Rick Ballinger

NEW: VP Vance calls out officials in Hawaii for refusing to crack down on Medicaid fraud in the state: "Guess how many convictions or indictments has Hawaii had over the last few years in its Medicaid fraud program? The answer is zero." "Not a single indictment, not a single conviction, because the administrators of the Hawaii program just don't take it seriously. They don't think that fraud is a big enough problem."

VP VANCE: "So you're saying that we kicked off 800 fraudulent healthcare providers off of the Medicare system, and not a single one of them called the government and said, 'hey, you made a mistake?'" DR. OZ: "We've had a handful of calls. We're not sure they're legitimate yet, but it's less than 20 out of 800 and we're auditing them." VP VANCE:" Unbelievable... At least 780 are not even trying to claim that they're not fraudulent?" "Those are businesses that we were giving hundreds of millions, in some cases billions of dollars to, not to provide services, but to make a fraudster rich. It's just completely insane."

The Army found the body of one of two soldiers who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago. king5.com/article/news/n…

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador is being charged in the stabbing deaths of two women hours apart in Nassau County, New York. Authorities say 22-year-old Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera is facing one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the two violent death. Investigators say the suspect knew both women and was taken into custody after approaching officers and indicating he had killed someone earlier that night.

🚨 BREAKING: Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco following an annual multinational military exercise, sparking an ongoing search-and-rescue effort by U.S. and allied forces, officials said Sunday. The war games exercise, known as African Lion, started in April and runs across four countries, marking the U.S. military's largest annual exercise in Africa.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is under fire after Spirit Airlines abruptly shut down, two years after she praised a blocked merger between Spirit and JetBlue as a "Biden win for flyers." Spirit has ceased operations immediately, leaving many travelers stranded after all flights were canceled and reigniting debate over whether federal regulators got it wrong in blocking the merger. The Democrat defended her position following Spirit’s collapse, arguing that rising oil prices due to the Iran conflict was "the nail in the coffin" for the doomed airline.

NEW: Sen. Chuck Schumer refuses to say whether he stands by his recent statement that "nobody in the country respects ICE and Border Patrol." The Senate minority leader tells FOX News' @BillMelugin_ that the agencies "need reform" — but doesn't respond to the original question.

A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci has been indicted on federal charges alleging he conspired to hide his communications related to COVID-19 research. king5.com/article/news/n…

Ilhan Omar says goodbye to her MILLIONAIRE status after her office says past fillings showing the congresswoman had up to $30m in assets were due to accounting errors. An updated filing now claims she and her husband have assets only valued up to $95k. The revised disclosure came after the Office of Congressional Conduct requested additional information about the Minnesota congresswoman’s apparent wealth earlier this year.

BREAKING: DHS confirms that the suspect arrested for attempting to rape a woman while she was waiting for a rideshare in Arlington County, VA is a Guatemalan illegal alien who entered the US as a gotaway & has at least 25 prior charges in the county going back to 2020. Police in Arlington County arrested 28-year-old Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran for the attempted rape after they say he approached the woman early Sunday morning while she was waiting to be picked up, then shoved her against a wall where he physically and sexually assaulted her until two good Samaritans intervened. DHS says his prior charges in Arlington County include nine counts of being intoxicated in public, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer, and several probation violations. DHS statement: “Virginia's sanctuary policies allowed this illegal alien to go on a crime spree,” said Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Despite prior arrests by law enforcement, this criminal was released from jail multiple times before he went on to commit this attempted heinous rape. We are calling on Arlington County sanctuary politicians and Governor Abigail Spanberger to commit to not releasing this criminal from jail back into our communities. How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?”

BREAKING: Biden DOJ weaponized FACE Act against pro-life Americans, coordinating with pro-abortion groups to track activists, 882-page report from Trump DOJ alleges

BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a criminal investigation into the disappearance of an American woman in the Bahamas. Lynette Hooker's husband said she fell overboard during a boat trip on Saturday night.

JUSTICE DELAYED: The man accused in the deadly stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina light rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial, according to newly released court documents. Attorneys for Decarlos Brown Jr. have asked the court to reschedule a hearing scheduled for this month, saying that any attempt to "restore capacity" regarding his mental state cannot be established while he's in custody. The request will ultimately delay Brown’s case as he awaits a psychiatric evaluation.

NEW: President Trump reveals a 'leaker' released vital information about the search and rescue mission for the downed pilot in Iran: "We're looking very hard to find that leaker... [Iran] didn't know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information." "We're going to go to the media company that released it, and we're going to say, 'national security, give it up or go to jail.'"

BREAKING: “To our adversaries watching from Tehran, let this be a clear message. The United States military will go anywhere, at any time, to protect our own and complete the mission. We execute with precision. We control the sky.” “We fight with honor. And under President Trump’s leadership, we win.” - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

REPORTER: "Do you believe that God supports the United States' actions in this war?" PRESIDENT TRUMP: "I do because God is good." "God doesn't like what's happening. I don't like what's happening. Everyone says I enjoy it. I don't enjoy this."

JUST IN: President Trump reveals why other presidents didn't take action against Iran: "They're very good bulls--- artists. That's why for 47 years they've been bulls----ing other presidents and they haven't done the job."

EXCLUSIVE: The hidden $250K machine of 9 paid vendors behind the 'flagship' #NoKings protest in St. Paul, Minnesota I followed the money behind the No Kings protest in St. Paul, Minn., and uncovered an estimated $250,000 paid to 9 vendors to produce an event that was about the size of a Def Leppard concert. Sources said that the Democratic nonprofit Indivisible paid the bill. It didn't respond to numerous requests for comment. How did I piece this together? Well, I have a rule when reporting on the protest industry: be the first there and one of the last to leave. That’s how I met Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co. production manager Matt Svobodny, one of the very nice hard-working members of the production crew behind the scenes in St. Paul, as they were breaking down the set for the No Kings protest, long after Bruce Springsteen and most of the anti-Trump protesters had left. He was straightforward, candid and matter-of-fact about what it takes to throw a protest and, a few days later, guided me -- and you -- through the warehouse where Slamhammer stores the equipment it pulled out for the protest. He provided the kind of transparency that the secretive nonprofits behind the protests should actually be providing to citizens and the media. See for yourself: ➡️ the mobile stage ➡️ the speakers ➡️ nearly a mile of heavy-duty feeder cable used to distribute electricity throughout the rally site and the ballistic ➡️ bullet-resistant barriers that shielded the Bruce Springsteen, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, TIm Walz, Ilhan Omar, Randi Weingarten and the day's other bold-faced names WATCH the video that I recorded ⬇️ Thank you to Fox News Digital's Hannah Brennan for her work editing the video. In our new @FoxNews Digital exclusive, I lay out how the "flagship" protest in St. Paul wasn’t spontaneous, like most of the media reported. It was professionally engineered. And that raises a bigger question: When protests look like productions…who’s really behind the curtain? I answer that question in the article and the thread below 🧵👇 A former Obama and Biden administration political strategist and campaign operative Roger Fisk takes credit for being the "Senior Advisor to the #NoKings flagship event," fine-tuning the "art and science" of throwing the St. Paul protest, along with two other "No Kings" protests last year. Fisk didn't respond to a request for comment. The protests have parroted Chinese government propaganda, demonizing America as a "fascist" nation and Trump as a "king." Partners in the protests were pro-communist groups funded by Neville Roy Singham, a tech tycoon living in Shanghai. @DataRepublican, You'll want to read this. READ: foxnews.com/politics/behin… Behind the scenes, I identified 9 vendors that were paid an estimated $250,000 to construct the protest: ➡️ Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co. — mobile stage, 100-speaker sound system, lighting, 1,700 ft cable, ballistic barriers → estimated $100,000 ➡️ Fire Up Video — 4 jumbo screens → estimated $20,000 ➡️ Algorithm, an AV company — 2 jumbo screens → estimated $25,000 ➡️ Common World Productions — 2 LED stage screens → estimated $10,000 ➡️ Warning Lites of Minnesota — bike-rack barricades → estimated $15,000 ➡️ E5 Energy — generators, electrical distribution → estimated $15,000 ➡️ Ultimate Events — tents, chairs, tables → estimated $30,000 ➡️ On Site Companies — ~300 porta-toilets → estimated $25,000 ➡️ Fast Kat Connects — high-speed internet → estimated $10,000 Total: an estimated $250,000. This wasn’t a rally that just “popped up,” as CNN reported. It was built, truck by truck, cable by cable, screen by screen. 🧵 with how it worked.

ERIKA KIRK: "When you have that heavy intake of the press, and you're reading all the stories...as a Christian, how do you guard your heart and mind..." KAROLINE LEAVITT: "Through prayer and faith. It's the only way, to just cover yourself in prayer." "Faith gives you such perspective that even the worst story or the worst news cycle is just a moment in its passing. This too shall pass."

SEE IT: President Trump makes history en route to the high-stakes SCOTUS birthright citizenship hearing, marking the first time a sitting president has attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court.