NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., dodged answering questions on the growing influence of the socialist movement after three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dominated in primary elections.Mamdani’s political clout was on display Tuesday night after all three House candidates he endorsed — Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander and Claire Valdez — won their Democratic primaries in New York, beating out more moderate Democrats.Pelosi, a moderate Democrat herself, refused to answer Fox News Digital’s question on her reaction to these…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fugitive accused of helping orchestrate a $250 million Minnesota fraud scheme that exploited a federal child nutrition program was captured this week in Somalia after nearly four years on the run, federal authorities said.Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 42, of Burnsville, Minnesota, was taken into custody Thursday in Mogadishu, Somalia, according to the Justice Department.Prosecutors allege Eidleh was one of the architects of the “Feeding Our Future” fraud scheme, which authorities have described as one of the largest fraud cases in Minnesota history.Eidleh was charged in connection with the scheme on Sept. 13,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list Friday that includes passages from the Bible, marking the latest effort by conservative officials to expand Christian teachings in public schools.The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5, with one abstention, to approve the required reading list for the state’s more than 5 million public school students.The required reading list includes works such as Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” along with passages from the New Testament.The decision came after intense debate between supporters and critics and has been closely watched by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Friday announced a criminal investigation into allegations that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico communities while agents pursued larger criminal investigations.The inquiry comes days after The Associated Press reported that DEA agents repeatedly monitored—but did not seize—large fentanyl shipments between 2023 and 2025 while attempting to build broader criminal cases.Torrez said the investigation will examine potential legal remedies, including criminal prosecution, civil litigation and structural reforms intended to prevent similar conduct by DEA…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fugitive 3-year-old giraffe was found via helicopter on Friday after two weeks on the run from her home at a private ranch in Texas.The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.The 10-foot-tall animal was located by helicopter on Friday morning about four miles south of the ranch in a remote, heavily-wooded area.Vick Jones, who manages the ranch, told FOX 7 that Gracie moved there in May and still wasn’t used to her surroundings when she wandered away.RUNAWAY ZEBRA’S…

It was just a couple of weeks ago that Milwaukee Brewers righty Jacob Misiorowski absolutely melted some brains by throwing a 104.5 mph heater past Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber.That was an MLB record for the hardest pitch ever thrown by a starter, and it came after Misiorowski threw multiple pitches north of 103 and even 104 mph in the same at-bat.Well, he’s at it again, and we may just want to start writing the record books in pencil, because this is probably not going to be the last time this happens.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST…

The New York Mets are in disarray thanks to a brutal start to what was supposed to be a promising season.On Friday, the team hit a low point, firing manager Carlos Mendoza… but you wouldn’t know it if you just looked at Mr. Met.He was having the time of his life dancing behind a reporter while dressed in his Pride Night best.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! In what felt like an absolute fever dream, the PIX 11 studio team was talking to reporter Steve Gelbs before a game against the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The teenager accused of killing two 17-year-old girls in an alleged hit-and-run crash in New Jersey last year has been publicly identified after prosecutors announced Friday that he will be tried as an adult.The Union County Prosecutors Office announced that 18-year-old Vincent Battiloro of Garwood has been waived up to adult court and will be tried as an adult in connection with the murder of the two juvenile females.Vincent Battiloro, 18, of Garwood, will now face counts of first-degree murder in the Criminal Part of Superior Court in Union County after his…

Formula 1 is in Austria for a race at the Red Bull Ring, but fresh in everyone’s mind is the Spanish Grand Prix from two weeks ago that saw Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton back on top of the podium.It was the British driver’s 106th grand prix win, but just his first with Ferrari, a team he joined in 2025.The win was looked at as a bit of a comeback story, but most thought Hamilton was just coming back from a lousy 2025 season for him and Ferrari.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!…

In a recent critical training rotation, soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division expanded the scope of what’s possible with warfighting drones, developing new uses and making key determinations about how — and in what quantities — to build them into warfighting, officials said this week.The 101st, which has since 2023 been designated as the Army’s lead experimental unit for air assault capabilities and strategic mobility, executed the field tests at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana, in April. The division’s 3rd Mobile Combat Brigade traveled to the center, along with more than 500 drones, about 150 of…

This article was originally published by Per Bylund at The Mises Institute.  Why would anyone invest large sums of capital into creating something new with uncertain income? This question captures the core of the argument for intellectual property, or the legal protection of inventors’ ideas from being copied and put to broader use. The simple logic appears intuitive and therefore persuasive, but does not stand up to scrutiny. Why? Because it applies to all entrepreneurship, which is always an investment in something of uncertain value. Yet this does not seem to stop entrepreneurs. Or, rather, it moderates which entrepreneurial projects are…

Watch full video on YouTube