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The United States women’s ice hockey team, fresh off a gold-medal victory over Canada in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday.  "We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement," USA Hockey told NBC News . "Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate. "They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Fox News Digital. The women’s hockey team was dominant in the Olympics, and it came down to the gold medal game against their rival, Team Canada, this past week in a thriller that required overti...

Pennsylvania Go. Josh Shapiro dismissed a New York Times story about his relationship with Sen. John Fetterman , D-Pa., on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.  During the show, host Martha Raddatz asked the Democratic governor to comment on a New York Times article that claimed he and Fetterman "don't speak." Shapiro insisted the report was "not true" and was created by journalists to "conjure up a lot of drama." Raddatz then asked whether he would support Fetterman for re-election. "Well, he has to decide if he's seeking re-election," Shapiro said. "That's not for another cycle." FETTERMAN CALLS FOR BIPARTISAN COOPERATION AS HE CONTINUES WORKING ACROSS PARTY LINES ON KEY ISSUES He added, "I don't know if he's running for re-election. I think he needs to decide if he's running, and then we'll make a decision from there." Raddatz asked Shapiro to clarify whether he meant that he had not yet...

Team USA star forward Brady Tkachuk said there is a hatred between the Americans and Team Canada ahead of Sunday’s highly anticipated gold medal match.  Tkachuk, 26, said, for a lot players on the team, the Olympic showdown with Canada will be the biggest game of their careers. "There's hatred there," Tkachuk told ESPN. "I mean, they've been the top dog. They've been the best for the last bunch of years, and for us, we want to be in that position, be the best. So, it's going to be a game where I think a lot of guys could say, 'This is the biggest game that they've ever played in.'" CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Team USA defeated Team Canada in the round-robin of the 4 Nations tournament, a game that featured three fights in the first nine seconds, but it did not beat Canada in the finals.  The U.S. lost to Canada in overtime when Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid scored to dash the Americans' hopes...

A Virginia magazine editor was killed as she walked across the streets in downtown Richmond in a hit-and-run, police said. According to Virginia Living publisher John-Lawrence Smith, 23-year-old Hope Cartwright, an associate editor at the widely-read local magazine, was killed on Monday, Feb. 16 during a hit-and-run. "It is with profound sorrow that I write to you today with devastating news," Smith wrote in a Facebook post. "Hope was all of 23 years old—gifted, dedicated, and one of the most talented members of the Virginia Living team." "She stood at the threshold of what would have been a remarkable career, and her absence leaves a wound that words cannot adequately express," he said. NAVY RESERVIST ON ACTIVE DUTY ACCUSED OF MURDERING WIFE BELIEVED TO HAVE FLED TO HONG KONG According to the Richmond, Virginia Police Department , authorities were called to the intersection around 5:34 p.m. Monday and found Cartwright unresponsive. She was transport...

More than 300 Virginia students were suspended after staging a student-led anti-ICE walkout that spilled off campus and drew a police response Friday morning. Prince William County Public Schools confirmed to Fox News Digital 303 students had been suspended as of Thursday afternoon. During the student-led walkout at Woodbridge High School, Principal Heather Abney said students left the building to " express their views on an issue that is important to them."  In a letter to parents, Abney explained that while walkouts are a form of expression, students did not remain on school grounds and instead left campus. CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TEMPORARILY BANNED FROM SCHOOL AFTER CLASH WITH PRINCIPAL OVER ICE PROTESTS The Prince William County Police Department was called to manage traffic in the area and provide supervision. "We appreciate your partnership as we continue to prioritize student safety while maintaining clear expectations for appropriate conduct dur...

A pair of House Republicans could soon mount an effort to force a chamber-wide vote on sanctioning Russia for its war in Ukraine after months of back-and-forth between the House, Senate and White House yielded little movement on the issue. "This coming week, Brian Fitzpatrick's sanctions bill … ripens, so we can actually submit it as a discharge petition on Monday or Tuesday, and I'll sign that," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told Fox News Digital.  "But it's got to start from scratch," he added. "We've got to get 218 signatures on it, and so that has a lot more work to do there, but it's a really good bill that Brian has worked on both sides of the aisle to get it right. And I think it's one that could have support in the Senate." A discharge petition is a mechanism for forcing a vote on legislation over the objections of House majority leadership. Historically, they're a rarely used measure given the petition needs signatures fr...