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An attorney representing Maria Bartiromo released a combative statement denying that she was fired from Fox News.The longtime host at Fox Business had reportedly "parted ways" with the network effective immediately, according to a network statement Thursday.'Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior. Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy.' "The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false," read a statement from her attorney on Friday."Make no mistake, we have the receipts and witnesses and they will come out whether through the courthouse or otherwise," the attorney continued. "Those reporting her firing or the incredulous facts supporting that fiction have exhibited a complete and utter reckless disregard for the truth."When asked about this new statement, Fox News said its previous statement "speaks for itself."The statement could have been in response to reports that Bartiromo had been fired after allegedly making an improper disclosure to the White House about Fox News refusing to air the president's election fraud claims. Bartiromo had worked at CNN and CNBC before moving to Fox News in 2014. She had come to host two shows, one that bore her name: "Mornings with Maria" and "Sunday Morning Futures." Both will be renamed after her departure.Blaze News also previously reported that her profiles at the Fox News and the Fox Business websites were both scrubbed from the internet."I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her great show(s) on FoxNews/Business," said the president in a social media post. "Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior. Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy. God bless you, Maria!" RELATED: Trump demands Bret Baier 'straighten out' Fox News 'flunkies' over report — and he responds Bartiromo was celebrated in 1995 as the first reporter to broadcast daily from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.She also was the first female journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2011.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Latino running club in California was forced to move a planned event in a historically black neighborhood after several community members threatened "resistance."The feud began after "Barrio Athletics" published a promotional video about a run in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.'Not gonna happen. So respect ... or get your brain knocked out! Black power.' Some of the black residents took exception to the phrasing used in the video saying Latino runners would be "taking over the streets.""Every black person in California from San Diego to the bay needs to be in LA this Saturday and check this s**t," read one post on the X platform.Another influencer objected to the Latinos' plan to bring in vendors for their running event through the neighborhood."Let me tell you something. That's about the fifth time we got the Hispanic community trying to do a hostile takeover in Leimert under the guise of a run, a bike ride, whatever the f**k, coffee-making contest, NO!" she said in a video on social media."We don't want you to come into Africa Town. Please make note of it, you got time still to relocate your event, you will be met with resistance from the black community," she added. "Have some respect for black space."Another black resident chimed in against the run."We can't go to no Mexican community and come through there without getting stabbed and gettin' physically assaulted," he said in a video on social media. "Not gonna happen. So respect ... or get your brain knocked out! Black power."RELATED: La Raza Radio among businesses burned down in BLM riots: 'It was my life's work. Destroyed.' "Black LA reveres Leimert Park," said Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano. "For years it has been a center of cultural resistance, at a time when the population of Black LA and its political power have been shrinking." Barrio Athletics decided to cancel the event and move it to Elysian Park."I understand where the anger is coming from, even though hearing it expressed like that, it's not pretty," Arellano added. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Republican Party of Missouri is calling on a state candidate to step down after he was arrested for allegedly trying to plant drugs on an opponent.37-year-old Thomas Christopher Ross was arrested on Wednesday on a federal charge of conspiring to distribute a controlled substance.Ross allegedly told the manager that he could anonymously tip off the police about the drugs planted in Secker's car.Ross had allegedly told his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall in the car or purse of his primary opponent, Louise Secker, who is also a Republican.Ross defeated Secker in the Republican primary for Missouri House District 161, representing Joplin, but his campaign manager contacted police about the alleged drug plot.Police say they tested a bag of cocaine and an Adderall pill that the unidentified campaign manager brought to them, and they confirmed both to be real.The informant also provided police with text messages allegedly from Ross detailing the planting plot as far back as May, according to the complaint."I was hoping we could make it happen before THIS Thursday...which would be extreme egg on the face," read part of a May 31 text attributed to Ross by prosecutors.Police contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which provided a covert recorder so that the manager could obtain audio evidence from a July 31 meeting with Ross.Ross allegedly told the manager that he could anonymously tip off the police about the drugs planted in Secker's car."If you can pull it off...pull it off," Ross allegedly told him.Ross won the primary by fewer than 35 votes and would face Democrat candidate Aaron Metzger in the general election, if he resists calls to step down from the campaign.He was booked into the Joplin Municipal Jail but has not made a plea yet in the case.RELATED: Calif. Democrat calls for ICE to be abolished after 'record' illegal alien arrests Missouri Republican Party Chairman Peter Kinder called on Ross to drop out.He added that the "people of Southwest Missouri deserve nothing less than leadership they can trust."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The first ballots of the midterm elections have left the building.The Trump administration filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court on Thursday asking the court to remove a lower court’s stay on the administration's new postal ballot rules. North Carolina, one of the states suing the administration, sent out ballots on Friday.‘The cheating on mail-in ballots is legendary.’More than 46,000 North Carolina ballots have been sent out, though only to those who specifically requested them. Those shipments will continue until all requests for mail-in ballots made by October 20 are fulfilled.Jason Tyson, director of external affairs for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told Blaze News that this was business as usual for the state.“Regardless of a temporary restraining order or any kind of action there, every election year we do share our envelopes — absentee ballot envelopes — with the U.S. Postal Service,” Tyson said. “We did share our envelopes with the United States Postal Service about two or three weeks ago. They were approved. That’s very normal. Nothing that we’ve done just for this year.”The NCSBE is currently controlled by Republicans.Nineteen other states will begin mailing ballots by September 19. For the Trump administration's new rules to have a chance at taking effect before the midterms, the Supreme Court would need to issue an emergency judgment in the White House's favor quickly.The administration is already making its case.RELATED: Democrats are running from Kamala Harris' endorsements U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer.Aaron Schwartz/Getty ImagesAccording to White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis, the problem boils down to "a single activist judge."“The uncertainty is coming from a single activist judge who continues to try and obstruct President Trump from implementing common-sense measures to protect the security of mail-in ballots and ensure only Americans vote in American elections,” Bis told Blaze News. “These safeguards for mail ballots were proposed months ago, giving election officials ample time to prepare for the 2026 election.”Bis did not mention any names, but Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani has certainly caused fits for the administration regarding mail-in ballots.President Donald Trump kicked off the battle in March, when he issued an executive order overhauling the mailing system itself, requiring that every envelope be outfitted with a unique tracking barcode. According to the order, those ballots would then be issued to voters confirmed by a “Mail-in Ballot and Absentee Participation List” organized by each state.“The cheating on mail-in voting is legendary. It’s horrible what’s gone on. It’s very clearly covered. … I think this will help a lot with elections,” Trump said when signing the order in March.Talwani initially voided the envelope rules on June 25, barring them from applying to the midterms. The DOJ asked the Supreme Court for emergency intervention on July 27 to lift Talwani's injunction, which SCOTUS eventually granted without addressing the legality of the EO.On August 11, Talwani issued a nationwide injunction preventing the USPS from implementing the executive order nationwide.RELATED: Is the DSA about to scalp another establishment Democrat? Alex Wong/Getty ImagesOn August 26, the USPS issued its final rule saying states must give the agency a list of mail-in ballot recipients and use-approved envelopes, but the following day, Talwani issued a 14-day injunction preventing the final rule from taking effect.U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift that most recent injunction. Sauer called mail-in ballot fraud “a particularly pernicious species of fraud that dilutes the votes of lawful voters” in his emergency filing.Sauer previously chastised Talwani, claiming she was “sowing confusion and chaos” as Election Day approaches.As of now, it is unclear whether states will have to submit the list of mail-in ballot recipients to the federal government before the midterms or how they might go about doing so with so little time.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!