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2024 showdown: New polls this weekend in three key battlegrounds in Harris-Trump White House race
New polls coming out of three key battleground states indicate that Vice President Harris is ahead of former President Trump. According to polls released this weekend by Siena College for the New York Times, Harris tops Trump by four points – 50% to 46% – among likely voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The surveys, conducted August 5-9, are the latest to indicate the transformation of the presidential race in the wake of Harris replacing President Biden at the top of the Democratic Party’s national ticket last month. Trump saw his polling edge over Biden expand in the wake of late June’s disastrous debate performance by the president, which spurred questions over whether the 81-year-old Biden was physically and mentally up to another four years in the White House. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLING IN THE 2024 ELECTION Democrats quickly coalesced around Harris after Biden ended his re-election bid on July 21, amid growing calls from within his own party for the president to drop out of the race. In the three weeks since Biden’s blockbuster announcement, a slew of national and key swing state polls have indicated it’s a margin-of-error race between Harris and Trump. HARRIS AND WALZ TRADE FIRE WITH TRUMP AND VANCE IN BATTLEGROUND STATES FIGHT According to the new surveys, in a multi-candidate field that also includes Democrat turned independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and independent Cornel West, Harris edges Trump by two-points in Pennsylvania and holds a five-point lead in Michigan and six points in Wisconsin. Kennedy, who earlier this year enjoyed support in the teens in some polling, registered in the mid-single digits in the new surveys. The polls were conducted slightly before and mostly after the vice president on Tuesday announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on the Democrats’ 2024 ticket. The two teamed up for large rallies Tuesday evening in Pennsylvania, and Wednesday in Wisconsin and Michigan. The three states are known as the Democrats’ ‘blue wall,’ which the party reliably won in presidential elections for nearly a quarter-century before Trump narrowly carried them in capturing the White House eight years ago. In 2020, President Biden won back all three states with razor-thin margins as he defeated Trump, and the states remain extremely competitive in the 2024 presidential election. The New York Times Times/Siena College polls were conducted between Aug. 5-8 with 619 registered voters in Michigan and 661 in Wisconsin. The Pennsylvania survey was conducted between Aug. 6-9 with 693 registered voters. The sampling error for each survey was plus or minus 4.8 percentage points in Michigan, plus or minus 4.3 percentage points in Wisconsin and plus or minus 4.2 percentage points in Pennsylvania. Besides the bump in polling, Harris has also enjoyed a surge in fundraising since replacing Biden at the top of the Democrats’ ticket and again after naming Walz as her running mate. Trump campaign chief pollster and top adviser Tony Fabrizio argues that the surge for Harris won’t last. “We are witnessing a kind of out of body experience where we have suspended reality for a couple of weeks,” Fabrizio told reporters at a Trump campaign briefing on Thursday. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Secret Service apologizes after breaking into Massachusetts salon to use bathroom before Harris fundraiser
The U.S. Secret Service was forced to apologize to a Massachusetts salon owner after using her building’s bathroom without permission ahead of a fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris last week. The salon owner, Alicia Powers, says Secret Service agents put duct tape over her security cameras and broke into her building by picking the lock. They then allowed various people to use the salon’s bathroom over a two-hour period. Powers told Business Insider that she was aware she had to close her salon but was not informed about the Secret Service’s other plans. “They had a bunch of people in and out of here doing a couple of bomb sweeps again – totally understand what they have to do, due to the nature of the situation,” Powers told Business Insider. “And at that point, my team felt like it was a little bit chaotic, and we just made the decision to close for Saturday.” TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT PUTS SECRET SERVICE FUNDING IN QUESTION: AMERICANS ‘DESERVE ANSWERS’ Footage from the salon’s front-door Ring security camera shows a Secret Service agent approaching the door with a roll of tape and observing the locked door and the camera. The agent then grabbed a nearby chair and stood on it to tape over the security camera. “There were several people in and out for about an hour-and-a-half – just using my bathroom, the alarms going off, using my counter, with no permission,” Powers told BI. FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT WARNS AGENCY ‘STRETCHED THIN’ WITH NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, LACK OF MANPOWER “And then when they were done using the bathroom for two hours, they left, and left my building completely unlocked, and did not take the tape off the camera,” she added. Powers told the outlet that an EMS worker later told her the Secret Service agent in charge of security that day “was telling people to come in and use the bathroom.” The Secret Service told BI that its agents “would not” have used the building without permission, but they acknowledged that an agent had taped over the camera. TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT “Whoever was visiting, whether it was a celebrity or not, I probably would’ve opened the door and made them coffee and brought in donuts to make it a great afternoon for them,” Powers told BI. “But they didn’t even have the audacity to ask for permission. They just helped themselves.” The building’s landlord, Brian Smith, says no one gave the Secret Service officers permission to use the building or even enter it. “Me and my dad own the building, and I have a crazy eccentric guy that lives upstairs,” Smith told BI. “And he didn’t tell the Secret Service they could use it, and I didn’t tell them, and my father didn’t tell them, and they had no permission to go in there whatsoever.” Powers says a representative for the Secret Service’s Boston field office called her to apologize after BI contacted the agency about the incident. “He said to me everything that was done was done very wrong,” Powers told the outlet. “They were not supposed to tape my camera without permission. They were not supposed to enter the building without permission.”
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Gov. Abbott issues executive order requiring Texas hospitals to gather data on immigration statuses
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order mandating that public hospitals in the state gather data on patients’ immigration statuses to report to the state government. Order GA 46, issued on Thursday, directs the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to collect information on illegal immigrants who use public hospitals for inpatient and emergency care and report the healthcare costs, so the state can track how much money was spent on illegal immigrants’ medical treatment and send the bill to the Biden administration, which the governor blames for the influx of illegal migrants entering the U.S. through the Southern Border. “Due to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ open border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegally in the state,” Abbott said in a statement. “Texas should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants.” “That is why I issued an Executive Order requiring the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to collect and report healthcare costs for illegal immigrants in our state,” he continued. “Texas will hold the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the consequences of their open border policies, and we will fight to ensure that they pay back Texas for their costly and dangerous policies.” GOP STATES SUE TO STOP BIDEN ADMIN EXTENDING OBAMACARE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS The new rule takes effect November 1. The hospitals must report the data quarterly, with the first submissions due on March 1. Beginning on January 1, 2026, annual reports must be provided to the governor, lieutenant governor, and the state’s Speaker of the House on the previous year’s costs for medical care provided to illegal immigrants. The order also states that hospitals are required to inform patients that federal law mandates that their responses to questions about immigration status will not affect medical care. The League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, is criticizing the executive order as “political rhetoric.” “It’s pretty vague. It’s like ‘Hey, let’s just get the data.’ Well, what are you doing to do with the data?,” Gabriel Rosales, the state director for LULAC in Texas, told Fox 26. DENVER POLICE OFFICERS FIRED OVER DISTURBING TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: ‘TARGET PRACTICE’ LULAC emphasized that the executive order could keep some immigrants from seeking the medical care they require. “It just creates a lot of fear that’s unnecessary,” Rosales said. “They need to create a pathway to citizenship.” This comes as politicians in Texas and elsewhere are calling on the Biden administration to do more to address the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. “Undocumented immigrants contribute $26.2 billion to this country, nationally,” Sergio Lira, the president of Greater Houston LULAC, told Fox 26. “2.6 billion dollars to the state and local taxes.” Lira also said the federal government “subsidizes and supplements a lot of the medical costs, locally, statewide.”
Veteran Bob McDermott wins 6-way GOP primary to face Mazie Hirono for Senate in deep-blue Hawaii
Former Hawaii state lawmaker Bob McDermott, a Marine Corps veteran, won the Republican Senate primary in Hawaii on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. McDermott initially won his seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives by roughly 150 votes, according to his campaign website. He was the only candidate in the race promoted on the Senate GOP campaign arm’s website. Campaign finance data shows that McDermott raised just under $2,500 in individual contributions as of July and is going into the general election with about $10 cash on hand. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ‘INVISIBLE’ IN CRITICAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN: REPORT Candidates running in the crowded six-way primary ran largely unpolished campaigns compared to the millions invested behind incumbent Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii. Hirono is seeking a third term in the Senate, having first been elected in 2012. The Japan-born U.S. senator is the favorite to win Hawaii’s general election later this year. But her victory will be much welcomed among Democrats as they fight what could be an uphill battle to keep their razor-thin majority in the Senate. ‘NEVER TRUMPERS’ COALESCE BEHIND DEM TICKET IN REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS CAMPAIGN Her 2024 campaign brought in more than $3 million in individual donations, according to campaign finance data. She’s going into the general election with more than $2.3 million cash on hand. Hirono was the lieutenant governor of Hawaii before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she served three terms prior to her 2012 run for Senate. KEY PRIMARIES IN 4 STATES ON TUESDAY TO SET TABLE FOR NOVEMBER SENATE, HOUSE SHOWDOWNS Hawaii’s congressional delegation, two senators and two House members, is fully Democratic. The state’s governor’s office and both houses of its legislature are also controlled by Democrats.
Retired cops in Congress shred Dem’s push for mandated police ‘cultural diversity’ training
A progressive-backed bill to mandate cultural and sensitivity training for police recruits is being panned by House Republican lawmakers who are former officers themselves. “It is imperative that law enforcement officers are well-trained on agency policy and procedures and held to the highest standards that keep both officers and the public safe,” Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., a former sheriff and 40-year veteran of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, told Fox News Digital. “However, it is not the role of Congress, nor should it be, to tell local agencies what that training should look like.” The legislation would require people enrolled at police-training academies “to receive sensitivity training on ethics and racial bias, cultural diversity, and police interaction with . . . people with disabilities, those in a mental health crisis, and new immigrants,” according to the press release. NEW POLL SHOWS TRUMP, HARRIS TIED IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE: ‘CLOSE AS CLOSE CAN BE’ It would also require independent probes and prosecutions of officers accused of using deadly force. The bill was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., earlier this month, on the heels of the police killing of Sonya Massey in Illinois, a Black woman who was shot by a police deputy in her home after calling 911 about a suspected prowler. The deputy was fired and recently pleaded not guilty to charges, including first-degree murder. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., accused Democrats of trying to advance a “defund the police” agenda rather than being interested in serious reform. MASSACHUSETTS RAPE SUSPECT WANTED FOR DECADES-OLD CRIMES CAPTURED AFTER POLICE CHASE IN LOS ANGELES “Even after the failures of their extreme ‘Defund the Police’ movement, radical Democrats continue to demonize the brave men and women who protect and serve their communities. These anti-cop politicians don’t want real reform, they want to eradicate law enforcement altogether, and proposals like this continue to incite violence against them,” Stauber told Fox News Digital. Another former sheriff, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., called the bill “another dangerously ridiculous bad idea from the woke left.” TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Rutherford explained, “I oppose any effort to nationalize our law enforcement agencies, which is exactly what Rep. Cohen’s bill does.” “Public safety depends on a diverse network of law enforcement agencies at the state and local levels. This bill would tie the hands of local and state police agencies and require them to meet national standards overseen by presidential appointees and bureaucrats in Washington,” he said. Cohen’s office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Balance of power: Trump campaign slams Sen Tester as ‘radically out of touch’ after abortion ad rollout
Former President Trump’s campaign slammed Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., as “radically out of touch” after the vulnerable Democrat rolled out several new ads focused on abortion, claiming his opponent would allow abortion to be banned without exceptions. “Kamala Harris and Democrats like Jon Tester are radically out of touch with the majority of Americans in their support for abortion up until birth and even after birth, and forcing taxpayers to fund it,” Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital. The Montana Democrat’s first ad last week featured a woman claiming the Republican Senate candidate in Montana, Tim Sheehy, would let an abortion ban be implemented, even in a situation where the procedure is necessary “to save a woman’s life or health.” ‘FEEL BETRAYED’: TOP CONSERVATIVE GROUP BLASTS VULNERABLE DEMS ON INFLATION IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR AD BLITZ’: In two additional video ads on the subject, women tell viewers that Sheehy would let politicians ban abortion “with no exceptions” and criminalize women. However, Sheehy has reiterated that he believes in exceptions to any abortion limitations. “I’ll always protect the three rights for women. Rape, incest and the life of the mother,” he said during a debate with Tester in June. In a May interview with Montana Public Radio (MPR), the Republican candidate said, “I am proudly pro-life and support commonsense protections for when a baby can feel pain, as well as exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.” ‘NEVER HEARD OF HIM’: HARRIS VP PICK WALZ HAS LITTLE NOTORIETY AMONG TRUMP-VANCE VOTERS IN PA He added that “any further limits must be left to each state.” The Trump campaign has also reiterated its support for abortion being addressed on a state-by-state basis, rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all policy on the hot-button issue for the entire country. ‘NEVER HEARD OF HIM’: HARRIS VP PICK WALZ HAS LITTLE NOTORIETY AMONG TRUMP-VANCE VOTERS IN PA It emphasized this once again in its statement to Fox News Digital, with a spokesperson saying, “President Trump has long been consistent in supporting the rights of states to make decisions on abortion.” On Sheehy’s campaign website, he wrote, “It’s unfortunate that what gets lost in this debate is that Jon Tester supports elective abortion on demand up until the moment of birth.” DEMOCRAT REP ELISSA SLOTKIN WINS SENATE PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN “Think about that again: Jon Tester supports aborting a healthy, full-term baby the day before it’s due. That is the extreme position here.” Asked whether he supports any limitations on abortion at all, Tester’s campaign did not provide comment to Fox News Digital. Tester is running for re-election in Montana, which voted twice for Trump. The race between him and Sheehy is considered one of the most competitive in the country, with non-partisan political handicapper the Cook Political Report rating it a “Toss Up.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.