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2 NEW YORK (AP) — Former President George W. Bush will headline a fundraiser next month for top Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney, turning her reelection race into a proxy war of sorts between the ex-presidents who represent two competing factions of the Republican Party. Bush will be the featured guest at an Oct. 18 event in Dallas supporting the Wyoming congresswoman's reelection campaign, according to a person familiar with the plans who was not authorized to discuss the fundraiser by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Cheney, a daughter of Bush's two-term vice president, Dick Cheney, was the most prominent House Republican to vote to impeach Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol building. She has since emerged as one of his most vocal antagonists, and Trump has vowed to exact his revenge. Bush's involvement puts the two former Republican presidents directly at odds and underscores the deep tension that …

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Brünnhilde, Wotan's naughty daughter, was the perfect role for Rita Hunter, the diva from Wallasey, who has died in Sydney, aged 67. The whole point about Brünnhilde is that she is human and wilful even before she is deprived of her immortal status. The fact that Rita, at 20-stone, would have been quite a challenge for any horses in the Ride Of The Valkyries did not remotely disqualify her from shining memorably in the role at the Coliseum in 1973. It was a space-age Ring anyway, in Andrew Porter's English vernacular, which suited Rita and her Siegfried, Alberto Remedios - not to mention Norman Bailey's rather noble, soft-grained Wotan. And it was a performance grounded, somewhat naively, in the truth of feelings, not in metaphysical speculation. Rita Hunter had a beautiful, and highly individual, voice of formidable strength, as well as a lovely, irrepressibly cheerful smile. But the sound she made was not just sweet, and the smile masked a certain lack of realism. There could …

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. EXCLUSIVE: Former Gov. Paul LePage of Maine on Wednesday formally kicks off his 2022 Republican challenge against his successor, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, in what may end up being one of the marquee gubernatorial showdowns in next year's elections . The former two-term governor , who steered Maine from 2011-2019, will launch his campaign at a rally at the civic center in Augusta, the state’s capital city. "I serve you, the everyday working men and women, who pay their taxes, follow the rules and endeavor to always do the right thing," LePage will say in his speech, according to excerpts exclusively shared with Fox News ahead of the former governor’s address. And taking aim at Mills, LePage will charge that his successor "inherited a lean, efficient and accountable state government. They …

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. High school football players in Tennessee led parents and fans in prayer after the local school district prohibited teachers and coaches from leading students in prayer. "Satan’s power was defeated tonight, as the threat of a legal action to forbid prayer after the game was overwhelmed by player lead prayer supported by parents and fans in solidarity on Overall Field. God bless the Baxter and Stone players for their faith and courage," an alum of Putnam County Schools and fan of local football, Bob Vick, wrote in the caption of a Facebook post showing the photo, which has now gotten thousands of interactions on social media. The prayer after a game between Upperman High School and Stone Memorial High School followed Putnam County Schools administrators telling its staff last week that they …

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for November 13 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage made it crystal clear on Friday that's he's ready to return to public office. Asked in an interview with NewsRadio WGAN in Maine if he has plans to seek a third term as governor, LePage said "yes I do. Unequivocally. If I'm breathing, I'm running." Term-limited after two four-year terms in office, from 2011 to 2019, LePage moved to Florida last year after being succeeded by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. In Maine, a governor can serve an unlimited number of terms, but only two in a row. The outspoken politician whose controversial comments continuously made headlines during his eight years in office, has for months been mulling a 2022 run. The new comments by the former governor are even stronger than his firm hints earlier this year. In February, in an interview …

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close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for September 21 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Mayim Bialik spoke out about the improbable road she took to hosting " Jeopardy! " in the wake of Mike Richards’ controversial departure from the show . Last week, Sony Pictures Television confirmed to Fox News that Bialik will host the remainder of Season 38 alongside "Jeopardy!" legend Ken Jennings . The duo will hold down the fort while the minds behind the scenes look for a permanent replacement for Alex Trebek after Richards left the show following a slew of inappropriate comments he made in the past that resurfaced. Bialik reflected on her "Jeopardy!" journey so far in a post written for Newsweek in which she discussed how she came to be one of the original guest hosts after Trebek died in November of 2020. She also touched upon the Richards …

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close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for September 21 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Garth Brooks revealed audience vaccinations are the reason he opted to pivot his stadium tour into a dive bar tour. The country singer kicked off a stadium tour in 2019 but had to stop it when the pandemic hit in 2020. He picked it up again in July only to bring it to a halt again out of an abundance of caution due to increasing coronavirus cases throughout the country. While there are tentative plans for it to resume again in 2022, Brooks is forging ahead with live performing, just in significantly smaller venues. Speaking on the Facebook series "Inside Studio G," Brooks reminded his fans that "stadiums are officially out for this year." He further explained that he’s deemed dive bars and small venues OK because it’s easier to enforce vaccine requirements. …

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close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for September 21 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Britney Spears is opening up about an area of her life she rarely discusses publicly: being a mom. The "Toxic" singer, 39, took to Instagram on Tuesday night to gush about her two sons Jayden James, 15, and Sean Preston, 16, in honor of their recent birthdays. "My boys' birthdays were last week…and unfortunately they are growing up and want to do their own things….I have to ask their permission to post them because they are extremely independent little men!!!" Spears wrote in her caption . The pop star revealed that she had a "small party" with her sons in honor of their birthdays, which are two days apart, with "the coolest ice cream cakes." NETFLIX’S FIRST TEASER FOR BRITNEY SPEARS' DOC FEATURES 2009 MESSAGE TO AN ATTORNEY ABOUT HER …

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state legislature have agreed on a budget proposal that includes language banning health officials from enforcing mask mandates in schools and preventing state public agencies from enforcing vaccines on employees or customers. "The director or local health officer shall not issue or enforce any orders or other directives that require an individual in this state who is under the age of 18 to wear a face mask or face covering," the 1,000-page budget states in one section. The language could mean that health officials’ mask mandates for K-12 students in areas such as Oakland and Wayne counties could be null and void. Instead, mask mandates would be left in the hands of school boards and districts. MICHIGAN PROTESTERS STORM STATE CAPITOL IN …

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for September 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Cardinals closer Giovanny Gallegos fanned pinch-hitter Pablo Reyes with the bases loaded for the final out and St. Louis won its 10th straight game, increasing its lead in the playoff chase by holding off the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 Tuesday night. The Cardinals increased their edge for the second NL wild-card spot to four games over Cincinnati. Philadelphia remained 4 1/2 behind St. Louis while San Diego fell five back. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Milwaukee, which has secured a playoff spot, lost its third straight. The Brewers, whose magic number to clinch the NL Central stayed at three, lead the Cardinals by 9 ½ games. Jake Woodford (3-3) and four relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Cardinals moved closer to the longest winning streak in …

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