‘Kudlow’ host Larry Kudlow gives his take on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s promise to crack down on illegal immigration and end the weaponization of government.
After just a couple of days of being sworn in as Attorney General, Pam Bondi is laying the law down, especially on illegal immigration. And especially on illegal immigration in New York.
All New Yorkers — in the city, the suburbs, and upstate — should be cheering her on for making the Empire State a safer and more decent place to live.
Here’s what she had to say:
This is a new DOJ, and we are taking steps to protect Americans, American citizens, and angel moms… New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today – as you know, we sued Illinois, and New York didn’t listen. So now, you’re next.
– Attorney General Pam Bondi, February 12
And our new Sheriff Bondi is going after something called New York’s Green Light Law, which allows illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses and stops the Department of Motor Vehicles from telling ICE.
So, Bondi sued all the New York Trump Derangement Syndrome operatives, including so-called Attorney General Letitia James and so-called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
And, just for the heck of it, Bondi threw in the DMV commissioner, who no one has ever even heard of.
The point here is that the new Trump Justice Department is busting through sanctuary cities and states, left and right. Bondi has already hit Illinois, and now she’s hitting New York.
And, of course, the far-left James-Bragg left-wing Soviet-like cabal deserves everything they get for their attempted weaponization jihad against President Donald Trump, where they tried to throw him in jail for 700 years, take all his businesses away, and bankrupt him.
All of that was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in history.
Whether or not AG Bondi had that in mind we’ll never know, but bravo to her for correctly arguing that federal law supersedes state and local law. And giving Tom Homan and his ICE brigade the right to capture and deport the murderers and rapists who have broken the law.
There’s no escape for them under the new Trump-appointed sheriffs. And these local yokel New York officials can whine as much as they want, but the voters’ tide has turned against them.
And then we come to the case of Mayor Eric Adams, whose biggest crime during the Biden years was to begin cooperating with federal officials to stop the flood of illegals coming into the Red Apple. So the Bidens weaponized the legal system against him.
A phony indictment from Biden’s Justice Department tried to lay him out, basically for doing nothing more than taking a couple of first-class airplane seat upgrades and helping a foreign embassy get a faster repair job.
The Trump-Bondi Justice Department dropped the indictment against Mayor Adams. And now you have a couple of Assistant U.S. Attorneys screaming like banshees, with highly visible resignation letters that no one really cares about.
Left-wing news outlets are telling us how brilliant these former prosecutors are, but, if so, they’re only book-smart or pedigree-smart.
They are not street-smart, with no common sense at all, because Adams is cooperating with Bondi and Homan to get the illegals out of New York and make New York safe again, even reopening ICE facilities on Rikers Island.
You could say the new Trump sheriffs are now weaponizing justice in favor of Mayor Adams — but so that he can fight migrant crime and get rid of illegals.
I’m calling this good weaponization. High moral ground weaponization. Law and order, safety weaponization.
And because of his good works, Democratic Mayor Eric Adams is being mentioned as a possible Republican Mayor Eric Adams.
As the “Cinderella” classic song goes, “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” one little girl had hers come true recently at Walt Disney World.
Make-A-Wish kid Rita, 10, is an aspiring designer who is battling cancer. She yearned to meet Disney’s costume design experts to create a “royal dress of her own,” Disney said on Wednesday.
Rita got to have a one-on-one gown design session with Disney designers, as well as tour Disney’s costuming building and fabric library.
“I was so excited because I got to go to a top-secret fashion place at Disney. I got to see all the ways costumes are designed, which was really cool,” Rita said in a statement.
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Rita, 10, in the middle, hugs Cinderella in front of her castle at Walt Disney World with Prince Charming standing by. (Disney / Fox News)
Rita’s Cinderella-inspired dress that she had a hand in illustrating was officially named, “Rita’s Rose Diamond Dress.” She was able to pick out colors, fabric and sparkles.
Her visit just so happened to coincide with the film’s 75th anniversary, which originally debuted on Feb. 15, 1950.
She was surprised when the costuming team told her that her design would be brought to life by the creation of a scale model replica of the gown for her to keep.
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“Rita’s Rose Diamond Dress” illustration side-by-side with her doll-sized replica of the gown to keep. (Disney / Fox News)
“As a child, I was in and out of the hospital myself. It means so much to be able to fulfill a wish for someone going through that because I know what it’s like. It’s one of the best experiences I’ve ever had at Disney, and I’m so grateful I got to be part of it,” Allison Atmore, Costume Specialist at Disney Live Entertainment, said.
Disney has been working with Make-A-Wish for 45 years, and is the foundation’s “world’s largest wish granter,” the company said.
Rita and her family pose with Cinderella’s step sisters during her Make-A-Wish visit at Disney. (Disney / Fox News)
“Creating happiness for Make-A-Wish families is what we’re all about here at Disney. Our stories, parks and cast members help them make new memories that bring strength and hope,” Tajiana Ancora-Brown, Director of External Affairs at Walt Disney World, said.
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While her mom says they have a long road ahead of them in Rita’s medical journey, she said “there’s no words” for the time together that means so much to them and will be a forever memory.
“I just had a blast!” Rita said about her day at Disney.
I can’t thank President Donald Trump enough. He’s going to make showers great again.
For the first time in four years, I can take a real shower, with the water pounding down on me. Not a puny Biden drizzle.
It will be a wonderful feeling. I’ve missed it. And I believe millions of other people feel the same way.
Why do I say this?
Because this morning, at 6:57am, President Trump instructed EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to go back to Mr. Trump’s old environmental orders that were terminated by Biden — on water standards and flow.
I am hereby instructing Secretary Lee Zeldin to immediately go back to my Environmental Orders, which were terminated by Crooked Joe Biden, on Water Standards and Flow pertaining to SINKS, SHOWERS, TOILETS, WASHING MACHINES, DISHWASHERS, etc., and to likewise go back to the common sense standards on LIGHTBULBS, that were put in place by the Trump Administration, but terminated by Crooked Joe. I look forward to signing these Orders. THANK YOU!!!
– President Donald Trump, Truth Social, February 11
In other words, folks, you can let the water rip. Finally. After four years of missing it.
And not just a decent shower — but in the sink, too! You can really wash your face, get a better shave. Wash your hands as often as you want, with real, strong, live water flow.
Not like some third-world countries I know. Or even Europe, where nobody washes.
And toilets can flush the way they’re supposed to, with just a flick of the handle, everything is solved.
And your dishwasher will actually clean the dishes, because it will have a strong water flow and get the job done.
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And ditto for your clothes, where Trump washing machines will get all those stains out that you could never do with Biden’s puny water trickle.
And, you can read again! Because President Trump is going back to common-sense standards on incandescent light bulbs — instead of Biden’s phony fluorescent hospital-type lighting that ruined your eyes and gave you a headache every night while you tried to read yourself to sleep.
Now I look forward to a return to reading great books like “The Art of the Deal,” “Think Like a Billionaire,” “Time to Get Tough,” and “Why We Want You to be Rich.” So inspiring.
And, for me, that includes James Lee Burke and Detective Robicheaux. And John Sandford and his Detective Davenport.
What a wonderful prospect each evening.
Take a good shower, read a good book, sleep soundly, and wake up fresh the next morning — to a golden era of peace through strength.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will resume important meetings and travel associated with the critical grant-review process amid an agency-wide communications freeze at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
While the agency is working its way back to normalcy, its operations are still not completely back to what they were before President Donald Trump took office. The advisory council and scientific review meetings associated with the NIH’s grant-making process, in which outside scientists provide a final grant review and strategic advice before the finalization of a new program, have continued but will not yet meet in open session.
When Trump took office, he initiated a freeze on external communications at HHS and all of its sub-agencies. Earlier this week, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said that “several types of external communications” are no longer subject to the pause, and “all HHS divisions have been given clear guidance on how to seek approval for any other type of mass communication.”
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A seal that reads “U.S. Public Health Service” adorns a building on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, March 9, 2001, in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Newsmakers)
NIH is currently taking things day-by-day to ensure they are meeting their obligations under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which governs the operation of federal advisory committees and emphasizes public involvement through open meetings and reporting.
Last week, NIH director Matthew Memoli sent a letter to staff seeking to clarify the ongoing communications pause. According to Memoli, the freeze had been issued to “allow the new team to set up a process for review and prioritization,” but noted that due to “confusion on the scope of the pause” he wanted to provide additional guidance.
In addition to halting announcements, press releases, website and social media posts, new guidance, and new regulations, the freeze also halted public appearances and travel by agency officials, and prohibited new purchases or service requests related to agency work. The move caused anger and confusion among both HHS officials and those in the broader medical community, particularly due to the potential pause of critical health research.
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NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli
In his memo to staff, Memoli clarified that any research or clinical trials initiated before Jan. 20 can keep going “so that this work can continue, and we do not lose our investment in these studies.” Officials working on these studies may also purchase any “necessary supplies” and conduct meetings related to such work. Although new research projects are still prohibited, NIH staff were told they could continue submitting papers to medical journals and can communicate with those journals about submitted work.
Travel and hiring for such work can continue as well, Memoli indicated, but his office must grant specific exemptions for new hires as Trump also initiated a freeze on the hiring of new federal civilian employees across all agencies during his first week in office. Routine travel planned for after Feb. 1 “does not need to be canceled at this time,” Memoli added. Patients receiving treatment at NIH facilities can also continue to do so.
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NIH can also submit documents to the Federal Register and send correspondence to public officials.
While the pause at HHS has caused a firestorm of concern and criticism, Dr. Ali Khan, a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist who is now the dean of the University of Nebraska’s school of public health, told the Associated Press that such pauses are not unusual. Khan said concern is only warranted if the pause was aimed at “silencing the agencies around a political narrative.”
Democrats are warning that Americans will face higher costs and end up paying the price for new tariffs President Donald Trump is imposing against Mexico, Canada and China.
The White House announced Friday that in response to an “invasion of illegal fentanyl” to the U.S., it would impose a 25% tariff on all goods entering the United States from Mexico and Canada, a 10% tariff on Canadian energy and a 10% tariff on all goods entering the U.S. from China.
Tariffs against China went into effect Tuesday, although Trump agreed to push back tariffs against Mexico and Canada by at least one month after discussions with each respective country about securing the border.
While Trump acknowledged Friday the tariffs might result in “temporary, short-term disruption,” Democrats claim American taxpayers will end up hurting and paying the price.
According to one Washington think tank, the nonpartisan Peterson Institute for International Economics, these rounds of tariffs are expected to cost U.S. households roughly $1,200 a year annually.
As a result, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took a jab at Trump and mocked the president’s coined expression about a “golden age” of economic prosperity.
WHITE HOUSE TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON MEXICO, CANADA AND CHINA DUE TO ‘INVASION OF ILLEGAL FENTANYL’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, poked fun at President Donald Trump’s “golden age” of economic prosperity after announcing new tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China. (Reuters)
“President Trump kickstarted a golden age of higher costs for American families with his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico,” Schumer said Monday on the Senate floor. “Two of our four biggest trading partners by issuing his tariffs. Donald Trump is yet again rigging the game for his billionaire friends, while doing nothing to lower costs for American families.”
“The Trump tariffs will make gas prices go up, and we should not listen at all to Donald Trump when he says it’s about stopping fentanyl,” Schumer said. “That’s nonsense. There are other ways to stop fentanyl without making inflation worse and raising costs on the American family.”
Additionally, Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., introduced legislation Thursday that would increase legislative branch oversight before imposing new tariffs. Specifically, the legislation would require the president to brief Congress on tariff proposals and impacts on the U.S. economy and foreign policy interests.
The measure, known as the Stopping Tariffs on Allies and Bolstering Legislative Exercise of (STABLE) Trade Policy Act, also would require approval from Congress before executing any new tariffs on U.S. allies or other free trade agreement partners.
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Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., introduced legislation that would increase Congressional oversight of tariffs. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Coons warned that the American people would pay the price for the tariffs, which he labeled the “largest tax increase” on Americans in a long time. Coons also cautioned that imposing tariffs on Mexico and Canada would turn them into “nervous neighbors” and could jeopardize relationships with allies.
“China, Mexico, and Canada are our three largest trading partners,” Coons said in a statement Friday. “It’s the largest tax increase on working Americans in a long time, and it will cost them thousands of dollars every year. President Trump is making America expensive again.”
Experts have warned that the costs of foods like avocados, dairy and certain meats could go up as a result of the tariffs. For example, Kelly Beaton, the chief content officer at The Food Institute, noted that the U.S. receives a large portion of hog and beef imports from Canada. These tariffs “will undoubtedly” lead to higher import costs, and, ultimately, higher beef and pork prices for American consumers, she said, Fox Business reports.
Likewise, Democratic Reps. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and Don Beyer, D-Va., also introduced legislation in January that would block Trump from using emergency powers to implement tariffs, amid concerns that American consumers would end up footing the bill.
“Not only would widespread tariffs drive up costs at home and likely send our economy into recession, but they would likely lead to significant retaliation, hurting American workers, farmers, and businesses,” DelBene said in a statement on Jan. 15.
In response to Americans absorbing costs from the tariffs, Trump said in a post Sunday on Truth Social: “WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!). BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.”
While Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told NBC News’ “60 Minutes” he predicted tariffs would drive up consumer costs, other Republicans like Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. told Fox News Sunday that the tariffs are designed to “get these countries to change their behavior.”
The tariffs were being imposed due to an “unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanyl that is killing American citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday.
MEXICO AGRESS TO DEPLOY 10,000 TROOPS TO US BORDER IN EXCHANGE FOR TARIFF PAUSE
The tariffs were being imposed due to an “unprecedented invasion of illegal fentanyl that is killing American citizens,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Jan. 31, 2025.
Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on Monday, resulting in the postponement of the tariffs against Mexico for one month. Additionally, Sheinbaum promised to dispatch 10,000 troops to the U.S.–Mexico border.
Likewise, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled plans for a $1.3 billion border plan, requiring reinforcements at the border with “new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.”
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“Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border,” Trudeau said in a social media post on X on Monday.
While Trudeau initially unveiled plans for Canada’s own 25% tariffs on up to $155 billion in U.S. imports on items such as fruit and alcohol. But Trudeau said Sunday the tariffs were on pause for at least 30 more days amid negotiations with the U.S.
Trudeau also said that “we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman and Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers is “strongly considering” a second straight Republican run for the Senate in the crucial battleground state of Michigan.
The announcement from Rogers comes two days after two-term Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced he wouldn’t seek re-election in the 2026 midterms, which will force the Democrats to defend a key swing state seat as they try to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans.
Rogers won the 2024 GOP Senate nomination in Michigan but narrowly lost to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democrats’ nominee, in last November’s election in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who retired. Slotkin, who vastly outspent Rogers, edged him by roughly 19,000 votes, or a third of a percentage point.
The 61-year-old Rogers made his news in a social media statement released on Thursday in which he spotlighted his relationship with President Donald Trump and the “support” he has received from Michiganders.
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Republican Senate nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, speaks alongside Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump during a campaign event hosted by Trump at the Falk Productions manufacturing facility on Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Rogers is a former FBI special agent who later served as chair of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure in Congress. A one-time GOP Trump critic who mulled a White House run of his own in 2024, Rogers later became a strong supporter of the then-Republican presidential nominee and won his endorsement last year.
“I’ve spent the last two years traveling across Michigan with the support of President Trump and millions of voters,” Rogers wrote in a social media post on Thursday. “What I learned more than anything is that hard-working Michiganders deserve strong and honest representation that will have President Trump’s back.”
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Pointing to his 2024 showing, Rogers noted that “since receiving more votes than any other Republican candidate that has ever run for Senate in Michigan, the tremendous outpouring of support and encouragement I’ve received since November proves that our mission to send a real fighter to the US Senate has just begun.”
He added that he and his wife Kristi “are strongly considering joining the fight once again ― to be the ally that President Trump needs and the leader that Michigan deserves. Good news is coming soon.”
Peters, a former House member first elected to the Senate in 2014, announced in a social media post that he would not seek re-election.
“Serving Michigan in the Congress has been the honor of my life. I’m forever grateful for the opportunity the people of my home state have given me,” Peters, who steered the Senate Democrats campaign committee the past two elections cycles, said.
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Peters was one of three Democratic senators up for re-election in the 2026 midterms that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) was planning to heavily target as they aim to expand their current 53-47 majority in the Senate. The other two Democrats are Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.
Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is interviewed by Fox News Digital, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, on August 19, 2024(Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
While Rogers is the first Republican to publicly make a move toward launching a 2026 Senate campaign in Michigan, GOP sources tell Fox News others who may consider running are Rep. John James -who’s in his second term in the House and was the GOP Senate nominee in Michigan in 2018 and 2020 -, longtime Rep. Bill Huizenga, and former NFL head coach Tony Dungy.
Hours after Peters’ announcement, there were developments in the race for the Democratic Senate nomination.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who moved his residency from Indiana to Michigan a few years ago, signaled that he’s mulling a Senate bid.
Then-Transportation Secy. Pete Buttigieg speaks on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
“Pete is exploring all of his options on how he can be helpful and continue to serve. He’s honored to be mentioned for this, and he’s taking a serious look,” a source familiar told Fox News.
Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan quickly took herself out of consideration.
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“Governor Whitmer is grateful for Senator Peters’ service. She is proudly serving the people of Michigan as governor and is not running for this seat in the Senate,” a spokesperson for her political action committee, Fight Like Hell PAC, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is term-limited. Whitmer is seen standing for a Fox News Digital interview on July 25, 2024 in Durham, New Hampshire. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Responding to Peters’s news, NRSC chair Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina argued in a statement earlier this week that “Gary Peters is reading the room. After spending years ignoring illegal immigration and destroying his state’s auto industry, Michigan is better off without him.”
Scott emphasized that “we’re committed to giving them a fighter that will stand with President Trump to restore the economic prosperity and security of our country.”
The rival Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee noted that “no Republican has won a Michigan Senate race in 30 years – including last cycle when Democrats won an open Senate seat even as Trump won the state.”
And DSCC spokesman David Berstein also pledged that “Democrats will continue to hold this seat in 2026.”
Peters, in his statement on Tuesday, pledged “although I will not be on the ballot next year, I will not just walk away. I plan to actively campaign to ensure we elect a dynamic Democratic candidate to be the next U.S. Senator from Michigan.”
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Senate Democrats faced an extremely difficult map in the 2024 cycle as they lost control of the majority. And while an early read of the 2026 map indicates they’ll play defense in Michigan, Georgia, and New Hampshire, they may have a couple of opportunities to go on offense.
GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is up for re-election in a reliably blue state. And Sen. Thom Tills of North Carolina is also up in 2026, in a battleground state Trump narrowly won this past November.
Fox News’ Julia Johnson and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in New Hampshire.
President Donald Trump was among those celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs after their third straight AFC Championship win to reach the Super Bowl with the chance at league history on the line.
Trump posted to Truth Social after the 32-29 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, and he made sure to shout out the part of the Chiefs’ fan base that voted for him in this year’s presidential election.
“Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs,” Trump wrote. “What a GREAT team, Coach, Quarterback, and virtually everything else, including those fantastic FANS, that voted for me (MAGA!) in record numbers.”
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, left, and tight end Travis Kelce celebrate after the Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo.(AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the team need one more win to become the first team in the NFL to ever win three straight Super Bowls.
But Trump didn’t leave out the Bills despite another loss for Josh Allen & Co. at the hands of the Chiefs. While Allen may be 0-4 against Mahomes in his postseason career, Trump made a bold prediction about the team moving forward.
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“Likewise, congratulations to the Buffalo Bills on a tremendous season. They will do a lot of winning long into the future!!!”
While Trump dished out praise for both teams in the AFC, he was silent on the Philadelphia Eagles winning the NFC Championship over the Washington Commanders on Sunday as Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts both scored three touchdowns on the ground in a 55-23 rout.
There is history between Trump and both the Chiefs and Eagles, the latter of which saw a White House invitation rescinded.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes scrambles for a touchdown during the first half of the AFC Championship against the Buffalo Bills, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
In 2018, while Trump was serving his first term, he withdrew his invitation to the Eagles to visit the White House after their Super Bowl win over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
It came after several Eagles players said they wouldn’t go to meet Trump after his comments about those who knelt in protest of police brutality and racial injustice during the national anthem that season.
Trump said in a statement that the Eagles were “unable” to attend the ceremony at the White House because of his belief that NFL players should “proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.”
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Meanwhile, the Chiefs won their first Super Bowl of their dynasty in the 2020 season, just a few weeks after the presidency went to Joe Biden. But during this past election year, players like Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a pro-life advocate, publicly supported Trump.
And though he wouldn’t endorse a candidate publicly, Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, and his mother, Randi, both made public moves that showed their support of Trump.
Brittany’s Instagram account was spotted liking Trump’s 2024 policy platform in August, resulting in backlash on social media. But she took it to another level when she later liked a comment under one of her Instagram posts that read, “TRUMP-VANCE 2024.”
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Meanwhile, Randi was spotted at a Chiefs game wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, clearly showing who she was supporting in the election.
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A film shows a large group of children walking out of Auschwitz concentration camp in the company of nuns. Regina Horowitz recognized her own child and begged the camera operator to give her the frames of the film depicting Ryszard.
There are very few survivors left as the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The Horowitz family’s tale of survival is one such documentation.
The Kraków orphanage would send her Regina Horowitz to another address, where she miraculously found her five-year-old son, who was just as shocked to see his mom alive. And not just her, but also his sister Niusia and his grandmother . . . all three women saved by German industrialist Oskar Schindler.
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Ryszard Horowitz, Niusia Horowitz-Karakulska and Roman Polanski enjoying a day at Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, with Roman’s uncle. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz )
Renowned photographer Ryszard Horowitz was born on May 5th, 1939, to a loving family in the historic city of Kraków, the former capital of Poland, but just four months later Nazi Germany invaded Poland, resulting in utter devastation.
Ryszard Horowitz, highlighted, behind the barbed wire of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Liberation of the camp in 1945. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz )
The war would turn brutal and sinister, especially for Poland’s Jews.
“When the Germans marched into Kraków,” Horowitz told Fox News Digital, “my parents’ first reaction was to run away. They packed their suitcases and left me with my non-Jewish nanny, Antosia. But soon they returned with my sister, because they did not want me to stay behind. So, we were reunited but eventually forced to relocate to the ghetto.”
Dawid and Regina Horowitz, wedding photo. Kraków, 1932. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz )
The Nazis segregated Jews from the rest of the population, forcing them into Krakow’s notorious ghetto. Life was bleak behind the fences, in constant fear of Nazi persecution.
Kraków Ghetto, gate one, 1941. Photo from the collection of The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków, Poland.
Fortunately for Ryszard, there was an older boy there, called Roman Liebling, known later as Roman Polanski, who attended his third birthday party. According to Polanski, although food was scarce, by some miracle Ryszard’s mother, Regina, managed to procure hot chocolate for the kids. Ryszard, however, did not care for hot chocolate and refused to drink it.
Niusia Horowitz, Roman Polanski, Ryszard Horowitz, Roma Ligocka in Kraków, 1946. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
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By 1943, the Germans were liquidating Kraków’s ghetto, and the Horowitz family was forced to relocate to a Nazi concentration camp in Plaszow. It was run by a notorious Nazi commander, Austrian officer Amon Göth.
The remnants of a wall from the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland. January 11, 2023.(Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
“It was a terrible camp, because the man in charge was an extremely brutal character. He created a tremendous sense of fear. He was shooting people right and left. He was like a God in terms of his power and made life there totally impossible,” Horowitz recalled.
Göth liked to throw parties in his villa, where two of Ryszard’s musician uncles were forced to play.
Ryszard Horowitz’s uncles had careers as entertainers before World War Two began. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
One of the men attending the parties was German industrialist Oskar Schindler. His friendship with Göth enabled him to run a business that would ultimately become a lifeline for many of the camps Jews.
“Oscar Schindler got permission to open a factory producing utensils for the German army, and my family worked there.” Horowitz explained.
Steven Spielberg, Ryszard Horowitz, Ania Bogusz and Bronisława Horowitz-Karakulska. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
Steven Spielberg introduced Oskar Schindler to the entire world in his 1993 movie “Schindler’s List,” and Horowitz shared some observations about the famed businessman.
“Everybody will tell you something else about him. How good he was, how bad he was, how handsome he was, how many women he had, but the bottom line is . . . somehow, he felt this urge to save people. Once, he got into trouble when he kissed my sister when she gave him a cake for his birthday,” Horowitz said.
In 1944, the Germans decided it was time to dismantle Plaszow, disguise the traces of their atrocities, and close Schindler’s factory.
The Jewish Cemetery in Kraków, photocomposition by Ryszard Horowitz. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
“Schindler managed to get permission to move a certain number of workers to his factory in Brünnlitz, in Czechoslovakia,” Horowitz said.
Brünnlitz was a German labor camp, and as Spielberg showed in his film, a list was created with names of those who would be relocated there.
“There is no question that there was a list, and my family was on that list. I was not, because I was too small to work, but somehow, I managed to squeeze in. There were two transports, one of men and one of women. I was traveling with my father,” Horowitz explained.
Schindler’s men made it to Brünnlitz alive, but Ryszard’s life was about to unravel.
“We waited for the women to follow us to Brünnlitz. But, for some reason, we do not know why, they were sent to Auschwitz concentration camp instead,” he said.
Schindler hurried to Auschwitz to rescue his women and left Josef Leipold in charge of his factory.
“Leipold was the exact opposite of Schindler.” Horowitz said. “From the beginning, his idea was to finish us off. And he did not want children there. So, he packed us with our fathers and shipped us to Auschwitz.”
Upon arriving at Auschwitz, Ryszard was selected to have concentration camp numbers tattooed on his forearm. Which meant he would stay alive, for a time.
Businessman Oskar Schindler speaks about saving lives during the Holocaust of Germany’s Third Reich in an interview with United Press International.(Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images)
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Oskar Schindler managed to rescue the women. They were aboard a train that was about to depart for Auschwitz.
Horowitz recalled these heartbreaking moments, “My cousin and I saw the train, and my mother was there, my sister, my grandmother . . . and they saw us. My mother was certain this was the last time she would see me. They went to Brünnlitz, and my father and I remained in Auschwitz.”
In January 1945, with the Red Army approaching, German SS forces marched thousands of prisoners out of Auschwitz to different camps on German territory. Richard’s father, Dawid “Dolek” Horowitz, was forced to leave his son behind.
“I think that one of the reasons I survived was that a man in charge of a warehouse, Roman Gunz, agreed to look after me. Sometimes he would feed me, and when things got difficult, he would hide me in the warehouse or inside the infectious hospital ward,” Horowitz said.
Then one day, the nightmare of Auschwitz came to an end.
“When the Red Army came close to the camp, the Germans were in a panic. They rounded all the kids up and were ready to shoot us, but just then two German officers arrived on motorcycles screaming to drop everything and follow them, so they did,” Horowitz remembered.
A few hours later, Soviet troops entered Auschwitz.
“The Red Army arrived, most of them on horseback,” he said. “They gave us food and sweets. They had cameras with them, and they recorded a lot of footage. The following day, nuns arrived and took us to an orphanage in Kraków. Polanski’s aunt Tosia found me there and took me to her apartment on Dluga Street. And Roman was already there.”
The Horowitz Family survivors, Szachne, Sabina, Niusia, Regina, Ryszard and Dawid. Kraków, Poland. (Ryszard Horowitz)
In March 1945, Brünnlitz was liberated, and the Horowitz women returned to Kraków.
“One day, my mom was out in the market Square, where they were showing a documentary movie about the liberation of Auschwitz, and she recognized me in it,” Horowitz said.
The Horowitz women moved in with Roman Polanski’s family. They were soon joined by Dawid Horowitz.
“We all lived under one roof for two years, until my father got us a nice apartment near Market Square,” Horowitz said.
After the war, Poles found their country in ruins with a hostile communist regime in charge.
“Most of my closest friends and their families were anti-communists. Everybody’s dream was to get out of Poland as fast as possible,” Horowitz explained.
Regina and Dawid Horowitz reunite with Oskar Schindler and Henry Rosner in Vienna. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
Dawid Horowitz managed to open a store selling tools and building materials, with Polanski’s aunt Tosia as his business partner. Life went on.
“For me and my friends, life was pretty good at the time, because we were not engaged in politics. We were artists, and we believed that we lived in a totally free society, so we did what we wanted to do, and we had this amazing outlet, a cabaret called “Piwnica pod Barnami” (The Cellar under the Rams). And we had jazz,” Horowitz recalled.
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, in Kraków,1958. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
In 1958, American jazz pianist Dave Brubeck arrived in Kraków to perform. Ryszard Horowitz was there with his camera and documented it in pictures. Little did he know that photography was his future. And that future was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Ryszard Horowitz, aboard the Polish ocean liner “MS Batory,” departing for America in 1959. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
“I had this opportunity because my uncles here in New York were ready to offer me room and board. And I also received a scholarship from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,” Horowitz said.
With his father’s encouragement and some U.S. dollars hidden in the heel of his shoe, Horowitz boarded the Polish ocean liner “MS Batory.”
Life as an immigrant in the Big Apple was a mixed bag. But at the Pratt Institute, Horowitz quickly exhibited a unique talent for photography.
Ryszard Horowitz photo shoot for Tiffany & Co. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
“I created their first photography lab at Pratt, and I was asked to design their 75th anniversary yearbook, which I edited, and I pretty much took all the photographs for them. It was the first time in history that the New York Art Directors Club gave an award to a student. So, this became my portfolio,” Horowitz explained.
Photocomposer Ryszard Horowitz: One-Man show in Beijing, China.(Ryszard Horowitz)
Ryszard connected with influential people who helped pave his way to success. Among them were photographer Richard Avedon, graphic artist Saul Steinberg and ballet choreographer Sergei Diaghilev, as well as his idol, disc jockey Willis Conover, who hosted the Jazz Hour on the Voice of America.
Through the lens of his camera, Horowitz saw the world somewhat differently. His photographs looked like computer-generated graphics, except that they predated the digital age. He became known as the pioneer of special effects photography.
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“I found a way of reversing perspective and juxtaposing large objects to make them look small and vice versa,” Horowitz said.
Horowitz was a master of light. He learned to manipulate light to photograph expensive jewelry and new cars.
“My art education in Kraków helped me – my devotion to the great masters of painting,” Horowitz explained.
Ryszard Horowitz receives an honorary doctorate at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
His iconic commercial work captivated audiences in the world of advertising, bringing him fame and prestigious awards. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Warsaw and Wrocław in Poland, and in 2014, his hometown of Kraków made him an honorary citizen.
“Some of my photographs consist of different images taken in different parts of the world, and they are merged into a single unit that’s not jarring but believable. They appear as though they are an instance of a situation that never existed except in my head. That’s why I call myself a ‘photocomposer,” Horowitz explained.
Award-winning digital photo-composition: Allegory (1992) by Ryszard Horowitz. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.(Ryszard Horowitz)
He achieved success in his personal life as well. Since 1974, he’s been happily married to Anna Bogusz, and they have two grown sons: Daniel and Emil.
Emil, Ania and Daniel Horowitz. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.
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“I met Ania at a party. She was an architecture student from a Polish family living in Caracas, Venezuela. She was only passing through New York on her way to Paris to continue her studies. She never made it to Paris,” Horowitz smiled, recollecting meeting the love of his life.
Ania Bogusz and Ryszard Horowitz, 1974. Photo courtesy Ryszard Horowitz.
So many years after he walked out of Auschwitz alive, Ryszard Horowitz feels blessed to live the American Dream with his family, and doing what he loves most – creating his photo compositions . . . and listening to jazz.
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Certain Walmart managers are getting a pay bump, pushing their total compensation, including stock grants and bonuses, to well over $600,000.
The nation’s largest private employer is raising the salary range for its market managers, who supervise store managers in about a dozen locations, from $130,000–$260,000 to $160,000–$260,000. However, Walmart said that the majority of the 440 market managers across the U.S. already fall within the new pay range.
The company is also raising its annual stock grant from $75,000 to $100,000 and increasing its bonus potential to up to 100% of their salary. That’s up from 90%.
Altogether, that totals around $620,000.
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“Walmart is increasing base pay, bonus opportunity and annual stock awards for our Market Managers,” Walmart said in a statement, adding that the role is “key for our business and for serving our customers however they shop.”
An employee gathers shopping carts at Walmart on July 22, 2020 in Burbank, California. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
The changes will take effect at the start of fiscal year 2026, which means the 100% bonus potential will be reflected in their March 2025 payout. Employees will also get the $100,000 stock grant in April 2025, according to Walmart.
This marks the latest in a series of investments the company has made in its hourly and salaried roles that began in 2015. It also comes after a solid rise in wages and strong retail sales growth in December, as U.S. employers hired more workers in a generally tight labor market.
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Earlier this week, the company announced that U.S. store managers would get a raise in February.
This marks the latest in a series of investments the company has made in its hourly and salaried roles that began in 2015. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Beginning on Feb. 1, the current average salary for store managers of $117,000 will be raised to $128,000, the retail giant said. Additionally, the annual bonus could be as high as 200% of base salary, if managers meet certain targets and profit metrics.
The company also launched a new bonus program for store hourly associates.
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Beginning on Feb. 1, the current average salary for store managers of $117,000 will be raised to $128,000. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Walmart’s minimum wage across the company is $14 an hour, although starting pay can be as high as $19 an hour depending on the store location.
FOX Business Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
Divisiveness is alive and well throughout the country, and NBA legend Charles Barkley has placed the blame on politicians for that.
Barkley’s “Inside the NBA” aired on Martin Luther King Day on Monday, when he, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny “The Jet” Smith were discussing the importance of the day, which also coincided with President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
“I wish that people were smarter, personally,” Barkley began. “I think these politicians – both parties – I think both parties suck. But I think they do a really good job of making us not like each other.”
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College basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four championship game.(Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Barkley, a former CNN host, then gave his answer on what America has “become.”
“Racism exists, always has, always will, unfortunately. It’s a disaster. But what America has become is rich people against poor people. And I wish people would understand that politicians do a good job of making us fight with each other. But it’s really rich people against poor people,” Barkley said. “They try to make it about Black, white, immigration, homosexuality and all these different things, but what it is, is rich people making people not liking each other. And until we address that, we’re never gonna be successful.”
Charles Barkley celebrates after winning the Men’s Gold Medal Game against Yugoslavia at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Aug. 3,1996.(Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
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“These politicians have screwed up our world, making you pick a team,” Barkley added. “And that’s unfortunate because I’m not for anybody’s team. I’m for everybody’s team.”
Barkley has said he is “not a fan” of Trump and blamed the Democrats for losing because they were “stupid.”
“We still haven’t solved the immigration problem . . . never addressed inflation. Bringing all these stupid stars out to rally the vote, what was that? I love Beyoncé. That ain’t gonna make me vote a certain type of way . . . you guys lost because y’all stupid . . .” Barkley said on “The Steam Room” podcast with his “NBA on TNT” co-host Ernie Johnson shortly after the election.
Phoenix Suns former player Charles Barkley in attendance at Footprint Center in Phoenix on Jan. 21, 2023.(Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)
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“It’s all our faults for not having a game plan. We’re not having concerts and rallies. People want solutions, they want money in their pocket, they want the border secure.”
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