fox News Digital, mark the latest escalation in Congress's efforts to confront what the Committee calls "systemic CCP infiltration" in U.S. academia."Under the guise of academic exchange," the committee writes in its letters to university presidents, "the CSC places PRC students often in sensitive STEM fieldsat American universities with direct financial support from both CSC and the host institutions."Spokesperson Jana Barnello told Fox News Digital Dartmouth "has already determined to end its participation" in the CSC program, and said "very few students" participated in it since it began a decade ago."We are reviewing the letter and look forward to responding to the Select Committee," she said. "Dartmouth remains committed to bringing the best and brightest students from around the world to our campus in accordance with U.S. law."CHINESE NATIONALS WHO INFILTRATED US UNIVERSITIESUnder the joint program, CSC provides sponsored students with a living stipend and covers 50% of tuition for the first four years of their Ph.D. studies. Typically, the university covers the remaining half of tuition and living stipend.The committee claims the CSC program is not the academic bridge it claims to be, but a CCP-controlled mechanism for technology transfer, ideological conditioning and surveillance of Chinese nationals studying abroad.The program requires students to return to China for at least two years after graduation and submit quarterly reports during their time in the U.S. on their research, publications, and ideological progress to Chinese embassies or consulates.HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S ALLEGED TIES TO CHINESE PARAMILITARY GROUP, IRAN-BACKED RESEARCH SPARK GOP PROBEThe letters suggest U.S. federal research grants may be indirectly subsidizing the CCP-affiliated students and their research.Dartmouth, for example, won nearly half of its research funding, $169 million, from the federal government. Dartmouths ongoing joint scholarship program with the CSC sponsors up to 15 Chinese PhD students annually.The committee claims the program may also conflict with Presidential Proclamation 10043, which restricts visas for PRC nationals affiliated with Chinas military-civil fusion universities.The letters asked each university that by Friday all contracts and correspondence with CSC, lists of students institutional affiliations before and after, records of federally funded research involving CSC students and evidence of any communications with the Departments of State and Homeland Security about potential visa issues.The letter also raises questions about CSC-sponsored students who may have remained at US universities for post-doctoral research possibly funded by federal grants and calls on the college to explain how such a program aligns with U.S. national interests.

If you create and share art online, you might have seen messages warning that Facebook's parent company, Meta, claims the right to use or even sell anything you post, whether it's pictures, poems, or artwork. Robert from Edmond, Oklahoma, reached out with this concern:"I keep getting messages warning me that Facebook/Meta has let all subscribers know that Meta claims the right to own or use anything one puts on their social media systems, including any message, pictures, artwork, etc., that belong to you. I like to post some of my artwork but I am being warned it can be loaded by Meta and sold or given to others without my permission. Is this true? If so, is there a way to protect one's pictures, art, poems, etc. from this grab?"This is a common concern, and it's essential to distinguish fact from fiction. Let's explore what really happens to your creative content on Facebook, what rights you keep, and how you can protect your work while sharing it on the platform.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, youll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide - free when you join myCYBERGUY.COM/NEWSLETTER.Here's the truth: You retain ownership of your intellectual property rights, including copyright, of everything you share on Facebook. Your creative work, art, photographs, poems, or videos, is still yours to control.With that said, Facebook has a license to use the content you post on the platform, but it doesn't mean they own it. If you don't want Facebook to use it, you should delete it. However, Facebook can still access it if you've shared it with others and they haven't deleted it.The claim that Facebook or Meta can sell or give away your content without your permission is false. This rumor has circulated for years but is not based on Facebook's actual policies. While Facebook does have a license to use your content as part of its platform, it does not own your work or have the right to sell it outside of Facebook without your consent.Social media piracy happens when someone uses your social media content without your permission. Here's how to protect it:Adding a watermark to your work can help protect it from unauthorized use. You can use any image editor, including the Windows Photos app or Canva. To maximize protection, place the watermark where it cannot e easily cropped out without damaging the artwork, such as across the center.You should configure your privacy settings to limit who can see your posts:You can also include a copyright notice in your posts to remind others that the content is protected by copyright law. Something as simple as " [Your Name], [Year]" can work and is legally recognized.It's important to know that you keep ownership of your creative work on Facebook. While Meta can use your content within the platform, it cannot sell or give it away without your permission. Protecting your art is still up to you; watermark your work, adjust privacy settings, and add copyright notices to help prevent misuse.How do you protect your creative content on social media?Let us know by writing us atCyberguy.com/Contact.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportGet my best tech tips, urgent security alerts, and exclusive deals delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, youll get instant access to my Ultimate Scam Survival Guide - free when you join myCYBERGUY.COM/NEWSLETTER.Copyright 2025 CyberGuy.com.All rights reserved.

FIRST ON FOX: College newspaper articles written by New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani shed light on the surging candidates early views on a variety of topics, including his promotion of an anti-Israel boycott and concerns about "white privilege," a Fox News Digital review found.Mamdani wrote 32 articles for the Bowdoin Orient during his four years studying at Maines presitigous Bowdoin College from 2010 to 2014,including an article his senior year promoting an academic boycott of Israel."This academic and cultural boycott aims to bring under scrutiny the actions of the Israeli government and to put pressure on Israeli institutions to end the oppressive occupation and racist policies within both Israel and occupied Palestine," wrote Mamdani, who co-founded his colleges Students for Justice in Palestine organization.Students for Justice in Palestine has become one of the biggest drivers of anti-Israel protests on college campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, with some going so far as tocelebrate the attack.THE PLOT TO STOP MAMDANI: DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLE TO BLOCK FAR-LEFT TAKEOVER IN NEW YORKMamdani was taking issue in his article with Bowdoin Colleges president, Barry Mills, opposing the boycott."Lastly, Mills regrettably makes no mention of Palestinians or Palestine," Mamdani wrote. "The call for the boycott comes in response to more than 60 years of Israeli colonial occupation of Palestine. When Mills speaks of the free exchange of knowledge, ideas, and research, and open discourse in academia, he does so while privileging partnerships with Israeli institutions over basic freedoms for Palestinians, including the rights to food, water, shelter and education, which many Palestinians are denied under Israeli rule."In a2013 op-ed, Mamdani responded to a White student who took issue with criticism of the schools editorial page being too White by accusing him of holding "white privilege.""White males are privileged in their near-to-exclusive featuring as figures of authority in print, on television and around us in our daily realities," Mamdani wrote. "We, the consumers of these media, internalize this and so believe in the innate authority of a white males argument and the need for its publication. So, white privilege is both a structural and an individual phenomenon, the former propelling the latter. Therefore, even when the individual is silent, the structures continue to exist and frame our society through their existence."MAMDANI CAMP SILENT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH CALLS TO 'RADICALIZE' HIGH SCHOOLERS, 'DISMANTLE' USMamdani said the "pervasive male whiteness" of the schools opinion pages "builds on the sadly still-present white male monopolization of both discourse and understanding."Mamdani explained, "While whiteness is not homogenous, white privilege is. This privilege is clear in not having to face institutional racism in access to housing subsidies, college grants, financial institutions, or civil rights. It allows a white person to universalize his own experiences. It restricts societys ability to understand its flaws, and projects a false image of meritocracy upon a nation built on institutional racism."Inanother post, titled "Bearded in Cairo," Mamdani discussed his time studying abroad in Egypt as the Muslim Brotherhood was violently toppling President Morsis regime. He explained that before arriving he had grown a beard "mostly as a symbolic middle finger" to the stereotype that "pervades America" that brown individuals with beards are a "terrorist."Mamdani discussed privilege again, saying that he had "arrived in a society where privilege was a different color.""Gone was the image of the white Christian male that I had grown accustomed to, and in its place was a darker, more familiar picture one that, for the first time, I fit: brown skin, black hair, and a Muslim name," Mamdani wrote. "With the right clothing, some took me for an Egyptian and most thought I was Syrian either identity allowed me unrestricted access to exploring Cairo."In a2014 article titled "On the 50th anniversary of MLKs visit to campus, let's acknowledge what we still need to achieve," Mamdani lamented that his school, which doubled its diversity student population over the previous 13 years, was still behind where it should be. He wrote that the school had prematurely achieved a "satisfaction with the level of diversity.""I have been forced to personally grapple with these inconsistencies during my time here," Mamdani wrote.RESURFACED MAMDANI PHOTO SPARKS SOCIAL MEDIA FIRESTORM, OUTRAGE FROM KEY VOTING BLOC: 'SHAMEFUL'"I sit in class not knowing whether to correct everyones mispronunciation of an Indian womans name. I usually do, but today Im tired. Im tired of being one of a few non-white students in a classroom, if not the only one. I bring up race in discussions only to see the thought flicker in my peers eyes and on their tongues. They sigh without a sound. Ive brought up race again. Ive sidetracked the discussion. Ive chosen to make an issue out of it."In the same post, Mamdani, who was born in Uganda to Indian parents, outlined his struggles feeling uncomfortable being a non-white student."I grow a beard only to be called a terrorist," Mamdani wrote. "I pronounce the h in my name only to hear muffled laughs. Clothing becomes exotic once it clads my body. Cotton shirts are called dashikis and sandals ethnic."Mamdani continued, "While I am now comfortable in my own skin, I can remember wishing for whiteness my first year when I thought certain types of girls were impossible to talk to due to my skin being more kiwi than peach. Months later, I remember thinking that attraction might only be possible when a girl had a thing for brown guys."Mamdani explained that he has found "solidarity" with some students on campus but that "still, too few people acknowledge that race is an issue on our campus, or that it has ever been one.""But if people say they are color blind, do they even see me?" Mamdani wrote.Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's campaign for comment.Mamdani burst onto the national political scene last month when he won a surprising victory in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary despite facing criticism for his far-left policies, which included city-run grocery stores, defunding police, safe injection sites and raising the minimum wage to $30.Mamdani's victory has sparked a civil war of sorts within the Democratic Party between those pushing to moderate since VP Kamala Harris's defeat in November and those embracing a progressive shift toward the mold of Rep. Alexandria-Cortez, D-N.Y., who endorsed Mamdani.Mamdani, thanks to his primary victory, is the clear frontrunner in the general election in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a roughly six-to-one margin.Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump slammed a pair of Democrat lawmakers for introducing a bill that would require federal immigration law enforcement officers to not wear face masks and have legible IDs while on the job, saying the lawmakers must "hate our country" or they "wouldn't be saying that.""Two Democratic senators now, Cory Booker and Alex Padilla, have a new bill out. They want to require CBP and ICE officers to have legible IDs, and they don't want CBP or ICE officers covering their faces. Would you ever sign that?" Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Trump during a Wednesday lunch with African presidents."Well, they wouldn't be saying that if they didn't hate our country," Trump responded before praising officers with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "And they obviously do. I'm surprised that they would do it knowing a little bit about them.""These officers are doing a tremendous job," he continued. "They're great patriots. If you expose them because of, you know, statements like have been made by Democrat and others on the left, usually mostly, I think, probably exclusively, you put them in great danger, tremendous danger."BLUE STATE LAWMAKER RALLIES AROUND MASK BAN FOR FEDERAL AGENTS AS ICE OPERATIONS RAMP UPDemocratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Alex Padilla of California introduced a bill Tuesday, dubbed the Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement (VISIBLE) Act, that would require CBP and ICE agents to wear an identification badge while working and that they not wear faceamasks that conceal their identity.DHS FIRES BACK AT DEMOCRATS FOR 'BEYOND THE PALE' RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE WAVE OF VIOLENT THREATS"For weeks, Americans have watched federal agents with no visible identification detain people off the streets and instill fear in communities across the country," Booker said of the bill Tuesday. "Reports of individuals impersonating ICE officers have only increased the risk to public and officer safety. The lack of visible identification and uniform standards for immigration enforcement officers has created confusion, stoked fear, and undermined public trust in law enforcement."Federal immigration law enforcement officers have been targeted repeatedly in recent days, including at least two ambushes in Texas, and protesters clashing with federal officers at the Portland, Oregon, ICE facility after Trump signed the "big beautiful bill" into law Friday. Anti-ICE rhetoric especially intensified in June, when federal officials descended on Los Angeles to conduct raids to deport illegal immigrants, which was met by protests that devolved into riots last month as local Democratic leaders condemned the Trump administration for its immigration policies."And it's sort of funny when people picket in front of Columbia, in front of Harvard and they have masks on more than masks, I mean, you can't see anything. Nobody complains about that. But when a patriot who works for ICE or Border Patrol puts a mask on so that they won't recognize him and his family, so they can lead a little bit of a normal life after having worked so hard and so dangerously," Trump continued in his response to Doocy about why federal agents should not conduct their work unmasked. "There's a problem with that."FEDERAL OFFICIALS SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR 'DANGEROUS' RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE VIOLENT MOBS IN LA, NYCTrump continued that Democrats have become "somewhat deranged" and added that wealthy people on the left are likely funding rioters to attack federal law enforcement officers."This is the problem with the Democrats," Trump said. "They have a lot of bad things going on in their heads. They're they've become very they've lost their confidence, number one. And they're really they've become somewhat deranged. I want to do whatever necessary to protect our great law enforcement people. And they are right at the top of the list."Doocy asked Trump about the ambush in Alvarado, Texas, on the Fourth of July that led to the arrest of 10 rioters."President Trump in Alvarado, Texas, a few days ago, 10 people wearing all black allegedly set off fireworks outside an ICE office to lure the officers out so they could ambush them, shoot at them. They had guns and vests and two-way radios. Do you think that this was an isolated incident, or do you think there's a national threat of a left-wing militia that is targeting ICE and CBP?" Doocy asked.Trump shot back that "some very stupid people on the left" are funding rioters who are targeting the officers."I think you have some very stupid people on the left who have some money that are making it available to these people," Trump said. "Because you look at the guns they had, they were brand new. You look at even the clothing they were wearing, it looked like it just came out of some military shop. So you have some very stupid people that, if anything ever happened, they'd be the first to go.""They'd be the first ones hit," Trump added.