5 cruise deals from $169 with MSC, Celestyal, Princess and more

Cruises simplify vacation planning by bundling meals, entertainment and activities into one trip price. We found discounted sailings from Celestyal, MSC and Princess, along with select booking sites, to destinations across the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe, with select routes to Alaska.

Celestyal Cruises offers affordable sailings to the Mediterranean and the Arabian Gulf, with options ranging from quick three- or four-night trips to full weeklong itineraries. Prices start at $499 per person for shorter Greek island cruises (three or four nights) and $869 per person for seven-night Mediterranean sailings, with routes covering Greece, Italy and Croatia.

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If you prefer something a bit more tropical, MSC Cruises offers affordable Caribbean sailings with week-long trips stopping in Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. Select voyages from Feb. 10 to 23 start at $199, and kids sail free. The cruise line also runs routes to Mediterranean and Northern European destinations, along with seven-night Alaska cruises from Seattle in spring and summer.

Princess Cruises isn't skimping on the deals this year. The popular family-friendly cruise line is offering global sailings with savings of up to $500, including last-minute deals starting at $248. Travelers can choose from destinations across the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Mexico and New Zealand, with onboard activities ranging from casinos to wellness spas.

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Cheap Cruises works as a booking site similar to travel portals like Expedia and Kayak, with a focus on budget-friendly sailings from partner lines such as Carnival, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean. The site lists more than 8,700 cruise options, with 2026 deals ranging from about $169 to $1,900 and up depending on destination and cruise line. Popular destinations include Mexico, the Bahamas and islands in the wider Caribbean.

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Cruises.com aggregates more than 13,000 sailings from lines like MSC, Norwegian, Carnival and Celebrity Cruises, with a 2026 deals section highlighting both discounted and last-minute trips. Prices start as low as $169 for short Baja Mexico, and Key West/Bahamas cruises with longer options available for travelers planning a full week at sea.

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Iranian gunboats unsuccessfully attempt to board US oil tanker as Trump builds military presence

Six Iranian gunboats unsuccessfully attempted to halt a U.S.-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The security firm Vanguard Tech told its clients on Tuesday that the Iranian vessels were armed with .50-caliber guns, and they ordered the oil tanker to turn off its engines and prepare to be boarded. Instead, the tanker sped up and was ultimately escorted to safety by a U.S. Navy vessel, according to the Journal.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

The incident comes as the U.S. continues to ramp up its military presence surrounding Iran, with President Donald Trump describing an "armada" arrayed in the area.

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Iran's regime has vowed that any military strike on its territory would ignite a regional conflict, even as senior Iranian officials signaled a willingness to negotiate with the U.S.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, according to Axios. The publication also reported that Witkoff will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Istanbul on Friday.

The talks in Israel are expected to focus on Iran, following Zamir’s weekend visit to Washington, where he held a series of meetings with U.S. defense officials on the Islamic Republic.

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Trump said on Saturday he believes Iran is negotiating "seriously" with the U.S., stressing that he hopes an "acceptable" deal can be brokered.

When asked by a reporter aboard Air Force One whether he had decided on a strike against Iran, Trump responded, "I certainly can't tell you that."

"But we do have very big, powerful ships heading in that direction," he added. "I hope they negotiate something that's acceptable."

The president then sidestepped a question about whether Tehran would be emboldened if the U.S. opted not to launch strikes on Iran, saying, "Some people think that. Some people don’t."

"You could make a negotiated deal that would be satisfactory with no nuclear weapons," Trump said. "They should do that, but I don't know that they will. But they are talking to us. Seriously talking to us."

Fox News' Efrat Lachter and Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.

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Trump seeks $1 billion in damages from Harvard University over ‘serious and heinous illegalities’

President Donald Trump said Monday that he is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University.

Harvard has been a main target of the Trump administration’s attempt to leverage federal funding in order to crack down on antisemitism and "woke" ideology. The New York Times published a Monday report headlined, "Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard," that suggested the president was no longer seeking a $200 million payment to the government. Trump took to social media, blasting the Times and saying he now wants the prestigious university to shell out even more cash. 

"Strongly Antisemitic Harvard University has been feeding a lot of ‘nonsense’ to The Failing New York Times. Harvard has been, for a long time, behaving very badly! They wanted to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would not have been, in our opinion, successful. It was merely a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed. This should be a Criminal, not Civil, event, and Harvard will have to live with the consequences of their wrongdoings," Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

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"In any event, this case will continue until justice is served," Trump continued. "We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University."

Trump did not specify what specific damages Harvard caused, but suggested he agrees with at least one part of the Gray Lady report.  

"As The Failing New York Times clearly stated, ‘Some connected to the University, however, think Harvard has no option but to eventually cut a deal. The Administration has repeatedly attempted to cut off research grants, which would be an untenable crises. Like many major research universities, Harvard relies on federal funding for its financial model,’" Trump wrote. 

Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

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The Times updated its report following Trump’s reaction. 

"Trump administration officials have indicated in recent days that the president no longer expects such a payment, according to the Harvard and Trump officials briefed on the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations," the Times reported. "But shortly before midnight, six hours after The Times reported that Mr. Trump had backtracked, he claimed the story was wrong and attacked The Times and Harvard."

In December, lawyers for the Trump administration appealed a judge’s order to restore $2.7 billion in frozen federal research funding to Harvard University. 

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Harvard sued the Trump administration in April over its attempt to freeze the federal funding and argued in court that the actions amounted to an unconstitutional "pressure campaign" to influence and exert control over elite academic institutions.

The Trump administration accused Harvard of "fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," but Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman said in a radio interview that the move is "about Trump trying to impose his view of the world on everybody else."

Lawyers for the Justice Department argued it had "every right" to cancel the funding for Harvard after it failed to comply with its demands.

A spokesperson for Harvard previously told Fox News Digital that the court's September order reinstated "critical research funding that advances science and life-saving medical breakthroughs, strengthens national security, and enhances our nation’s competitiveness and economic priorities."

"We remain confident in our legal position," the spokesperson added.

 Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report. 

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Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck advocates for cholesterol screening after father's cardiac arrest death

Three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck made sure to avoid defenders when throwing passes in his 18-year NFL career, but now he makes sure that he keeps his cholesterol down in his post-playing days.

Hasselbeck’s father, Don Hasselbeck, passed away suddenly at age 70 from cardiac arrest. Following his death, Hasselbeck’s mother urged him to get screened, and he was humbled by his results.

"It was really my mom who said to, you know, there's three boys in our family and said, 'Boys, I want you to get screened for everything, you know, calcium score in your heart, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol,'" Hasselbeck told Fox News Digital in a recent interview with the Family Heart Foundation.

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"And we kind of like to be honest kind of rolled my eyes at the cholesterol one, because I was like, ‘Oh, that's for people that are out of shape, the people that I crush on the Peloton.’"

"I was humbled really when my scores came back. A lot of my other scores were great, fantastic, and the cholesterol thing was too high, and I was shocked to be honest, and I can't take credit for taking ownership. I just was trying to honor my mom kind of in a tough time for her and through the process accidentally probably helped myself quite a bit and probably helped my kids. It was eye-opening."

Hasselbeck has partnered with the Family Heart Foundation for their "Tackle Cholesterol: Get into the LDL Safe Zone" campaign. As a football player, Hasselbeck said he always knew if he was injured, but with cholesterol, the threat is invisible.

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"When you're a football player, a lot of the injuries that you have, you can see them. It's a shoulder, it's a knee, it's a high ankle sprain. It's like orthopedic. With things like LDL cholesterol, it's invisible. And you can exercise all you want or eat as great as you want, but if you aren't in that safe zone of where you need to be cholesterol-wise, it can lead to all kinds of different issues, and cardiac arrest is one of them," Hasselbeck said.

Hasselbeck, who has a family history of cardiovascular disease, urges families and fans to get screened. Hasselbeck hopes people will visit CholesterolConnect.org for more information or to order a free, one-time at-home cholesterol screening.

"I'm really passionate about trying to tell everyone it's the easiest thing ever to get screened. Get screened, find out what your numbers are, find out what those numbers mean, and then you'll know how to lower your risk," Hasselbeck said.

Hasselbeck played for four different teams in his 18-year career: 10 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, three with the Indianapolis Colts, two with the Green Bay Packers, and two with the Tennessee Titans. In 209 games, he completed 60.5% of his passes for 36,638 yards with 212 touchdowns and 153 interceptions.

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Music’s biggest stars protest ICE at Grammy Awards amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Pop star Billie Eilish was among several celebrities who used the stage at Sunday’s Grammy Awards to criticize the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"No one is illegal on stolen land," Eilish said while accepting the Grammy for Song of the Year. "I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter."

"And f--- ICE, that's all I'm gonna say, sorry," she added.

Wearing an "ICE OUT" pin, Eilish also emphasized the urgency of continued activism during her remarks.

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"It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now," she said. "I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting, speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter."

Singer SZA was another artist who criticized the state of the country following the Trump administration’s recent immigration crackdown, which left two Americans dead in Minneapolis after encounters with federal agents. 

"It's just like, it's incredibly dystopian that we're dressed up and able to celebrate accolades in the material world, and people are getting snatched up and shot in the face on the street," she told Variety. "It just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don't really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness, and I don't feel like that's the calling card that I want to subscribe to."

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SZA won two of the five Grammys for which she was nominated and used her platform to directly condemn ICE, warning against despair.

"And, you know, it's always f--- ICE," she said.

"Please don’t fall into despair," she said while accepting the Grammy for Record of the Year. "I know that right now is a scary time. I know that the algorithms tell us that it’s so scary and all is lost. There’s been world wars and plagues, and we have gone on. We can go on. We need each other, we need to trust each other and trust ourselves."

"We’re not governed by the government; we’re governed by God," she concluded.

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Eilish and SZA were among a broader group of musicians who used the 2026 Grammy Awards to call out ICE.

Several artists wore "ICE OUT" pins, including Eilish, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Kehlani, Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Brandi Carlile.

Other performers included anti-ICE or pro-immigration remarks in their speeches, including Bad Bunny, Olivia Dean and Shaboozey.

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny took direct aim at ICE during his Grammy acceptance speech, using the moment to denounce the agency and defend immigrants’ humanity.

"ICE out," Bad Bunny said while accepting the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album. "We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens — we are humans and we are Americans."

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R&B singer Kehlani urged fellow artists to unite against injustice while accepting her Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance.

"We're stronger in numbers to speak against all the injustice going on in the world right now," Kehlani said. "So, instead of letting it be just a couple of you here and there, I hope everybody is inspired to join together as a community of artists and speak out against what's going on. And I'm going to leave this and say, f--- ICE."

British singer-songwriter Olivia Dean highlighted her family’s immigration story during her Grammy acceptance speech, praising the courage and contributions of immigrants.

"I’m up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant," Dean said while accepting the Grammy for Best New Artist. "I’m a product of bravery, and those people deserve to be celebrated."

Country artist Shaboozey dedicated his award to immigrants while accepting the Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

"Immigrants build this country — literally," he said. "This is also for those who came to this country in search of better opportunity, to be a part of a nation that promises freedom for all and equal opportunity to everyone willing to work for it."

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Fetterman admits government shutdown won't stop ICE operations, says parties must negotiate a 'way forward'

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., acknowledged Sunday that a government shutdown would not stop Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations because the agency is already funded under existing law, as Democrats have refused to vote for a spending package that includes money for ICE.

"It's absolutely true that [a government shutdown] it's not going to really deprive any kind of funding from DHS or ultimately ICE because they have those effectively unlimited funds through the big, beautiful bill," Fetterman said on "The Sunday Briefing."

Nearly $200 billion in funding has been allocated to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through President Donald Trump's signature "big, beautiful bill," which will fund ICE and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for years.

"So we're going to have to figure out a way forward," Fetterman continued, predicting negotiations over ICE reforms between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.

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"Thankfully, people really got smart and realized, in the Senate, we cannot shut down like our military," said Fetterman.

He has been vocally opposed to government shutdowns, especially in the wake of the longest one in U.S. history, which occurred last year.

Senate Democrats and the White House last week reached a deal to fund the government, but the House still has to review it on Monday afternoon as the partial government shutdown enters its third day.

The deal would strip the DHS funding bill from the broader package and tees up a short-term funding extension, known as a continuing resolution, for two weeks to keep the agency funded while lawmakers negotiate restrictions on ICE.

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Fetterman said he would always support deporting criminal migrants, but acknowledged the "tragedies that happened in Minneapolis" and said he warned Trump in a phone call to remove DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in order to avoid "a Mayorkas kind of situation."

The senator urged the president to "take the win that you secured our border," a move Fetterman endorsed.

"I don't think America really wants people going after otherwise, you know, hardworking migrants in these communities right now," the senator added. "That's where I'm at."

Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno, Elizabeth Elkind and Alex Miller contributed to this report.

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Federal judge’s ‘unhinged’ order in migrant case ignites Republican fury, impeachment demand

A federal judge’s unusual order for immigration authorities to release a father and his five-year-old son over the weekend was met with fierce backlash from Republicans after it suggested the Trump administration was cruel and had a "perfidious lust for unbridled power."

Judge Fred Biery’s brief order, laced with disapproval, said Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son Liam were seeking "nothing more than some modicum" of due process.

The judge, a Clinton appointee, included a Bible verse about Jesus crying and a viral photo of the small child wearing a backpack.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, responded by adding Biery to his short list of judges he has recently been urging the House to impeach.

"This federal judge misspelled ‘impeach me—immediately.’ House GOP, you know what to do," Lee wrote.

The Center for Immigration Studies' law and policy fellow Andrew Arthur said the order was "bizarre."

Attorney General Pam Bondi's former chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, wrote on X: "I honestly thought this was fake."

"I really hope this is a joke," Mizelle wrote. "Because if not, this is the biggest validation of our criticism since Day 1 that the liberal judiciary is unhinged."

Conservative Fox News political analyst Guy Benson called the order "lawless, overwrought resistance slop," and his remark was shared on social media by DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

Some noted the judge dated his signature using the nonexistent "February 31st" in a legal document, where minor technical defects tend to matter and can disrupt entire cases.

Biery's quotes made broad statements on deportations, while his observations on the specifics of the case were brief. The judge said the Trump administration showed "ignorance" of the Declaration of Independence.

"The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children," Biery wrote.

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A lawyer for the migrants, Marc Prokosch, told reporters last month that Arias and his son entered the United States at a port of entry in Texas in 2024 using the CBP One app, a controversial Biden administration tool that made it easier for migrants claiming asylum to enter the country.

"They did everything right when they came in. … ICE didn’t care about the fact that they had those pending claims," Prokosch said. 

Prokosch confirmed that they had been picked up by immigration authorities in January and taken from Minnesota to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. Liam's photo became a symbol for human rights advocates, who have widely argued the Trump administration's immigration enforcement practices are overzealous and inhumane.

A Politico analysis found that despite the vast success the Trump administration has had in reducing illegal immigration, its deportation practices have crossed lines hundreds of times in the eyes of district court judges, including some Republican-appointed ones.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, confirmed that the government obeyed Biery’s order and moved the family back home to Minnesota, though the case remains ongoing.

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