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-China may gain greater control of Panama Canal after BlackRock deal misses deadline
-Trump backs NYPD after gunman kills off-duty officer in Manhattan office tower shooting
-Michigan Dems seek to prosecute mask-wearing ICE, after state instituted $500 fine for being maskless during COVID
RFK Jr. Pulls Millions from Duke Health Amid DEI Concerns
FIRST ON FOX: Duke Health, the medical arm of Duke University in North Carolina, is seeing more than $100 million in federal funding frozen in compliance with President Donald Trump‘s executive order prohibiting DEI practices.
In a letter to Duke President Vincent Price, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Adam Silver and School of Medicine Dean Mary Klotman, Secretaries Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Linda McMahon outlined that racial preferences in hiring, student admissions, governance and patient care “betray” the mission of American health care and “endanger human lives.”
“The United States invests in medical care and research because of the sacredness of human life and value of human health,” the letter read.Â
“There is arguably no other area of our educational system where the rejection of merit is more dangerous than in medicine, where the competence of doctors means the difference between life and death for patients, and where scientific discovery is the difference between life-saving cures and the ravages of disease.”…READ MORE.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced on Thursday that the HHS will ban illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded programs. (Getty Images)
White House
‘PUT OUT FIRES’: Trump boasts he ‘stopped about five wars’ while opening new Scotland golf course, vows to work with Netanyahu
President Donald Trump tees off during the opening ceremony for the Trump International Golf Links golf course, near Aberdeen, Scotland, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
‘OUGHT TO PAY’: Vance warns of ‘penalty’ for Dems who opposed the ‘big, beautiful, bill’ ahead of 2026 midterms
World Stage
NUCLEAR RED LINE: North Korea breaks silence on Trump’s return, sends message from ‘Rocket Man’
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk after their first meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, in Hanoi. Kim says he’s open to having a third summit with Trump if the United States could offer mutually-acceptable terms for an agreement by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
POLICE STATE: Farage torches UK minister over ‘disgusting’ predator jab in free speech clash
HUNGER POLITICS: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: What to know about the US-backed aid group
‘THE ONLY WAY’: Ex-Israeli official offers bold 2-pronged strategy as ‘the only way’ to free hostages from Hamas
Capitol Hill
EYES PEELED: In the wake of Manhattan mass shooting, NYC lawmaker urges New Yorkers to remain ‘vigilant’
A New York police investigator exits her vehicle at the scene outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot including a police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
‘LIVING IN FEAR’: Mamdani’s rise, ‘vile hatred’ of US Jews the focus of ‘critical’ closed-door congressional huddle
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Fetterman cheers ICE arrests of illegal alien child sex offenders, Luna calls for death penalty
Across AmericaÂ
‘RACIST’: Mamdani’s past ‘defund the police’ stance resurfaces after deadly Manhattan shooting
‘CAT-AND-MOUSE’: Ghislaine Maxwell threatens to dodge Epstein questions unless demands are met
Ghislaine Maxwell procured underage victims for Jeffrey Epstein. (Patrick McMullan)
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