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FIRST ON FOX—Apple News and other prominent aggregators are failing to provide balanced coverage of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, according to a study. 

The conservative-leaning Media Research Center (MRC) examined Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News for the first month of the DHS funding lapse. The MRC wanted to see how the four major news aggregators had been curating information related to the partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14, and findings indicate many Americans are only hearing one side of the story. 

The four apps limited their coverage of the DHS shutdown to only 1%, comprising 28 stories, out of the 1,977 promoted during the period, according to the MRC. Of the 28 stories, 19 came from "leftist" media sources and seven came from "center" sources. 

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"Out of the 28 articles about the shutdown, only one headline exclusively blamed Democrats," MRC Vice President Dan Schneider told Fox News Digital. 

Apple News published 17 stories related to the shutdown, but none of them came from right-leaning news organizations. None of the stories featured a headline that blamed Democrats, and only one of the 17 even mentioned Democrats in the headline at all, according to the MRC. 

Apple News published 12 stories from organizations that the MRC considers "left" or "lean left," and five from outlets labeled "center." No right-leaning or conservative outlets had DHS shutdown content published by Apple News, according to the MRC. 

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"When a dominant platform like Apple News delivers 71 percent left-leaning coverage and zero right-leaning perspectives on a major political fight, that is not balance. That is the information pipeline tilting the playing field," MRC President David Bozell told Fox News Digital. 

During the time period Feb. 14 to March 14, 2026, MRC researchers examined the top 20 stories featured on the Big Four News Apps — Apple News, Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News — each day at approximately 8:30 AM ET and searched the article headlines for the terms "DHS," "Homeland Security," "shutdown" and "shut." MRC researchers used the AllSides media bias ratings, which categorize an outlet as "left," "lean left," "center," "lean right" or "right" to determine the overall bias presented by Google News and analyzed the results.

Google News published six stories on the topic, and none of them featured a headline that blamed Democrats or even mentioned the party. Four were from left-leaning outlets, according to the MRC, while two stories from the BBC and Reuters were considered "center" by the media watchdog. 

When reached for comment, Google questioned the methodology of the study and said Google News changes throughout the day and is personalized to users.

Apple News did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Microsoft’s MSN only pushed a single article related to the shutdown, which came from Bloomberg News, according to the MRC.

"Microsoft is especially egregious in covering up the Democrat-led effort to shut down DHS in the middle of the U.S. fight against Iran. Even the one story it published was from Bloomberg, which buries stories behind its paywall. Only users who pay extra can access the one story MSN published about the shutdown," Schneider said. 

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MSN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Yahoo News was the most balanced, publishing four stories, including a pair from Fox News. 

Democrats on Capitol Hill are accusing Republicans of walking away from attempts to shrink the size of a partial shutdown, arguing that the impasse over funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) doesn’t need to hold up funding for other agencies.

Democrats are demanding a ban on masks for ICE agents, an end to roaming patrols, stiffer warrant requirements and visible identification markings. Their demands came about in the wake of the deaths of two civilians in Minnesota who lost their lives in escalated confrontations with immigration enforcement.

Without those demands, Democrats say there’s no way to press on towards funding ICE. As the partial government shutdown continues to drag on, Transportation Security Administration officers are not getting their paychecks due to the lapse in funding.

Over the weekend, airports across the country faced long security delays, with TSA officers calling out of work.

Republicans maintain the demands would handcuff President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown efforts.

Republicans can’t advance funding legislation in the Senate without the help of at least 7 Democrats. Republicans hold 53 seats in the chamber and need 60 votes to break the threat of a filibuster.

Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno and Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.

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EXCLUSIVE: California mother and grandmother Angie Morfin, whose 13-year-old son, Ruben, was executed at point-blank range by an illegal alien gang member, shared a message for incoming Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin: "Make sure no other mother has to get the call I did."

"Ruben was just a little boy with dreams of growing up, getting married, and having a family of his own," she told Fox News Digital, adding, "For 34 years I’ve fought to keep his memory alive, so he didn’t die in vain."

She shared that she is hopeful that Mullin, a current Republican senator from Oklahoma who is set to take the reins at DHS at the end of the month, "will continue to listen to Angel Families and stand with us as we fight to make sure no other mother has to get the call I did."

In a recent interview with The American Border Story, shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, Morfin said her family remains devastated decades after losing Ruben.

"I cry for him today, like if it was just yesterday," she shared.

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In the winter of 1994, Ruben, a young Hispanic teenager with no gang affiliation, was chased down and shot in the back of the head by Mexican national Ezequiel Mariscal near Orange County, California. Ruben had been walking with a group of friends to a party.  

Morfin said that though her family was living in Oceanside, just north of San Diego, at the time, she had sent Ruben to stay with his grandparents during the holidays over concerns about gangs in their area.

Then one night, just after midnight, Morfin said she got a call.

"I grabbed the phone, and I could hear my mom screaming, ‘They shot Nino, they shot Nino.’ I knew it was my baby because that's what we called him, because he was so small," she said.

Morfin said she and her husband rushed to the hospital.

"It was probably the longest ride of my life. I was scared. I didn't know what I was going to see when I got there," she explained.

Once there, she was made to wait.

"They told me he was dying. That if he made it through the night, that he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life because they had just shot off half of his brain," she recounted.

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"Finally, my husband got to go in, and he came out crying, and told me not to go in. Just to remember him the way he was, and I go, ‘No, this was my baby you're talking about. I have to see for myself.’"

Inside the room where Ruben was being kept on life support, Morfin said her son was bandaged and greatly disfigured.

"I could see my baby on that table. His body was shaking from all the machines he had on. He had bandages on his head, and his eye was hanging out," she recalled. "I asked if I could give him one last kiss before they cut [life support]. And I walked close to my baby, and I gave him his last kiss. In his good eye, he had two teardrops."

"All I kept trying to do in my mind was stop the bullet," she added.

According to Morfin, the shooter had been previously deported. He was a teenager at the time of the shooting and a member of the Posole street gang. After the shooting, he fled to Mexico and was later sentenced to 45 years in a Mexican state prison.

After losing Ruben, Morfin said, "Everything changed about me, everything."

Morfin founded Moms Against Gang Violence, a California-based advocacy group for stricter law enforcement. She has also testified before Congress on the need for stricter immigration enforcement. She explained that her advocacy on behalf of victims like Ruben is "my way of keeping him alive."

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She praised President Donald Trump’s hard-line policy against illegal immigration, saying "it takes guts to do what he’s doing."

"He helped me give my son a voice," she said.

"There's a lot of new victims," she went on, slamming current Democrats, saying they "only have one agenda … to bring in more Democrats."

Nicole Kiprilov, executive director of The American Border Story, told Fox News Digital that the Morfins’ story is a "heartbreaking reminder that behind every statistic is a child whose life was stolen, and a family forced to live with that loss forever."

"Angel Families like Angie’s have spent decades fighting to make sure their loved ones are not forgotten," said Kiprilov. "We’re hopeful that Secretary Mullin will continue listening to these families and put the safety of American communities first."

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The Utah Valley Wolverines suffered immense heartbreak in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) men’s basketball championship game against California Baptist on Saturday.

The Wolverines were down 63-61 with about 10 seconds left to play. Utah Valley ran a play as they inbounded the ball from the sideline. Trevan Leonhardt got the pass and Isaac Davis set up the pick and roll. Leonhardt got around the defender and Davis had a wide-open opportunity.

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Davis went up for an alley-oop dunk, but just couldn’t finish it. He sat on the ground in disbelief.

The Lancers won the game and earned an automatic bid into the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

California Baptist star Dominique Daniels Jr. scored 23 points and nailed two 3-pointers in the final two minutes of the game to lift his team to the big dance. Bradey Henige had 11 points and Jonathan Griman added 10.

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It will be the first tournament berth in California Baptist men’s basketball history. The school transitioned from Division II to Division I in 2018 and became eligible for the postseason during the 2022-23 season.

Utah Valley saw its seven-game winning streak snap. The school is 25-7 overall this season and could very well be on the outside looking in to the tournament. The Wolverines were the regular season Western Athletic Conference champions.

Next season, both teams will be joining the Big West Conference. The WAC will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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