Afternoon napping could have surprising impact on longevity, study suggests

A new study linking daytime napping to increased mortality rates in older adults may have some rethinking that midday snooze.

The study, presented last month at SLEEP 2025, the 39th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Seattle, Washington, found that frequent, longer and irregular daytime naps — especially in the early afternoon — were linked to a higher risk of death over an eight-year period.

"Our study fills a gap in knowledge," lead author Chenlu Gao, a postdoctoral research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, told Fox News Digital.

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The research shows "not just whether someone naps, but how long, how variable, and when they nap during the day may be meaningful indicators of future health risk," he said.

The study included 86,565 participants averaging 63 years of age — all of whom worked regular daytime schedules — who were monitored by actigraphy, which detects movement during sleep but not brain activity. 

Scientists defined daytime napping as sleeping between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

After the initial study, researchers kept tabs on the participants for eight years and discovered that 5,189 (6.0%) of them died during that time period.

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The research showed that taking longer naps — and napping between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. or between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. — was associated with a higher mortality rate.

Results were adjusted for other potential factors influencing mortality, like demographics, weight, smoking, alcohol consumption and nighttime sleep duration, the researchers stated.

"Naps are not necessarily problematic unless they are used to compensate for chronically poor sleep at night," Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, a neuroscientist and sleep specialist at Wesper in New York, told Fox News Digital.

"Getting seven to nine hours of good quality sleep is required to maintain health and reduce the risk of developing dangerous medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes," added Rohrscheib, who was not involved in the study.

The study did not establish proof that naps directly affect the risk of death.

"These are associations," Gao told Fox News Digital. "We cannot conclude from this study whether napping causes poor health."

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In another potential limitation, because the study relied on detecting movement but not brain activity, "quiet wakefulness" may have been misclassified as sleep. 

Additionally, defining daytime napping as sleep between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. could have mistakenly included participants’ actual sleep, affecting the accuracy of what would count as a nap, the researchers stated.

Excessive napping could also be a marker of other health issues, such as chronic disease, systemic inflammation, or disruptions to circadian rhythms, which may themselves increase mortality risk. 

"Someone who requires daily naps to get through the day is likely not getting sufficient sleep during the night, or has an underlying health condition that causes daytime sleepiness," Rohrscheib noted.

Gao added, "We need more research to understand the causal relationships before we can conclude that a certain type of napping pattern would benefit health."

"However, we suggest that monitoring napping patterns might help us identify health conditions early, so that we can implement interventions accordingly."

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine encourages healthy adults to limit naps to no longer than 20 to 30 minutes in the early afternoon.

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While a brief "power nap" can improve daytime alertness and performance, naps of 30 minutes or longer may cause a person to feel groggy after waking up. This grogginess, or "sleep inertia," can delay the short-term benefits of a nap, experts say.

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Overall, the findings suggest that when it comes to mid-day snoozing, moderation is key — and that napping patterns could be a window into broader health concerns worth discussing with a medical provider.

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SNL Biden impersonator Dana Carvey knew former president was 'compromised mentally'

Comedian Dana Carvey, who played former President Biden during the last season of "Saturday Night Live," said last week that he knew the former president was "compromised mentally" while doing his portrayal.

"I knew that he was compromised mentally. I mean, it was obvious to me, but it was a delicate thing in the comedy world. There were a lot of people [who] did not want to do anything that would kind of ding him in like an awkward way," Carvey said during his "Fly on the Wall" podcast last week.

Carvey played Biden on SNL throughout the 2024-2025 season, often mocking the president and his administration, and receiving plaudits for his portrayal of the president as confused and forgetful.

"If I can do Biden, if I can make Biden funny to everybody, then, then I am where I want to be. And then to make it funny, it had to be recognizable. And so there’s certain things I did not include in my package," Carvey told co-host David Spade and guest Julie Bowen, in a clip flagged by Mediaite.

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He repeated a phrase he used while playing Biden and said, "I'm not kidding around here, I'm being serious." 

"I think it’s easier to make fun of him if he’s the president. If it’s just a 90-whatever-year-old man, just go look at this a------. So once he’s president then he’s more fair game to say, but no one made fun of him forever," Spade added. 

Bowen, known for her role on ABC's "Modern Family," applauded Carvey's Biden impressions as he discussed how he went about portraying the former president. 

"And then the defiant, 50s guy. 'There's no crisis at the border,' yeah, but you said, 'Yeah, you got to get your facts right, Jack, I'll beat the hell out of you, you want to do some push-ups, you dog-faced pony soldier," Carvey joked, repeating several famous phrases the former president used. 

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Carvey said playing Biden was his favorite because he "had like 10 hooks." 

The comedian and impressionist also played George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot on "Saturday Night Live," among numerous other roles.

Carvey said during the podcast that one of Biden's staffers came to one of the shows and said he loved the impressions.

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The staffer said Carvey should come have lunch at the White House, but the comedian said it never happened. 

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'There's something about Eastbourne' - Fritz wins fourth title

Taylor Fritz has now won four of the past six Eastbourne men's singles titles after beating fellow American Jenson Brooksby on Saturday.

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Florida man indicted for '86' posts allegedly threatening to kill Alina Habba

FIRST ON FOX: A Florida man was indicted Friday for allegedly threatening to kill Alina Habba in a series of online "86" posts against the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Fox News Digital has learned.

The "86"" has been interpreted by law enforcement officials to mean "get rid of." 

Gregory W. Kehoe, the interim U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced the charges Friday. 

According to the indictment reviewed by Fox News Digital, Salvatore Russotto made a threat in May to "injure and kill the victim in a series of online posts."

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Fox News Digital has learned that the victim referred to in the indictment is Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey who previously served as counselor to President Donald Trump. 

"[VICTIM] is a c---," Russotto posted. "86 that b----."

He also allegedly posted: "A slow painful death for [VICTIM]. 86 that c---."

Russotto also allegedly posted: "Eliminate [VICTIM]. 86 Traitor. Death penalty for all traitors."

Russotto was charged with transmission of an interstate threat to injure and retaliating against a federal law enforcement officer by threat.

"This is yet another disturbing example of a dangerous copycat inspired by the reckless behavior of former officials, targeting those who serve our country and threatening the very people working to keep America safe," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital. "Our FBI will not tolerate political violence in any form.

"I’m grateful to our law enforcement partners in Florida for their swift action and steadfast commitment to justice." 

The indictment comes after Patel said he has been forced to divert agents to investigate "copycats" of potential threats to Trump as a result of former FBI Director James Comey’s "86 47" social media post last month.

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"Do you know how many agents I’ve had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists, because, everywhere across this country, people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the president of the United States is a joke and they can do it because he did it?" Patel said last month. 

"That’s what I’m having to deal with every single day, and that’s what I’m having to pull my agents and analysts off because he thought it was funny to go out there and make a political statement." 

An FBI official told Fox News Digital the agency cannot disclose the number of "copycat" incidents due to ongoing investigations but described the number to Fox News Digital as "significant." 

Comey met with Secret Service officials in Washington this month for an interview about his "86 47" Instagram post, two sources briefed on the meeting told Fox News.

Comey is under investigation for the now-deleted Instagram post that showed seashells arranged on a beach to say "86 47."

"Cool shell formation on my beach walk," he wrote along with the post. 

Comey offered an explanation for the post after he received backlash on social media. 

"I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message," the subsequent post from Comey said. "I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me but I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down." 

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The president, in a May interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, didn't accept Comey's explanation. 

"He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant," Trump told Baier. "If you're the FBI director, and you don't know what that meant, that meant ‘assassination,’ and it says it loud and clear." 

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Congressman calls on Noem, Dr. Oz with plan to 'swiftly remove' 1.4 million illegal migrants on Medicaid

Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, sent letters to two key agency heads with a plan to "swiftly" remove roughly 1.4 million illegal immigrants currently receiving Medicaid in the US. 

"While Democrats in Congress continue to peddle falsehoods and fear-mongering over so-called ‘Medicaid cuts,’ they conveniently ignore a staggering truth: over 1.4 million illegal aliens are receiving Medicaid benefits, an unsustainable burden on the American taxpayer," Hunt told Fox News Digital.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz were both recipients of Rep. Hunt’s letter this week, which proposed a task force to "identify" and remove the illegal migrants on Medicaid. 

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"I’ve formally requested the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a task force to identify those unlawfully exploiting our healthcare system and ensure they are swiftly removed from our country," Hunt added.

The Texas Congressman’s comments come as President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill," which includes a provision stripping illegal migrants from taxpayer-funded healthcare, faces last-minute changes in the Senate. 

Fox News Digital obtained a document from the Congressional Budget Office sent to two GOP committee chairmen this week with information regarding the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that reads:

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"About 1.4 million would be people who do not meet citizenship and immigration status requirements for Medicaid enrollment but who would be covered under current law in programs funded by the states."

On Thursday, the Senate Parliamentarian moved to strike out current language in the legislation that would exclude illegal immigrants from Medicaid eligibility, but sources close to negotiations tell Fox News Digital that those portions of the bill are actively being re-drafted in an attempt to ensure they are included in the final draft of the bill.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, also addressed the parliamentarian's decision to remove the portions about Medicaid to reporters Thursday morning.

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"These are speed bumps along the way. We anticipated those and so we have contingency plans," Thune explained. "Obviously, you have to adjust the timing and schedule a little bit, but we're moving forward."

Regardless of whether Medicaid is removed from the "One Big Beautiful Bill," Congressman Hunt says that being able to identify the free healthcare-receiving illegal migrants alone is enough reason to remove them from the US.

"Through coordinated efforts between DHS and CMS, we can develop an effective approach to identify people based on financial data, residence, or medical records, and then take appropriate action against those violating our immigration laws," Hunt’s letter to Noem and Dr. Oz reads.

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"We must protect American resources for American citizens. End of discussion."

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Trump pressures Congress to pass 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' insisting 'NO ONE GOES ON VACATION UNTIL IT’S DONE'

President Donald Trump pressured Congress to pass the "BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL" as soon as possible on Tuesday, while also continuing to lob broadsides against Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

"Now that we have made PEACE abroad, we must finish the job here at home by passing "THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL," and getting the Bill to my desk, ASAP," the president declared in a Truth Social post. 

"To my friends in the Senate, lock yourself in a room if you must, don’t go home, and GET THE DEAL DONE THIS WEEK. Work with the House so they can pick it up, and pass it, IMMEDIATELY. NO ONE GOES ON VACATION UNTIL IT’S DONE. Everyone, most importantly the American People, will be much better off thanks to our work together. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" the president declared.

Trump, who targeted Massie in Truth Social posts on Sunday and Monday, continued lambasting the congressman on Tuesday, claiming that the lawmaker is "very bad for the Constitution," and "votes, ‘NO!’ on everything, because he thinks it makes him cool, but he's not cool, he's a LOSER!"

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Massie replied to Fox News Digital's comment request on Tuesday by sharing the 2022 endorsement message in which Trump called him "a first-rate Defender of the Constitution" and "a Conservative Warrior for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District!"

The congressman also shared a screenshot of the statement on X and wrote, "For those who want to know what @realDonaldTrump really thinks of me, this should clear things up…"

Last month Massie was one of the two House Republicans who voted against passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act when it cleared the chamber.

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The congressman declared on Saturday in a post on X that the president's strikes against Iran were "not Constitutional."

Trump unloaded on Massie in a Truth Social post on Sunday, indicating that he will campaign against the lawmaker.

"MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague! The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard," Trump declared amid the anti-Massie diatribe.

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"GET THIS ‘BUM’ OUT OF OFFICE, ASAP!!!" Trump exclaimed in a follow-up post on Monday.

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Navy using munitions at 'alarming’ speed to defend Israel

The U.S. Navy used its munitions at an "alarming rate" to defend Israel from recent Iranian strikes, a military official said Tuesday, raising questions from lawmakers about how it intends to replace and maintain stockpiles amid global threats.

Admiral James Kilby, Naval Operations acting chief, made the remark in his testimony during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Navy’s budget in Washington when Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, asked about the Navy’s available munitions to defend against global threats.

"The latest round of conflict in the Middle East utilized large amounts of munitions to defend Israel from Iranian strikes," Schatz said. "Does the Navy currently have all the SM-3s it needs for global threats?"

"We do, sir," Kilby responded, "but we are, to your point, using them at an alarming rate. As you know, those are missiles procured by the Missile Defense Agency and then delivered to the Navy for our use. And we are using them quite effectively in the defense of Israel."

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An SM-3, or Standard Missile 3, are missiles that the Navy uses as a defense to intercept and destroy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.

"We need more munitions, air defense interceptors, long-range fires, artillery," Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said during the hearing. "Recent conflict tells us we need a lot more of them."

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McConnell asked how the Navy and Marine Corps were addressing the challenge of these munitions not being produced fast enough.

John Phelan, secretary of the Navy, said this was a main concern that officials were focusing on to "get fixed."

"We are looking at a number of different avenues, including other parties and different ways of making some of these munitions," Phelan said. "This is a huge priority from both the secretary of defense and the president, and we are putting as much effort and time into this as we are in shipbuilding."

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