Actor Frankie Muniz announced he's putting his acting career on hold indefinitely as he prepares to race full-time starting in 2025. After 20 years of racing, the former "Malcolm in the Middle" star is making a huge leap forward as he's set to become a full-time driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Reaume Brothers Racing. 'I can't be part-time, you can't act on the side.' In an interview with Fox News, Muniz called his new gig "a dream come true." "It's something that I've always wanted to do, and the fact that I actually get to announce that I'm doing it full-time next year, I'm thrilled," he said. Muniz continued, "Making the leap up to the Truck Series is a whole other level." Muniz practices at the Nashville Superspeedway in June.Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images When asked if he was ready to give up acting to be a full-time driver, Muniz said he has been working toward being a professional driver for decades."I wouldn't say it was a hard decision. This is something I've been working for for literally 20 years," he told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade.Muniz gave a candid interview in April during which he expressed similar sentiments about leaving Hollywood, explaining his disconnect with the acting world."I never felt like I fully fit in the Hollywood world, even though I was in the world," he recalled. "I was nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, and I was going to all this stuff, and I was there, and I was like, 'How am I here?'"Muniz added, "I hated L.A., so I kind of stayed in my own little world, my own little bubble. And moving to Arizona, I did it on a whim, and I realized immediately that I started looking up. I started enjoying looking at trees and birds in the sky. Going to the grocery store was a fun thing. You don’t get that in L.A. It’s a miserable experience." Muniz added that he wanted to keep his children out of Hollywood. Despite saying he had a positive experience, he noted that he knew a number of people who had "insanely negative" experiences.For racing, Muniz said he has been chasing the "incredible feeling" of coming in first, and that comes with training and competing just as hard as the other drivers — not acting. "I can't be part-time, you can't act on the side," he reiterated. Muniz already has made two starts with Reaume Brothers Racing in 2024, first at the Rackley Roofing 200 in Nashville on June 28 and then the Kubota Tractor 200 in Kansas City, Kansas, on Sept. 27. He finished 31st out of 36 drivers in Nashville and 29th out of 34 in Kansas City, Kansas. According to NASCAR, the 38-year-old hopes to continue "building chemistry with the team and developing his notebook for the upcoming year." Muniz will drive the No. 33 Ford next season. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An Arizona teenager plotted an ISIS-inspired terror attack on the Phoenix Pride Festival, according to authorities. The alleged terror plot reportedly involved an explosive remote-controlled drone, but local authorities and the FBI said they thwarted the purported attack. Marvin Aneer Jalo, 17, was arrested Friday — which coincided with the first day of LGBTQ events in the annual Phoenix Pride Festival, which culminated with the annual parade Sunday.'Bomb 2024 Pride Parade and take over USA.'A grand jury indicted Jalo, of Peoria, on two class 2 felonies: one count of terrorism and one count of conspiracy to commit terrorism. Jalo will be tried as an adult. He was being held on a $1 million cash-only bond.According to a press release from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Jalo "participated in online chat rooms discussing the supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device and then had those supplies shipped to him" between Nov. 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024."He discussed his intent to make TATP (triacetone triperoxide), an unstable explosive that can propel shrapnel and other dangerous items outward, causing serious injury or death to people in the area," according to the attorney’s office.A search warrant on Jalo’s phone reportedly revealed an instructional video of an ISIS fighter making the TATP.Officials said Jalo "posted various videos of himself making the TATP" after the ingredients for the explosives were delivered to him in November 2023. Months after receiving the explosive ingredients, Jalo allegedly was "continuing to reference a desire to use those explosives." Prosecutors claimed Jalo had "expressed his plan to attack the Phoenix Pride Festival" that took place this month.KTVK-TV reported that Jalo befriended alleged extremists online and wrote in one post that they could “bomb 2024 Pride Parade and take over USA.” Jalo's mother reportedly told police that she got into an argument with her son after she discovered him "in chat rooms, with the use of his cell phone, speaking with other subjects whom she described as terrorists, who had been conspiring to conduct a possible attack."The indictment claims that Jalo "intentionally or knowingly did provide advice, assistance, direction or management of an act of terrorism to further the goals, desires, aims, public pronouncements, manifestos or political objective of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria."The station noted that investigators discovered chat messages in which Jalo allegedly planned to create a “bomb drone” by using a remote-controlled flying vehicle armed with explosives. 'I can tell you that this is an individual who does indicate that he does have some very radical ideas.'According to prosecutors, Jalo was on Telegram where he had "conversations about making an RC-controlled bomb and attacking various targets, including in New York City.""[Jalo] told police that he needed to gather more knowledge and better prepare himself before taking part in a terrorist event," according to KSAZ-TV. The Phoenix Pride Festival is self-described as "an annual celebratory and educational event commemorating the 'Stonewall Riots,' acknowledged as the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. The Festival & Parade Celebration brings the entire local LGBT community together to celebrate openly and proudly with the greater public."Phoenix Pride spokesperson Jeremy Helfgot said, "It was stopped. It was stopped safely. It was stopped in time, and our events were able to proceed safely and without incident, and that’s something important to the confidence of the community to know that we have partners who are watching our back. We have to continue to fight for the rights that don’t yet exist to protect all of the most vulnerable among our community, and to continue to ward off the kinds of threats that we saw this weekend, born out of hatred, born out of ignorance, born out of spite."Arizona Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs was the grand marshal of this year's Phoenix Pride Parade and told KTVK, "I’m shocked and horrified at the alleged plot to attack innocent Arizonans and members of the LGBTQ community who attended the Phoenix Pride festival, and I’m grateful for the swift actions taken by law enforcement to prevent a potential tragedy."The investigation that led to the teen's arrest was conducted by the Investigations Unit of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the FBI Phoenix Field Office, and the Buckeye and Glendale Police Departments. “I can tell you that this is an individual who does indicate that he does have some very radical ideas. He is homophobic in his philosophy. He definitely took steps in the process of putting together something that would act as an explosive,” said Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced massive changes to the country's immigration policies after members of his own party called on him to step down in a private letter leaked to the media. 'This is temporary — to pause our population growth and let our economy catch up.'Trudeau made the announcements on social media Thursday after his party lost two parliamentary elections that are making his colleagues panic. "We’re going to significantly reduce the number of immigrants coming to Canada for the next two years. This is temporary — to pause our population growth and let our economy catch up. We have to get the system working right for all Canadians," said Trudeau from his social media account. He went on to say that they would allow fewer temporary foreign workers in Canada and tighten rules for companies to prove why they cannot hire Canadians before hiring foreigners. The turnabout is likely in response to a leaked letter from a closed-door meeting of the liberal party on Wednesday. The letter criticizing Trudeau was read aloud at the meeting and cited polling that showed conservatives in a double-digit lead as they head into national elections, according to the New York Times. After the meeting, Trudeau only said, “The Liberal Party is strong and united," as he walked past reporters lined up outside.Trudeau's announcement on immigration might be a last-ditch effort to appease his critics on the right. "Immigration is central to the story of Canada. Our decision to temporarily reduce the number of immigrants is a pragmatic one that addresses the needs of our economy right now," he added in a second post. The party has no official mechanism to force Trudeau out of his office, but if liberals lose the election, he would likely be voted out by the next Parliament. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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