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Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Cait Conley told CNN's "State of the Union" that she would not campaign alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., but did not directly answer whether Democrats should reject the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

The group's influence in New York has become an issue in her bid to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. Anchor Dana Bash asked Conley whether she would campaign alongside Mamdani or Ocasio-Cortez after noting Lawler has sought to link his opponent to the Democratic Party's socialist wing.

"No, Dana, I‘m good up here making the case to the voters in the New York 17th Congressional District," Conley said.

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Lawler's campaign manager, Ciro Riccardi, told Fox News Digital on Sunday that Conley's appearance demonstrated why the campaign has criticized her over debates and accused her of failing to distance herself from the DSA.

"Now everyone is seeing why Cait Conley has ducked and dodged debate challenges with Congressman Lawler. She’s incapable of answering direct questions without showing her true colors," he said. "Cait Conley’s refusal to disavow Zohran Mamdani and the DSA is disqualifying. She is just as extreme as the rest and that was exposed today for all to see, including embracing impeachment."

Lawler previously told Fox News Digital that he challenged Conley to six debates after her Democratic primary victory, while Conley's campaign said she agreed to two debates hosted by local networks.

Bash separately pointed to Rep. Tom Suozzi’s, D-N.Y., calls for his party to confront the DSA and asked Conley whether she agreed. Conley did not directly state whether she believed Democrats should reject the organization, instead discussing political division within both parties.

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"I look at what we’re trying to do, which is unite this country where we have seen partisanship to include partisanship within our own party — absolutely divide people to render government dysfunctional," Conley said. "What we have to focus on is how do we bring people together, and right now, what I see coming out of Washington is corruption on both sides, extremism on both sides that is fueling hate, fueling dysfunction."

Suozzi has taken a more explicit position toward the socialist organization, telling Fox News Digital in August that Democrats would have to address the DSA's influence and reject its policy positions.

"I don't ascribe to any of those ideas at all, and I think that there's very little support for those ideas," Suozzi said.

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The DSA's national program calls for abolishing ICE and ending detention and deportations. It also advocates redirecting police funding as steps toward "fully abolishing the police and prison system," universal rent control, publicly owned social housing and universal government-funded healthcare.

Lawler’s campaign has previously pressed Conley over her relationship with the Democratic Party’s progressive wing after Ocasio-Cortez congratulated Conley on winning the Democratic primary in June. Riccardi at the time challenged Conley to state whether she rejected Ocasio-Cortez and other candidates associated with the party’s left flank.

"Which is it, Cait: do you reject AOC and the candidates who want to abolish ICE, defund the police, and tear down our borders, or do you embrace them?" Riccardi said.

Conley, a 16-year Army veteran who served on former President Joe Biden's National Security Council, won a crowded Democratic primary in June and is challenging two-term incumbent Lawler in a closely watched Hudson Valley contest that could determine control of the House.

Fox News Digital reached out to Conley for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.

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A detransitioner’s malpractice lawsuit against doctors she says counseled her for years to undergo a double mastectomy and begin hormone therapy was initially dismissed as untimely, but a new North Carolina law has allowed her to appeal. The state Court of Appeals will hear arguments on Sept. 29.

Prisha Mosley, now 28, was first prescribed hormones at 17 and underwent a double mastectomy at 18. She later sued the doctors and other medical providers for fraud and malpractice, alleging they misled her about the treatment and its effects.

"I'm a mammal, a human, so I wasn't able to change sex. I didn't need to change sex because that's not possible and nothing was ever wrong with my body. Destroying it with hormones and surgery did not make me happy or well," she told Fox News Digital in an interview.

A trial court in North Carolina initially dismissed Mosley's lawsuit on the basis of the statute of limitations. But, as Mosley explained to Fox News Digital, a law passed in North Carolina in 2025 extended the statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits specifically for people who have undergone gender transitions.

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"During the process through which my lawsuit was going through the courts, North Carolina passed HB 808, which was previously HB 805, which is something along the lines of the Protect Children and Women's Act," Mosley explained.

"[The law] extended the statute of limitations for anyone bringing forward a civil case, and even had a line which said that this includes cases that have already been brought forward or even pending in the courts now," she continued.

Legislators in North Carolina passed the bill in 2025, overriding a veto from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein.

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Though the bill was passed in July 2025, a North Carolina trial judge still dismissed Mosley's lawsuit in August 2025, denying her lawyers' motion to reinstate her medical malpractice claims during a special session and granting summary judgment to the plaintiffs.

"Despite this, my claims were dismissed with prejudice, even though they had been previously found to have merit for fraud. The malpractice was still in question due to the statute of limitations, and then after the passage of the law, the entire case was dismissed," Mosley told Fox News Digital.

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Mosley was initially encouraged by the judge's decision to deny the defendants' motion to dismiss, taking it as a signal her fraud accusations could have merit.

"The judge actually originally found that my case did have merit for fraud, and that was on the basis that I was told that I could actually change sex, which is not possible, and I was not only told that I could change sex, but that I needed to do so in order to survive and that doing so would ensure I had a good life. All of these claims are false," she told Fox News Digital.

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But after her lawsuit's final dismissal in August, her lawyers appealed, leading to the upcoming Sept. 29 appellate court oral arguments.

Mosley is arguing that the doctors who counseled her into the double mastectomy and hormone therapy misled her by telling her she could become a man and go through male puberty, which she says was a lie.

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"I consented to quote unquote top surgery, and I was under the impression that top surgery was the surgery that turned a female chest into a male chest, and that's simply not what happened to me. In fact, I had complications related to my surgery," she told Fox News Digital.

"Clearly I didn't have a male chest, and the guarantees weren't promised that way. But it's also impossible to induce puberty of the opposite sex because it's impossible to change sex. I wasn't going through male puberty. I was being put through menopause as a teenager, and while inducing all of these medical issues and problems for me, my doctors just covered it up with these fraudulent terms that made it seem like something good and medically sound was happening to me when it was not. Even when I complained about side effects and said that I was suffering from pain and acne and other issues, they told me that this was because of male puberty," she explained.

Mosley said that she realized she had been lied to when, though she was still identifying as a male at the time, her fiancé's young daughter kept referring to her as "mommy."

"Despite the fact that I still had a beard at the time and I was wearing male clothes and all of that, this little girl started calling me mommy, and that's just where everything fell into place for me," she told Fox News Digital.

Mosley said she was encouraged by a recent ruling in New York, where 22-year-old detransitioner, Fox Varians, sued the psychologist and plastic surgeon who counseled her to undergo a gender transition, winning $2 million in a judgment.

Mosley pointed out that no detransitioners suing their medical providers for malpractice have ever lost their cases in trial.

"I think it's clear to people that this type of medicalization is wrong, and it points to the fact, you know, Fox Varian's is the only detransitioner case that's ever made it to court. None of our cases, not mine, not anyone else's, have ever failed in court. We're being stopped by strange policies and statutes of limitations before we ever go before a jury. But the general public knows that what happened to us is wrong and that we deserve justice for what happened to us," she told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital contacted Stein's office and legal representatives for each of the defendants listed in Mosley vs. Emerson for further comment.

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After a scathing report that called into question Sen. John Fetterman’s willingness to do the basic duties of a senator, some of his Democratic colleagues in Pennsylvania are eyeing ways to dislodge him from the upper chamber.

An explosive report from the Wall Street Journal painted Fetterman as a politician more interested in appearing on Fox News to discuss Israel than meeting with paralyzed veterans from his state, and blowing off a funeral for slain police officers because it would have taken too long.

And members of his own delegation are furious.

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"There is a lot I could say about this report of John Fetterman’s pathetic behavior as a senator," Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., said on X. "But between the laziness, disrespect, and willingness to carry water for a foreign government, it shows us something we already know: this man has no sense of duty."

"He is not up for the high office he was elected to — and we in Pennsylvania will do something about it in 2028," he continued.

Behind the scenes, the Wall Street Journal’s report revealed through leaked text messages between Fetterman and his aides that the lawmaker was unwilling to do some of the core functions of the job, like meeting with constituents.

"John Fetterman is a disgrace," Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., said on X. "Our state deserves better than a lazy trust fund baby who is too lazy to do the job."

In one instance, Fetterman was told by an aide that representatives of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, known as CHOP, wanted to meet over concerns about Medicaid cuts. Fetterman asked why he had to keep meeting with CHOP, and the aide noted that they were worried about "vaccines and Medicaid cuts."

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"Well, I’m not," Fetterman responded. "I’m convinced they just want free trips to D.C."

Another instance came when an aide told Fetterman that there would be a dress code at a funeral for three police officers killed in Pennsylvania last year, and that the service was expected to last for three hours.

"This may be a nonstarter," Fetterman wrote.

Years before his time in the Senate, Fetterman rose to prominence as a progressive who appeared to emulate the formula laid out by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who he backed early on in his runs for the White House.

When Fetterman won his seat in 2022 against Dr. Mehmet Oz, who now runs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Fetterman ran on a platform of universal healthcare, pro-labor policies and higher tax rates on wealthy Americans — key hallmarks of progressive politics.

Since ascending to the Senate, however, his voting record has shown a more moderate flair, and questions are swirling over whether he will jump ship and join the GOP. He’s bucked his party on several occasions since taking office, too.

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During the government shutdown fight last year, he joined Republicans as Democrats stayed unified in their push to renew lapsing Obamacare tax credits, has become one of the most vocal proponents of Israel, and helped to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s nominees, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin — notably, he voted against his old political rival Oz.

The desire to boot Fetterman extends beyond just his colleagues in the Pennsylvania congressional delegation.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, who is the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, has his sights set on Fetterman, too.

"This report is horrifying, but not new to many of us in PA. John barely showed up as [Lieutenant Governor] and is constantly MIA as our senator," Kenyatta said on X.

"When he’s not on FOX cheerleading Trump & endless wars, he is attacking the very neighbors who gave him a chance," he continued. "2028 can’t come soon enough."

Fetterman did not respond to a request for comment.

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ESPN's Stephen A. Smith was repeatedly confronted over why he said he regretted voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris during a podcast released Wednesday, as hosts Cari Champion and Jemele Hill suggested he was targeting Black women.

"Flagrant and Funny" hosts Champion and Hill questioned Smith about his comments that he regretted supporting Harris in 2024 after he said it was the Democrats' plan all along to install her as the replacement for former President Joe Biden in the presidential race.

Smith referenced the widely criticized moment from ABC’s "The View" on Oct. 8, 2024, when Harris appeared and said she couldn’t think of anything she’d do differently than Joe Biden.  

"Because when she went on 'The View' and she sat up there and said she couldn't think of anything that she would do differently, something that Sunny Hostin threw up intentionally as a softball for her to knock out the park. I'm like, when she passed up on that opportunity, this is not a dumb woman. This is a former state attorney general. This is a former senator. This is a former vice president of the United States. She is not dumb. There's only one reason she said that, because her loyalty to Joe Biden usurped everything else," Smith said.

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He added, "And I'm like, 'You trying to win a damn presidency? This is embarrassing. Do you want the presidency or don't you?'"

Hill suggested Harris was trying to lean into Biden's accomplishments, and said, "He accomplished a lot."

"But I understand when Sunny gave her that easy layup," Champion pressed. "But still, why was it necessary to say that you regretted voting for Kamala Harris when you knew that would take all of the hard work in which she tried to put together away from what she did?"

Smith said he supported Harris throughout the election and that he made the comments afterward.

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"I get where you're coming from, Cari, I really do. I think that it should have been far more upsetting if it was something that I said before the election. I did not. I supported her leading up to the election. I voted for her. I was on the airwaves talking about what it's going to take to win, win, win. And when it was over, I was honest about how I felt in the moment that that transpired," he said.

Champion accused Smith of targeting Black women specifically and said he could have made his point about his criticisms without saying he regretted voting for Harris.

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Smith countered, "Can you concede that it's a disagreement as opposed to a disparagement?"

She said she couldn't concede the point before the three turned to Smith's dispute with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas.

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Harris's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Curtis Houck, the managing editor of the Media Research Center's NewsBusters.org, told Fox News Digital, "This level of refreshing honesty from Stephen A. Smith has sadly been in short supply for far too long. Along with ideological diversity, more commentators and journalists should be willing to admit when they're wrong or express regret. The national media demand the utmost transparency and rigorous reflection from the people they cover, so why not have it go both ways?"

Houck continued, "There's a reason why Smith is succeeding by moving outside his normal ideological bubbles. We need more of that from the ruling class, not less."

During an April interview with Sage Steele, Smith was asked about his comments prior to the 2024 election on Dave Rubin's show about voting for Harris.

"You went on his show, and you said that you voted for Kamala Harris?" Steele asked.

"Yes," Smith responded.

Steele then added, "And that you regretted it," to which Smith answered, "Yeah."

Smith went on to explain that he cast that vote because he believed Harris was capable of compromise, but said he later concluded Democrats still did not understand why they lost.

"I also believed that she was the kind of person that… could work across the aisle," Smith said. "And then when I saw how things were unfolding and how out in the clouds the Democratic Party was even after they lost the election, I just said, ‘There’s no hope.’"

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In January 2025, Smith said during an interview with Bill Maher, "Yes, I voted for her, a lot of people voted for her, but in the end, we end up feeling like d--- fools, because we supported it. We fell for the okiedoke, as they say. If you had a primary, the likelihood is she would not have been the Democratic nominee."

Fox News' CJ Womack contributed to this report.

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Former state Senator Troy Jackson, who has replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, backed bills seeking to send millions of dollars in public funds to a college while his son lobbied on its behalf, documents show.

Jackson’s son, Chace, was registered as a lobbyist for the Maine Maritime Academy at the same time as his father was serving as president of the Maine Senate, according to state lobbying records. In 2024, the elder Jackson co-sponsored legislation that would have sent $13.4 million to the maritime academy after pushing a bill providing the institution with an additional $2 million per year in 2023, with both pieces of legislation being drafted while Jackson's son was lobbying for the college.

"Troy Jackson authored Augusta’s failed status quo and has turned public office into a family affair of self-enrichment," National Republican Senatorial Committee press secretary Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital. "He’ll always prioritize personal kickbacks over the needs of working Mainers."

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Before his son was lobbying on its behalf, Jackson also supported legislation in early 2022 that provided the academy with a one-time $6.8 million payment to fund repairs to one of its buildings.

Jackson’s son first registered as a lobbyist for the Maine Maritime Academy in December 2022, according to public records. He renewed his lobbying registration in January 2024, just as his father was co-sponsoring legislation that would have sent over $10 million to the academy.

While the Maine Maritime Academy funding boost Jackson backed in 2023 went into effect, his 2024 bill passed the Maine Senate but was never signed into law.

"Troy Jackson has fought for working Mainers, and [is] guided by one goal: fixing our broken system so Maine's working families stop getting squeezed while the rich get richer," a spokesperson for the Jackson campaign told the Washington Free Beacon, which first reported on the lobbying records.

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In April, Jackson justified his failed run for governor by claiming that the "status quo isn't working" in Maine because of "special interests, high-priced lobbyists and corporate greed." In addition to representing the Maine Maritime Academy, Chace Jackson works as one of the expensive lobbyists his father has criticized, at one point representing the multinational alcohol company behind premium beverages such as Johnnie Walker whiskey and Don Julio tequila.

In 2024, while his father was the Maine Senate president, the younger Jackson represented nine clients. That sum dropped to five clients after his father left the chamber in 2025.

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A bill targeting an oil and gas giant died in the Maine Senate during Jackson's Maine Senate tenure and while his son was lobbying on behalf of the fossil fuel corporation in question.

The former state senator is facing off against incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November. Jackson replaced Platner as the Democrat on the ballot after his campaign was hit with a series of controversies, ranging from crude deleted Reddit posts to a Nazi-linked tattoo, which culminated in an allegation of rape, prompting the self-identified oyster farmer to drop out of the race.

Jackson, his son and the Maine Maritime Academy did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

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