Fairfax Boy Scout troop rescued after river flooding

A Fairfax-based Boy Scout troop was rescued Saturday after rapidly rising floodwaters stranded 28 scouts during a river trip in West Virginia.

Officials tell FOX News the group became trapped along the Cacapon River after conditions suddenly worsened, forcing an emergency rescue operation.

All the scouts were safely rescued after spending roughly 45 minutes stranded on the wrong side of the…

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Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall

After Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, a spirited debate broke out among a small set of public intellectuals over an unexpectedly relevant question: Is Trumpism dead? The case for Trumpism’s passing rested on the idea that the war is so contrary to his promises to the base that the movement can’t survive such a betrayal. The counter-argument held, correctly, that Trumpism isn’t actually…

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Watch Sean Hannity Get Pissed at Trump Over Iran Talks in China

Fox News’s Sean Hannity is tiring of Donald Trump’s non-answers.

In a new interview between the pair, aired Thursday evening, the longtime face of the conservative news behemoth appeared visibly frustrated and irritated that the president would not directly address the war in Iran.

“Do you think President Xi and China have the ability to influence the Iranians, considering they are one of their…

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Who Tipped Off Fox News to FBI Raid of Democratic Leader’s Office?

The FBI’s raid on Virginia state Senator L. Louise Lucas’s legislative office in Portsmouth, Virginia, Wednesday had Fox News on the scene immediately, and that may not have been by accident.

Portsmouth is in the southeastern corner of the state, far from Washington, D.C. or Fox’s headquarters in New York, but the network was able to capture federal agents entering Lucas’s office.

NOW: An FBI…

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Trump Nominates Fox News Contributor as Next Surgeon General

President Donald Trump announced a new surgeon general nominee Thursday, and unsurprisingly, it appears to be someone that he’s seen make frequent appearances on Fox News.

In a post on Truth Social, the president announced that he had named Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to take the new post, calling her “a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis…

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Even Fox News Analyst Thinks Trump’s Comey Indictment Is “Absurd”

Nobody is buying the Department of Justice’s latest attempt to get revenge on former FBI Director James Comey—not even the president’s conservative allies in the media.

In a scathing response published Tuesday in the _National Review_ , Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy tore apart the Trump administration’s second “bogus” indictment of Comey, calling it“even more absurd than the previous…

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The Media’s Embrace of Prediction Markets Could Be a Devil’s Bargain

As prediction markets rise in popularity and notoriety, several news outlets have recently engaged in partnerships with the most prominent of these companies, raising questions about how and why media organizations would want to become entangled with an industry essentially predicated on gambling. Depending on who you ask, these relationships could be ultimately benign—or they could become yet…

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Transcript: Trump Wrecked in Brutal New Fox Poll: “He’s in a Bad Mood”

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 23 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

Donald Trump pays close attention to Fox News polling, so surely he’ll see the latest one from Fox, and it’s a real doozy. His…

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Trump Hit by Brutal Fox Poll as Aides Scramble: “He’s in a Bad Mood”

A new Fox News poll contains crushing findings for Donald Trump. His approval on the economy is at 34 percent with 66 percent disapproving. On inflation, those numbers are even worse, at 28-72. Importantly, the poll also finds _Democrats with the_ _advantage_ on the economy for the first time in years—a milestone. Meanwhile, Trump advisers are feverishly trying to hatch a new midterm strategy.…

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Transcript: What Democrats Can Learn from the Right’s Media Strategy

This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 6 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.

Perry Bacon: Good morning, everybody. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now. I’m joined today by AJ Bauer. He’s a professor at the University of Alabama in the journalism department, and we’re going to talk about…

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What Democrats Can Learn From the Right’s Media Strategy

_You can watch this episode of_ Right Now With Perry Bacon _above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here._

Conservatives attacking the mainstream as “liberal” and biased against them didn’t start with Donald Trump or even Richard Nixon. In his new book, Making the Media Liberal, author A.J. Bauer says conservative mobilization against the media first…

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Donald Trump Claims Popular ‘Gay Vote’ And Says New Iran Leader Is Gay

In another bizarre interview this week US president Donald Trump has made strange claims about the gay community. Trump has laid claim to having an impressive “gay vote” and backed ...

The post Donald Trump Claims Popular ‘Gay Vote’ And Says New Iran Leader Is Gay appeared first on Star Observer.

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Fox News Apologizes for Using Old Video of Trump Honoring Dead Troops

Fox News does not air reality.

The conservative broadcaster caused uproar on Sunday when it showed footage of a December 2025 dignified transfer rather than the one honoring six U.S. soldiers recently killed in Kuwait. The big difference: Donald Trump dared to don his own merch—a white-and-gold USA baseball cap—for the funereal procession that took place over the weekend, an exploitative fashion…

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Trump Reveals His Inspiration for Iran Bombing Campaign

President Trump wants to use his kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a template for his current plan for regime change in Iran.

Fox News’s Brett Baier reported this development after speaking with the president on Monday morning.

“He said there is a plan. He points to Venezuela as a template,” Baier said. “Which means to me that, going in, they had some sense on the ground of…

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Transcript: As Trump Goes Off Rails on Economy, Fox Bursts His Bubble

T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 2 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to ithere.

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech told a story about his economic successes that is pure fiction from top to bottom. But for…

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As Trump Goes Wildly Awry on Economy, Fox Quietly Bursts His Bubble

Donald Trump’s state of the union speech was the culmination of many months of lies about his economy and his tariffs. Yet in recent days, even Fox News has been admitting to how bad the news is getting. Fox figures have gently tried to tell Trump the truth about tariffs: One hinted Trump should use the Supreme Court ruling against them as an offramp. Another said Republicans are privately…

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Man killed in Maryland barn fire believed to be 'The Wire' actor Bobby J. Brown

The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a 62-year-old man died in a barn fire at his home in Chaptico, Md.

It's believed that the victim was actor Bobby J. Brown, who starred on "The Wire," according to FOX News.

FOX reports that Brown's talent agent, Dr. Albert Bramante, shared a statement following Brown's sudden death.

"Bobby J. Brown was a uniquely talented actor and a man…

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Transcript: Trump Seethes at Bad Polls as Even Fox Admits He’s Tanking

T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the February 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to ithere.

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

With Donald Trump set to deliver his State of the Union speech, he just got hit with a barrage of brutal new polling. One…

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Trump Angered by Fresh Slide in Polls as Even Fox Admits He’s Tanking

A new CNN poll finds Donald Trump’s approval at an abysmal 36 percent. And a _Washington Post_ survey finds him absolutely tanking on just about all major issues. But to Trump, this cannot be real: He just issued an angry, rambling tirade about how such polls are fake. He even declared that his support is “silent,” while insisting he got many millions more votes in 2024 than he actually got.…

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Fox News Begs Trump to Stay Away From War With Iran

Fox News doesn’t want a war with Iran and is trying to persuade its most famous viewer, Donald Trump, that it’s a bad idea.

On _Fox & Friends _Friday morning, host Rachel Campos-Duffy urged Trump to “make a better case” for “potentially going into another war.” Campos-Duffy is the wife of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and was filling in for Ainsley Earhardt.

“I don’t think the case has…

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