With the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, now in full swing, leaders from around the world are clamoring for the spotlight. And the Democratic governor of California is no exception. In a video he shared on Tuesday morning, Gov. Gavin Newsom went on an unhinged rant against President Donald Trump, who is expected to give an address on Wednesday. 'Diplomacy with Donald Trump? He's a T. rex. You mate with him or he devours you.'The video, a composite of several edited soundbites in a loud hallway, features Newsom railing against Trump in a myriad of attacks, including with some novel comparisons.RELATED: Trump pulls US out of 'racist' UN forum pushing 'global reparations agendas' Photo by Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty ImagesNewsom demanded that European leaders "stop being complicit": "I can't take this complicity. People rolling over. I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders." Newsom called the world leaders' handling of Trump's dealings on the global stage "embarrassing," adding strangely, "Diplomacy with Donald Trump? He's a T. rex. You mate with him or he devours you. One or the other." The California governor then threw the Trump derangement syndrome kitchen sink at his crowd of listeners: "This guy is a wrecking ball. ... It's code red. And you guys are still playing by an old set of rules. ... He's unmoored. It's the law of the jungle. It's the rule of Don. And I hope it's dawning on the world what we're up against. I mean, this is serious. This guy, he's not mad; he's very intentional. But he's unmoored, and he's unhinged."Mustering all of his bravado, Newsom demanded of world leaders: "Have some spine. Have some goddamn balls." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An actress known for black exploitation movies said that she remembers seeing lynchings when she was a child in Ohio — but her claims were contradicted by history as well as math.Pam Grier made the claims during her guest appearance on "The View," and the co-hosts did not push back on the bizarre story.'At least make up a story that's halfway believable.'"You faced a lot of racism growing up in Columbus, Ohio. How did that shape you?" Sunny Hostin asked."Phew! Well, the military wouldn't allow black families to live on the base, so you had to live in an apartment. And you couldn't take a bus. You couldn't afford a car. You walked. Your dads walked to the base," Grier said."And sometimes we would go from tree shade to shade to get back to the apartment, my brother and I and my mom with bags," she added. "And my mom would go, 'Don't look, don't look, don't look,' and she would pull us away because there's someone hanging from a tree."Grier appeared emotional, and the audience gasped at her story."And they have a memorial for it now where you can see where people were and left," she continued. "And it triggers me today to see that a voice can be silenced and if a white family supported a black, they're going to get burned down or killed or lynched as well."While Ohio does have a horrible history of racial lynchings, the last record of such an incident was from 1911, which makes it impossible for Grier's story to be accurate.Many critics lashed out at her online after video of the tale was posted to social media."I am 78. I grew up in Columbus Ohio. Bulls**t story," one X user responded."It is amazing that she can lie so boldly without no push back. ... You know who believes this slop? Middle aged single leftist white women who will believe 'lived truths' over facts," another detractor replied."It's important to learn history so that when you lie, you can at least make up a story that's halfway believable," another critic said.RELATED: Jasmine Crockett melts down on 'The View' over 'racist' jab from JD Vance — and claims Republicans are disturbed by her A community note attached to the video pointed out that Grier was born in 1949, nearly four decades after the last lynching in the state. And while there is a plaque in Columbus to remember two victims of lynching in the downtown of the city, those incidents were from 1896.Grier is best known for her roles in "blaxploitation" movies in the 1970s, including "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown." She is celebrated as one of the first female action stars.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Christian organizations spent nearly a decade fighting New York's requirement that they pay for abortions. They came out victorious on Friday, thanks in part to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.In January 2017, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the Empire State would require employers to not only pay for contraceptive drugs and devices but for "all medically necessary abortion services."Cuomo, a Catholic, said that the mandate was one of a number of regulatory actions that would "help ensure that whatever happens at the federal level, women in our state will have cost-free access to reproductive health care."'The state has given up its disgraceful campaign.'While there was a religious exemption built into the mandate, it was extremely narrow.As satisfaction of the mandate would violate their deeply held religious beliefs, a coalition of Christian groups ineligible for the exemption — including the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Albany and Ogdensburg, the Anglican Sisterhood of St. Mary, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, and First Bible Baptist Church — sued the State of New York, claiming it violated the First Amendment's free exercise clause and both religion clauses.After years of legal setbacks, the Christian plaintiffs' fight was renewed in late 2021 when the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a mandate-affirming ruling by the state appellate court and ordered it to reconsider the case in light of its 2021 decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia. In Fulton, the SCOTUS ruled that the City of Philadelphia had violated Catholic Social Services' free exercise of religion by requiring the foster care agency to endorse homosexual couples as foster parents.RELATED: Biden's faith attacks backfire: Support for religious liberties soars to record high under Trump, new report shows Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images Again, the state appellate court considered the case, and again it ruled against the plaintiffs and in favor of the abortion mandate.The Supreme Court took up the Christian groups' subsequent appeal, and in June 2025, it ordered the Court of Appeals of New York to reconsider the case in light of its June 5 ruling in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor. In that particular case, the high court unanimously held that by denying the Catholic Charities Bureau a tax exemption that is available for religious entities, Wisconsin had violated the First Amendment.Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in the opinion for the court, "When the government distinguishes among religions based on theological differences in their provision of services, it imposes a denominational preference that must satisfy the highest level of judicial scrutiny."That Supreme Court ruling boded poorly for New York, whose abortion mandate had a similarly narrow and problematic religious exemption.On Friday, New York agreed to surrender its effort to coerce the Christian plaintiffs into funding abortions."For nearly a decade, New York bureaucrats tried to strong-arm nuns into paying for abortions because they serve all those in need," said Lori Windham, senior counsel at Becket and attorney for the plaintiffs, in a statement. "At long last, the state has given up its disgraceful campaign. This victory confirms that the government cannot punish religious ministries for living out their faith by serving everyone.""The Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that religious groups shouldn't be bullied for staying true to their faith," Windham added.Per the terms of the settlement with self-identified Catholic Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration, the following entities will now be recognized as religious employers, thereby securing exemptions from the mandate: the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Albany and Ogdensburg and the Catholic Charities thereof; St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church Society of Amherst; First Bible Baptist Church; Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Albany; Teresian House Nursing Home Company, Inc.; Teresian House Housing Corporation; and Depaul Housing Management Corporation.The Sisterhood of Mary and the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn have dropped their free exercise claims against the state.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Journalist Savanah Hernandez is shedding light on one abhorrent story out of New York City — where a man who used his weapon to protect himself was sent to prison for four years.“I just attended the sentencing for Charles Foehner, a 67-year-old retiree who was just sentenced to four years in prison after defending himself from a 15-time career criminal here in New York City,” Hernandez reported.“Now, if you’re not familiar with the story of Charles, basically, back in 2023, a 15-time career criminal with a history of mental illness ended up threatening him and lunging at him. Charles, who had a handgun in his pocket, which he had, by the way, because of his fears of rising crime throughout the city, ended up pulling out his weapon, telling this man to stop,” she continued.“He did not heed the warning. He continued to lunge at Charles. Charles opened fire and ended up killing him,” she said.While even the DA of Queens, Melinda Katz, did not bring homicide or manslaughter charges because she agreed that it was clearly self-defense, she did go after Charles for criminal possession of a weapon.The cops then searched his home and found what they called an “arsenal of unlicensed weapons.”“Charles’ attorney stated that Charles has been shooting guns since he was a kid. Charles has no criminal history, and he has been around guns his entire life. However, because he was in New York and these were unlicensed, the DA decided to bring forward these charges,” Hernandez reported.“It’s incredible that this is happening in the United States of America. So he ended up — this 67-year-old retiree ended up losing his home because of the legal fees and him being cut off from his Social Security benefits while he’s in prison. You can’t get that when you’re in prison,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”“It’s really incredible that there is such a thing as unlicensed firearms in this country. It’s like, says who? That is completely unconstitutional, because I have a Second Amendment right to protect myself however I see fit,” she says.“This man would not be alive if it weren’t for the weapon that he carried. And the fact that doing that — protecting his own life — now causes him to be in prison because then they can go and raid your home and say, ‘Oh, actually, you have an arsenal here. You’re not allowed to do that,’ is so very chilling,” she adds.Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred takes on news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The Trump administration officials are pushing California to return over $1 billion in federal taxpayer funds that may have been used to cover the health care costs of illegal aliens.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in May that it was increasing oversight on states that illegally used Medicaid funding to provide illegal immigrants with health care services, noting that Medicaid funding is generally available to illegal aliens only for emergency medical services. 'We are teaming up to combat healthcare fraud so the money can be used for American citizens who need it!'As part of the announcement, the CMS declared that states could be forced to reimburse the federal government for funds spent on noncitizens. CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed in October that the agency found more than $1 billion of federal taxpayer funds were spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. “And my team is getting it back,” he remarked.Oz called CMS’ findings “shocking.”“In a preliminary review of six states, we found those states improperly using federal tax dollars for their allegedly state-funded program and providing coverage to individuals, including some with criminal records of murder and assault,” he stated.Those findings included $1.3 billion in California, $2.1 million in Washington, D.C., $30 million in Illinois, $2.4 million in Washington, $1.5 million in Colorado, and $5.4 million in Oregon. RELATED: Dr. Oz exposes the nonprofit lie at the heart of US health care Mehmet Oz, Bill Essayli. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty ImagesOz explained that the states had been notified and that “many” had begun issuing refunds to CMS. However the administrator provided an update on Wednesday, stating that additional uncovered data revealed the total had reached $1.8 billion across eight states. He announced that the CMS is withholding nearly $300 million from California, which Oz labeled “the worst offender,” until the state’s leadership proves “they’re spending the money properly.”Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, stated, “California must return more than $1 billion to the federal government after an audit by @DrOzCMS and his team uncovered federal dollars being spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants. We are teaming up to combat healthcare fraud so the money can be used for American citizens who need it!”California officials have rejected claims that the federal funds were misused.The California Department of Health Care Services previously told the New York Times, “Claims that California improperly used federal Medicaid dollars to provide health care to undocumented immigrants are flatly false and misrepresent both federal law and standard administrative practice.”Gov. Gavin Newsom's office did not respond to a request for comment.RELATED: Illegal-alien patients drain Texas hospitals, racking up billion-dollar bill — in less than a year Gavin Newsom. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C., has agreed to pay back over $650,000 to CMS by mid-November.An Illinois Medicaid spokesperson previously told PolitiFact, “Once again, the Trump administration is spreading misinformation about standard uses of Medicaid dollars.”“This is not a reality show, and there is no conspiracy to circumvent federal law and provide ineligible individuals with Medicaid coverage. Dr. Oz should stop pushing conspiracy theories and focus on improving health care for the American people,” the spokesperson added.A Washington State Health Care Authority also pushed back on CMS’ claims, calling the estimates shared by Oz “inaccurate.”“We were very surprised to see Dr. Oz’s post, especially considering we continue to work with CMS in good faith to answer their questions and clear up any confusion,” the spokesperson said. Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy & Financing also insisted the state did not break the law. “Our payments for coverage of undocumented individuals are in accordance with state and federal laws,” a spokesperson told PolitiFact. "The $1.5 million number referenced by federal leaders today is based on an incorrect preliminary finding, and has been refuted with supporting data by our Department experts."Oregon Health Authority previously told KOIN that CMS’ claim was “false and mischaracterizes not just this essential part of our nation’s emergency care infrastructure, but also an ongoing, routine audit process.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!