Hunter Biden’s ex has reopened a 2019 paternity suit in Arkansas, alleging that the former first son hasn’t followed through on his child support obligations and claiming he ‘ghosted’ their daughter, Navy Joan Roberts.  

Lawyers for Lunden Roberts wrote in the new motion filed Tuesday that, in getting his child support payments reduced, Biden had agreed to give their daughter a ‘specified number of paintings he had created and that she had selected,’ court documents obtained by Fox News Digital said.

Lunden said the agreement was made because the paintings might carry monetary value due to his fame, and she considered it a way for him to bond with his daughter over their shared love of art.

When Roberts ‘gave Mr. Biden artwork by the parties’ daughter that the child had specifically created for her father’ after showing up unannounced at a past deposition, the ‘simple, pure act of love brought Mr. Biden to tears and was the sui generis of his idea for he and [his daughter] to ‘bond over [their] shared love of art,” the documents claimed.

That arrangement brought her family ‘joy’ because her daughter had ‘desperately longed for, talked about, and dreamed of a relationship with her father,’ the motion claimed.

His daughter had even allegedly said she ‘‘could not wait to get to heaven’ so she could ‘be with [her] dad’ because her dad does not see or talk to her because her dad ‘lives far away and is really busy’.’

Biden and his daughter began to bond, the motion claimed, but he quickly ‘ghosted’ her after Roberts wrote a memoir in 2024 about her relationship with him, but she didn’t ‘disparage’ him in it. 

She now believes his sentiment was for the purpose of getting his child support payments lowered.

Despite getting upset at a wedding when she realized ‘that her dad would not walk her down the aisle or dance with her at her own wedding reception,’ the motion claimed that Biden’s daughter is ‘grateful’ for how much he loves her half-brother, Beau Biden, Jr., whom Biden shares with his current wife.

He also shares three older children with his first wife. 

The little girl has even ‘defended the reputation of her grandfather, former President Joe Biden, against bullies,’ the motion claimed.

‘Ms. Roberts has reached out to Mr. Biden numerous times about [their daughter] asking to speak with him, but the defendant, in classic, classless form, refuses to respond,’ the documents said.

And while Biden has given her some paintings, the motion claims that his daughter hasn’t been able to pick out any herself, which was allegedly part of the child support agreement.

The motion urged the court to force Biden to ‘communicate with his child’ and to jail him ‘as a civil penalty until he purges his contempt by complying with this court’s orders.’

Her lawyers noted that Biden’s four other children live a lifestyle ‘above that of the average American,’ including their daughter.

‘It is axiomatic that no one can force Mr. Biden into being a good dad for [his daughter], but this court can make it so that [his daughter] has, at least, the same level of support as [her] younger half-brother,’ the motion added.

Biden first denied he was Navy’s father until a court ordered him to take a paternity test in 2019.

The 55-year-old was also convicted in a felony gun case last year for illegally owning a gun while using drugs, but he was pardoned by his father before he left office.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Biden’s lawyer for comment. 

President Donald Trump is celebrating an increase in funding for healthcare focused particularly on rural communities across the country, a move was made possible by cutting ‘waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid.’

‘As part of the Great Big Beautiful Bill, we’ve increased … funding for the healthcare by an unprecedented $50 billion. That’s rural healthcare. Nobody thought that was going to happen,’ Trump said during a roundtable Friday.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act directs half of the rural health funding to be distributed evenly among all 50 states, with the remaining funds allocated based on state-specific factors, including the condition of rural hospitals.

‘We increased funding for rural health care by an unprecedented, record-setting $50 billion over five years, which will benefit Americans in all 50 states, and this was made possible by cutting massive waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid and reinvesting those funds to revitalize hospitals in our cherished rural communities,’ he added.

The roundtable, which included Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, was aimed at promoting the Trump administration’s Great Healthcare Plan, which was announced during a White House press briefing Thursday.

Some have described the proposal as an effort by Trump to shape Republican messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as the party tries to hold onto its slim majorities in the House and Senate.

In its fact sheet on the plan, the White House highlighted several main points, including lowering drug prices, lowering insurance premiums, holding insurance companies accountable and maximizing price transparency. Trump touched on several of the elements of the plan during the roundtable and said that hospitals that accept Medicaid and Medicare will be required to prominently post prices so that patients are aware of the cost of their care.

During the roundtable Friday, Trump implored Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, but the president said he was confident Republicans would back it.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Friday issued a warning to the Trump administration that interim Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez does not represent the views of the people.

‘I want to insist on this: Delcy Rodriguez, yes, she’s a communist. She’s the main ally and representation of the Russian regime, the Chinese and the Iranians, but that’s not the Venezuelan people and that’s not the armed forces, as well,’ Machado said while addressing a crowd at an event organized by the Heritage Foundation. 

Machado said that the situation was complex as allies of Nicolás Maduro continued to do ‘dirty work’ after his capture by the U.S. on Jan. 3. However, the opposition leader said that she is ‘profoundly confident’ that there will be an orderly transition of power.

‘This is a complex place we are right now. Some of the dirty work is being done by them, but then the result of a stable transition will be a proud Venezuela, who is going to be the best ally the United States has ever had in the Americas,’ she said.

The opposition leader’s comments came amid reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Rodriguez in Caracas.

Ratcliffe and Rodriguez reportedly discussed intelligence cooperation, economic stability and the need to ensure that Venezuela would no longer be a ‘safe haven for America’s adversaries.’ 

On Wednesday, Rodriguez, a Maduro ally who served as his vice president, announced that the government would continue the release of political prisoners detained under Maduro in an initiative she touted as a ‘new political moment,’ according to The Associated Press.

Just days before Rodriguez made the announcement, the interim government freed at least four U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela, marking the first known release of American prisoners since Maduro was ousted in a U.S. military operation earlier this month.

While speaking at the Heritage Foundation event, the opposition leader vowed that Venezuela would become ‘the best ally the United States has ever had in the Americas.’ Machado said that she believes Venezuelans are cohesive and joined by shared values but have been forced by the regime to make difficult choices and suffer severe hardships.

Following the capture of Maduro on Jan. 3, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would ‘run’ Venezuela temporarily, though he did not detail further plans regarding transfers of power.

Trump, who met with Machado on Thursday, has yet to back the opposition leader and has even expressed doubts about the amount of support she has among the people of Venezuela. Despite not having his clear support, Machado praised Trump and emphasized the critical role that he and his administration would play in the future of Venezuela.

‘The only thing I want to assure the Venezuelans people is that Venezuela is going to be free and that’s going to be achieved with the support of the people of the United States and the president, Donald Trump of the United States,’ Machado told the crowd at the Heritage Foundation event.

She also commented early in her remarks that the Venezuelan people were grateful for Trump and his team’s historic mission to capture Maduro. Machado said that it ‘took a lot of courage’ to pull off the operation.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker pushed back against growing European backlash over Washington’s focus on Greenland after France announced new military exercises with Denmark, saying Arctic security is a core American defense interest and that Europe ‘has a tendency to overreact.’

Asked whether the dispute reflects American pressure or European inaction, Whitaker said, ‘This is ultimately an issue between the United States, Denmark and Greenland.’

Whitaker said Greenland’s importance has been clear for years as the ice melts, it reshapes the Arctic and opens new routes. ‘The security of the high north, which I’ve talked about a lot before this ever happened, is the most important issue,’ he said. ‘As the ice thaws and as routes open up in the Arctic, Arctic security, and therefore the security of Greenland, which is the northern flank of the continental United States, is crucial.’

He stressed that Greenland’s location makes it central to U.S. defense planning. ‘If you think about Greenland as part of the access to the naval assets, that monitoring and awareness and fortification of that part of the Western Hemisphere is crucial for the long-term security of the United States,’ Whitaker said.

Whitaker said recent diplomacy shows the issue can be addressed without escalation. ‘I know that a very successful meeting happened between the Danes and Greenland and Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Rubio, so I think it’s going to be constructive,’ he said.

Still, he cautioned European allies against inflaming tensions. ‘Europe sometimes has a tendency to overreact anytime that an issue is put out on the table,’ Whitaker said. ‘This is one of those things where cooler heads need to prevail.’

US COMMANDER SAYS RUSSIA AND CHINA’S ARCTIC PATROLS ARE ‘NOT FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES’

NATO, deterrence and the ‘Reagan spirit’

Speaking from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Whitaker used Reagan’s ‘peace through strength’ doctrine as justification for pushing NATO allies to spend more and move faster.

‘The most important thing that we’re doing at NATO is, one, the United States is strong. Nobody denies that. We have demonstrated through Midnight Hammer, through what we did in Venezuela and elsewhere, that the United States is capable and can project power. We want all of our allies inside of NATO to be equally as strong, and they’re not at this point in time,’ he said.

He added, ‘Some of them have certainly become more capable, and that’s why you can’t just paint with a broad brush when it comes to all of our NATO allies. But there are some that are not.’

‘Europe and the EU are going to have to untie their hands from behind their back,’ he continued. ‘They’re going to have to deregulate, they are going to have to find more capital and economic growth, because at the end of the day, that’s what’s going to allow them to live up to the promises they’ve made to increase their defense spending and therefore their defense capabilities.’

He said, ‘One of the things that I’m talking about constantly with our friends downtown in the EU,’ Whitaker added, ‘is that they have to get their economy going, and there are proven, tried-and-true ways to do it.’

Whitaker said his top priority is ensuring NATO allies follow through on the major defense commitments agreed to last year in The Hague.

‘This is number one on my list right now,’ he said, ‘making sure that the political commitments we made in The Hague turn into real military capabilities at NATO.’

He said proximity to Russia has shaped how seriously countries take the threat.

‘You look at the Baltic countries like Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and you look at the Nordic countries… they’re very aware of the threats that Russia [poses],’ Whitaker said, citing Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Poland, he added, stands out. ‘Poland is clear-eyed,’ Whitaker said. ‘They’re gonna spend over 5% on core defense in the coming year or two.’

Others, he said, are still lagging. ‘I keep a dashboard, a one-page dashboard on my desk that is updated regularly,’ Whitaker said. ‘It’s too soon to tell.’ ‘It has to be on capabilities,’ he said. ‘It has to make them stronger, ready to fight tonight.’

‘President Trump announced a $1.5 trillion defense budget,’ Whitaker said. ‘We’ve demonstrated our capabilities that nobody else can match right now.’

‘I’m here at the Reagan Library, and it reminds me, Ronald Reagan really was able to put those policies in place to spur growth,’ Whitaker said. ‘President Trump certainly has followed that same tradition, to unleash the American entrepreneur, unleash American innovation, and get out of the way, get the regulations out of the way so that American companies can grow and prosper.’

As NATO moves forward, Whitaker said pressure on allies will remain. ‘We’re asking our European and Canadian allies to do more,’ he said. ‘So far, so good.’

President Donald Trump signaled why he’s held off on military strikes on Iran amid nationwide protests after claiming the country had canceled executions for hundreds of Iranians. 

When asked if Arab and Israeli officials ‘convinced’ him to not strike Iran, Trump told reporters Friday he convinced himself and cited the canceled hangings. Trump also expressed similar sentiments on social media Friday. 

‘I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take place yesterday (Over 800 of them), have been cancelled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you!’ Trump said in a post on Truth Social Friday. 

The statement echoes what White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday about the canceled executions. She maintained that all options remained on the table when it comes to dealing with Iran.

‘What I will say with respect to Iran is that the president and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences,’ Leavitt told reporters Thursday. 

‘And the president received a message as he revealed to all of you and the whole world yesterday that the killing and the executions will stop. And the president understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted.’ 

It’s unclear from Trump’s post if he was referring to the 800 executions that were already canceled or whether there have been two consecutive days when 800 executions have been called off. 

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on how many executions have been canceled or whether military strikes are completely off the table now. 

Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations for additional comment but did not immediately receive a reply.

Protests broke out across Iran in December 2025 in response to the country’s economic hardships as well as a referendum against Iran’s theocratic regime.

More than 2,000 people — including at least nine children — have died in the recent protests, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.