Day: July 18, 2025

Legendary skydiver Felix Baumgartner, best known for free fall from space, dies in paragliding accident

4:28 am July 18, 2025

Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver best known for his record-setting dive from space, died in a paragliding accident in Italy Thursday, according to Italian officials. He was 56. Baumgartner was reportedly flying a motorized paraglider in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio in the Marche region of Italy, where he was said to have crashed into […]

Fox News Politics Newsletter: Chat Reveals Cozy Ties Between Judges, Liberal Activists

4:00 am July 18, 2025

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content. Here’s what’s happening… – Hamas losing iron grip on Gaza as US-backed group gets aid to Palestinians in need – Two Republicans vote against Trump’s $9 billion clawback of foreign aid, NPR […]

DHS cancels $18.5 million in Biden-era grants designated to fund LGBTQ and DEI programs

3:55 am July 18, 2025

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Kristi Noem announced Thursday the cancellation of $18.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants for the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3). The grants were designated by the Biden administration to provide taxpayer funds to various organizations that DHS says are “ideologically driven programs” promoting diversity, equity […]

Trump’s DOJ requests California sheriffs’ data on criminal illegal immigrants in custody

3:53 am July 18, 2025

The Department of Justice on Thursday issued requests to sheriffs in multiple large California counties—including Los Angeles and San Francisco counties—for lists of all inmates in their jails who are not citizens of the United States. The requests also include the illegal immigrant’s charges or conviction, and their scheduled release dates, according to a news […]

Mexican woman in US illegally charged with faking her own ICE ‘kidnapping’

3:38 am July 18, 2025

A Mexican illegal alien living in Los Angeles was charged with orchestrating her own fake ICE “kidnapping” to generate sympathy and solicit donations, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, a resident of South Los Angeles, was charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers, the DOJ said. Calderon had […]