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Former NM congresswoman Yvette Herrell appointed to Trump administration post
Jul. 31—SANTA FE — Former New Mexico congresswoman Yvette Herrell has been appointed to a Trump administration post and is not planning to run next year for the southern New Mexico-based seat she represented for a single term after winning the 2020 election. A Herrell campaign spokesman confirmed her plan to not run in 2026 for the 2nd Congressional District seat, which is currently held by U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat. The seat has been one of the nation's most hotly contested districts in recent years, but became more favorable to Democrats under a new congressional map that took effect in 2022. Vasquez defeated Herrell in last year's general election, getting about 52% of the votes cast in the race. The vote spread between the two candidates was larger than it was in 2022, when Vasquez ousted Herrell by a razor-thin margin. Herrell, a former state legislator, was appointed by the president in June to be an assistant secretary for congressional relations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She has not yet been confirmed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, where her nomination was sent. U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., is a member of that committee. Herrell has worked as a real estate broker in Alamogordo since leaving Congress. She also owns an ice and water vending machine company and would transfer ownership of the company to a family business if confirmed, according to a public financial disclosure report obtained by the Journal. As assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Herrell would hold a key post in a federal agency that employs nearly 100,000 people and oversees the U.S. Forest Service and other departments. If confirmed, she would replace Adrienne Wojciechowski, who stepped down in January after Trump took office. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently led by Brooke Rollins, who announced during a June meeting of the Western Governors Association in Santa Fe that her agency intends to repeal a rule that prohibits road construction and logging on 91,000 square miles of Forest Service land. Rollins also recently announced plans to restructure the USDA by transferring most of the agency's employees in Washington, D.C., to offices in five cities around the nation: Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Fort Collins, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Meanwhile, Herrell's appointment could lead to other Republicans entering next year's CD2 race. Eddy Aragon, a radio talk show host and former Albuquerque mayoral candidate, announced his candidacy in May and is currently the only GOP candidate in the race, according to federal election filings. Vasquez is seeking reelection in the district, which now includes all of southern New Mexico and stretches north into Albuquerque's South Valley. Solve the daily Crossword
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Fox News' host Greg Gutfeld to appear on Jimmy Fallon next week
Fox News late night host Greg Gutfeld will be a guest on Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" next week, marking the libertarian-leaning on-air persona's first appearance on a traditional network late-night talk show. His debut guest appearance is scheduled for the Thursday, August 7 episode, NBC spokesperson Eve Kenny confirmed. Gutfeld is the host of Fox News' late-night "Gutfeld!" which debuted in April 2021 and has found success, averaging 3.29 million viewers, according to Late Nighter. The comedian and political commentator has long criticized late-night hosts like Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel. But he expressed a soft spot for Fallon during a Thursday, July 31 episode of the Fox News conservative cable hit "The Five." "I'm psyched about it because Fallon comes across as a great guy, nice guy," Gutfeld told his co-hosts. "Also me going on his show shows him that he's not worried about upsetting his peers." He then recalled President Donald Trump's guest appearance on the "Tonight Show" ahead of the 2016 election, in which Fallon was scrutinized for "humanizing Trump" after tousling his hair for a comedic bit. "But it didn't come from anybody but the people on the left who wanted to teach all entertainers a lesson that if you dare show that Trump is a human, then you're toast," he added. "And so it's kind of nice that he's taken this risk." Fallon is among Trump's late-night foes Though its unclear what Fallon and Gutfeld will discuss during the episode, the talk show crossover comes after Trump's public squabble with several late night hosts following CBS' cancellation of the "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." Trump celebrated the cancelation on Truth Social July 18 writing "I absolutely love that Colbert' got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings." Colbert addressed the post in his July 21 episode monologue saying: "How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go (expletive) yourself." The president later made a jab at Kimmel, insinuating that his show would be the next to end before taking aim at Fallon. "The word is, and it's a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, (Jimmy) Fallon will be gone," Trump wrote on a July 22 Truth Social post. Fallon participated in the beef by zeroing in on Trump's former relationship with deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following reports that Attorney General Pam Bondi had reportedly told the president that he was named multiple times in the government's files. "Well, guys, the big story continues to be President Trump's handling of the Epstein files, and now newly uncovered footage shows that Jeffrey Epstein attended Trump's second wedding in 1993," Fallon said. "You had the bride, the groom, the groomer." Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fox News' host Greg Gutfeld to appear on Jimmy Fallon next week
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Fox News Has Used This 'Convenient Distraction' To Depart From Epstein Coverage: Report
Fox News has appeared to feature more talk of Sydney Sweeney's controversial American Eagle ad in recent days than it has discussed the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, per a new report by Media Matters for America. The conservative network mentioned Sweeney — whose 'great jeans' ad has generated backlash amid accusations that it glorified whiteness and nods to eugenics — on 62 occasions with a total of 85 minutes of coverage from Monday to midday Thursday, according to the nonprofit media watchdog. Epstein received 14 mentions and was 'often brought up in passing or short headline reports,' adding up to a total of under three minutes of coverage, per the report. The analysis also found that CNN, Newsmax and MSNBC mentioned Epstein overwhelmingly more than Sweeney in the same timespan, with the latter outlet not referring to the 'Euphoria' actor whatsoever. The fixation on Sweeney marked a departure from covering the fallout of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files in the same week that the president didn't rule out pardoning the late sex offender's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The president has also recently implied that Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre — one of his most prominent accusers — from his Mar-a-Lago spa, comments that her family has since described as 'shocking.' MMFA's latest findings arrive a week after its report that Fox News turned its attention toward a 'familiar boogeyman' in Barack Obama instead of covering Epstein, mentioning the ex-president three times more than the disgraced financier from July 18 to midday July 23. Related... Trump Fumes Over 'Loser' Fox News Host Moments After Her NYC Shooting Take James Carville Gives Fox News Viewers Uncomfortable Reminder About Jeffrey Epstein Fox News Apparently 'Largely Obeyed' This Trump Order On Epstein, New Report Finds
