NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American women are having children later than ever with birth rates hitting record lows and the divide between red and blue states becoming even more stark.A new analysis of birth rates highlights Washington, D.C., and Mississippi as emblematic of trends among first-time mothers. The findings highlight how education, economic opportunities, costs of living and access to reproductive healthcare are reshaping when — and if — Americans start families.But it’s also hard to ignore the party-line divide between areas with the highest age of first-time mothers and the lowest.ROGAN WARNS OF US ‘POPULATION…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump has instructions tucked away in the Oval Office for Vice President JD Vance should he ever need to succeed him as president, deputy assistant to the president Sebastian Gorka said in a recent podcast interview. “There is a letter in the drawer in the Resolute Desk that is addressed to the vice president should something happen to him,” Gorka said on the “Pod Force One” podcast on Wednesday.Trump has faced repeated threats to his life, including an attempted assassination just weeks ago at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner drawing concerns…
A tourist has been charged after throwing a rock at an endangered seal in Hawaii.A federal investigation was sparked after a video appearing to show a man throwing a large rock toward an endangered Hawaiian monk seal off the coast of Maui sparked widespread anger online and across Hawaii. The man, now identified as Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, has now been charged with violating the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Lytvynchuk was on vacation in Hawaii when the incident occurred on May 5. “The unique and precious wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands are renowned symbols of Hawaii’s…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Condemned prisoners on California’s death row are partly filling their time by watching pornography and engaging in lewd conversations using taxpayer-funded tablets as the state continues its shift toward a Norwegian-inspired approach to rehabilitating criminals, according to reports.In an effort to connect its prison population to the outside world, California issued around 90,000 tablets to inmates as part of a multimillion-dollar program where incarcerated people could send and receive messages in real time to loved ones amid a push for digital equity.The devices could also be used, in theory, for educational purposes.…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Capitol Hill lawmakers are clashing over President Donald Trump’s proposal to suspend the federal gas tax as prices climb past $4 a gallon amid the conflict with Iran.Democrats are urging the president to “end the war,” while Republicans are split on whether the plan would deliver real relief.”He’s got to bring this war to an end if he wants these gas prices to come down,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. “And he’s gotta stop this war and stop looking for other gimmicks.””Why doesn’t he just end the Iran war, which is an…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Trump received a red-carpet welcome when he landed in Beijing on Wednesday, with a military honor guard, band and children waving American and Chinese flags ahead of high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.The ceremony also highlighted the bigger question around Trump’s return to China: whether this visit can yield more lasting progress than his 2017 trip, which featured major business announcements but was later followed by a sharp deterioration in U.S.-China trade relations.The meeting comes as trade tensions, the Iran war and disputes over Taiwan place new pressure on Washington…
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Alix Earle is pulling back the curtain on her personal life in her new Netflix reality show, Earle Meets World. Netflix announced in January that Alix and her modern family, including sister Ashtin Earle, would star in a new unscripted series alongside her group of friends. (Alix and Ashtin are the daughters of Thomas “TJ” Earle and Alisa Earle, who have separated. TJ went on to tie the knot with Ashley Earle in 2013 and the couple share daughters Izabel and Penelope and son Thomas.) “I share a lot of my life on social media, and people think they know…
