Former President Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit to try to block the release of a recorded interview that critics say may have evidence that the Democrat mishandled classified information.

The Heritage Foundation triggered the lawsuit by filing a Freedom of Information Act request to release the audio recordings and transcripts of a series of conversations between Biden and a writer in 2017.

‘The man was grossly incompetent.’

Biden’s attorneys argue that the release of the recordings would be purely politically motivated.

“The DOJ themselves have said these tapes serve no public interest. What’s happening now isn’t about transparency. It’s about politics,” said Biden spokesperson TJ Ducklo in a statement.

“If this administration were genuinely committed to transparency, they would release Volume 2 of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s own alleged mishandling of classified documents,” Ducklo added.

The documents under question include about 70 hours of audio footage and transcripts.

Biden had been interviewed by Mark Zwonitzer, who was writing a book about the death of Biden’s son Beau. The footage and transcripts had been obtained by then-special counsel Robert Hur in his investigation into alleged illegal retention and dissemination of classified material.

The former president’s memory lapses during interviews with Hur were later used by Republicans, who accused him of being mentally incapable of performing the duties of the Oval Office.

Biden had lashed out at the report in Feb. 2024 but ironically made an embarrassing flub during the live speech that was broadcast nationally.

On his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump issued a denunciation against Biden’s lawsuit.

“A Crooked Politician!!!” Trump said with a post about the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday.

RELATED: Reporter hits Morning Joe with reality check on Hur report and Biden’s health issues

He went on to address the lawsuit from the White House after being asked by a reporter to comment.

“The man was grossly incompetent, and the Democrats — I call them the Dumocrats because their policy is so bad — but they came very close to destroying our country. We can never let it happen again, and I hope that you’re able to produce that,” said Trump to the reporter.

“It would be very interesting reading for people,” he concluded.

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Is the mask literally slipping for mainstream media — or is it just another conspiracy theory? BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is struggling to figure this out after a guest on Fox News has gone viral for wearing what appeared to be a mask.

“Obviously, during the Biden era, there were a lot of fun conspiracy theories and speculation that there were body doubles. He went through several different ones,” Gonzales recalls, before playing the clip of Vice Admiral Robert Harward, a retired United States Navy SEAL and former deputy commander of the United States Central Command.

In the clip, there appears to be a flap at the bottom of his neck with an opening underneath that moves when he speaks.

“You can’t tell me that doesn’t look like a flap where the mask is supposed to be glued or whatever the hell they do,” Gonzales comments.

“And nobody at Fox News, I guess, bothered to tell him before he went on air,” she adds.

However, John Doyle doesn’t share Gonzales’ concern.

“I don’t know. I mean, it’s probably the same person. Do you know who that guy is?” Doyle asks.

“No,” Gonzales responds.

“Exactly. I have no idea who he is either. So, it’s like, why are we swapping him out?” Doyle says, noting that “the most interesting thing about him” to those who have seen the clip is simply that it appears he’s wearing a mask.

However, in a clip of Harward from just days before, his face appears to be normal.

“What is it with you guys?” Gonzales asks Doyle.

“It’s people like you who make us look bad. I am very discerning and careful when I accuse people of being reptilian overlords,” Doyle jokes. “You just want to fire from the hip, and it makes all of us look dumb when you do that.”

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During Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, Vice President JD Vance highlighted a horrific case of Minnesota health care fraud that allegedly resulted in the death of one elderly individual who was not receiving adequate care from his fraudster provider.

President Donald Trump stated that he is proud of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vance, noting that the task force has found billions of dollars in fraud.

‘We expect that there are tens of thousands of people who are collecting fraudulent money to take care of people, and they’re not actually taking care of them.’

“In two months, we’ve exposed tens of billions of dollars of defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted numerous fraudsters, and stopped billions of suspicious payments,” Trump stated. “Oh, you haven’t seen anything yet.”

Trump stated that reports from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Vance revealed massive sums of stolen taxpayer dollars.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Trump continued. “Just hundreds of billions of dollars were stolen. And no other administration would do what we’re doing. They let it go. Everybody was getting rich. And I think we have a chance to save Social Security without doing anything to it.”

RELATED: The Trump administration is cracking down on fraud

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Vance thanked Trump for his leadership and promised that the task force would “find a lot more” fraud.

“I always try to remind the American people that fraud is fundamentally a crime with two victims,” Vance said, referring to the American taxpayers and those with legitimate needs who should be receiving government benefits but do not because of fraudsters.

Vance highlighted a recent alleged case in which an elderly individual died “because he wasn’t getting adequate care.” Yet the individual who was supposed to be taking care of him was still collecting taxpayer-funded benefits.

RELATED: ‘Complete disgrace’: JD Vance issues ultimatum to states to crack down on Medicaid fraud

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The Department of Justice announced last week that a suspect was charged with participating in a $1.4 million fraud scheme, allegedly billing for services that were not provided.

“The defendant in the prosecution announced today submitted claims for vulnerable recipients who required 24-hour care, one of whom was found deceased a day after being billed for services he did not receive,” a DOJ press release read.

“We think that exact type of fraud has been replayed all over our country,” Vance told Trump during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.

“We expect that there are tens of thousands of people who are collecting fraudulent money to take care of people, and they’re not actually taking care of them.”

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A Fox News reporter caught the crazed reaction from an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protester live as she broadcasted from a demonstration at an immigrant detention center in New Jersey.

Protesters have declaimed against the conditions inside of the ICE detainment center at Delaney Hall in Newark as detainees have reportedly been participating in hunger strikes since Friday.

‘It’s constant with this. This is what these people do. They want people who are in this country illegally to be released out onto the streets.’

On Tuesday, the outrage led to an outburst captured on air on Fox News.

“I’m not the most popular reporter, right, at these ICE protests. So just prepare yourself to see some of that,” said Fox reporter Alexis McAdams.

“The other situation is there’s people like this. You are a protester who’s been out here — and you have a dirty mouth.”

The woman appears to say, “You’re a b***h!” at McAdams.

“OK! So that’s just what we deal with,” McAdams responded.

“It’s constant with this. This is what these people do. They want people who are in this country illegally to be released out onto the streets.”

“F**king Nazi b***h! That’s what you are!” screams the protester.

“That is an eloquent argument,” replied Fox host Will Cain back at the studio.

Video of the interaction was posted to social media, where it quickly went viral.

Protesters claim that federal officials are ignoring medical care requests and needs from the detainees, who also claim they are being held under poor conditions and fed bad food that is causing illness. On Monday, protesters tried to block vehicles from leaving the center and were pepper-sprayed by agents.

The Department of Homeland Security denies the allegations about the conditions at the facility.

RELATED: Pro-ICE student suspended for posters at California high school after anti-ICE student walkout

“They’re given rotten frozen food, or in the case of last week, they found live worms in their food, we’re also hearing of people being denied toilet paper,” said activist Catalina Adorno to WABC-TV.

There are about 300 detainees being held at the privately run facility at Delaney Hall, which includes about 1,000 beds. Detainees have tablets to communicate with the outside.

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A hospice fraud problem is spiraling out of control in California.

There have already been several investigations into the problem, both from federal agencies and independent journalists who have exposed sprawling complexes and buildings all focused on the same thing.

‘Nobody there in person. Nobody answering the phones.’

Diagnosis: Fraud

An April, a Los Angeles Times report identified a “well-known” building housing 89 licensed hospices. This reportedly included a hospice operator charged with six felony counts who allegedly illegally took $2.5 million from the federal government by using collective signatures of retirees to enroll them in hospice.

The two-story building in the Van Nuys area of L.A. billed more than $38 million to Medicare in 2023 in total, the report stated, and the same building was the basis for YouTuber Danny Mullen’s recent video.

Mullen, along with podcast co-host and fellow comedian Leo Dottavio, visited the building to find it nearly vacant, save for people operating unrelated businesses.

“A lot of these hospice businesses had numbers on the door promising 24-hour on-call customer service. So, we rang them up,” Mullen said in the video. “Nobody there in person. Nobody answering the phones.”

RELATED: How a California crook committed $178 million worth of health care fraud — in just one year

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‘Relyable’ sources

Most of their calls went to voicemail, some of the numbers had no inbox set up, and some were no longer in service, but one business that misspelled “reliable” as “relyable” did answer the phone.

The man who answered, whose number was allegedly listed on the business’ door, told Mullen and Dottavio, “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” and also that he was “not interested” in taking on a hospice patient.

“Whose hospice, man?” he added, before later calling back to tell the content creators, “I think you called the wrong number.”

The man later called back a second time, asking who gave them his number.

“F**k you, man,” the voice is heard telling Dottavio, despite Dottavio informing him the number was listed in public.

RELATED: The Trump administration is cracking down on fraud

Nobody home

In January, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz reported that California could be worse than Minnesota when it comes to fraud. Oz said that hospice fraud in the state is not only related to mafia and gang activity, but also involves human trafficking.

In March, YouTuber Nick Shirley investigated a plethora of businesses, including an entire complex, relating to possible hospice fraud. Shirley knocked on the doors of multiple businesses that appeared to be vacant. The same goes for Mullen and Dottavio; none of the alleged hospice businesses they visited at the aforementioned building were occupied at the time.

One man told the duo, “No one is here today,” but did not seem to provide a reason as to why the vast majority of the building was empty.

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The police chief who oversaw the reforms made by Minneapolis in the wake of the controversial death of George Floyd has resigned rather than face allegations of interfering with an investigation, according to the mayor.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday that Brian O’Hara had resigned rather than face the consequences from allegedly deleting evidence.

‘When trust is broken, it becomes extremely difficult to continue leading effectively.’

Investigators are looking into allegations that O’Hara had intimate relations with several city staff members, Frey said. When Frey told O’Hara he would face discipline over the alleged interference, O’Hara chose to resign instead.

“I accepted the resignation. It was an extremely painful decision, obviously, but I concluded that that was necessary to maintain public trust, and this was the right way to move forward as a city,” the mayor said.

“When you serve as chief of the Minneapolis Police Department, trust is not secondary to the job, it is the job,” he added. “When trust is broken, it becomes extremely difficult to continue leading effectively.”

According to the allegations, O’Hara deleted a contact from his city-issued phone in order to “shield” himself, and he also warned a colleague about the investigation after he was specifically instructed not to do so.

The independent law firm investigating the sex claims did not find enough evidence to substantiate the allegations.

Frey said that Assistant Police Chief Katie Blackwell would take up the mantle as acting police chief while the city conducted a search for an interim police chief.

“This is not about being intolerant of mistakes,” he added. “Everyone makes mistakes including me. But what I can’t allow is a breach of trust.”

RELATED: ‘ICE, get the f**k out of Minneapolis!’ Dem mayor calls ICE’s claim in deadly shooting ‘bulls**t’

O’Hara had been criticized for not doing enough to combat federal operations in Minneapolis as well as the police response to the shooting of Davis Moturi. He also oversaw the police response to the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting in Aug. 2025.

Despite the criticism against the police chief, Frey had nominated O’Hara to another four-year term earlier this month. The mayor said Wednesday that he would not have done so if he knew about the allegations.

City council members, including the president, criticized Frey heavily over the O’Hara affair.

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After graduating from Princeton, Jacob Savage moved out to Hollywood to chase his dream of becoming a screenwriter. To make ends meet while pursuing this career, he became a ticket scalper and an SAT tutor. For years he worked diligently, believing that a breakthrough in screenwriting was just around the corner.

After numerous opportunities fell through at the last moment, Savage finally came to a sobering conclusion: He had the wrong skin color.

“A couple of times in my career, I was brought into various spaces and told ‘we were about to give you this staff writing job, and we can’t because you’re a white guy, and we already have too many white guys on staff,’” he tells Glenn Beck.

In 2025, Savage gained significant attention for his essay in Compact magazine, “The Lost Generation,” in which he argued that aggressive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in media, academia, publishing, and Hollywood have disproportionately harmed Millennial white men by sidelining them in hiring and career advancement despite qualifications.

Savage tells Glenn that in 2011 when he first moved to Los Angeles, 48% of lower-level TV writers were white men.

“By 2024, that was 11%,” he says, noting that this number doesn’t even account for the “nepo hires.”

“It was not a slow change. It was not ‘we’re going to hire 1% less white guys every year.’ It was ‘we’re just going to stop.”’

Glenn emphasizes the importance of hiring based on merit: “Funny is funny; talent is talent.”

Savage agrees and suggests forsaking merit is largely why Hollywood’s industry health is rapidly declining.

“I think there are plenty of people who would have been releasing shows around now and been at that stage in their career who never got off the ground, and I think that is no small part of why Hollywood is struggling so much at the moment. They just sort of cut off a generation of talent,” he explains.

He speculates, however, that many Hollywood executives and showrunners didn’t actually believe DEI was good for show business but were essentially pressured and even forced through mandates into implementing it anyway.

“I don’t think that most showrunners really thought, ‘I really just don’t want to hire the best person for this job.’ I think a lot of people were frustrated,” he says.

That frustration has mounted over time, and now the tides are apparently turning.

“I spoke to this showrunner recently who was basically like, ‘We’re back to 2012 rules, which is don’t embarrass us with an all-white-male writers’ room, but other than that, you can hire whoever you want,”’ says Savage.

“They’re not going back to sort of ‘we don’t care at all,’ but they’re going back to ‘I think we can all acknowledge we went too far with this and we just want to make some money again.”’

To hear more, watch the video above.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has sent liberals and travel industry proponents into a tailspin after revealing a strategy that may prevent illegal immigrants from ever entering U.S. sanctuary jurisdictions in the first place.

During an appearance with Sean Hannity on Fox News Tuesday night, Mullin stated that he and others are “currently drawing up plans” to halt international passenger and cargo processing at airports near sanctuary cities since Democrats have attempted to interfere with DHS officers at immigration detention facilities, most recently in Newark, New Jersey.

‘They don’t want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities?’

“Local, radical left Democrats aren’t allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws,” Mullin claimed, so “we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities.”

“They don’t want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities?” he continued. “Nothing about that makes sense to me.”

Mullin did not elaborate on which cities or airports he had in mind, though last year the Justice Department issued a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” that includes states like California and Connecticut; counties like Cook County, Illinois; and cities such as Boston, Denver, and San Francisco.

RELATED: ‘If they want to come, they’re coming’: Democrats whine in viral video that sanctuary city policies won’t stop ICE

Companies and organizations associated with the travel industry have strongly opposed cutting off immigration processing at major U.S. airports.

According to DW, the U.S. Travel Association and several major airlines issued a joint statement on Friday, predicting that “such a move would have devastating consequences for the travel industry and communities that depend on international visitation.”

Airlines for America, another trade organization, insisted that reducing the presence of Customs and Border Protection at airports would cause “significant operational disruption to carriers, travelers, and the flow of international cargo.”

However, even other members of Trump’s Cabinet have responded to Mullin’s idea with ambivalence. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted during a congressional hearing Thursday that he has misgivings about restricting air travel based on “politics.”

“We have people from around the world and around the country that need to be able to fly into all different kinds of places,” Duffy told Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.). “We shouldn’t shut down air travel in a state that doesn’t agree with our politics.”

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The NAACP has called for young black athletes to boycott Southern sports programs in light of redistricting, and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is tired of the organization’s victim mindset poisoning the youth.

“The NAACP has been set up as an institutional leader for black people, and they continue to promote the message that we’re owed something, we’re victims, and that young black people, you need to make these incredible sacrifices,” Whitlock tells Virgil Walker.

“The idea that blacks are being marginalized … is absolutely inaccurate and false,” Walker agrees.

“No black person is now not able to vote that was voting. No black person is marginalized. There are no tests that are going to be in place at voting booths. … Nothing is going to change. But they’ve leveraged that to an audience for whom they’ve preached victimology,” he says.

“They want to leverage young black players at the very moment in their lives when they’re actually coming into opportunity, education, and money,” Walker says, pointing out that the organization is “nowhere to be found” when those kids are struggling during their youth.

“And the moment at which these kids are about to walk through a door of opportunity, the NAACP says, ‘Oh, hold up, hold up. Before you go there, we need to take all of that opportunity away from you, because you need to spend that equity, that sweat equity, with us,” he continues.

“That kind of messaging should scream so loud in the ears of parents that they begin to see organizations like the NAACP for the fraudulent organizations that they are,” he adds.

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Television host Chelsea Handler said she knows exactly what comedians Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe are like behind closed doors after allegedly talking to their ex-girlfriends.

In addition to throwing insults at the two stars in a recent interview, Handler also talked about how her promiscuity is justifiable so long as she is “hot.”

‘I’m rich, I’m famous, and I’m hot.’

‘Gross vibe’

The 51-year-old said she knew there was going to be a “gross vibe” at the Kevin Hart roast, and she blamed Gillis and Hinchcliffe for setting the mood.

Handler told podcast host Deon Cole that she had Gillis’ and Hinchcliffe’s ex-girlfriends “blowing up” her inbox to tell her about them, which led her to the conclusion, “Oh, these guys are pretty bad.”

Handler followed her game of telephone by stating that what she was told confirmed “everything we know” about the two comedians.

“That they’re racist, that they’re bigots, that they’re sexist, you know, that they think they’re, like, invincible,” Handler claimed.

Gillis “believes — this is per one of his exes — that he’s invincible. He’s like, ‘Doesn’t matter. I can say anything I want,'” Handler said.

Despite claiming the duo’s jokes at the Netflix roast were “gross” and filled with “disgustingness,” Handler described herself as the same as the two comedians, but a female version.

“I don’t care if these guys say that I’m a whore. Like, I’m doing exactly what they’re doing, except I’m a woman and I’m allowed to. … I’m rich, I’m famous, and I’m hot. So I’m f**king people.”

RELATED: Chelsea Handler learned a valuable lesson — if you’re going to attack Tony Hinchcliffe, don’t go first

Sex machine

After receiving confirmation of her empowerment from the host, Handler reaffirmed that her age would not stop her from having a lot of sexual partners.

“That’s what I’m going to do. And I’m going to continue to keep doing that as long as, you know, I remain as f**kable as I am,” she claimed.

Handler took a hard stance against roast jokes Gillis and Hinchcliffe made about race, “lynching,” and black comedian Sheryl Underwood’s deceased husband. At the same time, though, she admitted that even though many black people — including Underwood herself — did not get offended by the jokes, she still found it “gross.”

“I’m not here to tell black people what’s funny about black jokes,” Handler told Cole.

“That’s my opinion. I don’t like that. I also don’t like the N-word, but I have plenty of black friends who toss that around all the time. It’s not my place to say, ‘Oh, that word makes me feel uncomfortable.’ You know, black people are allowed to do whatever they want.”

RELATED: ‘SNL’ star Che blasts Kevin Hart roast’s white writers — after he turned down job

Offensive line

Handler’s interview was posted on Wednesday, but so was an appearance by Underwood on Gillis’ podcast. Not only had Gillis previously revealed that Underwood immediately approved his jokes when he called her ahead of the roast, but she told Gillis to his face that she did not want anyone to be offended on her behalf.

“Don’t be offended for me if I’m not offended. But be offended for your point of view,” she told Gillis and co-host Matt McCusker. “You can have your point of view; we’re not saying you can’t have it.”

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A 75-year-old American citizen was arrested while trying to cross the border into the U.S. after Customs and Border Protection officers discovered numerous packages of alleged illegal narcotics in his vehicle, according to a CBP press release obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

Federal authorities apprehended the suspect, who was driving a 2011 Volvo XC60, on Friday while crossing the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the Laredo Port of Entry in Texas.

‘Our officers’ vigilance and dedication continue to play a critical role in safeguarding the border and preventing narcotics from reaching our streets.’

A CBP officer referred the suspect to a secondary inspection, which involved a canine and nonintrusive inspection system examination. Officers reportedly uncovered 14 packages containing nearly 33 pounds of alleged cocaine and 288 grams of alleged ketamine within the vehicle.

According to CBP, the illegal narcotics have a $455,822 street value.

The suspect was placed in custody, and CBP seized the alleged narcotics and vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating the seizure.

RELATED: Exclusive: Border Patrol discovers 19 people hiding in drainage system trying to illegally enter US

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“This seizure of cocaine and ketamine at the Laredo Port of Entry demonstrates our ongoing commitment to protecting our communities from dangerous drugs and illicit activity,” stated Alberto Flores, the port director for the Laredo Port of Entry.

“Our officers’ vigilance and dedication continue to play a critical role in safeguarding the border and preventing narcotics from reaching our streets,” Flores added.

RELATED: 6 people found dead in boxcar in Texas border town, police say

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CBP credited President Donald Trump, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and CBP officers for stopping illegal activity and facilitating the lawful entry of legitimate travelers across the southern border.

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A star running back for the Green Bay Packers has been arrested on five charges that include a felony surrounding domestic abuse allegations.

Hobart-Lawrence police in Wisconsin responded to a disturbance complaint on Saturday morning involving Packers running back and three-time Pro Bowl player Josh Jacobs.

‘We ask for fairness and restraint.’

Police arrived after 8:30 a.m. to investigate the domestic issue, according to NBC26, which resulted in Jacobs’ arrest and subsequent booking into the Brown County Jail. Jacobs’ charges include battery, disorderly conduct, and criminal damage to property, all of which fall under the category of “domestic abuse.”

Other charges include intimidation of a victim and the more disturbing felony charge of “strangulation and suffocation.”

According to the NFL, which cited jail records, Jacobs was charged with one felony and four misdemeanor counts of assault with a bond set at $1,350.

Jail records reviewed by Blaze News made no mention of any charges and said Jacobs had been issued a “mandatory court appearrance [sic]” but “no bond.”

RELATED: NFL players defend NY Giants QB Jaxson Dart after he introduces Trump: ‘Fake Trump hate’

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Jacobs’ attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, released a statement saying, “Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public.”

The attorneys added, “We ask for fairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.”

The Packers told NFL reporter Tom Pelissero that they are “aware of the matter involving Josh Jacobs.”

“As it is an ongoing legal situation, we will withhold further comment,” the Packers’ statement concluded.

On Wednesday, the Packers canceled their scheduled player media availability after their open practice. Coach Matt LaFleur will still hold his scheduled press conference, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The team will still have a chance to make players available to the press though. NFL teams must make head coaches and players available at least once for every three days of official team activities during training camp.

RELATED: Judge scolds accuser of ex-Patriots player who said he smacked and choked her, then offered her $100K

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Jacobs has had an outstanding career so far. He surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in four of his first seven seasons, with 929 rushing yards in 2025.

He led the league in rushing yards in 2022 with 1,653 yards and was named first-team All-Pro that same season.

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If you think car prices are already out of control, brace yourself. The next spike is coming, and it has nothing to do with supply-chain excuses, dealer markups, or government mandates.

In fact, it has nothing to do with the car industry at all.

Automakers have limited options here. They can delay production, strip out features, or pass the cost directly to buyers.

It is being driven by Big Tech’s race to dominate artificial intelligence, and no matter who wins, the American car buyer will pay the price.

Bidding war

Behind the scenes, a quiet bidding war is underway for one of the most critical components in modern vehicles: memory chips. These are not exotic, cutting-edge parts reserved for luxury cars. They are the backbone of everything from your backup camera to center screens to your safety systems. And right now, they are getting sucked up by massive AI data centers at a pace the auto industry simply cannot match.

Companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI are spending billions building out AI infrastructure. These operations require enormous volumes of high-performance memory, the same category of chips used throughout today’s vehicles. The difference is they are willing to pay more, lock in longer contracts, and move faster than any automaker.

Chip manufacturers, including Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, are shifting production toward AI demand because that is where the profits are strongest. That leaves fewer chips available for automakers, and the ones that are available are getting more expensive by the day.

Winter is coming

Automakers are already feeling it. Executives at Ford Motor Company have acknowledged rising costs tied to memory chips, even as they try to reassure investors that supply remains stable for now. But that stability is fragile, and industry analysts are warning that shortages could begin to impact production as soon as late 2026.

Some companies are more exposed than others. EV-focused brands like Tesla and Rivian face added risk because their vehicles rely even more heavily on advanced computing systems. Traditional automakers like General Motors and Ford Motor Company may have slightly more flexibility, but they are still tied to the same supply chain realities.

What does that mean for you?

It means the car you want may cost more, take longer to arrive, or come with fewer features than expected. We’ve seen this before.

RELATED: Why the Pentagon just called Detroit’s Big 3 automakers

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Computers on wheels

Modern vehicles are essentially computers on wheels. A typical car today uses large amounts of memory to manage safety systems, navigation, infotainment, and driver-assistance technology. In higher-end or electric models, that number climbs even further. Remove or limit those chips, and something has to give. Which means fewer features.

Automakers have limited options here. They can delay production, strip out features, or pass the cost directly to buyers. If history is any guide, they will do some combination of all three.

We saw it during the last chip shortage, due to COVID-related supply-chain disruption. Vehicles were shipped without features that customers had already paid for, with vague promises they might be added later. In many cases, those features never came back.

Now imagine that scenario again, only this time driven by a long-term shift in how chips are allocated globally. In other words, no end in sight.

Back to basics?

Some automakers are trying to get ahead of the problem. Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company are working more closely with semiconductor suppliers to secure long-term agreements. It is a smart strategy, but it also highlights a bigger issue: The auto industry is no longer in control of its own destiny when it comes to critical technology.

It is competing with Silicon Valley, and Silicon Valley has deeper pockets.

There is also a lesson here that automakers would rather not admit. For years, they pushed more screens, more software, and more complexity into vehicles, selling it as innovation. But that strategy came with a cost, and now that cost is showing up in the form of supply vulnerability.

Many drivers today are asking for less tech and just the basics. But with added technology that collects your data, car brands are going to be forced to cut corners somewhere. And we know they will give up features and still collect data and track your every move. All of this takes chips that are getting more expensive.

The more technology you pack into a car, the more exposed you are when those components become scarce.

New approach

For consumers, this may force a shift in thinking. Simpler vehicles could become more attractive, not just because they are easier to use, but because they are less dependent on volatile supply chains. At the same time, the used car market could see renewed demand as buyers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive new models. This happened during the last chip shortage where used cars ballooned in price. That makes it a good time to sell and a bad time to buy.

The push for AI is not slowing down. If anything, it is accelerating. That means the competition for memory chips is only going to intensify, and the auto industry will continue to be caught in the middle.

So the next time you see a higher price tag on a new vehicle, do not assume it is just inflation or dealer markup. There’s a good chance it’s tied to a data center somewhere, running thousands of servers, training the next generation of AI models.

There may be a big opportunity here: a growing market for affordable cars not encumbered with expensive, invasive, and bug-prone tech. But first, car makers will have to ditch the endless tech arms race and listen to their customers.

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