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President Donald Trump said that he expects Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will retire because he doesn’t believe the senator can win in a primary. 

Trump’s comments come as he’s sparred with Schumer and other Democratic leaders like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., over a partial government shutdown that has continued into its ninth day Thursday. 

As a result, Trump said that Schumer and Jeffries are "holding the entire federal government hostage." However, Trump noted other Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said just before the shutdown that Republicans can come to her office and negotiate anytime. 

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"She's taking Hakeem Jeffries’ place, and Schumer's afraid that she's gonna run against him. And right now, I don't know, it can change. Life is crazy, right?" Trump said during a Cabinet meeting Thursday. "But, right now, I don't think he can beat anybody. So he'll lose in a primary. I would say he'll retire before he loses in a primary. I think Schumer is going to retire, because he can’t beat anybody, his polls are so bad." 

Trump’s comments also come just after Axios reported in September that Ocasio-Cortez is laying the groundwork for a Senate or presidential run in 2028. 

Schumer's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

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Meanwhile, the White House has been at odds with Congressional Democrats over the lapse in funding leading to a government shutdown. While Republicans claim that Democrats were the ones who started the shutdown because they've failed to back a stopgap funding bill, Democrats have pinned the blame on Republicans who control both the House and Senate. 

Schumer, in particular, has come under fire from the White House, especially after Schumer told Punchbowl News that conditions improve for Democrats each day the shutdown continues. 

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"Every day gets better for us," Schumer told the outlet Wednesday.

In response, Trump said that Schumer was not acting on behalf of the American people. 

"This is a confession that he's acting not to serve the people, but to serve the partisan interests of his party," Trump said at the Cabinet meeting. 

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President Donald Trump announced this week that the UFC White House event will take place on June 14, his 80th birthday, and ring announcer Bruce Buffer is counting down the days.

Dana White has promised the biggest card in the fighting company’s history, as fighters will enter the ring on the South Lawn near the Oval Office.

"It’s an honor to appear at the White House and on the White House grounds. Keeping the whole event nonpolitical and the sporting event that it is, it’ll be, probably, the highest-watched pay-per-views in the history of pay-per-views…" Buffer told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "It’s gonna be incredible, the fight roster will probably be incredible, you can’t really say anything negative about it. It’s gonna be amazing."

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Ever since Trump first announced the idea, there has been wide speculation about what fights could occur in the nation’s capital, with the most popular potential bouts being Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall and Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler.

White once confided that just about everyone on the UFC roster wants to get the call for the event, and Buffer echoed those sentiments.

"Every fighter on the roster wants to fight at that event," Buffer said. "Conor McGregor, he’s always saying, ‘I want to come back, I want to come back.’ And we haven’t seen from him with all he’s been doing over the last years, but if that’s an event he’s going to come back at, that would make it big. If Jon Jones comes in to fight whomever, whether it’s Tom Aspinall, whatever, that would make it bigger. There’s so many great fighters on the UFC roster. It’s gonna be an awesome night, there’s no question."

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White has long credited Trump for helping grow the UFC into what it is today. In a recent appearance on Logan Paul's podcast, White said that Trump supported the company when "venues didn't want us" and "sponsors [and] television was terrified of us."

"So, the way he supported us in the beginning was great. And anything that happened to me in my career, he would be the first guy to reach out," White said.

But White has catapulted the UFC into a must-watch staple, making a deal worth nearly $8 billion to have premier events on Paramount Plus.

"When Dana took over, because we were almost dead before Dana took over as far as a sport, and then when ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ first happened with Forrest Griffin and Stefan Bonner when almost 15 million eyeballs were watching that fight, and under the tutelage and guidance of Dana, he’s a maverick," Buffer said of the UFC president. "He’s got the Midas touch, he’s taken it to where it is. Thank God he’s got the passion and power and nonstop energy to keep it going. I’m proud to be on that UFC rocketship piloted by Dana White and everybody at the top and have my first class seat to continue to go where it’s going. All the way to the White House grounds and beyond. 

"Just like ‘Star Trek’ said, to areas never before explored, or however they put it."

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Portland, Oregon, business owners sounded the alarm over the city's crime crisis Tuesday as President Donald Trump faces legal roadblocks in keeping federal troops on the ground to help mitigate the problem.

"We need help here," said Amy Nichols, whose local business has been the victim of 10 break-ins.

After years of struggle, Nichols believes the president’s push to keep National Guard troops in Portland could help shift things in the right direction and draw greater attention to the problems locals face.

"Something needs to be done, and if this is what we need to do to get our leaders paying attention to what's happening in Portland, then I think it's a good thing," she told "Fox & Friends First."

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"We've been struggling for a long time since 2020, and it's really difficult to do business in downtown Portland, and we need all the help we can get. If this creates a little bit of peace in our city and shows that there really are some issues happening, then I think that it's for the best."

Loretta Guzman, owner of Bison Coffeehouse in Portland, has had her own run-ins with crime.

She previously told Fox News about her plans to install bulletproof glass after criminals shattered her coffee shop's windows, but crime also invaded her personal life when she heard gunfire while in bed one night. 

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Guzman jumped up and looked around but saw nothing. Moments later, her nephew’s girlfriend knocked on her door to tell her he’d been shot.

"When she called 911, she didn't get a response, so I called 911 and I got a recording in the middle of a life-and-death situation," Guzman recalled. 

"I tried to go get my car so I could try to save him, and people were standing around when I pulled up next to his car and nobody would help me lift him."

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Her nephew, who weighed approximately 240 pounds, was too heavy for her to lift into the vehicle to transport for medical attention.

"So he ended up dying with me praying on him," she said.

Guzman is unsure of how much difference federal troops can make for businesses, but she believes they may be able to make federal buildings safer. 

"I don't think it'll affect us, our businesses. We already struggle every day, every week with the crime and the drugs and the unsafeness that comes with being here in our city right now." 

"It's like our leaders have abandoned public safety for us," she added.

Guzman said her nephew's killer has never been apprehended.

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Georgia prosecutors have requested a 90-day extension to appoint a new attorney in the election interference case against President Donald Trump and 14 co-defendants, citing a heavy backlog and the case’s complexity.

The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia (PACGA) has been tasked with replacing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she was permanently sidelined from prosecuting the case last month. 

The council’s executive director, Pete Skandalakis, filed an extension request on Friday to name a district attorney pro tempore, writing that said the case file is so large that PACGA doesn’t expect to receive it for about four weeks, meaning an appointment may not come until January or February 2026.

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Skandalakis asked the court for up to 90 days after receiving the full case file to make that appointment.

He said the council is currently managing 21 pending appointments and has handled 448 conflict referrals statewide so far this year.

"Due to the complexity of this case and the vast personnel and resources required to handle a case of this nature, it will require time to seek a District Attorney Pro Tempore willing to take on this prosecution," the motion reads. 

"Without having the file, the undersigned cannot intelligently answer questions of anyone requested to take the appointment or to do his own diligence in finding a prosecutor who is not encumbered by a significant appearance of impropriety," the motion said.

The request came three days after a Fulton County judge warned that the case could be dismissed "for want of prosecution" unless a replacement prosecutor was named or an extension was requested within 14 days, according to Fox Atlanta.

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While some early motions and hearings focused on Trump personally, the final disqualification applied to the entire case brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act — not just to Trump’s individual counts.

The new motion lists all 15 defendants, including Trump, his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, constitutional law Professor John Eastman and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, among others. Four defendants have already pleaded guilty in the case.

The Georgia Court of Appeals in December ruled that Willis and her office could not continue to prosecute the case, citing an "appearance of impropriety" stemming from her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Willis appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court in January, but last month the high court declined in a 4-3 decision to take up the case. One judge didn’t participate and another was disqualified.

Skandalakis said last month that once a new prosecutor is appointed it will be "up to him or her what to do with the case."

That person could continue on the track Willis had taken, pursue only some charges or dismiss the case altogether. Finding a prosecutor willing to handle it could be difficult, given its complexity and the resources required.

Even if a new prosecutor tries to follow Willis’ path, it seems unlikely Trump could be prosecuted now that he is the sitting president. 

Willis’ indictment accused Trump of pressuring officials to overturn the 2020 vote in Georgia, organizing "fake electors" and harassing election workers.

A Fulton County grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others in August 2023, and Trump surrendered at the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 24. That’s when the now-famous mugshot was taken — the first ever for a U.S. president.

The pair eventually acknowledged the relationship but argued it had no impact on the prosecution. Wade later resigned, but the controversy persisted and the Court of Appeals ruled Willis and her entire office had to be disqualified due to the appearance of impropriety.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones appeared to give the middle finger to New York Jets fans as the team won their matchup, 37-22, on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium.

A video posted on social media and shared by former Cowboys star wide receiver Dez Bryant showed Jones flashing the bird as he clapped for his team.

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"Quit playing with Mr. Jerry Jones," Bryant wrote on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to the NFL and the Cowboys for comment. Jones could face discipline for his conduct.

The Athletic noted that former Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was fined $250,000 for an "obscene gesture" toward fans after the team’s win over the Buffalo Bills. The NFL also fined Carolina Panthers team owner David Tepper $300,000 in 2023 for throwing a drink toward Jacksonville Jaguars fans.

Jones had a lot to celebrate on Sunday.

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Dak Prescott had four touchdown passes in the win – two of which went to tight end Jake Ferguson. He also found George Pickens and Javonte Williams one time each.

"I think we’re spoiled," Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer said of Prescott. "I think he’s one of the best players in the league. He’s certainly one of the best leaders and teammates I’ve ever been around. Guys believe in him and he’s playing with a ton of confidence right now."

Prescott heard "MVP" chants from fans during the game.

"I saw this coming just on the simple fact this team knows how confident we are, what we’re capable of doing," he said of the win. "We knew it was important to get the taste of last week out of our mouth and out of our mind."

While the Cowboys faced bitter criticism over the Micah Parsons trade, Dallas is now 2-2-1 with the win.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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