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The campaign for former President Trump has asked the White House for enhanced Secret Service security amid safety concerns in the final stages of the election, citing threats from Iran, Fox News has learned.On Friday, President Biden was asked about the request by the GOP nominee for enhanced security protocols. “As long as you don’t ask for F-15s. Well, look, I’ve told them to give him every, every single thing he needs as if he were a sitting president,” Biden said. “If it’s within that category. That’s fine.”The Trump campaign cited serious threats from Iran for extra protection. It asked for temporary airspace restrictions on the campaign trail, motorcade drivers with tactical experience and vehicles like the “Beast”, the bullet-proof vehicle used by for Biden. TRUMP BRIEFED ON ‘REAL AND SPECIFIC THREATS’ FROM IRAN TO ASSASSINATE HIM, CAMPAIGN SAYSU.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Rowe warning that Iran was actively trying to kill Trump. Waltz asked that various aircraft, including military aircraft with defense capabilities, be provided for Trump in case of a missile attack, as well as a C-17 or C-40. The requests came following two failed assassination attempts on Trump within weeks of each other. IRAN’S LEADER TO ADDRESS UN AMID THREATS OF ASSASSINATIONS AGAINST US POLITICIANS, ELECTION INTERFERENCELast month, Trump talked of a potential Iranian assassination threat against him. Tehran’s potential assassination plot was detailed in FBI documents that Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, showing other potential targets included Biden and former presidential candidate Nikki Haley, along with other “politicians, military people or bureaucrats.”At one point, Trump was briefed about “real and specific threats” from Iran to assassinate him, the campaign said last month. Iran’s aim to assassinate Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, is part of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to “destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said in a press release at the time. Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report. 



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A woman from Hong Kong was caught for trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles from the United States into Canada.Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles from Vermont to Canada.Eastern box turtles are a protected species in Vermont as well as in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Hampshire.According to an affidavit, Ng was arrested on June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan, Vermont. HUNDREDS OF RACOONS TAKE OVER WOMAN’S YARD IN WASHINGTON STATEPolice said that the 41-year-old was caught red-handed as she was loading up her inflatable kayak to make the trek over to the Canadian side of Lake Wallace.Police said they were notified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that two other people, including Ng’s suspected husband, had begun to paddle an inflatable watercraft from the Canadian side of the lake towards the U.S.Authorities said that she had 29 eastern box turtles inside a duffle bag that were wrapped in socks, the affidavit said.Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, the affidavit stated.AUTUMN IN NEW ENGLAND: 6 STATES PACK BIG COLOR, MAJOR HISTORY, IN SMALL AREADuring the investigation, police seized her cellphone and showed that she had tried to smuggle the turtles into Canada so that they could eventually be sold for profit in Hong Kong.Ng pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of unlawfully attempting to export and send 29 eastern box turtles out of the United States, contrary to law.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPShe has been held in custody since her arrest in June and will remain in custody pending her sentencing. She is scheduled to be sentenced on December 13 and faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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The Los Angeles Dodgers will avoid an NLDS upset for a third year in a row.With a tight 2-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 5 at home on Friday, the Dodgers won their first playoff series of the current postseason format. They lost in the NLDS each of the last two seasons to wild card teams.It is the first postseason series victory of Shohei Ohtani’s MLB career.The Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto out-dueled the Padres’ Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Friday and advance to the National League Championship Series.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMYamamoto allowed two hits over five innings for the Dodgers before being pulled after 63 pitches in a decisive Game 5 between heated NL West rivals who were meeting in a Division Series for the third time in five years.Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers will play the wild-card New York Mets in the best-of-seven NLCS starting Sunday night in Los Angeles.The Dodgers won a decisive Game 5 at home for the first time since taking a 1981 NL Division Series against Houston after a season split into halves following a players’ strike. Boasting the majors’ best regular-season record of 98-64, they successfully avoided a third straight NLDS elimination.The Padres’ big hitters went bust with their season on the line. Three-time batting champion Luis Arraez, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jurickson Profar and Manny Machado were 1 for 14 in Game 5 as Los Angeles pitchers retired their last 19 batters.San Diego went scoreless for the final 24 innings of the series, dropping the last two games after taking a 2-1 lead back home.BENCHES CLEAR IN YANKEES-ROYALS ALDS GAME AFTER HARD TAG; NEW YORK STARS WAVE OFF KANSAS CITY PLAYERYamamoto and Darvish were the first Japanese-born starting pitchers to square off in major league playoff history. The 26-year-old Yamamoto was the fifth rookie to start a winner-take-all game in Dodgers history.Darvish, the 38-year-old childhood idol of Ohtani, gave up an early home run to Kiké Hernández, then set down 14 in a row. Teoscar Hernández’s homer chased Darvish in the seventh and made it 2-0.The Padres and Dodgers combined to retire 26 consecutive batters — the longest streak in a single game in postseason history.Darvish gave up two runs and three hits in 6 2/3 innings, struck out four and walked one.Darvish and Ohtani teamed to help win last year’s World Baseball Classic for Japan, but they were rivals Friday. Ohtani struck out three times, including twice against Darvish in a game watched on Saturday morning in Japan.The teams combined to score 43 runs in the first five games of the series, but the winner-take-all finale was a tense pitching affair in front of a sellout crowd of 53,183 that included Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and a Hollywood contingent of Brad Pitt, Rob Lowe, Bryan Cranston and Jimmy Kimmel.The Dodgers are headed to the NLCS for the 16th time overall and first since 2021 when they lost to Atlanta in six games.The Padres head into the offseason with plenty of promise for next year. They challenged the Dodgers for the NL West title down to the final days of the regular season.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Los Angeles Dodgers player Kike Hernandez had, arguably, the biggest game of his career on Friday, and used his postgame spotlight to say the F word on live television without being censored in front of a live national audience.With a tight 2-0 winner-take-all victory against the San Diego Padres on Friday, the Dodgers are going back to the NLCS for the first time since 2021. The Dodgers’ Game 5 victory also marked the first MLB postseason series win of Shohei Ohtani’s career. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAfter the game, when asked what makes his team different from the teams of the last three years that came up short in the postseason, Hernandez said “The fact that we don’t give a f—!”Hernandez even made sure that his comment would be made over a live FOX broadcast. The explicit word wasn’t censored when it aired.BENCHES CLEAR IN YANKEES-ROYALS ALDS GAME AFTER HARD TAG; NEW YORK STARS WAVE OFF KANSAS CITY PLAYERHernandez hit a home run in the game to lead Los Angeles to the decisive win. Hernandez was part of the team’s last World Series championship in 2020 when the team won the title in the COVID-shortened season. He was also part of the team’s World Series losses to the Houston Astros in 2017 and the Boston Red Sox in 2018. After joining the Boston Red Sox in 2021, Hernandez was traded back to the Dodgers last season in July before hitting free agency this past winter. Hernandez re-signed with the team on a one-year, $4 million contract to return to the team. Now, Hernandez will help lead the team back to the World Series when they take on the New York Mets in the NLCS. Game 1 is scheduled for Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Harrison Butker announced on “The Ingraham Angle” he is supporting former President Trump in this year’s election because of an issue that is “the most crucial topic for me.”While sitting next to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker said he would be supporting “the most pro-life president.””I’m supporting the president that’s going to be the most pro-life president, and I think Donald Trump is the most pro-life president,” Butker said. “That’s a topic that is the most crucial topic for me. I want us to be fighting for the most vulnerable, fighting for the unborn, and that’s what we should prioritize.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMButker has often spoken out about his religious beliefs with respect to women’s reproductive rights. He actually seemed to disagree with Trump in August. The former president wrote in a Truth Social post that his “Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.”In an X post of his own, sharing Trump’s words, Butker wrote, “No party or candidate is perfect” and “implore[d]” JD Vance to defend the unborn.However, Butker has made it clear he is not on board with President Biden’s stance on abortion, calling it “delusional.””[Biden] has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I’m sure to many people it appears that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice,” Butker said during his infamous commencement speech at Benedictine College.RUSSELL WILSON SLATED TO BE ACTIVE FOR FIRST TIME THIS SEASON — BUT IN UNFAMILIAR ROLEDuring the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs’ visit to the White House last year, Butker wore a tie that had “Vulnerari Praesidio” in cursive. It’s a Latin term that translates to “Protect the most vulnerable.” He also wore a gold pin representing the size of a 10-week-old baby’s feet. Butker was in attendance this year too.Butker said in an interview with ETWN News in March that unborn babies “are the greatest victims of our society.”Shortly after his speech, his jersey sales skyrocketed, becoming one of the most popular on the market.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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