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The second round of the NBA playoffs got off to a rough start for the defending champion Denver Nuggets. The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by two-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards, won the first two games in the Western Conference semifinals series.The series shifted to Minnesota for Game 3 and Game 4, where the Nuggets were able to overcome the hostile environment and get back on the winning track. The Nuggets pushed their winning streak to three games when they cruised to a 112-97 victory in Game 5.But, shortly after Denver fell behind in the series, the team decided to have a

Two foreign nationals are now in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after an attempt to breach a Marine Corps base this month, officials confirmed Thursday.The incident happened on May 3 at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. A spokesperson for the base said two people in a box truck were stopped at one of the gates. The driver told military police officers they were making a delivery to the Post Office and worked for a company subcontracted by Amazon.Because they had no affiliation to the base and no approved credentials, they were directed to a holding area for vetting.NEW

The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The House Judiciary Committee considered a resolution to hold the attorney general in contempt during a mark-up session Thursday. The vote advances the measure for a full floor vote. The move comes after the White House asserted executive privilege over the audio and video recordings related to Hur's interviews with the president as part of his classified records investigation. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the funding mechanism that feeds the Obama-era agency Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional.In a 7-2 decision, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court held that Congress uniquely authorized the bureau to draw its funding directly from the Federal Reserve System, therefore allowing it to bypass the usual funding mechanisms laid out in the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution. "For most federal agencies, Congress provides funding on an annual basis. This annual process forces them to regularly implore Congress to fund their operations for the next year. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is

A House Republican-led bill aimed at overhauling Washington, D.C.'s criminal policies passed with the support of 18 Democrats Wednesday evening.It's a sign that crime in the nation's capital has been an increasingly urgent issue for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.Rep. Byron Donalds' D.C. Criminal Reform to Immediately Make Everyone Safer (D.C. CRIMES) Act, would impose specific changes targeting how juveniles and young adults are prosecuted.The bill passed the House by a 225 to 181 vote, with only Democratic lawmakers opposed.FLORIDA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SEEN FATALLY SHOOTING 23-YEAR-OLD US AIRMANDemocrats who supported the bill include Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; Pat

The U.S. Border Patrol recorded ar decline in migrant encounters in April, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a news release Wednesday.In April, the Border Patrol recorded 128,900 encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border. The figure was 30% lower than in April 2023, and 6% lower than in March."CBP continues to surge resources and personnel to impacted sectors along the border to ensure the safe, swift, and orderly processing of individuals to maximize expedited removals," Troy Miller, a senior official performing the duties of the commissioner, said in a statement.DHS’ FAILURE TO FILE PAPERWORK HAS LED TO 200K IMMIGRATION COURT

Candidates debate when they have to debate.That’s why Donald Trump didn’t during the primaries.That’s why Joe Biden, battling abysmal poll numbers, surprised everyone yesterday by agreeing to two debates.And why Trump, who’s been demanding a side-by-side comparison – he had even floated debating on my show – immediately accepted.BIDEN’S TEAM IS AFRAID TO ‘LET HIM LOOSE’: LUCY CALDWELLWith a speed that raised questions about whether it was "rigged," both camps agreed within a couple of hours to do the faceoffs on CNN on June 27, and on ABC Sept. 10. (Four networks were deemed eligible.) CNN has already announced Jake

After hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed campus buildings and set up barricades at the University of California, Irvine, local law enforcement agencies responded and students were ordered to leave immediately on Wednesday.In a statement to Fox News Digital, a UC Irvine spokesperson said that the campus erupted into chaos after several hundreds of protesters entered the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall on the California campus and began to barricade the building at 2:30 p.m. PST.The university said that it put out a call to local law enforcement and received immediate assistance from the Irvine Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's Department.In

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is keeping an eye on the NBA Playoffs, specifically the Cleveland Cavaliers-Boston Celtics second round matchup after what he posted on X Wednesday night. Flair voice his displeasure on the social media platform with Cavs star guard Donovan Mitchell, who wasn’t available for Cleveland’s must-win Game 5 after missing Game 4 due to a left calf strain.A win for the Celtics and Cleveland’s season comes to an end, which is why Flair couldn’t believe Mitchell didn’t suit up. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Sore calf? Really?" Flair tweeted. "You would think for 32 million

A new exhibition of photographs owned by Elton John is everything one might expect from a star who has a fascination with image, a love of excess and a very large budget. Understated, it isn’t.The show, opening this week at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, includes more than 300 pieces by 140 photographers selected from the vast collection of John and his husband David Furnish.ELTON JOHN HOSPITALIZED IN FRANCE AFTER SUFFERING FALL AT HOMECovering the period from 1950 to the present day, they include iconic fashion shots by Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Herb Ritts, portraits of stars including The

A Georgia mother was strangled to death, then burned in Tennessee March 17 by her boyfriend after she confronted him about secretly marrying another woman in January, investigators alleged this week. Michale Edwards, 23, has been charged with murder in the death of Briana Winston, Clayton County police said at a Monday press conference. Edwards' wife Brieanna Phillips-Edwards, his 18-year-old brother Keilan Wright and his mother Ebony Anderson also face criminal charges in her disappearance, authorities said.Investigators believe Winston was choked to death during an early morning argument with Edwards, the father of her four-year-old child, in her College Park apartment

Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 59 people dead and another 16 missing.Monsoon rains triggered a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi, eventually causing rivers to breach their banks. The deluge tore through mountainside villages in four districts in West Sumatra province just before midnight on Saturday.The floods swept away people and dozens of homes and submerged hundreds of houses and buildings, forcing more than 1,500 families to flee to temporary government shelters, according to

Former President Trump accepted President Biden's offer to debate him on television in June and September. The proposal was outlined by the Biden-Harris campaign in a letter to the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates on Wednesday morning. It abandoned the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the debate commission."Crooked Joe Biden is the worst debater I have ever faced—he can't put two sentences together," Trump told Fox News Digital. "Crooked is also the worst president in the history of the United States, by far." Trump told Fox News Digital that "it is time for a debate to take place—even if it

As the war in Ukraine rages on, the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced online backlash from conservatives for playing guitar at a bar in Kyiv.A video went viral on Tuesday of Blinken playing Neil Young’s "Rockin’ in the Free World" with a band called 19.99."I know this is a really, really difficult time," Blinken told the audience present. "Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the northeast in Kharkiv, are suffering tremendously. But they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you."The audience in the

The much-anticipated cross-examination of Michael Cohen on Tuesday portrayed him as a Trump-hating liar who wants the former president in jail, and the answer was frequently some version of "I don’t recall."Defense lawyer Todd Blanche jumped around as a way of keeping Cohen off balance. His first question: Why had Cohen said on TikTok that he, Blanche, was a "lying little s---"? Cohen said, in a frequent refrain, that sounded like something he would say.But I don’t see what the defense gained by showing that Cohen was constantly slamming Trump on social media and his podcast, such as a "Cheeto-dusted

The Connecticut Sun defeated the Indiana Fever by double digits on Tuesday night to spoil Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut before a historic sell-out crowd on the league’s season opening night. Clark, guarded heavily by the Sun’s DiJonai Carrington, went scoreless in the first quarter and was 2 of 7 from the field, including 1 of 4 from deep, with no rebounds, one assist, and five turnovers in the first half to help the Sun to maintain their double-digit lead. Fever head coach Christie Sides called out the team’s critical turnovers, 10 of which came from Clark.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON

President Biden repeated his false claim that inflation was at 9% when he first took office less than a week after being called out for making the same assertion.Speaking with Yahoo! Finance about his newly announced tariffs on China, Biden defended his handling of the economy while acknowledging the impact inflation has had on Americans. "Inflation has gone slightly up," Biden told Yahoo! Finance's Brian Sozzi. "It was at 9% when I came in. And it's now down around 3%."Inflation was at 1.4% when Biden took the oath of office in January 2021 and peaked at 9.1% in June 2022. It

Rudy Gobert doesn't hide when he feels the integrity of the game is being questioned.The Minnesota Timberwolves big man was fined $75,000 for again making a money gesture directed toward referees on Monday, insinuating they had money on the game.The now four-time Defensive Player of the Year first made the gesture back on March 8, which assistant head coach Micah Nori said was "unacceptable."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMBut during Game 4 of the T'Wolves' second-round series against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, he did it again after he was called for a foul. Minnesota was trailing 109-97

Nashville's homeless population has drastically risen as the city continues to grow along with the cost of living and housing prices.The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in Nashville has increased nearly 77% over the past year, according to Nashville's Homeless Management Information System. Last month there were 1,525 people in the city experiencing chronic homelessness compared to 863 a year prior. "I’ve seen an increase in women and children. I’ve seen an increase in mental health that needs to be addressed," Heather Young, the founder of a local nonprofit, All for Him Ministries, told WKRN News.The total number of homelessness

The White House is speaking out against a Republican-led bill that would force President Biden to stop withholding military shipments to Israel. Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced the Israel Security Assistance Support Act over the weekend, which would " the expeditious delivery of approved defense articles and services to Israel, including third-party deliveries."White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke out against the bill at her Monday press conference, claiming it put restraints on the president's ability to fulfill foreign policy objectives.REPUBLICAN SAYS BIDEN HAS 'STRENGTHENED' HAMAS BY WITHHOLDING AID FROM ISRAEL: 'COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT'"We strongly, strongly oppose attempts to constrain

Nick Saban stunned the college football world earlier this year when he announced his retirement from the sport following six national championships in 17 seasons with the Alabama Crimson Tide.Saban opened up to ESPN broadcaster Paul Finebaum about his decision to retire and the one question he kept getting from coaches he tried to hire for his staff."We just adapted to (NIL). We actually won when we had to deal with name, image and likeness. I wish we’d have won the playoff game this year. Lost it in overtime. We had a good team coming back, but I didn’t want

Michael Cohen, the star witness in the landmark New York v. Trump case, received some star treatment by the mainstream media following his testimony Monday.Cohen, who served as Trump’s personal attorney and fixer before emerging as his sworn enemy, has seen his credibility questioned from all sides, with critics labeling him as everything from a "serial perjurer" to a "grifter." The former lawyer, who is a central part of the prosecution's case against Trump, testified he secretly recorded Trump ahead of the 2016 election, admitted to lying and bullying people for Trump's benefit, and detailed the alleged attempt to cover up

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine on Tuesday on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure the country amid its war with Russia.After arriving in Kyiv, Blinken is expected to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and "highlight the United States’ enduring support for Ukraine," the U.S. State Department said. In the Ukrainian capital, he will also underscore the Biden administration’s commitment to Ukraine’s defense and assure Ukraine that it has America’s support against increasingly intense Russian attacks.In a statement released after Blinken's arrival, the State Department said he would meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal

Crews used carefully placed explosives on Monday to break apart a large span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland and send the mangled metal crashing into the water below.Video of the demolition showed the explosives detonating, with flashes of fire followed by a loud boom and a black plume of smoke.The steel truss then broke apart, falling away from the grounded Dali container ship, and into the water. As the metal crashed into the Patapsco River, a big wave of water crashed onto the bow of the ship.Although it is not known whether the ship has

Pakistani and U.S. officials have held their latest talks in Washington on how to expand cooperation in tackling the threat posed to regional security by an affiliate of the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan's foreign ministry said Monday.TALIBAN-RUN TOURISM INSTITUTE AIMS TO ATTRACT MORE TRAVELERS TO AFGHANISTANA joint statement said Pakistani diplomat Haider Shah and the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, chaired the weekend talks.The talks occurred amid a surge in militants attacks by the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, and an Afghan branch of the Islamic State group. The TTP