Fox News Politics: VP Debate Night
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. DEBATE DAY: Live coverage begins today at 8 p.m. ET for the Fox News Simulcast of the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate. Learn more. What’s happening… – Trump edges Harris in North Carolina Poll, state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 2008 – Mast demands VA fire staffers over Vance, Walz medical record breach, FBI probe possible foreign interference – Fox News Power Rankings: Trump maintains lead on 2 top issues ahead of VP debate NEW YORK CITY – With a second face-to-face showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump unlikely – and with a margin-of-error race with five weeks until Election Day in November – there’s a lot on the line in the vice presidential debate. While debates between the running mates are the undercard of a White House race and have rarely moved the need much in the past, when Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ nominee, face-off on Tuesday, there will be heightened stakes. Any major knockout blow – or agonizing misstep – could turn what’s traditionally seen as a second-tier event into an impactful showdown…Read more HEZBOLLAH IN SYRIA: Hezbollah terrorists engaged in sex slavery, rape, mass murders of Syrians…Read more ISRAEL ATTACKED BY IRAN: American Jewish leaders say Islamist regime will pay for missile strike…Read more NRA VS SEN BROWN: NRA targets Sen Sherrod Brown in 7-figure ad buy in Ohio: ‘Vote like your life depends on it’…Read more CHILD TAX CREDIT: Johnson to push for ‘strong child tax credit,’ restrictions on China investment in Wall Street speech…Read more SHEEHY TAKES ON TESTER: Montana GOP Senate Candidate Sheehy says he was in Afghanistan while Jon Tester was ‘eating lobbyist steak’…Read more BY THE NUMBERS: Trump edges Harris in North Carolina Poll, state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 2008…Read more MAOIST TO THE CORE: Unearthed photo shows Tim Walz appointee decorated house with posters of murderous communist dictators…Read more POWER RANKINGS: Trump maintains lead on 2 top issues ahead of VP debate…Read more TRIPS TO CHINA: Tim Walz said he went to China ‘dozens’ of times, now his campaign says its ‘closer to 15’…Read more HARRIS’ WEAKNESS: Pennsylvania survey finds Harris leading Trump narrowly, identifies her ‘biggest weakness’ pollster says…Read more RECORD BREACH: Mast demands VA fire staffers over Vance, Walz medical record breach, FBI probe possible foreign interference…Read more ABSENTEE VOTING: Pennsylvania absentee voting underway in some counties…Read more DEBATE NIGHT ALLEGATIONS: Walz, Vance debate to kick off in NYC amid fresh lying allegations against Harris’ running mate…Read more PORTS ON STRIKE: Trump blames port workers strike on ‘massive inflation’ caused by ‘Harris-Biden regime’…Read more MUSK VS NEWSOM: Elon Musk compares Newsom to ‘The Joker’ after voter ID requirements banned in California…Read more MIGRANT CRIME: 2 Martha’s Vineyard Illegal immigrants arrested on same day in latest ICE bust on wealthy, liberal island…Read more NYC MAYOR: Eric Adams calls out alleged collusion of feds and mainstream media, asks judge for ‘consequences’…Read more Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
Trump blames Biden, Harris for Iran’s attack on Israel: ‘Very close to global catastrophe’
Hours before the vice presidential debate, former President Donald Trump addressed a crowd at his campaign rally in Wisconsin and bashed the Biden administration over Iran’s historic attack on Israel. “A short time ago, Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at Israel… I’ve been talking about World War III for a long time, and I don’t want to make predictions because the predictions always come true. We’re not going to make [predictions]… but they are very close to global catastrophe,” Trump said. “We have a non-existent president and a non-existent vice president who should be in charge, but nobody knows what’s going on.” Trump’s comments come after Israel said Iran launched 181 ballistic missiles at the country, marking the largest ballistic missile attack in history. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attack was in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in an Israeli airstrike late last week and the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, according to Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst. IRAN ATTACK ON ISRAEL ‘INEFFECTIVE’ BUT A ‘SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION’: WHITE HOUSE Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned in a statement released by Iranian state media that if Israel responds to the missile barrage, “it will face crushing attacks.” Trump accused President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of weak leadership on the world stage. “That’s why Israel was under attack just a little while ago. Because they don’t respect our country anymore. The so-called enemy doesn’t respect our country any longer,” Trump said. IRAN FIRES MULTIPLE MISSILE STRIKES ACROSS ISRAEL Trump claimed Biden and Harris made Iran rich in a very short period of time. “They have $300 billion now. They’re rich. I mean, they pay 6 billion every time they have somebody that was kidnaped, it’s always $6 billion,” Trump said. “Iran was on the verge of bankruptcy. They had no money left. They had no money for Hamas. They had no money for Hezbollah. The people they’re fighting now, they would have been willing to make any deal. You could have made any deal. But Kamala flooded them with American cash and everything. Now, I mean, they’re flooding them with cash. It’s honestly not even believable,” Trump continued. PENTAGON SENDING A ‘FEW THOUSAND’ PERSONNEL TO MIDDLE EAST DAY AFTER BIDEN SAID HE WOULDN’T ADD COMBAT TROOPS National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the Iranian missile attack on Israel was “defeated and ineffective” and that the U.S. military coordinated with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to repel the strikes. “U.S. naval destroyers joined Israeli Air Defense units in firing interceptors to shoot down inbound missiles. President Biden and Vice President Harris monitored the attack and the response from the White House Situation Room, joined in person and remotely by their national security team,” Sullivan said. Sullivan characterized the attack as a “significant escalation” while speaking at a White House briefing on Tuesday. Sullivan said no deaths were reported on the Israeli side, although the White House is monitoring the reported death of a Palestinian civilian in Jericho in the West Bank. “We do not know of any damage to aircraft or strategic military assets in Israel. In short, based on what we know at this point, this attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. The word fog of war was invented for a situation like this. This is a fluid situation,” he said. Many missiles were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense systems, while others did hit the ground. The Pentagon says the U.S. fired approximately 12 interceptors against Iranian missiles. Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, Stephen Sorace, Liz Friden, Nicolas Rojas, Greg Norman and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Iran fires dozens of missiles at Israel
NewsFeed Videos show dozens of missiles flying over Tel Aviv, some of them landing. The Israeli military says the missiles were fired by Iran and that a “large number” had been intercepted. Read more Iran fires dozens of missiles at Israel Published On 1 Oct 20241 Oct 2024 Adblock test (Why?)
Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico’s first female president
Sheinbaum begins six year term, taking over from Morena party ally Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first female president. Sheinbaum took over from outgoing president – and close Morena party ally – Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at an inauguration ceremony in the country’s Congress on Tuesday. The 62-year-old climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City is set to serve a six-year term, ending in 2030. Sheinbaum took the oath of office in front of parliamentarians, as her supporters chanted “President! President!” and “Long live Mexico!” “Now is the time of transformation, now is the time of women,” Sheinbaum said. She enters office with her party holding supermajority control in the legislature’s lower house, and nearly the same in the Senate, and immediately sought to reassure investors, saying that investments will be safe in Mexico. Sheinbaum will need to contend with some last-minute moves by Lopez Obrador, namely a controversial judicial overhaul that will see federal judges – including those on the Supreme Court – elected by popular vote. The constitutional change has roiled both advocates of judicial independence and investors. The incoming president will also be navigating a US election on November 5 that could shift relations with Mexico’s top trading partner. Later in November, she will deliver her government’s first budget, which will likely give clues as to whether Sheinbaum can make good on commitments to reduce the country’s widening fiscal deficit while maintaining popular welfare spending and costly crime-fighting initiatives. That task comes at a time when Mexico’s economy, the second-largest in Latin America, is forecasted to have only modest growth. Former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and President Claudia Sheinbaum embrace on the day of her swearing-in ceremony at the Congress, in Mexico City, Mexico, October 1, 2024 [Raquel Cunha/Reuters] Historic presidency Sheinbaum’s inauguration is the culmination of a four-decade rise in Mexican politics, punctuated by her history-making election as the first woman to lead Mexico City. Sheinbaum, the daughter of academic activists, has also leaned into the history-making nature of her presidency. In a social media post on Monday, she unveiled a logo showing a young woman in profile hoisting a Mexican flag, her hair pulled back into a ponytail. The hairstyle has become a sort of signature for Sheinbaum. “A young Mexican woman will be the emblem of Mexico’s government,” Sheinbaum wrote. Mexico remains one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, with its 65 presidents since independence from Spain all men. As Mexico City mayor, Sheinbaum built a reputation for a data-driven approach to leadership, winning praise for reducing the city’s murder rate by half. Her policies sought to boost security spending on an expanded police force with higher salaries. She has pledged to replicate the approach across Mexico, which continues to be plagued by high rates of crime and the outsized influence of powerful drug cartels. Critics have questioned how realistic those pledges will prove to be. At the same time, Sheinbaum has promised to continue policies of generous social spending pensions and youth scholarships championed by her populist predecessor Lopez Obrador. Having studied energy engineering, and later being tapped for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sheinbaum has sought to strike a more careful balance on environmental initiatives. She has said she will protect the industrial dominance of Mexico’s state-owned oil and power companies, while expressing interest in shifting towards renewable energy projects. Sheinbaum shared a Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore in 2007 for her climate work. Prior to that, she had been Lopez Obrador’s environmental chief when he served as the mayor of Mexico City. She had previously served as the chief spokesperson for Lopez Orador’s failed 2006 campaign. Adblock test (Why?)
US says helped Israel thwart Iranian attack, reasserts ‘ironclad’ support
The United States has said it helped Israel thwart an Iranian ballistic missile attack, with a senior White House official telling reporters that the US military “coordinated closely” with its Israeli counterparts to shoot down the projectiles. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday that “US naval destroyers joined Israeli air defence units in firing interceptors to shoot down in-bound missiles”. “In short, based on what we know at this point, this attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective,” Sullivan said during a news briefing at the White House. “This was first and foremost the result of the professionalism of the [Israeli military]. But in no small part because of the skilled work of the US military and meticulous joint planning in anticipation of the attack.” Asked what Washington’s view was on possible Israeli retaliation, Sullivan said discussions were continuing between top US and Israeli military and political leaders. “We want to have some deep consultations with the Israelis,” he said. Sullivan added later: “We are proud of the actions that we’ve taken alongside Israel to protect and defend Israel. We have made clear that there will be consequences — severe consequences — for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case.” Analysts have been warning for months that the failure of US President Joe Biden’s administration to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to agree to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would push the Middle East into a regional war. “A regional war becomes inevitable when the United States continues to fund and aid Netanyahu and all of his war crimes, his genocide, his attacks on all of his neighbours,” said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at DAWN, a think tank in Washington, DC. “This will not stop without the United States putting its foot down and saying, ‘We will not send more weapons to Israel. We will not fund and aid Israeli crimes,’” Jarrar told Al Jazeera. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it fired missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in retaliation for the killings of people in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as the recent assassinations of Hamas, Hezbollah and IRGC leaders. The firings came just hours after the Israeli army said it had launched “limited” ground incursions into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah denied that Israeli forces had entered Lebanese territory. The Israeli military, which has been trading fire with Hezbollah across the Israel-Lebanon border for months, recently escalated its assault on the country. Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and other areas have killed and injured thousands of people over the past weeks. Amid the surge in attacks and regional tensions, the Biden administration has repeatedly said it favours diplomacy and wants to see a de-escalation. But critics have noted that the US government continues to offer Israel unwavering military and diplomatic support. Washington provides Israel with at least $3.8bn in military aid annually, and Biden has greenlit $14bn in additional assistance to the US ally since the Gaza war began in October of last year. Earlier on Tuesday, the White House said that Biden had “directed the US military to aid Israel’s defense against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles that are targeting Israel”. The Pentagon also said in a statement that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant had discussed “the severe consequences for Iran in the event Iran chooses to launch a direct military attack against Israel”. The statement did not elaborate on what those consequences would be. This morning, @VP and I convened our national security team to discuss Iranian plans to launch an imminent missile attack against Israel. We discussed how the United States is prepared to help Israel defend against these attacks, and protect American personnel in the region. — President Biden (@POTUS) October 1, 2024 A spokesman for the US State Department said on Tuesday afternoon that the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s security remains “ironclad”. “We will continue to stand with the people of Israel at this critical moment,” Matthew Miller told reporters. But according to Jarrar, the analyst at DAWN, the Biden administration’s “blank cheque” policy to Israel is what led to the current escalation. “The Biden administration is dysfunctional and there is no one behind the wheel. There is no leadership whatsoever,” he said. “This administration is completely absent. They give Israel 100 percent of what they want, from weapons and money, and they can exercise 0 percent pressure on Israel. Netanyahu gets all that he wants, but he doesn’t have to pay a price for anything. “What we’ve seen today is a result of this failed US leadership in the Middle East and North Africa. The region has officially entered a full-scale regional war.” Adblock test (Why?)
Bernie Sanders tells Texas progressives to back Harris, says Allred win would “make all the difference”
Joining Sanders as he campaigns up and down the I-35 corridor are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Greg Casar, and former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke.
Dera chief, rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets parole ahead of Haryana elections
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Texas prison system’s staffing crisis and outdated technology endanger guards and inmates
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Trump edges Harris in North Carolina poll, state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 2008
North Carolina remains a dead heat in the presidential race as the November elections draw ever nearer. The state – which is now undergoing serious recovery efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Helene – has been consistently close in its political polling. A new poll conducted by the Washington Post finds former President Trump leading with 50% of likely North Carolina voters compared to Vice President Harris’ 48%. BIDEN TO VISIT NORTH CAROLINA DAYS AFTER HELENE’S PATH OF DESTRUCTION LEAVES MANY DEVASTATED Trump’s slim lead is within the poll’s +/- 3.5% margin of error, but the former president won the state in 2020 with a similarly tight 1.3% lead. The poll contacted 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a statewide database. North Carolina has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since former President Obama’s 2008 victory, but the Democratic National Committee sees the state’s Republican majority as fragile, with a possibility to tip the other way. Because the majority of the survey was conducted before the full impact of Helene on the state, it does not reflect any possible shifts the storm may cause in public opinion. NORTH CAROLINA REVEALS SHOCKING DAMAGE TO TOURIST TOWN: ‘ALL OF IT WAS WASHED INTO THE LAKE’ More than 120 people have been killed by Helene since the hurricane made landfall in Florida late Thursday before tearing a path of destruction through the interior Southeast. The storm caused millions to suffer power outages and billions in property damage as it smashed through the southern Appalachian Mountains and into the Tennessee Valley. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP President Biden announced Monday that he will visit North Carolina on Wednesday after Hurricane Helene ravaged the state. The president’s announcement comes after critics slammed him for a lack of leadership following the monster storm’s devastating impact on the southeastern portion of the country. Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.