US House passes bill targeting China that would limit EV tax credits
A group of automakers says the bill makes fewer vehicles eligible for the tax credits. The United States House of Representatives has narrowly voted to approve legislation to tighten rules limiting Chinese content in vehicles qualifying for US electric vehicle (EV) tax credits. The House voted on Thursday 217 to 192 to approve the bill, which has not been taken up by the US Senate, to tighten the definition of Chinese components that make vehicles ineligible for US EV tax credits. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI), which represents General Motors, Toyota Motor Corporation, Volkswagen, Hyundai and other car companies, said the bill would result in fewer vehicles qualifying and would mean aggressive rules on vehicle emissions and EV targets would need to be rolled back. AAI’s CEO John Bozzella said that those standards were based in part on the availability of EV tax credits and that if the incentives are eliminated “the automotive industrial base faces a serious economic and national security risk from China, the US becomes less competitive, and the rug is pulled out from consumers”. The bill, sponsored by Representative Carol Miller, a Republican from West Virginia, would tighten the definition of a so-called “Foreign Entity of Concern” that applies to China and other countries. She said it would “ensure that Chinese companies can no longer benefit from electric vehicles tax credits meant for US manufacturers”. The rules required under an August 2022 law are designed to wean the US electric vehicle battery supply chain away from China. The US Treasury and Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately comment. Currently, 22 of the 113 EV or plug-in hybrid models for sale in the US are eligible for the EV tax credit – and just 13 get the full $7,500 credit, Bozzella said. In May, the US Treasury gave automakers additional flexibility on battery mineral requirements for electric vehicle tax credits on some crucial trace minerals from China, such as graphite. The department said it would give automakers until 2027 to remove some hard-to-trace minerals like graphite contained in anode materials and critical minerals contained in electrolyte salts, binders, and additives. Adblock test (Why?)
What is the purpose of Israel’s repeated attacks on UNRWA?
Six staff at UN agency for Palestinian refugees killed in an air strike on a school in Gaza. An Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza kills six people working for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. That is the most the organisation has lost in a single incident in the war. Attacking schools and places of shelter is a war crime. But UNRWA has been repeatedly attacked by Israel during its war. Why is the agency so important to Palestinians – and why does Israel want to destroy it? Presenter: James Bays Guests: Riham Jafari – communication and advocacy coordinator at ActionAid Palestine Chris Gunness – former UNRWA spokesman Tamara Alrifai – UNRWA spokesperson Adblock test (Why?)
Haitian refugees ‘don’t understand the laws,’ lawmaker says amid fatal wreck, cultural clashes
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – An Ohio town that has seen its population swell with thousands of Haitian refugees has had to battle differences in culture and even driving practices as it adjusts to its new reality. “We’ve got an influx of folks that have come in, and I think we were a little bit shocked that it was close to 20,000 people in a community of 60,000, and that’s caused some issues between the folks that live here and the folks that are coming in,” Ohio State Rep. Kyle Koehler told Fox News Digital. The comments come as Springfield, which is located roughly 50 miles west of Columbus, has entered the national spotlight in recent weeks, most recently when former President Donald Trump pointed to the town during one of his responses in Tuesday’s debate. “They’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats,” Trump said during a response to a question about immigration. “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.” RESIDENTS OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO SHARE FRUSTRATION ABOUT MIGRANT CRISIS HITTING THEIR COMMUNITY The issue has also caught the attention of Ohio Republican senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who argued that the Biden administration’s “open border” policies “have flooded Springfield, Ohio, with thousands of illegal Haitians who are sucking up social services and destroying a small town here in Ohio.” “We need to deport illegals, not invite them to wreak havoc on our communities like Sherrod Brown and Kamala Harris have done,” Moreno told Fox News Digital. While local officials and multiple media outlets have disputed the point that Trump raised in the debate, there is still a new reality faced by longtime members of the Springfield community. Chief among them, according to Koehler, are cultural differences between locals and the Haitian refugees who are new to the town. “They don’t understand the laws, they don’t understand some of our customs, we don’t understand some of their customs, and that clash and the overwhelming amount of people that have come at one point has really caused some issues,” Koehler, who is now running to represent the area in the state Senate, said. One more extreme example of that, Koehler recalled hearing second hand, allegedly played out at a local Walmart, where he said there were stories of “people showing up at the Walmart on a Saturday morning, going into the bathroom, and stripping down and bathing themselves.” FOCUS GROUP REACTS TO TRUMP CLAIM THAT MIGRANTS ARE ‘EATING THE DOGS’ IN OHIO TOWN “Again, not something we do here, something someone might do in another culture, or something someone might do if they don’t understand the culture they’re in now,” Koehler said. “Whether that’s true or not, those stories get passed around, and it inflames the situation we have in our community.” Another issue causing concern among the local population is road safety, Koehler noted. “The driving in town is horrendous,” Koehler said, noting that a lot of that issue can also be chalked up to cultural differences. One notable situation occurred last October, when a school bus carrying dozens of children in the area collided with a minivan, resulting in over 20 kids being hurt and one, Aiden Clark, being killed. The driver of the minivan was later identified as Hermanio Joseph, a Haitian immigrant who was found guilty earlier this year of involuntary manslaughter and vehicular homicide for his role in the incident. The tragic incident inflamed tensions in the community, with Koehler noting that road safety had been one of the more visible concerns for locals. “We do have a really abnormal number of car accidents that are happening,” Koehler said. “And it’s not only the number, but the severity of them. When you go on a street that is a 35-mile-an-hour speed limit and there’s a car sitting on its hood, and I’m not talking about one, I’m talking about five or six accidents a week like that, you begin to wonder.” Nevertheless, Koehler stressed the positive attributes of Springfield, arguing that the town was once in decline but is now on the way back. “We have a wonderful town,” Koehler said.
Army officials to face House grilling on training slides that designated pro-life groups as terrorists
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans will bring in Army officials to testify at a hearing next week on a training presentation that referred to pro-life groups as terrorists, Fox News Digital has learned. The House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Military Personnel will hear Thursday afternoon from Agnes Schaefer, assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and Reserve affairs, and Lt. Gen. Patrick Matlock, Army deputy chief of staff. Republicans led by Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks, R-Ind., wrote a letter to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth demanding information about the slide deck. The Army recently wrote back, admitting that the slides “inaccurately referenced” pro-life groups like Right to Life and Operation Rescue, and a slew of pro-animal and green groups like PETA, as “terrorist organizations.” LAWMAKERS RIP ARMY BRASS FOR TRAINING SLIDES SUGGESTING PRO LIFE GROUPS COULD BE TIED TO TERRORISM Schaefer wrote that the training deck, which was used to teach 9,100 Army soldiers at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, between 2017 and 2024, was “inconsistent with Army’s antiterrorism policy and training.” She said the slides had not been reviewed by Fort Liberty leadership and are no longer in use. Schaefer added there is “no evidence” to suggest the individual who created the slide deck did so to “deliberately subvert” Army policy or to “further a personal viewpoint.” The slides were used to conduct terror awareness training for soldiers assigned to guarding the gates at Fort Liberty. Schaefer said the slides were not shared outside of Fort Liberty. LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER SCANT PROGRESS ADDRESSING SQUALID BARRACKS CONDITIONS The Republican letter in July said the slides indicated members of pro-life organizations could be threats to the safety of military installations and that regalia of such groups, like a pro-life license plate, could potentially indicate terrorism. Officials at the Fayetteville, North Carolina, garrison said the person using the slides remains employed at the facility. “It’s downright ridiculous to claim the slide deck doesn’t ‘further a personal viewpoint,’ but there have been no consequences for the employee who ran anti-life training sessions at Fort Liberty that clearly violated Army policy,” Banks told Fox News Digital. Rogers said the hearing will be held “to get answers on how this occurred and ensure it never happens again.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In June, the Army revised some of its policies, with Wormuth announcing that “active participation in extremist activities can be prohibited even in some circumstances in which such activities would be constitutionally protected in a civilian setting.” Service members are now prohibited from liking, sharing or engaging with content supporting extremism, according to the American Legion. Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
Harris, Trump enter post-debate ‘homestretch’ with dueling rallies in key battleground states
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the first and potentially only debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump now in the rearview mirror, both major party nominees are resuming their barnstorming through the key general election battleground states. Harris arrives in North Carolina’s largest city on Thursday afternoon for the first of back-to-back rallies in the key southeastern swing state ahead of a nighttime event in Greensboro. On Friday, the vice president holds two campaign events in Pennsylvania, site of Tuesday’s debate and the battleground state with the most electoral votes up for grabs. FIRST ON FOX: HARRIS AIMS TO TROLL TRUMP – AGAIN – OVER CROWD SIZES With less than eight weeks until Election Day on Nov. 5 and early voting getting underway in a number of key states, the Harris campaign says it’s entering a new and more aggressive phase as it aims to build on what many political pundits considered a strong debate performance by the vice president. WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SHOW “This is the homestretch. The pace of the campaign is going to get a lot more hectic,” veteran Democrat strategist and former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile told Fox News. Brazile, who managed then-Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign and who’s close to Harris, said that “I wouldn’t take my foot off the gas.” While Harris takes the stage in Charlotte, Trump will be in Arizona, a crucial southwestern battleground. On Friday, Trump heads to another swing state, Nevada. North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada, along with Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, were the seven states with razor-thin margins that decided the outcome of President Biden’s 2020 election victory over Trump and will likely determine whether Harris or the former president will win the White House this year. The latest national polls and surveys in the swing states indicate the battle between Harris and Trump remains a margin-of-error race. Harris arrived in North Carolina as the latest Fox News Power Rankings, released on Thursday, indicate that Trump has lost his edge in the Tar Heel State as well as in neighboring Georgia, with the battlegrounds now considered toss-ups in the White House race. “We’re still the underdogs in this race,” Harris told a crowd of supporters after the debate at a Philadelphia watch party. For the second straight day, the Harris campaign launched a new digital ad using clips from her debate performance against Trump to spotlight key policy differences with the former president. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign fired up a new ad in Pennsylvania that takes aim at Harris over the issue of fracking. Harris has been pilloried by the Trump campaign and allied Republicans for only giving one major interview since taking over as the Democrats’ standard-bearer and for holding no news conferences. And Trump’s campaign announced this week that the former president would hold another news conference on Friday in Los Angeles. (But it should be noted that Trump took no questions at his previous event that was billed as a news conference.) Sources in the Harris political orbit say the vice president is expected to sit for more media engagements in the coming days and weeks. Harris is expected to take part in a discussion with journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists this month. Harris was criticized by Trump for not attending a prior engagement with the group, which the former president attended in person. Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, continues a weeklong campaign swing across the battlegrounds. Walz is in Michigan and Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday. Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, was heading a pair of top-dollar fundraisers in New York City on Thursday, but he is expected back on the campaign trail in the next few days. Brazile, pointing to the calendar, said that “it’s time to get busy where it matters by engaging with people where they are.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Garland claims DOJ reaffirming its ‘norms’ despite series of controversies
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland championed a returned to “norms” at the Department of Justice Thursday, despite controversies that have left Republicans alleging a two-tier justice system. Speaking to department staff in Washington D.C., Garland referred to former President Donald Trump’s term in the White House as a “particularly difficult period for the department.” “When I came back to DOJ in 2021, after a particularly difficult period for the Department, I said that my mission as Attorney General would be to reaffirm and strengthen those norms as the principles upon which the Justice Department operates,” he said. Garland, however, failed to mention the department failing to enforce a federal statute against the protesters who were harassing conservative justices at their homes in 2022, slow-walking the trial of the man accused of seeking to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh while fast-tracking cases involving Trump, and writing a letter directing the National Security Division to monitor angry parents at school board meetings, said Fox News legal editor Kerri Urbahn. Urbahn, appearing Thursday on “America Reports,” criticized the DOJ for providing regular updates on the aggressive Jan. 6 riot prosecutions while staying mum on anti-Israel agitators who have defaced and destroyed private and federal property. The department also slow-walked the Hunter Biden investigation until whistleblowers spoke out, Urbahn said, and then nearly allowed a “sweetheart” plea deal to go through. FORMER CIA OFFICER ACCEPTED GIFTS FROM CHINA FOR TOP SECRET INFO, SENTENCED TO PRISON “So, we took steps to better protect the Department’s criminal and civil law enforcement decisions and its legal judgments from partisan or other inappropriate influences,” Garland continued. Garland lamented accusations that the department had been weaponized against political enemies and decried “conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods [and] efforts to bully and intimidate career public servants.” “Our norms are a promise that we will not allow this department to be used as a political weapon, and our norms are a promise that we will not allow this nation to become a country where law enforcement is treated as an apparatus of politics,” Garland told DOJ staff. SECRET SURVEILLANCE OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF BY DOJ IN FOCUS AFTER WHISTLEBLOWER ADVOCATES NOTCH COURT WIN Garland’s statements appear to be a response to accusations coming from across the Republican Party that the DOJ has been weaponized against Trump in recent years. In June, The Washington Post published an opinion piece written by Garland, which shot down assertions that the department was attempting to influence the 2024 election. WATCH: GARLAND SAYS DOJ RETURNING TO ‘NORMS’ UNDER HIS WATCH Without naming them, Garland alluded to Trump and his allies, who have repeatedly claimed the DOJ was behind the New York criminal case against the presumptive GOP nominee, who was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records by a Manhattan jury. “We have seen an escalation of attacks that go far beyond public scrutiny, criticism, and legitimate and necessary oversight of our work. They are baseless, personal and dangerous,” Garland wrote. Such attacks, Garland insisted at the time, included “threats” to defund Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s efforts to prosecute the former president. Garland added at the time, “The Justice Department makes decisions about criminal investigations based only on the facts and the law. We do not investigate people because of their last name, their political affiliation, the size of their bank account, where they come from or what they look like. We investigate and prosecute violations of federal law — nothing more, nothing less.” “With all due respect, Attorney General, prosecuting the former president of the United States and the possible future president of the United States and your boss’ political enemy is anything but normal,” Urbahn said. Urbahn said that Smith has brought “untested legal theories” against Trump. “They are basically twisting the law in ways that have never been done before in order to fit the facts to get the guy,” Urbahn continued. Others have pointed out what appears to be hypocrisy on the DOJ’s part with recent treatment of groups lumped together as politically conservative when compared to those categorized as generally liberal. In 2023, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves announced the conviction of Paula “Paulette” Harlow, 75, of Kingston, Massachusetts, for a “federal conspiracy against rights” and Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act violations for participating in a protest at an abortion clinic in 2020. Critics immediately cried foul, noting that Graves had yet to condemn or preview possible prosecution efforts for roughly 200 anti-Israel activists — some armed with pepper spray — who violently rioted at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters and injured at least six Capitol Police officers in November. Fox News’ Chris Pandolfo, Brooke Singman and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
Dem Sen. Blumenthal says Americans will be ‘shocked’ and ‘appalled’ by Trump assassination attempt report
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., predicted that Americans will be “shocked” and “appalled” when lawmakers release their interim report on the assassination attempt on former President Trump and the security failures of those involved in protecting the GOP presidential nominee. Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe provided senators with an update Thursday on the investigation into the failed assassination in a closed-door meeting. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: WHISTLEBLOWERS CLAIM THAT THEY WERE ‘WOEFULLY UNPREPARED’ TO PROVIDE SECURITY “I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished and appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret Service in this assassination attempt on the former president,” Blumenthal told Fox News. “But I think they also ought to be appalled and astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to be more forthcoming, to be as candid and frank, as it should be to them in terms of providing information.” Blumenthal didn’t go into specifics about what he learned from Thursday’s meeting. Despite his statements, other lawmakers refused to comment on how the public may react to their report. “It will be coming out shortly. And it’ll only be an interim report because there’s a lot more information that we need to find,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., told Fox News. “And we hope once this report comes out and we can get the additional information necessary to have a complete report of what happened, as well as steps of what we need to do in the future to make sure that this never happens.” RFK JR LOSES SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION AFTER SUSPENDING CAMPAIGN Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said lawmakers want to make sure the public understands that the report will be done in a bipartisan fashion. He said there was some frustration voiced with Rowe on Thursday. “So he’s making the commitment to you know, provide more information,” Johnson said. “But we’re hoping to get this preliminary report out before this work period. So again, we’re on a pretty tight time constraints. But again, it’s important people realize we are dedicated to a bipartisan product.” The Secret Service has come under intense scrutiny over the security and communication lapses preceding the July 13 shooting of Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Assistant Director Michael Plati, of the agency’s Office of Protective Operations, led the section in control of planning for protection of Trump, President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. JD Vance and others, is ending his tenure there this Friday, his 27th anniversary at the agency. The Secret Service said Plati wasn’t asked to retire or resign, though sources involved at the highest levels of the internal investigation told Fox News he was encouraged to retire early.
Haitian illegal immigrant facing several charges was released at US border last year
A Haitian illegal immigrant now charged with drug and weapons crimes in Massachusetts was released into the United States by officials at the southern border last year, officials said this week – just as Haitian migration has become a top political issue. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Boston division announced that they had taken Gasnoy Saintilme into custody on Aug. 26 at the Worcester District Court. The Haitian national is charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws, drug distribution, drug manufacturing and unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon. ICE said Border Patrol encountered Saintilme in February 2023 after entering the U.S. illegally. He was given a notice to appear before an immigration judge and was released on parole, the agency said in a statement. HAITIAN MIGRANT ACCUSED OF MOLESTING CHILD IS IN US VIA CONTROVERSIAL BIDEN-HARRIS PROGRAM He was arrested in Worcester on March 7 on conspiracy to violate drug laws, but was released on recognizance, before again being arrested in April on weapons and drugs charges. After ICE issued a detainer – a request to local authorities that they be alerted to a potential release so they can take a suspected illegal immigrant into custody – the sheriff’s office notified them when he posted bail. “Gasnoy Saintilme unlawfully entered the United States and has now been charged with conspiracy, weapons charges and attempting to manufacture and distribute poison in our Massachusetts communities,” ICE Enforcement and Removals Operation Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons said in a statement. “We are beyond pleased that our partners at the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office honored our immigration detainer and transferred custody of Saintilme to ERO officers. The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office remains a valued ally in our fight to prioritize public safety in our Massachusetts neighborhoods. ERO Boston will continue our efforts to arrest and remove egregious noncitizen offenders from New England.” The announcement of Saintilme’s arrest comes as Haitian migration into the U.S. remains a top political issue. This week, former President Trump brought up alleged issues that the town of Springfield, Ohio, is having with Haitian migrants – where there has been a surge in arrivals in recent years. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine also announced he’ll be funneling resources to help ease the influx of the approximately 20,000 Haitian migrants that have arrived in the city of Springfield legally under the Biden-Harris administration. “As these numbers dramatically pick up, there’s some obligation for the federal government to help local communities who had nothing to do with the decision about people coming in, but now find themselves with a massive number of people,” DeWine said Tuesday. ICE FINDS, ARRESTS HAITIAN MIGRANT WHO WAS RELEASED ON $500 BOND AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH RAPING CHILD IN MA In Massachusetts, ICE officials announced last week that a Haitian migrant who entered the U.S. as part of the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) was arrested. He is accused of allegedly molesting a 10-year-old boy who lived next door to him. Akim Marc Desire, 18, was arrested by police last week in Mansfield, Massachusetts, about 45 minutes south of Boston, and is being charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14, law enforcement sources told Fox News. Last month, ICE announced it had located and arrested a Haitian immigrant brought in on the same program who had been released on a $500 bond despite facing charges of raping a 15-year-old while staying at a migrant hotel in the state. Fox News’ Michael Lee and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
WATCH: House Dems brush off Harris’ ‘so-called’ policy flipflops: ‘Overblown’
Top House Democrats brushed off claims that Vice President Kamala Harris has flip-flopped repeatedly on her policies Thursday. FOX Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn spoke with several prominent House Democrats on Capitol Hill, pressing lawmakers on whether Harris needed to explain her policy shifts. “I continue to think that these allegations about policy reversals are overblown,” Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., told Fox. “I think with due course, you will see that, like any thoughtful, rational, intelligent person who has spent four years being vice president and has seen the gamut of issues, that her understanding or the evolution of policy occurs as facts change on the ground.” Meanwhile, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says Harris has already done enough explaining. VP HARRIS ACCUSED OF ‘ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING’ ILLEGAL MIGRATION — AND COORDINATING WITH MEXICO “She is the current vice president to the sitting president, to the Biden administration, which means her responsibility is to support the president in executing his decisions. And then, of course, she is a leader in her own right. And so I think she’s able to do both of those things, and I think she’s doing that very well,” Ocasio-Cortez said. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., argued the line of attack was a tired and false push by Republicans. He pointed to Sen. J.D. Vance, once a “Never Trumper” now serving as former President Trump’s running mate. TRUMP, KAMALA AIMING FOR THE MIDDLE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF SUCCESS “You tell me why J.D. Vance went from being a Never Trumper to being a Forever Trumper,” Raskin told Fox. “I’m not going to answer for Kamala Harris, okay?” The comments come days after Trump blasted Harris for abandoning old policies and even adopting some of his own during Tuesday’s night’s presidential debate in Philadelphia. HOW TRUMP, OR KAMALA, COULD WIN, AS ALL SIDES ZERO IN ON THE DEBATE During Harris’ attempt at a presidential campaign in 2019, she said she was against fracking, for decriminalizing the border and for abolishing private health insurance. She has now abandoned all three of those positions, among others. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., argued that Harris had merely changed her positions in response to new facts. “It’s not that she’s changed her mind. You want somebody who evolves and grows,” he said.
Newsom’s wife’s relatives hosting Trump fundraiser in California: reports
A billionaire relative of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife is hosting a major fundraiser for former President Trump in California on Friday, according to reports. Tom and Stacey Siebel are hosting a fundraiser in the Bay Area community of Woodside for Trump on Friday afternoon. Tom Siebel, a billionaire software developer and CEO of his own enterprise AI software company, C3.ai, is a second cousin once removed of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Los Angeles Times reported. Tom Siebel has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump’s 2024 campaign and PACs supporting the Republican nominee, according to the Times and the San Francisco Gate. BACK ON THE TRAIL: TOP BIDEN SURROGATE NEWSOM NOW CAMPAIGNING FOR HARRIS Newsom has been a vocal critic of Trump and was a surrogate for President Biden’s now-defunct re-election campaign. After taking a hiatus following Biden’s departure from the race in July, Newsom resumed campaigning for the Democratic nominee, now Vice President Harris, in Philadelphia this week. KTVU also confirmed Trump’s planned attendance at the Bay Area fundraiser, reporting that ticket pricing starts at $3,300, but can cost as much as $250,000 per person. HARRIS-TRUMP DEBATE BEING HELD IN EXTREMELY CRUCIAL 2024 BATTLEGROUND On the heels of the debate in Philadelphia, and attending 9/11 memorial ceremonies in New York City and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Trump is headed back on the campaign trail on Thursday. He will travel west to Tucson, Arizona, before heading to Los Angeles Thursday night for a fundraiser. Trump then plans to speak to the media Friday morning before raising more money in the Bay Area and continuing on to Las Vegas for another rally, The Associated Press reported. The Associated Press contributed to this report.