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Who was sentenced for the plot to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent?
Would-be assassin sentenced on Jack Callahan Fox News for a plot to kill Scott Bessent on the day he was confirmed as Treasury Secretary.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced Riley Jane English, also known in court documents as Ryan Michael English, to 73 months for two counts related to the attempt to assassinate then Cabinet member nominee Scott Bessant in January 2025. English pleaded guilty in March to firearms charges, which included carrying a dangerous weapon on the grounds of the Capitol. At sentencing, the judge said English is a trans woman who has many physical and mental
Tanya J. Powers reports English has already served more than a year and a half behind bars and will get credit for that time served. Trial beginning in federal court in Oakland, where several states are suing Meta for billions, claiming it intentionally made its social media platforms addictive to young people.
What are the allegations against Meta in the federal lawsuit over youth addiction?
Outside the courthouse, Mary Rhody said her child committed suicide after being targeted by a criminal on Facebook.
They call it spontaneous suicide. I call it what it was the predictable outcome of a system that protects corporations instead of children.
Meta denies all of the charges. A day after threatening to go on the offensive, Iran has evidently lobbed ballistic missiles toward the United Arab Emirates. Both missiles fell into the Persian Gulf. Another cargo ship was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz today, but as Fox's Jonathan Savage reports
In a truth social post, President Trump wrote, There are no talks or conversations going on or scheduled with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Did Iran launch missiles toward the United Arab Emirates and what was the response?
This after the expiration of the sixty day negotiating period set out in June's memorandum of understanding. He also described the Strait of Hormuz as open and operating, asserting all water mines had been removed. Iran's deputy foreign minister called this a delusion.
Wall Street remains in the red, NASDAQ down three hundred forty-two points, the Dow up one twenty-six. America's listening to Fox News. The city of Nashville is joining a lawsuit against the federal government over restrictions on anti-terrorism grants.
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, are signing onto a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the department withholding parts of FEMA grants due to the local government not complying with Trump administration demands to use paper ballots in elections, verify citizenship of voters, and conduct ballot audits.
Why are Nashville and other cities suing the federal government over anti‑terrorism grant restrictions?
The grants are intended for law enforcement and anti-terrorism programs. Nashville, along with Harris, El Paso counties in Texas and Columbus, Ohio, argue the grants shouldn't be tied to those demands. Evan Brown, Fox News.
Minnesota's attorney general Keith Ellison is suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott to try and compel the extradition of an immigration and customs enforcement agent to stand trial for assault in the wounding of a man during the agency's immigration crackdown earlier this year in Minneapolis. More than a dozen Penn State University students have been charged in a cocaine trafficking scheme.
Prosecutors say the pledges of these fraternities were cutting and packaging the cocaine as part of their frat initiation as this massive drug operation stretched from Penn State all the way to New York. Now more than a dozen people have been charged, including thirteen current or former Penn State students.
How did a Penn State fraternity become involved in a multi‑state cocaine trafficking ring?
Police say one of their dads was trying to interfere with the investigation. From Long Island, New York. So law enforcement says Apatello was known as the largest cocaine dealer for Penn State students. Well, according to law enforcement, they say the suppliers made drug runs to New York and brought back as much as a kilo of cocaine.
Fox's Alexis McAdams in a statement Penn State says it's horrified by the allegations. U.S. and Canadian negotiators plan to meet one more time between now and midnight when 50% tariffs are set to be imposed on billions of dollars of Canadian goods. I'm Jack Callahan. This is Fox News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who was sentenced for the plot to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent?
0:02–0:54
2
What are the allegations against Meta in the federal lawsuit over youth addiction?
0:54–1:36
3
Did Iran launch missiles toward the United Arab Emirates and what was the response?
1:36–2:27
4
Why are Nashville and other cities suing the federal government over anti‑terrorism grant restrictions?
2:27–3:16
5
How did a Penn State fraternity become involved in a multi‑state cocaine trafficking ring?
3:16–3:57