Trump briefed on ‘real and specific threats’ from Iran to assassinate him, campaign says
Former President Trump was briefed Tuesday about “real and specific threats” from Iran to assassinate the Republican presidential candidate, according to his campaign. Iran’s aim to assassinate Trump is part of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to “destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a press release. IRAN SPOUTS ‘PROPAGANDA’ FROM UN PODIUM, CALLS ON MIDDLE EAST TO UNITE BEHIND TEHRAN “Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference,” Cheung said. “Make no mistake, the terror regime in Iran loves the weakness of Kamala Harris, and is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Trump. He will let nothing stop him or get in his way to fight for the American people and to Make America Great Again.” This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
O’Rourke and Emhoff raise another million for Harris campaign, tout voter registration momentum
After lunching on Whataburgers with Beto O’Rourke, Doug Emhoff criticized GOP voting laws and urged Texans not to “let anyone prevent you from registering and from voting.”
Appeals court says Texas State Fair can ban guns
Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for a Tuesday ruling to give the Texas Supreme Court time to weigh in, if needed.
Senate unanimously passes bill bolstering presidential candidates’ Secret Service protection
In the weeks following the nearly back-to-back assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump, the Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would boost Secret Service protection to major presidential candidates. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced the Protect Our President Act, which will enhance U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protection for presidential nominees to the same level currently provided for a sitting president. However, a nominee is free to decline this. It would additionally extend that presidential-level protection to vice presidential nominees, in this case to Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. “Over the course of just 65 days, two deranged individuals have tried to kill President Donald Trump, and one was able to shoot him in the head,” Scott wrote during the bill’s introduction. RICK SCOTT LEADS EFFORT TO UP SECRET SERVICE PROTECTIONS AFTER 2ND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TRUMP Additionally, the bill would require regular reporting from the Secret Service to leaders of the House and Senate on the status of candidates’ protection. The regular reporting would mandate that the agency provide a report of the nominee’s protection every 15 days during a presidential election year. Such reports would include threat levels, security measures, costs, amount of personnel assigned and any needs that are unmet. The report would also include the threat level for each presidential nominee, the security measures being implemented, associated costs, the number of personnel permanently assigned to each protective detail, and any unmet security needs. In a press release, Sen. John Barrasso, R-WY, said that the bill will “ensure” that all candidates receive proper protection. “Our nation has witnessed two horrifying assassination attempts on President Trump. We were merely inches away from a catastrophic event that would have changed the course of our history,” he wrote. “This cannot happen again. The Protect Our Presidents Act will ensure all presidential nominees receive the same level of protection provided to the president. This will give law enforcement the resources they need to keep President Trump and all of the candidates safe.” Fox News Julia Johnson, David Spunt and Kelly Phares contributed to this report.
Fox News Politics: Turning Tides
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening… -Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal in last UN General Assembly address… -Harris calls for ending filibuster to get Abortion law through congress… -Trump reveals foreign leader he’ll call on day one… Vote-by-mail data in three key states shows the edge Democrats enjoyed in 2020 has plummeted, something one expert said is a great sign for Republicans and former President Donald Trump. “It’s great news that Republicans are starting to early vote,” Jimmy Keady, the founder and president of JLK Political Strategies, a Republican consulting firm, told Fox News Digital. The comments come as the Democratic edge in vote-by-mail requests has shrunk significantly in Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to data by Decision Desk HQ, signaling a shift in voter habits that have defined the last two elections….Read more FINAL FAREWELL: Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal in last UN General Assembly address as president …Read more ROE-ING BACK THE CLOCK: Harris calls for ending filibuster to pass law reinstating 1973 abortion ruling …Read more DOOM AND GLOOM: Biden to address UN as wars dominate globe but authoritarian leaders are no shows …Read more ‘NOT THE MOMENT’: GOP senator opposes Electoral College change in state that could impact Trump’s ability to win …Read more MONEY MATTERS: GOP leader contender flexes fundraising chops as battle to succeed McConnell ramps up …Read more SHUTDOWN THROWDOWN: Johnson to sidestep GOP rebels on government funding, seek Dem support …Read more WHAT’S BEING DONE?: GOP urges ‘transparency’ on whether Walz admin removing noncitizens from Minnesota voter rolls …Read more KREMLIN CRONY?: Senate to vote on Arctic nominee with deep ties to China and Russia …Read more CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Fani Willis crisscrosses country fundraising for re-election with Democrat allies in DC, LA …Read more ‘UNACCEPTABLE’: Red state Dem hit with ad targeting key demographic after refusing to endorse Harris …Read more NAIL-BITING RACE: Tar Heel State a toss-up as Missouri, North Carolina begin early voting …Read more SURVEY SAYS: New battleground poll shows who has edge in ‘Blue Wall’ state …Read more INSIDE LOOK: JD Vance debate prep strategy includes tapping prominent lawmaker to play Walz …Read more YOUTH VOTE SURGE: New poll indicates whether Harris or Trump is making gains with younger voters …Read more ‘TALK ABOUT A FLIGHT RISK’: Trump assassination attempt suspect may have been planning Mexico escape …Read more ‘I AM OUTRAGED’: Arizona rancher fumes at gap in border wall left open by Biden admin …Read more ‘PARTY OF WAR’: Pennsylvania gov slammed for autographing missile with Zelenskyy …Read more ‘BIOLOGICAL REALITY’: AGs urge leading pediatrics group to withdraw support for trans youth surgeries …Read more THEIR OWN BACKYARD: Migrant crime crisis comes to ultrawealthy playground for rich and powerful …Read more ‘GLOBAL SHOWDOWN’: Zelenskyy warns against Vance’s plan to grant seized land to Russia, says it will prompt war …Read more ‘HONOR THE DEAL’: Trump reveals foreign leader he’ll call first to press on trade …Read more GO AHEAD: Missouri’s Supreme Court, governor reject calls to stop execution of man convicted for 1998 murder …Read more SHOTS FIRED: Gunfire reported at Tempe, Arizona Democratic Party campaign office …Read more Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
Sen. Sinema lambastes Harris over call to scrap abortion filibuster: ‘Absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea’
Arizona Independent Senator Krysten Sinema criticized Vice President Kamala Harris after the presidential nominee voiced her support for eliminating the Senate filibuster in an effort to pass a law restoring abortio protections nationwide. “To state the supremely obvious, eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade also enables a future Congress to ban all abortion nationwide,” Sinema, who left the Democratic Party in 2022, wrote on X. “What an absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea,” she added. JOE MANCHIN SAYS HE WON’T ENDORSE HARRIS OVER SUPPORT FOR ELIMINATION FILIBUSTER Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.V.), a strong supporter of the filibuster, echoed Sinema’s comments, saying that the filibuster is the “Holy Grail of democracy.” “Shame on her,” Manchin said at the Capitol, CNN reported. “She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids.” Sinema’s sharp criticism came after Harris voiced her thoughts about ending the filibuster on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR). The filibuster is a Senate rule that allows a minority to block legislation pending a supermajority vote, so ending it would make it easier to pass laws related to abortion rights. “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” Harris said during a WPR interview Tuesday. “And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.” DEMS LOOK TO FORCE VOTES ON EMERGENCY ABORTION AS ABORTION PILL DEATHS MAKE HEADLINES In the interview Harris also said it was “it is well within our reach” to keep a Democratic Senate majority and “take back the House.” “I would also emphasize that while the presidential election is extremely important and dispositive of where we go moving forward, it also is about what we need to do to hold onto the Senate and win seats in the House,” Harris said. Harris, who has made abortion access a central issue in her campaign, said in 2022 that Congress needed to codify Roe v Wade into law and, “if the filibuster gets in the way, the Senate needs to make an exception to get it done.” “With just two more seats in the Senate, we can codify Roe v. Wade, we can put the protection of Roe into law,” Harris said in September 2022. “With two more seats in the United States Senate, we can pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Two more seats.” ENIGMATIC VOTER GROUP COULD SPLIT TICKET FOR TRUMP, DEM SENATE CANDIDATE IN ARIZONA “You know, our President, Joe Biden, he’s been clear. He’s kinda done with those archaic Senate rules that are standing in the way of those two issues,” Harris said of the Senate filibuster in 2022. “He’s made that clear and has said that he will not allow that to obstruct those two issues. And, you know, for me, as vice president, I’m also president of the Senate.… I cannot wait to cast the deciding vote to break the filibuster on voting rights and reproductive rights. I cannot wait! Fifty-nine days.” Democrats would need to maintain control of the Senate to change rules affecting the filibuster. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Harris campaign and Sen. Sinema’s office for comment. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub. Fox News Digital’s Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
Land a job at the White House as part of the president’s administration
The building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., is a place many commute to for work. There are a large range of jobs at the White House, some of which are not overly political in nature, such as the chef, and others who typically come equipped with a strong government background, like the chief of staff. Jobs within a president’s administration change every four to eight years, when a new president is elected into office. WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT REQUIRE A RESUME FULL OF POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, EDUCATION There are approximately 4,000 political positions to fill in each presidential administration, according to the Center for Presidential Transition. Within these jobs, there are certain ones that require Senate confirmation, according to the source, and others that do not. Examples of jobs that require approval from the Senate include Cabinet secretaries and agency heads, while roles like senior White House aides and advisors do not, per the source. BIDENOMICS STRIKES AGAIN: SHOCKING NUMBER OF FULL-TIME JOBS LOST OVER PAST 5 MONTHS There is no cohesive list where all open jobs for a president’s administration are listed. Instead, each presidential administration has an online application through the White House website that can be filled out by prospective candidates. Since this is a general application, rather than one for a specific job, there are many opportunities through the application requiring potential candidates to note what area of work they are interested in. For example, in addition to uploading a resume, you will also have to choose your desired functions. BIDEN WHITE HOUSE BOASTS BIGGEST STAFF SINCE NIXON, HAS 77 PERCENT TURNOVER As of September 2024, the desired functions listed on WhiteHouse.gov for the Biden-Harris Administration are communications/press, digital media, informative technology, intergovernmental affairs, legal, legislative, management/administration, policy, project management/operations, scheduling and speechwriting. Additionally, there is a desired policy areas of interest section, which includes agriculture, arts/humanities, budget, children and family, civil rights and liberties, criminal justice/justice, defense, education, environment, foreign policy, health care, housing, immigration, mental health and more. There is also a space to choose the desired department you wish to be a part of. A question about why you want to work for the administration, your political party affiliation, government experience as well as management experience are also questions listed. Individuals who work in a president’s administration often spend many years working in government positions. HOW VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS GOT STARTED IN POLITICS Dana Perino, for example, worked as the press secretary at the White House under former President George W. Bush, the first female to hold the role in a Republican administration. Prior to joining the press office, she spent more than seven years in the Bush administration working at the Justice Department and the Council on Environmental Policy. With the highly competitive nature of joining a president’s administration, one aspect that could benefit candidates is networking. One ideal way to network and gain experience is through internships. Internship opportunities offered at the White House are listed on the White House’s website. There is also the White House Fellows Program, which was founded in 1964 by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, per WhiteHouse.gov. The highly-esteemed program gives individuals the opportunity to work full-time, paid, for a year as a fellow to senior White House staff, Cabinet secretaries and other top-ranking government officials, according to the source. “The purpose of the White House Fellows program is to provide gifted and highly motivated emerging leaders with some first-hand experience in the process of governing the Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of society,” the White House states on its website. The White House Fellows is a non-partisan program. To apply, applicants must have “a record of remarkable professional achievement early in one’s career” as well as “evidence of leadership skills and the potential for further growth” and “a demonstrated commitment to public service,” per the White House website. Also, candidates should have the skills they need to “succeed at the highest levels of the Federal government.”
White House Cabinet officials rally around Biden despite backlash over his wife taking control of meeting
Biden Cabinet members praised the president for his “exceptionally effective” leadership and believe he is still fit for office after he handed over the reins of a Cabinet meeting to his wife, Jill Biden, just days ago. Among the 10 Cabinet officials who sent Fox News Digital statements, there was a general agreement of confidence in Biden’s leadership and his ability to continue serving out his term as president. “President Biden continues to be an exceptionally effective president, and his focus on delivering results—like record job creation, major infrastructure development, and increased domestic manufacturing—is something he demonstrates every time we interact,” Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told Fox News Digital. FLASHBACK: BIDEN’S CABINET DOUBLES DOWN ON SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT FOLLOWING DEBATE Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo went a step further and called Biden “one of the most accomplished presidents in American history and continues to effectively lead our country with a steady hand.” “As someone who is actually in the room when the President meets with the cabinet and foreign leaders, I can tell you he is an incisive and extraordinary leader,” Raimondo said. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra – one of Biden’s staunch defenders – said Biden “has done more as president for this country than any other president whom I have worked with since 1992.” “So yes, not only can he do the job, but he has been doing it,” he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “And we are fortunate to have someone who continues to use all of his experience to take us further. If you recall where we were four years ago, the depth of a pandemic, Americans losing their jobs, Americans losing their health care. Today, more Americans are employed than ever before. Today, more Americans have health coverage than ever before. No President in the history of this country has ever placed 700 million vaccines in the arms of Americans to keep them alive and keep them healthy. The result? Our economy is healthy.” “Is he fit? He’s proving it,” Becerra added. Biden’s apparent declining mental acuity first made headlines during the summer before his poor debate performance against former President Trump. Less than a month after the June debate, Biden faced pressure from his Democratic base to drop out of the race and allow VP Kamala Harris to run as the party’s candidate. SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER PRESIDENT THROWS TO JILL BIDEN TO SPEAK AT CABINET MEETING: ‘ALL YOURS, KID’ “Throughout President Biden’s term, Americans have benefited from his leadership and experience. He led a productive Cabinet meeting on Friday and clearly laid out his expectations for the months ahead,” Adrianne Todman, acting secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told Fox News Digital. “President Biden charged us with not only continuing to get the historic levels of funding he secured out the door, but ensuring that those funds are being put to work to help the American people. I look forward to continuing to work with the President, and the entire Administration, to expand affordable housing for all,” she said. Biden convened his Cabinet on Friday for the first time since Oct. 2, 2023 – this time with the first lady joining him to speak about the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. The president explained Jill Biden’s presence there, saying, “Here and across previous administrations, first ladies have attended these meetings for specific reasons. This is the first time Jill has joined us, and it goes to show how important the issue is, which she is about to speak to.” The New York Post reported that Jill Biden, seated at the head of the Cabinet Room’s board table, “read from a binder about maternal health initiatives for four-and-a-half minutes after her husband spoke for just two minutes off the top of the meeting.” ‘ACCESS GRANTED’: BIDEN’S FREE VACATION AT FRIEND’S CALIFORNIA MANSION DRAWS IRE OF CRITICS The president traditionally sits at the center of the table with Cabinet members seated in order of the founding of their departments. The last sitting first lady to attend her husband’s Cabinet meeting appears to be Hillary Clinton. The amount of influence the first lady has over Joe Biden, and therefore his administration, has been a frequent source of controversy, and numerous commentators took to social media to criticize her presence at the meeting. The New York Post said Jill Biden is “considered by insiders to be the most influential first lady since Edith Wilson, who tightly controlled access to her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, after he suffered a debilitating stroke in October 1919.” Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Blinken may be held in contempt after House GOP advances measure
Secretary of State Antony Blinken could be held in contempt of Congress after a key House committee advanced the penal measure on Tuesday. The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a contempt resolution against the top Biden administration Cabinet secretary, setting it up for a House-wide vote after Congress returns from a six-week recess. A secretary of state has never in history been held in contempt. “We have a duty of oversight, and no one’s above the law,” McCaul told Fox News Digital Tuesday morning. HOUSE GOP RELEASES SCATHING REPORT ON BIDEN’S WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News Digital, “I’m sure we will,” when asked if there would be a House-wide vote on holding Blinken in contempt when Congress returns in November. If the House votes to hold Blinken in contempt, he would be automatically referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges. HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBPOENAS BLINKEN OVER AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL The House GOP majority has already held another Biden official in contempt – Attorney General Merrick Garland. The DOJ declined to prosecute, however. House Republicans also voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, though it was quickly dismissed by the Senate. McCaul has accused Blinken of stonewalling his committee’s probe into President Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Blinken was absent from the hearing portion due to a full schedule at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, however. In a letter sent to McCaul over the weekend, Blinken urged McCaul to withdraw his subpoena and efforts to hold him in contempt, saying he was “disappointed” with the Texas Republican. “As I have made clear, I am willing to testify and have offered several reasonable alternatives to the dates unilaterally demanded by the Committee during which I am carrying out the President’s important foreign policy objectives,” Blinken wrote. But McCaul dismissed the Biden official’s arguments. “I gave him any day,” McCaul challenged. “Any day in September, and he refuses.” “He doesn’t have one day in the whole month of September to show up before Congress? I mean, I’ve been very flexible with him since May to try to get cooperation.” It comes after McCaul’s committee released an explosive report detailing Biden administration shortfalls that led to the hasty military withdrawal from Kabul following a lightening-fast takeover of the country by the Taliban. The Republican-led paper opens by hearkening back to President Biden’s urgency to withdraw from the Vietnam War as a senator in the 1970s. That, along with the Afghanistan withdrawal, demonstrates a “pattern of callous foreign policy positions and readiness to abandon strategic partners,” according to the report. The report also disputed Biden’s assertion that his hands were tied to the Doha agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal for the summer of 2021, and it revealed how state officials had no plan for getting Americans and allies out while there were still troops there to protect them. Two recent House contempt votes that resulted in criminal charges were those against former Trump administration advisers Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro. Both were held in contempt by the previous House Democratic majority for failing to comply with subpoenas from the now-defunct House select committee on Jan. 6.
Joe Manchin says he won’t endorse Harris over support for eliminating filibuster
Democrat-defector Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said he won’t endorse Vice President Harris in the presidential election after she revealed her support for doing away with the filibuster to pass abortion laws. Harris, a former senator herself, told Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) on Tuesday, “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” DEMS LOOK TO FORCE VOTES ON EMERGENCY ABORTION AS ABORTION PILL DEATHS MAKE HEADLINES Manchin told Fox News, “I’m not endorsing her,” stressing the importance of the legislative threshold. “I’ve been very, very, very clear on how strongly I believe that when you go down that slippery path, you don’t just do it for one issue,” he explained. JOHN CORNYN FLEXES FUNDRAISING CHOPS AS BATTLE TO SUCCEED MITCH MCCONNELL RAMPS UP Manchin has devoted his last several years to protecting the filibuster, which prevents most measures from proceeding to a vote if they cannot clear a procedural hurdle with 60 votes. He has previously described it as crucial to democracy and said if Democrats successfully did away with it, it would be “the saddest day in the history of the United States of America.” ENIGMATIC VOTER GROUP COULD SPLIT TICKET FOR TRUMP, DEM SENATE CANDIDATE IN ARIZONA The West Virginia senator and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., both of whom decided not to seek re-election, were largely credited with preventing Democrats from taking down the filibuster with their slim majority in 2021. Both senators subsequently left the Democrat Party and registered as independents, despite still caucusing with Democrats in the Senate. In a statement released on Tuesday, Manchin said, “This threshold stabilizes our democracy, promotes bipartisan cooperation and protects our nation from partisan whiplash and dysfunction. I have always said: ‘if you can’t change your mind, you can’t change anything’ and I am hopeful that the Vice President remains open to doing just that.” Manchin further specified to Fox News that he wouldn’t be backing former President Trump in the election either. “I’m not endorsing anyone,” he said. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., avoided getting involved during the Democrat leadership press conference, telling reporters “it’s something our caucus will discuss in the next session of congress.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.