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Tiger Woods to play in TGL after backing out of Genesis Invitational over recent passing of his mother

Tiger Woods will return to golf on Tuesday, when he tees it up in the indoor TGL league.

The league confirmed that Woods will be playing with the Jupiter Links when they take on the New York Golf Club.

Woods, 49, initially planned to compete in the Genesis Invitational, but he withdrew after saying he was still “processing” the death of his mother.

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Tiger Woods of Jupiter Links Golf Club waves to fans as he is introduced at the start of a match of the TMRW Golf League (TGL) against Boston Common Golf, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Woods revealed last week that his mother, Kultida, had died at 78 years old.

“I planned to tee it up this week, but I’m just not ready,” Woods said in a statement. “I did my best to prepare, knowing it’s what my Mom would have wanted, but I’m still processing her loss.

“Thanks to everyone who has reached out. I hope to be at Torrey later in the week and appreciate the continued kindness since my Mom’s passing.”

The Genesis Invitational organizers paid tribute to her, as the par-4 seventh hole features a white flag.

GENESIS INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO TIGER WOODS’ LATE MOTHER, KULTIDA WOODS

Golfer Tiger Woods, right, hugs his mother, Kultida Woods, during a press conference at TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse, headquarters of the PGA Tour, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. ( Lori Moffett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The white flag is free of wording in a nod to Tiger’s late mother and her faith.

Kultida practiced Buddhism, according to a social media post from the PGA Tour. Buddhists hold the color white and the No. 7 in high regard.

White is believed to represent enlightenment, knowledge and purity. Kultida was born in Thailand, and the country’s flag has a pair of white stripes, which are believed to symbolize Buddhism.

Tiger has not participated in a tournament since the British Open in July 2024.

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Tiger Woods, hugs his mother, Kultida Woods, during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

It would have been the first time Woods will be competing since he had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate pain in his legs. It was the sixth surgery he has undergone on his lower back.

The last time Woods played four rounds was at last year’s Masters, when he broke the tournament record for most cuts made at the prestigious major with his 24th consecutive cut made.

The 15-time major champion has been competing in the TGL league since it debuted Jan. 7, 2025.

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Chantz Martin contributed to this report.

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February 15, 2025
Trump gets Democrat backing on penny plan: ‘Common sense move’

President Donald Trump has found an ally in the Senate — at least on his plan to stop creating new pennies.

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., came out in support of Trump’s latest proposal on Tuesday, calling it a “common sense move.”

The Democrat represents a battleground state that both she and Trump won in 2024.

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Trump received some unlikely support for his new penny plan. (Reuters/ Getty Images)

Over the weekend, Trump announced that he “instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies.”

“For far too long, the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” the president wrote on Truth Social.

“Let’s rip the waste out of our great nation’s budget, even if it’s a penny at a time.”

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Rosen took to X on Tuesday, writing, “I’m not afraid to embrace a good idea when it comes from the other side of the aisle, and I agree with President Trump on this.”

“Eliminating the penny is a common sense move that’ll save taxpayer dollars,” she said.

She isn’t the only Democrat who has come out in support of Trump’s idea, however.

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Polis also backed the idea. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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“As well as saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, there are major environmental benefits to eliminating the penny. This is a great move,” Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo., said of the president’s plan.

Trump’s unlikely Democratic backers come as much of the party has revolted amid his Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to aggressively audit and slash spending at executive branch agencies and departments.

Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.

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February 12, 2025
Senate GOP effort to move on Trump budget before House gets leader Thune backing

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., came out in support of a GOP effort in the upper chamber to get moving on legislation to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda.

It would be a significant departure from current plans for the House to pass a bill first, amid infighting by House Republicans over spending levels.

“I appreciate Chairman Graham’s leadership in crafting a budget resolution that will unlock the ability to pass a reconciliation bill to secure the border, rebuild our military, and deliver a much-needed down payment on energy security,” Thune told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.

“I am supportive of Chairman Graham’s efforts to advance the president’s priorities in the Senate, and I look forward to continuing our conversations with our House colleagues,” he said.

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Thune said he supports Graham’s effort to move on the President’s agenda in the Senate. (Getty Images)

Earlier on Wednesday, ahead of a lunch with key Republicans, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., unveiled his plan to advance the bill through a key procedural hurdle next week. The House planned to move a bill this week, but leaders were forced to punt after conservatives balked at what they saw as a low threshold for spending cuts to offset the cost of new funding to implement Republican border and defense policies.

Now, with Thune’s blessing, Graham’s plan is primed to quickly maneuver through the Senate, getting a significant advantage over any competing House GOP efforts.

Republicans in Washington, D.C., are preparing to use the budget reconciliation process to achieve a wide range of Trump proposals from border security to eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay.

The reconciliaiton process lowers the threshold to advance a bill in the Senate from 60 votes to just 51. And with a 53-vote majority in the upper chamber, Republicans are poised to push policies through with only support from the GOP conference.

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U.S. Capitol Building (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

At the same time, with razor-thin margins in the House and Senate, the party can afford very few defectors.

The first step in the crucial budget reconciliation process is marking up and advancing a bill through the Senate and House budget committees.

The budget that is headed to the Senate’s committee would be part of a two-pronged approach, with the first bill including Trump’s priorities for border security, fossil fuel energy and national defense.

This plan would see a second bill focusing on extending Trump’s tax policies from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) later in the year.

In a statement, Graham confirmed his plan to move forward on the two-bill plan. His office advised that next week there would indeed be a committee vote on a Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution, which “will be the blueprint that unlocks the pathway forward for a fully paid for reconciliation bill to secure the border, bolster our military and increase American energy independence.”

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Graham chairs the Budget committee. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

“To those who believe that Republicans should fulfill their promises on border security, mass deportation of criminal illegal aliens: I agree,” Graham said.

“That is why the Senate Budget Committee will be moving forward next week to give the Trump Administration’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, the money he needs to finish the wall, hire ICE agents to deport criminal illegal immigrants, and create more detention beds so that we do not release more dangerous people into the country. This will be the most transformational border security bill in the history of our country. It’s time to act,” he continued.

While many Senate Republicans have espoused a preference for two bills to be passed this year through the key budget reconciliation process, they have faced significant opposition in the House, where the House Ways & Means Committee and House GOP leaders have pushed for one large bill with all of Trump’s priorities.

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A plan to leapfrog House Republicans on the reconciliation process was unveiled to senators on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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House leaders had intended to make the first move in the process. But the Senate passing their own bill first could essentially force the lower chamber to contend with whatever product comes from the other side of Capitol Hill, instead of dictating their starting point themselves.

Trump has previously said he preferred one large bill, but avoided demanding it. Rather, the president has left it with Congress, urging them to employ whichever strategy can be carried out quickest.

Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.

Follow Julia’s reporting on X at @JuliaaJohnson_ and send tips to [email protected].

February 6, 2025
$Colombia’s president orders national oil company to sell US fracking operation after backing down to Trump$

Colombia’s president orders national oil company to sell US fracking operation after backing down to Trump

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his country’s state-run oil company to sell off its operations in the U.S. on Tuesday, saying they would reinvest the funds into green energy.

Petro announced the move during a televised cabinet meeting this week, arguing the company, Ecopetrol, cannot be “for death and not for life.” The order relates to a planned joint venture between Ecopetrol and the U.S.-owned oil company Occidental Petroleum, or Oxy. The deal was set to produce some 90,000 barrels of oil per day, but Petro now says he opposes it because it relies on fracking.

“I want that operation to be sold, and for the money to be invested in clean energies,” Petro said in the meeting. “We are against fracking, because fracking is the death of nature, and the death of humanity.”

“There is no other way for humanity but to stop the path of fossil fuels,” he added. “This is not happening because the oil companies are beating us, because we are afraid of them. I am not afraid of them.”

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Colombia’s selloff of oil efforts in the U.S. comes after President Donald Trump threatened massive tariffs against the contry. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images / Getty Images)

The move comes just weeks after Petro backed down to President Donald Trump and allowed the U.S. to move forward with deporting Colombian illegal immigrants out of the U.S. and back to their home country.

COLOMBIAN LEADER QUICKLY CAVES AFTER TRUMP THREATS, OFFERS PRESIDENTIAL PLANE FOR DEPORTATION FLIGHTS

In late January, American officials sent two flights of Colombian illegal aliens as part of Trump’s deportation program. Petro rejected the flights, writing that the U.S. cannot “treat Colombian migrants as criminals.”

Trump struck back immediately, vowing 25% tariffs on all goods from Colombia, a travel ban on Colombian government officials and other steep financial sanctions. He said the tariffs would reach as high as 50% by next week and insisted the migrants being sent back were “illegal criminals.”

Colombian migrants stand in shackles as they prepare to enter a plane for deportation at the Marcos A. Gelabert de Albrook Airport in Panama City. (AP Photo/Agustin Herrera / AP Images)

Petro initially retaliated with his own 25% tariffs on Colombian exports into the U.S., insisting he would not accept the return of migrants who were not treated with “dignity and respect” and who had arrived shackled or on military planes.

But amid intense political pressure from within his own government, the former Marxist guerrilla fighter acquiesced to U.S. demands.

President Trump signed dozens of executive orders on his first day in office, and he continues to sign more. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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The White House confirmed later that weekend that Colombia’s president had caved “to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.”

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report

February 5, 2025
Trump transportation secretary confirmed with bipartisan backing

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Transportation Department, former Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, on Tuesday afternoon.

Duffy appeared before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this month and outlined his priorities for the Transportation Department, including aviation and highway safety, addressing the air traffic controller shortage, and restoring trust in Boeing following several major scandals.

“No federal agency impacts Americans’ daily lives and loved ones like the Department of Transportation,” Duffy told lawmakers on Jan. 15 at his confirmation hearing.

TRUMP NOMINATES SEAN DUFFY FOR USDOT

Sean Duffy, right, greets senators at his confirmation hearing. (Fox News Digital/Charlie Creitz)

“We want the best and the brightest air traffic controllers. We must modernize our systems with cutting edge technologies. I’ll work with Congress and the FAA to restore global confidence in Boeing, and to ensure that our skies are safe,” he said.

He also pledged to address rebuilding Interstate 40 that runs from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Barstow, California. Parts of the interstate are still washed out across the Great Smoky Mountains following Hurricane Helene in September.

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Sean Duffy at his confirmation hearing for secretary of Transportation. (Fox News Digital/Charlie Creitz)

“We’re continuing to try to work through this process to get that rebuilt, but we need to know this will be front and center with you so we can get that interstate rebuilt and reopened,” Duffy said.

Additionally, Duffy promised Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into Tesla’s self-driving software that launched this month would continue under his watch.

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Sean Duffy at his confirmation hearing for secretary of Transportation. (Fox News Digital/Charlie Creitz)

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Duffy represented Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district for five terms before joining Fox News, where he co-hosted “The Bottom Line” with Dagen McDowell on FOX Business.

Fox News’ Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.

January 28, 2025