NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has asserted that politicians — particularly those within her own party — should vow not to accept “AI money.””Politicians — especially Dems — should pledge not to take AI money. They are buying up influence ahead of the midterms, and Dems who take AI $ will lose authority and trust as the public bears the cost,” the progressive “Squad” member wrote in a Thursday post on X.”Their money will end up being toxic anyway. People are catching on,” she added.FETTERMAN SLAMS AI DATA CENTER MORATORIUM PROPOSAL AS ‘CHINA…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than a week after the Department of Homeland Security said that Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman was murdered at the hands of an illegal immigrant, the school’s newspaper still features an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracker, meant for tipsters to alert the paper about ICE operations in the area.The editorial staff of the Loyola Phoenix announced last October that it had created a map to track ICE activities, soliciting tips about those activities from readers and the public at large. The tracker is highly-touted on the newspaper’s Instagram page, and…

It has pet lovers barking mad. Earlier this week, the world was moved by the heartwarming story of seven courageous canines who escaped China’s meat trade and embarked on an incredible journey home. There was just one problem: It was completely fake. The clip — which has been viewed millions of times on Chinese social media — showed the wag-nificent seven trekking home walking in close formation along a highway in China’s northeastern Jilin province. At one point, the pack of escapees — who included a Golden Retriever, labradors and Pekingese — rallied around a German Shepherd that appeared to…

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Miranda Hope McWhorter is speaking out after Us Weekly exclusively confirmed that costar Jessi Draper kissed her ex-husband, Chase McWhorter. “I knew there had been communication between Chase and Jessi but not to what extent,” Miranda, 27, said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, March 26. “Chase was upfront and told me that they were talking and that they kissed. Jessi reached out only after she knew Chase had told me something was going on with them.” Miranda claimed Jessi sent her “apology flowers” on Thursday, which she documented via her Instagram…

As the saying goes, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. That’s the case for 14-year-old Otto Schellhammer, who miraculously has the only perfect March Madness bracket alive across both the men’s and women’s tournaments. The eighth-grader from the Pittsburgh suburbs has nailed all 48 picks in the women’s bracket entering Friday’s four Sweet 16 contests. He’s reportedly the only person to do so among more than 41 million people across seven major contests, as tracked by the NCAA, according to the Associated Press. “I know people say this a lot about March Madness,” Schellhammer told the AP, “but…

QUICK FACTSName: Lençóis Maranhenses National ParkLocation: State of Maranhão, BrazilCoordinates: -2.5299, -43.0250Why it’s incredible: Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, yet it hosts thousands of temporary lagoons.Lençóis Maranhenses is a national park on Brazil’s northeast coast that is famous for its white sand dunes peppered with thousands of temporary, crystal-clear lagoons.The lagoons form every year during the wet season, between January and June, when rainwater collects in natural basins between the dunes. A compact, impermeable sediment layer prevents the water from draining, thereby creating freshwater pools that vary in shape, size, depth and color, according to UNESCO, which designated Lençóis…

US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel and President Trump’s extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz failed to assuage investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 335 points, or 0.7%, by approximately 9:35 a.m. ET, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.7% and 0.9%, respectively. Brent crude prices jumped 2.6% to $110.82 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude rose the same percentage to $96.93 as Iran maintained its blockade of the strait, a vital maritime route for 20% of the world’s oil – and other key goods like…

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) broke campaign finance laws and committed other violations by taking more than $5 million in federal relief and funneling much of the money toward her political aspirations. An eight-member subcommittee voted early Friday that Cherfilus-McCormick was “guilty” of 25 counts related to the scheme following a rare public “trial” that stretched for more than six hours the night before. “Shortly after the House returns from the April recess, the full Committee will hold a hearing to determine what, if any, sanction would be appropriate for the Committee to recommend,”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bipartisan panel of House lawmakers voted to kickstart a process that could lead to the expulsion of a congressional Democrat accused of laundering millions of disaster relief funds into her campaign account.A House Ethics investigative subcommittee approved a motion for summary judgment, effectively finding Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., guilty of nearly all alleged violations outlined by the committee earlier this year. The verdict came after a rare public ethics hearing on Thursday — the first since 2010 — that lasted more than six hours as lawmakers from both parties grilled Cherfilus-McCormick’s counsel.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An 83-year-old veteran who was allegedly shoved onto subway tracks in New York City by an illegal immigrant with a long criminal history has died from his injuries, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.Richard Williams, a retired Air Force pilot, died March 17 after he and another man were allegedly pushed onto the tracks at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Station days earlier.The alleged attacker, Honduran national Bairon Posada-Hernandez, 34, was arrested March 10 and faces a murder charge. DHS TOUTS ICE NABBING ILLEGAL MIGRANT ACCUSED OF RAPING 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL DESPITE NY SANCTUARY LAWS…