The New York Giants stayed aggressive during Day 2 of the NFL Draft. After starting the night with only one scheduled pick, the Giants executed a bold trade to secure Notre Dame wide receiver Malachi Fields.  

​Head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen traded back into the third round to snag Fields at No. 74 overall. To move up, the Giants sent their fourth-round pick (No. 105), fifth-round pick (No. 145), and a 2027 fourth-rounder to the Cleveland Browns.  

​Fields brings massive frame and vertical ability to the offense. The 6-foot-4, 218-pound receiver averaged 17.5 yards per catch last season. He provides a large target for quarterback Jaxson Dart and fills the void left by free agent departures like Wan’Dale Robinson.

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A New York Giants helmet is seen during training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 1, 2023. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

​Earlier in the evening, the Giants addressed the defense with the 37th overall pick. They selected Tennessee cornerback Colton Hood.  

​Hood is a physical, high-motor defensive back who recorded 20 solo tackles and 13 pass breakups in 2024. Analysts praise his ability to disrupt routes and challenge receivers at the catch point. He joins a revamped secondary featuring Deonte Banks and Paulson Adebo.

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The Giants have become one of the most discussed teams of this year’s draft, after surprising many fans with the selections of linebacker Arvell Reese at No. 5 and offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa at No. 10.

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The selections prompted mixed reactions by fans and pundits, as some argued the team should have taken star safety Caleb Downs with one of their top 10 picks, as Downs was later taken by the rival Dallas Cowboys at No. 11. 

The Giants are entering year one of the Harbaugh era, looking to get back to credibility after a decade plus of ineptitude.

FIRST ON FOX: The Pima County Sheriff’s Department worked closely with a reality TV crew to provide footage and access to deputies — including video of arrests and use-of-force incidents that raised internal concerns — according to emails obtained by Fox News Digital.

The emails also reveal that the head of the department’s homicide and cold case units had been rotated out in the year before the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie from her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been kidnapped months after filming for the show ended.

A June 18, 2025 email from show producer Amanda Riley shows she asked for the contacts of the sergeants running several units. In a reply two days later, Capt. Robert Koumal informed her that “the department has experienced some rotational re-assignments since last year,” and revealed that the leader of every team she’d asked about had changed.

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Pima County deputies examine a flyer taped to the mailbox outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 23, 2026. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been abducted from her home in the early hours of Feb. 1. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

More than 220 pages of emails between PCSD officials and the show’s producers show behind-the-scenes exchanges in the creation of a reality show featuring a sheriff’s department that would soon become a household name as the Guthrie case played out. Her whereabouts remained unknown as of Friday.

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Some incidents included use-of-force and other behavioral concerns, including discussions over whether to provide bodycam where deputies were swearing to the show. In one case, authorities appeared concerned about an altercation in which the involved deputy didn’t start recording until after the fight with a suspect had ended.

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The emails were shared between members of the PCSD, its public information office, and producers from Twenty Twenty Productions, who worked on the A&E show, “Desert Law.” The series focuses on law enforcement in Pima County’s Sonoran Desert.

Pima County Sheriff’s deputies stand outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson, Ariz., after the 84-year-old woman went missing on Feb. 12, 2026. Nancy Guthrie is the mother of journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)

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While the TV crew went on a series of ride-alongs with PCSD patrols, show producers were generally interested in bodycam and other police-obtained video. They asked for a public information officer to be available to drive a marked SUV in order to create background footage, known as “B-roll.” Koumal agreed in a July 1 email, suggesting a deputy “take our new Tahoe.”

The producers also requested information from an infamous local case, the 1996 murder of Gary Triano.

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Pima County sheriff and FBI agents examine a gray Range Rover in a Culver’s parking lot in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 14, 2026, as part of the Nancy Guthrie case investigation. (Ty ONeil/AP)

Triano died in an explosion in the Catalina Foothills after his wife, Pamela Phillips, hired a hitman to plant a pipe bomb in his Lincoln Town Car. It exploded while he was driving home from a golf course. Friends and family were waiting to surprise him with a birthday party.

She was convicted in 2014 and is serving a life prison sentence, as is the bomber, Ron Young, who was arrested after a 2005 episode of “America’s Most Wanted.”

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Koumal, the captain overseeing the sheriff’s community services division and records management, also sent out a note encouraging deputies to proactively reach out to the show producers “if any incidents occur.”

A member of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department stands by his truck looking at Nancy Guthrie’s house in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 9, 2026. (Ty ONeil/AP)

Producer Tom Olney praised the cooperation, writing, “thank you as ever for all your continued support, its amazing and absolutely the best I’ve ever received from any law enforcement department!”

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He also repeatedly voiced concerns about the wait time for bodycam records and offered to discuss ways to expedite and prioritize the footage to meet show deadlines. In some cases, he asked for his newer requests to be replaced ahead of older ones, a request that officials granted at least once.

Savannah Guthrie smiles with her mother Nancy Guthrie at the TODAY studio on June 15, 2023. (Nathan Congleton/NBC)

It’s unclear from the provided emails whether any of the TV crew’s requests took priority over those from the public.

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It would be unusual for records keepers to allow certain requesters to skip the line. Typically, agencies process public records requests on a first-come, first-served basis.

The emails were sent between July and December 2025, well before the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, whose Feb. 1 disappearance from her home in the Catalina Foothills remains unsolved. PCSD is the lead agency on that case.

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Since the 1970s, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has characterized itself as an organization that combats extremist groups like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). This week, because of an indictment that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel secured through stellar leadership, we learned that SPLC wasn’t fighting the Klan — but funding it using generous donations from people who thought they were helping fight racism.

James Alex Fields, a White supremacist, ran over and killed a Jewish woman named Heather Heyer at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.

Following the attack, the SPLC doubled its income, using the event to fundraise and claiming it needed more money to combat racism. Yet, thanks to the indictment, we learned that SPLC allegedly paid people to attend the rally and provided transportation.

The rally also spawned the “very fine people” hoax. Left-wing critics falsely claimed that President Donald Trump called neo-Nazis “very fine people.” In reality, the president said that there are very fine people on both sides of the debate over removing statues of historical figures like Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Following the discourse, former President Joe Biden asserted that the Charlottesville event spurred him to run for the presidency in 2020, and even served as the vehicle for Biden’s “Soul of America” campaign theme.

The SPLC is also accused of paying people to post racist materials on online forums, fueling racial hatred. The organization sold its donors a bill of goods, doing exactly the opposite of what it promised.

Over a decade, millions of dollars in donations to SPLC went to hate groups like the Klan and Aryan affiliates. According to the indictment, the SPLC funneled this money through fictitious groups such as “Fox Photography” to mask the true source of the donations. In addition to donor fraud, the SPLC is also accused of lying to banks about its transactions.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) building seen in March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images)

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This indictment is profoundly important because the SPLC has played a significant role in American politics, especially in recent decades. The group labeled others as “extremists” and “hate groups,” and government agencies like the FBI relied on those designations.

That is why the FBI began investigating Moms for Liberty, a group of concerned mothers who attended school board meetings and voiced objections to parts of school curricula. Thanks to the SPLC, the FBI investigated the group as a potential domestic terrorist organization.

Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray absurdly said that White supremacy was the biggest domestic threat — a claim SPLC instigated.

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Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk were also labeled by the group as “extremists” just months before a deranged leftist assassinated Kirk.

The SPLC gave the same designation to mainstream groups like the Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The ADF has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, along with federal and state courts, hundreds of times to protect Americans’ constitutional freedoms. Yet, according to the SPLC, the ADF is in the same league as the Klan — a group the SPLC allegedly funded.

While raking in donations from some of the largest corporations in the world — including Apple, JPMorgan and MGM Resorts — the SPLC sought to deplatform and debank people and groups it deemed “extremists.”

A split image shows Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, left, and billionaire Elon Musk, right, as past social media posts criticizing the Southern Poverty Law Center resurfaced following the group’s indictment by the Department of Justice. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

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The SPLC met with PayPal as part of its debanking efforts and urged Amazon not to sell conservative books. The SPLC also participated in social media censorship on platforms like Twitter before Elon Musk’s acquisition, urging Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram to ban those with views the SPLC disagreed with.

The group targeted advertisers for conservative shows, branding Fox News’ Laura Ingraham “the high priestess of hate.” Ingraham has had a distinguished media and legal career, having clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas on the U.S. Supreme Court. The SPLC attempted to destroy Ingraham because she represented a threat by articulating the case for conservatism.

If the indictment is accurate, the SPLC was running one of the biggest cons in American history. To secure donations, the SPLC fomented racial division because not enough genuine division existed.

The Southern Poverty Law Center released its 2022 map showing hate and anti-government groups across the United States. (Southern Poverty Law Center)

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In reality, America has made such enormous strides toward equality that SPLC had to fund a fabrication to convince people the nation is racist. The SPLC must be held accountable, not only for donor fraud, but for the far more serious offense of poisoning American public discourse.

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The SPLC led Americans to believe racism was prevalent when, according to the indictment, the SPLC was causing much of the problem. Blanche and Patel heroically exposed the scam, and a superseding indictment hopefully will follow.

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SPLC executives must pay a severe legal price for this monstrosity, which, in addition to the alleged massive donor and bank fraud, has done incalculable damage to public discourse.

The indictment is a wonderful start on the road to accountability, and people must go to prison for this unconscionable charade.

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LINCOLN, Ala. – NASCAR’s high-stakes Jack Links 500 race is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, where 41 drivers will take on the league’s largest track in front of an estimated 100,000 race fans.

The legendary track attracts visitors from “all 50 states and multiple countries,” according to track officials.

“It’s like a vacation for them. There’s people that just see each other twice a year here, and they meet up here at Talladega Superspeedway,” Patrick Barfield, Senior Director of Venue Experience and Guest Services at Talladega Superspeedway, said. “They all have their little parties and groups, and it’s a great site.”

Josh Harris, Regional President at Talladega Superspeedway, credits the charm of the track to its unpredictable pack racing at extreme speeds exceeding 200 mph. The track, at 2.66 miles, is the longest in the NASCAR Cup Series, and drivers must complete 188 laps to finish the 500-mile race.

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Track officials expect about 100,000 fans to attend the Jack Links 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. (FOX News)

“Everything’s just a little bit bigger here at Talladega, and that’s how we like it,” Harris said.

The Jack Links 500 is the tenth race in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series, and drivers are already fighting for their spot in the playoff standings. 

“Drivers are positioning themselves. They want to be in that top 16 come Daytona in August and be able to jump themselves into the chase,” Harris said.

Talladega is always challenging for drivers, according to Harris, both physically and mentally. As the NASCAR Cup Series continues into Spring and Summer, he said the inside of a race car can exceed 100 degrees on an 85-degree day. 

Many fans, however, are taking advantage of the warm weather. Thousands of fans started camping outside the track and in the infield over the past week.

Riley Eubanks traveled from Indianapolis, Indiana, with his cousin and friend. The three of them are spending their first Talladega race together in a small tent inside turn one, living on “plenty of food and water” and a constant game of poker.

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Some race fans started camping out in the infield of Talladega Superspeedway in the week leading up to the Jack Links 500.  (FOX News)

“We spent hundreds, if not thousands on meat and plenty of water,” Eubanks said. “We’re able to provide food to others if they want to come by, but we have got plenty to eat here for a few days.”

Many fans said they were excited to see the track’s infamous 33-degree banking in its four turns, the steepest in stock car racing. The turns are engineered to allow drivers to maintain 200 miles per hour without losing traction. 

Talladaga Superspeedway is home to the steepest banking in stock car racing with a 33 degree banking in its four turns.  (FOX News)

“The coolest thing is getting over here and checking out how high up that wall really is. Seeing it for the first time. Just crash after crash over years. After years of watching, I got to see it,” Caleb Eubanks said. 

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Drivers will begin qualifying Saturday morning to secure their starting position for Sunday’s race.