Jack Hughes calls out Hockey Hall of Fame for keeping gold medal puck

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Team USA men’s hockey hero Jack Hughes wants his puck back.

The Hockey Hall of Fame holds the game-winning overtime puck that flew off Hughes’ stick, went past Team Canada goalie Jordan Binnington and hit the back of the net to give the U.S. its first gold medal in men’s hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team during the 2026 Winter Olympics

While it’s usually an honor to have something in a Hall of Fame, Hughes thinks otherwise. 

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Jack Hughes of the United States before a game against Latvia at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games Feb. 12, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

“I’m trying to get it,” he told ESPN. “Like, that’s bulls— that the Hockey Hall of Fame has it, in my opinion. Why would they have that puck?”

Hughes and Team USA women’s hockey hero Megan Keller, who gave her team Olympic gold in overtime just days before the men, both have their pucks on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame now. 

Hughes was still trying to wrap his head around the magic from Milan last month, admitting he did not know where the game-winning puck was during an interview on TNT. 

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Now that he knows where it is, he wants his and Keller’s puck back in the States. 

“I don’t see why Megan Keller or I shouldn’t have those pucks,” Hughes added. 

Though he didn’t point it out himself, it’s worth noting that the Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto, Canada, the country Team USA beat in both the men’s and women’s gold medal games. 

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Megan Keller, left, and Hannah Bilka of the United States celebrate after winning the gold medal in women’s ice hockey after defeating Canada during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena Feb. 19, 2026. (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

Other than the pucks, the “Olympics ‘26” display in the Hall of Fame also features the jersey of Team USA’s Hilary Knight and as a stick from Team USA men’s star Matthew Tkachuk. There are other items featured in the case, including a Team Canada jersey worn by captain and hockey legend Sidney Crosby. 

“These donated items represent defining moments on the world’s biggest stage and carry powerful stories of national pride and hockey history at its highest level,” Jamie Dinsmore, president and CEO of the Hockey Hall of Fame, told ESPN. 

“The Olympics ’26 display will help ensure that these unforgettable Olympic moments are preserved for our guests from around the world to experience.”

While Dinsmore believes the items should be in the Hall of Fame for all those hockey fans around the globe, Hughes specifically wants the puck to give to his father. 

“I wouldn’t even want it for myself,” he explained. “I’d want it for my dad. I know he’d just love, love having it.

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Jack Hughes of the United States during a game against Slovakia  in the semifinals at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games  Feb. 20, 2026, in Milan, Italy. (Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

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“When I look back in time in my career, I don’t collect too many things for myself, but my dad’s a monster collector for the three of us. I know he would have a special place for it.”

While he hasn’t done so just yet, Hughes said he would be reaching out to the Hall of Fame “at some point.”

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CAF strips Senegal of AFCON title, Morocco declared African champions | Football News

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Governing body’s appeal board rules Senegal forfeited January final after players’ walked off pitch to protest referring decision.

African football’s governing body has stripped Senegal of the Africa Cup of Nations title they won in a chaotic final two months ago and declared Morocco champions.

In a stunning decision, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Tuesday its appeals board ruled that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited” the match, a 1-0 victory. The result, it said, was now “being officially recorded as 3-0” ‌in favour of host nation Morocco.

At the January 18 final in Rabat, Senegal’s players walked off the pitch, led by coach Pape Thiaw, in protest against a penalty awarded late in regulation time to Morocco.

When play resumed after a delay of about 15 minutes, Morocco forward Brahim Diaz’s penalty was saved. In extra time, Pape Gueye scored the decisive goal that saw Senegal becoming champions of Africa for the second time.

The heated final also saw supporters trying to storm the field, players scuffling on the sidelines, reporters from the two countries fighting in media areas and a bizarre sequence in which Moroccan ball boys tried to seize a towel being used by Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy – in an apparent bid to distract him and help their team win the continental title.

At a disciplinary hearing in January, CAF imposed fines of than $1m in fines and bans for Senegal and Morocco players and officials but left the result untouched.

The case could go to a further appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.



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MSPs vote against bill to legalise assisted dying | UK News

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MSPs have voted against plans to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in Scotland.

It comes after the politicians debated hundreds of amendments during multiple marathon sessions as the proposed legislation made its way through Holyrood.

The deciding Stage 3 debate and vote for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill took place on Tuesday evening.

Final results for the vote were 57 for, 69 against and one abstention. Health Secretary Neil Gray said he would abstain earlier in the day.

MSPs react after the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was voted down
Image: MSPs react after the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was voted down

The result was earlier deemed too close to call, given MSPs were permitted a free vote instead of being “whipped” or instructed along party lines.

Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur, who introduced the bill, previously said it would be the “toughest and most comprehensively safeguarded assisted dying bill in the world”.

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Speaking to Sky’s Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said that he did not vote in favour of the law as “I didn’t feel as if there were adequate safeguards”.

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon also told Sky News “I am relieved that it hasn’t passed”, adding: “I just do not think any bill could provide the safeguards for the issues that most concern me.

“And the issue that most concerns me is a situation where somebody, even if it is a small number of people, feels an internal pressure to exercise a right to die.

“It becomes not a right to die, but a duty to die.”

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During the debate, Independent MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy, who was the first permanent wheelchair user elected to Holyrood, insisted the Bill would “put sick and disabled people at risk”.

Green MSP Lorna Slater said, however, that everyone “should have the right to choose” as she recounted her father’s assisted death in Canada in November 2025.

Dr Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of the Care Not Killing campaign group, said after the vote: “We are relieved that MSPs have decided not to back this legislation.

“We believe the Bill posed serious risks to the most vulnerable in society – including disabled people and those suffering from domestic abuse.”

This is the third time MSPs have considered legislation on assisted dying, with two previous attempts having failed at their first vote.

Last month, Jersey voted to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults.

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It came almost a year after the Tynwald in the Isle of Man became the first parliament in the British Isles to agree a framework for assisted dying.

However, the process of getting that framework on the statute book is yet to be finalised.

Meanwhile, at Westminster, the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales is progressing slowly through the House of Lords and is at risk of failing due to a lack of parliamentary time.



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Luke Combs says he’d rather lose out on Grammys than miss family time with kids

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Luke Combs didn’t mince words about his top priority – family.

The “Days Like These” singer would much rather trade the glitzy, schmoozy events for time at home. Combs can be a homebody when he’s not touring, playing sold-out shows.

“If that means I piss off people by not hanging out with people I don’t even know, so other people think I’m cool, then who the f— cares?” he told GQ. “If that’s the reason I don’t win a Grammy or CMA award, then f—ing do I even want one?”

Combs made a promise to his wife, Nicole Hocking Combs, to be an equal partner and a present father to his kids.

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Luke Combs said he doesn’t care about losing awards if it means getting to spend more time with his family. (Getty Images)

“My wife has supreme belief in me,” he said. “I could put both kids in the car right now and say, ‘Hey, we’re driving to Florida, and I’m going to spend a week with the kids by myself,’ and she wouldn’t worry if I could take care of them.”

Combs previously revealed he wants his three kids to grow up with a normal childhood before they can understand the “very strange circumstances” that come with fame. The 36-year-old father of three considers himself a “stay-at-home” dad – at least during the week between shows.

“I’m home four days a week, every week, full-time,” the country music star said during an appearance on “The MeatEater Podcast.” “Sun-up, sundown most days. Getting the kids up, changing diapers, doing baths, cooking dinners, cooking lunches, cooking breakfasts. That occupies a lot of my time, but that’s what I want.”

“I want my kids’ childhoods to feel as normal as they can given the very strange circumstances that it will ultimately become.”

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Luke Combs shares three kids with wife Nicole Hocking Combs. (Getty Images)

To create that childhood for his kids, Combs and his family live in a normal home.

“We live in a 2,000-square-foot house. It’s two bedrooms,” the musician said. “Me and my wife have a room, and the boys share a room. We’re always close together, we’re always tight in there.”

The most normal thing Combs can teach his kids is responsibility, which the “Fast Car” singer said is a priority in his household.

“The living room is the playroom. All the kids’ toys are in there. We let them destroy it. But every night, ‘Alright, we’re all cleaning up now,'” Combs explained. While his kids are still a little too young to actually help out much, Combs said they understand.

Nicole Hocking and Luke Combs attending the 59th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville.

Nicole Hocking Combs and Luke Combs met in 2016. (Michael La Brecht / Getty Images)

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Combs met his wife and mother of his three children by chance. The two first crossed paths at the 30A Songwriters Festival in January 2016 despite both living in Nashville. After returning home, Combs and Nicole shortly began dating.

“I could tell she was different than anybody I had ever met,” Combs later told Nashville Lifestyles.

Nicole added, “I realized we could hang out and just be ourselves in front of each other. I could wear no makeup and be my weird self – because we’re all weird, but we get to choose who to share that side of us with. We could be each other’s weird in front of each other. That’s when it was like, ‘You know what? This guy’s a keeper.'”

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Seven sentenced over series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury London shops | UK News

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Seven men have been sentenced for being part of a group that carried out a series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury stores across London.

The defendants stole more than £100,000 worth of goods from several high-value stores over four months in 2025, the Metropolitan Police said.

Using bricks, sledgehammers and a Ford Fiesta to ram into the doors of the shops, the robbers took watches, jewellery, fine art and safes containing cash, before using stolen vehicles as getaway cars.

Across the group, five successful burglaries of shops in London were committed between May and July 2025, Kingston Crown Court previously heard, with a total of £146,356 worth of items stolen.

The court heard there were also two unsuccessful burglaries on an apothecary in Marylebone and a watch shop in Westminster.

The group consisted of Christopher Gibbs, 43; George O’Hare, 42; Paul Hughes, 42; Anthony Munday, 40; Lee James McCready, 46; Matthew Windrass, 50; and David Rigelsford, 37.

McCready was on licence for murder committed in 2005 when he took part in a robbery during which almost £60,000 worth of watches and jewellery were stolen from a store on Edgeware Road in west London.

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Image: Matthew Windrass. Pics: Metropolitan Police/PA

CCTV footage shown in court showed two men, identified as McCready and Windrass, rushing up to the shop front wearing balaclavas before snatching watches and jewellery through the windows and running back to a “getaway driver” in a silver Jaguar identified as Munday.

In another burglary involving Gibbs, O’Hare and Hughes, CCTV showed the robbers using a Ford Fiesta to smash through the doors of a Fendi store on Sloane Street in central London, before grabbing designer handbags and escaping using a motorbike and silver Mercedes.

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Image: Paul Hughes. Pics: Metropolitan Police/PA

Gibbs was also sentenced for using a “paving block” to smash through the locked front door of Clarendon Fine Art, before going on to steal two pieces of framed art collectively valued at £66,500, along with an unknown man.

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David Rigelsford. Pics: Metropolitan Police/PA
Image: David Rigelsford. Pics: Metropolitan Police/PA

What were defendants convicted of and what were their sentences?

• Gibbs, of Bayswater, west London, was convicted of four counts of burglary and one of attempted burglary. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.

• O’Hare, of Shepherd’s Bush, west London, was convicted of one count of burglary, possession of Class A drugs and breach of a serious crime prevention order. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

• Hughes, of Westminster, central London, was convicted of two counts of burglary. He was also convicted of an unrelated robbery. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

• Munday, of Hyde Park, west London, was convicted of one count of burglary. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment suspended for two years and 150 hours unpaid work.

• McCready, of Uxbridge, west London, was convicted of one count of burglary. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

• Windrass, of Ascot, Berkshire, was convicted of one count of burglary. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

• Rigelsford, of Kilburn, north London, was convicted of two counts of burglary. He was sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment.

Detective Chief Inspector Scott Mather, from the Met’s Flying Squad, said: “We realise these attacks on luxury stores have had a significant impact on business owners and the communities around them.

“Our detectives worked quickly, establishing common patterns between the attacks to link them to one criminal network. Forensic analysis and fast-paced CCTV inquiries were then able to identify the suspects.

“This is a clear message to anyone who thinks they can carry out smash-and-grab raids in London – we will identify you, we will track you down and we will bring you to justice.”



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Shia LaBeouf causes commotion wearing only underwear at Rome hotel

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Shia LaBeouf appeared to cause a commotion in Italy.

LaBeouf, 39, was allegedly roaming through a hotel lobby in Rome wearing just his underwear.

The “Transformers” actor could be heard asking for a match while holding a cigarette in his mouth, in a video obtained by TMZ.

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Shia LaBeouf allegedly roamed around an Italian hotel lobby wearing just his underwear. (Stefanie Rex/dpa)

“Come on bro, gimme a f— match. You got a match?” the shirtless actor asked bystanders.

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LaBeouf’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

A judge last month ordered the “Even Stevens” actor to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation after he was charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault that took place on Feb. 17.

In an interview on “Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan” shared on YouTube, LaBeouf admitted he was ready to face the music for his actions, but refuted the idea of treatment as a solution.

“It’s not nice to hurt people – ever, it’s f—ing lame. People got hurt, we’ve gotta deal with that. I’m gonna deal with that in full,” he said of the Feb. 17 arrest. “I’ll eat it all. It was on me, not on them. It was on me. I f—ed up.”

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Shia LaBeouf was arrested and charged with simple battery on Feb. 17 in New Orleans. (Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office)

LaBeouf suggested that “clout chasing” was what sparked his Mardi Gras brawl last month. Authorities responded to a simple battery on the 1400 block of Royal Street at approximately 12:45 a.m. Feb. 17, when two male victims reported being assaulted, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) told Fox News Digital.

“I was drunk, and then I felt infringed upon… like in terms of my proximity. But I wasn’t in my right mind and so it’s on me.”

He continued, “I said words that are not OK to say. I don’t want to hurt nobody’s feelings.”

LaBeouf was reportedly “causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive at a Royal Street business” the night of his arrest. When a staff member attempted to eject the actor from the establishment, LaBeouf allegedly used “his closed fists on the victim several times,” police said.

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Multiple people allegedly attempted to hold LaBeouf down outside the business in the Faubourg Marigny district, and he was eventually let up in hopes that he would leave. 

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The “Even Stevens” actor was ordered to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation after being charged with two counts of battery over an alleged assault from Feb. 17. (John Phillips)

The “Disturbia” star allegedly struck the same victim again with “closed fists to the victim’s upper body” before allegedly assaulting another person by punching them in the nose.

“LaBeouf was again held down until police arrived,” police said. “He was taken to a hospital for treatment of unknown injuries. Upon release, he was arrested and charged with two counts of simple battery.”



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Senegal stripped of Africa Cup of Nations over misconduct in final | World News

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Senegal has been stripped of the African Cup of Nations after misconduct in the tournament final, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has ruled.

The CAF Appeal Board said that Senegal is “declared to have forfeited” the final in January, which will be recorded as a 3-0 win for Morocco, the tournament hosts.

During the match at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Senegalese fans tried to storm the pitch and Senegal players walked off in protest after Morocco were awarded a penalty in the 98th minute.

After a lengthy delay, the players and coach returned to the pitch where the penalty was saved by Senegal’s goalkeeper, and Senegal went on to win the game 1-0 in extra time.

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The Royal Moroccan Football Federation said after the match it would “pursue legal action”, saying the walk-off “had a significant impact on the normal course of the match and on the players’ performance”.

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino hit out at the “unacceptable scenes on the field and in the stands” as he criticised the behaviour of some “supporters” as well as Senegal players and staff.



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Manhunt ends as gunman found dead day after Alaska shooting spree

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A comedy club owner who reportedly had terminal cancer is dead after gunning down his ex-father-in-law and attempting to kill his ex-wife outside her Alaska business.

Anchorage police had launched a manhunt to search for 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker after he killed his former father-in-law, Romaine Clark, and attempted to murder his ex-wife on Saturday, March 14, according to Anchorage Daily News. 

Becker was reportedly a suspect in the killing, and faced first-degree murder and third-degree assault charges after he attempted to shoot his ex-wife outside her self-owned hair salon on Saturday morning. Police said he then gunned down Clark inside a nearby residence just minutes later, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

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Police say Mathew Thomas Becker killed his former father-in-law, Romaine Clark, and attempted to murder his ex-wife in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, March 14, 2026, according to Anchorage Daily News. (Anchorage Police Department )

Becker’s ex-wife told police that he appeared next to her in a vehicle as she was arriving at work before exiting his car and shooting at her as she tried to unlock the doors to the business, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the outlet. 

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The woman was reportedly able to hide from Becker and quickly called 911 to tell police she feared for Clark’s safety. Shortly after her 9:30 a.m. phone call, officers located Clark inside his Alder Drive home with an apparent gunshot wound.

“Based on preliminary evidence it appears the suspect went to the rear of the residence, fired a couple of rounds through a plate-glass window, striking and killing the victim and then fleeing the scene,” Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said, according to KTUU. 

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Mathew Thomas Becker reportedly owned the comedy club Chuckleheads in Bisbee, Arizona. (Google Maps)

Clark’s body was reportedly discovered by friends minutes before police arrived at the home.

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“[Officers] were hailed by friends who were waiting to meet up with the victim and they went inside the residence because he hadn’t come out yet,” Case said. “And they discovered the body, and then they notified us.”

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Becker’s ex-wife also added that she did not know he had returned to Alaska after moving to Arizona following the pair’s divorce, the outlet reported.

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The body of 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker was discovered by authorities in the woods in Eagle River, Alaska, around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2026, according to KTUU. (iStock)

The shooting sparked a manhunt within the area, with the investigation coming to an abrupt end after Becker was found dead in a wooded area on Sunday – one day after the shootings. 

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His body was discovered by authorities in the woods in Eagle River around 10:30 a.m., according to KTUU. Officials are still working to determine his cause and manner of death.

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His brother reportedly said Becker was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, and was living in Arizona while owning a comedy club called Chuckleheads. 

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The Anchorage Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 



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White House lays out five ICE compromises as Dems continue pushback on DHS funding

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The White House is digging in against congressional Democrats, revealing several compromises the administration has been willing to make on immigration enforcement in order to end the government shutdown.

In a letter from a White House official obtained by Fox News Digital, the administration laid out five key concessions to congressional Democrats, who have continued to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a bid to get stringent reforms to immigration operations.

It’s the first peek behind the closely guarded veil of the funding stalemate and comes after congressional Democrats broke the ice with yet another counteroffer to the White House late Monday night, which the administration balked at as the shutdown entered its 32nd day.

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The White House unveiled a list of compromises made to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats as the DHS shutdown drags on into its 32nd day.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

“The Democrats have once again responded with a counteroffer that does not indicate the seriousness that this moment needs,” a senior White House official said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., countered that the White House wasn’t negotiating seriously, either.

“The issue is, they’re not getting serious,” Schumer said. “The key issues of warrants when you bust into someone’s house, the key issue of identity of police and no masks, they haven’t budged on those.”

The letter, sent to Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Katie Britt, R-Ala., included compromises on several demands that have been a top priority for Schumer and Democrats, but notably lacked requirements for agents to obtain judicial warrants and demands that agents go maskless.

“The use of administrative warrants is a long-standing practice for administrations, and ultimately that will be a subject of future conversations, but the administration is unwilling to return to the Biden status quo of open borders,” the official said.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., warned that Senate Democrats’ refusal to fund DHS would have consequences.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Still, the letter did check off several asks for Democrats, including expanding the use of body-worn cameras for DHS agents, save for agents in undercover operations, coupled with plans to hold onto the footage to allow for more congressional oversight.

The Trump administration also offered to limit immigration enforcement at sensitive locations, including hospitals and schools, with exceptions to national security, flight risks, and public safety. The administration also plans to adhere to congressional oversight of DHS detention facilities, and vowed to enforce the use of visible identification for DHS agents.

Another compromise was to ensure that any U.S. citizens are not deported, and plans to codify not “knowingly detaining a U.S. citizen, except when the person violates a state or federal law that makes the citizen subject to arrest.”

Democrats’ counter did little to move the needle for Republicans, too.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., characterized the White House’s compromises as going “above and beyond,” and noted that the administration had made offers to plus up spending on body-worn cameras to $100 million and “include audits by the Inspector General, you know, and reviews for non-compliance.”

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“I mean, there’s a whole bunch of stuff in there that they’re just things that, in my view, have been significant gives on the part of the White House, but the Democrats seem intent on dragging out this political issue,” Thune said.

And Britt, who Thune tapped to lead negotiations on behalf of the GOP, said she was still trying to get Democrats in a room to negotiate.

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Britt told Fox News Digital that she believed “that there are many of my Democratic colleagues” that wanted to find a way out of the shutdown, too, and noted that during the 43-day shutdown there had been talks happening the whole time.

“I mean, it’s past time for us to do that, and so I’m going to keep pushing it,” she said. “But do you realize that, how many days into this — and we have yet to sit down and talk about it — I mean it’s actual insanity.”



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