by dap | Apr 3, 2025 | Fox News, Mediate
Fox News contributor Ben Domenech offered a blunt reaction to the massive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
Speaking in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, Trump unveiled across-the-board tariffs of 10% on all imports. He also hit dozens of countries, such as China and European Union member states, with even higher tariffs. Moreover, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all automobile imports, regardless of origin. The president justified the moves by using a chart that
other nations had imposed high tariffs on U.S. exports. Unsurprisingly, markets plummeted on Thursday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed four percent, the S&P dropped five percent, and the NASDAQ lost six percent.
A couple of hours after the closing bell, Domenech appeared on Fox News’s Special Report and said congressional Republicans could be in a politically vulnerable position because of Trump’s trade policy. He cited Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), who earlier in the day quoted John Maynard Keynes by stating, “
“:
I think the president is undergoing a serious risk factor with this that is going to be felt by all of these Republicans that we have heard from today, including John Kennedy whose encouraging words were eventually
, which is not exactly a great thing to run on in terms of a midterm.
Look, I hate tariffs, I think they’re stupid. I think they’re backwards. I don’t think they help the American economy. The president has a different opinion.
Domenech went on to note that Vice President JD Vance has also spoken favorably of tariffs because they allegedly bolster American culture.
“He wants to return manufacturing to the American heartland,” Domenech continued. “He believes that’s something that is achievable. But it takes time. It’s not gonna be something that happens overnight. And the serious pain that has been inflicted with these tariffs is something that might be short-term, but short-term is relative in terms of the way that you could view it.”
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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is not expected to be punished by
for a gun-related gesture he made during a recent game.
, the league issued a warning to Morant but is not planning to fine or suspend him in response to the finger gun gesture the two-time NBA All-Star directed toward the Golden State Warriors’ bench Tuesday.
The “[l]eague ruled the celebrations were not intended to be violent in nature, but inappropriate and should refrain,” ESPN reported.
Warriors guard Buddy Hield also received a warning from the NBA.
Warriors star
nearly set the 3-point record as he scored 52 points to help lift Golden State to a 134-125 victory over Memphis.
Morant has been disciplined by the NBA multiple times throughout his career, and some of those punishments were due to gun-related incidents. The league handed down an
in 2023 after Morant flashed what appeared to be a gun during a social media livestream at a Colorado nightclub.
Later that year, Morant appeared to flash a weapon while he was in a car during another social media video. He was suspended an additional 25 games.
“Ja Morant’s decision to once again wield a firearm on social media is alarming and disconcerting given his similar conduct in March for which he was already suspended eight games,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said at the time of his second suspension.
“The potential for other young people to emulate Ja’s conduct is particularly concerning. Under these circumstances, we believe a suspension of 25 games is appropriate and makes clear that engaging in reckless and irresponsible behavior with guns will not be tolerated.
“For Ja, basketball needs to take a backseat at this time. Prior to his return to play, he will be required to formulate and fulfill a program with the league that directly addresses the circumstances that led him to repeat this destructive behavior.”
Morant was also placed under the microscope after a January 2023 game in which an unidentified individual in the NBA star’s vehicle was accused of
at the Indiana Pacers’ team bus. It happened after some members of Morant’s entourage were involved in a confrontation with a group of people in the Pacers’ traveling party.
The Grizzlies enter Thursday’s game against the Miami Heat in the eighth spot in the Western Conference standings.
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by dap | Apr 3, 2025 | Fox News, Mediate
Fox News’ The Five co-host Jeanine Pirro declared bluntly that she didn’t “really care” about her 401(k) on Thursday after the stock market nosedived in response to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs.
During a debate about Trump’s controversial tariffs, and their economic
in the United States, Pirro declared:
When President Trump first started going after Canada and Mexico, everybody was like, “Oh my gosh, they’re our neighbors, they’re wonderful people, why are we doing this? We love the Canadians.” Well, the truth is China is making cars in Mexico and Canada and not paying a tariff on them and selling them in the United States while they are putting a tariff on our cars. Look, you are going to tariff my goods, but I’m going to lay down and let you roll all over me and sell your stuff with virtually no tariff on it? Enough. And this is what Donald Trump ran on and he’s delivering.
The Fox News co-host then said, “And you know what? I don’t really care about my 401(k) today. You know why? Not that I can afford it, not that it isn’t important, not that I’m not at a point in my life where I should be worried about my 401(k), because I am, but this is what I believe. I believe in this man.”
She explained, “I believe that what we are seeing now with his bringing in a trillion dollars in business and manufacturing, and companies moving back to the United States, and seeing what we saw during Covid when we couldn’t– we had all those supply chain problems, we couldn’t get medicine in this country, other countries were prioritizing themselves before they were sending stuff to us, it’s about time we recognized we’ve got to have manufacturing in this country, and we need to bring them to the table.”
Pirro concluded, “And Donald Trump is the only one who can do it because he’s got the biggest consumer base in the world, he’s not afraid of anybody.”
The Dow went
by 2.7% on Thursday after Trump unveiled new “reciprocal tariffs” on dozens of countries and territories, including
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already got to hang with members of the Trump family before meeting President Donald Trump later this month.
Barkley is the star running back of the Super Bowl champion
took home their second Lombardi Trophy in February.
The Birds were invited to the White House shortly after their 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, and they will visit April 28.
Before that, Barkley attended the J.P. Morgan Tech 100 Summit, which Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, attended with husband Jared Kushner, their son Theodore and Jared’s brother, Joshua.
“Had an amazing time at the J.P. Morgan tech 100 summit! Want to give a shoutout to Madhu for having me out. Want to also give a shoutout to everyone who made it amazing,” Barkley posted on X.
Barkley included four photos from the event in the post, one of which included him speaking on a panel with Tom Brady and another with Trump and Theodore.
Barkley also signed Theodore’s ball, “A future star!”
Earlier this year, Ivanka was paid a visit by
.
The Eagles’ invite to the White House was somewhat controversial. There had been online rumors the team would turn down an invitation, just as it did seven years ago.
However, Karoline Leavitt said the team “enthusiastically accepted” this year.
Head coach Nick Sirianni said earlier this week he was “really excited” for the opportunity.
“I’m really excited to go, yeah. What an honor. What an honor to be able to go to the White House. Teams that have been able to win championships have been doing that for a long time, and I’m really honored to go and really excited to go,”
.
The Florida Panthers recently visited the president to celebrate their Stanley Cup victory last summer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will be visiting Sunday after defeating the
in the World Series in October.
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by dap | Apr 3, 2025 | Fox News, Mediate
President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force on Thursday that he often listens to advice from far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
denied reports
played a role in his administration’s decision to fire three National Security Council staffers after she laid out grievances against them.
Loomer
during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting along with National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. Per numerous reports, Loomer accused the officials who were let go of being “neocons.”
Axios
three people were dismissed when Loomer said they “slipped through” a vetting process to ensure no George W. Bush-era Republicans ended up working for Trump.
The New York Times
, “Ms. Loomer walked into the White House with a sheaf of papers, which amounted to a mass of opposition research attacking the character and loyalty of numerous N.S.C. officials, two of the people said. She proceeded to excoriate them in front of their boss, the national security adviser Michael Waltz, who was also in the meeting.”
Aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed some staffers had been fired. He denied Loomer had anything to do with the firings during a conversation with numerous reporters.
“Yeah, so Laura Loomer is a very good patriot,” Trump said when asked about the meeting. “She’s a very strong person and I saw her yesterday for a little while she has – she makes recommendations of things and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations like I do with everybody. I listen to everybody and then I make a decision. But I saw her yesterday she was at the ceremony. She’s – she’ll always have something to say – usually very constructive.”
Trump said Loomer made some job recommendations but denied he fired anyone on her behalf.
“She recommended certain people for jobs,” Trump said. “Well, she’ll recommend [firings] too, but yesterday she recommended some people for jobs.”
Trump was also asked who Loomer had recommended for White House jobs.
“Well, I don’t want to say that,” he replied. “But she’s recommended some good people over the years. She’s been in the party a long time, she’s done a good job.”
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Former “MythBusters” star Adam Savage is exploring the science of longevity, asking how lifestyle choices, stress and even sleep affect how long we live.
Savage, now a YouTube creator and head of the channel Tested, has partnered with health technology company Medtronic to engage in discussions about longevity. While not a researcher himself, he has taken a deep dive into scientific insights from experts and reflected on his own experiences.
“Longevity has always been a fascination for me,” Savage told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
“I mean, who doesn’t want to know how to live better and maybe even longer? But the real question is what actually works?”
He credits his “MythBusters” experience with fueling his passion for
.
“Making that show legitimized the practice of science and engineering to me,” Savage said. “It made me realize how much of our world can be tested, questioned and improved through experimentation.”
Through his discussions with people on the street for Medtronic, Savage has uncovered key lifestyle factors affecting longevity. He noted a cultural shift in what we consider to be old age, highlighting that people today consider themselves “young-ish” for longer.
Savage also pointed to Blue Zones, regions known for long life expectancy, but questioned whether longevity there stems
or cultural practices.
“We assume people in these areas live longer because of where they are, but what if it’s really just the way they live? That’s the part that fascinates me,” he said.
“There’s no magic secret. It’s a mix of daily habits — what you eat, how you move, how you interact with your community, how you handle stress. All those things matter.”
Savage has taken a personal interest in testing different longevity strategies
He spoke candidly with Fox News Digital about his journey with intermittent fasting, which helped him lose 25 pounds and eliminate sleep apnea.
“It’s crazy how much of a difference it made,” he said. “I didn’t just lose weight. I felt sharper, I slept better and I stopped snoring. It was like flipping a switch on my health.”
He also reflected on his past smoking habits and what it took to quit.
“I had to admit I wasn’t smoking for enjoyment,” Savage said. “I was just doing it out of habit. Once I realized that, it was easy to quit.”
Savage dismissed the idea of a universal approach, arguing that studies conflict. While he personally cut back, he emphasized that people shouldn’t feel guilty about their lifestyle choices.
“I’m a big believer in not feeling guilty about the things that you do to the core, whether it’s smoking, whether it’s watching something dumb or puzzling for 100 hours at a time,” he said. “I don’t care about any of those. We all do these things to sort of bring relaxation and down regulate. I just think that alcohol is an especially poor down regulator in the final analysis.”
Beyond lifestyle choices, medical advancements are playing an increasingly critical role in extending both lifespan and “healthspan,” the years we live without serious disease. Medtronic, which focuses on healthcare technology globally, has developed medical devices designed to manage chronic conditions, improve heart health and advance minimally invasive surgeries.
According to Medtronic, as people live longer, the focus is shifting toward enhancing not just lifespan but quality of life. The company’s latest innovations include
-driven healthcare monitoring, robotic-assisted surgeries and advanced pacemakers, all aimed at improving long-term health outcomes. Savage also spoke about the psychological aspects of aging, emphasizing that mindset and community play a significant role in longevity.
Medtronic claims the first person to live to 150 may already have been born. When asked if there is an upper limit to
Savage replied, “I think right now 150 is a very realistic target to be shooting for and to be discussing.
“That’s really what science foreshadowing is,” added Savage. “It’s about asking these questions and seeing, ‘OK, what numbers are unrealistic.’ I think 40 years ago, 150 would have seemed radically unrealistic. Today it seems more realistic, and I think it’s entirely reasonable that, let’s say, by 2040, we may all have a different cultural answer to that question.”
by dap | Apr 3, 2025 | Fox News, Mediate
Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway offered an all-time spin job after a major U.S. automaker announced it will temporarily lay off 900 workers in the U.S.
On Thursday, Stellantis, whose brands include Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram Trucks,
one day after President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping tariffs on all imports. Stellantis is also
at its factories in Canada and Mexico. Trump’s measures include a 25% tariff on all auto imports and the administration is misleadingly referring to the measures as “reciprocal tariffs,” which it justified by
U.S. trading partners have levied exorbitant tariffs on American goods.
Markets did not take well to the plan, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed nearly 1,700 points or about four percent.
Conway, a former White House adviser in the first Trump administration, appeared on Thursday’s edition of The Story on Fox News. Host Martha MacCallum noted the president’s long-held fixation on tariffs and said Trump “is swinging for the fences with all of this.”
“This is President Trump who is echoing much of what he did and wanted to do even more of in his first term and completing that transaction now,” Conway replied before praising Stellantis for halting production in Mexico. While doing so, she elided the issue of the company’s layoffs in the U.S.
“We were seeing some positive reaction today,” she continued. “For all the negative Debbie downers, look at the positive reaction. Stellantis, which owns Chrysler and Ram and Jeep, they came out today and said that they are going to stop producing in Mexico. They are one of the ones, the big manufacturers in Mexico. They’re going to stop doing that.”
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, Amazon MGM, has already started working out the details of a “fresh, exotic new” Bond that is sparking conversation online.
At CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners in Las Vegas, studio executives Courtenay Valenti and Sue Kroll shared a few details about the latest entry in
.
“We are committed to honoring the legacy of this iconic character while bringing a fresh, exotic new chapter to audiences around the world alongside [producers] Amy [Pascal] and David [Heyman],” they told the audience Wednesday night,
.
“They’re both in London getting started and couldn’t be here tonight, but we wanted to thank them for what we know to make an incredible partnership.”
James Bond fans were divided online by the promise of a new Bond.
“People don’t want a fresh exotic Bond,” one person wrote on X.
Another lamented, “‘Fresh?’ ‘Exotic?’ No, no, no. James Bond was already perfect, why changing the roots of Ian Fleming[‘s] iconic character ?
“That’s it. Bond went woke. Fffff,” one person complained.
Another wondered, “If they wanted to do something ‘fresh’, why buy the James Bond franchise?”
Others were into the idea of a different style for the Bond films.
“It’s time, it’s time for a James Bond 007 female,” one person wrote on X.
“I hope he’s a black actor,” another added.
In February, Amazon shared a press release announcing that long-time producers of the Bond films, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, would be stepping back from the franchise and giving
to Amazon MGM.
“
, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remain co-owners of the franchise,” the company said in a statement at the time.
“Under the terms of the new venture, Amazon MGM Studios will gain creative control of the James Bond franchise following closing of the transaction.”
Daniel Craig, the most recent man to portray the world-famous secret agent,
“My respect, admiration and love for Barbara and Michael remain constant and undiminished. I wish Michael a long, relaxing (and well deserved) retirement and whatever ventures Barbara goes on to do, I know they will be spectacular, and I hope I can be part of them.”
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared Reuters’ headline, “James Bond’s long-serving producers give control to Amazon,” and asked followers on the X platform, “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” Many X users responded with images of English actor Henry Cavill.
With the news out of CinemaCon, some people suggested “White Lotus” star Theo James.
“Theo James should be the next James Bond. Someone at @AmazonMGMStudio needs to court him seriously!” one person wrote.
Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
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There’s no denying that billionaire Elon Musk has been the most visible member of President
administration during Trump’s first ten weeks back in the White House. But with familiarity can come contempt, as recent polling shows the DOGE point man underwater with approval ratings.
Musk, the world’s richest person and the chief executive
and SpaceX, has grabbed outsized attention as he’s steered DOGE, the acronym for Trump’s recently created Department of Government Efficiency, which has swept through federal agencies, rooting out what the White House argues was billions in wasteful federal spending.
The unit has also taken a meat cleaver to the federal workforce, resulting in a massive exodus of employees. The controversial moves by
have triggered a slew of lawsuits in response.
But it’s becoming increasingly clear that a majority of Americans are far from happy with Musk’s moves. And two new national public opinion polls released this week offer further proof.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted March 31-April 2, Musk’s favorable rating stands at 39% among Americans, with 57% viewing him in an unfavorable light.
And only 36% of respondents said the Trump administration was doing a competent job in reducing the number of federal employees. Even fewer — 31% — offered that the Trump administration was competently downsizing the federal government without affecting vital services.
According to a Marquette Law School national survey, 41% approve of the job Musk is doing at DOGE, with 58% giving him a thumbs down.
And Musk’s favorable rating was in negative territory — at the 38% to 60% — in the poll, which was conducted March 17 through 24.
The two surveys are the latest to indicate Musk’s poll numbers deeply underwater.
A majority — 54% — questioned in a Quinnipiac University survey conducted early last month said that Musk and DOGE are hurting the country, with just four in ten saying their efforts are helping the country.
And according to a
conducted in mid-March, Musk’s approval of his work at DOGE was in negative territory, at 40% approval and 58% disapproval.
While nearly six in 10 questioned in the Fox News poll felt that a great deal or almost all of government spending is wasteful and inefficient, 51% opposed substantially shrinking the number of government employees, 56% disapproved of the job the Trump administration is doing identifying and reducing wasteful spending, and another 65% worried that not enough thought and planning has gone into the cuts.
While Trump continues to praise Musk’s efforts with DOGE, some Republicans are starting to voice concerns about Musk’s political liabilities.
Democrats have increasingly spotlighted and targeted Musk in their political attacks. And that was before he inserted himself front-and-center in this week’s high-profile and historically expensive state supreme court election in Wisconsin.
With a massive infusion of money from Democrat- and Republican-aligned groups from outside Wisconsin, which turned the race into the most expensive judicial election in the nation’s history, the contest partially transformed into a referendum on Trump’s sweeping and controversial moves during the opening months of his second tour of duty in the White House, and on Musk’s efforts.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, the liberal-leaning candidate, ended up defeating Brad Schimel, the conservative-leaning Trump-backed candidate, a former state attorney general who currently serves as a state circuit court judge in Waukesha County, by roughly ten points.
The large margin was not expected, in a race that was expected to be close, in a state that last November had an extremely tight margin in the presidential race.
Musk, who last year was Trump’s top donor, dished out roughly $20 million in the Wisconsin race through aligned groups in support of Schimel.
In a controversial move, Musk handed out $1 million checks at a rally in Green Bay on Sunday evening to two Wisconsin voters who had already cast ballots in the contest and had signed a petition to stop “activist judges.”
Musk’s lighting rod efforts in Wisconsin are being blamed for partially contributing to the 10-point shellacking Schimel suffered.
The
to Fox News on Wednesday that Musk will exit his role with DOGE on schedule later this spring, once his efforts are complete.
The White House, pushing back against reporting by Politico that Trump had told his inner circle and cabinet members that Musk would be “stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role,” said that Musk had long been anticipated to step back from DOGE when his 130 days as a “special government employee” run out in May.
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Russia is pushing back against President
threats to bomb Iran, calling them “illegal and unacceptable.”
Trump in recent days has increased his
and warned that there could be direct conflict if the Islamic Republic doesn’t stop arming the Houthi terrorist group or halt its nuclear program. Russia, meanwhile, said Thursday that it’s committed to finding solutions to Iran’s nuclear program that respects its rights to peaceful nuclear energy, according
“The use of military force by Iran’s opponents in the context of the settlement is illegal and unacceptable,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was quoted by the news agency as saying.
“Threats from outside to bomb Iran’s nuclear infrastructure facilities will inevitably lead to an irreversible global catastrophe. These threats are simply unacceptable,” she reportedly added.
Rebekah Koffler, a former DIA intelligence officer specializing in Russia’s war-fighting strategy and Putin’s thinking
told Fox News Digital Thursday that “Russia’s statement is consistent with the diplomatic posture that it’s trying to project of being Iran’s strategic partner.
“In reality, Russia and Iran are not natural allies. They share a very turbulent history and there’s plenty of distrust in the relationship. The Russians don’t trust Iranians to have a fully operational militarized nuclear capability,” she continued. “But they would never admit it in public. At one point, during the Obama administration, Moscow was siding with Washington in terms of economic sanctions on Iran and complied with Washington’s request not to sell S-300s air defense missiles to Tehran.
“Putin is angling to serve as a broker between the Trump administration and the Iranian government on the nuclear issue,” she also said.
Trump’s overtures via a letter to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, to jump-start talks on dismantling Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program, were met with rejection on Sunday.
Trump told NBC the day before, “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.”
“But there’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago,” he added.
Secondary “tariffs,” or sanctions, would mean slapping financial penalties on any country that does business with Iran.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, “We don’t avoid talks; it’s the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far,” according to the Associated Press. He added, “They must prove that they can build trust.”
Iran is enriching uranium to 60%, just shy of the 90% weapons-grade. Experts say it could have a nuclear weapon within weeks if it were to take the final steps to building one. Fox News Digital reported in late March that Iran’s regime has enriched enough uranium to manufacture six nuclear weapons, according to a U.N. atomic agency report.
Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal, Caitlin McFall and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
