Mullin tells Congress primary border wall will be done by June 2027, secondary wall by summer 2028

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on Wednesday the administration is on track to have the primary border wall, from the Pacific to the Gulf of America, completed by June 2027.

He added all contracts will be out by the end of this month, noting the department is making "great progress."

Mullin's comments came as he testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about his department's 2027 fiscal year budget. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday.

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However, Mullin clarified the primary wall is separate from the secondary wall.

"The primary wall is the first wall up because of the way the cartels adjust... they're thugs and they're terrorists," Mullin said. "We have to push out a secondary wall because they've been going in and cutting the wall, and before we can respond to some of these remote areas, they've been able to get through."

He said that every mile of fencing the department puts up, "the smaller the choke point gets for criminals to cross."

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To combat the potential break-ins, Mullin said the secondary 150-foot walls will be placed in certain locations, in addition to a smart wall, which will tell the department how many people are there.

"The smart wall is pretty impressive and we can put a drone in the sky and immediately keep eyes on them," he said. "We're well within track. The secondary wall — we feel like if we can continue to have the progress we have and the partnerships we're having, we will probably complete that in the summer of 2028. All of it will be fully completed."

Mullin noted he has made multiple trips to oversee the wall construction and used aircraft to fly over "a tremendous amount of it."

"We have some Democrat members that [have] had some concerns — some Democrat senators, congressmen — every one we try to address immediately," he said.

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Popular amusement park bans guest for life after roller coaster stunt viral video

A YouTuber has been banned for life from visiting all Six Flags parks after posting a viral video that appeared to show him eating chicken nuggets while riding one of the country's most famous roller coasters.

The video, uploaded in May by content creator Allen Ferrell, shows him attempting to eat McDonald's chicken nuggets while riding Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

The stunt quickly gained attention online, generating hundreds of thousands of views and prompting a response from park officials.

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Six Flags confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ferrell has been permanently banned from all Six Flags properties.

The company said food and other loose items are prohibited on rides because they can create safety hazards.

"Safety is a cornerstone of our business, and we have zero tolerance for inappropriate and unsafe behavior," a Six Flags spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

"Guests who violate our Code of Conduct are not welcome in our parks, and this guest has been banned from all Six Flags parks for life."

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Ferrell has more than 1.8 million YouTube subscribers. He is known for posting challenge videos in which he attempts unusual dares and stunts.

In the roller coaster video, he is seen concealing a box of chicken nuggets before entering the park and later boarding Millennium Force.

Once seated, Ferrell can be seen beginning to eat as the ride climbs and descends its first hill. 

At one point during the ride, he calls for dipping sauce, which is handed to him by a friend seated nearby.

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After the ride ended, Ferrell said he managed to eat seven of the 10 nuggets.

The video sparked a wave of reactions online, with many viewers laughing at the unusual challenge.

"Somebody 100% got hit in the face with that sauce," one commenter wrote.

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"Enjoy that lifetime ban!" one user wrote.

Yet another person added, "How to get banned 101."

The viral clip was not the first time Ferrell posted footage of himself eating on Millennium Force.

A separate video uploaded in 2023 showed him eating a McDonald's sandwich while riding the roller coaster. 

It has since amassed more than 5 million views.

Fox News Digital reached out to Ferrell for further comment.

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Biden crashes Jill’s book tour with awkward ‘love’ question that leaves viewers cringing

Former first lady Jill Biden was interrupted by a surprise appearance from former President Joe Biden during a New York stop promoting her memoir Tuesday, leading to an awkward exchange with moderator Whoopi Goldberg that quickly drew reaction online.

"Joe has a question. Like you couldn't ask it later," joked Jill Biden as the former president emerged from the audience.

"Who do you love most in the whole world?" asked Joe Biden.

 "Whoopi," the former first lady responded, laughing. 

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The former president was seen shrugging after his wife's quip. 

Jill Biden has been touring the country to promote her memoir, "View from the East Wing," revealing new details about her relationship with her husband. 

The former first lady is striking a markedly different tone from her previous staunch defense of her husband during his disastrous 2024 re-election run, recently saying during the book tour that she feared he was suffering from a medical issue during his June 2024 debate against President Donald Trump. 

"I wasn’t horrified, I was frightened," Jill Biden recalled. "I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I said, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death," she said.

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Social media users quickly lambasted the Bidens for the awkward exchange with Whoopi Goldberg, weighing in on the couple’s relationship and sharing their thoughts on the former president’s health.

"Staged and still sad," said one user on X.

"So painful to watch," wrote a user.

"The dementia is kicking in hard," a user jabbed.

"The man ran the free world for four years and still needs verbal reassurance at a book signing," wrote one person.

"I'd like to think that he just wandered in and wasn't actually invited to the event," poked a user.

"How embarrassing," commented an X user.

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The veteran lawmaker served in the U.S. Senate for 36 years before becoming vice president under President Barack Obama, serving two consecutive terms.

His political career came to an abrupt end at the height of his re-election campaign when he suspended his bid following intensified scrutiny of a series of verbal missteps and public gaffes.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Office of Jill and Joe Biden for comment.

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NYPD lifts ban on Knicks watch parties outside MSG for Game 1 of NBA Finals after fans were too rowdy

New York Knicks fans are about to party like it's 1999.

For the first time in 27 years, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals, but for a brief time, the New York Police Department placed a ban on watch parties outside Madison Square Garden because the Knicks faithful got way too rowdy.

Well, for the biggest Knicks game this millennium, the NYPD reversed course.

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The Knicks will host a watch party at Plaza 33 outside the arena for Game 1 on Wednesday night after Madison Square Garden applied for permits.

The San Antonio Spurs will host the first two games before MSG hosts Game 3 on Monday. Game 1 will also be shown live inside the arena, with tickets costing $10 and the proceeds going to the Garden of Dreams Foundation.

Six arrests were made outside MSG during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks took a 2-0 series lead just days after completing a 22-point comeback in the fourth quarter, which truly began the rowdiness.

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Despite no watch party for the Knicks' clincher last week, fans still took to the streets to celebrate.

Videos poured out from Manhattan intersections, packed bars outside Madison Square Garden and booming "WE WANT WEMBY" chants outside MSG.

Fans carried brooms through Manhattan streets in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights while NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium New York has waited decades to experience again.

Even Radio City Music Hall erupted with Knicks chants as the city collectively lost its mind last Monday night.

The Knicks are underdogs to the Spurs, who took down the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 on the road on Saturday.

New York is seeking its first title since 1973, in case you are wondering what the city might look like if it wins it all.

OutKick's Alejandro Avila contributed to this report.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. says Yankees will 'for sure' win the World Series this season on late-night TV

The New York Yankees are hoping to avoid another "June Swoon" as they sit near the top of the MLB standings.

The Yankees are two games back in the loss column of the gritty Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East, yet their .610 winning percentage at 36-23 is the fifth-best mark in the league.

With back-to-back reigning MVP Aaron Judge having just turned 34, and next year's MLB season in the balance of tenuous CBA talks, it seems like if not now, when, for the Bronx Bombers.

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But second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. believes "when" is in fact now.

Chisholm appeared with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night during the Yanks' off day and said the Yankees will "for sure" win the World Series this season.

When Fallon asked what the team's "ultimate" goal was, Chisholm did not hesitate.

"I mean, to win a World Series. We’re in New York," Chisholm answered.

The Yankees have made the postseason in eight out of the last nine seasons, but have made just one Fall Classic that ended in embarrassing fashion. But this season seems a bit different from prior years.

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While young phenom Cam Schlittler has placed himself right in the American League Cy Young Award conversation, Gerrit Cole has returned from Tommy John surgery and has thrown 13 scoreless innings to start his season — all while Max Fried is set to return from an injury.

Ben Rice leads the majors in OPS, Cody Bellinger leads the American League in WAR, and the team is again hitting home runs at a league-high level. This is all with Judge not quite hitting his stride yet, either.

The long ball, though, has disappeared in October, and it's wound up in the team's second-longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923.

Surely, Yankees fans will be hoping this prediction goes better than when Chisholm predicted he would hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases — he currently has six homers and 14 swiped bags. Shohei Ohtani became the first player to join the 50-50 club in 2024.

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Former Ohio State, Florida coach Urban Meyer reveals the one place he refused to recruit players from

During his time as head coach at both Florida and Ohio State, Urban Meyer was known as a maniacal competitor who needed to win as badly as he needed to breathe air.

That desire to win extended to ventures far beyond the football field, most famously on the recruiting trail.

Meyer's competitive streak with regard to talent acquisition earned him the moniker of ace recruiter, as he landed several top-five classes in both Gainesville and Columbus, including his 2010 class at Florida, which, at the time, was the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the sport.

Though he was one of the best recruiters of his era, and there are many stories to back up that claim, Meyer shared a tale on "The Triple Option" podcast about the one state he swore he would never try to poach talent from again during his time as a college football head coach.

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"When I was the head coach at Florida we played around at Louisiana, and we get to the dance floor with a great player and he wouldn't come," Meyer revealed. "So I said 'enough.' I'm not flying into Louisiana again. I'm good."

The former Gators and Buckeyes head coach would go on to say that it was an easy decision to make while at Florida because there were enough talented options in both the Sunshine State and nearby Georgia as it was.

"There's enough good players around Georgia and Florida that I'm not gonna go beat my face against the wall and go into Louisiana."

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Meyer would go on to acknowledge that Nick Saban had some success going into the bayou and grabbing some players he wanted, though part of that could have been because of his previous ties to LSU.

Everything coach Meyer said lines up with what I have said several times over the past few months with regard to players from the state of Louisiana.

It might be the single hardest state to pry talented players from, and it's even tough to recruit kids to LSU from their home state if you don't have the right head coach in charge.

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It's why LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry made the comments he did about former head coach Brian Kelly, and why they went and hired Ed Orgeron back as their recruiting director.

Urban Meyer won three national championships in his illustrious career, but he wouldn't dare fly into The Boot to try and out-recruit the Tigers for their hometown talent.

The fact that Coach O and LSU are back together again probably means most coaches should listen to Meyer, as Louisiana might be closed to outsiders for the foreseeable future.

Good luck trying to pry a Louisiana native out of the clutches of Orgeron and the Bayou Bengals moving forward.

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Military sister surprises graduating brother by delivering his diploma after overseas deployment

A heartwarming military homecoming is gaining attention online after a deployed sister gave her graduating brother the surprise of a lifetime.

Kalen Barksdale started his walk across the stage to receive his diploma from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in Wisconsin, only for a school official to pause and tell him that it was not there.

Initially dismayed, Barksdale soon realized his diploma was there after all and that his sister, Mauriana — who had been serving overseas — had arrived to deliver it.

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"My first initial reaction was embarrassment because that's a huge milestone to achieve..." Kalen said, recounting the surprise on "Fox & Friends."

Concern turned into surprise when Kalen learned the setback was "a setup for something greater."

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Mauriana made her way down the aisle to the crowd's cheers and applause while holding Kalen's diploma. The siblings shared a warm hug when they met.

"There was a lot going through my mind at that time," Mauriana recalled.

"[I was] so grateful to have been able to make it home because there was a possibility that I wouldn't have been able to be here for that moment..."

Mauriana thanked Milwaukee Lutheran High School for helping coordinate the surprise.

The emotional reunion has reached millions online, warming hearts across the country.

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