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GOP senator alleges Schumer behind ‘hit job’ report on former patients

Sen Roger Marshall’s former OB-GYN practice allegedly sued over 700 patients and had 81 arrested over medical bills

September 20, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News

By Alex Miller

GOP senator unloads on NYT after report scrutinizes his former medical practice: ‘Hit job by left media’

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., pushed back against a New York Times report that alleged he sued over 700 patients, with dozens getting arrested. Marshall argued it was a “hit job” pushed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

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A Republican senator running in a tightening race in ruby-red Kansas argued that an explosive report detailing allegations of hundreds of lawsuits against his former patients was a political “hit job” planted by top Democrats.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital that a report from The New York Times that detailed hundreds of lawsuits against patients of his former OB-GYN practice over missed medical bills, some of which ended in arrests, was a political attack planted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

“I think that Kansans look at a story like this and realize it’s from something like the National Enquirer, that this is totally a hit job by left media, an article paid for by Chuck Schumer,” Marshall said during an interview at the Republican National Committee midterm convention in Dallas.

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Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., wants to codify President Donald Trump’s desire to cap credit card interest rates for a year.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Marshall was one of the founding partners of the Great Bend Regional Hospital and had his own OB-GYN practice called the Heartland Regional OB-GYN before winning his first bid for Congress in 2016.

During that time, and even after he was in office, the report alleged that Marshall and his lawyers filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding medical bills and charged patients an 18% annual interest rate.

Of those, 81 patients were arrested for missing court dates, The New York Times reported, and the outlet interviewed some of those who were arrested.

“I would never want anyone to be arrested because of money that they owe myself or the hospital,” Marshall said. “But we had standard policies. Once they went to collections, I was never asked another — had nothing else to do with the process. These were professional companies that did the collection processes.”

Marshall noted that as one of the few doctors who accepted Medicaid in the area, many of his patients would travel from other cities to see him.

He said that typically it would be nine months to a year before a collection agency was considered, and when that became an option, they would turn to the “same collection agency that most every other doctor and hospital in the region did as well. They were all standard practices.”

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“My golden rule with my office manager is, look, if a person’s making a payment of $5 a month, that’s fine,” Marshall said. “As long as you’re communicating, make an effort, if they miss one, just communicate with us.”

“So only a very small, small, small fraction of the unpaid bills even went to collections,” he continued. “But once it left our office’s hand, we had nothing to do with any further decisions.”

The report comes as Marshall is running for a second term in the Senate. He’s facing Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee and a megachurch pastor who led the largest United Methodist congregation in the country.

Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton’s campaign, told Fox News Digital, “Roger Marshall’s own lawyer said Roger Marshall specifically requested an 18% interest rate, 50% higher than the statutory rate in Kansas.”

“Roger Marshall’s own lawyer said Roger Marshall allowed him to seek warrants, arrests, and garnishments of new and expecting mothers,” Brody said. “One woman said she requested a payment plan but was pressed to pay in full and another reported she was arrested while struggling with payments.”

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The Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, smiles as he speaks to a reporter after delivering remarks announcing his run for U.S. Senate at Harmon Park on April 30, 2026, in Prairie Village, Kan.(TNS via Getty Images)

“Senator Marshall should explain why he sued a woman who claimed he was charging her for his own mistakes, and why he had patients jailed for as little as $115,” he continued.

Though Kansas is favored to stay in the GOP’s control, Vice President JD Vance, one of the Trump administration’s most valuable surrogates on the campaign trail this cycle, stumped for Marshall last week. While Vance lauded Marshall as a valued ally to President Donald Trump and instrumental in implementing his agenda, he was interrupted by a protester who referred to The New York Times’ report.

“Now, this guy, this guy, I’m telling you, ladies and gentlemen, here’s what happened is he decided to come in and lie about my very dear friend Doc Marshall, because the reality is that Doc Marshall has stood up for everyday Americans every single day he’s been in the United States Senate,” Vance said.

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But back in Dallas before the Vance event, Marshall maintained that his office’s practices were above board, and questioned The New York Times’ characterization of what happened.

“Look, I’m not even gonna give The New York Times the honor of me reading their article. But I just think that I trust our judges a lot more than what they’re describing there,” Marshall said. “Our judges wouldn’t do what they’re describing in that article. There had to be something else going on.”

“So it’s just amazing to me. Here, I’m the only OB-GYN in the middle of 60,000 people on call every night,” he continued. “I didn’t get a night off for 30 years darn near. And take so many people we gave pre-care to and there’s so many bills that we just wrote off as well. So I just think this is very much a mischaracterization of the whole process.”

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

EXCLUSIVE: Russian document reveals sweeping Iran plan spanning nuclear, finance and aviation

2026-09-20T06:30:51-04:00 / Fox News

EXCLUSIVE:A nonpublic Russian government document obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital reveals how Moscow sought to deepen its relationship with Iran far beyond conventional trade — laying out plans for alternative financial channels, nuclear cooperation, Iranian production of Russian aircraft components, major energy projects and new transportation routes stretching toward the Persian Gulf.

The 44-page Russian-language document, titled “Plan for Cooperation Between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran for 2024-2026,” is marked “For official use” and was approved on the Russian side on Sept. 2, 2024. It assigns ministries, agencies and state companies responsibility for projects and sets deadlines extending through the end of 2026.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian talk during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(Kristina Solovyova/Pool Sputnik Kremlin via AP)

The document predates the current war involving Iran and the United States by well over a year, meaning it does not establish which projects remain active or how the conflict may have altered Moscow’s plans.

But an independent review of the Russian-language document, along with subsequent public reporting, shows that a number of initiatives described in the roadmap later advanced or materialized.

Keti Korkiya, a research analyst with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Russia Program, reviewed the document for Fox News Digital and said its significance lies less in any single project than in the architecture Moscow was trying to build around the relationship.

“The roadmap is not revelatory: people paying close attention to the relationship between Russia and Iran will see many collaborations between the two countries that have been public for years,” Korkiya said in written analysis provided to Fox News Digital.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi during a meeting at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026.(Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via Reuters)

“What is more revealing is the architecture of the relationship Moscow is trying to build,” she said, pointing to financial mechanisms, transportation routes, energy investment and aviation cooperation as different ways of reducing vulnerabilities created by sanctions and Western economic pressure.

“These are nonpublic high-level documents that illustrate the comprehensive cooperation between Russia and Iran,” a European intelligence source who reviewed the material told Fox News Digital.

“It is also strategic, sensitive and highly politicized, focusing on areas like nuclear programs, energy trade and financial transactions that aim to evade the U.S. sanctions,” the source said.

A U.S. official, responding on background to questions from Fox News Digital about the financial provisions, said U.S. sanctions have “severely isolated Russia and Iran from the international financial system,” adding that efforts by the two countries to develop alternative financial channels and other sanctions-evasion schemes were therefore “not surprising.”

The official said Washington closely tracks attempts by sanctioned jurisdictions to develop alternative cross-border payment mechanisms and would seek to disrupt those that facilitate sanctions evasion or illicit finance.

The Russian document itself does not use the phrase “sanctions evasion.” Instead, it repeatedly calls for increased use of national currencies, independent financial channels and measures to counter what Moscow describes as “unilateral restrictive measures.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool Sputnik Kremlin via AP)

BUILDING FINANCIAL CHANNELS OUTSIDE WESTERN SYSTEMS

Some of the clearest provisions concern how Russia and Iran intended to move money.

The plan set a target of increasing the share of bilateral trade conducted in national currencies from 68% in 2024 to 71% by 2026, while also seeking to expand correspondent accounts denominated in national currencies.

More ambitiously, the roadmap calls for the Bank of Russia and the Central Bank of Iran to develop the use of central bank digital currencies for cross-border settlements.

Another provision calls for “ensuring the use of independent systems for transmitting financial messages,” including connecting financial institutions to independent channels for exchanging financial information.

The document does not identify which messaging system would be used or explicitly state that the goal was to bypass SWIFT or U.S. financial controls.

Strategic moves by Russia to address its budget deficit may inadvertently devalue the ruble, analysts warn.(REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

But some of that financial integration later became public.

In February 2025, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said Russia and Iran had “practically completely” shifted bilateral settlements into national currencies using their own systems for transmitting financial and banking messages. Interfax, a Russian news agency, reported that the effort was part of a broader push toward independent payment infrastructure between the two countries.

Iran’s ambassador to Russia also said in February 2025 that Tehran and Moscow no longer needed SWIFT for bilateral banking relations and were using their own confidential bank-messaging systems. He said the initial phase of linking Iran’s Shetab payment network with Russia’s Mir system had begun the previous year.

Korkiya said the significance of those measures is cumulative.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits nuclear facilities in Tehran, Iran on Nov. 1, 2025.(Iranian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“Individually, none of these initiatives is transformative,” she wrote. “Collectively, however, they amount to an attempt to remove single points of vulnerability and build redundancy into the Russia-Iran economic relationship.”

The financial effort is paired with a political one.

The roadmap calls for Russia and Iran to coordinate through BRICS and other international institutions against “unilateral trade restrictions,” while another provision proposes studying ways to counter “unilateral restrictive measures” and their impact on global markets.

Korkiya said that goes beyond simply finding workarounds.

“Especially interesting is that the roadmap also goes beyond practical sanctions workarounds and includes an effort to build an intellectual and diplomatic campaign against sanctions themselves,” she wrote, citing plans for expert communities, discussion platforms and an international forum focused on unilateral restrictions.

A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that financial institutions and intermediaries enabling sanctions evasion expose themselves to “significant sanctions risks,” adding that Washington would continue working with partners to “identify, expose and disrupt these networks wherever they emerge.”

The official also pushed back on the idea that alternative Russia-Iran systems could displace Western financial infrastructure.

“Russia and Iran can try to build alternative financial channels, but they cannot replicate the reach, liquidity or trust of the U.S. dollar and the international financial system,” the official said. “Their efforts will not weaken the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions.”

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A person walks past a sign at a currency exchange, as the value of the Iranian Rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.(Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)

ROSATOM AND IRAN’S NUCLEAR SECTOR

The financial architecture sits alongside another strategically sensitive pillar of the relationship: civilian nuclear energy.

The plan assigns Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom continued responsibility at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, including fuel and maintenance support for Unit 1 and continuing construction work associated with Units 2 and 3.

The cooperation did not remain solely on paper.

On Sept. 2, 2026, Rosatom said Russian specialists had begun returning to Bushehr, that Unit 1 was preparing for scheduled maintenance and partial fuel replacement, and that nuclear fuel had already been delivered to the site. Rosatom also said work was continuing on the plant and that additional Russian specialists were expected to arrive.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps speedboat sails in the Persian Gulf during an IRGC marine parade marking Persian Gulf National Day near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, on April 29, 2024.(Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Korkiya noted that the Bushehr Units 2 and 3 project predates the 2024 roadmap, meaning the document did not originate that cooperation but rather incorporated an existing strategic project into the broader Russia-Iran framework.

“Such strategies and protocols confirm that Russia and Iran are closely aligned countries, and Russia almost certainly continues and aims to increase its current cooperation with Iran also in 2026,” the European intelligence source said.

Fox News Digital sought comment from Rosatom on the document and the current status of its work in Iran.

ENERGY PROJECTS — WITH SOME FINANCING KEPT CONFIDENTIAL

The roadmap also identifies specific Iranian oil and gas fields where Moscow sought a role.

It names Shadegan, Kish and North Pars, assigning Russia’s Energy Ministry and unspecified “interested Russian companies” responsibility for advancing the projects.

Those companies are not named in the roadmap. For several projects, the financing column is marked “Confidential.”

There is evidence that at least one of the named projects advanced.

Interfax reported on Feb. 13, 2026 that Russian state-owned ZN-Vostok was developing Iran’s Shadegan oil field, while Iranian officials said Tehran hoped to expand Russian investment across additional oil and gas projects.

The roadmap sets milestones for Shadegan through the end of 2025, while work involving Kish and North Pars runs into 2026 and includes legal, commercial and project-analysis work.

That pattern appears repeatedly through the document: ministries, deadlines and strategic objectives are spelled out, while some of the participating companies or financing arrangements remain undisclosed.

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This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran.(Photo by IIPA via Getty Images)

RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT PARTS — MADE IN IRAN?

One of the more unusual provisions goes beyond ordinary trade.

The roadmap calls for Russia to help establish production in Iran of individual parts and assemblies for Russian aircraft.

Russian authorities were instructed to determine which aircraft parts could be repaired or manufactured in Iran, identify Iranian companies capable of producing them, certify selected sites through Russia’s aviation regulator Rosaviatsiya and conclude a localization agreement.

The roadmap set a March 31, 2026 deadline for an agreement on localized production and a Dec. 31, 2026 target for launching prototype production.

Public evidence does show that aviation cooperation advanced in the related area of aircraft maintenance.

In February 2025, Rosaviatsiya’s chief said three Iranian companies had been approved to perform maintenance and airworthiness work on Russian-operated aircraft after an Aeroflot Airbus A330 underwent maintenance in Tehran.

The Russian government also publicly discussed deeper aviation-industrial cooperation with Iran that month, including aircraft manufacturing and joint work on jet engines for passenger aircraft.

But Fox News Digital has not independently verified that the more ambitious provision in the roadmap — manufacturing Russian aircraft components inside Iran — was implemented.

A TRADE ROUTE SOUTH

The document also lays out an effort to strengthen the physical transportation network linking Russia and Iran.

It calls for work on a proposed railway built to Russia’s 1,520-millimeter track gauge, stretching from Iran’s border with Azerbaijan toward Iranian ports on the Persian Gulf.

The proposal remained in the planning and negotiation stage in the roadmap.

Separately, Moscow sought to advance the Rasht-Astara railway, a roughly 162-kilometer missing link in the International North-South Transport Corridor.

That project subsequently moved beyond the purely conceptual stage.

Russia and Iran formally launched engineering surveys for the railway in May 2025, according to Russia’s Transport Ministry.

Korkiya said the project had still not reached full construction by late summer 2026, with Russian and Iranian officials continuing to work on the implementation and construction arrangements. She also identified another provision: Iranian investment in port infrastructure in Astrakhan, Russia.

The roadmap calls for a terminal there using Iranian investment, along with warehouses, a logistics park and grain and vegetable-oil facilities. Korkiya found that an Iranian-owned company later operated a terminal in Astrakhan with a railway spur and was building grain and vegetable-oil storage facilities that closely tracked the roadmap’s description, although the document does not identify that company by name and the match cannot be definitively established.

Taken together, the transport provisions point to an effort to build physical trade routes that are less dependent on traditional European corridors.

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND “INFORMATION SECURITY”

The roadmap reaches well beyond finance and heavy industry.

It calls for content exchange, journalist training and joint media production, including at least two joint projects and ‘professional training’ for Iranian journalists.

It also calls for Russian technology companies to secure at least two contracts in Iran involving information and communications technology, including “information security,” telecommunications and the video-game industry.

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A satellite image shows Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran April 9, 2025. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT(Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS)

A PUTIN FAMILY CONNECTION AT THE TOP

The official overseeing the Russian side of the relationship also has a direct connection to President Vladimir Putin’s extended family.

Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev chairs the Russian side of the Permanent Russian-Iranian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.

Tsivilev is married to Anna Tsivileva, a Russian deputy defense minister and the daughter of Putin’s late cousin, Reuters reported when Putin appointed her to the Defense Ministry in June 2024.

The European intelligence source argued that the connection reflects the political importance Moscow attaches to Iran.

“It should be emphasized that on Russia’s part, the economic cooperation with Iran is coordinated and managed by a representative of Vladimir Putin’s extended family,” the source said.

“This indicates that the Iranian matter is not just one of many bureaucratic issues in the agenda of the Russian government. But it holds significant value for the interest of the Vladimir Putin regime.”

“What is also notable is the degree of state coordination and institutionalization behind this effort,” she said, pointing to the involvement of central banks, ministries, regulators and state companies, as well as formal deadlines and confidential financing in some projects.

“That suggests Moscow is trying to turn what could otherwise remain a politically convenient partnership into something more durable and bureaucratically embedded,” Korkiya said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attend a meeting at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026.(Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via Reuters)

Russian and Iranian officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Fox News Digital also sought comment from Rosatom and from Russian officials responsible for Moscow’s participation in BRICS.

Efrat (Effie) Lachter is a reporter for Fox News Digital with more than 15 years of experience covering conflict, global affairs, human rights and political accountability.She has directed and produced more than 200 documentary segments across more than 40 countries, documenting conflicts, humanitarian crises, corruption, human trafficking, gender-based violence and the human stories behind major world events.

Lachter’s reporting has taken her into conflict zones and crisis areas across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. Her work has included uncovering human trafficking networks, revealing an ISIS underground torture prison in Syria, documenting the war in Ukraineand interviewing senior political figures and world leaders. She was also among the Western journalists who entered Russia after the war began to bring testimonies from Putin’s opposition. Lachter is the recipient of the 2022 Peres Center for Peace Award and was a 2023–2024 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. She also won two Rockower Awards for Excellence in Reporting. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in political science.

Dem House candidate settles years-long $55K debt fight with former mother-in-law weeks before election

September 20, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

The terms of the settlement remain unclear after courts ruled against Brooks over an unpaid 2004 promissory note

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Bob Brooks, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, settled a longstanding financial disagreement with his former mother-in-law earlier this month.

According to court filings, Brooks and Carol Wiley, the mother of his former wife, Jennifer Brooks, have settled a dispute surrounding a $55,500 debt he incurred in 2004.

The judgment finalizes the family dispute that entered the public eye amid one of the most competitive congressional races in the country as Brooks looks to unseat Rep. Ryan Mackenzie but leaves behind questions of how he managed to close out the saga.

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Bob Brooks is a retired firefighter and is running for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th district(Bob Brooks for Congress)

It’s unclear whether Brooks paid the amount — and tens of thousands more in interest — or what the terms of the agreement were.

When asked about the case, Brooks’ campaign declined to fill in the picture.

“This old family dispute has officially been resolved by an agreement between the two parties. Bob is glad that this personal matter was resolved amicably and is now behind him and his family. Out of respect for everyone involved, we won’t be commenting further,” Ryan Moore, an attorney for Brooks, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Brooks’ case began in 2008 when Wiley claimed that he had never paid her and her husband $55,500 for a subdivision of land they had transferred to Brooks in 2004.

According to court filings, the two parties had agreed that Brooks would eventually paid back the amount.

“In 2008, at the request of Michael Wiley, Carol Wiley had a promissory note drafted which memorialized Defendants’ debt, and provided that Defendants were jointly and severally liable to pay Carol Wiley $55,500 at 6.5% interest, in 120 monthly payments of $630.19, beginning July 1, 2008. On July 12, 2008, Wiley and Defendants executed the promissory note in the presence of a notary,” a 2021 filing reads.

But, even after the creation of the note — and the penalties that it outlined if Brooks failed to hold up his end of the contract — the money never came.

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Former State Representative Bob Brooks, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and U.S. Congressional candidate, greets a supporter during Fiesta on Hamilton ahead of a primary election in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, on Sunday, May 17, 2026.(Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Defendants never made any of the payments prescribed in the promissory note,” the filings state.

As a result of having breached their contract, Brooks was required to pay $130,386, according to the terms of the note.

But Brooks pushed back on the verdict, arguing that the notary had run its course, that a statute of limitations prevented it from being binding almost 15 years after its creation. Additionally, he argued that because he hadn’t received anything new when he signed the 2008 promissory agreement, it lacked consideration, a legal component that indicates an exchange of of value.

Despite his arguments, the court sided with Wiley.

“The absence of consideration does not render an agreement unenforceable where the agreement contains an express statement of the signatories’ intent to be bound,” the court ruled.

Reacting to the case, at least one Republican onlooker blasted Brooks’ record.

“Scumbag Bob Brooks tried to rip his family off and then lied about it because he cares about one thing: enriching himself. If Books is willing to go this far to screw over his own family, imagine what he would do to Pennsylvanians if he gained power,” Reilly Richardson, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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Former State Representative Bob Brooks, a Democrat from Pennsylvania and U.S. Congressional candidate, during a campaign event ahead of a primary election in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US, on Sunday, May 17, 2026.(Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Brooks’ campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

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Having cleared the state’s Democratic primary, Brooks now heads to the Nov. 3, 2025, general election.

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

A look inside program giving future Nat Sec experts 5-year head start amid evolving threats: ‘Ready day one’

2026-09-20 05:00:08 EDT / Fox News

The fellowship pairs students with government agencies to research challenges involving China, AI and foreign influence

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Seton Hall national security program prepares students for evolving threats: ‘Ready day one’

Fox News Digital spoke to Seton Hall national security fellow Mohamad Mirghahari about the changing landscape of national security and his program equipping students for placement in high levels of government.

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As the United States confronts increasingly complex threats from China, foreign influence, artificial intelligence and geopolitical flashpoints around the world, one Seton Hall University program is giving graduate students hands-on experience tackling real national security challenges before they enter the workforce at a rate its founder proves the program’s importance.

The National Security Graduate Fellowship at Seton Hall’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations pairs students with government agencies seeking research and analysis on pressing foreign policy and national security issues and has an 80% placement rate, with graduates going on to work at the NSA, CIA, Secret Service, military and defense contracting companies, according to founder Mohamad Mirghahari.

“My goal for my students is they’re ready day one if they get hired,” Mirghahari told Fox News Digital.

Mirghahari, a Seton Hall graduate and national security expert who spent 14 years in key Department of Defense leadership roles supporting counterterrorism initiatives around the globe, later served as a presidential appointee and senior advisor to the Transportation Security Administration’s chief of staff and remains a special advisor to the Defense Department.

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Fox News Digital spoke to Seton Hall national security fellow Mohamad Mirghahari about the changing landscape of national security and his program equipping students for placement in high levels of government.(Fox Digital iStock)

“Our program is unlike any other in the nation because our graduate students are actually tackling real-world national security challenges and issues from government agencies,” Mirghahari explained. “As we know, most government agencies have a lot of things going on and they don’t have enough resources, but what our graduate students are able to do is support those government agencies, answering and doing research for real-world requirements in the national security field.”

Mirghahari says the program is also unique due to the practitioners from “across the United States government” that serve as guest lecturers and professors giving students a necessary insight into experiences in the field, particularly given the changing landscape and variety of threats facing the nation compared to ten or twenty years ago.

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“Part of what makes our program so unique is that we address the real-world issues of today,” Mirghahari said. “History is very important, and you learn from history, but we also want to be the classes that can support the government in real time. We have done projects on China, India and Pakistan, as well as the South China Sea.”

The fellowship’s work has included projects for the State Department on how the U.S. could re-engage with the Taliban if the group returned to power in Afghanistan. Mirghahari said the research remained relevant for years, with the papers later recirculated within the government.

“That’s part of what we do, provide that real-time research,” he said.

The program also focuses on emerging national security challenges involving artificial intelligence, data and foreign influence. Mirghahari said younger students often bring valuable technological expertise and perspectives that government agencies may not have previously considered.

“Artificial intelligence, data and all these different things impacting our national security play a major role in our work,” he said.

On the artificial intelligence front, which has changed how the United States deals with cyber threats along with how it conducts cyber operations, Mirghahari says it has become a “force multiplier” for his students.

“We examine foreign influence, including how data is mined and distributed, and we use tools such as artificial intelligence, graph theory and other analytical methods to examine large datasets,” he said. “We’re giving students an awareness of these technologies and how they can be used across the government.

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Mirghahari added, “Our students can sift through large amounts of information and extract what is relevant to support their research. That process is extremely time-consuming, so we’re helping government clients bring the information together in one place and examine it more thoroughly.”

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Mirghahari told Fox News Digital he believes students would need to work for five years in a national security position to be able to learn the on the job skills they learn at the Seton Hall program and explained that now, perhaps more than ever, hitting the ground running is critically important.

“Some of the feedback we’ve received from agencies is, ‘Your students are well-equipped. They’re better than some of the people who have been here for five to 10 years,’” Mirghahari said.

Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.

WATCH: AI safety scare sparks Cap Hill fight over guardrails: ‘China’s going to eat our lunch’

September 20, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News

Anthropic, OpenAI and Google leaders urged a slowdown in AI development

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Trump’s dismissal of AI danger warnings as a “hoax” is fueling a Capitol Hill debate over whether Congress can impose new safeguards without slowing U.S. development and handing China an advantage.

“I don’t think President Trump really knows what he’s talking about,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told Fox News Digital. “I do think we don’t need to be just complete doomsdayers about it. “

“[Trump] says almost everything is a hoax that he doesn’t agree with,” Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said.

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U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he walks alone along an ivy-covered wall during his final departure from Aras an Uachtarain on Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin, Ireland.(Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The comments come after three top leaders in AI called for the slowdown of AI development, insisting the rapid speed at which the technology is developing poses serious safety risks for humans. Some Anthropic researchers even went as far to say that the pace AI is moving at could wipe out humanity.

But Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., warned against allowing safeguards to impede American development.

“It’s not unreasonable for us to expect to have some guardrails,” Sheehy said. “I mean, it’s gonna be the most world-changing technology of our era.”

He continued, “We don’t wanna slow it down cause if we slowdown, China will win,” he added. “But we also need to make sure that it’s being done safely.”

Some Democratic lawmakers say the industry’s own warnings strengthen the case for congressional action, arguing that concerns raised by the companies developing AI should be difficult for Washington to ignore.

“The American people don’t normally hear from the businesses themselves saying that, ‘you know, we got some concerns about our own products,’ right?” Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said. “So when that happens, I think people are paying attention.”

DEMOCRATS EMBRACED AI’S GROWTH BEFORE TRUMP CAME ALONG — NOW THEY WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN

Current New Jersey Democratic Senator Andy Kim speaks during hearing on Capitol Hill.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“What I would love to see is for my Republican colleagues to realize that when the CEOs of these organizations are saying we need some guardrails, that maybe it’s time to step up and have Congress do its job,” Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said.

The recent widespread panic has intensified an already active debate in Congress, prompting more bipartisan efforts by lawmakers to introduce legislation that enforces guardrails on AI, and control over how quickly it continues developing.

These calls for additional safeguards are colliding with the growing concern that slowing AI development in America could allow China to gain ground in the global technology race.

“China is the only one that benefits from the United States slowing down AI,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said. “They’re the biggest beneficiary of it.

“If we stop now, China’s going to eat our lunch,” she said.

Mace, along with other Republican lawmakers, are warning that the intentions of AI companies calling for a slow down and government intervention also may be deceiving.

AI ‘DOOMERS’ RISK KNEECAPPING US VS CHINA, BUT EX-PENTAGON VET SAYS BOTH EXTREMES MISS THE MARK

“These AI companies are beneficiaries of [a slow down] too because the big three are cornering the market, and more regulations and slowing it down helps them monopolize the market,” Mace said.

The debate is set to move beyond Capitol Hill next week, when Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington for a summit where conversations are expected to be had regarding AI and safety risks.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who agreed a slow down is needed in AI development, is expected to be among the technology executives attending Trump’s state dinner for Xi.

Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.

黄丝带义跑首度进入市区 增设亲子跑传递“人生可重来”

2026年9月20日 19:39 / 新明日报

• 黄丝带义跑今年迈入第16年，首次移师市区加冷汇举行，共吸引约7500名公众参与，筹得近26万元善款。 – 活动设有5公里非竞赛和10公里竞赛跑，并首度新增888米亲子跑项目，鼓励一家大小共同参与。 – 曾染毒瘾10年的陈俊豪受访时分享戒毒经历，他目前已戒毒四年，在HCSA社区服务任职并协助其他释囚。 – 律政部长兼内政部第二部长唐振辉为义跑挥旗，指出释囚获社会接纳后能更有信心重新融入并回馈社会。

黄丝带义跑今年首次从樟宜监狱中心移师市区举行，吸引约7500名公众踊跃参与。5公里义跑的参与者在起跑线前热身准备，现场气氛热烈。 （陈斌勤摄）

曾因工作压力染上毒瘾长达10年的陈俊豪，在2022年（34岁）那年倒卧家中，送院后被捕，送入戒毒所。这场生死一线的经历，促使他痛下决心戒毒，重返社会后，以自身的经历帮助其他释囚重新融入社会。

陈俊豪如今38岁，在星期天（9月20日）举行的黄丝带义跑活动上受访时，向《联合早报》坦然道出自己的心路历程。

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他来自单亲家庭，年轻时急于证明自身价值，选择靠毒品提振工作效率。24岁那年因好奇而在一次派对上首次接触冰毒，此后10年间天天吸毒，欲罢不能。

“当时工作压力大，我误以为毒品能带来快感，也让我更有精力去完成更多工作；后来才意识到，吸毒只是在透支未来的时间。”

直到2022年6月失业，有一次吸毒过量倒卧家中，须送院急救，而后被中央肃毒局逮捕。在戒毒所那段期间，家人对他不离不弃，工作人员也不断给予支持与鼓励，终让他彻底清醒。“看到其他人戒毒成功，我也希望自己同样能做到 。”

目前已戒毒四年的陈俊豪，在HCSA社区服务任职，也积极为其他释囚提供援助。他的戒毒经历和重返社会的心路历程，也会配合黄丝带活动，于嘉龙威购物广场（Kallang Wave Mall）中庭举行的沉浸式展览会上呈现。

重返社会绝非易事。陈俊豪强调：“我们需要的是一个重获新生的机会，希望社会大众能够给予支持。”

曾深陷毒瘾长达10年的陈俊豪，如今已成功戒毒四年。他目前在HCSA社区服务任职，积极以自身经历引导其他释囚重回正轨。他背后是配合义跑举行的展览会，以他和其他释囚积极求变、回馈社会的励志故事，呈现告别毒瘾的蜕变历程和挑战。（陈斌勤摄）

黄丝带计划始于2004年，旨在改变社会既定观念，给予释囚一个重生的机会。活动今年迈入第16年，主题是“我们都是彼此的第二次机会”，共吸引约7500名公众参与，筹得近26万元善款。这项活动至今累计善款约252万元。

有别于往年在樟宜监狱中心举办，今年的活动首次移师市区，在加冷汇（The Kallang）举行。这不仅让更多公众有机会参与其中，也让整个社会能在一个公共空间关注并支持释囚。

活动设有5公里非竞赛和10公里竞赛跑，今年也首次新增888米亲子跑项目，鼓励一家大小共同参与。现场另设嘉年华、快闪店与展览，让不参加义跑的公众也能前来参与。

今年首度新增888米亲子跑，成为活动亮点之一；不少家长带着孩子同跑，既增进亲子感情，也让包容社会的理念，能代代传递。（陈斌勤摄）

担任活动筹委会项目组副组长的执行员（招聘）副狱署长陈玉莲（42岁）指出，活动希望通过公众参与，以实际行动支持释囚重新融入社会。

再次参跑的公务员洪国伟（34岁），今年特地带着6岁儿子洪德圣参加亲子跑。他说，这既能支持黄丝带计划，也能增进亲子感情。洪德圣对能与父亲一同参跑感到兴奋。洪国伟希望明年能继续带儿子参跑，未来还想带上现在才3岁的小女儿。

洪国伟（右）带着6岁儿子洪德圣参与，享受温馨的亲子时光；未来也想带上现在才3岁的小女儿。（陈斌勤摄）

律政部长兼内政部第二部长唐振辉当天受邀为义跑挥旗。他在致辞时指出，公众的参与充分体现“给予第二次机会”的意义。当释囚获得社会接纳，就能更有信心重新融入社会，回馈社会。

“如此一来，我们就能共同打造一个更有同理心、更温和、更友善的新加坡。”

配合黄丝带义跑活动，嘉龙威购物广场（Kallang Wave Mall）中庭也举行为期一周的沉浸式展览会，展现释囚经历的挑战、人生转折点，以及社会提供的支持框架，如何帮助他们重新融入。律政部长兼内政部第二部长唐振辉（左一）参观了展览，展览会故事主角之一陈俊豪（受访者，图右）也现身说法。展览已在星期天（9月20日）结束。（陈斌勤摄）

‘Fur Lives Matter’ case turns heads as DOJ’s ‘Fraud Week’ targets taxpayer swindlers

September 20, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News

The nationwide ‘Heartland Fraud Surge’ spanned 44 U.S. attorney offices from Los Angeles to Philadelphia over the summer

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US attorney details bizarre ‘Fur Lives Matter’ case amid DOJ’s nationwide fraud crackdown

Western Missouri U.S. Attorney Matt Price explains how the eye-catching case fits into a broader federal push targeting more than $245 million in intended losses tied to SBA fraud.

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A nationwide business-aid fraud crackdown — highlighted by a bizarre Missouri scheme involving alleged stolen corporate identity — is among the enforcement actions being highlighted during the federal push dubbed “Fraud Week.”

The announcement is part of the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division’s nationwide summer surge. It netted more than 160 criminal defendants and approximately $245 million in intended losses to taxpayers, according to DOJ, as the agency announced busts from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.

“This is the problem of our day,” said U.S. Attorney Matt Price of the Western District of Missouri, whose office was one of 44 involved in the greater “Heartland Fraud Surge” that encompassed June through Sept. 1. “And this is a response to what happened over the previous four years,”

WHITE HOUSE PUSHES ‘WATERSHED’ FRAUD-FIGHTING REFORM IN CONGRESS AS VANCE CONVENES TASK FORCE

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference announcing what federal officials described as the largest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history, resulting in charges against 455 defendants nationwide.(Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Image)

“After 9/11, there was a huge lean-in, [an] all-of-government approach to national security issues,” Price said, comparing the Bush-era interagency pivot to terror threats with the coordinated response to the current push against fraud in taxpayer-funded programs.

Price headlined the extensive Small Business Administration (SBA) and COVID-19-related fraud probes under division chief Colin McDonald.

In the “Fur Lives Matter” case, a Missouri man allegedly claimed to operate 19 separate businesses, including some focused on pet care like “Fur Lives Matter,” “Fur Lives Matter LLC,” “Chows & Pals” and “God’s Chow Chow.”

MINNESOTA FRAUD MASTERMIND GETS NEARLY 42 YEARS IN PRISON IN MASSIVE $250M ‘FEEDING OUR FUTURE’ SCHEME

The Small Business Administration suspended more than 100,000 California borrowers amid nearly $9 billion in suspected pandemic-era loan fraud, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced Friday.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

There was one glaring problem: “Fur Lives Matter” was a real company in another state — and prosecutors say it had no connection to Gray.

Using “Fur Lives Matter” and the other purported companies, Jamie Gray allegedly sought to fraudulently obtain nearly $56 million in Paycheck Protection (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) funds from the Small Business Administration through 29 applications.

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Most cases involved entirely fictitious businesses, and only “Fur Lives Matter” was operational at the Feb. 15, 2020, eligibility cutoff.

“Gray effectively stole this company’s identity,” the DOJ said in a statement, alleging the legitimate business had no knowledge of him and that his claims about ownership, employees, revenue and operations were fabricated. Gray nevertheless received about $820,000 in SBA funds, prosecutors said.

The case stood out even among a summer surge of alleged fraud schemes for its unusual details.

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“If you screwed the American taxpayer, the federal government is now going to say you’re cut off, no more,” Vice President JD Vance said this week on the matter of the larger administration crackdown. “You shouldn’t be applying anymore, and if you do apply, you’re no longer able to get those benefits.”

VANCE-LED TASK FORCE CUTS OFF $1.4B FROM HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPECTED OF FRAUD

Price said the effort is expanding beyond Operation No Doze, the SBA-focused enforcement action conducted as part of the broader Heartland Fraud Surge.

His office and Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, along with other state officials, have also launched Operation Show-Me the Money, a new state-federal effort targeting fraud in state benefit programs.

REPUBLICANS DECLARE WAR ON ‘ORGANIZED THEFT’ WITH GOVERNMENT FRAUD CRACKDOWN

“No fraud is too small to prosecute, but leveraging all state resources in the state of Missouri from the top down [is believed to be] a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the state and the feds, working to identify and prosecute this type of fraud,” he said Saturday.

Price also credited SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler with “leading from the front” as the agency is suspending suspected fraudulent borrowers and sending demand letters seeking repayment.

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He said the Heartland Surge depicts a new approach to countering fraud, characterizing the Biden administration’s attempts to recoup lost dollars as a “pay and chase” model.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche has instructed prosecutors to charge fraud cases of all sizes, in that the smaller cases sends the message to bigger scofflaws that, no matter the amount of money involved, “if you ripped off the American taxpayer… we will find you, we will identify you, we will hunt you down, we’ll prosecute you,” said Price.

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英超开季五场不胜 热刺主帅德泽尔比既失望又沮丧

2026年9月20日 19:45 / 联合早报

在新赛季英超连续五场不胜后，热刺主帅德泽尔比面临巨大压力，还在主场遭遇球迷的漫天嘘声。 （路透社）

（伦敦综合电）“热刺”托特纳姆（Tottenham）延续糟糕的开局，在星期六（9月19日）主场以2比3输给阿斯顿维拉（Aston Villa）后，英超开季已连续五轮不胜。主帅德泽尔比（De Zerbi）严厉批评表现不佳的球队，并对球队表现感到“非常失望、难过和沮丧”。

比赛结束后，德泽尔比径直走进球员通道，但再次听到球迷的嘘声。在为期三周的国际比赛日休战前，热刺依旧未尝新季英超胜绩，目前仅积两分深陷降级区。

德泽尔比批评球队的心态，同时也对球员的身体状况提出质疑。他还认为，替补登场的库杜斯（Kudus）打乱了球队的平衡。

德泽尔比说：“我们不能以这样的方式输掉比赛，也不能让对手打进第二个球。我们不能因为正在落后就失去平衡。

“第51分钟，我和我们的四名前锋谈过，要求他们动动脑子。整个下半场，我都在提醒大家保持冷静。但第二个丢球实在令人难以置信。”

热刺虽然在本场打破新季英超进球荒，但依然没能捍卫主场，让主帅德泽尔比（左）非常沮丧。（路透社）

德泽尔比：队员出现精力不集中情况

比赛下半场，维拉的日本籍门将铃木彩艳送出高质量长传，策动进攻并帮助队友进球。德泽尔比说，球队赛前已经针对这名门将的长传进行了部署，但球员在比赛中却出现注意力不集中的情况。

日本国脚铃木彩艳（图）的长传功夫了得，此役就是他的长传撕裂了热刺防线，间接助攻队友进球。（路透社）

他说：“我们知道，阿斯顿维拉本赛季的长传次数比上赛季多了86%，我们也在很多次会议中讨论过这个问题。

“现在，我们必须解释为什么又出现了类似主场对纽卡斯尔（Newcastle）那场比赛的情况。当时我们上半场踢得很好，比赛进行到第60分钟时也还不错，但随后我们又输掉了比赛。”

随着球员如今陆续返回国家队报到，德泽尔比说，他没有在球员离队前特别交代什么。

他说：“我没有和球员说什么，因为我不想说任何事情。入选国家队的球员必须去比赛、训练。当然，我们必须更加努力，因为我不喜欢球队这场比赛最后阶段的表现。

“我们不能说一切都很糟糕，但这样的表现还不够。”

维拉取赛季首胜 埃梅里：要建立信心

而对于维拉主帅埃梅里（Emery）而言，球队取得本赛季首场英超胜利，也让球员再次看到维拉近年来取得成功所依赖的比赛方式。

埃梅里说：“球员们表现很好，因为他们相信自己……我们需要打造一支能够以这种方式踢球的球队，在对手进攻时展现韧性、带着激情进行防守。我们需要后卫，需要门将，也需要每一名球员都朝着这个方向全力投入。

“我们首先需要建立强大的信心，然后才能尝试按照我们的体系和能力踢球。这就是我们所说的竞争方式。”

Working-class Americans say their town is the next Dearborn — and they’ve had enough

Longtime neighbors describe traffic chaos, parking disputes, and a city government they say refuses to help

September 20, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News

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Residents in all-American town say Islamic surge is wreaking havoc on neighborhood

Several residents in the town of Warren, Michigan are expressing concerns that their town could become the next Dearborn as the Islamic population surges.

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WARREN, Mich. — Neighbors remember the sound of church bells ringing on Sundays.

A brick building with two sharply sloped roofs and a steeple — a Lutheran church for more than 80 years — still stands, but the cross that once stood atop the steeple is gone. About six years ago, the property was sold and turned into the Al Ihsaan Islamic Center.

“They’ll turn anything into a mosque,” Justin Tye, 57, told Fox News Digital during a guided tour of his hometown, where the foreign-born Muslim population has grown significantly over the past decade.

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Justin Tye stands on his front lawn in Warren, Michigan on Aug. 25, 2026.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

Tye remembers the church as the centerpiece of his American suburb where local children would gather on the lawn to play pickup sports.

Lebanese, Iraqi and Syrian immigrants, mostly Chaldean Christians, began moving to the Detroit area in the early 20th century, after Henry Ford’s combustion engine drove demand for laborers in the newly-minted auto industry.

Warren, now the third-largest city in Michigan after Detroit and Grand Rapid, exploded almost overnight with the post-World War II auto manufacturing boom, as war veterans moved to the area to work for Ford and General Motors. The blue-collar, white-picket-fence community incorporated as a town in 1957.

After leaving Warren in his adulthood, Tye returned 13 years ago and purchased his childhood home. At that time, he says, it hadn’t changed dramatically.

Now, it’s much different.

Islamic worshippers pray on the lawn of the Al-Ihsaan Islamic Center in Warren, Michigan in 2021.(Courtesy: Jeff Tye)

TRUMP INAUGURATION PASTOR SAYS DEARBORN CHRISTIANS ‘AFRAID’ TO SPEAK OUT IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY CITY

Shortly after his return, foreign-born Muslims began flocking to the area.

Wars in the 1990s and 2000s led to a boom of Middle Eastern migrations, as America took in a growing Muslim refugee and immigrant population. Longstanding chain migration policies allowed family members to follow their relatives to the United States, and foreign immigrant visas have exploded in recent years.

This, Tye said, has been the story of Warren. But his town’s plight is overshadowed in the media by nearby Dearborn, a now Muslim-majority city that has garnered national and international attention.

Within a seven mile radius of his neighborhood, there are now five mosques. Fox News Digital toured the area while Tye pointed them out.

An old industrial machinery business is now a mosque, as is a former Baptist church.

Tye pointed out a residential home that local Muslims sought to turn into a mosque before a bitter zoning battle, where the Warren City Council eventually decided against the change.

The Al-Ishaan Islamic Center, formerly a Lutheran church, in Warren, Michigan.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

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Tye and several neighbors interviewed by Fox News Digital feel like they’re being pushed out of their own hometown.

“It all started when they bought the mosque, roughly six years ago,” said Tye, standing on the street corner in front of Al Ihsaan alongside his longtime neighbor, Wendy Schneider.

“After Ramadan, they would have their Eid al-Fitr prayer service. It was unannounced. We didn’t know anything,” he continued. “All of a sudden, we were just woken up to 100-plus people behind the mosque, with an Imam on a podium with big amplifier speakers, belting out his prayer service. So it woke up the whole neighborhood.”

Since that day, Tye says the neighborhood has turned to “chaos,” especially during Muslim holidays and weekly Friday afternoon prayers.

The Masjid Al-Fath Islamic Center of Warren was once an industrial machinery business the employed dozens of blue-collar workers.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

Schneider, noting that she requires frequent doctors appointments, doesn’t make plans to leave her home on Friday afternoons, when worshippers flood the neighborhood for Jummah prayers.

Both neighbors claim the roads have become more dangerous, accusing the town’s immigrant residents of driving erratically and claiming those who don’t speak English don’t fully understand the rules of the road.

“One thing that I’ve found is that the driving conditions around here are very dangerous, and especially on their Friday, I make no appointments,” Schneider said. “Because it’s too dangerous to try to leave my house.”

For the same reason, Tye didn’t renew his motorcycle license plates this year.

Michigan motor vehicle accident data shows that in 2010, the city had 3,607 crashes. In 2024, the last year for which the data was available, Warren had 4,086, a 13.3% increase. Nationwide trends show about an 11% increase in crashes during the same time period.

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A Baptist church in Warren, Michigan was recently turned into a the Islamic Center of Nine Mile.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

A third neighbor, who has lived in Warren since 1971 and who declined to be named, echoed to Fox News Digital that the influx has disrupted their way of life.

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“Seems like every restaurant that closes up — American restaurant — there’s a Muslim restaurant that opens up. I’ve seen four or five of them so far,” he said.

A fourth neighbor, who also asked not to be named, was born and raised in Warren in a home his family has owned since 1966. Like Tye, he left Warren but later returned. It’s been a decade since he came back.

“I’m normally laid back. Things don’t bother me,” he said. “But it’s like, this is my neighborhood and they’re just taking it over, and that’s what bothers me. And they don’t care.”

A large mosque is under construction in Warren, Michigan.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

Tye said: “This whole neighborhood has been flipped in a decade — less than a decade — to Muslim. Sure enough, they’re nice, they wave and everything. But I go by their actions, and their actions aren’t nice.”

“Disrespecting the neighborhood, disrespecting the people who live here, parking in our driveways, blocking our driveways, parking on our lawns,” he continued, rattling off examples of how life has changed.

A local outlet ran a story in 2021 accusing residents of harassment of the Muslim worshippers during Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. “It’s like Christmas for us and to have people attack you on a holy day, it does hurt a little bit more,” worshiper Mubarak Mozeb told WDIV at the time. Others added that they didn’t feel welcome in the neighborhood.

Tye told Fox News Digital he’s never woken up his entire neighborhood with loudspeakers on Christmas.

A sign outside a Baptist church turned mosque in Warren, Michigan directs women to a designated parking and entry area.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

Neighbors feel unsupported by local officials, including the Warren Police Department.

While some officers have expressed sympathy for their plight, the community members speculate that their hands are tied by city officials who value political correctness.

Tye said that Warren’s mayor, Lori Stone, refuses to speak with them.

“You never get to talk to Mayor Stone. You get to talk to her secretary, who’s a Muslim, who informed myself and my neighbors that we need to respect them because they’re Muslims,” he said.

“They will do absolutely nothing but gaslight you,” he said of the police and the city’s elected officials.

City hall and the Warren Police Department disputed these claims when reached by Fox News Digital.

In a statement, Stone claimed she wasn’t aware of any of the issues neighbors brought up in their interviews and insisted her administration “takes resident concerns seriously and works diligently to support the community by addressing issues and assisting with problem-solving.”

Justin Tye points to a sign barring semi trucks from his neighborhood, as semi truck sits on the property of the Al-Ishaan Islamic Center behind it.(Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)

Stone also said the claims, relayed to her office by Fox News Digital, were “broad and lack sufficient information for the City to verify or investigate the alleged incidents.”

“To date, my office has not received the complaints or concerns outlined in your email, nor has the Warren Police Department provided any updates indicating problems related to the matters you describe,” the response notes.

The Warren Police Department addressed several incidents relayed to them, claiming it “takes all quality-of-life concerns including parking and noise complaints seriously, regardless of where they originate.” It said the last incident they responded to was in March.

“In previous years when officers responded to calls in the area, they consistently found that while vehicle volume can be high, all vehicles were legally parked,” the statement continued. “In the past, noise complaints associated with the area were primarily reported during the daytime, which fall outside the restrictions of the city’s general noise ordinances.”

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The department added that it has not received any directives from city hall to exempt any areas of the city from law enforcement.

Stone’s office did not return a follow-up comment request. The Al Ihsaan Islamic Center did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.

安华：将晤陆兆福讨论去留

2026年9月20日 19:51 / 联合早报

马国首相安华星期天（9月20日）说，他将安排时间与交通部长陆兆福见面，讨论陆兆福辞职之事。 （马新社）

马来西亚首相安华透露，民主行动党秘书长及交通部长陆兆福表明辞去交通部长职务后，他将安排时间与陆兆福见面讨论此事。

据《星洲日报》报道，安华星期天（9月20日）出席活动后受询时说，陆兆福已通知他辞职之事，但他尚未收到陆兆福的辞职信。安华说，他与陆兆福尚未详细讨论此事。

安华说：“我理解他的立场，因为他是有原则的人。对于任何可能让外界认为政府在反贪腐问题上态度软弱或有所放宽的做法，他始终坚持相同立场。”

至于何时与陆兆福见面，安华说，陆兆福正准备按行程前往上海，因此他可能等双方时间允许时才安排见面。

马国国家元首苏丹依布拉欣星期五（18日）在联邦特赦局会议中，批准有条件特赦纳吉，允许他以居家服刑的方式服完因一马公司前子公司SRC国际公司案件而被判的剩余刑期，直至2028年8月23日。特赦的条件是纳吉须先缴清5000万令吉（约1560万新元）罚款。

陆兆福辞任交通部长 表达民行党对纳吉获特赦立场

民行党中央执行委员会隔天召开紧急会议商议此事。陆兆福会后召开记者会宣布将辞去交通部长职务，以表达民行党对纳吉获准居家服刑的立场。

陆兆福说，民行党中其他担任部长、副部长等官职者将继续留任，以确保政治稳定。民行党目前在内阁包括陆兆福共有五名部长，另有七名副部长。