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When the Indiana Fever started the season, the vibes were immaculate.

The had perhaps the biggest superstar in women's basketball, Caitlin Clark, leading a Big 3 that included Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston. They had gone out and signed free agents DeWanna Bonner, Natasha Howard and sharp-shooter Sophie Cunningham with the goal of making the team a championship contender.

It didn't take long for the mood to change.

Bonner lost her starting job and fell out of the team's regular rotation. She missed two weeks in June due to personal reasons and was released June 25 when the team was unable to find a trade partner.

Clark sustained a series of soft tissue injuries and announced Sept. 4 she would not return this season because of a left groin injury. Backup point guard Sydney Colson (torn ACL), Aari McDonald (broken foot), Cunningham (knee injury) and Chloe Bibby (knee injury) also suffered season-ending injuries.

The Fever pushed through all these obstacles to finish 24-20 and make the playoffs as the No. 6 seed. They advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated by the Las Vegas Aces 107-98 in overtime of Game 5 Tuesday in Atlanta.

Aliyah Boston (7), Caitlin Clark (22) and Kelsey Mitchell (0) make up the Indiana Fever's Big 3.

"It says a lot about this group, how resilient they've been, how tough they've been, how locked in they've been to just putting one foot in front of the other and doing whatever is necessary to position ourselves to win ball games," Fever coach Stephanie White said. "And I think it says a lot about them that they've been able to bring in and we've been able to bring in new players, and they've adjusted and adapted to them."

The Fever had nine different starting lineups and 16 players on the roster this season. Who will return in 2026? Clark, Boston and Makayla Timpson are all on rookie deals but are the only players locked in for next year. The rest of the roster, with the impending collective bargaining agreement, are free agents.

That said, if the new CBA includes core players, the Fever will likely use the designation on Mitchell for a second straight season. She started all 44 games for the Fever this season averaging a career best 20.2 points and added 3.4 assists. Being designated as a WNBA core player means the Fever will have exclusive rights to negotiate with Mitchell for a one-year, supermax contract.

As for the remaining starters, Howard is a free agent after signing a one-year deal for $214,466 in February, returning to the franchise that drafted her in 2014. She has started 44 games, averaging 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds. Lexie Hull is a restricted free agent after playing under a three-year, $217,502 rookie-scale contract that includes a fourth-year option that was exercised by the team. She started 30 games and averaged 7.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

Odyssey Sims' was signed on a short-term hardship contract after Clark and Colson's injuries. She was initially signed to a series of seven-day contracts, they converted them to rest-of-season contract to make her eligible for the playoffs.

White, who left the Connecticut Sun to return to Indiana in the offseason, is also expected to return.

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Aces need OT to top shorthanded Fever, reach WNBA Finals Field Level MediaOctober 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM 0 Sep 30, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) pulls a rebound away from Indiana Fever guard Aerial Powers (23) during the second quarter of game five of the second ro...

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Sep 30, 2025; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) pulls a rebound away from Indiana Fever guard Aerial Powers (23) during the second quarter of game five of the second round for the 2025 WNBA Playoffs at Michelob Ultra Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)

A'ja Wilson poured in 35 points, Jackie Young had career playoff highs of 32 points and 10 assists and the Las Vegas Aces punched their ticket to the WNBA Finals with a 107-98 overtime victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.

The second-seeded Aces won the best-of-five semifinal series 3-2 and will face the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals, which will begin Friday in Las Vegas. The Aces are making their third trip to the finals in four years after winning the title in 2022 and 2023.

Wilson and Young became the first teammates to each register 30-plus points in a WNBA playoff game.

Chelsea Gray scored eight of her 17 points in overtime for Las Vegas, which won 16 straight games to end the regular season.

The short-handed Fever, seeded sixth, pushed the game to overtime even after losing star guard Kelsey Mitchell to injury and seeing center Aliyah Boston foul out late in regulation. Odyssey Sims led six Fever players in double figures with 27 points while adding six assists. Natasha Howard scored 16 points, and Boston paired 11 points with 16 rebounds.

Mitchell had 15 points before leaving the game in the third quarter with a noncontact leg injury. During the same play on which Boston received her fifth foul, Mitchell signaled for medical attention while grabbing at her left knee.

What appeared to be a potential leg cramp turned into several minutes of trainers working on the leg before Mitchell was able to stand and walk off with assistance.

The Fever made 9 of 14 field-goal attempts in the fourth quarter to dig out of a 77-68 deficit in the last 7 1/2 minutes. Boston sank a layup and Sims hit two free throws to tie it at 84 before Boston was called for a loose-ball foul with 27.1 seconds to go, her disqualifying sixth of the game. Indiana unsuccessfully challenged the call.

Young made two free throws, and the Fever used their reset timeout to advance the ball. Wilson tried and failed to steal the inbound pass to Sims, who took it in for a layup with 22.5 seconds left to tie the game 86-86 and ultimately set up overtime.

Las Vegas' first three field goals of overtime were threes, one by Jewell Loyd and two by Gray. In the final minute, Shey Peddy's trey cut a six-point Indiana deficit in half, but Young's pair of foul shots with 20 seconds left cemented the result.

In the first half alone, there were 13 lead changes and 14 ties while neither team led by more than five points. Las Vegas was up 47-45 at the break.

Wilson scored 13 points in the third period, including the Aces' final seven -- a triple, two free throws and a 2-pointer -- as Las Vegas built a 71-63 advantage with 10 minutes to go.

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President Donald Trump posted an expletive-laden, deepfake video with racist tropes about immigrants after talks with Democrats did not end in agreement to keep the federal government open.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Trump and Republican leaders on Sept. 29, just over 24 hours ahead of the government funding deadline.

Later that night, Trump posted an apparently AI-created video of Schumer speaking in a fake voice and Jeffries standing next to him with a sombrero, a mustache and mariachi music playing in the background.

"There's no way to sugarcoat it, nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of our woke, trans (expletive)," Schumer's fake voice says. "Not even Black people wanna vote for us anymore, even Latinos hate us. So we need new votes. And if we give all these illegal aliens free healthcare, we might be able to get them on our side so they can vote for us. They can't even speak English, so they won't realize we're just a bunch of woke pieces of (expletive)."

Jeffries and Schumer responded to the video by bringing it back to the fight over government funding.

"Bigotry will get you nowhere," Jeffries posted after Trump's video. "Cancel the Cuts. Lower the Cost. Save Healthcare. We are NOT backing down."

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Video called racist for stereotypes about immigrants and dig at Black voters

The video is widely considered racist, including by Jeffries himself. Trump shared it on his Truth Social account and X account, where it garnered more than 22.8 million views.

The video contains several pieces of disinformation. About half of all U.S. immigrants speak English according to Pew, immigrants in the U.S. illegally can't vote, and undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded coverage, like Medicaid. Some have characterized the video as satire, mocking or trolling.

"Whether or not it's satirical, it's still racist," said Peter Loge, the director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication at The George Washington University. He explained how it used Mexican stereotypes with the hat and music, falsely equated every Mexican person with undocumented immigrants, and put down the intelligence of Black and Latino voters.

"The president of the United States has a responsibility to increase trust in the democratic institutions and to bring the American people together," Loge said. "Nobody should be sharing that video. Certainly not the president of the United States who represents all of the Americans, not just a small political base that supports him."

"Anyone who's feigning outrage over a perfect meme should instead focus on the countless Americans who will suffer as a result of the Democrat shutdown," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told USA TODAY in a statement.

Jeffries redirects to Epstein, healthcare funding fight

Jeffries and House Democrats held a press conference on Sept. 30 to highlight their efforts to fight for their healthcare demands as the threat of a government shutdown looms.

"Mr. President, the next time you have something to say about me, don't cop out to a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face," Jeffries said on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. He went on to blame Republicans for not negotiating to fund the government.

Jeffries also took a hit back at Trump on social media shortly after the AI video went up, pointing to the ongoing controversy over Trump's relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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"If you think your shutdown is a joke, it just proves what we all know: You can't negotiate. You can only throw tantrums," Schumer posted on Sept. 29 when sharing Trump's AI video.

Schumer also called Trump a 10-year-old trolling the internet in remarks on the Senate floor, according The Hill.

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Funding for the government expires at midnight on Sept. 30 and a breakthrough for an agreement looks unlikely.

"There was a frank and direct discussion with the president of the United States and Republican leaders," Jeffries said after meeting with the president on Sept. 29, but added, "significant and meaningful differences remain."

Republicans want a stopgap solution that would extend funding through Nov. 21, and Democrats want changes to healthcare access and subsidies as part of the deal. Both sides are trying to blame a potential shutdown on each other.

Without funding, staffing at many federal agencies will be significantly reduced and federal services (except those considered "essential") will be halted.

(This story has been with additional information.)

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President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

HOUSTON (AP) — With the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years looming, the Trump administration is using official government communications to blame Democrats and promote the president's policies.

At least one agency has posted a public warning blaming "the massive pain" of any shutdown on "The Radical Left," provoking questions about potential violations of the Hatch Act, which restricts partisan political activity by U.S. federal employees.

While furloughs of employees have been part of previous shutdowns, federal agencies under President Donald Trump have also been urged to consider more permanent reductions in force for programs "not consistent with the President's priorities."

Here's a look at the shutdown messaging coming from the federal government:

Housing and Urban Development website

Visitors to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's website on Tuesday were greeted with a pop-up message warning that "The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands."

"The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people," the rest of the message read.

Asked about the banner on HUD's website that accuses Democrats of trying to shut down the government, agency spokesperson Kasey Lovett said in a statement that "the Far Left is barreling our country toward a shut down, which will hurt all Americans."

Some internet users suggested the message would violate the Hatch Act, an 80-year-old law that restricts partisan political activity by U.S. federal employees. HUD officials pushed back on those claims, noting the banner did not refer to an election, and did not mention any party or politician by name.

Messages to federal employees

Employees across the federal government have reported receiving messages noting Trump's general opposition to a shutdown.

Employees at the Departments of Interior, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice received a message noting that Trump "opposes a government shutdown, and strongly supports the enactment of HR 5371," the GOP-backed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21.

"Unfortunately Democrats are blocking the resolution in the Senate due to unrelated policy demands," the message went on. "If Congressional Democrats maintain their current posture and refuse to pass a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded before midnight on Sept. 30, 2025, federal funding will lapse."

Some agencies, like the Securities and Exchange Commission, posted more informational notices online, detailing planning for operating status changes "concurrently with the rest of the federal government."

Furloughs and layoffs

Some federal employees would be furloughed during a shutdown, and the White House's budget office has warned agencies to consider permanently cutting staff in some of the areas that would be affected, a new twist on the situation.

In a memo released last week, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse this week, are not otherwise funded and are "not consistent with the President's priorities." That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns, when federal workers not deemed essential were furloughed but returned to their jobs once Congress approved government spending.

A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate their positions. That would trigger another massive upheaval in a federal workforce that has already faced major rounds of cuts this year due to efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency and elsewhere in the Trump administration.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Kelsey Mitchell suffered an apparent left leg injury in the third quarter of Tuesday night's decisive Game 5 of the WNBA semifinal series against the Las Vegas Aces.

Mitchell seemed to sustain the non-contact injury with 5:05 left in the period. Her teammates quickly surrounded her, giving Mitchell privacy. She lay on the court for at least five minutes. A stretcher was brought out, but Mitchell left the floor without it and was helped to the locker room.

Mitchell has been the Fever's top player this postseason, averaging 23.3 points on a team decimated by injuries. They entered this game without six players, including star Caitlin Clark.

Mitchell scored 15 points, making all three 3-pointers, before leaving the game. She averaged 20.2 points in the regular season and was a finalist for WNBA MVP.

The winner of Tuesday's game advances to the WNBA Finals against Phoenix.

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1 / 5Red Sox Yankees BaseballBoston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet delivers against the New York Yankees during the first inning of Game 1 of an American League wild-card baseball playoff series, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Crochet was in Boston's dugout on the day before the playoffs began when manager Alex Cora picked up the phone to the bullpen to contact a member of the front office.

"`Tomorrow you're going to make one call to the bullpen,'" Cora recalled the pitcher telling him.

"I said: `Maybe two,'" the manager responded.

"He's like: `No, no, no. One. It's going to be straight to Chappy,'" Cora said.

Crochet backed up his bravado with his pitches. He threw 117 of them, most in a postseason game in six years, besting Max Fried and the New York Yankees with a throwback performance on the mound.

The left-hander struck out 11 and walked none over 7 2/3 innings while allowing four hits as the Red Sox rallied for a 3-1 victory Tuesday night in an AL Wild Card Series opener. When he was pulled, Cora went directly to All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman. No setup men needed.

"Just being arrogant, to be honest. I didn't actually expect that to be the case," Crochet said.

Anthony Volpe put the Yankees ahead in the second with an opposite-field homer to right on a sinker. Crochet then retired 17 consecutive batters until Volpe's one-out single in the eighth.

By then, Boston had taken a 2-1 lead. As soon as Fried left the game, Ceddanne Rafaela overcome an 0-2 count against reliever Luke Weaver to walk on 11 pitches. Nick Sogard doubled and pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a two-run single.

Crochet saved his hardest pitch for last, a 100.2 mph full-count offering on the inside corner at the knees that froze Austin Wells for a called third strike.

"That's why we call him the beast," Boston shortstop Trevor Story said.

Crochet went to full counts on four batters and struck out all four.

"We had some big 3-2 counts and some hitter's counts and just weren't able to come through," Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt said.

When Crochet reached the dugout after striking out Wells, he was clutched in a bear hug by fellow pitcher Lucas Giolito, his old Chicago White Sox teammate.

"He was aggressive. You could see it in his eyes before the game that he wanted it bad," said Boston's Alex Bregman, who in his 100th postseason game added an RBI double in the ninth off David Bednar.

Victory wasn't assured until Chapman escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the ninth.

The winner of Game 1 advanced in all 12 previous Wild Card Series, 10 in sweeps.

"Hopefully we can continue that," Cora said.

A 26-year-old left-hander, Crochet was traded to Boston in December, escaping a White Sox team that lost 121 games in 2024, a major league record since 1900. He agreed in April to a $170 million, six-year contract that starts next year.

Crochet went 18-5 with a 2.59 ERA this season, leading the major leagues with 255 strikeouts and topping the AL with 205 1/3 innings.

"He's just a guy that wants it bad," Cora said. "He was in a situation last year that he was learning how to become a starter. He got traded to become the ace. He got paid like an ace, and since day one he's acted like that."

Corchet's 117 pitches were the most in a postseason game since Washington's Stephen Strasburg threw 117 over seven innings to beat St. Louis in Game 3 of the 2019 National League Championship Series. Just three outings this year extended to 117 pitches, by Cleveland's Gavin Williams (126), San Francisco's Justin Verlander (121) and Tampa Bay's Zack Littell (117 ).

There hasn't been a postseason complete game since Houston's Justin Verlander against the Yankees in Game 2 of the 2019 American League Championship Series.

Crochet, however, doesn't long for the bygone days of Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson.

"I don't know if it is sustainable with my velocity," he said. "I am not sure how hard they were throwing back then. I like to think I am prepared to do that even in today's game."

Crochet's previous high was 112 pitches on June 1. A converted reliever who missed the 2022 season following Tommy John surgery, he is in just his second season as a starter — earning an All-Star selection in both years.

After the game, Cora told Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow the team had prepared Crochet for the moment.

"There's going to be starts in the regular season that we have to take care of guys for this, 85 pitches against the Mets, skipping a start here and there, the All-Star break, doing all that stuff is for this to happen," Cora said. "For how great he was tonight, I tip my hat to the medical staff because they've done an amazing job with a guy that had never pitched 200 innings, had never made more than 30 starts."

Bregman knows all about aces, having played with Verlander and Gerrit Cole in Houston.

"They're very similar. Very confident, aggressive, prepared, focused and determined," he said. "It brings a confidence to your team that is so important, especially with postseason baseball. I've played with some of the best pitchers ever to do it and Garrett's right up there."

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**Star: **Lauren Jauregui****Known for: **Fifth Harmony singer****Status: **Eliminated on Sept. 30, 2025****Goal for the season: **Jauregui wants people to get to know her separate from the girl group she's always been associated with.

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**Star: **Baron Davis****Known for: **NBA All-Star****Status: **Eliminated on Sept. 23, 2025****Why he decided to compete: **Inspired by fellow athletes like** **Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who also competed on *DWTS*, Davis said he wants to get physically stronger and learn how to dance.

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**Star: **Corey Feldman****Known for: **Star of *The Goonies, Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, *and* License to Drive*****Status: **Eliminated on Sept. 23, 2025****Why he decided to compete: **Feldman has been an actor and musician for 50 years, but he's now ready to learn the one discipline he's never mastered: ballroom dancing.

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**Star: **Elaine Hendrix**** Known for: **Actress best known for playing Meredith Blake in *The Parent Trap***** Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy**** Why she decided to compete: **Hendrix began her career as a professional dancer, but after she was struck by a car, her plans pivoted to acting. Now, she's prepared to give dancing another go.

Andy Richter and Emma Slater

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**Star: **Andy Richter****Known for: **Comedian,** **Conan O'Brien's sidekick on *Late Night*, *The Tonight Show*, and *CONAN*****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Why he decided to compete: **Richter said he's been "dance avoidant" his entire career. "The time is up on that, I guess," he said.

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**Star: **Jen Affleck****Known for:** Star of*The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives*****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Why she decided to compete:** Affleck just had a baby eight weeks ago, but that's not stopping her from taking her TikTok dances from her kitchen countertop to the ballroom. "I don't know if my pelvic floor is ready, but I'm ready," she joked.

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**Star: **Whitney Leavitt****Known for: **Star of*The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives*****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Goal for the season: **To push (but also beat) her friend, fellow MomTok member and *The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* star Jen Affleck.

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**Star: **Robert Irwin**** Known for: **Conservationist, son of late *Crocodile Hunter* star Steve Irwin, and brother of *DWTS* season 21 winner Bindi Irwin**** Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy**** Goal for the season:** To inspire people and carry on the legacy of his father and sister.

Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa

DANCING WITH THE STARS - ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" stars Jordan Childs and Ezra Sosa.

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**Star: **Jordan Chiles****Known for: **Gymnast and Olympic gold medalist****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Goal for the season: **Live up to the high bar that her Team USA gymnastics teammates Simone Biles and Suni Lee set on past seasons of *DWTS*.

Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko

Gleb Savchenk and Hilaria Baldwin

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**Star: **Hilaria Baldwin**** Known for: **Reality TV star, married to Alec Baldwin**** Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy**** Why she decided to compete: **Baldwin was previously a dancer, but broke her hip in 2009. "Dance feeds my soul," she said. "And I like doing physically challenging things."

Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold

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**Star:** Scott Hoying****Known for:** Member of a cappella group Pentatonix****Status:** Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy**** Why he decided to compete:** Hoying wants to overcome his fear of dancing, and learn to feel comfortable on stage without his fellow Pentatonix members. "Singing is something I'm very comfortable with. The dancing feels a lot more vulnerable," he said.**

Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach

DANCING WITH THE STARS - ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" stars Daniella Karagach and Dylan Efron.

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**Star: **Dylan Efron**** Known for: **Winner of season 3 of*The Traitors, *brother of Zac Efron**** Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy**** Why he decided to compete:** As an adrenaline junkie, Efron wanted to challenge himself in a new way by competing for the Mirrorball. "This experience is gonna raise my heart rate more than anything I've ever done," he said.

Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov

Pasha Pashkov and Danielle Fishel

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**Star: **Danielle Fishel****Known for: **Actress best known for playing Topanga on *Boy Meets World* and *Girl Meets World*****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Why she decided to compete: **Fishel just beat breast cancer and has declared this as her year of "Yes."

Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy

Alix Earle and Valentin Chmerkovskiy

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**Star: **Alix Earle****Known for:** Beauty and lifestyle influencer****Status: **Still competing to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy****Goal for the season: **To have people see her competitive side.

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&34;Robert Irwin is all grown up!&34; she proclaimed. DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba left tonguetied by shirtless Robert Irwin

"Robert Irwin is all grown up!" she proclaimed.

DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba left tongue-tied by shirtless Robert Irwin

"Robert Irwin is all grown up!" she proclaimed.

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