An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York Appellate Division overturned the penalty, ruling the disgorgement was an excessive fine that violates the Eighth Amendment. The five-member …

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) meeting on Thursday saw multiple parents speak out against and in defense of the league’s policies allowing biological males to compete in girls sports. California has become a hotbed of controversial incidents involving trans athletes competing in girls high school sports over the last year, …

FIRST ON FOX: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a largely taxpayer-funded body that has taken in hundreds of millions in federal dollars, is facing pushback for fast-tracking a climate review that critics say is an attempt to undermine the Trump administration’s energy agenda. Earlier this month, Politico …

The Trump administration began handing over documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case to the House Oversight Committee on Friday, a spokesperson for the panel said. House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., has committed to making the documents public in the interest of transparency, albeit after a committee review for sensitive …

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, the chain of Southern-style restaurants with a gift shop that lines highways across America, has gotten a makeover. Its logo has lost the “Old Country Store” tagline as well as the iconic man in a chair resting his arm on a barrel in favor of …

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is sharing the sweet promise she made her son when he was younger. The 53-year-old “Father of the Bride” star took to Instagram earlier this week to share a note her son William, also known as “Huck,” wrote to her when he was 7 years old, in which …

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Sunday called President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to Chicago a “flagrant violation of our Constitution.” “What the President is proposing would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st Century,” Johnson wrote on X. “The City of Chicago …

A New York high school backed down after facing a legal threat and will now allow a Christian student to decorate her paid parking spot with Bible verses. Grand Island High, near Buffalo, has a tradition of allowing seniors to pay $50 to decorate their parking spaces with “positive artwork” …

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to lead the Big Apple has reopened old wounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, leading him to explain key aspects behind his handling of the virus at the height of the crisis. “New York City had COVID first and worst, so we were literally …

Sydney Sweeney’s “Americana” co-star slammed people who boycotted the film over the star’s recent American Eagle ad. Sweeney’s controversy overshadowed the premiere of the film, which only brought in $500,000 during its opening weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “You should go see this movie,” Halsey, also known for her …