Texas border officials seize more than 266 pounds of meth at US-Mexico bridge

Texas border officials seize more than 266 pounds of meth at US-Mexico bridge Sep 13, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Texas intercepted more than 266 pounds of methamphetamine at the U.S.-Mexico border last Friday.  Officers with CBP’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) encountered the illicit narcotics at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility, located in southern Texas, near McAllen.  Officers discovered the drugs in a commercial tractor-trailer arriving from Mexico, CBP said in a press release.  A CBP officer referred the vehicle for further inspection, which involved the use of nonintrusive inspection systems.  CALIFORNIA SHERIFF SAYS FENTANYL AN ‘URGENT HEALTH CRISIS’ AFTER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER NEARLY POISONED Upon inspection, officers discovered about 266.75 pounds of what they believed to be methamphetamine concealed within the trailer. The estimated street value was more than $2.3 million, CBP said.  CBP OFO seized the narcotics and the tractor-trailer. The case is being investigated by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI).  "Our CBP officers relied on their experience and all available tools and resources to thwart this smuggling attempt," Port Director Carlos Rodriguez said in a statement. No details were provided regarding the identity of the driver or drivers. Fox News has reached out to CBP seeking more information on this incident.  Continue Reading Appeal for 1976 slaying trial in Wisconsin to continue even though convicted murderer has died Sep 13, 2022 An appeal of the conviction in the 1976 slayings of a young couple in Wisconsin continues to wind its way through the courts, even though the man found guilty in the murders has died in prison. Attorneys for Raymand Vannieuwenhoven are trying to have his conviction overturned by challenging the way investigators obtained DNA from him that was used to break the cold case. Detectives got a sample of Vannieuwenhoven's DNA from an envelope he licked when responding to a phony police performance survey. 28 WISCONSIN LAKES, OTHER SITES ON FEDERAL LAND RENAMED TO REMOVE RACIST WORD The 85-year-old Vannieuwenhoven died in June at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution. He was convicted last year of fatally shooting 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in a Marinette County park on July 9, 1976, in Silver Cliff. A brief filed Friday in support of the appeal, attorney Ana Babcock wrote that Vannieuwenhoven had an expectation of privacy with his DNA, WLUK-TV reported. FORMER WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO RUN FOR SPOT ON COURT AGAIN NEXT YEAR "While the law does tolerate some deceit on behalf of the police (e.g., police can sometimes make misrepresentations during an interrogation), trickery has no place when it comes to voluntary consent," Babcock wrote. For decades, the widower and father of five children lived quietly among the 800 residents of Lakewood, a northeastern Wisconsin town surrounded by forests and small lakes. WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE $31 MILLION OPIOID SETTLEMENT SPENDING PLAN The cold case was revived in 2019 when a DNA sample from evidence at the crime scene was determined to be from a particular family. A criminal complaint says that samples tested from Vannieuwenhoven’s brothers weren’t a match, but a a sample from him obtained from the envelope was a match. Continue Reading Senate Republicans demand Biden admin rescind Head Start toddler mask mandate Sep 13, 2022 Seventeen Republican senators are demanding that the Biden administration rescind the mask mandate for federal Head Start preschool programs, which still requires masking for children ages 2 and older. The group is led by Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr, R-N.C. They specifically ask Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to do away with an interim final rule (IFR) that requires masking for all staff and participants in Head Start programs ages 2 and older. "As you know, as of January 31, 2022, this IFR requires Head Start staff and volunteers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It also requires Head Start staff and volunteers to wear masks," the letter says. "But beyond these mandates, the IFR also requires students two years of age and older to wear masks despite the World Health Organization advising against mask mandates for children five years of age and younger." EMERGENCY COVID MONEY FROM EARLY 2021 BILL SLOW TO BE SPENT, GOES TO MANY NON-COVID USES Head Start serves low-income children, primarily 3 and 4 years of age, according to its website. The letter comes amid growing worries the pandemic, including masking, may have harmed children and their development. Meanwhile, across the country, most school districts have lifted their mask mandates. The IFR on masking in Head Start programs, meanwhile, said that keeping cases down and day care and preschool centers open is a strong reason for universal masking. "Closures impose hardship on Head Start children and families by diminishing the ability to attend Head Start in person," the IFR says. "The result is harm to early learning and development. Closures also diminish the ability of parents to work or participate in schooling." In the letter, the senators also note that the Senate passed a resolution disapproving of the continued requirement that children in Head Start programs wear masks But, they wrote, "President Biden unfortunately committed to vetoing it." "The nation must continue transition toward treating COVID-19 as an endemic condition and return to a sense of normalcy, and it is past time for Washington bureaucrats to allow Head Start programs to do the same," the letter said. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office last week slammed the Biden administration’s ongoing mask mandate for low-income toddlers, calling it an "unacceptable" harm to children that even contradicts current guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Current CDC guidelines recommend universal masking only in areas with high COVID-19 community levels. Fox News' Jessica Chasmar contributed to this report. Continue Reading World leaders expected to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral include President Biden and Macron Sep 13, 2022 The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II is expected to draw many world leaders to London, possibly causing the city or large portions of it to shut down ahead of the event. "Due to the amount of dignitaries flying in, the Metropolitan Police Force is getting to the point where they might end up saying London is closed," Hilary Fordwich, an expert on the Royal Family, told Fox News Digital. The queen's state funeral is expected to be a massive event, with leaders such as Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan all expected to attend. But the list will not include Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Fordwich said was the only world leader who was not invited amid Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.  QUEEN ELIZABETH II, BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY’S NET WORTH President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will also be in attendance. Nile Gardiner, a former foreign policy advisor under Margaret Thatcher, told Fox News Digital the American dignitaries will likely be a visible presence. "The seating plan has been very closely guarded by the palace," Gardiner said. "I would expect, of course, the President of the United States to be in a very prominent position near the front, as the United States is Great Britain’s closest friend and ally." Other foreign leaders who have announced plans to attend include Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, Finland President Sauli Niinisto, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Hungarian President Katalin Novák, Irish President Michael Higgins, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Latvian President Egils Levits, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia Ortiz, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Tonga King George Tupou VI and Trinidad and Tobago President Paula-Mae Weekes. Some foreign leaders are expected to send high-ranking officials to represent their country. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Monday that the country was sending Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to the funeral. With seating arrangements so tight, each country is permitted one representative and a guest, meaning former presidents and prime ministers are not expected to be in attendance. While Gardiner expects security to be tight, he does not believe all of London will be shut down. "Large parts of central London will be closed to the vehicles, and the area around Westminster will be largely shut down … so the heart of the city around Westminster will be closed to all vehicles," Gardiner said. "I expect that the public will be able to walk around most of it …. but you're not going to see the whole of London shut down." Continue Reading Trump-picked special master candidate signed Carter Page warrant before FBI misconduct discovered Sep 13, 2022 The candidate proposed by former President Donald Trump and approved by the Justice Department to mediate the fight over documents seized at Trump's home once approved a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to surveil Trump campaign aide Carter Page – but his approval of the warrant came before the discovery of FBI misconduct surrounding that application. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the appointment of an independent special master to review the records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented August raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Among others, Trump’s lawyers proposed retired chief Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master, and the Justice Department approved Dearie as an appropriate candidate, citing his "substantial judicial experience" presiding over cases "involving national security and privilege concerns." Judge Cannon has the final say on whether to accept Dearie, and it is unclear when she might announce her decision. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT SUPPORTS ONE OF TRUMP'S NOMINEES FOR SPECIAL MASTER Dearie was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He later served seven years on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). But while Dearie is a Republican nominee, he has a history with the most recent Republican president. While serving on the FISC, Dearie signed off on and approved the final warrant to surveil Carter Page as part of the FBI’s original investigation into whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russian government to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Questions have been raised as to why Trump’s team would have proposed a judge who played a critical role in the Trump-Russia probe to be special master. But Dearie could be in a unique position to review actions taken by the FBI, as he approved a FISA warrant against Page based on a misleading FISA application, doctored by former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith. TRUMP LEGAL TEAM OBJECTS TO DOJ PROPOSED CANDIDATES FOR SPECIAL MASTER Clinesmith altered an email about Carter Page to say that he was "not a source" for another government agency, even though Page has said he was a source for the CIA. The Justice Department relied on Clinesmith’s assertion as it submitted its third and final renewal application in 2017 to eavesdrop on Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Justice Department inspector general first recommended Clinesmith for prosecution, after conducting its own review of the origins of the Russia investigation. FLASHBACK: CARTER PAGE FISA WARRANT LACKED PROBABLE CAUSE, DOJ ADMITS IN DECLASSIFIED ASSESSMENT Special Counsel John Durham charged Clinesmith with making a false statement – the first criminal case arising out of his investigation. Clinesmith pleaded guilty and in 2021 he was sentenced to 12 months probation and 400 hours of community service. Durham’s charging document said Clinesmith "did willfully and knowingly make and use a false writing and document, knowing the same to contain a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and entry in a matter before the jurisdiction of the executive branch and judicial branch of the Government of the United States." Durham’s charging document revealed that another FBI official took Clinesmith’s altered email, relied on it, and signed and submitted the renewed FISA application to the FISC. That warrant was signed by Dearie. The Justice Department's inspector general also revealed that the unverified anti-Trump dossier helped serve as the basis for other warrants obtained against Carter Page. The dossier was commissioned by opposition research firm Fusion GPS. It contained allegations of purported coordination between Trump and the Russian government. It was authored by Christopher Steele, an ex-British intelligence officer. DESPITE ACQUITTAL, DURHAM TRIAL OF SUSSMANN ADDED TO EVIDENCE CLINTON CAMPAIGN PLOTTED TO TIE TRUMP TO RUSSIA The Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the dossier through the law firm Perkins Coie. The Justice Department admitted in 2020 that the FISA warrants to surveil Page, when stripped of the FBI's misinformation, did not meet the necessary legal threshold and never should have been issued. While the Justice Department supports Dearie, its initial list of candidates included Judge Barbara Jones, who served on the federal bench in Manhattan and served as special master in high-profile cases involving Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen. The second, Thomas Griffith, is a former federal appeals court jurist in the District of Columbia. Trump’s legal team filed a motion Monday opposing those candidates. Trump’s team proposed Dearie and a prominent Florida lawyer, Paul Huck Jr. TRUMP LAWYERS OPPOSE DOJ REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO USE CLASSIFIED DOCS SEIZED BY FBI DURING INVESTIGATION Lawyers for Trump said they believe the so-called special master should review all documents seized by the FBI during its search last month of Mar-a-Lago, including records with classification markings, and filter out any that may be protected by claims of executive privilege. The Justice Department, by contrast, said it does not believe the arbiter should be permitted to inspect classified records or resolve potential claims of executive privilege. Continue Reading Pro-life activist clashes with Dr. Phil, audience member on abortion: 'You keep speaking over me' Sep 13, 2022 A new Dr. Phil installment centering on abortion and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade saw a pro-life advocate clash with the show’s host and an audience member during several tense exchanges on Monday.  In the first episode of Dr. Phil’s 21st season, pro-life activist Lila Rose sat down with the doctor, as well as a pro-choice couple to discuss various facets of the abortion issue, including the question of when life begins.  Dr. Phil said nobody on the panel is "pro-death" or "pro-abortion," instead labeling the divide over abortion as a disagreement between those who are "pro-choice," and those who are "pro-life." He then turned to Rose and claimed there is no "consensus" among the scientific community about when life forms.  "There is Dr. Phil, 96% of scientists say that begins at fertilization--," Rose said as Dr. Phil began to talk over her. ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST BLASTS DC AUTHORITIES FOR TAKING NO ACTION ON POSSIBLE ILLEGAL ABORTIONS "No, actually there’s not--," Dr. Phil quickly replied as Rose continued her point.  "If you’re an in-vitro specialist you’re looking to create a single cell embryo, then you know you have a human life, so it is a scientific fact," Rose added, as Dr. Phil continued the crosstalk, asking her to let him finish.  Dr. Phil then again asserted there is no scientific consensus. Rose asked the host when he believes life begins. Dr. Phil replied that it didn’t matter what he believed, calling her claim about scientific consensus "not true." Rose called his position "simply inaccurate." The host opened up a booklet where he noted that some neuroscientists purport that life begins when there is a detectable brain wave.  "In an abortion if it’s not a human life why do you have to kill it?" Rose interjected.  RAISING PRO-LIFE KIDS IN A PRO-CHOICE CULTURE IN AMERICA: 'IT ALL BEGINS IN THE HOME,' SAY ACTIVISTS "I haven’t spoken over you, and you keep speaking over me and I assume that’s because you don’t want me to finish my though which is if anyone here wants to fact-check me instead of speak over me, you can go to the scientific literature and query what the definition is of the beginning of life, and you will find that there are different definitions," Dr. Phil retorted. Rose’s claim that there is scientific consensus that life begins at fertilization appears to stem from a survey conducted by the nonpartisan "Brief of Biologists as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party." The survey was submitted to the Supreme Court before the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.  The survey found that 96% of the 5,577 biologists from 1,058 academic institutions surveyed affirmed that a human’s life begins at fertilization. Furthermore, 85% of the 5,577 biologists self-identified as pro-choice, 89% self-identified as liberal, and 95% claimed that they held a Ph.D. Another contentious debate erupted when Dr. Phil began to take questions from the audience. One woman began yelling at Rose for her pro-life stance. She told Rose that she had "no empathy." "There is nothing that you can possibly say to justify that level of lack of empathy," the woman said, prompting many in the audience to clap. "That’s the problem I feel like in this country, at the moment, we were founded on the lack of empathy, and we’ve just kept up with that tradition. You have no empathy." VP KAMALA HARRIS MEETS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS LEADERS TO DISCUSS ABORTION ACCESS Rose replied that nobody talks about how devastating abortion can be on a woman’s mental health, to which the audience member began speaking over her.  "You know what it’s really like to get raped and then have to have the child, what kind of trauma is that producing on somebody?" she asked.  "The child’s an innocent party there--," Rose said.  "The child isn’t born yet—it’s not there," the woman angrily replied.  Rose said that "generational sin" should not be taken out on a child, to which the woman clarified that the discussion should rather be on the fact that a right was taken away, and that women should be concerned about what rights are next.  "I want to address that because our fundamental right that we all share in this room is life," Rose said. "It’s the first human right. Laws are meant to protect the week, in a society who’s the weakest? Who’s the weakest in society? A child. They don’t have a voice." The woman then claimed that the poorest people in a society are the weakest, not a child. Rose somewhat agreed, noting that the poor, children, and the disabled are among the weakest in society. She concluded by stating that "whether you live 10 minutes or 10 years, or 100 years, you’re a human life, and you have the right not to be killed." Continue Reading Rick Scott won't commit to backing McConnell as GOP Senate leader Sep 13, 2022 National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott this week declined to back Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for another term as leader of the Senate Republicans. Scott was asked by Fox News Digital at the National Conservatism Conference if he supported McConnell in the leadership position next year. "We'll see what he wants to do," said Scott, R-Fla. "We'll have an election after the November elections, I'm confident that we're going to get a majority. So, we'll make a decision then." The remarks come amid rumors of a long-simmering feud between Scott and McConnell even as they work to ensure the GOP retakes the Senate majority. GOP INFIGHTING 'DOESN'T EVER MAKE SENSE,' SEN. TILLIS SAYS AMID PUBLIC MCCONNELL, SCOTT DISAGREEMENT Those rumors have only increased as Senate Democrats outraise Republicans in contests considered critical to the GOP's effort to win the majority. Tension between the two grew after McConnell told an audience in his home state of Kentucky that the House had a better chance of flipping to the GOP than the Senate. "I think there's probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate," said McConnell. "Senate races are just different, they're statewide. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome." CHUCK SCHUMER OFFERS UP $15 MILLION TO BOLSTER DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAMPAIGNS Scott rejected McConnell's conclusion about "candidate quality" but said such disagreements were not enough to hamper the GOP's efforts to retake the majority. "We clearly have a strategic disagreement about the quality of our candidates. I believe we have great candidates this year," Scott told Fox News Digital. "But we're both working well to make sure we get our majority back. I appreciate what he's doing." The duo first clashed earlier this year when Scott released an agenda for what he believed Republicans should accomplish once in power. Democrats seized on the plan for proposing that Congress should reauthorize federal programs every five years and suggesting that all Americans should pay some level of income tax. McConnell was quick to repudiate the agenda publicly, arguing that it was not the official platform of the Senate Republican Conference. "Let me tell you what would not be a part of our agenda," McConnell said at a March press conference. "We will not have as part of our agenda a bill that raises taxes on half the American people and sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years." McConnell's allies say it was improper for Scott to release the proposal given his role in leading the Senate GOP campaign committee. Scott, who never claimed the proposal spoke for all Senate Republicans, has since revised the agenda to exclude the controversial portions. The purported disagreement between Scott and McConnell is part of a larger division among Republicans this cycle. Some, like McConnell, want the midterms to be a referendum on 40-year high inflation and President Biden. Others, like Scott, say Republicans must present an alternative to the Democrats if they want to earn the voters' trust. "When I ran [for governor] in 2010, I had a very specific plan to turn around the Florida economy, which we did," Scott told Fox News Digital. "I think we ought to be talking about exactly what we are going to do to turn around this country, rescue this country." McConnell's political team declined to comment for this story. Continue Reading Oregon parents rights group files petition against Oregon Health Authority over school vaccine mandate Sep 13, 2022 Oregon parents are rising up to challenge the state’s health department to repeal a ban on unvaccinated teachers, staff, and parents from schools. A parents' rights group called the Oregon Moms Union on Monday filed a petition to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to repeal OAR 333-019-1030.  OAR 333-019-1030 mandates a COVID-19 vaccination for teachers and school staff.  "Children are required to attend school, which is a congregate setting where COVID-19 can spread easily if precautions are not taken. COVID-19 undergoes frequent mutations as it replicates, which over time has resulted in variants that are more transmissible or cause more severe disease," OHA stated under the OAR 333-019-1030 policy. Back in August 19, 2021, Gov. Kate Brown announced healthcare workers and all teachers, educators, support staff, and volunteers in K-12 schools would need to be fully vaccinated.  UTAH STATE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED RULE CHANGE THAT GIVES PARENTS MORE OF A VOICE IN THE CLASSROOM Oregon Moms Union claimed that "this rule is exacerbating public education staffing shortages by banning qualified teachers, staff, and volunteer parents from classrooms for not being vaccinated." The petition was filed by the Oregon Moms Union President and Founder MacKensey Pulliam. The petition blasts the OHA’s mandate for contradicting "CDC guidance." The petition goes on to say that CDC guidance "no longer differentiates between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals when it comes to testing and isolation, therefore vaccinations should not be a requirement for teachers, staff, and volunteers." The petition is part of a process to review the validity of OHA's vaccine mandate. "The CDC guidance has changed since this rule was implemented and they no longer differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals," said Pulliam in a press release. "Parents are asking why this outdated rule is still in effect when we need to prioritize getting teachers the support they need and giving parents the ability to get back into the classroom to get our kids caught up." SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SCHOOL DISTRICT PLACES WARNING LABELS ON OVER 100 BOOKS The petition seeks to force OHA to repeal the "outdated rule" on "behalf of parents and students. A public comment period where OHA will collect public feedback will be available.  Under the Administrative Procedure Act, any interested party can request an agency to issue, amend, or repeal a rule.  OHA Public Health Division previously received petitions to amend OAR 333-019-1015, which is a masking requirement in school, and petitions to repeal the aforementioned OAR 333-019-1030. After a petition was filed, OHA invited public comment on the rules in accordance with state law. Then they reviewed the comments to determine whether the rule should be reconsidered. Within 90 days after receipt of the petition, the agency will either deny the petition or initiate rulemaking proceedings. CONNECTICUT TEACHER'S CONTROVERSIAL WORKSHEET ENRAGES PARENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS: ‘FRUSTRATING AS HELL’  Forming in early 2021, Oregon Moms Union was created in the wake of COVID-19 school shutdowns and distance learning. The Oregon Moms Union "seeks to empower parents to advocate for a student-first K-12 education system." The Oregon Moms Union currently has more than 90 volunteer School District Captains serving in more than 75 school districts. Parents all over the country have been speaking out against coronavirus-related mandates in schools and progressive curricula that have been associated with critical race theory or gender theory.  The issues prompted parents to rise up to run for school board seats after concerns over educational content during the coronavirus pandemic. Some parents who had little political experience pulled off victories. Continue Reading US sailor killed in Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest after decades-long effort to identify remains Sep 13, 2022 U.S. sailor Herbert Jacobson will finally be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetary on Tuesday, decades after he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ceremony is the result of a decades-long effort to identify Jacobson's remains and will take place 80 years after the then-21-year-old's death. Jacobson was among 400 sailors and marines killed aboard the USS Oklahoma when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. "This has kind of been an unsolved mystery and it gives us closure to finally know what happened to Bert, where he is and that he’s being finally laid to rest after being listed as an unknown for so long," Brad McDonald, a nephew of Jacobson's, told Fox 32. Jacobson grew up in Grayslake, Illinois, before joining the Navy. McDonald says a friend of Jacobson's told him that he was likely "asleep in his bunk and died before he even knew a war was going on. But we don’t really know," according to Fox 32. RARE AND UNSEEN PHOTOS: AFTER PEARL HARBOR PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR JACK HOLDER REMEMBERS THE AFTERMATH The U.S. marked the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack last year. The Pearl Harbor attack against the United States was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at 7:48 a.m. local time, eighty years ago to this day. That attack led to America’s entry into World War II in the Pacific and European theaters. The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy ships, including eight battleships, according to the National World War II Museum. Maureen Mackey contributed to this report. Continue Reading Britney Spears body-shames Christina Aguilera, singer unfollows her: report Sep 13, 2022 Christina Aguilera was body-shamed by Britney Spears in a seemingly unprovoked Instagram post on Monday. Spears posted a quote to her Instagram by comedian Rodney Dangerfield that reads, "I found there was only one way to look thin: hangout with fat people." The "Toxic" singer editorialized the comment, writing, "I wish I could have chosen the nannies for my children … my dancers … I mean if I had Christina Aguilera’s dancers I would have looked extremely small."  The pop star, who has taken to Instagram in the past to publicize feuds she has had, continued saying, "I mean why not talk about it ??" BRITNEY SPEARS SAYS SHE'S 'NOT WILLING' TO SEE SONS UNTIL SHE FEELS 'VALUED' Though Spears has maintained a well-liked image in Hollywood, her latest Instagram was poorly received by fans. One fan commented, "Oof. Love Britt- but this was in bad taste. Body shaming to make yourself feel better is not where it’s at," while another wrote, "This is rude. I’m disappointed, Britney." The singer also wrote in her caption, "Don’t you think my confidence would have been a bit better if I could choose where I lived, ate, whom I called on the phone, dated and who was on stage with me !!! It’s hard sometimes now I see how much of my womanhood was stripped away at that time and every person sat back and didn’t say a thing !!! Anyways … I will be here talking bout things people NEVER talked about." Just a year ago, Spears voiced her frustration with Aguilera for not speaking out enough during her conservatorship predominately controlled by her estranged father, Jamie Spears. In an interview in January 2022, Aguilera was asked to comment on their relationship, saying of Spears that she is "someone I have so much respect and admiration for." She went on to say, "I couldn't be happier for her…every woman deserves to feel empowered and to own that for themselves however they see fit." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER While the two have maintained a contentious relationship, they share several mutual friends — from Madonna to Paris Hilton, both of whom were at Spears' June wedding. Aguilera has not publicly responded to Spears' comments, but Entertainment Weekly reported that unfollowed Spears' Instagram account. A representative for Aguilera did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Continue Reading

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