Gov. Greg Abbott sets special election to fill U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s seat
The winner of the special election will represent the state’s 18th Congressional District for about two months.
Kyle Rittenhouse walks back declaring he was not voting for Trump for not being ‘pro-gun enough’
Less than 12 hours after his initial post on X, Kyle Rittenhouse took back his comment saying he was going to write in Ron Paul because “Trump was not pro-gun enough.” “Hi, I’m Kyle Rittenhouse, outreach director for Texas Gun Rights. A lot of people are upset that I said that I am going to be writing in Ron Paul for President of the United States, and that is true. I will be writing in Ron Paul,” Rittenhouse posted in a video on his X account. Rittenhouse continued his video by explaining his reasoning for not backing Donald Trump for president. “Unfortunately, Donald Trump had bad advisors making him bad on the Second Amendment and that is my issue. If you can not be completely uncompromisable on the Second Amendment, I will not vote for you and I will write somebody else in,” Rittenhouse vowed. “We need champions for the Second Amendment or our rights will be eaten away and eroded each day. I support my decision and I have no takebacks.” SOTOMAYOR FACES BACKLASH FOR GUN RIGHTS VIEWS AFTER BODYGUARDS SHOOT WOULD-BE CARJACKER: ‘INCREDIBLY IRONIC’ Rittenhouse commented on the post, “You must stand by your principles.” He then made another post saying “No compromise means no compromise.” However, less than 12 hours later, Rittenhouse pinned a new post to the top of his X account claiming he had talked to Trump’s team and was taking back his comments. “Over the past 12 hours, I’ve had a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump’s team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights,” Rittenhouse said. PROTESTERS DISRUPT KYLE RITTENHOUSE TPUSA EVENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: ‘NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE’ “My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I’m 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House,” he continued. Ron Paul is a retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 22nd congressional district from 1975 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas’s 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013, according to his biography on the Congress website. Rittenhouse made national headlines after he fatally shot two people and injured a third person during the second night of civil unrest in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020. His attorneys argued that the then-17-year-old was acting in self-defense after being attacked from behind when he shot Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26 in the riots following the police shooting of a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake. Rosenbaum and Huber died. SECOND AMENDMENT FIGHT: GUN RIGHTS GROUP SUES TO BLOCK NEW YORK’S BODY ARMOR BAN Jurors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, declared Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts back in 2021. Rittenhouse would have faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty and convicted of first-degree intentional homicide. President Biden claimed he “didn’t watch the trial” but stands by “what the jury has concluded.” “While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken. I ran on a promise to bring Americans together, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us,” Biden said in a previous statement following the verdict. “I know that we’re not going to heal our country’s wounds overnight, but I remain steadfast in my commitment to do everything in my power to ensure that every American is treated equally, with fairness and dignity, under the law.” He added that “violence and destruction of property have no place in our democracy.” Fox News’ Audrey Conklin, Jiovanni Lieggi and Peter Doocy contributed to this report.
Philadelphia mayor’s social media video sparks speculation of leaked Kamala Harris running mate
A video posted by Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appearing to suggest Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Penn., is Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate has caused a social media frenzy as users speculate whether the post was an accidental leak. In the Friday afternoon post on X, Parker reiterated her support for Harris’ campaign, but also for Shapiro as her vice presidential pick, despite Harris not having announced her chosen running mate yet. REPUBLICANS LAMBASTE BIDEN FOR ISRAEL WEAPONS DELAYS: ‘STOP ACCOMMODATING IRAN’ “And I cannot think of a better partner than our governor, Josh Shapiro,” the mayor said in the video. The post read, “Proud to be back with so many leaders from across our region supporting @KamalaHarris for President and @JoshShapiroPA for VP! We are One CITY, One REGION, and ONE Commonwealth United!” ‘NO KINGS ACT’: SCHUMER ADVANCES BIDEN SCOTUS OVERHAUL WITH BILL TO STRIP TRUMP’S IMMUNITY While social media users were quick to speculate the post was leaked by a staffer accidentally, revealing the much-anticipated selection of the vice president’s running mate, a source familiar with Parker’s political operation denied this. The source told Fox News Digital the video was posted purposely as an endorsement of her longtime friend and hometown governor Josh Shapiro as he’s being considered to be Harris’ running mate. ‘DANGEROUS MESSAGE’: TOP REPUBLICAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER TRADING AMERICANS FOR ‘ACTUAL RUSSIAN CRIMINALS’ Shapiro is in consideration to be Harris’ running mate, alongside several others, including Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Govs. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Andy Beshear, D-Ky., and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The campaign has yet to announce her pick, but the reveal is expected imminently as the chosen running mate is slated to join her next week on a four-day battleground state tour that begins in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. HARRIS’ BORDER REMARKS HAUNT DOWN-BALLOT DEMS AS LAKE AD PREVIEWS GOP GENERAL ELECTION STRATEGY In a statement, a Harris campaign spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “Vice President Harris has directed her team to begin the process of vetting potential running mates. That process has begun in earnest and we do not expect to have additional updates until the Vice President announces who will be serving as her running mate and as the next Vice President of the United States.” A spokesperson for Shapiro declined to comment to Fox News Digital. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub
Butler rally was the first event Secret Service deployed counter snipers to Trump detail: acting director
Former President Trump was afforded extra protection the day his ear was grazed by a bullet, according to a top security official. “It was the first time Secret Service counter snipers were deployed to support the former president’s detail,” Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. revealed during a press conference Friday afternoon. “The former president at campaign rallies has actually been getting state and local resources — tactical assets, counter snipers from state and locals. So, with respect to why they were there in Butler, we evaluate our threat landscape every day. We calibrate based on that threat. We evaluated a threat stream that we have, and we put our Secret Service counter sniper personnel out there.” Trump was shot in the ear by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks while speaking during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13. VIDEO FROM TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM’S POV SHOWS FIGURE MOVING ON ROOF MOMENTS BEFORE GUNFIRE Since the shooting, various new details have emerged regarding the event, including texts that showed officers were aware of Crooks 90 minutes before the shooting. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM JAMES COPENHAVER ‘SAD’ WITH STATE OF ‘POLITICAL DIVISION’ IN US Soon after, the House of Representatives held a hearing to question Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who stepped down due to mounting pressure from both Democrats and Republicans. Following the hearing, the House launched a bipartisan task force to further investigate the assassination attempt. The task force is led by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., whose district includes the site of the shooting, and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., a retired Army Ranger. The panel also includes several other members, including Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn.; Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; and Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md.
VP contender Mark Kelly dodges questions on Kamala Harris’ policy flip-flops
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who is a top contender to be Vice President Kamala Harris‘ running mate in the 2024 election, dodged several questions about recent policy reversals by the Democratic presidential nominee. When the senator was confronted with several of Harris’ past stances, including her support for Medicare for migrants, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and banning fracking, he did not say whether he agreed with those ideas. “So I’ve been working on this issue now for three and a half years,” Kelly told FOX Business on Thursday in response to questions on Harris’ previous immigration stances. “I am a border senator. I’ve got—I’m on the phone all the time with sheriffs, mayors—I work with them. I work with this administration.” HARRIS’ BORDER REMARKS HAUNT DOWN-BALLOT DEMS AS LAKE AD PREVIEWS GOP GENERAL ELECTION STRATEGY “I mean, and my border mayors, many of them, really appreciate the steps that the administration has taken. What they don’t appreciate is the Republicans in the United States Senate doing the bidding of Donald Trump just for an election,” he added. Pressed again on whether he supported Harris’ previously vocalized stances on Medicare for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing border crossings and abolishing ICE, Kelly refused to answer. In 2019, during Harris’ failed bid for Democratic presidential nominee in 2020, she was asked if she would support Medicare for all, including those in the country illegally. “I’m opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being from access to public safety, public education or public health, period,” Harris answered. REPUBLICANS LAMBASTE BIDEN FOR ISRAEL WEAPONS DELAYS: ‘STOP ACCOMMODATING IRAN’ She also told the hosts of “The View” during her primary campaign, “I am in favor of saying that we are not going to treat people who are undocumented and cross the border as criminals.” Further, when Harris was pressed on calls to abolish ICE in her party in 2019, she said, “I think there is no question that we’ve got to critically reexamine ICE and its role and the way it is being administered and the work it is doing.” “We need to probably even think about starting from scratch,” she added. Harris has since reneged on her support for Medicare for all and has appeared to embrace a more moderate Democratic stance on ICE, border security and the criminalization of border crossers during her time in the Biden administration. She expressed support for the bipartisan negotiated border security bill, ultimately opposed by Republicans, and her campaign said that recent executive actions related to limiting asylum would continue in her administration. According to Kelly, he “absolutely” approves of Harris’ handling of the border in her capacity as vice president. “And on the border with the executive actions that we now have. Absolutely,” he said. ‘NO KINGS ACT’: SCHUMER ADVANCES BIDEN SCOTUS OVERHAUL WITH BILL TO STRIP TRUMP’S IMMUNITY When asked for his response to Harris backtracking on her past support for a ban on fracking, Kelly refused to respond to Fox News Digital. The Harris campaign recently claimed she no longer supports a ban on fracking, with a spokesperson stating, “Trump’s false claims about fracking bans are an obvious attempt to distract from his own plans to enrich oil and gas executives at the expense of the middle class.” ‘DANGEROUS MESSAGE’: TOP REPUBLICAN RAISES CONCERNS OVER TRADING AMERICANS FOR ‘ACTUAL RUSSIAN CRIMINALS’ “This Administration created 300,000 energy jobs, while Trump lost nearly a million and his Project 2025 would undo the enormous progress we’ve made the past four years,” they added. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, accounts for two-thirds of marketed natural gas production and roughly half of crude oil production in the U.S., according to the American Petroleum Institute. “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said in 2019 during her bid to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2020. Neither Kelly’s office nor the Harris campaign provided comment to Fox News Digital in time for publication. Harris is expected to announce her chosen running mate by Tuesday, when she will begin a four-day battleground state tour beginning in Philadelphia. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Fox News Politics: If the Crown Fits
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… -Harris blames Trump for jobs report four years into Biden’s presidency -House committee launches an investigation into 9/11 terrorist’s plea deal -Republicans blast Biden’s Israel weapons delays Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday officially clinched her party’s 2024 presidential nomination, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced that the vice president had secured the votes of a majority of pledged delegates to the Democrats’ upcoming national convention. “I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates and will be the nominee of the Democratic Party following the close of voting on Monday,” DNC chair Jaime Harrison said in a statement. And while the nomination of Harris was never in doubt, the vice president was the only candidate to qualify for the presidential nomination roll call. It marks an historic milestone in the nation’s history, as Harris becomes the first woman of color to lead a major political party’s national ticket…Read more MIGRANTS ON HOLD: Biden admin freezes controversial flight program after fraud revelations …Read more BLAME GAME: Kamala Harris blames Trump for latest dreadful jobs report nearly a full term after he left office …Read more TROUBLED TESTIMONY: Hallie Biden, the ex of Hunter Biden, ordered to testify at Hunter Biden’s tax trial, granted immunity …Read more ‘PASSAGE OF TIME 2.0’: Harris ripped for repetition in unscripted remarks …Read more ‘NOT ABOUT ME’: GOP military veteran reveals key component he says Trump task force is missing …Read more ‘UNCONSCIONABLE’: Major House committee launches probe into 9/11 plotters’ plea deal …Read more ‘STOP ACCOMMODATING IRAN’: Republicans lambaste Biden for Israel weapons delays …Read more ‘COME TOGETHER’: Top Dem on Trump shooting task force denies his past work as impeachment manager won’t politicize probe …Read more ‘F—— IDIOTS’: Carville says he wishes Harris would tell far left to ‘go f— themselves’ …Read more BIDEN’S CO-PILOT: Trump campaign says Harris is ‘Biden’s co-pilot’ on ‘Bidenomics’ amid woeful jobs numbers …Read more SEALING THE DEAL: Harris secures enough delegates to be Democratic nominee, party says …Read more ‘PAY A PRICE”: WSJ urges stronger stance on hostage takers after Gershkovich release …Read more POP THE CHAMPAGNE: Journalism community celebrates news that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is coming home …Read more FAMILY’S GRIEF: Mother of slain nursing student Laken Riley left hearing in tears …Read more CONFIDENCE PLUNGES: Poll: Americans don’t trust Secret Service protection …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.
GOP lawmakers warn Biden parole scheme could lead to massive spike in marriage fraud
FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are raising concerns about a new “parole in place” scheme to protect illegal immigrant spouses of citizens from deportation — warning that it could be accompanied by a spike in marriage fraud. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, obtained by Fox News Digital, 10 lawmakers led by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., say that the expansion of parole “is likely to result in the growth of an existing international criminal network used to allow aliens to illegally enter the country through fraudulent marriages, including individuals connected with terrorist organizations.” The Biden administration announced the new process in June, that allows noncitizen spouses who have lived in the U.S. for 10 years and are judged not to pose a threat to public safety or national security to apply for permanent residency. VANCE BORDER SPEECH HITS HARRIS IN LATEST BARRAGE OF ATTACKS BETWEEN CAMPAIGNS ON MIGRANT CRISIS DHS estimates that it will affect approximately 500,000 illegal immigrants. The process would not be eligible for new arrivals, as they must be in the U.S. for more than 10 years by June 2024. But the lawmakers note that marriage fraud has been a major avenue used for illegal immigrants, and is often organized by criminal groups. “Marriage fraud is also known to be a tool used by terrorist organizations. Members of both Al Qaeda and Hezbollah have used marriage fraud to allow their members to enter the United States under the guise of legitimacy,” they note. “Since the criminal mechanisms for large scale marriage fraud for illegal aliens already exist, we are greatly concerned that the announced plans to parole certain aliens based on marriage status to American citizens will only exacerbate the current problem with detecting fraudulent marriages,” they say. 2024 SHOWDOWN: TRUMP CAMPAIGN REJOICES AFTER HARRIS LEANS IN ON KEY ISSUE HAUNTING HER VICE PRESIDENCY The lawmakers ask DHS how many cases it identifies of marriage fraud each year, the processes for identifying fraud and whether DHS anticipates instances of fraud will increase due to the new parole program. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS They also ask whether there is consideration that some of those who qualify may qualify only because they are in a fraudulent marriage, and whether DHS is planning on implementing further measures to detect fraud. The letter is the latest concern raised about the use of parole by the Biden administration. Republicans have said they believe the parole system is being abused by the administration and that the authority only allows it to be used on a case by case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. The Biden administration says it is expanding lawful pathways for migrants, in part due to the lack of funding and reform passed by Congress and as a way to bring order to the border and to discourage illegal immigration. Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.
Veteran Secret Service agent calls for leadership to be fired: ‘Kings of cover-up’
The United States Secret Service leadership are the “kings of cover-up,” an inside source claims. A veteran agent of the United States Secret Service (USSS) spoke with Fox News Digital about the management of the agency and what he sees as the source of its failures to prevent the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “The three things that failed us in Butler were lack of communication, which is a leadership issue, lack of personnel, which is a leadership issue, and lack of use of technology, which is also a leadership issue.” SENATORS ACCUSE SECRET SERVICE OF TRYING TO MAKE LOCAL POLICE A ‘SCAPEGOAT’ FOLLOWING TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING The agent, who spoke with Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation from his superiors, defended the USSS personnel on the ground in Butler, saying that “the people that need to be fired are the people in leadership.” Acting USSS Director Ronald Rowe, during his Capitol Hill testimony on Tuesday, appeared to blame local police for not seeing Crooks on top of the building from which he ultimately fired from. However, on Wednesday, the district attorney of Butler County disputed Rowe’s account and told Fox News that local snipers were not responsible for monitoring that rooftop. “I think they’re looking for a scapegoat,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told The Washington Times following Rowe’s testimony. WHISTLEBLOWER ACCUSES ACTING SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR OF REDUCING COUNTER SURVEILLANCE BEFORE TRUMP SHOOTING “This has a lot of CYA [cover your a–] feel to it,” added Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. The veteran agent told Fox News Digital that the agency is experiencing serious recruitment problems, calling the USSS “horrible at retention and horrible at hiring.” He said, “We have people on the job capable of doing it, but they want to do things their ignorant ways. There’s a bit of cockiness to it, if you will.” A new poll has revealed that most Americans don’t trust the Secret Service to keep presidential candidates safe from violence in the wake of the Trump rally shooting in Pennsylvania three weeks ago. The survey, by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that about seven in 10 Americans think the Secret Service bears at least a moderate amount of responsibility for the assassination attempt, while half of Americans think local law enforcement in Pennsylvania had at least a moderate amount of responsibility, according to the poll. Only about one-third of Americans said they are extremely or very confident that the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, will conduct a full and fair investigation of the Trump assassination attempt. Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Secret Service leaders didn’t want to ‘burn through’ budget for extra Trump security, GOP lawmaker says
EXCLUSIVE: A retired Green Beret appointed to the House task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Trump is questioning whether U.S. Secret Service (USSS) leaders denied multiple requests for more security over funding concerns. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital his sources within USSS were “frustrated” with their leaders, including how they’ve handled the fallout since Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Waltz suggested he was told Trump had been getting the normal level of protection for a former president, but that USSS leadership was hesitant to grant requests for added security for all of his campaign events as a major party candidate for re-election. “What I was initially told was that kind of the atmosphere … the leadership wouldn’t say it explicitly, but the tone and the tenor they got back was, ‘We’re not going to burn through our budget — all the extra overtime, all the extra travel, all these extra agents and resources — so that Trump can have all of these rallies every week,’” Waltz said. “That was really, you know, the kind of message they were getting back. TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT “If that’s the case, that is highly politicized and highly dangerous. If they needed more resources, they should have come to the Congress and asked for it, because you’ve got a very active former president who — oh, by the way — is also a candidate. “You can’t just go to, you know, your standard operating procedures for, say, a Jimmy Carter who’s sitting in an old folks’ home. And so I’m really interested in getting to the bottom of how that happened.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and USSS for comment. Waltz told Fox News Digital he’s also interested in finding out whether the funding issue led to other potential incidents with Trump during the course of the House’s investigation. He said it was one of “three buckets” of information he’s looking to explore. VIDEO FROM TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM’S POV SHOWS FIGURE MOVING ON ROOF MOMENTS BEFORE GUNFIRE “From what agents are telling me, he was assigned the same detail a former president would get to, say, Jimmy Carter or [George W. Bush]. Well, he’s obviously not your average former president. And they’re telling me they were repeatedly denied additional resources,” Waltz said. “So, were there other near misses? Were there other major, you know, violations or security incidences at his residences, for example?” A 20-year-old gunman opened fire on Trump’s July 13 rally from a rooftop just outside the event’s security perimeter, killing one rally attendee and injuring two others. The former president was shot in the ear and hastily evacuated by USSS agents. It’s spurred several probes, including multiple congressional investigations, into security failures that day. The fallout also forced the resignation of former USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle, who was replaced by acting Director Ronald Rowe. Multiple reports indicated last month that the Trump campaign was denied requests for added security for various events prior to the rally shooting due to a lack of resources. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT VICTIM JAMES COPENHAVER ‘SAD’ WITH STATE OF ‘POLITICAL DIVISION’ IN US USSS spokesman Anthony Guglielmi did not dispute those reports in a statement he made to The Washington Post in late July. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “The Secret Service has a vast, dynamic and intricate mission. Every day we work in a dynamic threat environment to ensure our protectees are safe and secure across multiple events, travel and other challenging environments. We execute a comprehensive and layered strategy to balance personnel, technology and specialized operational needs,” he said. “In some instances where specific Secret Service specialized units or resources were not provided, the agency made modifications to ensure the security of the protectee. This may include utilizing state or local partners to provide specialized functions or otherwise identifying alternatives to reduce public exposure of a protectee.”
Grade school kids forced to take DEI surveys without parental consent in blue state school district: watchdog
Conservative watchdog legal group American First Legal (AFL), says it has achieved a significant “victory” in a New Jersey school district after the U.S. Department of Education deemed the school system to have acted unlawfully by not providing an opt-out option for “equity” and “diversity” surveys handed out to students. “When we’re talking about things like gender identity and other sensitive issues, there is the very real issue of, this is also being used almost as an educational tool, to push these concepts on kids,” senior advisor Ian Prior told Fox News Digital in an interview. “So, it’s really a dual concern. What are these surveys being used for, as far as data collection, but how are these surveys being used to essentially normalize things that parents and students may have objections to?” HARRIS’ BACKING OF BAIL FUND DURING GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS DAMPENS TRUMP ‘PROSECUTOR’ CAMPAIGN PITCH In Cedar Grove, New Jersey, the local school district distributed surveys on sensitive topics like religion, family income, and gender identity without giving parents a chance to opt out. After parents filed complaints with both the state and federal education departments in mid-2021, the New Jersey Board of Education ruled that the district had violated state law. The U.S. Department of Education, however, did not act promptly, leading AFL to file a lawsuit in 2023 to compel the federal agency to investigate. Prior explained that AFL had created a “parent toolkit” in early 2022 to help parents understand and use the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), a federal law enacted in the 1970s, that ensures that parents have the right to access information about their children’s education, that has often been overlooked. HARRIS NOW BACKING AWAY FROM SEVERAL FAR-LEFT STANCES SHE ONCE PROMOTED The Department of Education later investigated and confirmed that Cedar Grove had indeed violated the PPRA. They have now required the district to comply with the law and provide necessary documentation by September. “I think it also shows the power of this law that has largely gone unused for decades, and that it is a way, for instance, to enforce their rights against these school systems that are doing everything they can to hide information from parents,” Prior said. “And it’s encouraging that our work early on in 2022 is bringing awareness to parents across the country about their rights.” The Cedar Grove School District could not be reached for comment. OLYMPIC BOXER DEEMED TO HAVE MALE CHROMOSOMES WINS FIGHT IN 46 SECONDS, OPPONENT LEFT IN TEARS AFTER HARD HITS Parental rights have long been a hot-button issue in the culture war. Last week, a conservative think tank launched an eight-figure effort to highlight VP Kamala Harris’ “extremist” record on parental rights and transgender issues. Also last week, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed into law a controversial mandate that bans schools in the state from being forced to notify parents if their child uses pronouns or a gender identity opposite their biological sex. Fox News Digital’s Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.