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FIRST ON FOX: Arizona's education department is pushing back against the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) threat to shut down Grand Canyon University, calling it "the latest episode of harassment" against the school by the federal government."It is unwarranted and unjust," Arizona state Superintendent Tom Horne told Fox News Digital Friday. "In the U.S., anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent and entitled to their day in court. Secretary Cardona’s threat is contrary to those constitutional guarantees and unworthy of his position."Horne said he wrote to DOE Secretary Miguel Cardona last year about GCU's "excellent" reputation and urged him to

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told lawmakers this week that China is one of the top three countries he has identified as not doing enough to receive their illegal immigrants — just as the number of Chinese nationals has increased dramatically at the southern border.At a House Appropriations Committee hearing, acting ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner was asked by Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., to identify the top countries that are the most difficult to send back their nationals who are being deported from the U.S."We've got Bhutan, top of the list there, Cambodia, they've been challenging, the People’s

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took aim at Republicans on Friday in a social media response to Donald Trump, Jr. after calling out Senate Democrats who voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Your Friday morning reminder that Republicans are full of s--- when they complain about the border," Murphy wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "They killed the tough, bipartisan border security bill because Trump told them to keep the border a mess because it would help him politically."Murphy was responding to an earlier post by Trump, Jr. where he called out Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., Jon

A Georgia man was sentenced to three decades in prison for brutally beating his two children — a two-year-old son and three-year-old daughter — for making a mess in their bedroom.Dillan Michael Tennant, 24, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, with the first half without the possibility of parole, by Catoosa County Superior Court Judge Chris Arnt. This comes after Tennant was convicted last month on two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.During the trial, prosecutors showed evidence that Tennant "physically abused his two-year-old son and three-year-old daughter by beating them repeatedly, leaving horrific bruising on

The man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump's hush money trial was being held has been pronounced dead, according to officials.Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Florida, died Friday night from his severe burns after lighting himself on fire earlier in the day inside Collect Pond Park near the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.Azzarello was pronounced dead by hospital staff at about 10:30 p.m., a spokesperson for the New York City Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.At around 1:30 p.m., Azzarello looked through his backpack and threw numerous pamphlets in the air,

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to comment on the Biden administration's response, particularly a lack thereof, escalating tensions in the Middle East during her Friday morning press briefing. "I know there's a lot of interest in reports from the Middle East overnight. And we understand that, we get that. I'm going to see it now, though. I know you will all certainly ask me about it. That we do not have any comment on the reports at this time. Obviously, you all heard from Secretary Blinken earlier this morning," Jean-Pierre said.Jean-Pierre added that President Biden is kept in the

Fox News host Sean Hannity decries President Biden's "don't" policy regarding Israel and Iran on "Hannity."SEAN HANNITY: Without a doubt, the biggest loser from last night to today was Joe Biden. Now, late last week, you might recall when the Islamic Republic of Iran was about to strike Israel, Biden politely told the mullahs in Iran: "Don't." And then he shuffled off to the beach. ISRAEL HITS IRAN WITH 'LIMITED' STRIKES DESPITE WHITE HOUSE'S REPORTED OPPOSITIONThe very next day, Iran — they attacked Israel; 170 drone strikes, more than 30 cruise missiles, 120 ballistic missiles. Ninety-nine percent of them were stopped.

Giancarlo Esposito was struggling financially before he landed the role of a lifetime on "Breaking Bad."Esposito, who portrayed Gus Fring on the hit AMC drama, reached such a low point in life in 2008 he considered arranging his own murder so his family could benefit from a life insurance policy. "My way out in my brain was, ‘Hey, do you get life insurance if someone commits suicide? Do they get the bread?’" he said during an appearance on SiriusXM's Jim & Sam show. "My wife said, ‘Well that’s kind of tricky' … She had no idea why I was asking her

A man set himself on fire Friday outside the New York courthouse where the criminal trial of former President Trump was being held, authorities said. Maxwell Azzarello, 38, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida, entered Collect Pond Park near the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse around 1:30 p.m. and began looking through a backpack he was carrying, the New York Police Department said. He then took "numerous" pamphlets out and threw them in the air," said NYPD Chief of Department, Jeffrey B. Maddrey. TRUMP HUSH MONEY TRIAL: MEET THE JURORS WHO WILL HEAR BRAGG'S CASE AGAINST THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE"And then he pulls out a