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A Hawaii lifeguard is still recovering 11 days after surviving a sudden shark attack that changed everything in an instant. As he heals, he’s sharing the moment it struck—and the gratitude he feels simply to be alive.

What began as a simple friendship at the YMCA blossomed into a sweet late-in-life love story. This senior couple tied the knot in the very place they met—right in the YMCA pool.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a subpoena to former special counsel Jack Smith to appear for a deposition. “The Committee on the Judiciary is continuing to conduct oversight of the operations of the Office of Special Counsel you led – specifically, your team’s prosecutions of President Donald J. Trump and his co-defendants,” a letter to Smith read. “Due to your service as Special Counsel, the Committee believes that you possess information that is vital to its oversight of this matter,” it continued. “Jack Smith Subpoenaed,” Jordan wrote on X. Jack Smith Subpoenaed. pic.twitter.com/hjqInNjGSG — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) December 3, 2025 A closer look: Fox News has more: The forthcoming deposition, which is set to take place behind closed doors, comes as House and Senate Republicans have zeroed in on Smith’s election-related investigation of Trump, describing it as a scandal that unnecessarily swept up hundreds of Republican lawmakers, GOP entities, Trump allies and media outlets as part of the probe. Smith has repeatedly stood by his work as special counsel, which eventually involved bringing two sets of criminal charges against Trump over the 2020 election and over alleged retention of classified documents. Smith dropped both cases after Trump won the 2024 election, citing a Department of Justice policy that discourages prosecuting sitting presidents. Smith has already offered to publicly testify before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, but a source familiar with Jordan’s request said a deposition is the chairman’s preferred format because each party on the committee can question Smith for an hour at a time and build a better record. In a public hearing, lawmakers typically question a witness in five-minute intervals. Peter Koski, an attorney for Smith, told Fox News Digital that Smith had offered to voluntarily appear in a public hearing setting six weeks ago. “We are disappointed that offer was rejected, and that the American people will be denied the opportunity to hear directly from Jack on these topics,” Koski said, according to Fox News. “Jack looks forward to meeting with the committee later this month to discuss his work and clarify the various misconceptions about his investigation,” he added. CBS News noted: Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, accused Republicans and the Trump administration of mounting a “coordinated campaign to smear” Smith and his team for their investigation into Mr. Trump and his allies related to their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. “Chairman Jordan has denied Special Counsel Jack Smith’s offer to speak publicly to the whole Congress and the whole country about his investigations into Donald Trump, instead demanding he comply with a subpoena for a closed-door, private session simply so Republicans can spin, distort, and cherry-pick his remarks through press leaks,” he said in a statement. “What are our colleagues so afraid of, that they won’t let the American people hear directly from the Special Counsel? Raskin, of Maryland, said Smith followed the proper legal principles, protocols and guidelines throughout his probe and took “careful investigative steps.”

The Justice Department announced it filed federal lawsuits against six states for “failure to produce their statewide voter registration lists upon request.” “Accurate voter rolls are the cornerstone of fair and free elections, and too many states have fallen into a pattern of noncompliance with basic voter roll maintenance,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “The Department of Justice will continue filing proactive election integrity litigation until states comply with basic election safeguards,” she added. “Our federal elections laws ensure every American citizen may vote freely and fairly,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “States that continue to defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists as they go to the polls, that every vote counts equally, and that all voters have confidence in election results. At this Department of Justice, we will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws,” she continued. The states sued include: Delaware Maryland New Mexico Rhode Island Vermont Washington DOJ sues six states for refusing to turn over voter registration rolls, warns ‘open defiance’ of federal law https://t.co/4YRirapTOt — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 3, 2025 Fox News shared: According to the DOJ, the agency formally requested each state’s current, statewide voter registration roll and did not receive the required records. In each lawsuit, the department argues that Congress gave the attorney general clear authority to demand the production, inspection and analysis of voter registration data to ensure compliance with federal law. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Civil Rights Division, said the department is escalating enforcement efforts ahead of the 2026 election cycle. “States that defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists & that all voters have confidence in our elections. @CivilRights & @AGPamBondi will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws,” Dhillon wrote on X. States that defy federal voting laws interfere with our mission of ensuring that Americans have accurate voter lists & that all voters have confidence in our elections. @CivilRights & @AGPamBondi will not stand for this open defiance of federal civil rights laws.… — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 2, 2025 The Hill noted: The legal challenges follow at least eight other lawsuits against different states for withholding voter information from the DOJ: California, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Despite pressure, state leaders say they are legally obligated to conceal documents with personally identifiable information such as voters’ names, birth dates, addresses and driver’s license numbers or partial Social Security numbers. The New Mexico Secretary of State’s office said it provided the Justice Department with public voter data prior to the lawsuit, spokesperson Alex Curtas told The Associated Press. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs also supplied federal officials with publicly disclosable information but refused to provide additional information, arguing it would violate the Civil Rights Act.

A Hawaii lifeguard is still recovering 11 days after surviving a sudden shark attack that changed everything in an instant. As he heals, he’s sharing the moment it struck—and the gratitude he feels simply to be alive.

What began as a simple friendship at the YMCA blossomed into a sweet late-in-life love story. This senior couple tied the knot in the very place they met—right in the YMCA pool.

A Hawaii lifeguard is still recovering 11 days after surviving a sudden shark attack that changed everything in an instant. As he heals, he’s sharing the moment it struck—and the gratitude he feels simply to be alive.