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Biden campaign insists president ‘staying in this race’ despite reports he’s wavering
MILWAUKEE – President Biden’s re-election campaign is pushing back against a slew of reports in the past 24 hours that the president has become more receptive in the last couple of days to hearing arguments about why he should drop his 2024 re-election run. “Our campaign is not working through any scenarios where President Biden is not at the top of the ticket. He is and will be the Democratic nominee,” Biden principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks told reporters at a news conference Thursday morning near the site of the Republican National Convention. Fulks emphasized that “the president has said it several times. He’s staying in this race” and “we look forward to him accepting the [nomination of the] delegates in Chicago and continuing with this race to talk about what’s at stake.” WHAT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO SAY AT HIS GOP CONVENTION SPEECH THURSDAY NIGHT Following his disastrous debate performance last month in his face-to-face showdown with former President Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential nominee, the 81-year-old Biden has been facing questions about whether he has the physical and mental capabilities to serve another four years in the most demanding job in the world. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP And politically, Biden’s been pushing back against a rising chorus of calls to end his campaign from elected Democrats, who are deeply concerned about the possibility of the party not only losing the White House but both houses of Congress in the fall election. Reports over the past 24 hours indicated that top Democrats – including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – have had frank conversations with Biden about the president ending his campaign. Asked a second time at the news conference if Biden may consider stepping aside, Fulks responded that the president “is not wavering on anything. The president has made his decision. I don’t want to be rude, but I do not know how many more times we can answer that. Joe Biden has said he is running for president of the United States. Our campaign is moving forward.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for two districts in Kerala on Thursday.
Secret Service Director agrees to testify at House hearing on Trump assassination attempt
The director of the Secret Service has agreed to testify at an upcoming House hearing probing the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee subpoenaed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear in front of Congress as part of the open investigation into the Trump-rally shooting, claiming the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service “failed to provide assurance regarding your appearance” as reasoning. Cheatle has since agreed to comply with the subpoena, the committee announced Wednesday evening. “Americans demand and deserve answers from Director Cheatle about the attempted assassination of President Trump and the Secret Service’s egregious failures,” the GOP-led committee wrote on X after Cheatle agreed to appear. FBI’S CONCLUSION ON ATTEMPTED TRUMP ASSASSINATION AFTER 200 INTERVIEWS CALLED ‘BULL—-’ BY LAWMAKER Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., penned the letter to Cheatle, writing that, “there have been no meaningful updates or information shared with the Committee.” “The lack of transparency and failure to cooperate with the Committee on this pressing matter by both DHS and the Secret Service further calls into question your ability to lead the Secret Service and necessitates the attached subpoena compelling your appearance before the Oversight Committee,” a letter attached to the subpoena read. JOY REID SUGGESTS BIDEN RECOVERING FROM COVID IS ‘EXACTLY THE SAME THING’ AS TRUMP SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION After initially requesting Cheatle’s voluntary presence at the hearing, an Oversight Committee spokesperson told Fox News’ Chad Pergram that a subpoena would “head off any attempt by DHS to backtrack from her appearance on Monday.” Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, an incident that took the life of one rally attendee and injured several others. Members of Congress immediately called for an investigation into the incident, and a full committee hearing is scheduled for Monday, July 22.
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SOP has been issued to all user fee collection agencies to charge double user fees if they violate the rule.
Biden will ‘absolutely’ hurt longtime Dem senator’s chances of retaining battleground state seat: McCormick
MILWAUKEE – Political woes stacking up against the Biden administration will “absolutely” injure the campaign of longtime Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, according to his Republican Senate competitor, Dave McCormick. “I think right now, what’s becoming clear is that this is an election that’s a choice between strength and weakness at the top of the ticket, and strength and weakness between myself and Sen. Casey,” McCormick said, saying that Biden’s record in office will “absolutely” hurt Casey’s campaign. “The fact remains that 80% of Pennsylvanians think the country is going in the wrong direction. These pocketbook issues, like sky-high inflation, 20% rise in prices, 60% of Pennsylvanians live paycheck to paycheck. And it’s because of the bad decisions and policies of Casey and Biden – spending, the war on energy, the wide open border, 4,000 fentanyl deaths last year for Pennsylvanians,” McCormick said. McCormick is an Army combat veteran and former CEO of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, who served as the Commerce Department’s Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security as well as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs under former President George W. Bush’s administration. He is competing in one of the most highly anticipated Senate elections in the nation. BIDEN ADMITS ‘BULL’S-EYE’ COMMENT ABOUT TRUMP WAS A ‘MISTAKE,’ AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Democrats have increasingly called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race following his disastrous debate performance last month, which included the president tripping over his words, losing his train of thought at times and delivering responses with a raspy voice. California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was the latest member of his party on Wednesday to call on Biden to bow out. “While the choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is time for him to pass the torch,” Schiff said. “And in doing so, secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election.” LONGTIME DEM SENATOR RAILS AGAINST BIG COMPANIES’ ‘GREEDFLATION,’ BUT DONOR RECORDS SHOW ANOTHER STORY McCormick is running to serve Biden’s childhood home state as a senator, working to defeat Casey, who has held onto his seat since 2007. At the federal level, Pennsylvania is also a key battleground state this election cycle, which narrowly voted for Trump in 2016, and elected Biden in 2020 by a 1.17% margin. McCormick took the RNC’s stage on Tuesday evening, where he said the election is a “choice between America’s greatness or its sad, disgraceful decline,” while taking a jab at his competition. “My opponent’s name is Bob Casey, but you probably don’t know him, ’cause he does nothing,” McCormick said. “For 18 years, Bob Casey has been warming a chair and drawing a paycheck. He is a do-nothing, out-of-touch, liberal, career politician.” FORMER NY CONGRESSMAN LAYS OUT DEMS’ YEARS-LONG ESCALATING RHETORIC AHEAD OF TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT “It feels like a privilege to be here, to be the nominee, to be able to do this. The energy in the room is electric. You can feel it. I think you can feel a sense of unity. I think Saturday’s shooting was even further unifying of our party. It was also sobering. We realized we were an inch away from losing the president, and what a catastrophic thing that would have been for the country. So I’m excited to be here, and I think we’ve got a clear vision for the future,” he said. McCormick underscored that the RNC and Trump’s messaging has been one of unity, especially following the assassination attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pa., on Saturday evening during a rally. Trump was hit in the ear during the attack, while two other attendees were injured, and another man, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, was shot and killed protecting his wife and family. FLORIDA REP. MILLS FLOATS ‘J13’-STYLE COMMITTEE FOR DEMOCRATS’ RHETORIC FOLLOWING TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT McCormick said that Trump’s selection of Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate will further the message of unity and will also likely help down ballot Senate races across the nation, most notably for McCormick in Pennsylvania. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I’m excited about it. He’s a veteran, that’s a big deal in Pennsylvania – we have a huge, huge veterans community. He understands Appalachia. He understands the plight of working families, which is a huge deal in Western Pennsylvania, where I live. He understands the importance of natural gas, and the energy industry is a huge part of Pennsylvania’s future,” McCormick said, calling Vance a “young, energetic leader.”
Border security, illegal immigration top of agenda at GOP convention: ‘Mass Deportation Now!’
Calls for additional border security and mass deportation of illegal immigrants were again on display at the Republican National Convention’s third night, as the ongoing crisis at the border remains a top political issue. Signs of “Mass Deportation Now!” were seen on the convention floor, and the point was hammered home by former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan, who said that a new Trump term would bring new enforcement measures and more deportations. “I’ve got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden has released in our country in violation of federal law: You better start packing now,” Homan said to cheers from the crowd. BORDER WALL GAP LEFT OPEN AFTER BIDEN STOPPED CONSTRUCTION FRUSTRATES AGENTS: ‘IT’S A BEACON’ Former President Trump had campaigned heavily on restricting illegal immigration and building a wall along the southern border in 2016, and his supporters say the strategy worked. President Biden took office, reversing many of Trump’s policies, and has since been hit by a historic crisis at the southern border that has smashed records. The Biden administration has said it has been trying to solve what it says is a hemisphere-wide crisis, but needs funding and immigration reform from Congress, something it blames Republicans for blocking. But Republicans say the crisis is the result of Biden-era policies and specifically the reversal of Trump-era policies like border wall construction and increased interior enforcement. “Biden is the first president in American history to come into office and unsecure the border. Who the hell does that?” Homan said. Now, with the crisis at the border a top issue, Republicans are promising to fix it if Trump is re-elected. Trump has promised the largest deportation campaign in American history. “America needs a president who will secure our border. America needs Donald J. Trump,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has fought repeatedly with the Biden administration on the crisis. “Under President Trump we had the lowest illegal border crossings in about four decades. By contrast, however, Joe Biden deserted his duty on his first day in office, he gutted President Trump’s policies and the result has been catastrophic,” he said. On Tuesday, day two of the convention had focused on border security, with the theme of “Make America Secure Again.” Speakers had included the family of Rachel Morin, who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant last year. “Joe Biden and his designated border czar Kamala Harris opened our borders to him and others like him, empowering them to victimize the innocent,” Rachel’s brother, Michael, said. On Wednesday, speakers included Arizona ranchers Sue and Jim Chilton. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS “On the screen you’ll see footage from our ranch. Since Joe Biden took office our hidden cameras have recorded over 3,500 drug packers and others dressed in camouflage marching north through our ranch,” Jim Chilton said. “These are not asylum seekers. It looks like, feels like an invasion, because it is,” he said. “Every time Jim leaves the ranch house, I have to worry that he won’t come back alive,” Sue said. “Our house has been broken into twice. A Border Patrol agent was shot by drug smugglers on our ranch.” The Biden administration has been pushing back against the narrative set by the Republican Party, accusing Republicans of blocking solutions. Meanwhile, the administration has said that its actions are working. The White House said this week that since an executive order by President Biden was announced in June to limit entries into the U.S., encounters overall have decreased by more than 50%, and the number of releases has decreased by 70%. Officials also say the administration has removed and returned more than 50,000 individuals to more than 100 countries. “While the president’s action has led to significant results, it is clear that the only lasting solution to the challenges we are seeing on our border – the solution that would deliver additional authorities, resources, and personnel that we need to secure our border – is through congressional action,” an official said.
DNC delegates actively discussing Biden stepping down in leaked private chats: reports
California delegates for the Democratic Party are reportedly in disarray as debate over the president’s chances of re-election threatens to tear the party apart. Private group chats across multiple social media platforms have been set up to facilitate discussion among the delegates, who almost universally worry that a second Biden term is an impossible sell to voters, according to Politico. A cache of messages was reportedly leaked to the outlet — only the latest in a deluge of leaks from inside the Biden administration and the wider Democratic Party. “Obviously, the first step would be that President Biden steps down of his own accord and frees his delegates,” DNC delegate Susan Bolle posted in a Facebook group discussing the issue. “We should discuss this. This is a painful experience on every level, but we play an outsized role in history this election. This cannot be left to chance.” PELOSI ‘CONVINCED BIDEN WILL LOSE,’ WORKING THE PHONES WITH HOPES TO ‘EASE HIM OFF THE TICKET,’ REPORT SAYS “Kamala isn’t the strongest overall but logistically it’d be the cleanest,” Stonewall Democratic Club vice president Nico Brancolini reportedly told her group. “But imagine the fury if a sitting vice president who is a black woman were passed over for any of the other candidates.” The delegates are not the only ones becoming more aggressive in seeking Biden’s resignation from the 2024 presidential race. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly talked to Biden over the phone and presented polling that suggested the president’s re-election campaign was tanking Democrats’ chances on the ticket, according to multiple reports. “The speaker does not want to call on him to resign, but she will do everything in her power to make sure it happens,” one source familiar with the call told the outlet. PELOSI SNAPS AT REPORTER ASKING IF SHE WANTS BIDEN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE: ‘AM I SPEAKING ENGLISH TO YOU?’ Biden reportedly became defensive against the former speaker’s accusations, suggesting that he has seen polls in which he’s ahead. “President Biden is the nominee of the party. He plans to win and looks forward to working with congressional Democrats to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told CNN when asked about the alleged phone call. Pelosi, a longtime Biden ally, is now “convinced” Biden remaining on the ticket would cost her party the White House, according to a stunning Politico report published on Monday. Last week, a number of House Democrats told The Hill that Pelosi was advising members in their conference against rallying to Biden before there is a broader discussion over whether he is the best candidate to defeat Trump. Biden reportedly lashed out at fellow Democrats on a group call Saturday, insisting that questions about his viability for a second term were ridiculous. Internal debate over plans to re-nominate Biden as the 2024 presidential nominee is threatening to rupture the Democratic Party. Democratic leaders are considering plans to nominate Biden as soon as next week, ostensibly due to concerns that the Aug. 17 date for the Democratic National Convention comes after Ohio’s ballot deadline. Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood contributed to this report.
Republicans weigh in on what they hope and expect to hear in Trump’s RNC speech: ‘This is his moment’
(VIDEO ID TO ACTIVATE: 6358320948112) MILWAUKEE – Republicans at the RNC in Milwaukee spoke to Fox News Digital about what they hope and expect to hear from former President Trump when he delivers his first speech since a failed attempt on his life at his last rally. “We’re at an amazing turning point, an inflection point in America,” Ohio’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told Fox News Digital. “President Trump, rising off the ground after that awful evil attempt on his life showed strength of character and determination and heart that America has been hungry for and I think this showcase allows him to get past the legacy media filter and to address the American people at a moment when they’re looking for a message of strength and stability and hope and I think he’s going to be able to bring that. This is his moment.” Political consultant and Trump surrogate Mehek Cook told Fox News Digital she expects a message of “unity” from the former president. TRUMP SHOOTER TOLD BOSS HE NEEDED DAY OFF BEFORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, GAVE THREE-WORD REASON: REPORT “I believe he started that movement as voters continued to abandon Joe Biden in droves. Black voters, Hispanic, even the youth in swing states are now for President Trump but I think Saturday changed everything,” Cooke said. “An assassination attempt on President Trump truly proved that the American spirit was attacked and when he got up and yelled fight, fight, fight without a prompter, that was his first inclination to tell the American people that he’s okay and that he’s standing with them. It showed hope in America.” Cooke continued, “It showed that he’s truly a beacon of light. I believe that he’s going to stand on stage and talk about unifying America. It’s not about just unifying Republicans. It’s independents. It’s Democrats. It’s you. It’s me. It’s the everyday average American voter and I think that this pick with JD Vance is truly a generational shift and a change. It’s not about the next four years. It’s a legacy. It’s 12 years to undo what Joe Biden has done to this great country. So it’s unity 2024 all the way for President Trump.” DONALD TRUMP’S SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION UNDER INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT “There are people who are going to be tuning into President Trump’s speech who haven’t yet made their mind up, who the next president of the United States should be and that is an opportunity to tell these voters where you stand on issues that matter most to them,” Former GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin told Fox News Digital. “President Trump has an opportunity to outline not just what was great about his first term in office, his successes when he did in this job for a term, but his positive, uplifting vision for America, if he has the opportunity to serve as the 47th president.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Trump will close out the 2024 GOP convention on Thursday night with his first speech since a 20-year-old gunman tried to assassinate him in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump told the Washington Examiner after nearly losing his life that he rewrote the speech he intended to give. “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” Trump told the outlet. “Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches. Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now.”
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NEET-UG 2024 row: SC directs NTA to declare centre-wise, city-wise results of exam.