Former NFL linebacker Adarius Taylor was arrested on a child abuse charge last week in Florida, jail records showed.Taylor was booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday and was charged with negligent child abuse without bodily harm and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMTaylors bail was set for $6,000. He was released from jail on Sunday.He is set to be arraigned on June 10, according to online records. Details of the arrest were not immediately made available.The 34-year-old Bartow, Florida, native played college football at Eastern Arizona and Florida Atlantic before he got a chance to compete in the NFL.CHIEFS SUPERFAN 'CHIEFSAHOLIC' SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS IN OKLAHOMA PRISONHe joined the Carolina Panthers in 2014 as an undrafted free agent. He had two stints with the Panthers the second in 2020. In between, he had time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns.He tried to latch on to the Canadian Football Leagues Calgary Stampeders in 2023 but only lasted until November of that year.Taylor was originally born as Adarius Glanton before he changed his last name in 2018. He said at the time he wanted to change his last name before he got married.He appeared in 88 games, recorded 140 tackles and had two sacks during his career.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican lawmaker is moving to have three of his Democratic colleagues removed from their House committees after they were accused of "storming" a federal detention facility in defense of illegal immigrants in New Jersey.Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced a resolution on Tuesday to strip Reps. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., and LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., of their committee assignments.The New Jersey Democrats were part of a group of protesters who rushed into Delaney Hall Detention Center after the gates opened for a bus carrying a group of detainees into the facility.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused them of breaking in and risking the safety of both law enforcement and detainees for what it called a political stunt.BROWN UNIVERSITY IN GOP CROSSHAIRS AFTER STUDENT'S DOGE-LIKE EMAIL KICKS OFF FRENZYThe lawmakers and their supporters, however, maintained they were exercising their constitutional duty and accused ICE agents of assaulting McIver and Watson Coleman."The radical left has lost their minds they would rather raid an ICE facility to defend criminal illegal immigrants than represent their own constituents," Carter told Fox News Digital of his legislation."This behavior constitutes an assault on our brave ICE agents and undermines the rule of law. The three members involved in this stunt do not deserve to sit on committees alongside serious lawmakers."His legislation would remove Watson Coleman from the House Appropriations Committee, remove Menendez from the House Energy & Commerce Committee and remove McIver from the House committees on Small Business and Homeland Security.Carter's office is reaching out to other House Republicans to gauge support for the resolution.Fox News Digital reached out to the three Democrats for comment but did not immediately hear back.DHS said in a statement after the incident Friday, "These members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at risk.""Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility," DHS said.The Democrats, meanwhile, have pushed back on the Republican categorization of the event."The idea we 'stormed' a heavily guarded federal detention center is absurd just more lies from the most dishonest administration in history," Watson Coleman wrote on X.ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLIONMcIver wrote on the social platform Friday, "This is laid out clearly on ICEs own website. What happened today, from the manhandling of me and my colleagues to the arrest of [Newark Mayor Ras Baraka], should never have occurred."Democratic leaders like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., also defended the trio."The concerns of elected officials about this unsanctioned facility will not be silenced by the Trump administrations attempt to intimidate the public. We will never bend the knee,' Jeffries said."The masked agents who physically accosted two Congresswomen must be identified immediately and any trumped-up charges against Mayor Baraka dropped."

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday instructing drug companies to reduce prices of prescription drugs or face consequences from the federal government.But the effort amounts to price control since its not limited to just government programs and similar policy initiatives in other sectors have prompted shortages, according to Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Washington-based libertarian-leaning Cato Institute think tank."We have seen government price controls in housing," Cannon told Fox News Digital Monday. "We call it rent control, and it creates shortages. We have seen it when it comes to food. We call them price caps there too, and it produces shortages.""We see price caps after natural disasters," he continued. "We call them anti-gouging laws, and they produce shortages. And so that's what we can expect price controls to produce when it comes to pharmaceuticals as well that's if you have a binding price ceiling, you're going to get a shortage, and I think it's totally a wrong-headed thing."Price control occurs when the government steps in to impose limits on how much one can charge for various goods or services in the free market.While price controls may lower costs for some consumers, they have largely been ineffective in American history. For example, former President Richard Nixon implemented price controls in the 1970s in an attempt to fix wages and other prices which backfired and resulted in the gas crisis and other shortages across the country.PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES ON BIG PHARMA BY SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER TO LOWER DRUG PRICESFor example, there was a series of initiatives that states unveiled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 to address price-gouging, although they were difficult to enforce. In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order in March 2020 that barred individuals or businesses from selling any products in the state "at a price that is more than 20 percent higher than what the business or individual offered or charged," according to a 2020 news release.Trump announced Monday that the executive order directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish price targets for pharmaceutical manufacturers. But Cannon noted that the order isn't just for prices for the government it also applies to the free market and private sector.Failure to comply will prompt the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to "undertake enforcement action against any anti-competitive practices," along with other consequences. Additionally, Trump introduced plans to launch "most favored nations drug pricing.""The principle is simple whatever the lowest price paid for a drug in other developed countries, that is the price that Americans will pay," Trump said at the White House Monday. "Some prescription drug and pharmaceutical prices will be reduced almost immediately by 50 to 80 to 90%.""Were going to equalize," Trump said. "Were all going to pay the same. Were going to pay what Europe pays."The White House pushed back against comments that the move equated price control."If Americans had a truly free and fair market, they would not be paying several times more for the same exact prescription drugs as Europeans do," White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a Tuesday statement to Fox News Digital. "President Trumps historic executive order is fixing the anti-competitive behavior thats forcing everyday Americans to subsidize the health care of other developed nations."Drug prices have dramatically climbed in recent years. From January 2022 and January 2023, prescription drug prices increased more than 15%, reaching an average of $590 per drug product, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Of the 4,200 prescription drugs included on that list, 46% of the price increases exceeded the rate of inflation.The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America trade group argued the executive order would harm American patients."Importing foreign prices from socialist countries would be a bad deal for American patients and workers," Stephen J. Ubl, the president and CEO of PhRMA, said in a Monday statement. "It would mean less treatments and cures and would jeopardize the hundreds of billions our member companies are planning to invest in America."MAHA CAUCUS MEMBER PLEDGES HEARINGS INTO CORRUPTION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR CAPTURED BY BIG PHARMAIn April, Trump signed another executive order that aimed to tackle Medicare drug prices. Specifically, that order required HHS to standardize Medicare payments for prescription drugs, including those used for cancer patients, regardless of where a patient receives treatment.Patients could face a drop in prices by as much as 60%, according to a White House fact sheet.The order also called to match the Medicare payment for certain prescription drugs to the price that hospitals pay for those drugs, up to 35% lower than what the government pays to acquire those medications, per the White House.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Salma Hayek is not showing signs of slowing down.The 58-year-old Mexican American actress graces the latest cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, posing in a green bikini, although she admits that she had doubts about going through with the photo shoot."I said yes and then when it was time to do it, I tried to back out," Hayek told the "Today" show. "I said, 'No,' because the bathing suits never fit me, how am I gonna do this? There's nothing my size I always suffer.'"SALMA HAYEK CELEBRATES NATIONAL BIKINI DAY: NOT A THROWBACKAs Hayek revealed she had a "very bad case of impostor syndrome," she continued to reflect on how she never imagined she would appear on the cover."I still can't believe it," Hayek added. "I remember when I was young and hot, I used to look at this magazine. I wanted to see who was the new gorgeous model, the new girl of the moment. And it never crossed my mind that I could be on that cover because they didn't look like me. My body's not necessarily the model type and I never thought that was a possibility. And for it to happen when I'm 58? It's really shocking."She expressed similar sentiments in her interview with the outlet itself, saying, "I remember when I was young, a long, long time ago, I was always excited to see the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated, and [thinking] Whos going to be in it? Of course, I didnt look like a model, so it never crossed my mind that one day I would be in it."LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS"If somebody had told me I was gonna be in it at 58, I would have sent them to the madhouse, but the world has changed, and thats exciting."Hayek continued, "I feel so fortunate that I am part of a generation that has been able to really experience very tangible change. I could retire, but I dont want to miss out on this time. I fought for it, you know, and Ive been part of it, and I think it's really remarkable that a magazine like Sports Illustrated [Swimsuit] says that its O.K., maybe even cool, to be past 50 and still be able to feel not just sexy, but for me, to be free and not be self-conscious of your body like you have to hide."SALMA HAYEK FEELS PRESSURE TO MAKE MONEY DESPITE MARRIAGE TO BILLIONAIREThis is not the first time Hayek has given fans a glimpse of her bikini body.Over the years, she has taken to social media multiple times to show off her fit physique in risqu bikinis.While this is a full-circle moment for Hayek, she admitted on "Today" the journey has not always been glamorous. The actress additionally shared that she tried on "more than 100" bikinis during the Sports Illustrated cover shoot.The magazine sent her "200 bathing suits," and the "House of Gucci" star confessed "a lot of them needed to be altered."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERShe also shared how the suitcase was lost by the time she had to shoot for the cover.However, Sports Illustrated had a "small selection of extras" on set."That's what I wore," she remarked. "So you will see, they don't all fit perfectly. If it's extra small, it was accidental!"

A lone House Democrat is moving to force a chamber-wide vote on his impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump.Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., introduced his impeachment resolution as privileged on Tuesday afternoon, meaning leaders have two days of the House in session to take up the legislation.House GOP leaders could move to table the motion, a procedural vote aimed to scuttle a piece of legislation without having lawmakers vote on the legislation itself.But an impeachment vote will likely put vulnerable House Democrats in a tough spot.Democrats have struggled to unite behind a potent message since the 2024 election, and such a vote could be politically perilous for their most vulnerable members as they work to win back the House majority in 2026.No Republicans are likely to support impeaching Trump, however, meaning Thanedar's measure will likely fail.This story is breaking and will be updated

President Donald Trump went after Iran in his first major speech in Saudi Arabia, warning that Tehran must choose between never having a nuclear weapon or dealing with his wrath."If Irans leadership rejects the olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors, then we will have no choice but to inflict massive maximum pressure," Trump said during an address to business leaders in Riyadh."The choice is theirs to make," he added. 4TH ROUND OF US-IRAN TALKS ENDS AS TRUMP SET TO EMBARK ON HISTORIC MIDDLE EAST TOURThough Trump said he wants to make a deal with Iran and see Tehran prosper, his comments came after he first went after the Iranian regime and accused it of not only deteriorating its own nation, but the region at large."Iran's leaders have focused on stealing their people's wealth to fund terror and bloodshed abroad. Most tragic of all, they have dragged down an entire region with them," Trump said.The president pointed to the "countless lives lost" in Irans effort to prop up the former Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria which collapsed in December and accused its support of Hezbollah for the downfall of Beirut, which he said was "once called the Paris of the Middle East.""Can you imagine all of this misery and so much more was entirely avoidable, absolutely avoidable," Trump said.TRUMP TARGETS IRANIAN OIL WITH SANCTIONS, INCREASING PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TO MAKE DEAL ON NUKESTrump asserted the Biden administrations removal of some sanctions on Tehran as the chief method in how Iran financed terrorist organizations, including Hamas, which he argued led to the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for President Joe Biden for comment on Trump's claims."If only the Iranian regime had focused on building their nation up instead of tearing the region down," Trump continued. "Yet I'm here today not merely to condemn the past chaos of Iran's leaders, but to offer them a new path and a much better path toward a far better and more hopeful future."In the case of Iran, I have never believed in having permanent enemies," he said. "Enemies get you motivated."In fact, some of the closest friends of the United States of America are nations we fought wars against in generations past," Trump pointed out.It is unclear how Trumps negative comments toward Tehran could impact ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.The Iranian representative to the U.N. Mission in New York did not immediately respond to Fox News Digitals questions.

An avalanche of revelations about just how bad former President Joe Bidens condition really was in office is upon us, and an early contender for most shocking revelation is that his handlers actually considered putting Grandpa Joe in a wheelchair for his public appearances.This titillating tidbit comes to us from a soon-to-be-released book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again" by CNNs Jake Tapper, who for years nodded along like a bobble head doll to claims Biden was fine and Axios Alex Thompson who is celebrated for doing the bare minimum to address concerns over Bidens fitness.Not exactly Woodward and Bernstein, over here.Still, this morsel of news does raise an interesting question about how Democrats and their media allies approached the 2024 race. Maybe they would have been better off pulling a reverse FDR, putting Biden in a wheelchair, and saying, "this is still better than Trump."BIDEN AIDES ALLEGEDLY FRETTED THEN-PRESIDENT WOULD NEED WHEELCHAIR IF RE-ELECTED, NEW BOOK REVEALSWe all understand why the Biden campaign decided to lie about him saying he all but jumps rope in the Oval Office while translating passages from Ovid when in fact they werent sure he should even be walking. Frailty is not something most people look for in a commander-in-chief.However, what the Democrats and the media failed to appreciate is that honesty will always play better with voters than obvious lies.The voters I talked to across the country before and after Biden dropped out of the race in July knew full well he was in decline. Even among Democrats, it was an open secret; everyone knew.Nobody bought the idiotic nonsense about verified video footage being cheap fakes, and I mean nobody, at least in the real world, if journalists who credulously reported it really do believe it then thats even worse.For the 40% of voters who hate Donald Trump like suede hates rain, the lie made no difference at all, they would have voted for the mummified body of President Woodrow Wilson over Trump.BIDEN'S TEAM HID THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS HEALTH ALL ALONG: WH PRESS SECBut many accepted the lie, or claimed to for reasons similar to those stated by the old man in Shakespeares Sonnet 138. Speaking of his much younger lover, he wrote:Therefore, I lie with her and she with me,And in our faults by lies we flatterd be.The problem for Biden and the Democrats in 2024 was the independent voters, who would not just go along with the lie that Biden was fine, but even so were open to the idea he was a better option than Trump.Behind all the winks and nods and bike rides and tales of feats of strength the real argument that Democrats were making, and it was still basically true when Vice President Kamala "I dont do interviews" Harris took over, was that the Party has a team. And that team is better than Trump.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThis option was on the table as early as February 2024 when Fox News Jessica Tarlovwrote in these pages, "Theres no need to pretend otherwise: Bidens old. Just concede it. But theres a huge education gap when it comes to what hes actually delivered for the American people and having that knowledge will help us close the chasm being created by fears over his competency."Now, there is a wide range of opinion as to just what exactly Joe Biden "delivered for the American people," but Tarlov is right, this is at least an argument that the Biden administration is preferable to Trump that doesnt require blatant and transparent lying.The only thing worse than being lied to is knowing you are being lied to and that is exactly the position that Bidens team put Democratic and independent voters in until he exited the race in disgrace.The good news, with regard to both the Democrats and the liberal media, is that this time around we are seeing consequences for obvious lies. A price is being paid, which is the only way anything ever changes.The Democrats 2024 loss was humiliating and complete because they didnt just lose on the issues, they also got caught in the lie. So too, the liberal media can cry all the fake mea culpas they want, but their ratings and relevance are still crumbling.Maybe the saddest victim of this lie is Joe Biden himself, who was not allowed to end his long tenure in public service with dignity, but rather was tied to marionette strings making him dance as if hed found the fountain of youth.Sometimes it takes a while, but as Shakespeare also said, "in the end the truth will [win] out," maybe next time the Democrats will learn this lesson.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS

EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired the top officials leading the National Intelligence Council whom whistleblowers describe as "radically opposed to Trump" and has moved the agency to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, to ensure she can block any "politicization of intelligence," Fox News Digital has learned.Gabbard fired Mike Collins, who was serving as the acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, Tuesday, senior intelligence officials told Fox News Digital.DNI GABBARD REFERS INTEL OFFICIALS TO DOJ FOR PROSECUTION OVER ALLEGED LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATIONFox News Digital reached out Langan-Riekhof for comment and did not immediately hear back, and couldn't immediately find contact information for Collins.Collins also has whistleblower complaints against him for political bias and "deliberately undermining the incoming Trump administration," officials said.They added that Collins was closely associated with Michael Morrell, the former deputy director of the CIA who worked to write a public letter in 2020 claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," and to get signatures from top ex-intelligence officials.As for Langan-Reikhof, officials said she has been a "key advocate" for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and is someone who whistleblowers allege is "radically opposed to Trump."Meanwhile, Gabbard is moving the National Intelligence Council from the CIA to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to "directly hold accountable any improper action and politicization of intelligence," Fox News Digital has learned.Many intel community leakers are "career bureaucrats that are entrenched in Washington politics," officials said."It takes time to weed them out and fire them," one official told Fox News Digital, adding that "plans to eliminate non-essential offices within ODNI that we know are housing deep state leakers are underway."A CIA official told Fox News Digital Tuesday that the National Intelligence Council "has always been a DNI component. It makes sense for them to be physically located at DNI."GABBARD ESTABLISHES NEW INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO RESTORE TRANSPARENCYThe moves come as Gabbard has taken steps to root out leakers and alleged "deep state holdovers" who officials say are politicizing intelligence analysis and "trying to sabotage President Trumps agenda."FLASHBACK: BIDEN CAMPAIGN, BLINKEN ORCHESTRATED INTEL LETTER TO DISCREDIT HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY, EX-CIA OFFICIAL SAYSSo far, Gabbard has referred three intelligence community professionals to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution over alleged leaks of classified information. Fox News Digital first reported on those criminal referrals in April.An ODNI official at that time told Fox News Digital that the intelligence community professionals allegedly leaked classified information to the Washington Post and The New York Times."Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nations security at risk and must end," Gabbard told Fox News Digital in April. "Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."A senior intelligence official told Fox News Digital Tuesday that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is investigating 12 other intelligence officials over alleged leaks of classified information.For example, officials told Fox News Digital that ODNI fired two bureaucrats in early May who they say leaked information from an assessment about the violent Tren de Aragua gang to the Times. Officials said those bureaucrats were "CIA detailees" who were fired for "not following proper procedures."In April, Gabbard established a task force to restore transparency and accountability in the intelligence community. Fox News Digital first reported on the Directors Initiative Group (DIG), which started by investigatingweaponization within the intelligence community.Officials said the group will also work to root out politicization and expose unauthorizeddisclosures of classified intelligence.In addition, it will work to declassify information "that serves a public interest."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPGabbard also has held to account employees who participated in sexually explicit National Security Agency chatrooms, and is pursuing action against those who have made unauthorized leaks of classified information within the intelligence community.All the while, officials have complained about the hold up in confirming intelligence nominees, which they say are "essential" to enacting the Trump agenda.Currently, ODNI is without its nominees for principal deputy director of national intelligence; National Counterterrorism Center; National Counterintelligence and Security Center; intelligence inspector general; and general counsel; among others.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday urged Georgetown Laws newest graduates to collaborate across ideological lines, commenting that on the Supreme Court, it's necessary for those who disagree strongly to work past their differences.Speaking to the dean of Georgetown Law, William Treanor, at a fireside chat Monday, Roberts lamented current political divisions, and though he was careful not to be specific, his comments came as President Donald Trump has sharply criticized judicial decisions that have set back his second-term policy agenda.It's "really too bad," Roberts said of the environment facing aspiring lawyers. "Were developing a situation where a whole group of young people is growing up having no real sense about how our system of justice works."He also noted that some of the harshest criticisms of Supreme Court rulings, past and present, often come from fellow justices on the bench. But he also urged the importance of keeping these relationships above the fray and maintaining a sense of decorum.CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS DOUBLES DOWN ON DEFENSE OF COURTS AS SCOTUS GEARS UP TO HEAR KEY TRUMP CASESThough Supreme Court justices may "disagree a lot," such differences have not strained their relationships. "We have to work together on these things that are difficult," Roberts said. "You find a way to get along.""Its a long job. If youre sort of really at each others throats with bad feelings and stuff like that, its just not a good way to function," Roberts said, adding that the justices work to avoid the "toxic" relationships seen in earlier generations of the court.At times, the issues that frustrate the life-time appointed justices aren't quite as high-minded, Roberts acknowledged. "There's also the matter of the little things," he said. "I mean, if you're sitting next to somebody, and you just can't stand the way he or she kind of taps the chair, you're thinking, 'OK, we'll be here together for 20 years.'"And you know, you've got to decide, am I going to tell her to stop doing that, or am I going to just get over it, or what? And on a small level, that's kind of the way we across the board have to make those decisions and move on," he said.100 DAYS OF INJUNCTIONS, TRIALS AND 'TEFLON DON': TRUMP SECOND TERM MEETS ITS BIGGEST TESTS IN COURTHis remarks come as the Supreme Court is slated to hear a number of high-profile cases and emergency appeals filed by the Trump administration in the next few months.Alongside its regular docket which already includes important cases on education, religious liberty and election redistricting the Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on several Trump-era executive actions. These include the ban on transgender military service, efforts to reinstate fired federal employees and the use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations.On Thursday, the court will hear arguments over Trumps executive order ending birthright citizenship, including whether lower courts overstepped by issuing nationwide injunctions blocking the order, as the administration claims in its appeal.