A truck driver in England was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after authorities said they found nearly $10 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing brand.

Investigators said the SKIMS shipment itself was legitimate and that neither the exporter nor importer was accused of wrongdoing. Representatives for SKIMS and Kardashian did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced Monday to 13 years and six months in prison following an investigation by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, according to the agency.

Border Force officers stopped Konkel on Sept. 5 at the Port of Harwich in Essex after he arrived on a ferry from the Hook of Holland in the Netherlands.

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Jakub Jan Konkel pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine hidden inside a shipment of SKIMS clothing, authorities said. (National Crime Agency)

Authorities said the truck was carrying 28 pallets of SKIMS clothing when officers discovered a concealed compartment built into the rear trailer doors. Investigators said the vehicle had been specially modified to hide the drugs inside the trailer.

Inside the hidden compartment were 90 kilogram-sized packages of cocaine with an estimated street value of about $9.6 million, authorities said.

Authorities said trafficking groups often hide narcotics inside legitimate commercial shipments to avoid detection.

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A truck driver was busted and sentenced in England for smuggling cocaine hidden inside a shipment of Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing brand. (XNY/Star Max/GC Images)

“Organized crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this,” NCA Operations Manager Paul Orchard said.

Investigators also said Konkel’s vehicle records showed an unexplained 16-minute stop before reaching the port, where authorities allege the drugs were loaded into the truck, with only Konkel and the smuggling group aware of the operation.

Konkel initially denied knowing about the cocaine, but later pleaded guilty to drug smuggling, admitting he agreed to transport the drugs in exchange for €4,500, or roughly $5,200, according to the NCA.

Orchard said investigators seized “a significant amount of cocaine” and disrupted the criminal group behind the smuggling attempt.

SKIMS clothing is shown inside an evidence bag after U.K. authorities said they uncovered nearly $10 million worth of cocaine hidden in a truck shipment. (National Crime Agency)

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Border Force Assistant Director Jason Thorn said the seizure deprived criminal networks of millions in profits.

“These drugs destroy lives and inflict misery on our communities,” Thorn said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Ella Langley gave her fans an inside look at her time at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

In an Instagram reel shared on Wednesday, the 27-year-old country music superstar let fans in on how she spent her day at the ACM Awards, including clips of her arriving to the venue, getting her hair and makeup done and getting carried out to the car when the night was over.

“Welcome to today,” she says at the start of the video. She can be heard telling the camera later in the video that “this job is not something that you can kind of half a–. You just have to full force. Don’t be afraid of embarrassing yourself.”

The video also showed her entourage’s reaction to her award win and watching her accept the award on a TV backstage. While celebrating, her friends can be heard yelling at the TV for her to cry and “get vulnerable.”

Langley posted a behind-the-scenes video of her preparing for the ACM Awards. (Ella Langley Instagram)

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“Y’all I’ve never cried when I won an award,” she told the camera, while getting ready. “For all of you who get upset when I don’t cry, here’s your chance!”

Fans got a glimpse of Langley goofing off in the makeup chair after finding out her song, “Choosin’ Texas,” is “the perfect beats per minute for CPR,” singing the song as she pretended to give someone CPR.

Langley shared video of her goofing off as she got her hair and makeup done. (Ella Langley Instagram)

“God I love you so much, your personality is everything 😍🙌,” one fan wrote in the comments section. Another added, “This is why I love you girl, you’re as real as they come.”

“As a nurse, I will definitely be singing Choosin’ Texas next time I have to do CPR 🤠,” a third fan wrote.

Langley pretended to do CPR after finding out her song, “Choosin’ Texas” is the perfect beats per minute to match the rhythm of CPR. (Ella Langley Instagram)

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Langley took home seven ACM Awards on Sunday, breaking the previous record of most awards won in a single year, which was set by Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and Chris Stapleton, who each took home six awards in one night at the show in 1991, 1999 and 2016.

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The singer won every award she was nominated for, including female artist of the year, song of the year, single of the year, artist-songwriter of the year, visual media of the year, for which she took home two awards, and music event of the year.

Langley was carried out of the venue at the end of the night. (Ella Langley Instagram)

She first gained attention when her song, “If You Have To” went viral on TikTok, which led to her getting signed with Columbia Records/Sony Music Nashville. She later gained further mainstream success when her song, “You Look Like You Love Me” from her 2024 debut album, “Hungover,” went viral on TikTok.

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“Everyone told me that song was not going to work. They were all like, ‘What?’” she said on an episode of “This Past Weekend with Theo Von” in April about the hit 2024 song. “After we cut it, [the label] was like, ‘We really think you need to go back in and sing these verses.’ I was like, ‘I’m not singing it.’ And they were like, ‘You need to sing it.’”

Langley shared she had to fight the record label to record her hit song, “You Look Like You Love Me.” (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ACM)

She went on to say that she “fought ’em really hard on it” and they told her it would “be the worst-performing song on the record.” It went on to be her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and won many awards at the CMA and ACM Awards.

Her song, “Choosin’ Texas” gained her even more mainstream popularity, spending 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list, making her the first female country singer to top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Country Airplay charts at the same time.

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Filming in the rugged Texas terrain can have its flaws, at least according to “Dutton Ranch” star Cole Hauser.

During a recent appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the 51-year-old actor — who was joined by co-star Kelly Reilly — opened up about the common safety concern that once shut down production early.

“Eight months, 3,400 rattlesnakes in fact,” Hauser told Clarkson, who brought up the startling rattlesnake population in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Cole Hauser said the “Dutton Ranch” cast and crew have encountered 3400 rattlesnakes within eight months.  (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Paramount)

“Weren’t you filming down somewhere I know there was like a [rattlesnake] den,” Reilly asked Hauser.

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“That particular location we were at, we actually were going to go from there at night and got turned away. Christina [director/cinematographer] found like, I don’t know, 40 or 50 rattlesnakes.”

Kelly Reilly portrays Beth Dutton and Cole Hauser plays Rip Wheeler in episode 8 of season 1 of “Dutton Ranch.” (Emerson Miller/Paramount+)

This isn’t the first time a cast member from Taylor Sheridan’s productions has dealt with harsh filming conditions.

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During an appearance on the LA Times podcast, “In Conversation: The Madison,” Michelle Pfeiffer — who stars as Stacy Clyburn in Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ TV show — opened up about working around the brutal filming conditions in Montana and Texas.

“You may as well be in a tent because, you know, there is no bathroom,” Pfeiffer said of filming scenes in the open terrain. “Even the outhouse is not real. So there’s no AC, there’s no plumbing, there isn’t anything. But it is breakthtakingly glorious.”

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“It took a while [to get used to] because they built that cabin. It was all a little bit rushed for everyone and so there weren’t certain accommodations set up,” she later said. “We didn’t really have trailers there because they were shooting 360 [degrees]. So, they couldn’t have a bunch of trailers around.”

Michelle Pfeiffer portrays Stacy Clyburn in episode 5 of season 1 of the Paramount+ series “The Madison.” (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

“There was really no place for us to sit,” she continued. “There was no bathroom nearby. There was no food. And in the winter, it was cold. It was like, ‘Could we have a heater?’ And in the summer, it was like, ‘Could I get an umbrella because the sun’s really intense?’ It took us about halfway through to figure all of that out.”

Voters are increasingly pessimistic about the economy and President Trump’s handling of key issues, while a majority opposes continued U.S. military involvement in Iran even as most believe the U.S. is winning the war. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey.

Affordability continues to dominate the political landscape.

Fifty-eight percent flag the cost of living as their top economic worry, up from 50% in February. This eclipses other issues, such as government spending (16%), jobs (8%) and tariffs (8%).

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More than three-quarters also say the economy is in bad shape (77%), worse than last month (73%) and a year ago (71%). Only 23% rate it positively, the lowest in more than a year. 

The pessimism is personal too. A slim majority of voters (51%) say their family’s finances are worse now than two years ago. Before the 2022 midterm elections, 44% said the same. 

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All that helps explain the deterioration in Trump’s ratings on the economy.  A year ago, 56% of voters disapproved and last month it was 66%; now, it’s 71%.  The increase since April comes from a 7-point rise in disapproval among Republicans. 

Notably, approval of Trump on the economy among non-MAGA Republicans (36%) is more in line with independents (18%) than with MAGA Republicans (74%).  The president’s overall approval on handling the economy stands at just 29%, down from 34% in April. 

Trump gets his lowest ratings on inflation, where only 24% approve — down from 35% in January. Inflation marks a rare issue where a slim majority of Republicans (51%) disapprove of Trump. It reaches 85% among independents and 96% among Democrats.

His job numbers are also net negative on foreign policy (38-62%). Until this month, border security was the one issue where Trump received a positive rating. Now voters are split (49-51%) on his border security performance, pushing his ratings underwater for the first time this term. That shift comes even as 45% of voters say border security is better today than two years ago, while 29% say it’s worse.

Approval of Trump’s overall job performance is 39%, down 3 points since last month and 10 points since his second term started — and only 1 point above his lowest in October 2017.  A record 61% disapprove of the job he’s doing, including 48% who strongly disapprove. 

Since April, approval has declined among some of his key constituencies, such as rural Whites (-6 points), White men without a degree (-5), and Republicans (-3). 

Trump approval is at all-time lows among Republicans (80%), non-MAGA Republicans (54%), Whites (43%) and rural voters (43%).

“Despite consistently strong GOP support, the president’s numbers are leaking a bit,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. “Make no mistake; it’s all about affordability. Independents jumped ship in 2025, and now non-MAGA Republicans and other core constituencies are wavering.”

Plus, in the long run, more voters think Trump’s policies will hurt the country (57%) than help it (34%). The share saying “hurt” is up 6 points since last April. Fully 88% of MAGA Republicans say his policies will help, while only 43% of non-MAGA Republicans agree.

Meanwhile, gas prices are squeezing voter budgets: 86% call rising prices a problem, including 51% who label them a “major” problem. Concern is nearly universal for the broader economy, where 96% see gas prices as a problem and 75% call it “major.”

When assigning blame for gas prices, voters aimed heavily at domestic factors, with about 8 in 10 pointing to Trump’s policies, domestic oil companies, and government regulations. However, they overwhelmingly view the Iran war as the primary driver, with 91% saying it is responsible.

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Two-thirds think the U.S. is winning the war in Iran, yet opposition to U.S. military action increased to 60%, up from 55% last month. 

Half think the war will last a year (18%) or more (33%), unchanged since March, while 6 in 10 favor a limited timeframe for U.S. involvement in Iran, including 3 in 10 war supporters and 4 in 10 Republicans. 

Almost all Republicans (89%) and two-thirds of independents believe the U.S. is winning the war, while more than half of Democrats say Iran is winning (56%). Generationally, voters under age 30 are the most likely to believe the U.S. is winning (79%), yet they are also some of the most opposed to the war (67%).

Among voters who have served in the military, 55% support the U.S. action against Iran and 72% believe the U.S. is winning the war.

Last summer, voter concern about Iran getting a nuclear bomb was at a record high 78%.  Today, it’s at a record low 56%, down from 66% in March.  Concern since March is down among Democrats (-13 points), independents (-11), and Republicans (-6).

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While 45% approve of Trump’s handling of the U.S.-China summit, a 54% majority disapproves.

That matches views of the negotiation’s outcome: 52% believe Chinese President Xi Jinping got more of what he wanted compared to 46% for Trump.  More than a quarter of Republicans (27%) join majorities of Democrats (75%) and independents (56%) in thinking Xi won the summit, as do nearly a quarter of those who otherwise approve of Trump’s handling of the trip (24%). 

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Conducted May 15-18, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.

Three in 10 voters believe the recent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was staged, according to a Fox News national survey. 

Thirty percent say the shooting was fabricated, including 13% of voters who think it was “definitely” staged. That said, a narrow 52% majority believes the attack was real, with nearly one-third saying it “definitely” happened (31%). 

One in five is unsure whether it was real or fake (18%). 

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The alleged gunman behind the April 25 attack, Cole Tomas Allen, has pleaded not guilty to the four felony charges filed against him by the Justice Department. The incident marked the third attempt on Trump’s life, following two separate assassination attempts in 2024.

Public attitudes surrounding the attack suggest the erosion of a shared reality may have reached a critical tipping point.  Most notably, the partisan divide on the attack’s authenticity is stark.  The survey finds almost half of Democrats (49%) and voters who backed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in 2024 (48%) believe the shooting was staged, while just 10% of Republicans say the same.

Meanwhile, 79% of Republicans believe the event was real, as do 77% of 2024 Trump voters.  That number climbs to 87% among Republicans who identify as MAGA supporters.  By comparison, just 31% of Democrats agree the attack was real.

Views among independents are mixed: 41% say it was real and 34% believe it was staged.

Uncertainty about whether the incident was real or not is highest among independents, with one quarter unsure (25%), followed by 2 in 10 Democrats (21%), and 1 in 10 Republicans (11%).

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Republicans under age 45 are more than five times as likely as older Republicans to think the shooting was staged (22% vs. 4%). 

Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson, stresses that the assassination attempt was undoubtedly real, warning that a growing denial of facts threatens the political process.

“When partisan polarization and political cynicism prevent us from agreeing on a common and obvious set of facts, it undercuts our ability to diagnose problems and develop policy solutions,” Shaw says. “This is especially troubling given that younger voters are among the most cynical about our politics and institutions.”

“These findings show what happens when public skepticism becomes embedded in the political culture,” adds Anderson. “When people are told that every major event could be manipulated or manufactured, disbelief itself becomes the default reaction.”

Voters under age 35 are nearly twice as likely as those ages 65 and over to think the shooting was fabricated (38% vs. 20%), as seniors are among those most likely to say it was real (65%).

There’s also a gender gap, as more women (35%) than men (25%) consider it staged. 

More than 6 in 10 White evangelical Christians believe the shooting happened, while 2 in 10 don’t.

Conducted May 15-18, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.