Fox News Politics: Trump Sentencing Delayed
Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. Here’s what’s happening now … – Iran might complete a nuclear bomb before America’s presidential election, experts warn – Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden sues hotel over incident that halted career – Harris campaign touts ‘largest haul of the 2024 cycle’ Judge Juan Merchan decided to postpone former President Trump’s sentencing in New York v. Trump until after the November presidential election. Trump’s sentencing date is now scheduled for Nov. 26. The original date was set for Sept. 18. “The public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors free from distraction or distortion,” Merchan said in a letter Friday. Trump was found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, following a six-week trial stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation. ….Read more BIG STICK: Biden-Harris admin needs ‘more aggressive’ plan to take on Iran-backed Houthis, experts warn …Read more ELECTION FALLOUT: Experts warn Iran could have a nuclear bomb before the next president takes office …Read more IN THE FAMILY: ‘It’s still no’: KJP suggests Biden won’t pardon Hunter …Read more SENATE SUCCESSION: Senate GOP bracing for last-minute leader bids — potentially by key Trump ally …Read more ‘IF WE SHUT DOWN, WE LOSE’: House GOP privately fears fallout of government shutdown …Read more ORDER IN THE COURT: Trump attends arguments in appeal of first court loss to E. Jean Carroll …Read more NO MORE SPYING: House tees up ‘China Week’ with floor votes aimed at combating CCP espionage …Read more TRUMP CARD: Former president blasts lawyers in presser after E Jean Carroll hearing …Read more ‘SHOULD BE DEAD’: Trump reacts to sentencing delay in Bragg case, says case ‘should be dead’ …Read more BOLD PREDICTION: Senate GOP campaign chair ‘concerned’ over fundraising disparity but predicts who will win majority …Read more DEMS’ CASH DASH: Harris nearly triples Trump’s fundraising last month …Read more SIGNS OF WEAKNESS: Harris failing to cobble together Biden’s winning 2020 coalition: analysis …Read more ‘DEFLECTION’: Harris quick to call for gun control after Georgia shooting, stays mum on armed Venezuelan migrant gangs …Read more HABLAMOS: Harris conducts radio interviews with comedian Rickey Smiley and Spanish-language show in Phoenix …Read more SHE WENT THERE: Trump will jail protesters, Jane Fonda claims at Harris event for overseas voters …Read more ‘DIDN’T HAPPEN’: Navy SEAL who killed Bin Laden slaps hotel with lawsuit over incident that derailed career …Read more SHOT DOWN: Newsom vetoes controversial bill that would have given housing loans to illegal immigrants …Read more DEMOCRAT DOWNGRADE: Political handicapper shifts Montana Senate to ‘leans Republican’ as Tester falls behind …Read more STEEL SALE FIRESTORM: Unified opposition to Nippon-US Steel takeover is misguided: economists, Pittsburgh officials …Read more Subscribe now to get the Fox News Politics newsletter in your inbox. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
McCormick says ‘people are recognizing’ importance of 2024 election as Pennsylvania Senate polls tighten
The Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick, attributed his rise in the polls to voters realizing the significance of the upcoming election. “People are recognizing that this truly is the most important election of their lifetimes,” he told Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser in an interview Thursday. “And we need leadership in there that’s going to bring about change. It’s a change election.” He is facing off against incumbent Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who was elected in 2006 and is seeking re-election in the Keystone State for the third time. POLITICAL HANDICAPPER SHIFTS MONTANA SENATE TO ‘LEANS REPUBLICAN’ AS TESTER FALLS BEHIND McCormick tied Casey at 46% in the latest CNN poll of the race. While the measure put the two neck and neck, there are some other surveys predicting a win for the Pennsylvania Democrat. A New York Times and Siena College poll of registered voters taken just weeks earlier showed Casey defeating McCormick, 50% to 36%. The CNN poll’s tie between the candidates brought the RealClearPolitics aggregated polling average to 48% for Casey and 45% for McCormick, forecasting a tight race less than nine weeks from Election Day. Casey and his family enjoy strong roots in Pennsylvania, particularly given his father, former Gov. Bob Casey Sr., was in office several years and was popular among Pennsylvanians. The elder Casey’s positions on issues like gun rights and abortion gave him a moderate reputation, which his son has benefited from as well in statewide elections. SENATE GOP BRACING FOR LAST-MINUTE LEADER BIDS — POTENTIALLY BY KEY TRUMP ALLY However, the senator is markedly less moderate than his father. Despite Casey historically using the pro-life moniker to describe himself, he joined his fellow Democrats in condemning the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Casey’s alignment with his party is evidenced in particular by his most recent legislative record. In the 117th Congress, he voted in tandem with President Biden 99% of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight. “I always knew it would be a very close race. Pennsylvania is a tough state,” McCormick told Fox News Digital. He acknowledged that Casey is an incumbent, while the Republican is still somewhat unknown. “But people are starting to know who I am,” he said. SENATE GOP CAMPAIGN CHAIR ‘CONCERNED’ OVER FUNDRAISING DISPARITY BUT PREDICTS WHO WILL WIN MAJORITY McCormick explained this is why he thinks the gap between him and Casey in previous measures is closing. He further claimed that Pennsylvania “may be the one place where having Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket is worse than President Biden for the Democrats.” After Biden’s campaign suspension and the last-minute nomination of Vice President Harris at the Democratic National Convention last month, Harris has seen an improvement over Biden’s previous polling numbers. However, McCormick predicted she would do worse in Pennsylvania than Biden would have. The Republican cited the fact that Biden has a history in Pennsylvania, which has benefited him in the past. But Harris, he said, is “wildly out of step with Pennsylvanians.” LINDSEY GRAHAM PUTS AMAZON ‘ON NOTICE’ OVER ALEXA’S POTENTIAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE He listed past stances of Harris, including, “banning fracking, giving amnesty to 10 million illegal immigrants, making sure they have federal benefits, mandatory buybacks of guns, elimination of private health insurers.” Several of the policy positions McCormick outlined have since been reversed by Harris’ campaign, however. “Those positions are just out of touch with most Pennsylvanians. And so that’s the dilemma that she has when she comes to the state,” McCormick said. And Casey has been a “sure thing” for Biden, voting with him nearly all the time, he pointed out. “He’ll be a 99% vote for Harris-Walz,” McCormick predicted. “Pennsylvanians don’t want a rubber stamp. They want somebody who is going to stand up and fight for what they believe in and what they believe is right for Pennsylvanians,” he said. Casey’s campaign was asked by Fox News Digital about the tightening polls and why the gap appeared to be closing between Casey and McCormick, but it did not respond to the question in time for publication. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Winsome Earle-Sears announces VA gov bid to build on Youngkin record: It’s ‘all about business’
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears announced her bid to succeed term-limited Gov. Glenn Youngkin in 2025, telling Fox News that she wants to build on her fellow Republican’s record of revitalizing the Old Dominion’s economy. Earle-Sears, if successful in the primary, will potentially face Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., if the similarly prominent Virginian wins the Democratic primary. “We really have to win, because the other side is wanting to do all kinds of machinations and so many ‘gotcha’ stuff that’s not going to help propel Virginia forward,” Earle-Sears said on Friday. Sears said that Youngkin’s single term has laid a “great foundation” for a like-minded successor. WINSOME EARLE-SEARS ON SUPREME COURT RULING: CHINA ISN’T ‘PLAYING STUPID GAMES’ ON RACE “We’ve got to keep building on that. We have had corporate headquarters that have moved here — even from overseas. We have grown businesses here. We have been an incubator for business,” Earle-Sears said on “Fox & Friends.” “It’s all about business, because that’s where the money comes from, so that we can have the beautiful things we like; the quality of life, the schools, the roads, the bridges, all of that.” Speaking with Fox News Digital, a Youngkin spokesman similarly praised Earle-Sears and called her a “steadfast partner” over the past four years. “Governor Youngkin is squarely focused on helping Republicans win in Virginia in 2024, because this election is about strength versus weakness — a strong economy, a secure border and strong America,” Justin Discigil said Friday. FORMER VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR PRAISES GLENN YOUNGKIN “The 2025 election will be about continuing the extraordinary results from commonsense policies that are making Virginia the best place to live, work and raise a family versus returning to the failed extremism of the left-progressive agenda.” Earle-Sears, who emigrated from Jamaica as a youth, would be the first Black woman to hold such an office in Richmond. She served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was previously a state legislator from Virginia Beach. Earle-Sears noted Friday that her initial win there had been a major upset in a majority-Democratic district. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I only had three months to run and no money,” she said. “When you have the right ideas, and when you know the voters have given you a mandate to run, to move forward, then you’ve just got to press forward,” she said on Fox News Channel. “You have hostile legislators who want to stop you [in] every way because they’re thinking you’re going to get a win — but the win is for the people.”
DNA TV Show: Congress releases list of 31 candidates for Haryana elections, Vinesh Phogat to contest from Julana
Vinesh Phogat vowed to continue the fight especially for the women in the country and affirmed that she is proud she joined a party that stands with women and is ready to fight from ‘sadak to sansad tak’.
Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race
Liz Cheney endorsed Allred at The Texas Tribune Festival Friday.
“It’s time for big change”: Texas Republicans seeking to oust Speaker Dade Phelan present united front
Reps. Tom Oliverson and Shelby Slawson, both members of House Republican leadership, became the first two candidates to challenge Phelan’s speakership.
Former schools police chief says he was not at fault in Uvalde shooting, asks judge to toss charges
Pete Arredondo’s lawyers tell the court that the shooter, not the police, was to blame for the school violence.
House tees up ‘China Week’ with floor votes aimed at combatting CCP espionage and economic advances
After six weeks of recess, the House is set to fast-track approval of a slew of China-related bills that aim to counter the U.S.’s growing foe beginning on Monday. With only three weeks of work on Capitol Hill before the November election, the Republican-led lower chamber is dedicating precious floor time to bills that would root out Chinese spyware within the country and set up the next president to take tougher action against Beijing. “We wanted to combine them all into one week so that you had a real sharp focus on the fact that we need to be aggressive in confronting the threat that China poses,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise told Fox News Digital about the planned “China Week.” “I think we can get real bipartisan support for a number of these,” the Louisiana Republican said. “They’re all bills that should be very bipartisan, because there are things that China is doing right now that are direct threats to our country’s national security, and if we get strong bipartisan votes, you have a higher chance of getting through the Senate.” HOUSE GOP PRESSES HOCHUL ON ALLEGED CCP AGENT’S INFLUENCE IN NY Scalise said that four bills will come up under a rule, meaning that they will be debated by the House and that members can offer amendments. Still more will come up under suspension of the rules, meaning that the House is aiming to pass them quickly and without debate. Scalise highlighted one bill that would undo the Biden administration’s guidance allowing Chinese-made electric vehicles to qualify for a $7,500 tax credit. The move enraged even West Virginia’s Democrat-turned-Independent Sen. Joe Manchin, who helped author the Inflation Reduction Act that allowed for the credit. The End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles Act, introduced by Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., would tighten the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) definition of a 30D EV that qualifies for the credit to exclude those vehicles with significant parts that are made in China. Another bill would broadly ban China from purchasing U.S. farmland. Chinese entities owned about 380,000 acres of agricultural land in the U.S. as of 2023, or less than 1%. HONG KONG LAWMAKERS UNANIMOUSLY PASS CONTROVERSIAL SECURITY LAW, GRANTING GOVERNMENT POWER TO CURB DISSENT Another bill, the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act, would prevent the U.S. from agreeing to any pandemic preparedness agreement negotiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) without the approval of two-thirds of the Senate. “We’re giving an extra buffer so that the administration can’t just go partner up with WHO and come up with an agreement that would result in really bad policy for America,” Scalise said. Another bill, the Biosecure Act, would ban federal agencies that run research labs from using any biotech equipment from any company that could be at risk of harnessing data to send back to the CCP. TIM WALZ SPENT YEARS PROMOTING RESEARCH FACILITY THAT COLLABORATED WITH ‘CHINESE MILITARY COMPANY’ Another, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, would prevent any federal money from going to universities involved with CCP-run Confucius Institutes. “You’re seeing China get more involved in our higher ed institutions,” said Scalise. During former President Donald Trump’s administration in 2018, Congress “restricted federal funding to schools with institutes; nearly all of the institutes have since closed,” according to Congress’s Government Accountability Office (GAO). Another piece of legislation would re-establish a task force formed under Trump within the Department of Justice specifically focused on Chinese espionage. FBI Director Christopher Wray estimated last year his agency has more than 2,000 active investigations related to Chinese spying. The FBI estimates that Chinese counterfeit goods, pirated software and theft of trade secrets have cost the U.S. economy between $225 billion and $600 billion.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia appointed as working chairman of All India Kisan Congress
A Congress press release said that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for appointing Bajrang Punia as working chairman of All India Kisan Congress. He has been appointed to the post with immediate effect.
Trump reacts to sentencing delay in Bragg case, says case ‘should be dead’
EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump reacted to Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to delay sentencing in New York v. Trump until after Election Day, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that he “did nothing wrong” and that the case “should be dead.” Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital after Merchan granted the former president’s request to have his sentencing delayed until after the presidential election in November. Trump’s sentencing date is now scheduled for Nov. 26. The original date was set for Sept. 18. “The case was delayed because everyone realizes there was no case and I did nothing wrong,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “It is a case that should never have been brought.” Trump said “the public understands that and so does every legal scholar that has looked at it and studied it.” “I greatly respect the words ‘if necessary’ being used in this decision because there should be no, ‘if necessary,’” Trump said. He added: “The case should be dead.” Merchan said Friday that the “public’s confidence in the integrity of our judicial system demands a sentencing hearing that is entirely focused on the verdict of the jury and the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors free from distraction or distortion.” “Unfortunately, we are now at a place in time that is fraught with complexities rendering the requirements of a sentencing hearing, should one be necessary, difficult to execute. Thus, in accordance with certain of the grounds submitted by Defendant and the reasons for adjournment provided by the People coupled with the unique time frame this matter currently finds itself in, the decision on the [motion] and the imposition of sentence will be adjourned to avoid any appearance – however unwarranted-that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching Presidential election in which the Defendant is a candidate,” Merchan said. TRUMP ASKS FEDERAL COURT TO TAKE OVER BRAGG CASE WEEKS BEFORE SENTENCING Trump was found guilty in an unprecedented criminal trial on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, following a six-week trial stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation. Steven Cheung, Trump campaign spokesperson, told Fox News Digital, “There should be no sentencing in the Manhattan DA’s Election Interference Witch Hunt. As mandated by the United States Supreme Court, this case, along with all of the other Harris-Biden Hoaxes, should be dismissed.” ‘ELECTION INTERFERENCE’: TRUMP LAWYERS CALL FOR DELAYED SENTENCING IN BRAGG CASE Trump’s initial sentencing was set for July 11 — just days before the Republican National Convention, where he was set to be formally nominated as the 2024 GOP presidential nominee, but Judge Juan Merchan agreed to delay that until Sept. 18. Trump lawyers then requested his sentencing be delayed until after the November presidential election, citing “naked election-interference objectives.” Trump has appealed the verdict, after pleading not guilty to all charges. Trump attorney Todd Blanche said the verdict should be overturned based on the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. Blanche also pointed to Merchan’s daughter’s work at Authentic Campaigns, which represents top Democratic candidates. In his arguments for dismissal, Blanche argued that Bragg offered official acts as evidence during the six-week-long unprecedented criminal trial. Blanche said that included official White House communications with staffers like Hope Hicks, Madeleine Westerhout and others. The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts in office but not for unofficial acts. The high court said Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts” but left it to the lower court to determine exactly where the line between official and unofficial is.