The NCAA has officially changed its gender eligibility policies to ban all biological males from women’s sports one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to address the issue.
The governing body of college sports announced on Thursday afternoon its new participation policy for transgender student-athletes.
“A student-athlete assigned male at birth may not compete on a women’s team,” the new policy reads.
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The previous policy, which had been in place in 2010, allowed biological males to compete in the women’s category after undergoing at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment.
Trump signed the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D..C., in front of female athletes on National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Wednesday.
NCAA President Charlie Baker responded to the executive order in a statement later on Wednesday, saying it provided a “clear, national standard,” and that the NCAA Board of Governors would review it and take steps to align the organization’s policy in the coming days.
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“The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes,” the statement said. “We strongly believe that clear, consistent and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.
“The NCAA Board of Governors is reviewing the executive order and will take necessary steps to align NCAA policy in the coming days, subject to further guidance from the administration. The Association will continue to help foster welcoming environments on campuses for all student-athletes. We stand ready to assist schools as they look for ways to support any student-athletes affected by changes in the policy.”
Baker previously addressed concerns over the issue of female athletes having to share teams and locker rooms with trans athletes during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in December. There, Baker insisted that female athletes have the option to find other accommodations if they’re uncomfortable sharing with transgenders and that the NCAA’s policies that allow trans athletes to compete against women are based on federal standards.
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The previous policy has resulted in multiple lawsuits against the NCAA and its member schools. Former NCAA swimmer and current conservative activist Riley Gaines is currently leading a lawsuit over her experience of having to compete with and share a locker room with trans swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 national championships. She is joined by several other women athletes who have also been affected by trans inclusion.
Another lawsuit was filed Tuesday evening, when three of Thomas’ former UPenn teammates came forward with their own experiences of having to share a team and locker room with Thomas and were allegedly gaslit by their university administrators and fed pro-trans ideology.
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A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don’t think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women’s sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports.
Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
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FIRST ON FOX: Two dozen House Republicans from across the political spectrum are backing a resolution to formally recognize Taiwan – a break from current U.S. policy that would rankle leaders in Beijing.
The resolution, put forth by Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., and Scott Perry, R-Pa., would encourage President Donald Trump to abandon the U.S.’s longstanding ‘One China’ Policy and formally recognize Taiwan as autonomous.
“Taiwan has never been under the control of the People’s Republic of China – not even for a single day. It is a free, democratic, and independent nation, and it is past time for U.S. policy to reflect this undeniable objective truth,” Tiffany said in a statement.
The resolution implores Trump to support Taiwan’s entry into international trade organizations and negotiate a bilateral U.S.-Taiwan Free Trade Agreement.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to welcome any attempt by the U.S. to recognize Taiwan. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
The U.S. had established diplomatic relations with Taiwan until 1979, when the late President Jimmy Carter cut off formal ties with Taipei and recognized the Communist regime in Beijing.
Congress then passed the Taiwan Relations Act, which created legal authority for unofficial relations with Taiwan and continued military aid.
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The resolution, put forth by Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., and Scott Perry, R-Pa., would encourage President Donald Trump to abandon the U.S.’s longstanding ‘One China’ Policy and formally recognize Taiwan as autonomous. (Eryk Michael Smith)
Currently, only 12 independent countries recognize the Taipei government. A change in U.S. policy would likely be viewed as a threat by Beijing. When the U.S. sent a military aid package to Taiwan in December, China’s foreign ministry warned Washington was “playing with fire” and called for a stop to “dangerous moves that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
U.S. military analysts have projected 2027 as the year by which China would be fully equipped for a military invasion of Taiwan. And the U.S. has long followed a policy of refusing to say whether it would come to the island’s defense under such a scenario.
Trump slapped an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese goods last week, and China responded in kind with its own export levies. At the same time, Trump has demanded the U.S. take over the Panama Canal to counter Chinese influence.
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But Trump’s comments on the campaign trail suggest that he would not be willing to put boots on the ground to face another global superpower in defense of a tiny island democracy.
“I think Taiwan should pay us for defense,” Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek in June.
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Trump has previously said that Taiwan should pay the U.S. to be defended from Chinese aggression. (Former President Trump and the flag of Taiwan. Credit: Trump photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images | Taiwan flag photo by Jose Lopes Amaral/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“You know, we’re no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn’t give us anything,” he added.
Taiwan and China separated amid civil war in 1949 and China says it is determined to bring the island under its control by force if necessary. China is increasingly encroaching in the region in recent days with military activity in the Taiwan straits.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has long been a leading adversary, and target, of President Donald Trump.
But the governor of the nation’s most populous state, one of the Democratic Party’s leaders in the resistance against the second Trump administration and a potential White House contender in 2028, is leaving politics aside as he feverishly works to secure more federal assistance for people and businesses devastated by last month’s deadly wildfires in metropolitan Los Angeles.
“Thank you, President Trump, for coming to our communities to see this firsthand and meeting with me today to continue our joint efforts to support people impacted,” Newsom said in a statement on Wednesday evening after his huddle with the president at the White House.
In a video posted on social medial, the governor said, “So, here at the White House. Just finished a meeting with President Trump. Had a very successful day up on Capitol Hill as well, meeting in a bipartisan manner with Republican and Democratic leaders about disaster aid and disaster recovery for people impacted by the fires in Southern California.”
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Newsom described his meetings with Trump and members of Congress as “the spirit of collaboration and cooperation … defined.”
The governor’s trip was his first to Washington, D.C., since Trump took over in the White House and is part of his effort to secure additional federal funding to aid in wildfire recovery from the destructive blazes that killed 29 people, destroyed over 12,000 homes and forced tens of thousands to evacuate.
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Late last month, the governor approved $2.5 billion for fire recovery work, which he hopes will be reimbursed by the federal government.
And the state will likely need much more help from the federal government because the bill to cover rebuilding costs is expected to reach into the tens of billions of dollars.
The aftermath of a wildfire in Pacific Palisades and along Pacific Coast Highway Jan. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles.(David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
Newsom, after his meeting with Trump and his crisscrossing of Capitol Hill, emphasized that “we continue to cut red tape to speed up recovery and cleanup efforts as well as ensure rebuilding efforts are swift. We’re working across the aisle, as we always have, to ensure survivors have the resources and support they need.”
Relations between Newsom and Trump haven’t always been so harmonious.
Their animosity dates back to before Trump was elected president the first time in 2016, when Newsom was California’s lieutenant governor.
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And while they did seek common ground at times during Trump’s first term in the White House, the verbal fireworks resumed over the past two years as Newsom served as a top surrogate on the campaign trail for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democrats’ 2024 standard-bearer last summer.
Newsom regularly criticized Trump, and the former and future president handily returned the favor, treating Newsom and heavily blue California as a political punching bag.
After Trump’s convincing election victory over Harris in November, Newsom moved to “Trump-proof” his heavily blue state.
“He is using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way of stopping all of the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again,’ but I just overwhelmingly won the Election,” Trump responded.
But Newsom followed through, and earlier this week, California lawmakers approved $25 million in legal funding proposed by the Democratic governor to challenge actions by the Trump administration. And the legislature also allocated another $25 million for legal groups to defend undocumented immigrants facing possible deportation by new Trump administration efforts.
President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom walk to speak to reporters after the president arrived on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles Jan. 24, 2025.(Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
After the outbreak of the fires early last month, Trump repeatedly criticized Newsom’s handling of the crisis. He has accused the governor of mismanaging forestry and water policy and, pointing to intense backlash over a perceived lack of preparation, called on Newsom to step down.
“Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!” Trump charged in a social media post Jan. 8, repeating a derogatory name he often labels the governor.
Trump also placed blame for the deadly wildfires on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, another Democrat, and the policies approved by state lawmakers. In an executive order issued last month, he described management of the state’s land and water resources as “disastrous.”
Newsom pushed back. Disputing Trump, the governor noted that reservoirs in the southern part of California were full when the fires first sparked, and he has argued that no amount of water could tackle fires fueled by winds of up to 100 miles per hour.
Newsom also claimed Trump spread “hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation.”
But when Trump arrived in Los Angeles late last month to survey the first damage — just four days after his inauguration as president — the governor greeted him at the airport.
“Thank you first for being here. It means a great deal to all of us,” Newsom told Trump as he greeted the president upon his arrival in Los Angeles last month. “We’re going to need your support. We’re going to need your help.”
The president declared that “we’re looking to get something completed. And the way you get it completed is to work together.”
Ahead of his stop in Los Angeles, Trump had threatened to withhold wildfire aid until certain stipulations were met in California, including changes to water policy and requiring an ID to vote.
President Donald Trump talks with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles Jan. 24, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
“It wasn’t discussed, and I hope we can move beyond that,” Newsom said Thursday when asked in a CNN interview about any conditions for federal aid Trump may have demanded.
“Some of the conditions that were being bandied about just seemed to be, for me, a little bit of noise, a little bit political. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together.”
Newsom has also stepped back in recent weeks in pushing back against Trump’s zingers.
Following Trump’s orders, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week opened two dams in Central California, letting roughly 2.2 billion gallons of water flow out of reservoirs.
Trump celebrated the move in posts on Truth Social Friday and Sunday, declaring, “the water is flowing in California,” and adding the water was “heading to farmers throughout the State, and to Los Angeles.”
But water experts argued that the newly released water won’t flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during California’s normally wet winter season.
Newsom, apparently aiming to rebuild the working relationship he had with Trump during the president’s first term in the White House, didn’t raise any objections to the water release.
“For Newsom, it’s not just the last disaster, it’s the next one. Because when you are governor of California, you know in the not too distant future there will be more wildfires, or floods or earthquakes, and he’s going to need help from the federal government,” Jack Pitney, a veteran California-based political scientist at Claremont McKenna College, emphasized.
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Pitney argued that “whatever [Newsom] thinks about Trump, he needs the president’s help.”
But looking ahead, he noted that Newsom is “termed out in two years. So, once he’s no longer governor, he can be as partisan and anti-Trump as he wants. But, for now, that has to be on hold.”
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President Donald Trump is set to meet with the CEO of U.S. Steel on Thursday as Nippon Steel’s CEO touts its proposed bid to buy the struggling steelmaker as meeting the president’s objectives.
U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt will meet with Trump at the White House, administration officials said, according to a Reuters report.
Trump has previously expressed opposition to the deal, which former President Joe Biden blocked before leaving office.
The meeting comes as Nippon Steel said Thursday that its bid to buy U.S. Steel aligns with Trump’s goal of a stronger U.S. ahead of a meeting between the president and Japan’s prime minister.
Trump is also expected to meet with FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam at the White House on Thursday, according to the report.
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A federal judge pushed back the deadline for President Donald Trump’s buyout offer for federal workers on Thursday.
Trump’s administration initially told federal workers they needed to decide whether to accept the buyout offer by Thursday. The new ruling delays the deadline to at least Monday, with another hearing on the issue scheduled for that day.
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NEW ORLEANS – President Trump is expected to be heading down to the Big Easy for Super Bowl LIX, and Las Vegas Raiders star Maxx Crosby expects nothing less from the man he came to know through sports.
Trump has been spotted at numerous sporting events over the years, including NFL games, UFC fights and more.
Crosby, who was on radio row in New Orleans on behalf of SAXX Underwear, spoke to Fox News Digital about meeting the president and how they’ve built a relationship since then.
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Maxx Crosby at Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Super Bowl Party held at Marquee Dayclub Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan on February 10, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.(Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
“He’s a huge sports fan in general,” Crosby said. “I’ve been to UFC events with him, sat and watched fights with him in the back, and he’s like one of us. That’s just his personality.
“Having a guy like that leading is incredible, and [he’s] being a part of everyday life. It’s not like you don’t see him anywhere. He’s out with people, which is awesome to see.”
Crosby touched on feeling safe in New Orleans, especially considering the terror attack on historic Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day. Having upwards of 100,000 people traveling to the city, let alone the president eventually making his way to Caesars Superdome for the “Big Game,” has led to increased security measures that create an environment sports fans can enjoy.
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Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Sports is how Crosby and Trump connected, and the former called himself “blessed” to be able to say he has a relationship with the President of the United States.
“It’s unbelievable,” Crosby explained. “I never thought that would be a thing in my life. I’ve been blessed enough to have friends like Dana White, guys who are friends with [Trump]. Just happened to cross paths.”
Crosby expressed his fandom of Trump shortly after a July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on his campaign trail. Crosby referred to Trump as the GOAT in a post on X that day.
Crosby said his relationship with Trump, or anyone for that matter, is never influenced by outside noise. He’d rather interact with the person himself, and found that, like he said, Trump’s personality just matched the energy he has.
“To be honest, we’re all human beings at the end of the day, regardless of position, what you’ve been through,” Crosby said. “Life is life, everybody has things they go through. Everyone has adversity, everyone has mistakes. But it’s about where your feet are at, and I think he’s done an incredible job with that. My relationship with him, I’ve been with him multiple times, and it’s been incredible.
“I’m not the person that likes to judge by what other people say – I like to make my own judgments for myself. So, he’s treated me incredible every time I’ve been with him.”
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Super Bowl LIX will be streamed on Tubi.(Tubi)
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“Just the alignment from top to bottom, how much they poured into what I believe in,” Crosby said of the partnership. “Helping out with NIL deals for guys at Eastern Michigan, UNLV. Helping out and giving back to places I care about. And best underwear in the game, period.
“I wear it every single day, and we aligned in many ways. They’ve been incredible.”
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Most of the Senate Republican conference will dine with President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Friday evening as the lawmakers prepare for a weekend campaign retreat.
The dinner between Trump and the GOP senators was confirmed by several sources to Fox News Digital.
Also in Florida, many of the senators will be attending the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) retreat afterward. The committee is preparing for the 2026 midterm election cycle.
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Trump is hosting the senators at Mar-a-Lago.(Getty Images)
While most of the GOP conference will be at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago dinner, not all of the senators are going.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., will instead be at dinner with his daughter, who lives in the area.
Cassidy has had a fractured relationship with Trump in the past, as one of the handful of Republican senators who voted to convict him for allegedly inciting the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is up for re-election in 2026.(Reuters)
The Louisiana Republican is notably up for re-election in 2026 and will be at the NRSC retreat for the remainder of the weekend. While Cassidy’s state isn’t likely to pick a Democrat, he faces threats of primary challenges from the right.
The office of moderate Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, whose race will be one of the NRSC’s most competitive this cycle, did not provide comment to Fox News Digital when asked whether she would be at the Mar-a-Lago dinner.
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Collins has a reputation as a moderate Republican.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republicans will be put on defense in 2026 in key states North Carolina and Maine, protecting the seats of Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Collins, respectively. At the same time, the party is looking to expand its majority in the Senate, eyeing vulnerable Democrat-held seats in Georgia and Michigan.
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Ossoff is seeking a second term in Georgia.(Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, is seeking re-election in swing state Georgia for the first time. Michigan is already a swing state, and with Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ announcement that he isn’t running again, the party is losing an incumbent advantage.
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In President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was rife with “corrruption” as staffers were intent on “subverting the president’s will,” on policy matters and sending taxpayer dollars overseas to further DEI and LGBT advocacy initiatives, a former USAID official told Fox News Digital in an interview.
“A lot of them were beholden or had ties to the previous administration, the Obama administration, [and] the large majority of them had voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016,” Mark Moyar, who worked in the department from 2018 to 2019, said.
“Now some of them did as they were told, but there was a large resistance element. And in one case, I was at a meeting, and they talked about how there was this aid going into Syria, and we needed to hide it from the White House, because we don’t want President Trump finding out about it and canceling it.”
“They apparently just forgot I was in the room,” he added.
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Mark Moyar details his experience dealing with “corruption” and government waste on leftist ideologies during his tenure at USAID from 2018 to 2019.(Getty Images)
Moyar resigned from his position in July 2019 after his security clearance was suspended due to a dispute over him publishing a book – “Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces” – before the Defense Department was able to complete a prepublication review for potentially classified information, according to a court document.
While USAID did not officially terminate his employment, Moyar said he was effectively “fired” without due process. He has also alleged that the suspension of his security clearance was a form of retaliation for reporting waste, fraud and abuse within the agency.
Moyar said significant amounts of money were being spent at USAID without the knowledge of political appointees. He described a case from 2019, “more than halfway through the administration,” where officials discovered a “big slush fund that none of his political appointees knew about.”
Once it was exposed, they were able to take action, but he emphasized that such issues were widespread across the agency. He also pointed to numerous conflicts of interest, where employees used their positions to benefit private businesses in which they had a stake – something he described as “totally illegal.”
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Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and guests at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024 . (Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters/File Photo)
Moyar explained that what ultimately led to getting in trouble at the department was reporting an office director who was not only using his role to assist a specific company but was also “the Chairman of the Board of that company.” Despite previous reports being made about the misconduct, he said no action was taken. Instead, he said the agency “helped him find employment at another federal agency, the Department of Defense, so he ends up OK.”
“Meanwhile, they come after me and try to accuse me of publishing classified information and use that as a pretext to have me fired,” Moya said. “And I’m 100% sure this is fraudulent. I’ve actually sued the government to turn over the records, and still, five years later, the Department of Justice is fighting me. But it’s part of a larger pattern where the people who report the corruption are the ones who get kicked out, and the ones who are engaged in corruption thrive within the organization.”
Moyar added this is part of why such “radical” changes are happening in real time at the USAID, as Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – the government accountability unit headed by billionaire Elon Musk – effectively shut down the $40 billion agency on Monday.
The former director also detailed instances of government waste dating back to Trump’s first term, saying it;s “so important to get into the records of the agency” to determine how many taxpayer dollars have been used on wasteful initiatives.
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An illustration of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and a USAID flag.(Getty Images)
Uncovering the full extent of DEI-related spending at USAID will take significant effort, as much of it has been “disguised or rebranded,” Moyar said. He noted that while it’s clear a “huge amount” has already been spent, the actual figure is likely even higher. He also criticized the push for DEI abroad, calling it not only a “ridiculous ideology” but one that is actively harming U.S. relations with other countries. “Most other countries look at this DEI stuff and say, ‘This is crazy,’” he said, adding that efforts to promote a “radical LGBTQ agenda” overseas have sometimes been met with resistance.
“So I think we’re going to find a great amount of waste, fraud and abuse, especially because the Inspector General, I think, has been asleep at the wheel,” Moyar said. “In the weeks and months to come, we’re going to hear a lot of horror stories about how USAID has been misusing the money.”
USAID was set up in the early 1960s to act on behalf of the U.S. to deliver aid across the globe, particularly in impoverished and underdeveloped regions. The Trump administration alleges that much of the spending has been wasteful, promoting a liberal agenda around the world.
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NEW YORK CITY, NY – President Donald Trump, who echoed former President Ronald Reagan’s “peace through strength” mantra, has the credibility to end the nearly three-year-long war between Ukraine and Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó told Fox News Digital.
“If he doesn’t have the ability, no one has the ability,” Foreign Minister Szijjártó said.
In the nearly three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, world leaders from several countries have tried to step in and end the conflict. Szijjártó believes there’s a reason that European leaders and the Biden administration “totally failed” to end the war. The foreign minister believes world leaders were fighting for an “impossible” victory, saying it was “obvious from the very beginning” that Ukraine could not win.
“If you look at the current situation, regardless of the huge money, regardless of the huge weapon deliveries which have been poured into Ukraine, the battlefield reality shows the advance of the Russians,” Szijjártó said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pictured.(Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)
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Szijjártó believes that Trump has credibility with both the Ukrainians and Russians, and that while other leaders have had this, they lost it by taking “a very clear position in favor of Ukraine against Russia.”
The Hungarian official also accused European leaders of treating the war between Russia and Ukraine as their own, adding to the list of possible reasons why they have failed to bring an end to it.
“So, if you really think that Ukraine should negotiate in its best shape, then we have to stop the war today because tomorrow Ukraine will be in a weaker position than today,” Szijjártó told Fox News Digital. He went on to accuse his European colleagues of not respecting the “reality” of the current state of the war.
This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv would accept either a fast-track to NATO or nuclear weapons. However, Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s envoy for Russia and Ukraine, doubts that the Ukrainan leader’s demands will be met.
“The chance of them getting their nuclear weapons back is somewhere between slim and none,” Kellogg told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at Trump Tower in New York City, New York, on Sept. 27, 2024. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo)
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Late last month, Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a deal with Zelenskyy to end the war. However, this has yet to happen. The president also said that Zelenskyy was ready to negotiate a deal to end the war.
“The only person that Putin will really want to talk to – because he’s kind of denigrated other leaders that are out there – is President Trump, and President Trump’s the only one who can bring this to a conclusion,” Kellogg told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday. He described Trump and Putin’s relationship as “very transactional.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin (l) and President Donald Trump (r) are pictured.(Contributor/Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
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In September 2024, before he won re-election, then-candidate Trump met with Zelenskyy in New York City at Trump Tower.
After meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump told Fox News that “we both want to see this end and we both want a fair deal made. And it’s got to be fair.”
Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
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President Donald Trump announced at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that he will sign an executive order instructing the Justice Department to create a new task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias.”
Trump praised new Attorney General Pam Bondi as a “great person,” saying she would lead the new task force.
“About time, right? Anti-Christian bias. Yeah, I never heard of that one before, right? But there is,” Trump said. “The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible. The IRS, the FBI, terrible, and other agencies.”
The president said the task force will also “work to fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
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President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“While I’m in the White House, we will protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares, and we will bring our country back together as one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all,” Trump said. “Throughout history, those who have sought control and domination over others have always tried to cut the people off from the connection to their creator. At the same time, every nation with big dreams and great ambition has recognized that there is no recourse more precious than the faith in the hearts of our people. It’s the thing that makes our nation great and makes other nations great. When you don’t have it, you don’t see great nations. Without God, we are isolated and alone, but with God, the Scripture tells us, all things are possible,” Trump said.
Fox News Digital is told that Trump will sign the executive order Thursday afternoon to “end the war on Christians” and protect Americans’ “fundamental right to religious freedom.”
The White House said what will be known as the “Task Force to End the War on Christians” will be comprised of members of the president’s Cabinet and key government agencies, and the order seeks to “end the anti-Christian weaponization of government.”
The White House told Fox News Digital that the task force will review activities of all departments and agencies to “identify and eliminate anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct.” The task force will also gather input from various stakeholders to ensure “broad perspectives are considered,” including faith-based organizations and Americans affected by “anti-Christian conduct.”
The task force is also directed to identify and address gaps in law enforcement that have “contributed” to that conduct.
The executive order will also ensure that federal law enforcement remedy any “failures” to fully enforce the law against acts of anti-Christian hostility, vandalism and violence.
President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“The previous administration engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses,” the White House said.
“President Trump will not tolerate this abuse of government and is taking action to ensure that any unlawful and improper anti-Christian conduct, policies or practices are identified, terminated, and rectified.”
The executive order comes after nearly two dozen pro-life Christians were charged and sentenced for demonstrating outside abortion facilities during the Biden administration.
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It also comes after an FBI memo asserted that traditional Catholics were domestic-terrorism threats and suggested infiltrating Catholic churches as “threat mitigation.” The House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government first discovered and investigated that memo.
Speaking at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Trump invoked his own faith in discussing the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Well, look at me. I’m standing before you today. I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be here. A lot of people said I shouldn’t have been here,” Trump said.
“It was God that saved me,” Trump added, garnering applause.
President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Earlier, the president spoke at another prayer breakfast Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, where he announced that he would sign an executive order to create a new national park called the “National Garden of American Heroes.”
“The stories of legends like Washington, Winthrop, and Williams remind us that without faith in God, there would be no American story,” Trump said. “Every citizen should be proud of this exceptional heritage. We have an unbuilt, livable heritage, and we have to use that and make life better for everyone.”
As the United States approached the 250th anniversary of its founding next year, Trump said he would sign an executive order to “resume the process of creating a new national park full of statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived.”
“We’re going to be honoring our heroes, honoring the greatest people from our country,” Trump said. “We’re not going to be tearing down. We’re going to be building up.”
Trump also remembered the 67 lives lost during the fatal midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet landing at Reagan airport in D.C. last week. The president said he would be speaking with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to come together on a “single bill” to upgrade U.S. air traffic control systems in the wake of the disaster.
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“It would have just never happened if we had the right equipment,” Trump said. “When I land in my plane privately, I use a system from another country because my captain tells me – I’m landing in New York and I’m using a system. I won’t tell you what country, but I use a system from another country – because the captain says, ‘This thing is so bad, it’s so obsolete,’ and we can’t have that.So we’re going to have the best system.”
Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on X: @danimwallace.
