A West Point professor's resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump administration, drew a scathing comment from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.West Point philosophy professor Graham Parsons announced his resignation Thursday, following a 13-year tenure with the academy. Hegseth quickly took to social media, voicing his opinion after the departure."You will not be missed Professor Parsons," Hegseth wrote in response to Parsons resignation.In a New York Times op-ed, Parson said he is departing as the academy is rapidly shifting from its educational principles, in part due to the Trump administration.TRUMP TELLS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR OF WEST POINT ACCEPTANCE DURING JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS"I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty," said Parsons. "I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form."He added: "In a matter of days, the United States Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles. Once a school that strove to give cadets the broad-based, critical-minded, nonpartisan education they need for careers as Army officers, it was suddenly eliminating courses, modifying syllabuses and censoring arguments to comport with the ideological tastes of the Trump administration."Parsons' disdain correlates to President Donald Trump and Hegseths recent executive order and memos prohibiting what faculty members may teach at United States military educational institutions.WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY DROPS 'DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY' FROM MISSION STATEMENTIn his op-ed, he claimed the results have yielded "a sweeping assault on the schools curriculum and the faculty members research."Upon his departure from the academy, his landing page on the West Point website was removed.

Randy Travis is leaning into artificial intelligence (AI) to continue to produce new music, over a decade after his near-fatal stroke.In 2013, Travis' stroke left him with aphasia which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech.With the help of AI and country musician James Dupr, Travis was able to produce two new songs since his stroke, "Where That Came From" in 2024 and now his latest single, "Horses in Heaven." He has been on his "More Life Tour" since last spring and recently extended dates through fall 2025.Randy's wife, Mary Travis, joined him for an interview with Garden & Gun to explain how her husband used AI for new music.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?"People think you just plug it in a computer and it spits out a song and theres no creativity. That could not be farther from the truth. It took eleven months. In the time most people make an album, we did one song," she told the outlet.WATCH: Randy Travis and his wife Mary call AI magical for giving him back his voice"Kyle Lehning, Randys longtime producer, sent the raw vocals of about 45 of Randys songs to London, where they were put into the model using a vocal line provided by country music singer James Dupr. They were able to pick the voice stems of Randys songs and lay them over the vocal line."When it came back from London, Kyle and Randy worked their magic in the studio to perfect the song, tweaking it to make sure that his tone, his inflections, everything was like what Randy would sing. When we finally heard the result, we knew it was worth it," Mary said.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSShe added, "Hopefully it will set a precedent for what AI is used for."Thanks to AI, Travis was able to go back on tour. Dupr has been on tour with him, assisting as a special guest vocalist on the music legend's "More Life Tour," which kicked off last spring.APP USERS CLICK HEREWhen Garden & Gun asked Randy how excited he was about extending his tour, he smiled and said, "Just a lot. Yeah."Mary added, "He loves being with his fans. He loves the energy of the stage. People always ask if its hard for him to hear his music played by somebody else. I think for some people it would be, but for Randy, hes like, No, Im good with that. Music belongs to all of us."Mary told the outlet that AI has been "wonderful" for her husband."In 2013, that was not anything we could have perceived on the horizon. AI has come up so fast and furiously. When we were approached by Cris Lacy at Warner about it, it was exciting. I wanted to hear that voice more than anything I have for 12 years now."Randys always been very much a pioneer in music. When you think about the Toby Keith song, Dont Let the Old Man In, thats Randy Travis. Hes not letting the old man in. Hes gonna keep thinking of what we can do to make a difference," she told the outlet.In 2023, Randy and Mary spoke with Fox News Digital about his condition ahead of a tribute concert, which also raised money for the Randy Travis Foundation. The foundation focuses on stroke and aphasia awareness and supporting music education in schools."We want people to understand strokes, stroke rehabilitation, that there is life after stroke," Mary said at the time. "We did find that all of the rehab that we went through, life is the best rehab. Just get out there. Go do what you used to do. You know, the world may wonder why you're out here, but just go out there and, you know, dance like nobody's watching and sing like nobody's listening and just have a good time. It truly is the best therapy."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERMary also cited her and Randys faith for helping them work through recovery."He's very faithful," she said. "We, you know, we leaned hard on God. It's been 10 years now since the stroke, and that's hard to believe. There's really no words for it, and there's not a day that goes by that I just don't thank God for his grace and his mercy."

A West Point professor's resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump administration, drew a scathing comment from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.West Point philosophy professor Graham Parsons announced his resignation Thursday, following a 13-year tenure with the academy. Hegseth quickly took to social media, voicing his opinion after the departure."You will not be missed Professor Parsons," Hegseth wrote in response to Parsons resignation.In a New York Times op-ed, Parson said he is departing as the academy is rapidly shifting from its educational principles, in part due to the Trump administration.TRUMP TELLS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR OF WEST POINT ACCEPTANCE DURING JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS"I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty," said Parsons. "I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form."He added: "In a matter of days, the United States Military Academy at West Point abandoned its core principles. Once a school that strove to give cadets the broad-based, critical-minded, nonpartisan education they need for careers as Army officers, it was suddenly eliminating courses, modifying syllabuses and censoring arguments to comport with the ideological tastes of the Trump administration."Parsons' disdain correlates to President Donald Trump and Hegseths recent executive order and memos prohibiting what faculty members may teach at United States military educational institutions.WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY DROPS 'DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY' FROM MISSION STATEMENTIn his op-ed, he claimed the results have yielded "a sweeping assault on the schools curriculum and the faculty members research."Upon his departure from the academy, his landing page on the West Point website was removed.

Randy Travis is leaning into artificial intelligence (AI) to continue to produce new music, over a decade after his near-fatal stroke.In 2013, Travis' stroke left him with aphasia which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech.With the help of AI and country musician James Dupr, Travis was able to produce two new songs since his stroke, "Where That Came From" in 2024 and now his latest single, "Horses in Heaven." He has been on his "More Life Tour" since last spring and recently extended dates through fall 2025.Randy's wife, Mary Travis, joined him for an interview with Garden & Gun to explain how her husband used AI for new music.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?"People think you just plug it in a computer and it spits out a song and theres no creativity. That could not be farther from the truth. It took eleven months. In the time most people make an album, we did one song," she told the outlet.WATCH: Randy Travis and his wife Mary call AI magical for giving him back his voice"Kyle Lehning, Randys longtime producer, sent the raw vocals of about 45 of Randys songs to London, where they were put into the model using a vocal line provided by country music singer James Dupr. They were able to pick the voice stems of Randys songs and lay them over the vocal line."When it came back from London, Kyle and Randy worked their magic in the studio to perfect the song, tweaking it to make sure that his tone, his inflections, everything was like what Randy would sing. When we finally heard the result, we knew it was worth it," Mary said.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSShe added, "Hopefully it will set a precedent for what AI is used for."Thanks to AI, Travis was able to go back on tour. Dupr has been on tour with him, assisting as a special guest vocalist on the music legend's "More Life Tour," which kicked off last spring.APP USERS CLICK HEREWhen Garden & Gun asked Randy how excited he was about extending his tour, he smiled and said, "Just a lot. Yeah."Mary added, "He loves being with his fans. He loves the energy of the stage. People always ask if its hard for him to hear his music played by somebody else. I think for some people it would be, but for Randy, hes like, No, Im good with that. Music belongs to all of us."Mary told the outlet that AI has been "wonderful" for her husband."In 2013, that was not anything we could have perceived on the horizon. AI has come up so fast and furiously. When we were approached by Cris Lacy at Warner about it, it was exciting. I wanted to hear that voice more than anything I have for 12 years now."Randys always been very much a pioneer in music. When you think about the Toby Keith song, Dont Let the Old Man In, thats Randy Travis. Hes not letting the old man in. Hes gonna keep thinking of what we can do to make a difference," she told the outlet.In 2023, Randy and Mary spoke with Fox News Digital about his condition ahead of a tribute concert, which also raised money for the Randy Travis Foundation. The foundation focuses on stroke and aphasia awareness and supporting music education in schools."We want people to understand strokes, stroke rehabilitation, that there is life after stroke," Mary said at the time. "We did find that all of the rehab that we went through, life is the best rehab. Just get out there. Go do what you used to do. You know, the world may wonder why you're out here, but just go out there and, you know, dance like nobody's watching and sing like nobody's listening and just have a good time. It truly is the best therapy."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERMary also cited her and Randys faith for helping them work through recovery."He's very faithful," she said. "We, you know, we leaned hard on God. It's been 10 years now since the stroke, and that's hard to believe. There's really no words for it, and there's not a day that goes by that I just don't thank God for his grace and his mercy."

The brother of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who made history by becoming the first American pontiff, shared his "overwhelming" reaction to the news on Thursday.John Prevost told FOX 32 that "there are no words" to describe how proud he was of his baby brother."Its overwhelming pride, but its also an overwhelming responsibility, being the first American Pope from Chicago and a relative. Frightening," Prevost said.Prevost said his brothers path to pope began at a young age, having gone straight into seminary after eighth grade.FIRST AMERICAN ELECTED PONTIFF, GET TO KNOW POPE LEO XIV"So, the whole high school years, college years, we didn't really know him other than the summer vacation," he said.PELOSI SAYS CATHOLIC CHURCH COULD HAVE FEMALE PRIESTS IN HER GRANDCHILDREN'S LIFETIMEPope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, was a suspected frontrunner to succeedPope Francisafter his passing late last month. Prevost said he had an "inkling" his brother was in the running after hearing his description on the radio."They were interviewing someone on the radio, and she said there are two likely candidates: One of the Cardinals from the Philippines, and one is a Cardinal, as a matter of fact, from the Chicago area. He was a missionary in Peru and now hes a Cardinal in Rome," Prevost said.But the inkling that big things were in store for the now pope even went back decades earlier. According to Prevost, the boys' childhood neighbors predicted the younger Prevost would be the "first American pope.""The interesting thing is way back when he was in kindergarten or first grade, there was a parent, a mom, across the street one across the street that way and another down the street," John Prevost, told WGN on Thursday. "Both of them said he would be the first American Pope, at that age."Prevost predicts that his brother will likely be "a second Pope Francis.""I think he has a strong inclination to help the poor, the disenfranchised, the people that don't have a voice because he spent so much time in Peru with the people who were impoverished," Prevost said. "So, I think she sees that need and I think he will work for that. The church has to be universal and help everyone but some people need a lot more help I don't think he can do anything, but I think immigration is big time on his mind. He thinks the country's headed in the wrong direction there."Prevost said his brother will have to work hard to reunite the Catholic Church, given that "so many people have gone away" in recent years.

The Department of Homeland Security is defending the detainment of a Georgia college student who is in the U.S. illegally after she was pulled over for traffic violations and arrested.Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by police in Dalton, Georgia, on May 5 after illegally turning right on red and driving without a license, according to an arrest report obtained by WTVC in Chattanooga.The report states that Arias-Cristobal does not have a driver's license, but she does have an international license, which her mother had taken from her. She was arrested by the officer and taken to the Whitfield County Jail before being transferred to the Stewart Detention Center a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Southwest Georgia.DHS UNLEASHES POSSIBLE MONEY-SAVING MEASURE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS TO SELF-DEPORT: 'SAFEST OPTION'Arias-Cristobal admitted to being in the U.S. illegally and does not have an application pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to DHS.A GoFundMe set up to raise money for bond and an immigration attorney says the girl came to the U.S. with her parents in 2010 when she was 4 years old. The fundraiser, which was set up by a woman who Arias-Cristobal babysits for, says she did not qualify for DACA."She has babysat for my kids for years. We adore her. Ximena is my close friend and my childrens favorite babysitter," Hannah Jones wrote in the description.BOARDING CALL: HOMELAND SECURITY TO PAY FOR SELF-DEPORTATION FLIGHTSArias-Cristobal's father, 43-year-old Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is also at the same ICE facility after he was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. DHS said he also admitted to being in the U.S. illegally."The family will be able to return to Mexico together. Mr. Tovar had ample opportunity to seek a legal pathway to citizenship. He chose not to. We are not ignoring the rule of law," DHS said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe agency reiterated that many people in the U.S. illegally are being given the chance to self-deport via the Customs and Border Protection Home app, which would allow them to return to America in the future through legal avenues.Fox News Digital reached out to Dalton police and ICE for comment.

Nominated by former President Barrack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016, Carla Hayden was the first woman and the first African American in the role.

Pope Leo XIV kicks off his papacy by celebrating a Sistine Chapel Mass with the College of Cardinals.

Nominated by former President Barrack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016, Carla Hayden was the first woman and the first African American in the role.

Pope Leo XIV kicks off his papacy by celebrating a Sistine Chapel Mass with the College of Cardinals.