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Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of an election by the late president's handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro.In the seaside city of La Guaira, outside the capital Caracas, twisted rebar and chunks of concrete lie below a pedestal where a group of protesters Monday night ripped down one likeness of Chávez that was dedicated by Maduro in 2017.A video provided to The Associated Press from one protester shows the moment when the 12-foot statue of the leader known as El Comandante was pulled down to raucous shouts of

The United States women's gymnastics team is back on top at the Olympics, winning gold in the team final in Paris. The United States was knocked off their pedestal at the 2020 Toyko Olympics after previously winning gold in this event in 2012 (London) and 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). But the U.S. team of Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey were near perfect to earn the program's third gold in the past four Olympics in the team event.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThis is the fifth gold and 22nd overall medal for the United States in this

An Arizona senator rumored to be one of the top contenders for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate has previously backed border wall construction, and has at times been critical of the Biden administration’s handling of the crisis.Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has been named in multiple reports as a possible vice presidential pick for Harris – who has taken heat for her handling of the crisis as what Republicans have nicknamed the "border czar."But while Harris has a record of left-wing statements in relation to immigration, including calls to cut enforcement funding, Kelly has a significantly more moderate record on

"The View" co-host Joy Behar said she didn't think Democrats needed to be calling former President Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance "weird" and suggested the Democratic Party shouldn't use "name calling.""I don't agree with that, I don't think we should use the word weird. Call him what he is, a convicted felon," she said, referring to Donald Trump specifically. "It opens the door for the other side to say, ‘well you think we’re weird, look at you.'"Democrats, including Vice President Harris, JB Pritzker, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Rep. Eric Swalwell have used the word to describe the

FIRST ON FOX: A bipartisan group of more than 50 House lawmakers is pushing the Biden administration to end its pause on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits in compliance with a recent federal court order, arguing the progressive policy is undercutting U.S. energy both at home and abroad."From day one, President Biden has waged a whole-of-government attack on the American oil and gas industry," House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. "Like most of his executive actions, Biden’s ban on U.S. LNG export permits was blocked by the courts; yet, the Biden Administration’s response

Patrick Hayes of Cumming, Georgia, has been growing his mullet since he was 7 years old.The 11-year-old has become a top 100 finalist in the USA Mullet Championship.It's his first time competing in the event, he told Fox News Digital via email.VIRAL TREND ABOUT LEMON JUICE AND HAIR LIGHTENING TAKES OFF AS TIKTOKER AND EXPERT WEIGH IN" saw it last year and thought it looked cool. Everyone says that I need to be on TV with hair like this. We thought it would be a fun event," Hayes said.The USA Mullet Championship has grown from a local Michigan competition in

Gwen Stefani‘s second son, Zuma Rossdale, is following in his mom and dad's footsteps. On Monday, the 15-year-old took the stage at Blake Shelton's Ole Red bar in Nashville, Tennessee, to make his country music debut. After Shelton, who wed Stefani in 2021, played a few of his own hits for the crowd, the "God Gave Me You" singer proudly introduced his stepson, who was sporting a cowboy hat, jeans and boots. "Zuma, you look so cute," one fan shouted out before the teen began strumming his guitar, per a video shared on X. GWEN STEFANI SHOWS HOW BLAKE SHELTON MARRIAGE 'JUST WORKS' DESPITE DIFFERENT

One of the speakers in a Zoom meeting rallying support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign among White women went viral for her patronizing tone as she chided listeners never to "correct" women of other races.The "White Women: Answer The Call" Zoom meeting gathered 164,000 White women last week, breaking the world record for the largest Zoom call. The massive remote meeting to rally support for Harris featured multiple celebrity guests like U.S. Women’s Soccer star Megan Rapinoe, musician Pink, and actress Connie Britton, the last of whom jokingly dubbed the meeting, "Karens for Kamala." The Thursday gathering was inspired

A growing number of Americans with jobs are still without homes due to rising rents and high inflation.The Washington Post found local shelters and volunteer groups are showing an increasing number of people coming in who work steady jobs. One Tulsa organization reported the top reason cited by many people for being homeless is a lack of affordable housing. "Years of fast-rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing have created a situation where even a strong labor market and rising wages haven’t been enough to offset the financial strains of inflation," the article read.According to the U.S. Department of Housing

Coco Gauff suffered an emotional ouster in the Paris Olympics singles tennis tournament on Tuesday, falling to Croatia’s Donna Vekić in straight sets, 7-6 (7), 6-2.Gauff was left in tears after an argument with the chair umpire over a ruling in the match. The incident happened two games from the end of the match.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMVekić’s return on a serve from Gauff landed near the baseline. A line judge initially called Vekić’s shot out before Gauff could send it back. However, chair umpire Jaume Campistol believed the shot was in and awarded a point to

Going on a cruise for your next vacation might be the way to go, according to a passionate traveler. Leslie Diaz is a 25-year-old from Miami, Florida, who's been going on cruise ships since she was just four years old. She told Fox News Digital that her parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1995 and their preferred way of travel was to go on cruise trips.MAN TRAVELS THE WORLD ON A CRUISE SHIP FOR FREE AFTER QUITTING HIS DAY JOB: ‘HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH’"They always dreamed of traveling the world when they were in Cuba, so cruising was an easy way to get

Former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump endorsed two Republicans in Arizona's 8th Congressional District. Trump gave his support to two out of six candidates in the House primary election, urging supporters to vote for Abraham Hamadeh or Blake Masters to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko."Blake Masters is a very successful businessman, and an incredibly strong supporter of our Movement to Make America Great Again - He is smart and tough!" Trump told his supporters via a Truth Social post on Sunday. "Likewise, Abe Hamadeh, a Veteran, former prosecutor, and fearless fighter for Election Integrity, has been with

American men’s gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik went viral on Monday as he waited around during the team final for his chance to secure a spot on the podium with a pommel horse performance.The Paris Olympics broadcast camera kept showing Nedoroscik getting mentally prepared for his event as he watched his other teammates, Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Paul Juda and Asher Hong, compete in the other disciplines. Nedoroscik was only needed for the pommel horse.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHowever, he caught the eye of social media users who tuned into the event.BRAZIL SENDS SWIMMER HOME FROM PARIS OLYMPICS FOR

Two boxers competing in women’s divisions at the Paris Olympics have complied with all the gender eligibility requirements to fight, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Monday.Questions were raised about Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting’s eligibility after both fighters were disqualified at the 2023 World Championships. However, both fighters participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations," the IOC said.Khelif and Lin were disqualified during

Brazil sent Ana Carolina Vieira home from the Paris Olympics on Sunday over a breach of protocol violation.The Brazilian Swimming Federation said in a statement it sent notice to the Brazilian Olympic Committee that two athletes, Vieira and Gabriel Santos, left the Olympic Village without proper authorization. Santos was given a warning, but Vieira was sent home.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOfficials said Viiera contested the violation "disrespectfully and aggressively.""We’re not here playing or taking a vacation," Brazilian swim team leader Gustavo Otsuka told Reuters. "We’re here working for Brazil, for the 200 million taxpayers who are working

EXCLUSIVE– Conservative activist Leonard Leo says President Biden's efforts to overhaul the Supreme Court may be an effective way to energize his political base, but he should also watch out for less progressive voters being reminded of what's at stake in November."It's a good political ploy. It certainly will help to energize a Democrat base that's reeling from a lot of disorder and uncertainty lately," Leo told Fox News Digital. "But ultimately, these are the kinds of proposals that, I think, not likely to be adopted, but if ever adopted, they would really politicize the institution."The influential fundraiser and legal

A supervisor in Fairfax County, Virginia, is demanding that county leaders remove sanctuary county policies for illegal immigrants, as the sheriff says she will protect the rights of all people, regardless of immigration status.Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid said she will not honor ICE detainers, saying in a letter obtained by WJLA that ICE must obtain a judicial warrant, including for violent offenders who are in the U.S. illegally.Kincaid references former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring's opinion from 2015 that says ICE detainers are only requests. She also cites the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures and the Fourteenth Amendment

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration for reportedly flying illegal immigrants to Missouri.Bailey told Fox News Digital he is filing a lawsuit against President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for refusing to turn over documents related to flying illegal immigrants into Missouri. "We have reason to believe they are deliberately flying illegal aliens from the border into our cities. Not on my watch," Bailey wrote in a post on X.In his lawsuit that he shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, Bailey says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has intentionally delayed responding to

Former President Trump will visit Chicago, Illinois, for the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention, his campaign announced Monday.The convention will be held at the Hilton Chicago at 720 South Michigan Avenue and Trump will participate during its opening day on Wednesday, July 31, at noon CST.The NABJ said on its website that the convention is a conference for journalism education, career development, networking and innovation."This year's convention in the Windy City will attract industry leaders, innovators, and influencers in journalism, media, technology, business, government, community service, health, arts, entertainment, academia, and more," the website said.SECRET SERVICE ALLEGEDLY DELAYED

Kamala Harris has a long digital history – what we used to call a paper trail – that depicts her as an uber-liberal.That’s hardly surprising, since for most of her career – from prosecutor to state attorney general to senator – she needed to appeal only to her left-wing base in royal blue California.But as the Democratic nominee, Harris at some point will have to explain, or explain away, some of those past positions that will not play well in a tight national election, where a series of polls show her in statistical ties with Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan

A U.S. Marine died on Sunday after a vehicle rollover in Twentynine Palms, California, according to the United States Marine Corps.According to a social media post by the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, a Marine assigned to the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group was pronounced dead on Sunday.He was involved in a vehicle rollover with a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle on Saturday at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, the post said.US MILITARY TO UNVEIL NEW COMMAND IN TOKYO AIMED AT COMBATTING CHINAThe Marine was transported to Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital, Twentynine Palms before he

Vice President Harris has stated that President Biden is completely fit to finish his term and serve another, despite his debate and interview performances, after having had more than 80 publicly documented encounters over the past year, a Fox News Digital investigation found.From July 18, 2023, to July 17, 2024, Harris, who is now the presumptive Democrat presidential candidate now that Biden has dropped out, shared at least 25 meetings, eight lunches and 46 events with the president, and they spent two times traveling together. That makes Harris one of the people most capable of speaking to the president's mental

A man was arrested in Houston, Texas, on allegations he sold and shipped counterfeit cancer drugs worth tens of thousands of dollars to people in the U.S.Sanjay Kumar, 43, of Bihar, India, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday.He was arrested on Friday in Houston while he was in the U.S. to negotiate additional deals to expand his illicit business of selling fake oncology pharmaceuticals in the U.S., according to the U.S. Justice Department.SINALOA CARTEL CO-FOUNDER 'EL MAYO' TAKEN INTO US CUSTODYKumar and his co-conspirators are accused of orchestrating the sale and shipment of counterfeit versions of Keytruda

Human remains discovered in a canyon in Grand County, Utah, have been identified as those of a Texas woman who went missing with her husband while exploring an area in Moab last weekend, according to authorities.The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said the Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed that the remains discovered in the canyon on July 22, 2024, have been identified as Maranda Ankofski."The Grand County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest condolences to Ankofski’s family and friends during this difficult time," the sheriff’s office said in a press release. "We understand the profound impact this news may have on

Over 450,000 Massachusetts residents have limited English-language proficiency, a new report finds.The Boston Herald reported that the situation represents "another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other states with lower taxes and cost of living."The report, released by MassInc and UMass Donahue on Wednesday, found that an estimated 480,000 residents have limited English proficiency (LEP). This makes up approximately 10% of the state’s workforce. The data could be an undercount, considering that it stems from 2022 Census estimates.MIGRANTS CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO BOSTON AIRPORT AS MORE THAN 100 SLEEP ON THE FLOORThe report urges state