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Teenage cancer patient’s final fight becomes law as House passes landmark pediatric bill

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A teenage girl who spent her final years advocating for young people battling cancer is forever memorialized in history, thanks to a key bill passed by the House of Representatives.
Mikaela Naylon was just 16 when she died five years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who helped lead the landmark legislation that became her namesake, said Mikaela spent much of that time fighting to give fellow children a chance to survive cancer.
He told Fox News Digital that he viewed childhood cancer patients as «the best advocates» for their cause, calling them his «better angels.»
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The House of Representatives memorialized Mikaela Naylon on Monday after she passed away following a five-year battle with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. (Naylon Family)
«Mikaela was a great example of that,» McCaul said. «She was very sick. She’d just undergone radiation and chemotherapy. She wasn’t feeling very well, and I could tell. But she still made the effort to come to Washington, to go to members’ offices and advocate for the legislation.»
The Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act is aimed at expanding children’s access to existing cancer therapy trials, as well as incentivizing development of treatments and solutions for pediatric cancer.
It reauthorizes funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pediatric disease research through fiscal year 2027, and extends the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to expedite review of drugs aimed at helping certain pediatric illnesses.
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«It’s probably one of the most rewarding things I’ve done is to not only draw awareness to childhood cancer by forming the [Childhood Cancer Caucus] and then having an annual summit, but to be able to pass legislation that results in saving children’s lives. I don’t think there’s anything more important than that,» McCaul said.

Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, walks off the floor after the House of Representatives failed to elect a new Speaker of the House on the first round of votes at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 17, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
His bill passed the House unanimously on Monday, with both Republicans and Democrats speaking out in strong support for the legislation.
Mikaela’s family was in attendance to watch both its passage and the speeches lawmakers gave in favor of it.
«Nothing will take the place of her. But it helped fill kind of a void, an emptiness they have right now. And they’re very proud of that, that her legacy is carried on through this legislation,» McCaul, who also gave the Naylon family a tour of the U.S. Capitol, said.
Mikaela’s parents Kassandra and Doug, and her brother Ayden, told Fox News Digital that she had «faced every day with hope, purpose and a fierce determination to make the world better for the kids who would come after her.»

The U.S. Capitol Building pictured at sunset on Jan. 30, 2025. (Emma Woodhead/Fox News Digital)
«She believed that all children, no matter how rare their diagnosis, deserve access to the most promising treatments and a real chance at life. This legislation reflects that mission,» the Naylon family told Fox News Digital.
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They thanked McCaul as well as Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., for championing the bill, as well as advocacy groups who also helped shepherd it forward.
«Their commitment ensures that Mikaela‘s voice, and the voices of so many brave children like her, will forever be heard in the halls of Congress,» the family said.
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La dictadura de Maduro ordenó custodiar dos instalaciones petroleras tras el ataque de Estados Unidos a un puerto clave del régimen

La dictadura de Nicolás Maduro ordenó el refuerzo militar en dos de las principales instalaciones energéticas de Venezuela en medio de la presión por parte de Estados Unidos, que en las últimas semanas ejecutó ataques directos contra infraestructura vinculada al narcotráfico y avanzó en el bloqueo del comercio petrolero del país.
La Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB), pilar del sostenimiento del régimen chavista, informó que mantiene unidades desplegadas en el Centro de Refinación Paraguaná, en el estado Falcón, y en el Complejo Petroquímico Ana María Campos, en Zulia, una región fronteriza con Colombia históricamente atravesada por el contrabando y el crimen organizado.
El anuncio fue realizado por el jefe militar de la región occidental, Pedro González Ovalles, en un mensaje difundido por el alto mando castrense.
Según afirmó, el despliegue busca “garantizar la seguridad” de ambas instalaciones, aunque la decisión se produce en medio del aislamiento internacional del régimen y de denuncias sobre el uso de puertos venezolanos para actividades ilícitas.

El refuerzo coincide con la revelación del diario The New York Times de que la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) de Estados Unidos llevó a cabo un ataque con drones contra un muelle en Venezuela que, según funcionarios estadounidenses, era utilizado por la organización criminal Tren de Aragua para almacenar y despachar cargamentos de droga. De acuerdo con el diario, la operación no dejó víctimas y representa la primera acción conocida de Estados Unidos dentro del territorio venezolano.
El propio presidente Donald Trump confirmó la ofensiva.
“Hubo una gran explosión en la zona del muelle donde cargan las drogas en los barcos”, declaró a periodistas en Mar-a-Lago. Washington sostiene que el ataque forma parte de una campaña ampliada contra redes narcotraficantes que operan con protección de la dictadura de Nicolás Maduro.
El Pentágono ha desplegado drones MQ-9 Reaper en el Caribe como parte de esa estrategia. Según The New York Times, la operación marca un giro en la política estadounidense, que hasta ahora se había concentrado en interceptar embarcaciones en aguas internacionales. Trump había anticipado que Estados Unidos comenzaría a atacar objetivos en tierra vinculados al narcotráfico.
La presión aumentó además tras la incautación de dos buques que transportaban crudo venezolano y el anuncio de un bloqueo total a petroleros sancionados que entren o salgan del país caribeño. La medida golpea directamente a la principal fuente de ingresos del régimen en un contexto de colapso económico y deterioro de la industria energética.
El Centro de Refinación Paraguaná, uno de los complejos más grandes del mundo, opera muy por debajo de su capacidad desde hace años por falta de inversión, corrupción y sanciones. El complejo Ana María Campos, dedicado a fertilizantes y derivados del gas, también ha sufrido paralizaciones recurrentes.
Desde Caracas, funcionarios del régimen denunciaron “amenazas” y “ataques”, sin referirse directamente a la operación estadounidense. El llamado “número dos” del chavismo y ministro de Interior de Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, habló de una campaña de “acoso”, mientras que la chavista Delcy Rodríguez instó a trabajadores petroleros a permanecer en “alerta permanente”.
La dictadura venezolana habló sobre supuestos planes de sabotaje contra instalaciones energéticas, incluidos ataques con explosivos.

Estados Unidos mantiene desde mediados de año un amplio despliegue aeronaval en el Caribe, que justifica como parte de su lucha contra el narcotráfico transnacional.
Para Washington, el régimen de Venezuela se ha convertido en un nodo central de esas redes.
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US judge orders suspect detained for threatening to kill Richard Grenell

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A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday ordered the detention of a 33-year-old man charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump ally and Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell, in what Justice Department officials described as a win for the Trump administration – and for Lindsey Halligan, the acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Grenell, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany, was not in court for the arraignment Tuesday afternoon, and was identified in a press release only as a «federal employee.»
The Justice Department identified Grenell to Fox News Digital as the individual in question.
The suspect, Scott Allen Bolger, was charged with transmitting threats in interstate commerce, and with making false statements to federal officers, who later used phone evidence to trace the threats back to him. He was arraigned in federal court in Alexandria.
Justice Department officials told Fox News Digital that the decision to hold an individual in pretrial detention is somewhat rare, and described the win as a victory for the Justice Department.
According to court documents, Bolger used Google Voice to send threatening messages to Grenell, including allegedly threatening to kill him. Google Voice allows users to make calls and send messages to phone numbers that are not tied to their primary devices.
Bolger is also accused of lying to members of a federal task force who went to his residence in McLean to question him, falsely identifying himself as «Brian Black.»
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If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
Ambassador Richard Grenell, Kennedy Center president, speaks at the 48th Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Reception at the U.S. Department of State on Dec. 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
They also noted that Halligan, who Trump installed as U.S. attorney for EDVA earlier this year, attended the arraignment.
Halligan attended the proceedings, but did not play a formal role, Fox News Digital confirmed.
The Justice Department also shared a victim statement from Grenell with Fox News Digital that was read aloud in court.
«In my current role as a presidential envoy, I have been attacked and harassed by people who don’t know me and who simply want to leave nasty, rude and angry messages because I don’t share their political viewpoint,» Grenell said in the statement.
«But I strongly believe it is their right to be bitter and angry. I understand the passion. And I think the freedom to be rude and angry is a cherished right.»
«But today is much different,» he said. «Today we are dealing with someone who went far beyond sharing his angry opinion. Today we see a man who wants to kill someone because of their political differences.»
«And as we have sadly learned from my friend Charlie Kirk’s death, we must take talk of violence and calls for death seriously. «
«This individual crossed the line from sharing his viewpoint to wanting to shoot someone in the face because he disagrees with them politically. It is very troubling,» he said, adding, «The people doing what he is doing, and there are many, must be given clear instructions from community leaders that their calls for shooting people in the head will have swift and severe consequences. Unstable people are watching what we do today.»
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Former Acting Director of National Intelligence of the U.S. Richard Grenell, Sen. Mike Lee, former President Trump, and Glenn Beck participate in a private roundtable discussion on Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Notably, the determination to hold Bolger in pretrial detention was made by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick most recently made headlines for issuing scathing broadsides against DOJ for its handling of grand jury materials in the Comey case, which he said, last month, presented «irregularities» that «may rise to the level of government misconduct.»
The suspect’s arrest comes at a time when threats and intimidation aimed at high-profile figures across all three branches of government have appeared to escalate.
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Polls have shown that people believe political violence is on the rise in the wake of Kirk’s assassination, the murder of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and violence toward immigration enforcement officials.
Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
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