Is traditional marriage doomed for millennials and Gen Z?

We delve into the declining marriage rates, focusing on East and Southeast Asia, and analyse the contributing factors to this trend. As marriage and birth rates decline across many countries, we explore how millennials and Gen Z are redefining long-term commitment. Younger generations in several nations are increasingly embracing alternative and non-traditional marriage trends, prompting discussions about the evolving nature of conventional marriage frameworks and their potential effects on society and the economy. Presenter: Anelise Borges Guests:Anna Lee – YouTuber and content creatorAaron Mossadeg – Actor and host of Love DelayedAmy Chan – Relationship expert and author Adblock test (Why?)
Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests

Bangladesh Information Minister Mohammad Arafat talks to Al Jazeera about deadly anti-quota protests and unrest. Bangladesh has recently seen some of its worst violence in decades – violence sparked by student protests against a government-job quota system that demonstrators say favoured supporters of the ruling Awami League party. The Country’s Supreme Court has now scrapped the quota. Still, with dozens killed and hundreds arrested, serious questions remain over the government’s handling of the crisis, with students demanding meaningful change in a country where they believe democratic values are at risk. Join us over the next half an hour as Mohammad Arafat, Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting, talks to Al Jazeera. Adblock test (Why?)
Texas sues Biden administration over program giving birth control to teens without parents’ knowledge

Texas officials are challenging a recent order from President Biden’s administration that would allow schools to distribute birth control to teenagers without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that his office is suing the Biden administration over their 2021 change to Title X guidelines banning parental consent requirements for birth control services. “By attempting to force Texas healthcare providers to offer contraceptives to children without parental consent, the Biden Administration continues to prove they will do anything to implement their extremist agenda — even undermine the Constitution and violate the law,” Paxton said in a statement. TRUMP SAYS HE ‘WILL NEVER ADVOCATE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON BIRTH CONTROL’ OR OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES The Texas legal battle began in Dec. 2021 when US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that Title X — the federal program that provides free, confidential contraception to anyone regardless of age, income or immigration status — violates parental rights and violates state and federal laws. The case was argued by former solicitor general of Texas Jonathan Mitchell, representing father Alex Deanda, who said he was “raising each of his daughters in accordance with Christian teaching on matters of sexuality, which requires unmarried children to practice abstinence and refrain from sexual intercourse until marriage.” SCHUMER PLANS VOTE ON ‘CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION’ IN BID TO PROTECT SENATE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY In response, the federal government updated guidelines to state that Title X projects “may not require consent of parents or guardians for the provision of services to minors, nor can any Title X project staff notify a parent or guardian before or after a minor has requested and/or received Title X family planning services.” Paxton is now seeking a permanent injunction on this rule, which he claims defies the findings of the federal court. Paxton filed the lawsuit in a federal court in Amarillo. It will likely be heard by Kacsmaryk, the same judge who previously ruled parents must be informed of birth control provided to their children.
Moderate House Dems push for crackdown on noncitizens voting in US elections

A pair of moderate House Democrats are co-leading a bipartisan push to crack down on noncitizens voting in U.S. elections. Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joined legislation being spearheaded by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., less than six months ahead of the November presidential election. The pair of Democrat lawmakers’ support is significant – a bill to repeal Washington, D.C.’s policy allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections was vehemently opposed by the progressive left but wound up passing with support from 52 Democrats. FLASHBACK: TRUCKER WHO FAMOUSLY OUSTED LONGTIME NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT LOSES BID FOR SECOND TERM More recently, House GOP leaders ushered through legislation that would require proof of citizenship in the voter registration process earlier this month. That bill, backed by former President Trump, passed with support from five Democrats but has not been taken up by the Senate. The bill’s introduction also comes as Republicans blame the Biden administration’s border and immigration policies for fueling the ongoing migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with some suggesting it could lead to illegal immigrants voting in American elections. “Across the world, the awesome and exclusive rights of citizens are intrinsically linked to equally awesome and exclusive responsibilities. You cannot have one without the other. So, this bill also affirms that no matter where you live in our country, the right to vote in the United States is a right reserved for citizens alone,” Golden said in a statement. KAMALA HARRIS VETTING LIST OF POSSIBLE RUNNING MATES WITH 4 STANDOUTS: REPORT Perez said in her own statement, “We need to uphold the constitutional ideal that decisions made for our country are made by citizens of our country – and this bipartisan legislation will protect the integrity of Americans’ choices at the ballot box.” The bill prohibits states from allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections, something that is already illegal. It goes a step further, however, threatening the federal funding of states that allow noncitizens to vote in state and local elections as well. KEY ENDORSEMENTS POUR IN FOR KAMALA HARRIS AS VP SELECTION NEARS The legislation also expands voting access for Americans themselves by requiring states to allow voters who are not affiliated with a political party to participate in primary elections. Currently, some states only hold “closed primaries,” where people registered with a certain party can participate in that party’s primary election. Fitzpatrick said of his bill, “This commonsense reform is not political or controversial. It ensures every U.S. citizen, regardless of political affiliation, has the unequivocal right to vote while reinforcing election integrity by strictly prohibiting non-citizens from participating in taxpayer-funded elections.”
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New poll shows Trump, Harris tied in key battleground state: ‘Close as close can be’

A new survey reveals that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are tied in a crucial state, despite the former president’s previous lead by nearly two digits. A Detroit News WDIV-TV survey, conducted after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, found that Trump and Harris are tied with 41% support in Michigan, while 6% of Michigan voters remain undecided. The polling results reflect a major shift in support since a January survey revealing that Trump was leading Biden in the state by 8 points. “This is as close as close can be,” Glengariff founder Richard Czuba said alongside the polling results. HARRIS EDGES CLOSER TO TRUMP IN NEW POLL CONDUCTED AFTER BIDEN’S WITHDRAWAL About 10% of respondents said that they are backing the state’s Natural Law Party candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a factor that Czuba says could decide the election. TRUMP QUICKLY MOVES TO DEFINE HARRIS AS ‘MORE LEFT THAN BERNIE SANDERS’ “The reality is nobody should issue a poll in Michigan that does not include Kennedy because he is a major factor here,” Czuba said. “He’s leading among Independents, and in Michigan, we all know that’s who decides the election. And they’re being divided, not by two, but by three now, so that really scrambles the equation.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been floated as a potential running mate for Harris, though the governor has stated that she would not run and would not leave her home state. The results found that a Harris-Whitmer ticket gave the Democrats a slight boost of 3 points in a hypothetical general election matchup against Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance. Michigan voted Republican in every election from 1972 through 1988, but the state turned blue for six straight presidential elections from 1992 through 2012. Trump narrowly won the battleground state in the 2016 presidential election against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but he was defeated in the following cycle by Biden. The Glengariff Group/The News and WDIV-TV survey was conducted from July 22 to July 24 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Flashback: Harris pushed Dems to reject funding for ICE detention beds, Border Patrol agents

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, in 2018, pushed her colleagues in the Senate to reject a request by the Trump administration for more funding for immigration detention beds and Border Patrol agents. In a letter to senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee in 2018, Harris and other senators called for them to “reject President Trump’s FY 19 funding request for a costly and ineffective border wall, new Border Patrol agents, and a large increase in U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and detention beds.” “We urge you to reduce funding for the administration’s reckless immigration enforcement operations that are tearing families apart and harming our economy.” TRUMP EYES MULTIPLE BORDER VISITS AS HE DRAWS CONTRAST WITH ‘RADICAL LEFT’ HARRIS The letter highlights that under the Trump administration, arrests of those with no criminal background tripled. Specifically, the letter calls for the committee to reduce funding levels for ICE beds. “In line with our deep concern about the administration’s embrace of indiscriminate enforcement, we urge the Committee to reduce funding for beds in the federal immigration detention system,” they say, citing limited oversight and “inhumane conditions.” In addition to calling on the committee to reject border wall funding, they called for the committee “to reject President Trump’s proposal for funding to hire new Border Patrol personnel at this time.” The lawmakers argue that the Border Patrol workforce is smaller than authorized. They say that instead of increasing the size of Border Patrol, agents should be supported with “retention incentives, enhanced training and improved guidance” to enhance public safety. They also say that funds that may be used to arrest and deport “Dreamers” — illegal immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children — should not be appropriated. FEARING TRUMP VICTORY, NEW MIGRANT CARAVAN SETS OFF TOWARDS US BORDER The letter contrasts with parts of a bipartisan Senate package that Harris and the Biden administration support — and have attacked Republicans for failing to support. That bill brought together increased funding for border operations with a mechanism to restrict border crossings if they reach a certain level. In a fact sheet on that bill released this year, the White House says the agreement includes over $20 billion for border security. “Border Patrol staffing has remained roughly flat over the last four years, despite border encounters increasing by 250 percent over the same period. Today, there are just shy of 20,000 Border Patrol Agents. The bipartisan Senate bill would add more than 1,500 new Customs and Border Protection personnel,” it says. Meanwhile, that agreement would also dramatically expand the number of ICE detention beds. “ICE detention facilities are currently over capacity. Today, ICE has approximately 40,000 detention beds. The bipartisan Senate agreement would increase detention beds to a total of 50,000. Moreover, without immediate action from Congress DHS will need to move funding to ICE from other critical missions or reduce ICE’s enforcement operations to manage a shortfall of several hundred million dollars,” it said. There are significant differences in policy between the administrations, however. The Biden administration has dramatically narrowed immigration enforcement to focus only on public safety threats and national security threats, limiting what critics said was indiscriminate enforcement under the Trump administration. Additionally, it has provided legal pathways to enter the U.S., including by allowing 1,500 people per day via the CBP One app at ports of entry, and 30,000 nationals from four countries to fly in via the same parole system. However, the administration has been deeply critical of Republicans for not backing the deal, saying that to fix the ongoing crisis they need additional funding and significant immigration reform from Congress. “This agreement on border security and immigration does not include everything we have fought for over the past three years — and we will continue to fight for these priorities — but it shows: we can make the border more secure while preserving legal immigration, consistent with our values as a nation,” Harris said in a statement. Republicans have rejected that narrative, saying that the border was secured despite Democratic efforts, and that the Biden administration has created chaos by unwinding those Trump-era efforts. “Working together with crooked Joe Biden, Kamala Harris supported a radical left policy of nationwide catch and release, halting all deportations, ending remain in Mexico so important, shredding my Safe Third agreement, stopping the wall construction,” former President Trump said this week on a press call. Trump contrasted his policies on border security with those of the administration. Just as the Biden administration ended many of his policies after taking office, he pledged to scrap Biden’s policies if he is elected. “So I will terminate every open-border policy of the Biden Harris administration. On day one, I will seal the border, stop the invasion, and keep America safe,” he said. Get the latest updates on the ongoing border crisis from the Fox News Digital immigration hub.
Whitmer on GOP charges replacing Biden was ‘undemocratic’: ‘Give me a break’

DURHAM, N.H. – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says it is hard to “seriously” take Republican criticism of Vice President Kamala Harris’ replacement of President Biden as the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee. “It is hard to take the Republican criticism seriously because one day it’s ‘Joe Biden shouldn’t be running.’ The next day it’s ‘well he should be running.’ Give me a break,” Whitmer said when asked by Fox News about the GOP criticism. The president, in a blockbuster announcement Sunday, ended his 2024 re-election rematch with former President Trump and endorsed his vice president. Biden made his move amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month’s first presidential debate with Trump. WHAT DEMOCRATIC GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER SAID ABOUT GOP RUNNING MATE JD VANCE The embattled president’s immediate backing of Harris ignited a surge of endorsements of Harris by Democratic governors, senators, House members and other party leaders. By Monday night, the vice president announced that she had locked up her party’s nomination by landing the backing of a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention. On Friday, former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama became the final major party leaders to endorse the vice president. Harris has also hauled in a staggering $129 million in fundraising since Biden’s announcement, her campaign touted on Thursday morning. 2024 SHOWDOWN: TRUMP QUICKLY MOVES TO TRY AND DEFINE HARRIS Republicans charge that the process has been anything but democratic – and they point to Biden’s own words. Before dropping out, the president had repeatedly cited the 14 million votes he won in this year’s Democratic presidential primaries as a reason he should stay in the 2024 race. “The voters – and the voters alone – decide the nominee of the Democratic Party,” he emphasized in a letter on July 8. “Not the press, not the pundits, not the big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well intentioned.” Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday called the switch at the top of the Democrats’ national ticket “an undemocratic move.” “These are nasty people, the Democrats,” Trump argued. Additionally, Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton claimed in a social media post this week that “Joe Biden succumbed to a coup by Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Hollywood donors, ignoring millions of Democratic primary votes.” Whitmer, speaking with Fox News at her third and final campaign event Thursday in swing state New Hampshire on behalf of Harris, acknowledged that Biden’s announcement “was a surprise to me. I was co-chair.” “But by the same token, I think it was the right decision and that’s why we have a vice president. Kamala Harris has been his number two for four years. No one should be surprised that he steps away, that she’s the one to step into the breach,” the governor emphasized. Whitmer’s name has repeatedly come up this week – among other high profile Democratic Party leaders – as a potential running mate for Harris. However, the governor reiterated “I am not a part of the process. I made it very clear that I am committed to fulfilling my term as governor in Michigan, and so I’m not going anywhere. I think I can be an even better ally to a Harris administration on the ground in Michigan.” Whitmer, though, did say that America is ready for two women on a national ticket. “Of course, America can have two women on a national ticket. We’ve had two men since the dawn of time. Women can lead as we’ve shown in many states where you’ve had great women leaders,” she emphasized. “Women know how to get things done. So two women would be better than one.” Whitmer, to cheers from the crowd of a couple of hundred party activists at her final stop of the day, highlighted that she “was grateful and honored to be a co-chair of the Biden campaign. I am similarly grateful and honored to be a co-chair of the Harris campaign.” No Republican has carried New Hampshire in a presidential election in 24 years, but recent polling suggested a margin-of-error contest between Biden and Trump. However, two new public opinion surveys in the state released on Thursday indicated Harris holding single-digit leads over Trump. Billy Shaheen, one of New Hampshire’s two members on the Democratic National Committee and the husband of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, touted to Fox News that it was “a phenomenal crowd. They are pumped. And you know what wins elections? Passion. Passion wins elections. This crowd is passionate.” John Tackeff, a longtime Democratic Party activist in New Hampshire and former strategist, said that “friends of mine who are not politically involved at all have been asking me the past couple of days how to get involved…it’s truly shocking to see the moment in the past couples of days.” However, New Hampshire GOP chair Chris Ager sees it a different way when it comes to Harris. “Democrat party elites and corporate money have coronated the most extreme left-wing US Senator as their nominee, without voter vetting. After the honeymoon period, voters will once again reject her hard-core leftist agenda,” he said in a statement to Fox News. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Vulnerable House Dem’s campaign makes stunning admission on potential Harris endorsement: ‘Clear statement’

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats facing re-election in November, ignored questions on Wednesday on whether she supports Vice President Kamala Harris for president and whether Harris did a “good job” as “border czar.” “Do you endorse Kamala Harris for president,” Gluesenkamp Perez is asked as she walked down the street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Gluesenkamp Perez, who has not publicly endorsed Harris, continued walking without responding. The congresswoman was asked several more times whether she endorses Harris, particularly since Gluesenkamp Perez is a DNC delegate, but a response was not provided, and she continued on her way. HARRIS’ SHIFT FROM TOUGH-ON-CRIME PROSECUTOR TO SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE FACES SCRUTINY FROM CONSERVATIVE GROUP Gluesenkamp Perez was also asked whether Harris has done a “good job” on illegal immigration as President Biden’s “border czar.” The congresswoman did not respond. Gluesenkamp Perez is one of only a few Washington Democrats yet to endorse Harris, The Daily Chronicle reported, although she has weighed in on the vice presidential race, telling Politico that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would be her choice. SIX HOUSE DEMS VOTE WITH GOP TO CONDEMN KAMALA HARRIS FOR ‘BORDER CZAR’ ROLE A spokesperson for Gluesenkamp Perez’s campaign told Fox News Digital her vote was “a clear statement of her opinion on that matter” and that she has “no plans to endorse Kamala Harris.” Gluesenkamp Perez’s decision to not respond to questions about Harris’ record on the border makes her at least the third member of the House to ignore that question this week. Democratic Reps. Emilia Sykes and Vicente Gonzalez have both ignored questions on the subject. “Extreme Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s silence speaks volumes,” NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen told Fox News Digital. “Perez’s callous dismissal of the border crisis and dodging on Kamala Harris’s performance as border czar prove she’s more interested in bending the knee to her Democrat Party bosses than protecting her district from the fentanyl epidemic ravaging southwest Washington.” On Thursday, Gluesenkamp Perez did seem to answer the question about Harris’ role at the border by becoming one of only 6 Democrats to vote in the House to condemn handling of the U.S.’ southern border, the first piece of legislation targeting Harris since she became the Democrats’ presumptive 2024 nominee. Gluesenkamp Perez, who represents Washington’s 3rd Congressional District in the southwest part of the state bordering Portland, Oregon, is widely viewed as one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House after winning her 2022 race by less than 2 points. The Cook Political Report ranks her race a “Democrat toss up.” Fox News Digital’s Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
Doocy grills White House on claims that Harris was never ‘border czar’

Fox News’ Peter Doocy grilled White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over recent claims that Vice President Kamala Harris never served as “border czar” Thursday. “Border czar” is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when President Biden appointed her to handle the “root causes” of illegal immigration. Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre on why the White House was attempting to distance Harris from the border crisis. Doocy quoted several Democratic talking points claiming that Harris was “never appointed border czar. There is no such position. It doesn’t exist.” “Why are Democrats so sensitive about the vice president and the border?” Doocy asked. “Do you think that the border would be less of a talking point now if there was less migration to the border, say, if somebody had addressed ‘root causes’ of migration sooner?” AXIOS HIT WITH COMMUNITY NOTE AFTER CLAIMING HARRIS WAS NEVER ‘BORDER CZAR’ “[Border apprehensions] are down by 55%. Not because of Republicans and what they did. It’s because of what this president and this vice president did,” Jean-Pierre responded. “We are going to debunk the false characterization of the vice president. She was not a border czar. And it’s not just us. Independent fact-checkers have said the same thing — that that did not exist, and that is not true,” she added. Harris was widely dubbed the “border czar” after President Biden tasked her in March 2021 to address the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America. In July 2021, she introduced a five-point general strategy to combat the “root causes” of illegal immigration. The plan did not include specific policies, but instead called for “diplomacy, foreign assistance, public diplomacy, and sanctions” to “establish a fair, orderly, and humane immigration system.” The document emphasized the “push” factors of migration, including natural disasters in Central America, poverty, hunger, and gang violence, each of which contributes to people leaving their homes in search of a better life in America. MSNBC, CNN LEFT ‘BLOWN AWAY,’ WITH ‘CHILLS’ AFTER HARRIS’ FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH: ‘JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT’ “In Central America, the root causes of migration run deep — and migration from the region has a direct impact on the United States,” Harris said at the time. “For that reason, our nation must consistently engage with the region to address the hardships that cause people to leave Central America and come to our border.” Republican critics of the Biden administration’s policies tend to emphasize “pull” factors — U.S. policies that incentivize illegal immigration by offering amnesty, protection from deportation, job opportunities, entitlement and other benefits to migrants. These push and pull factors work together and have led to an unprecedented number of people attempting to cross the southern border illegally in recent years. NEW YORK TIMES SPINS KAMALA HARRIS’ PAST WORD SALADS AS ‘CELEBRATORY ARTIFACTS’ WITH CANDIDACY UNDERWAY Customs and Border Protection agents encountered nearly 2.5 million persons attempting entry along the Southwest border in fiscal year 2023, an all-time record. Harris’ endeavors secured more than $5 billion in private investments for Northern Triangle nations, but the number of illegal immigrants to the U.S. has set new records each year since Biden put her in charge of the issue. Border apprehensions from those countries have dropped from 700,000 in FY 21 to less than 500,000 in FY 23, although it is unclear the extent to which that drop is connected to those root cause strategies. GOP critics have derided the vice president for only making one brief visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in June 2021 to El Paso, Texas, where there are comparatively fewer encounters. While the Biden administration has rejected “border czar” as an unofficial title for Harris’ role, the term was used by her critics and even embraced by multiple news organizations, at least until she ascended to the top of the ticket. Axios went viral Wednesday with its report about the “border confusion” that has haunted Harris, telling readers “the Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the ‘border czar’ title — which she never actually had.” However, critics cited Axios’ own reporting from 2021 saying that Biden had appointed Harris “border czar.” Axios later added an editor’s note stating, “This article has been updated and clarified to note that Axios was among the news outlets that incorrectly labeled Harris a ‘border czar’ in 2021.” “The propaganda press working so hard to erase the fact that Kamala Harris was put in charge of the border shows not only what a vulnerability her role in the border is but also what a huge vulnerability her general incompetence is,” The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway reacted on X. The debate over Harris’ roles and responsibilities as it pertains to the border comes as the House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines to condemn Harris’ handling of the issue. Six Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the measure, which passed 220-196. Although border encounters have decreased dramatically in recent months, CBP sources tell Fox News the number of “known getaways,” migrants who evade apprehension, has surpassed 200,000 this fiscal year. Fox News’ William La Jeunesse and Griff Jenkins, as well as Fox News Digital’s Joseph Wulfsohn and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.