The NFL has reassured fans that Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans will be a “safe and enjoyable” experience after an apparent terror attack in the historic city early Wednesday morning left at least 10 people dead with dozens more injured. 

Tragedy struck in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day when a driver plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street in what the FBI is actively investigating as an “act of terrorism.”

The attack raised concerns for safety throughout the city, prompting college football officials to postpone the Sugar Bowl, which was scheduled for later that night at the Superdome less than a mile away from the crime scene.

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The Superdome will also host the Super Bowl on Feb. 9. 

The league issued a statement in the wake of Wednesday’s tragedy to share its condolences for the victims and their families and to reassure fans of its commitment to ensuring their safety for the big game just a little over a month away. 

“We are deeply saddened by the news of the devastating incident in New Orleans. Our thoughts are with the victims, the New Orleans community and all those affected,” the statement read. 

“The NFL and the local host committee have been working collaboratively with local, state and federal agencies the past two years and have developed comprehensive security plans. These planning sessions will continue as they do with all major NFL events, and we are confident attendees will have a safe and enjoyable Super Bowl experience.”

Super Bowl LIX merchandise seen at Mardi Gras World on October 15, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.   (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images for Raising Cane’s)

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In the aftermath of the attack, questions about the safety of pedestrians and tourists, specifically as it relates to the use of bollards, were raised to officials. 

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told reporters that hosting the Super Bowl allowed the city to work on a bollard replacement program into its infrastructure package with the hopes of having it completed well before the game.

“Bollards were not up because they are near completion with the expectation of being completed, of course, by Super Bowl – way before Super Bowl.” 

An aerial overall exterior general view of Caesars Superdome, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)

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Officials acknowledge that the previous bollards put in place were not functioning properly, which prompted the urgency to replace them. 

“We recognize we’ve got a problem right here, right? We’re going to fix it,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday. 

“It is going to be a top priority as we go into the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, and a solution that we’re going to come up with is going to be a permanent one, is going to be placed into the standard operating procedure of having major events and securing that quarter.”

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Blake Lively officially filed a lawsuit Tuesday against her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and retaliation, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

Lively, 37, initially recorded a complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 21, and accused Baldoni (who also directed the film) of sexual harassment while working on the drama.

She also claimed that after raising concerns, he, along with a crisis PR team, orchestrated a retaliation campaign aimed at ruining her career.

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Lively’s federal suit was released Tuesday shortly after Baldoni filed his own $250 million defamation suit against the New York Times, which he claimed published an article “rife with inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.”

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“Nothing in this lawsuit changes anything about the claims advanced in Ms. Lively’s California Civil Rights Department Complaint, nor her federal complaint, filed earlier today,” Lively’s representatives told Fox News Digital.

Lively filed a complaint against Baldoni in December after rumors of an on-set feud on “It Ends With Us.” (Getty Images)

“This lawsuit is based on the obviously false premise that Ms. Lively’s administrative complaint against Wayfarer and others was a ruse based on a choice ‘not to file a lawsuit against Baldoni, Wayfarer,’ and that ‘litigation was never her ultimate goal.’  As demonstrated by the federal complaint filed by Ms. Lively earlier today, that frame of reference for the Wayfarer lawsuit is false.  While we will not litigate this matter in the press, we do encourage people to read Ms. Lively’s complaint in its entirety. We look forward to addressing each and every one of Wayfarer’s allegations in court.”

The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actress alleged in her federal filing that Baldoni, the Wayfarer Studios film production company and a handful of associates were involved in a “carefully crafted, coordinated, and resourced retaliatory scheme to silence her, and others, from speaking out.”

Lively claimed Baldoni, along with a crisis PR company, crafted a “multi-tiered plan” to ruin her reputation after she (along with her husband Ryan Reynolds) addressed “repeated sexual harassment and other disturbing behavior” by Baldoni and producer Jamey Heath (who is named in the lawsuit).

Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively seen on the set of ‘It Ends with Us’ on Jan. 12, 2024 (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

She also alleged Baldoni and Heath “discussed their personal sexual experiences and previous porn addiction” on set, according to documents.

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Representatives for Baldoni did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. He previously told the Times that Lively’s initial claims were “completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.”

Baldoni filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the New York Times after they published a story headlined, “We Can Bury Anyone:” Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine, which reported that private emails and text messages show a “playbook for waging a largely undetectable smear campaign in the digital era” about Lively.

However, Baldoni and other plaintiffs, including Hollywood public relations gurus, assert that the Times article “deliberately omitted portions of text exchanges and other information that contradicted the actress’s version of events.” They claim the Times defamed them in the process, leaving out critical context from communications that dispute many of Lively’s claims.

Baldoni not only starred in the film adaptation of the novel, but also directed the movie. (Getty Images)

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“The article’s central thesis, encapsulated in a defamatory headline designed to immediately mislead the reader, is that plaintiffs orchestrated a retaliatory public relations campaign against Lively for speaking out about sexual harassment — a premise that is categorically false and easily disproven,” the 87-page lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by attorney Bryan Freedman, claimed.

Freedman told Variety that the Times “cowered to the wants and whims of two powerful ‘untouchable’ Hollywood elites, disregarding journalistic practices and ethics once befitting of the revered publication by using doctored and manipulated texts and intentionally omitting texts which dispute their chosen PR narrative.”

“The role of an independent news organization is to follow the facts where they lead. Our story was meticulously and responsibly reported. It was based on a review of thousands of pages of original documents, including the text messages and emails that we quote accurately and at length in the article,” Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha told Fox News Digital.

“We published their full statement in response to the allegations in the article as well,” she continued. “We plan to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.”

Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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The 2025 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans has been postponed just hours before kickoff on Wednesday after at least 10 people were killed and dozens more were injured in what federal officials are investigating as an act of terrorism.

Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley spoke at a press conference with local and federal officials on Wednesday afternoon to confirm that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between Georgia and Notre Dame will be postponed for 24 hours. 

“We wish we weren’t here for this reason today. The Sugar Bowl committee has a 90-year history of being a good corporate citizen for the city of New Orleans and that’s why this tragedy hurts us as much as anybody right now. Our condolences, thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families as we all work through this,” Hundley said. 

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“All parties all agree that it’s in the best interests of everybody in public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours.

“There’ll be more details on that in the coming hours, but for now, that’s the plan that we’re going to move forward and play the game [tomorrow.]”

The postponement follows reports that the Superdome, the home of the New Orleans Saints, was initially placed on lockdown for security sweeps and that people with offices inside the stadium were told not to come on site until further notice. 

An aerial overall exterior general view of Caesars Superdome, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Tyler Kaufman)

That directive included officials with the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference, a source told The Associated Press. 

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According to a statement from the FBI, a man driving a Ford pickup truck drove into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street at around 3:15 local time. The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, exchanged gunfire with local law enforcement before being pronounced dead on the scene. 

At least 10 people have been killed and 35 more injured as a result of the apparent terror attack. 

The FBI is also working to determine “the subject’s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations,” after an ISIS flag was found in the truck. Weapons and a potential IED were located inside the suspect’s vehicle and other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter.

The tragedy in New Orleans comes as thousands of fans traveled to the historic city ahead of Wednesday night’s Sugar Bowl. 

Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least ten people were killed when a person allegedly drove into the crowd in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day on Jan. 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Michael DeMocker/Getty Images)

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The Superdome is located just a mile away from the site of Wednesday morning’s deadly attack. 

Georgia and Notre Dame arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and were reportedly staying in hotels just blocks away from the crime scene. According to reports, both schools have implemented a “shelter in place” for the teams. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Journalists who helped the White House cover up President Biden’s mental decline should be held responsible for misleading the public, The New York Post demanded in a scathing new editorial.

“Dem-friendly journalists saw the same evidence as the rest of us that Biden was compromised, and instead of being skeptical, asking questions and putting the White House’s feet to the fire — doing their jobs — they joined the crusade to gaslight America,” the Post’s editorial board wrote Wednesday.

As Biden prepares to leave office, the media is facing renewed scrutiny over how it covered one of the biggest stories of the year — concerns that Biden was unfit for office.

Throughout the 2024 presidential race, many media pundits and commentators ran to Biden’s defense when there was speculation about his mental acuity, including after Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report about him being well-meaning but forgetful, viral videos of him looking confused and a Wall Street Journal report about his faltering behind-the-scenes demeanor.

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Despite polls showing the majority of Americans felt Biden was too old to serve a second term, many journalists treated questions about Biden’s health like a right-wing conspiracy.

“The entire idea that Biden was anything but healthy — virile, even — was treated as a right-wing, tin-foil-hat talking point,” the Post wrote.

These concerns came to a tipping point after Biden’s faltering June debate performance, after which he was pressured to drop out of the race.

“And at every turn, spineless, in-the-tank journos obediently did Team Biden’s propagandistic dirty work — right up until the debate, when Biden’s senility became too unmistakable to continue denying,” the Post’s editorial continued.

“Now they’re acting bashful, but it’s far too late to salvage their shredded credibility,” the Post wrote, referring to a recent Semafor report where several liberal journalists admitted that their defense of Biden was their worst take of 2024.

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President Biden faced intense calls for him to step aside following a disastrous debate performance.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

“I come out of 2024 with a lot of contempt for the president and for the people around him — who have essentially been engaged in elder abuse — and also with a fair amount of embarrassment that I didn’t see through their deception earlier,” journalist Josh Barro told Semafor.

“Like many others, I was completely, utterly, totally, embarrassingly wrong, about Biden’s lack of mental competence,” former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan also confessed to the outlet.

The revelations come at a time when trust in the media is at a historic low, according to Gallup polling.

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Several liberal journalists recently confessed their defense of Biden was their biggest regret of 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden’s former defenders in the media shouldn’t be let off the hook, the Post’s editorial board insisted.

“No one who perpetuated, concealed or ignored this grotesque scandal should ever live it down,” the editorial continued.

The criticism follows a recent Wall Street Journal report, citing interviews with current and former White House staff, which alleged that Biden’s stamina issues were apparent within his first few months in office.

The White House pushed back on the substance of the Journal’s report in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, saying Biden’s policy accomplishments provide “indisputable proof” of his qualifications and leadership.

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Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., rang in the new year with a New York Times guest essay urging fellow Democratic lawmakers to drop the resistance movement and work with President-elect Donald Trump in his second term.

In his piece, the congressman admitted that the results of the 2024 election reveal that voters want the Democratic Party to compromise on major issues, like the economy and immigration, rather than stonewalling Trump’s agenda as they did during his first term.

“As a Democratic member of Congress, I know my party will be tempted to hold fast against Mr. Trump at every turn: uniting against his bills, blocking his nominees and grinding the machinery of the House and the Senate to a halt. That would be a mistake,” he declared.

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Suozzi, who was elected to New York’s 3rd Congressional District earlier this year after it was vacated by former GOP Rep. George Santos, admitted he is wary of Trump’s willingness to compromise with Democratic lawmakers, citing some of the former president’s behavior following the election.

“I’m no dupe: Some of Mr. Trump’s actions offer little reassurance that he is ready to embrace the bipartisanship and compromise essential to a functioning democracy,” he said, pointing to the incoming president’s “radical cabinet picks,” his demands for the recent government spending bill, and his “hubris” in bringing businessmen and advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy around Capitol Hill.

Suozzi advised that Trump needs to “to embrace his inner dealmaker and negotiate with the other party that holds just shy of half of the seats on Capitol Hill and key governorships around the country,” adding that if Trump does that, “Democrats should meet him halfway rather than be the Party of No.”

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The lawmaker went on to denounce his party’s “significant leftward shift,” and mentioned that both sides of the aisle want to work together. “But as a common-sense Democrat who won in a district that Mr. Trump also won, I am certain our closely divided electorate would rather have bipartisan solutions than political gridlock.”

He acknowledged the notion that Trump’s win was a “mandate” from the American people, but clarified it wasn’t one “for one-party rule.”

“But as I see it, the results of the 2024 campaign were a mandate for border security, immigration reform, low inflation, economic stability and common ground on culture-war fights,” he argued.

He continued by offering examples of what Democratic compromises could look like, starting with climate change. He said, “Democrats cannot abandon our zeal to combat climate change. At the same time, let’s balance our commitment to environmental protection with pragmatic measures that safeguard affordable utility bills and manageable costs at the pump.”

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President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive on New Year’s Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Club on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

“Let’s move beyond the relentless attacks on widely held religious values while ensuring that the rights, safety and dignity of all are upheld,” Suozzi said, and admitted that liberals should embrace “efforts to make government more efficient and effective,” as long as they still defend “the strengthening of Social Security, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.”

Suozzi said his New Year’s resolution was to rise above partisanship and arguing while embracing “common sense.”

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Stand-up comedian Whitney Cummings mocked CNN’s low ratings during the channel’s special live coverage of New Year’s Eve.

While appearing on CNN’s long-running “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” on Tuesday night, Cummings joked about the cable news channel having a sparse audience.

“I’m now playing 3,000-person shows, which is about the viewership of CNN these days,” the comic said during the program.

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Cummings’ dig came just two hours before the ball dropped in New York City’s Times Square on Tuesday night. She softened the blow, adding, “Not this show, though. All eyes are on this show.”

The hosts, Bravo’s Andy Cohen and longtime CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, appeared to take Cummings’ jab in stride. “Nice, nice,” Cooper replied, letting out a laugh, while Cohen remarked, “You’re all fiery today.”

Continuing to play along, Cooper mentioned that he and Cohen did a tour together that had audiences similar in size to Cummings’ tour. “We did like 3,000 people,” he said.

The comic’s joke was definitely on target for the ratings-challenged network, which lost a massive chunk of viewers following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 31: Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper host CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage in the rain in Times Square on December 31, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/WireImage) (Craig T Fruchtman / Contributor)

In the two weeks following Trump’s win, CNN saw double-digit percentage drops across the board in key metrics, shedding 33% of total viewers compared to 2024 averages, losing 39% in the demo and 36% of its already small audience during primetime.

During the first week of December, CNN’s primetime lineup of “Anderson Cooper 360,” “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” and “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” averaged only 367,000 total viewers from 8-11 p.m. By comparison, Fox News Channel averaged 2.5 million total primetime viewers during the same period.

Those numbers put CNN at No. 17 among cable stations’ primetime lineups that week. The Food Network’s primetime offering saw a bigger audience during that same period.

Elsewhere during her CNN appearance, Cummings blasted the entertainment industry for lecturing Americans.

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Whitney Cummings (Getty Images)

When asked about her new hosting gig for streaming service Max of a “Friends”-themed trivia show, “Fast Friends,” and whether she’s a fan of the legendary 90s sitcom, she replied, “You know what, I’m a ‘Friends’ fan. I’m also a fan of entertainment that just entertains. There’s this new thing where everything in Hollywood has to, like, lecture people how to vote and make you feel guilty about global warming.”

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“It’s just a fun show, no creeps. It’s just warm, wholesome,” the comic added.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States must maintain “judicial independence” just weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. 

Roberts explained his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary. 

“It is not in the nature of judicial work to make everyone happy. Most cases have a winner and a loser. Every Administration suffers defeats in the court system—sometimes in cases with major ramifications for executive or legislative power or other consequential topics,” Robert wrote in the 15-page report. “Nevertheless, for the past several decades, the decisions of the courts, popular or not, have been followed, and the Nation has avoided the standoffs that plagued the 1950s and 1960s.” 

“Within the past few years, however, elected officials from across the political spectrum have raised the specter of open disregard for federal court rulings,” Roberts said, without naming Trump, President Biden or any specific lawmaker. “These dangerous suggestions, however sporadic, must be soundly rejected. Judicial independence is worth preserving. As my late colleague Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, an independent judiciary is ‘essential to the rule of law in any land,’ yet it ‘is vulnerable to assault; it can be shattered if the society law exists to serve does not take care to assure its preservation.’”

“I urge all Americans to appreciate this inheritance from our founding generation and cherish its endurance,” Roberts said. 

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Roberts also quoted Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who remarked that the three branches of government “must work in successful cooperation” to “make possible the effective functioning of the department of government which is designed to safeguard with judicial impartiality and independence the interests of liberty.”

“Our political system and economic strength depend on the rule of law,” Roberts wrote.

A landmark Supreme Court immunity decision penned by Roberts, along with another high court decision halting efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot, were championed as major victories on the Republican nominee’s road to winning the election. The immunity decision was criticized by Democrats like Biden, who later called for term limits and an enforceable ethics code following criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices.

A handful of Democrats and one Republican lawmaker urged Biden to ignore a decision by a Trump-appointed judge to revoke FDA approval for the abortion drug mifepristone last year. Biden declined to take executive action to bypass the ruling, and the Supreme Court later granted the White House a stay permitting the sale of the medication to continue. 

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The high court’s conservative majority also ruled last year that Biden’s massive student loan debt forgiveness efforts constitute an illegal use of executive power. 

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Roberts and Trump clashed in 2018 when the chief justice rebuked the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”

In 2020, Roberts criticized comments made by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York while the Supreme Court was considering a high-profile abortion case.

Roberts introduced his letter Tuesday by recounting a story about King George III stripping colonial judges of lifetime appointments, an order that was “not well received.” Trump is now readying for a second term as president with an ambitious conservative agenda, elements of which are likely to be legally challenged and end up before the court whose conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump during his first term.

In the annual report, the chief justice wrote generally that even if court decisions are unpopular or mark a defeat for a presidential administration, other branches of government must be willing to enforce them to ensure the rule of law. Roberts pointed to the Brown v. Board of Education decision that desegrated schools in 1954 as one that needed federal enforcement in the face of resistance from southern governors.

Chief Justice John Roberts, left, and Associate Justice Samuel Alito are seated as they and the other Supreme Court members sit for a group photo at the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

He also said “attempts to intimidate judges for their rulings in cases are inappropriate and should be vigorously opposed.” 

While public officials and others have the right to criticize rulings, they should also be aware that their statements can “prompt dangerous reactions by others,” Roberts wrote. 

Threats targeting federal judges have more than tripled over the last decade, according to U.S. Marshals Service statistics. State court judges in Wisconsin and Maryland were killed at their homes in 2022 and 2023, Roberts wrote.

“Violence, intimidation, and defiance directed at judges because of their work undermine our Republic, and are wholly unacceptable,” he wrote.

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Roberts also pointed to disinformation about court rulings as a threat to judges’ independence, saying that social media can magnify distortions and even be exploited by “hostile foreign state actors” to exacerbate divisions.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Babies born in the year 2025 will begin the newest generation – Generation Beta.

Following Generation Alpha (2010 to 2024), Gen Beta will comprise a new group of kids born between 2025 and 2039.

The Australian research firm McCrindle predicted that Gen Beta will make up 16% of the world’s population by 2035, and many will live to see the 22nd century.

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The research and analysis group, led by demographer and futurist Mark McCrindle, wrote in an article that Gen Beta “represents a pivotal chapter in our evolving world.”

“We named them Alpha and Beta to signify not just new generations, but the first generations that will be shaped by an entirely different world,” McCrindle stated.

Gen Beta will face a variety of fast-changing global factors, like evolving technology, societal challenges, sustainability and climate, experts say.

“The DNA of children doesn’t change, but the culture does – and it has a dramatic impact on how kids turn out.”

As Gen Beta will mostly be the children of younger millennials and older Gen Zers, their parents will prioritize “adaptability, equality and eco-consciousness in their parenting,” McCrindle predicted.

“This will result in Generation Beta being more globally minded, community-focused and collaborative than ever before,” the article reads. “Their upbringing will emphasize the importance of innovation not just for convenience, but for solving the pressing challenges of their time.”

Gen Beta will be the children of younger millennials and older Gen Zers. (iStock)

High-tech kids

As artificial intelligence grows in prevalence and access to technology continues to increase, Gen Beta’s digital and physical worlds will be “seamless,” according to analysts.

“Generation Beta will live in an era where AI and automation are fully embedded in everyday life — from education and workplaces to health care and entertainment,” McCrindle wrote.

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The research group predicted that Gen Beta will likely be the first generation to experience autonomous transportation “at scale,” as well as wearable health technologies and immersive virtual environments as “standard aspects of daily life.”

“Generation Beta will live in an era where AI and automation are fully embedded in everyday life,” McCrindle predicted. (iStock)

“Their formative years will be marked by a greater emphasis on personalization — AI algorithms will tailor their learning, shopping and social interactions in ways we can only begin to imagine today.”

As Gen Beta kids enter a world of “always-on technology,” digital interactions will be key to social connections, education and careers, the analysts noted.

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“We predict Generation Beta will embody the balance between hyper-connectivity and personal expression,” McCrindle said. “They’ll redefine what it means to belong, blending in-person relationships with global digital communities.”

Generational parenting

The fate of Gen Beta kids will largely hinge on their millennial and Gen Z parents, who welcome technology as a learning tool but are also wary of the risks of overexposure, according to experts.

“You can’t change the world, but you can change how you’re parenting.”

Educational psychologist and parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba noted that parents will need to pay attention to what Gen Beta needs to thrive.

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“The DNA of children doesn’t change, but the culture does – and it has a dramatic impact on how kids turn out,” California-based Borba said in an interview with Fox News Digital. 

“That said, you can’t change the world, but you can change how you’re parenting.”

Paying attention to what drives your child is crucial to their development and happiness, according to one psychologist. (iStock)

“The first step [for parents] is to recognize the changes that are happening … so they can make sure they’re raising a strong generation of kids who can handle a new world,” she added.

Gen Beta will be a “generation of digital natives,” born into a world where their chores, shopping and even homework can be done for them, according to the psychologist. 

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“Critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication – those will all be impacted by AI,” Borba predicted.

The psychologist encouraged parents to remain calm during uncertain times, since children will mirror their response. (iStock)

She suggested that parents teach their Gen Beta kids to be adaptable, as things like technology and job markets will see major changes in their lifetime.

Borba also encouraged parents to remain calm during uncertain times, as children will mirror that response.

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The psychologist also stressed the importance of children getting enough social interaction, especially if they don’t have siblings.

“What’s crucial to the well-being of our children is strong social relationships,” she said.

Social regression has already impacted the youngest generations, Borba warned, resulting in shorter attention spans and a fear of taking risks.

Parents should teach their kids social skills to balance a reliance on growing technology, a psychologist advised. (iStock)

For parents raising kids of an entirely new generation, she went on, it’s essential to pinpoint and nurture their strengths.

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“Figure out who your kid is,” she advised. “From a very early age, figure out what drives them, not what you want them to become.”

Fox News Digital reached out to McCrindle requesting comment.

Video went viral Tuesday night of President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk doing the signature “Trump dance” together while ringing in 2025.

Trump and Musk were spotted doing the president-elect’s jerky, arm-pumping dance routine to the Village People classic “YMCA” at Mar-a-Lago, with incoming first lady Melania Trump also grooving to the music.

Trump’s dancing at rallies, marked by its humorous simplicity, has become a hit with supporters and has even been emulated by celebrating athletes in college football, the NFL, boxing and UFC.

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The video of the men in tuxes dancing at the end of a triumphant year for Trump was a hit with supporters online. It was also a reminder that Musk, whose influence in Trump’s orbit and status as the world’s richest person keeps him in the headlines, is staying close to the man who will be president in three weeks.

Trump recently sided with Musk amid a MAGA base spat over immigration and the place of foreign workers in the U.S. labor market.

Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by Trump to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), argued last month that American culture has not prioritized education enough, and therefore that foreign workers are needed for tech companies like Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla. 

Many tech companies have embraced the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, but critics of the program say H-1B holders are often chosen over U.S. citizens for jobs. 

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Trump said that he believed in the program and had always favored the visas. 

After a report that Trump was growing irritated with Musk’s constant presence and headline-making, former White House aide Hogan Gidley told Fox News on Monday that it was a non-story.

“Look, it’s obvious that Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and others have good relationships with Donald Trump,” Gidley said. “The media like to stir things up and try and create rifts where there aren’t any rifts.”

Trump spoke to reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night and predicted 2025 would be a “great year.”

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President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive on New Year’s Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Club on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)

“I think we’re going to do fantastically well as a country,” he said. “We’re going to bring it back. It has to be brought back. People are not respecting our country very much, and they are going to respect us a lot. I think a lot of progress has been made over the last five weeks. It’s been pretty amazing when you look at what’s happened. There’s a whole light all over our world, not just our country. There are lot of very happy people.”

Asked if he had any New Year’s resolutions for 2025, he said, “I just want people to be happy, healthy and well.”

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Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.