The 250th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Marine Corps at San Diego County’s Camp Pendleton Saturday sparked a heated social media exchange between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the White House.

The event, America’s Marines 250: From Sea to Shore: A Review of Amphibious Strength, featured a range of festivities at the Marine Corps base, including a large-scale live-fire demonstration attended by Vice President JD Vance.

Newsom blasted the display of military power as «dangerous» and «an absurd show of force,» announcing Saturday that a section of Interstate 5 near the base would be temporarily closed during the celebration.

«Because of the Trump Admin’s plans, drivers should expect delays on Interstate 5 and other state routes throughout Southern California before, during and after the event,» Newsom posted to X.

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The Democrat doubled down later in the day, accusing the White House of denying earlier in the week that any freeway closures would be needed despite the use of live munitions.

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However, the White House quickly fired back, accusing Newsom of distorting the facts.

«Newscum is lying,» the White House’s Rapid Response account posted to X. «He closed the highway — not only did nobody at the White House or the Marines ask him to do so, the Marines repeatedly said there are no public safety concerns with today’s exercises. Newscum lies and tries to make it about himself? Day ending in ‘y.’»

The White House account also reposted an X post from Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz, who wrote, «Gavin Newscum is shutting down a major CA highway just because JD Vance is in the state. Inconveniencing tens of thousands of Americans. What a petty little man.»

A view of U.S. Navy landing craft air cushions on the beach during an amphibious assault demonstration as part of the Marine Corps 250th anniversary celebration attended by Vice President JD Vance at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Saturday.   (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Newsom then rebutted, «The [California Highway Patrol] and highway safety experts are saying what any person with common sense knows: It is not safe for people to drive on a major freeway at high speeds directly under LIVE MUNITIONS.

«White House not communicating, endangering the public, and then trying to blame the Governor for doing the right thing — keeping people out of harm’s way — yet another day living in Trump’s authoritarian America.»

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The exchange followed days of tension between Newsom and the Trump administration over the Camp Pendleton event. 

Earlier in the week, the California governor called the anniversary celebration a «vanity parade.»

«Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down the I-5 to shoot out missiles from ships is how you respect the military,» Newsom posted to X Wednesday, while reposting an X post from left-leaning outlet MeidasTouch that claimed the White House planned to close parts of the I-5 during the event. «PUT ASIDE YOUR VANITY PARADE AND PAY OUR TROOPS INSTEAD.»

However, William Martin, special assistant to the president and communications director to the vice president, quickly pushed back against Newsom.

Vice President JD Vance attends the Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration as part of the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Saturday.    (Oliver Contreras/Pool via Reuters)

«This is complete fake news,» Martin declared in a post on X, which was reposted by the @VP X account. «The Marine Corps said they are NOT shutting down the I-5 highway and that the event at Camp Pendleton is a training exercise. Also, President Trump IS paying the troops despite Chuck Schumer’s efforts to hold their salaries hostage.»

A Marine Corps press release Wednesday about the festivities said that «no public highways or transportation routes will be closed.»

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Extensive safety measures were implemented at the celebration, which was expected to draw more than 15,000 attendees, including detailed risk assessments, emergency crews on site and fully scripted air, surface and ground movements, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported earlier in the week, citing event organizers.

Newsom and the White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

La comunidad de Okeechobee, Florida, quedó conmocionada tras la detención de Anna Adamo, una niñera que supo ganarse la confianza de decenas de familias. Sin embargo, detrás de esa imagen de “madre ejemplar”, su propio hijo la describió como “un demonio absoluto”. La mujer fue imputada por envenenar a un bebé.

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El testimonio desgarrador de su hijo

Aiden Adamo, de 23 años, decidió hablar públicamente tras la detención de su madre, acusada de intentar matar a un bebé de 11 meses con anticongelante.

“Ella pone una buena cara, una gran fachada”, relató. “Era conocida en Okeechobee por ser una buena niñera y una buena madre. Pero detrás de puertas cerradas, es un demonio absoluto, afirmó.

Aiden recordó años de violencia física y psicológica. “Se convertía en un monstruo. Me pegó, me pateó las costillas, me agarró del pelo y me golpeó la cabeza contra las mesadas. Le encantaban las mesadas, sobre todo”, contó.

El joven también relató cómo su madre escondía objetos peligrosos entre sus cosas para luego “encontrarlos” y acusarlo. “Fue un proceso horrible. Nadie me creyó. Eso me llevó a terapias y hospitalizaciones que no sirvieron para nada”, lamentó.

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El caso del bebé envenenado: “No es una coincidencia”

Según los registros judiciales, el 12 de febrero de 2025, un bebé de 11 meses llegó sano a la casa de Anna Adamo. Horas después, el nene estaba letárgico, “flácido” y vomitaba un líquido pegajoso. Los médicos confirmaron que había ingerido etilenglicol, el químico presente en el anticongelante.

El bebé sufrió un paro cardíaco, necesitó reanimación y fue trasladado de urgencia entre tres hospitales de Florida. Los especialistas determinaron que fue envenenado durante el tiempo que estuvo bajo el cuidado de Adamo. La policía encontró dos bidones de anticongelante en su garage, uno de ellos abierto y con casi tres tazas menos de contenido.

“Cuando escuché que era anticongelante otra vez, lo mismo que antes, ¿qué clase de coincidencia es esa? Simplemente no lo es”, afirmó Aiden, recordando un caso de 2014 en el que otro bebé se enfermó gravemente bajo el cuidado de su madre, también con síntomas compatibles con intoxicación por anticongelante. En esa oportunidad, no se presentaron cargos.

“Me ponía detergente en la comida”

Aiden aseguró que el maltrato de su madre no se limitó a la violencia física. “No creo que me haya envenenado con anticongelante, pero sí sé que me ponía cantidades enormes de detergente en la comida. Había tanto detergente en mis cereales que se veían las burbujas y los colores del arcoíris”, relató. “Me agarraba la cabeza y me obligaba a comer con una cuchara si no quería”.

Según su testimonio, esto ocurrió todos los días cuando cursaba octavo grado. “El detergente no pertenece al cuerpo, y el anticongelante tampoco. Ella es capaz y está dispuesta a envenenar a un chico con cosas que su cuerpo no puede procesar”, sentenció.

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La investigación y la situación judicial

La Policía de Okeechobee informó que Adamo declaró que no había otros adultos en la casa ese día. Su esposo, empleado de una tienda de autopartes, confirmó que solo pasó por la casa a almorzar y no tuvo contacto con los chicos.

Durante el allanamiento, los agentes secuestraron mamaderas, medicamentos pediátricos y los bidones de anticongelante. Los expertos en toxicología aseguraron que los síntomas y los tiempos coinciden con una intoxicación por etilenglicol, y que incluso una cucharada puede intoxicar gravemente a un bebé.

“Es momento de hablar”

Aiden Adamo pidió que otras posibles víctimas se animen a denunciar. “Sabemos que no envenenó a todos los chicos, así como no abusó de todos sus hijos. Pero ahora es el momento de hablar, de aportar lo que sea para que la condenen y pase el resto de su vida en prisión, para que no pueda lastimar a nadie más”.

La causa sigue abierta y la Justicia de Florida continúa investigando si hay más víctimas.

MANHATTAN, N.Y. – New Yorkers who spoke to Fox News Digital at the «No Kings» rally in Times Square on Saturday agreed they want mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to protect New York City from President Donald Trump. 

Millions of Americans gathered in cities across the country on Saturday to protest Trump’s sweeping, second-term agenda. While marching through Times Square with almost two weeks until Election Day, New York City voters explained why they are voting for Mamdani for mayor. 

«He represents everything they’re not,» Edgar, a New York City voter who lives in Rockaway Beach, Queens, told Fox News Digital. 

Edgar explained that democracy is «under attack,» and New York City needs a leader, like Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., to similarly fight back against the Trump administration. 

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Mamdani himself has applauded Newsom’s leadership rejecting Trump’s second-term through judicial action, particularly when Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles during protests rejecting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations. 

Trump has since sent the National Guard to major cities, including Washington, D.C., Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Memphis, Tennessee, to combat crime. 

He has also threatened to cut federal funding to New York City if Mamdani is elected mayor. 

«I don’t think he’s afraid of Trump in the least,» Gail Kelly, a lawyer who lives in Breezy Point, Queens, who said she is voting for Mamdani, told Fox News Digital in Times Square. 

Kelly said she is «tired» of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani in June and is now running as an independent candidate, said she is «not that thrilled with Curtis Sliwa,» the Republican nominee. 

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Thousands of New Yorkers marched through Times Square on Saturday for the «No Kings» rally in New York City.  (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

Brad, another Mamdani voter who lives in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and attended Saturday’s «No Kings» rally, said Trump and Cuomo are «fascists.»

«Cuomo is a fascist as well,» Brad said. «He is also a sexual abuser. Mamdani, honestly, I don’t know if he’s got good ideas. I don’t think a lot of ideas are gonna work, but he’s got optimism, he cares about the people in the city, he cares about people’s lives. That’s good enough.»

Cuomo resigned as New York governor in 2021 following multiple sexual harassment allegations that he has denied. Rich Azzopardi, a Cuomo campaign spokesperson, fired back at Brad’s charge when reached for comment. 

«Andrew Cuomo passed a $15 minimum wage, paid family leave, made marriage equality the  law of the land, made college tuition free for nearly 80 percent of CUNY students and protected a women’s right to choose by codifying Row vs. Wade into state law. Whomever said that clearly doesn’t know what any of that word salad means. Send me their address, I’ll be happy to send them a dictionary on me,» Azzopardi said. 

Protesters gather in New York City for the «No Kings» rally rejecting President Donald Trump.  (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

Annelice Morales, a Mamdani voter who lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, said Mamdani’s transparency is refreshing. 

«I just think people, like Cuomo, have been in power for a really long time, and they abuse power,» Morales told Fox News Digital while marching in the «No Kings» rally.

Morales said she «100%» hopes Mamdani will fight back against Trump. 

«He has a message to improve lives, the material needs of the New Yorkers,» Lenny, a Lower East Side resident who is voting for Mamdani in November, said on Saturday. 

When asked if he wants Mamdani to fight back against Trump, Lenny said, «Just uphold the law. It’s that simple.»

New York City residents who attended the «No Kings» rally in Times Square on Saturday were asked if they are registered to vote. Election Day in New York City is Nov. 4.  (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

Mamdani has a 21-point lead among New York City registered voters: 49% back Mamdani, while 28% go for Cuomo and 13% favor Sliwa, according to the latest Fox News poll. 

Voters will elect a new mayor of New York City on Nov. 4 as Mayor Eric Adams suspended his re-election campaign last month. 

While those who spoke to Fox News Digital at Saturday’s «No Kings» rally in Manhattan said they were voting for Mamdani in the upcoming election, the democratic socialist candidate did not advertise that he was attending. 

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Mamdani’s campaign did not respond to inquiries about whether he was attending any «No Kings» rallies.  

Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has endorsed and campaigned for Mamdani, headlined a «No Kings» rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.