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By Becca Lower Country superstar John Rich has been tapped by President Trump to serve as a Special Envoy for American Landowners, the Agriculture Department (USDA) announced in a press release this week. Rich hopped on X on June 8 to tell fans how honored he was to serve as a conduit between the federal government and the long-silenced voices of farmers, ranchers, and other landowners.  The post, which ended with an emoji of an American flag, read: President Trump has afforded me the great honor to serve in his administration as the "Special Envoy for American Landowners." In this role, I look forward to representing and advocating for landowners’ rights against any entity that chooses to harass or intimidate them in an effort to achieve goals contrary to those of the President. I look forward to defending our farmers and ranchers Rich already seems aware of some of the issues with which many farmers and landowners are burdened in relation to the Left's wrongheaded ...

By Bob Hoge Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has turned out to be a real charlatan. Although she ran as somewhat of a moderate, she quickly morphed into a far-left progressive after taking office in January. She undoubtedly makes her failed California counterpart Gavin Newsom proud. Case in point? On May 20, she signed two anti-ICE laws that basically told the federal government to pound sand. One restricts law enforcement from wearing facial coverings while on duty and demands they display identifying information, and the other dictates conditions on how the feds operate in the state. The federal government, in the form of the Department of Justice, told Spanberger Thursday that she can take these measures and use them for birdcage lining because they’re unconstitutional. You don’t have a say in this, Abigail: "Governor Spanberger cannot tell Federal officers how to do their job,” said @ASGWoodward . "And she certainly cannot prohibit them from ensuring their own safet...

By Brian Flood Vice President JD Vance will appear on "The View" next week, marking his first appearance on the reliably liberal ABC News program, Fox News Digital has learned.  Vance, who is set to join the show on June 16, will be the third sitting vice president to appear on "The View." All six co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro, are expected to be in studio for the rare interview with an elected Republican.  "The View" had a total of 341 guests in 2025, but only two of them were conservative, while 128 were liberal, according to a study conducted by the  Media Research Center's NewsBusters . Vance will discuss his new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith," along with news of the day and his goals for the Trump administration. Vance's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.  ...

ELON MUSK famously took a chainsaw to government waste. Will SpaceX do the same to investors' wealth? By Brett Arends Say what you like about Elon Musk, but you have to give him credit for his vision and his chutzpah. The self-appointed technoking, last year’s supposed U.S. budget czar, is the talk of the town thanks to his forthcoming Space Exploration Technologies — aka SpaceX — IPO. That initial public offering, expected to raise around $80 billion in cash, is set to take place this week and is expected to be the biggest in history — exceeding even the 2019 listing of Aramco Saudi Arabia’s national oil company. The best place to hide needles? A haystack. Hardly anyone is going to read the full SpaceX listing prospectus — which may be lucky for the company. As it’s around 300 pages long, including innumerable repetitions, you may ask whether the length, and density, is a bug or a feature. The best place to hide needles is in a haystack. If your broker is offering you ...

By Danny Zaken The contradictions in Donald Trump's  statements , especially the latest ones, against the backdrop of reports of progress in the negotiations, make it difficult to understand what is really happening behind the scenes. At this stage, the possibilities are completely polar opposites, ranging from a resumption of fighting, even if not at high intensity, to the signing of a memorandum of understandings that would lead to a formal agreement between Iran and the US. For example, Trump said Thursday that "the US will hit Iran very hard tonight," and even  threatened  that Washington would later take control of Kharg Island, the Islamic Republic's main fuel terminal, which is responsible for exporting about 90% of Iranian oil. But the dramatic threat was quickly canceled, and while Trump was talking about an unusual strike, it emerged behind the scenes that there was already an understanding on wording and an almost agreed document between the par...

By Ward Clark Now, once again, the battle over the lunatic practice of allowing boys to compete on girls' sports teams has gone into the legal arena. This time, though, it's a bit different; a Washington family is suing their local school district, claiming that their daughter was sexually assaulted by a male wrestler during a girls' wrestling match . A family in Washington state has filed a lawsuit against multiple government parties, alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted by a biological male trans athlete during a girls' wrestling match. The defendants include Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykda and the Puyallup School District and multiple school employees. The trans athlete and the athlete's family are not defendants. It would appear that this is focused on the school district and whatever rules and policies th...

By Bob Hoge It’s a horrible story. In June, 2025, a 58-year-old psycho named Vance Boelter shot and killed former Speaker of the Minnesota House Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their Brooklyn Park home. He followed that savagery by going on to shoot and injure State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette. Their golden retriever was severely injured in the attack and had to be put down. On Thursday, nearly a year later, Boelter changed his initial not-guilty plea to guilty on charges of murder and stalking during a Minneapolis court hearing. He avoids the death penalty with the plea, but the judge in the case, John R. Tunheim, accepted the prosecution’s recommendation of two consecutive life terms plus 40 years behind bars. He will hold a formal sentencing hearing this summer. BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the man charged in the killings of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota last summer, changed his plea to guilty in his federal case on Thursday, according to ABC Minneapolis aff...

By Bob Hoge Well, that didn’t last long. On June 2, President Trump appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard , who stepped down following her husband’s diagnosis with a rare bone cancer. He will officially transition to the role on June 19. That announcement was met with swift resistance from Democrats and even some Republicans who said he was unqualified for the role and had no prior experience. He had also severely hurt the feelings of the Dems by referring Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and NY Attorney General Letitia James to the Justice Department for mortgage fraud. On Thursday, the president announced he has decided on his nominee to be permanent director, and it’s the Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton. He posted the news to Truth Social Thursday: 🚨 JUST IN: President Trump nominates JAY CLAYTON for Director of National Intelligen...

By Ward Clark This just in: China is not our friend nor our ally. They are a trading partner, yes, but they are at best a rival; at worst, an adversary. Several recently busted Chinese espionage efforts would seem to indicate that they are moving towards the latter. Now, there's another. The Justice Department and the FBI have taken down 13 fake websites that appear to have been targeting Americans, including current and former security clearance holders. 13 internet domains used to target U.S. persons, including current and former security clearance holders with access to classified and sensitive U.S. government information, were seized today by federal authorities. “These domain seizures offer a glimpse at how foreign actors… pic.twitter.com/iWfIPQ5wLO — National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) June 10, 2026 13 internet domains used to target U.S. persons, including current and former security clearance holders with access to classified and sensitive U...

By OLIVER JJ LANE While condemning a “bad actors” causing trouble, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the vast majority of protestors in Belfast have rational concerns and want common-sense change the government is denying them. The United Kingdom is in a quick-moving situation where new outrages of migrant crime, be they callous murders, alleged attempted beheadings, or sexual assaults occur weekly, leaving the law-abiding public concerned and rightly demanding significant change from the government, Nigel Farage said. The alleged knifeman, 30-year-old Sudanese national Hadi Alodid, shouldn’t have been in the country at all, he added. The remarks came in response to what has been called an “attempted beheading” in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom this week, which triggered anti-beheading protests, which have nightly turned into anti-mass-migration riots. Chaos Continues in Northern Ireland: Anti-Migration Rioters Clash with Police, Set Vehicles on Fire htt...