An active investigation is underway in Southern California for a missing man that police are calling a "suspicious disappearance."Investigators with the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department released new information in the hopes of locating Naiping Hou, a 74-year-old resident of Rancho Cucamonga.He was reported missing by his family on May 4, 2025, according to authorities.Investigators discovered "extensive fraudulent activity" in Hous bank accounts around the time he disappeared.NEW YORK POLITICAL CANDIDATE VANISHES, CLOTHES FOUND ON BEACHOfficials said his cell phone was also used by unknown individual(s) to impersonate him in communications with family members.Authorities are now suspecting he may have been abducted.Family members of Hou told KABC that they believe the incident could be connected to their financial success in the cryptocurrency industry, and are offering a $250,000 reward in hopes of securing his safe return."I miss him dearly," said Wen Hou, referring to his father, Naiping Hou. "He's always been a guiding presence in my life."SURVIVALIST DESCRIBES 4 WAYS WYOMING COLLEGE PROFESSOR MISSING IN WILDERNESS COULD HAVE DISAPPEAREDWen Hou, who the outlet reported amassed significant wealth through cryptocurrency and previously donated $1.1 million to USCs Keck School of Medicine for heart disease research, suspects someone may have stolen his father's identity and drained over $1 million from his bank accounts.He also believes the person responsible has been pretending to be his father, using text messages to communicate with the family under false pretenses."It's surreal to think someone could be impersonating my dad through text," Wen Hou explained.According to Wen Hou, the strange series of events may have started in January 2025, when his father was overseeing home renovations following a severe water leak."He didnt raise any red flags at the time. We knew he was getting quotes from various contractors," Wen Hou recalled. "He was temporarily living in an apartment covered by insurance, so he wasn't hands-on with the daily construction work."After the house was repaired in March, Nai Ping joined Wen and a group of friends for a fishing trip, where everything "seemed normal," until things took a dramatic turn."Something really bizarre is going on," Wen Hou said. "The place was completely cleared out. No people, no vehicles, not even garbage left behind."WALL STREET BANKER WASHES UP DEAD ON PARADISE BEACH WEEKS AFTER DISAPPEARING ON VACATIONThe family later learned that several of Naiping Hou's bank accounts had been emptied, with over $1 million missing."Funds were being transferred out to purchase gold online," Wen Hou explained, adding that his father's accounts were also used to buy cryptocurrency and large gold bars. "Hes not tech-savvy at all, so I dont know how he could've done any of that himself.""We're really worried, and we really want my dad back," he continued.The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department is asking the public for help to find Naiping Hou. He is described as an Asian male, 57" tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds. He has black hair, black eyes, and has a birthmark on his left upper shoulder.Additionally, investigators are seeking information about a silver Toyota Yaris in connection with Nai Ping Hous disappearance."Theres been a significant amount of unauthorized activity in his bank accounts," Mara Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the sheriffs department told KABC. "We're deeply concerned for his well-being and focused on bringing him home safely."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAccording to a website dedicated to the search for Naiping Hou, he is originally from China and is a husband, father, and grandfather who is semi-retired. He is said to spend his time "woodworking, playing ping pong at a local recreation center, and staying active in his community.""The Hou family has long been committed to hard work, family values, and giving backmaking generous contributions to education and public safety organizations as part of their dedication to helping others," a statement on the website reads.Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Detective Vanayes Quezada, Specialized Investigations Division, at (909) 890-4848.

Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid said that MAGA voters would "let their daughters be destroyed" just to make PresidentDonald Trump "happy."During a recent episode of "NIGHT SCHOOL with Marc Lamont Hill," Reid mentioned her concern that Trump "could declare a national emergency" and that the country would no longer have "free and fair elections."Lamont remarked that the "one glimmer of hope" he sees is that Trump is limited to this term and questioned whether "the Trump movement has the ability to move beyond Trump," and if Vice PresidentJD Vance can lead MAGA after Trump leaves office.TRUMP'S MAGA IMPRINT ON GOP STRONG NOW, BUT WILL IT LAST? EXPERTS WEIGH INReid remarked how former PresidentBarack Obama had an electorate that would only show up for him, and that Trump's following is similar but more cult-like."There is just an Obama voter that will only vote when Obama is on the ballot and will not vote even below the ballot,"Reid said. "They will not vote down ticket, just Obama.""Trump has those kind of voters," she added. "They are dedicated to him personally. They care more about him being happy than them being happy. They care more about him having what he wants than them having what they want.""They will give up their healthcare. They will let their daughters be destroyed. They will let their families be destroyed. They will do- there's nothing he can do. He can drown them in Texas. He can take away their FEMA. He can do anything he wants to them. There's nothing you can do about it's a cult."JOY REID FLOATS SPECULATION THAT HER RACE, 'ANXIETY' SURROUNDING TRUMP PLAYED ROLE IN MSNBC FIRINGReid then went on to say that she believes Vance does not have what it takes to keep the Trump momentum alive."And JD Vance, with his lack of charisma, he's just an a--hole, he has no personality," Reid said. "He's the personality of Ron DeSantis. Um, so, no, there is no one else who can run the cult."However, Reid said, she was concerned about White voters and their "propensity" to vote for Republicans."But the problem is, there's the cult and then there is just this propensity among White voters to vote for any Republican and to create an adherence to any Republican because they just hate Democrats, and they don't care no one likes Ted Cruz, but they'll vote for him any day of the week because he is not a Democrat," Reid added.

Progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is being slammed by his GOP opponent, Maud Maron, for policies she said give criminals a "get out of jail free card," contributing to a massive surge in shoplifting and organized crime in Americas largest city.This comes after retail industry leaders testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on the dramatic rise in organized retail theft in recent years.According to the most recent data from the National Retail Federation, retailers reported a 93% increase in the average number of shoplifting incidents per year in 2023 compared to 2019, and a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting during the same period. The study further said that retailers surveyed saw a 26% increase in shoplifting incidents on average from 2022 to 2023.NRFs report said shoplifting has become a problem retailers across the country face on a "daily basis."'EXISTENTIAL THREAT': JEWISH LEADERS WARN OF NYC 'MASS EXODUS' IF ZOHRAN MAMDANI WINS IN NOVEMBERThe report stated that those surveyed experienced an average of 177 shoplifting incidents per day in 2023; however, this number increased to over 1,000, depending on the retail sector. The report listed New York as the second city most impacted by organized retail crime in 2024.Maron, a former Democrat public defender, now running for Manhattan district attorney as a Republican, told Fox News Digital that the "surge in shoplifting" is "not surprising.""Shoplifters, lawbreakers, got the message: You can do this, and you will not go to jail," said Maron, adding, "The get-out-of-jail-free card that Alvin Bragg has been issuing for the last three and a half years is not subtle.""Five years ago, 10 years ago, if you used to go into a store and dump a bunch of retail goods into your bag and then walk out right past the security guard and right past the cashiers, you would be arrested. And if you did it more than once, you wind up going to jail," she said. "Now maybe someone will call the police; maybe someone won't. Maybe the police will arrest you; maybe they won't. Because everybody knows at the end of the line, the prosecutor is not going to prosecute the case."WATCH: FORMER DEM OUSTED FROM PARTY OVER 'DEFUND THE POLICE' TAKES ON MANHATTAN DA ALVIN BRAGGMaron claimed that when Bragg took office in January 2022,he published a day one memo that "explained that there were just whole categories of crime that he was not going to prosecute.""Alvin Bragg ran as a George Soros-backed progressive prosecutor, and his implementing progressive criminal justice policies means that he tries to keep as few people in jail as possible. He tries to prosecute as few people as possible, and he tries to prosecute the lowest possible charge that he can get away with doing," she went on. "You can see there are no consequences. I will not get in trouble if I go into that store and take all of the clothes off of a shelf and walk out with them in broad daylight without even hiding my face. I can do it and get away with it. That's why we see a surge.""Actions either have consequences or they don't. And in Alvin Bragg's New York, stealing doesn't have a consequence," she claimed.In response, Richard Fife, a spokesperson for Braggs campaign, contested Marons take on the report, saying that "while there is much more to do, in the last two years, NYPD stats report that burglary is down 11%, robbery is down 8%, grand larceny is down 11%, and murder is down 35%."NYC SOFT-ON-CRIME DA ALVIN BRAGG ADMITS TO GETTING 'A KNOT' IN STOMACH WHEN FAMILY TAKES SUBWAY: REPORT"Perennial candidate Maud Maron, who recently lost her campaign for the School Board, is once again distorting and misleading to hide her lack of qualifications," said Fife.He said that "when experienced prosecutor Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan DA in January 2022, NYClike nearly every citywas still reeling from the COVID national crime spike.""Alvin brought together business owners, law enforcement, and community-based organizations to stop the rise in shoplifting and targeted repeat offenders, prosecuted organized crime rings that resell stolen goods, and improved coordination with local businesses and the NYPD," he claimed.For her part, Maron shot back that "if Alvin Bragg were half as good at prosecuting retail theft as he is at cherry-picking statistics, New Yorkers wouldnt have to ask security to unlock a $6 stick of deodorant just to get through the day."DEMOCRAT ACCUSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OF NOT BEING 'SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING CRIME'"Bragg can point to handpicked NYPD numbers all he wants, but New Yorkers live the reality: more closed storefronts, more brazen shoplifting, and more fear for working people just trying to commute or run errands," she added. "You dont need a spreadsheet to know Alvin Braggs criminal-coddling Day One Memo turned every store owner into a sitting duck for the criminals hes emboldened. You just need to walk into a pharmacy or talk to a bodega owner."

President Donald Trump lobbed a signature zinger on Tuesday as he paused to speak with reporters before boarding Marine One en route to an artificial intelligence summit."[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], look, I think shes very nice, but shes very low IQ, and we really dont need low IQ," Trump said, smiling as cameras rolled.He added, "Between her and Crockett, were going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best."TRUMP DARES AOC TO TRY TO IMPEACH HIM: 'MAKE MY DAY'Trump went on to share his own credentials: "I took my test. I took a real test at WalterReed Medical Center, and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right," he told the waiting press.Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has ramped up her criticism of President Trump recently, calling him a "rapist" in a post on X following a DOJ update related to Jeffrey Epstein.She appeared to be referencing the 2023 civil trial leveled against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury found Trump liable of sexual assault, but not of rape.Critics said she defamed the president with the remark.Back in May, Crockett said "youre terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the truth and holding you accountable" after President Trump called her a "low IQ person" on Meet the Press.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWhether OcasioCortez or Crockett will take the bait and accept the IQ test challenge remains to be seen.The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.Fox News Digital's Emma Colton contributed to this report.

Three teenagers and one 12-year-old boy were apprehended by police after an NYPD drone captured them riding on top of a train in New York City Thursday passing through multiple stations at a high speed.NYPD drone footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the four subway surfers between the ages of 12 and 16 climbing up the side of the moving northbound 6 express train as it passed beneath the Westchester Avenue Bridge.The minors can then be seen standing up and forming a line, some of them jumping up and down and spreading their arms.PARENTS' DESPERATE CHASE FOILS BROOKLYN KIDNAPPER'S SINISTER PLOTThe NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit Drone Team. while conducting anti-subway surfing operations in the area, spotted the surfing and transmitted the four boys' descriptions and photos to transit district officers, according to the NYPD.BRONX CAR OWNER DRAGGED IN STREET DURING CARJACKING CAUGHT ON CAMERAThe train was then stopped at the Parkchester train station in the Bronx, and the young men were taken into custody.11 ALLEGED TEEN TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS ATTACK NYPD OFFICERS: POLICE"These apprehensions marked the 200thsubway surfing apprehension by the Drone Team's operation since deployments began in November of 2023, and 200 lives potentially saved in just the last 20 months," an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an email.In 2023, a 15-year-old boy was killed while subway surfing on a train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City. The teen was standing on top of a northbound J train when he struck his head on a structure and fell below the train.

President Donald Trumps clawback of billions in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting narrowly passed through its first hurdle in the Senate, but it still faces a rocky road ahead with dissent among the Senate GOP ranks.Senate GOP leaders hoped that an agreement to carve out $400 million in global HIV and AIDS prevention funding will get some of the holdouts on board. However, doing so shrank the expected cuts from $9.4 billion to $9 billion.But a trio of Senate Republicans joined with all Senate Democrats to vote against advancing the bill from the Senate Appropriations Committee, which required Vice President JD Vance to cast the deciding vote.Trump's rescissions package would yank bank congressionally approved funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting. But some Senate Republicans have sounded the alarm and want changes made to the bill before it reaches the finish line.SENATE GOP BRACES FOR TEST VOTE ON TRUMP'S $9.4B CLAWBACK PACKAGEThe bill that advanced out of committee Tuesday includes just shy of $8 billion in cuts from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the government-backed funding arm for NPR and PBS.Republicans successful test vote comes after huddling with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, who worked to shore up support and apply pressure from the White House to get the ball rolling on the bill."We're fine with adjustments," Vought said. "This is still a great package, $9 billion, [it's] substantially the same package, and the Senate has to work its will."'GUT CHECK TIME': DISSENT AMONG SENATE GOP RANKS THREATENS TO REDUCE TRUMP'S SPENDING CUT DEMANDWhile concerns were still raised about other aspects of the spending cuts package during the closed-door meeting, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., believed that carving out the cuts to Bush-era Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) helped ease concerns among lawmakers.But the changes didn't sway all Senate Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, bluntly said "no" when asked if the PEPFAR carveout helped gain her support and argued, "I'd like to do some legislating.""What a crazy thing, what a crazy thing," she said. "What have we been doing around here? We did a reconciliation bill. We're doing a rescissions bill. We're doing nominations. Nominations are important, but let's, like, legislate."And Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she liked the changes but ultimately decided to vote against advancing the bill through its first hurdle. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also joined in to vote against the bill.TRUMP'S PLAN TO SLASH 'WOKE' FOREIGN AID, NPR FUNDS CLEARS HOUSE AS SENATE BATTLE LOOMSIt now moves to yet another procedural vote, which, if successful, will open up 10 hours of total debate time on the bill and eventually set the stage for a vote-a-rama, where lawmakers on either side of the aisle can offer an unlimited number of amendments to the package.But, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., made clear that he would prefer the Senate not make any changes to the bill.However, that request already fell on deaf ears as it did during the budget reconciliation process that unfolded in the upper chamber last month.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThose demands already have fiscal hawks in the House grumbling, but like the budget reconciliation process before it, an amended rescissions package will likely glide through the House GOP and onto Trumps desk.

House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., ripped NBC News and one of its reporters on Tuesday for a story equating his use of a digital signature with the Biden administrations use of an autopen.NBC reporters Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona wrote that while Comer leads the investigation into former President Joe Bidens use of an autopen, they found evidence that letters and subpoena notices sent for the probe used Comers digital signature."He has sent 16 letters to former Biden White House officials requesting transcribed interviews," they wrote. "In all 16 of those letters, metadata reveals his signature was a digital picture inserted into the letter."The story was seen by many, including Comer himself, as a way of attempting to obfuscate the controversy surrounding the alleged cover-up of Biden's mental decline while in office.CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR USES BIDEN AUTOPEN TO FLIP DEMS DEMOCRACY SCRIPT AGAINST THEM: SCANDAL"Theres still time to delete this, Ryan," Comer wrote on his congressional X account, adding an altered photo of Nobles reporting on the story on NBC News Live as a clown.Comer posted other comments on his personal X account similarly attacking the report.In a statement to Fox News Digital, Comer doubled down, calling NBC "Fake News" and "Democrat propaganda.""Its clear Fake News NBC is where journalism goes to die, and Democrat propaganda goes to thrive. We are closing in on one of the greatest scandals in American history. The fact that the NBC hacks don't know the difference between the authorized use of digital signature and the unauthorized use of autopen for executive actions is all you need to know," Comer said.The House Oversight Committees X account added, "Ryan is out here cosplaying as a journalist while Biden's staff played Weekend at Bernie's with executive powers and an autopen. Imagine watching a constitutional crisis unfold and deciding your big scoop is Adobe Acrobat on cover letters. Touch grass, Ryan."NBC News didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.BIDEN CHIEF OF STAFF REPORTEDLY GAVE APPROVAL FOR AUTOPEN PARDONS ON FINAL DAY IN OFFICEOther X users mocked the story for making an "apples-to-oranges" comparison to spout Democratic talking points."The scandal around Biden isn't that he simply used an autopen to sign pardons, it's that based on the reporting, he was UNAWARE of the people receiving pardons. So I'm struggling to see how this is newsworthy, outside of being a lame attempt at rapid response for Democrats," Republican strategist Andrew Surabian wrote."The fact that NBC News doesnt know that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison is a HUGE problem. This isnt journalism; this is a shameless effort to launder Democrat talking points," conservative commentator Steve Guest wrote.He added, "Stories like this one are how people can know NBC is just a propaganda arm of the Democrat Party."National Journalism Center program director T. Becket Adams joked, "How did the press miss the story of Biden's cognitive decline??"In a follow-up tweet, he added, "Contrary to what so many journalists seem to believe, you are not, in fact, morally or contractually obligated to publish every piece of oppo provided by a Democratic office.""You can actually say, 'No, thank you. This is a very stupid 'gotcha,' and publishing it under my name will make me look like a weapons-grade moron.' Be free, little ones. Be free!" Adams joked.Substack writer Jim Treacher commented, "Remember when they claimed they merely missed the story? That was, of course, a lie.""@RepJamesComer has full control of his mind and staff. Biden did not. The distinction matters," Rep. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist Sean Davis wrote, "Imagine being so stupid and corrupt as to write this article and think its even remotely analogous to a cabal of White House staffers taking advantage of a president with dementia and using his mental infirmity as an excuse to commandeer the powers of the presidency.""I'm trying to understand why this was written, other than to push Democrat propaganda and avoid covering the investigation into Biden's decline. Is the argument from @ryanoblesand @MZanona that Comer doesn't know he's sending these letters/subpoenas he talks about all the time?" Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway asked.Republicans have attacked the Biden administrations use of an autopen on a number of executive orders and other official documents after years of concerns about Bidens declining mental acuity. Comer and other GOP members have accused staff members of using the autopen to sign off on orders without Bidens full consent.One example included Biden granting clemency and pardoning more than 1,500 individuals, in what the White House described at the time as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president.In an interview with the New York Times on Thursday, Biden defended the use of the autopen by insisting he "made every decision" on his own.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHowever, the Times reported that Biden "did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people," according to the former president and his aides.Instead of repeatedly asking the president to re-sign updated versions of official documents, his staff used an autopen to put Biden's signature on the final version.

"Ruthless" podcast hosts Josh Holmes, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook and Comfortably Smug took aim at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his attempt to shed far-left stances he and his party have embraced in recent years during their appearance Tuesday on "Jesse Watters Primetime."Newsom has been making headlines in recent weeks for comments appearing to moderate his stances on issues like immigration and transgender treatment of children, which many believe is his planting the seeds of a 2028 presidential bid. "Well, I think he's making a decision to go on the Republican track in the Democratic Party," Duncan reacted. "It's a bold choice. We'll see how it works out for him, but the other choices are [to] get arrested, fight I.C.E. or become a communist. So I like his odds."FOX NEWS LANDS LICENSING DEAL WITH POPULAR RUTHLESS PODCAST AS PART OF EXPANSION OF NEW MEDIAAshbrook suggested Newsom hasn't "stuck the landing" with his pivot from the far-left. He later took a swipe at Newsom's eagerness to appear on right-wing podcasts, telling Watters, "Everybody sees through his BS.""But it is absolutely the avenue he should be taking," Ashbrook added. "It is it's the way of the future. New media is the way of the future."JOE ROGAN CONFRONTS GAVIN NEWSOM WITH TOUGH QUESTIONS ON PANDEMIC RECORDSmug compared the liberal politics of California to the New York City mayoral race where socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani continues to lead in all the polls against rivals Andrew Cuomo and incumbent mayor Eric Adams, both running as independents after previously running as Democrats."You have so much of the party that has lined up behind a communist. Is that Thelma & Louise' - let's go over the cliff. Let's go crazy. Let's learn nothing from this election," Smug said. "And there's this, like, glimmering hope of like, You know, maybe Cuomo could pull it off. There's some rational group of Democrats left, isn't there? And I don't know. I don't know if there are any left."RUTHLESS SKYROCKETS TO #1 ON POLITICAL PODCAST CHART DAYS AFTER POLITICO RUNS HIT PIECE ON CONSERVATIVE SHOWHolmes, a Minnesota native, said progressive politics has hit close to home while discussing the Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, who is running on a similar platform as Mamdani."Look, they've had this problem in Minneapolis for a lone time," Holmes told Watters. "It came from a huge number of Somali immigrants that came in with no mandate to assimilate whatsoever in the city of Minneapolis. That's where I'm from. And you can see the community just sort of become something else, right? And then it produces folks like Omar. They have absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the state, completely on their own, on an island in the middle of Minneapolis. It's sad."FOX News Media announced it has landed a licensing deal with the "Ruthless" podcast as part of the company's expansion of new media."The FOX News Media ecosystem we have built over the past seven years continues to thrive and set new records, and the Ruthless deal is a natural extension of our powerhouse brand as audiences reshape how they consume quality content," FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement Tuesday."We have cultivated an unrivaled bench of successful personalities who are well-positioned to excel in todays evolving media landscape, where podcasting offers the kind of deep engagement our platforms are known for."The "Ruthless" co-hosts said in a joint statement, "We are thrilled to take Ruthlessto the next level through this strategic partnership. There is a growing appetite for authentic political and cultural conversations, and our podcast delivers with no-holds-barred, irreverent takes that deeply resonate with our dedicated audience."

Senate Republicans again coalesced behind President Donald Trumps multibillion-dollar spending clawback package and propelled the legislation through its final procedural hurdle, again with the aid of Vice President JD Vance.Lawmakers will now go back and forth through 10 hours of debate on the bill, where Senate Democrats are expected to bleed time and slam the legislation for its cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.SENATE GOP AGREE TO STRIP CUTS TO HIV, AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM FROM TRUMP'S CLAWBACK BILLTrumps smaller, $9 billion package passed with nearly all Senate Republicans, while all Senate Democrats voted against it. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were the only Republicans to vote against the bill.Once debate has wrapped up on the bill, lawmakers will go through another vote-a-rama, where an unlimited number of amendments can be offered for the bill by either side of the aisle. Democrats will likely try to sideline or derail the package, while the GOP is expected to offer an amendment that would spare about $400 million in international HIV and AIDS funding from the chopping block.SENATE GOP BRACES FOR TEST VOTE ON TRUMP'S $9.4B CLAWBACK PACKAGEThe carveout for the Bush-era Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was agreed to ahead of the vote and is backed by the White House. Trimming funding from the program rattled some Senate Republicans, who publicly and privately warned they may not support the bill unless a fix was found.However, slashing the funding cut from the package could prove a tricky sell to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has called on Senate Republicans to not change the bill.'GUT CHECK TIME': DISSENT AMONG SENATE GOP RANKS THREATENS TO REDUCE TRUMP'S SPENDING CUT DEMANDHes been joined by fiscal hawks in the House Freedom Caucus, too, who have demanded that the Senate GOP stay the course on the rescissions package and warned that they would have serious issues if changes were made, stopping short of declaring a full-on rebellion against the bill.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSenate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hoped that his colleagues in the lower chamber would play ball and pass the bill ahead of a looming Friday deadline."There was a lot of interest among our members in doing something on the PEPFAR issue," he said ahead of the vote. "So, that's reflected in the substitute, and we hope that if we can get this across the finish line in the Senate that the House will accept that one small modification."

Kylie Jenner is turning heads while teasing her latest collaboration.The 27-year-old "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star posed for photos in a few different bikinis, as she teased her upcoming collaboration with the swimwear company, Frankies Bikinis, on Instagram.In the series of photos, the mother of two can be seen staring into the camera while taking a selfie in a black and white polka-dot string bikini. Another snap shows her sitting outside in the same swimsuit, while another shows her wearing a white bikini, although her head is cropped out of the photo."TOMORROW frankies bikinis x @khy launches at 9am pt or shop it an hour early by signing up at the link in bio," she wrote in the caption.KRISTIN CAVALLARI, KYLIE JENNER SPILL PLASTIC SURGERY SECRETS AS HOLLYWOODS BEAUTY MYTH CRUMBLES: EXPERTHer collaboration with the swimwear brand comes nearly two years after she launched her clothing line, Khy, in November 2023.Fans in the comments section flooded the comments section with excitement about the upcoming collaboration, with one writing "Literally cant wait!!" and another adding, "see you tm!!!!"APP USERS CLICK HERE FOR POSTJenner has also been teasing her collaboration with the swimwear company on her personal Instagram, posting photos of herself in a number of bikinis while on vacation in Greece.One of the posts features Jenner enjoying her vacation on a yacht, while dressed in a yellow string bikini which also features black designs. She can be seen in the same bikini while rinsing off, as well as taking a dip in a creek on shore in a nude bikini, in addition to many other snaps of her in swimwear.The reality star recently fought back against claims she used Ozempic to lose weight, telling British Vogue in August 2024 "people didnt give me, or give women in general, enough empathy" after having children."I see pictures [online] and people are accusing me of being on drugs or something," she continued. "Im back at my weight I was before I had my daughter and son and people are putting side by sides of me three months postpartum. Im like: Does everyone forget that I had two children and I gained 60 pounds both pregnancies?"She explained that soon after losing her baby weight after having her daughter Stormi, 6, she got pregnant with her son Aire, 2, both of whom she shares with her ex, rapper Travis Scott.Aside from getting her body back, Jenner detailed suffering from extensive postpartum depression following both her pregnancies, noting later that she wouldn't change her circumstances."No matter what Im going through or what I look like or what the internet writes about me that day," she started, "I come home and my kids just love me unconditionally. Theyre just obsessed with me and thats taught me to walk through life a little easier. Im like, OK, well I have these little humans at home that need me and love me and think Im the most perfect person in the world, so I dont really need validation from outside sources."

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God argued that former President Obamas viral critique of his fellow Democrats is old news and that their base has been saying for a decade.As the Democratic Party continues to struggle to chart a new course forward, the 44th president offered a tough love message to the members of his party at a fundraiser on Friday on how to find their way out of the political wilderness."I think its going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions," Obama said during the private event in New Jersey. "And its going to require Democrats to just toughen up.""It's mind-boggling to me when I hear people like President Obama say things that regular everyday people [have] been saying for years," the radio host said on his "Breakfast Club" radio show. "We've been saying Democrats were cowards for a decade. We've been saying Democrats need to toughen up. And that cowardice is, you know, why we're in the position that we're in now."OBAMA SWIPES AT AFFLUENT LIBERALS DURING RARE PUBLIC REMARKS, SAYS 'ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE TESTED'He added that he could provide "countless examples" of Democratic leaders needing to show some backbone."Like, for example, they should have told Biden that he was going to be a one-term president, it wasn't up to him," Charlamagne said. "So, it's just wild to hear President Obama say that now, as if Democrats haven't been cowards for the past decade."One of his co-hosts balked at Charlamagne, causing him to double down."Thats President Obamas opinion, too!" he argued.When asked what "toughen up" means in the realm of politics, the radio host offered more examples."Toughen up looks like, Hey Biden, youre going to be a one-term president.' Toughen up looks like, Hey, [Ruth Bader Ginsburg], you're going to step down cuz you're too old. Like, that's what toughening up looks like," Charlamagne said.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURECLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Toughen up looks like, Hey, if Donald Trump is the existential threat that y'all tell us he is, how come y'all aren't going after him that way while y'all are in office?" he added. "That's what toughening up looks like."

A new ProPublica report accused Microsoft of allowing China-based engineers to assist with Pentagon cloud systems with inadequate guardrails in an effort to scale up its government contracting business, raising espionage concerns from national security experts.The report cited current and former employees and government contractors who worked on a cloud computing program deployed by Microsoft in 2016 that would allow the tech giant to sell its cloud services to the government, known as a "digital escort" framework.The security measure, meant to meet federal contracting regulations, was effectively a program that included a "digital escort" chaperone for global cybersecurity officials, such as those based in China, so they can work on agency computing systems.CHINA IS EXPLOITING OUR GOVERNMENT'S TECH WEAKNESS. WE NEED A RAPID REBOOTDefense Department guidelines require that people handling sensitive data be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.According to sources who spoke to ProPublica, including some who had intimate familiarity with the hiring process for the $18-per-hour "digital escort" position, the tech employees being hired to do the supervising lacked the adequate tech expertise to prevent a rogue Chinese employee from hacking the system or turning over classified information to the CCP.The sources elaborated that the escorts, often former military personnel, were hired for their security clearances more than their technical abilities and often lacked the skills to evaluate code being used by the engineers they were supervising.In China, people are governed by sweeping laws compelling government cooperation with data collection efforts. "If ProPublicas report turns out to be true, Microsoft has created a national embarrassment that endangers our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. Heads should roll, those responsible should go to prison and Congress should hold extensive investigations to uncover the full extent of potential compromise," said Michael Lucci, the CEO and founder of State Armor Action, a conservative group with a mission to develop and enact state-level solutions to global security threats."Microsoft or any vendor providing China with access to Pentagon secrets verges on treasonous behavior and should be treated as such.""This is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse and arming the chickens with sticks in case the fox gets mad," Michael Sobolik, a Hudson Institute foreign policy senior fellow, added. "It beggars belief."CHINA TARGETS US MILITARY MEMBERS IN OVERSEAS SPY OPERATIONS, FORMER CIA STATION CHIEF WARNSMicrosoft uses its escort system to handle sensitive government information that falls below "classified," which includes "data that involves the protection of life and financial ruin," ProPublica reported. At the Defense Department, the data is categorized as "Impact Level" four and five, which ProPublica reported includes materials directly supporting military operations.A Microsoft spokesperson defended the company's "digital escort" model, saying all personnel and contractors with privileged access must pass federally approved background checks."For some technical requests, Microsoft engages our team of global subject matter experts to provide support through authorized U.S. personnel, consistent with U.S. government requirements and processes," the spokesperson added. "In these instances, global support personnel have no direct access to customer data or customer systems."The Defense Information Systems Agency's(DISA) public information office was initially unaware of the program when ProPublica began asking questions about it, but it eventually followed up to point out that "digital escorts" are used "in select unclassified environments" at the Defense Department for "advanced problem diagnosis and resolution from industry subject matter experts."Fox News Digital reached out to the DISA and DOD but did not immediately receive a response.In 2023, Chinese hackers infiltrated Microsoft's cloud servers and stole data belonging to senior U.S. government officials, including data and emails from the commerce secretary, the U.S. ambassador to China and others involved in national security work. Hackers were able to access tens of thousands of emails from the Defense Department.A postmortem from the federal Cyber Safety Review Board, which has since been disbanded, cited Microsoft security failures that allowed hackers to infiltrate the cloud. However, the after-incident report did not include any links to the "digital escort" program, according to ProPublica.Microsoft said in response to the recent ProPublica report that it considers "anyone" with access to sensitive government systems, no matter their location or role, a potential risk."We establish layers of mitigation at the platform level with security and monitoring controls to detect and prevent threats. This includes approval workflows for system changes and automated code reviews to quickly detect and prevent the introduction of vulnerabilities," a company spokesperson told Fox News Digital.The spokesperson added that Microsoft adheres to the federal security requirements outlined by the Defense Department and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which was established in 2011 to address the risks associated with moving from entirely government-controlled servers, to cloud-based computing. "This production system support model is approved and regularly audited by the U.S. government," the spokesperson concluded.Still, if the ProPublica allegations are true, Lucci says the federal government should cease its work with Microsoft."If these [ProPublica] allegations are credible, the federal government should never again rely on Microsoft to protect the data that keeps our men and women in uniform safe, especially given Microsofts extensive record of being compromised by the CCP," Lucci said Monday. "Our military cannot operate in security and secrecy if a vendor repeatedly and intentionally invites the enemy into the camp."