With President Donald Trump “hired” by the American people for a second term, Amazon — which now owns production rights to NBC’s “The Apprentice” — is looking for a new host to potentially reboot the once No. 1-rated television program, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Trump leveraged decades of media coverage as a New York mogul amid the ups and downs of the 1980s and 1990s into a smash-hit program that premiered in 2004, following several wannabe business executives through a several-week “job interview” to work for the Trump Organization.

Fifteen seasons and a presidency-compelled hiatus later, Amazon is reportedly considering Trump Organization Executive Vice President Donald Trump Jr. for the role, as the eldest son has served as a frequent stand-in “boardroom adviser” for Trump executives Carolyn Kepcher and George Ross.

Trump addressed rumors of a reboot on Thursday, telling Fox News’ Peter Doocy that his son is a “good guy” and would “probably be good” in the role.

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Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. during the season finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” on May 10, 2009, in New York City.  (Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)

“He’s got a little charisma going. You need a little charisma for that sucker. So, we’ll see what happens,” Trump said.

Several people familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal that Amazon executives have internally discussed casting Trump Jr. as a host for an “Apprentice” reboot if they do indeed launch the project.

The Journal reported Amazon has not yet approached Trump Sr., Trump Jr. or any Trump family members, but that, instead of NBC, it would air the show on Amazon Prime.

A source close to Trump Jr. told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the Journal report was indeed the first time the 48-year-old father of five had heard his name was in the pot.

Fox News Digital also reached out to the Trump Organization for comment, as well as Amazon and Amazon’s production company.

An Amazon spokesperson told the Journal that the Jeff Bezos-led company previously acquired MGM, which itself bought a majority stake in reality-show impresario Mark Burnett’s company several years earlier.

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Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump attend the season finale of “The Celebrity Apprentice” in New York City on May 10, 2009. (Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)

Burnett has launched several reality shows, including “The Apprentice” and CBS-aired contests “The Amazing Race” and “Survivor,” with the latter now in its 50th season. The credits for “The Apprentice” list Trump Sr. as executive producer.

A reboot would be Amazon’s second foray into Trumpworld in recent months, as it recently debuted a $40 million biopic of first lady Melania Trump that drew praise from supporters and mockery from critics like ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel.

“Melania” was directed by Brett Ratner of “Rush Hour” fame, as Trump reportedly pressed Paramount Pictures to revive the Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker series and put Ratner back at the helm, according to CNBC, which further reported the original New Line Cinema films are now subject to a distribution pact between Paramount and New Line parent Warner Bros.

Trump Sr. regularly touted his “Apprentice” success throughout his political tenure, once telling the National Prayer Breakfast that attendees should “pray” for former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after the “Terminator” took over the show and oversaw what the president called a ratings collapse.

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Donald Trump, John Rich and Melania Trump attend “The Celebrity Apprentice” Season 4 finale at Trump SoHo in New York City on May 22, 2011. (Jim Spellman/WireImage)

Schwarzenegger, the most recent Republican to serve as governor in Sacramento, occasionally spars with Trump, as he is seen as less bombastic and more politically moderate than the president.

“Hey Donald, I have a great idea,” Schwarzenegger shot back at Trump in an X video at the time.

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“Why don’t we switch jobs — you take over TV — since you’re such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job so that people can finally sleep comfortable again — hmm?” the Austria native, who voted for then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich in 2016, quipped.

Fox News Digital reached out to NBCUniversal for additional comment on the potential resurrection of their onetime series. Neither Amazon nor the Trump Organization responded by publication time.

Fox News Digital’s Janelle Ash contributed to this report.

We’ve reached one of the best days of the week. Work winds down, we get to go home, crack open a cold one and reach for the remote. Tonight, my TV will be locked on three different NBA games that will all be closeout games.

There are two Eastern Conference matchups and one Western Conference battle. It starts with the Pistons looking to force Game 7 in Detroit.

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham dribbles the ball while Indiana Pacers guard Ethan Thompson defends during the second half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on April 12, 2026. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

The Pistons won the most games in the Eastern Conference this season. While that is a fact, they haven’t really looked like a dominating team in the first round of the playoffs. That isn’t to say that Detroit has been terrible, but they do look like some of the flaws that didn’t hurt them playing a team once and moving on, have been exposed in a seven-game set.

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They are down, but they aren’t out yet, and if they win tonight, they get to bring the series back to Detroit for a decisive Game 7.

I do feel like we need to take a moment to appreciate just how good Cade Cunningham has been in this series. He was drafted first overall in the 2021 draft, so it isn’t like anyone should be shocked that he is good at basketball.

Anthony Black of the Orlando Magic dribbles the ball against the Detroit Pistons during the fourth quarter at Kia Center in Orlando, Fla., on April 6, 2026. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

His first year in the league was decent, probably about in line with a No. 1 pick. His second year was derailed by injury. In year three, there were still injuries, and the team was a disaster. Last year, he took a big leap and scored 26.1 points per game. His Pistons team was fearless against the Knicks. This year, he led them to 60 wins and has averaged 32.6 points per game in the playoffs.

This is not the first time that an eighth seed has a chance to upset the first seed.  The Magic are on the verge of adding their name to the list of teams to accomplish the feat. They only need to win one of the next two games in order to do it.

Technically, they will have had three chances to close out the series. The big issue with the Magic is that the team relies on everyone being available. It sounds obvious that if you lose one of your best players, like Franz Wagner, you’re going to struggle. But, the Magic are built around Wagern’s isolation, physicality and overall ability of Paolo Banchero, shooting from Desmond Bane and defense from Wendell Carter Jr. and Jalen Suggs.

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If you remove one of those players, the team certainly suffers. All teams would if you removed their second-best player, but Wagner being absent hurts quite a bit.

I expect him to be out in this game, and if he does go, I would be skeptical to see him play as much or with his normal level of production. He had 19 points in 24 minutes before he was done for the game in Game 4. The good news for Orlando is that this one is at home, so the role players may step up a bit.

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham celebrates during the first half of an NBA game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis on Nov. 24, 2025. (Michael Conroy/AP)

In Game 5, the Pistons took advantage of Wagner’s absence. Banchero was great, putting up 45 points, but Cunningham matched that output and was more efficient. Jamal Cain, who looked amazing in Game 5, started for the Magic, but he played just 25 minutes. Anthony Black got almost 40 minutes and was decent in his role.

The Pistons still only beat the Magic by seven points in that game. Orlando outscored the Pistons in two of the four quarters, and outside a bad first quarter, the Magic looked like the better team.

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I’m a bit surprised the Pistons are favored. The Magic have looked good at home and haven’t lost yet. Both teams are filled with role players and a superstar. The problem is, role players aren’t good on the road. Give me the Magic to cover, and I will sprinkle the moneyline as I think they win on their home floor.

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Twenty-five years after Washington intern Chandra Levy vanished, the high-profile case remains unsolved — and still haunted by questions about whether early missteps allowed a suspected killer to slip away.

The case drew national attention in 2001, fueled by intense media coverage and scrutiny of Levy’s relationship with a sitting congressman. The prime suspect, however, turned out to be an illegal immigrant twice convicted of assaults on other women around the time of Levy’s suspected murder and in the same park, according to federal prosecutors.

Ted Williams, a former Washington, D.C. homicide detective and Fox News contributor who has been following the case for decades, said authorities failed to thoroughly search Rock Creek Park early on, delaying the discovery of Levy’s remains — and potentially weakening the case built largely on circumstantial evidence.

Fox News Digital has reached out to city police for comment.

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A Washington Metropolitan Police Officer stands behind police lines in Rock Creek Park in Washington, May 22, 2002. A skull and other human bones were found in the park and later determined to belong to Chandra Levy, the 24-year-old former intern who disappeared in May 2001. (REUTERS/William Philpott WP/HB)

Levy’s skeletal remains were found in a remote area of the park in May 2002, just over a year after she vanished.

“They did conduct a grid search of portions of Rock Creek Park, but they never went really down into the ravine, the area in which Chandra Levy’s remains were found,” he told Fox News Digital. “And the only way that those remains were discovered was that there was a man who, walking his dog, came upon the remains. Absent that, we may very well still be looking for Chandra Levy.”

If a more thorough grid search had been conducted earlier in the investigation, investigators may have been able to recover physical evidence linking the suspect to the crime, Williams said.

“Twenty-five years later, because of the manner and the reckless manner in which they conducted the investigation, we are still left with a question mark as to who killed Chandra Levy,” he said.

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Chandra Levy is shown in this undated handout photo from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. (REUTERS/Metropolitan Police Department/Handout)

Levy, a California native, was a 24-year-old intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She was last seen in public at a gym near her apartment in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2001. Investigators tracked her internet usage the following morning, showing she was still alive at 1 p.m. on May 1.

Chandra Levy, a Washington intern who went missing, is shown in this photo. (Mai/Getty Images)

On May 6, her parents called D.C. police and their congressman, then-Rep. Gary Condit, a California Democrat who would later be alleged to have been carrying on an affair with the missing woman.

The affair ended Condit’s political career, leading to a loss in the Democrat primary in his district in 2002. Attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful.

“I don’t think that the congressman really had anything to do with her having gone missing,” Williams said.

Then-U.S. Congressman Gary Condit (D-CA) pushes past news media after leaving his apartment building in the Adams Morgan section of Washington, July 12, 2001. Condit admitted to police authorities that he was romantically involved with Chandra Levy before her disappearance. (Reuters)

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However, the congressional tie ignited a scandal that likely distracted investigators, Williams said.

“Because he was a member of Congress, it appears as though law enforcement officers were intimidated by his status, and they were not able to get a great deal of information out of him,” he said.

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Police later cleared him as a suspect and refocused on another man.

In April 2009, they arrested an illegal immigrant from El Salvador named Ingmar Guandique, also known as Ingmar Guandique-Blanco, who had attacked other women in Rock Creek Park around the time of Levy’s murder.

Ingmar Guandique pictured in federal custody in an undated photo provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. When prosecutors declined to bring him to court for a retrial in the murder of Chandra Levy, the purported MS-13 member was deported to El Salvador. (ICE)

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Guandique, described by the government as an MS-13 member, had been accused of stalking a woman in the park on the same day of Levy’s disappearance. He was convicted later that year of attacking two more women in the park with a knife, one on May 14, two weeks after Levy’s murder, and another on July 1.

He served a decade in prison for the knife attacks. Then jurors found him guilty of Levy’s murder after a trial in 2010, partly thanks to the testimony of a fellow inmate who described a jailhouse confession.

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ICE released this image of a deportation flight preparing for takeoff along with an announcement that Ingmar Guandique had been deported to El Salvador after prosecutors dismissed their case against him in the murder of Chandra Levy. (ICE)

But his attorneys convinced a judge to grant a new trial in 2016 amid concerns over the witness’ credibility.

In a courtroom surprise, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case due to “unforeseen developments” rather than try him a second time. So the case was dropped, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent him back to El Salvador.

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“They deported perhaps a killer rather than to put him on trial a second time,” Williams said. “That is also a mystery.”

While he said he still believes Guandique is an important suspect, the case officially remains unsolved 25 years later.

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“I’m just very clear that the family will never be able to get over the death of this promising young girl who came to Washington as an intern,” Williams said.

Fox News’ Stephanie Nolasco and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has publicly praised soldiers who killed themselves rather than be captured while fighting Ukrainian forces in Kursk region, offering the clearest confirmation yet of what officials and intelligence agencies have long described as one of Pyongyang’s most extreme battlefield policies.

In remarks published Monday by North Korean state media KCNA and first reported by Reuters, Kim honored troops who “unhesitatingly chose the path of self-destruction and suicide” rather than surrender, as he addressed Russian officials and bereaved families during a memorial ceremony for North Korean soldiers killed in combat.

“It is not only the heroes who unhesitatingly chose the path of self-destruction and suicide to defend great honor, but also those who fell while charging at the forefront of assault battles,” Kim said.

The comments mark the first time Kim has directly acknowledged the lengths North Korean troops fighting for Russia have gone to in attempts to avoid capture by Ukrainian forces.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a photo session with officers and soldiers who participated in the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in North Korea on April 27, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service)

North Korea deployed an estimated 14,000 troops to Russia’s western Kursk region to support Moscow’s war effort, according to South Korean, Ukrainian and Western officials cited by Reuters. Those same officials say the forces suffered staggering losses, with more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers believed killed in some of the war’s most intense fighting.

For months, intelligence reports, battlefield evidence and defector testimony have pointed to a grim directive: North Korean troops were expected to detonate grenades or otherwise take their own lives rather than risk capture.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony following bilateral talks in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024. (Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna/Kremlin via REUTERS)

That policy appears to have extended even to the few who survived. According to The Guardian, two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces and now held as prisoners of war in Kyiv both reportedly attempted to blow themselves up but were unable to do so because of severe injuries. One of the captured soldiers has reportedly expressed guilt over failing to carry out those orders.

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North Korean troops train with Russian instructors to clear mines in the heavily contaminated Kursk region, according to Russian Defense Ministry footage. (East to West News Agency)

Kim’s latest speech appears to transform those reports from battlefield allegations into publicly praised state doctrine.

“Those who writhed in frustration at failing to fulfill their duty as soldiers rather than suffering the agony of their bodies being torn apart by bullets and shells — these too can be called the party’s loyal warriors and patriots,” Kim added.

The statement underscores the ideological intensity imposed on North Korean forces, whose loyalty to the regime appears to extend beyond combat to self-destruction.

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North Korean troops sweep minefields left behind in the Kursk region after months of fighting. (East to West News Agency)

The revelation also highlights the deepening military relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.

According to South Korean intelligence assessments, North Korea has provided not only troops but also munitions to Russia, while receiving economic aid and military technology in return.

Reuters contributed to this report.