NEET-UG: CBI arrests accused in paper leak case from Bihar
Rakesh Ranjan, who is believed to be a one of key player in the NEET paper leak network, was taken into custody following a planned operation by the CBI.
Battleground Dems Tester, Kaine to skip Biden campaign meeting as 2024 fears grow
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is skipping a meeting with President Biden’s campaign advisers on Thursday and will not elaborate on his reasoning as concerns about Biden’s fitness grow in Congress. The at-risk Montana Democrat told reporters on Wednesday he wouldn’t be going to the special meeting at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) with senior Biden advisers Mike Donilon and Steve Ricchetti, and campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, which was announced that afternoon. BATTLEGROUND DEM FEELS HEAT AFTER BIDEN’S DEBATE AS PARTY TURMOIL CONTINUES He didn’t say why he wasn’t going, and his office said Tester had “a scheduling conflict,” but declined to answer questions from Fox News Digital about the details of the conflict. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., also won’t be joining the special meeting. He is running for re-election in Virginia, a state that has recently seen a trend in favor of former President Trump as widespread worry over Biden’s condition endures. FIRST DEM SENATOR CALLS FOR BIDEN TO DROP OUT ‘FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY’ Kaine told reporters on Wednesday he was not sure if he would be able to attend because of his plans to campaign in Virginia, which is a short commute from the Capitol. SENATE DEMS TEST WHETHER ABORTION CAN BREAK THROUGH TALK OF BIDEN CONCERNS “Senator Kaine had a previously scheduled event planned during this time that could not be moved,” a spokesperson for Kaine’s campaign told Fox News Digital. “As you saw yesterday, this event was planned last minute and with such little notice we could not adjust to make the event at the DSCC.” BIDEN ADVISERS TO JOIN SENATE DEMS FOR SPECIAL MEETING AMID SWELLING CONCERNS Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., will be going to the event with Biden’s team. He is also facing re-election in November. Heinrich didn’t answer questions from Fox News Digital about Biden’s fitness to be president on Tuesday, holding up a phone to his ear in an apparent call. The campaigns and Senate offices of Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bob Casey, D-Pa., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital when asked if they would be attending.
‘Terrible message’: GOP lawmaker fumes after only 5 House Dems support bill requiring citizenship to vote
FIRST ON FOX: Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney of New York is reacting to the House passage of the SAVE Act that she co-sponsored, which aims to prevent illegal immigrants from voting in U.S. elections. “I think what it does is it just puts an exclamation point on the fact that the states are the ones that have been in power to control the laws and that the states need to ensure that we have citizens only voting in elections so that we’re we’re solidifying the concept of one citizen, one vote,” Tenney told Fox News Digital after the House passed the SAVE Act by a final vote of 221-198. Only five Democrats voted in favor of the measure, including Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas; Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine; Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C.; and Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash. “There’s nothing more sacred and more profound than the right to vote and especially to preserve our self-governing constitutional republic and to preserve our democracy. And the Democrats can keep talking about democracy, but nothing undermines the values of the right of each individual to have their vote cast and allowing non-citizens to vote,” Tenney, the chair of the House Election Integrity Caucus, told Fox News Digital. LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM TOP MICHIGAN OFFICIAL OVER SUSPECTED PRO-DEMOCRAT ELECTIONEERING Under the legislation, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship via IDs and documentation such as a passport, a government-issued photo ID showing proof the individual was born in the U.S., military IDs, or a valid photo ID as well as documentation showing proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, the legislation states. “This will be one of the most important votes that members of this chamber will ever take in their entire careers,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a press release before the vote. “And it’s an issue we never thought we would have to actually address, but that moment has come to us now. Should Americans and Americans alone determine the outcome of American elections? Or should we allow foreigners and illegal aliens to decide who sits in the White House and in the People’s House and in the Senate?” Democratic leadership urged its members to vote against the bill arguing that it would place “an extreme burden [on] countless Americans.” “It’s pretty incredible to me that this is what they [Democrats] continue to do is to really undermine our sacred right to vote, undermine the right of citizens and no one feels more aggrieved by this than people who are new citizens, people who are excited about their ability to vote in an election that’s private and free and that’s fair,” Tenney told Fox News Digital. “And so I think that that really sends a terrible message, if that’s what the Democrats plan on running on, as they remain in disarray and chaos over their leading nominee right now for president.” Tenney told Fox News Digital she does not know what the future holds for the legislation in the Senate but is fairly confident Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will “reject it.” NEW TRUMP VOTER FRAUD SQUADS BEGIN GEARING UP FOR ‘ELECTION INTEGRITY’ FIGHT “It really is a shame on Schumer and a real disgrace that Schumer as a lawyer and a person that takes an oath to uphold the Constitution of New York and the Constitution of the United States if he would blatantly just undermine our own constitutional principles and not bringing something like this to the floor and recognizing that only citizens should be voting in elections,” Tenney said. Schumer’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. The passage of the SAVE Act drew praise from conservatives across the nation including Heritage Action for America Executive Vice President Ryan Walker who told Fox News Digital in a statement that the vote is a “victory for the integrity of our elections and every single American.” “Heritage Action was proud to include today’s vote on our legislative scorecard because all voters deserve to see which lawmakers sat idly by and let Joe Biden’s illegal alien invasion dilute the power of our votes,” Walker said. “Speaker Johnson was right to ask earlier today in a floor speech if Democrats will support any measure to prevent voter fraud. Unfortunately, the answer is no. The Left wants open borders and open ballot boxes for illegal aliens, while conservatives want security for our communities and elections.” Fox News Digital’s Timothy H.J. Nerozzi and Greg Wehner contributed to this report
South Korea preparing ‘StarWars’ laser defense system to take out North Korean drones
South Korea is preparing to launch a laser-based defense system that will more easily destroy drones flying in from the North. The “Block-I” program, also referred to as “StarWars” hopes to make South Korea the first national military in the world to weaponize directed light. “Our country is becoming the first country in the world to deploy and operate laser weapons, and our military’s response capabilities on North Korea’s drone provocation will be further strengthened,” the nation’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) wrote in a statement. KIM JONG UN SUPERVISED DRILLS SIMULATING ATTACKS ON SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA “We face North Korea on our doorstep and its drones pose present threats to us, so that’s why we’ve been aiming to build and deploy laser weapons soon to cope with them,” an agency official told the Associated Press on background. The lasers, developed in partnership with Hanwha Aerospace, would shoot sustained beams of light at aerial targets for up to 20 seconds. The heat generated by the lasers can overheat and fry targets without necessitating a traditional projectile. US CONDUCTS FIRST PRECISION BOMBING DRILL WITH SOUTH KOREA IN 7 YEARS AS TENSIONS WITH NORTH KOREA RISE Operation of these weapons is expected to be extremely effective for a small price, hypothetically costing less than $2 USD per discharge. The most obvious outlet for the StarWars weaponry is against aerial targets from North Korea. The communist nation has floated massive balloons carrying trash over the Demilitarized Zone and into South Korean airspace as a token of disrespect. North Korea’s balloons were allegedly released in response to similar crafts carrying anti-North Korean propaganda floated northward from South Korea by activists. Supreme leader Kim Jong Un has abandoned any hopes of reconciling his hermit country with South Korea, instead embracing an unclear role in alliance with Russia and China.
Government school teacher suspended after using phone during work hours, caught playing…
Prem Goyal, a government teacher, had his phone searched by DM. It was discovered that he had been using his phone for work purposes for approximately 2.5 hours.
Huge majority of Democrats say Biden must step aside even as Biden-Trump horse race is tied: poll
A huge majority of Americans want President Biden to drop out of the race, including a majority of his own supporters, according to a Thursday poll from ABC News and the Washington Post. A full 67% of respondents say Biden should drop out of the race, and 85% say he is too old to serve out a second term. Meanwhile, 60% of respondents also said former President Trump is too old for a second term, up from 44% in the spring of 2023. Among Democrats and voters who said they lean Democratic, 62% say Biden needs to drop out of the race. Even among self-professed Biden supporters, 54% say he needs to drop out. Despite this, the poll found that Biden and Trump are virtually tied, despite voters’ lack of confidence in Biden, with 46% saying they would vote for the current president and 47% saying they support Trump. BIDEN ‘WORKING THE PHONES’ IN BATTLE TO SAVE RE-ELECTION BID, WITH DEMOCRATS STARTING TO RETURN TO HIS CAMP The poll found better outcomes for Democrats if Vice President Kamala Harris were to replace Biden as the party’s nominee. That poll found 49% support for Harris and 46% support for Trump. BIDEN DELIVERS STRONG SPEECH TOUTING NATO AMID HEALTH QUESTIONS, DEMOCRATS’ CONCERNS The Thursday poll was conducted online via the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel from July 5-9. The poll was conducted in both English and Spanish and sampled 2,431 U.S. adults. The poll advertises a margin of error of 2%. The poll comes as Biden faces a growing number of defections from Democratic lawmakers and his donor class. A number of House lawmakers have called on him to step aside, and the first Democratic senator, Peter Welch of Vermont, did the same on Wednesday. Meanwhile, celebrity actor George Clooney led an exodus of top donors and influences on Wednesday, publishing a New York Times op-ed saying he had no confidence in Biden’s ability to serve a second term. NATO SUMMIT IN DC IS ‘PIVOTAL’ MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT FOR BIDEN AS SCRUTINY OVER FITNESS FOR OFFICE INTENSIFIES Biden will host his first news conference since the debate later Thursday amid the NATO summit in Washington D.C. Biden has vowed to remain in the race despite rising concerns and calls for him to drop out and let another candidate take on Trump. “There’s been a lot of speculation: What’s Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out? What’s he going to do?” Biden said Friday in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin. “Well, here’s my answer: I am running and going to win again.”
Trump says VP shortlist Doug Burgum’s signing of near-total abortion ban is ‘an issue’
Former President Donald Trump seemed to indicate that Gov. Doug Burgum’s consistently pro-life record was a problem for his vice-presidential aspirations. Asked on Wednesday about Burgum’s potential to serve as his running mate, Trump told Fox News Radio that the North Dakota governor’s strong pro-life policies were a problem. “It’s a little bit of an issue,” Trump said. “It’s a pretty strong ban.” THE VEEPSTAKES GOES ‘APPRENTICE’: WILL TRUMP REALLY PICK RUBIO, VANCE OR BURGUM? He continued, “You know, I think Doug is great. But it is a strong — he’s taken a very strong stance. Or the state has, I don’t know if it’s Doug, but the state has, so it’s an issue.” North Dakota instituted one of the strongest pro-life policies in the country following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, outlawing all abortions that do not provide serious health risks to the mother. Additionally, abortion in cases of rape or incest are accepted up until six weeks. BURGUM TOUTS ‘MUCH CLOSER’ RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP WHILE STUMPING FOR FORMER PRESIDENT IN BATTLEGROUND STATE As governor, Burgum signed the pro-life measures into law following its acceptance by the state legislature. Another contender on Trump’s shortlist is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Trump mentioned Rubio in the interview, alluding to the fact that sharing the Sunshine State as their home “makes it more complicated” to select him. Either Trump or Marco would have to change their home state demarcation before the election. A Constitutional statute dictates that state electors cannot vote for both a president and vice-president from their own state, meaning Floridian electors would not be able to vote for a ticket with both Rubio and Trump living in Florida. “There are people that don’t have that complication,” Trump said. “Now, it’s fairly easily fixed, but you have to do something with delegates, or there has to be a resignation, you know, et cetera, et cetera.” Trump has said he intends to announce his selection for vice-president at the Republican National Convention next week or possibly just before the event begins.
Trump campaign rips ‘fear-mongering’ Dem strategy linking him to Project 2025 after Biden’s disastrous debate
The Trump presidential campaign is firing back at what appears to be coordinated attacks from the White House, the Biden campaign and Democrats relating to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 platform, calling it a “distraction” following President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. “Agenda 47 and President Trump’s RNC Platform are the only policies endorsed by President Trump for a second term,” Trump campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez told Fox News Digital. “Team Biden and the DNC are LYING and fear-mongering because they have NOTHING else to offer the American people. Remember this is the same group that lied to Americans and hid Joe Biden’s cognitive decline all these years.” Portrayed as a blueprint for a future Republican administration to restructure many parts of the U.S. government, Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project, launched in April 2023 and is not directly associated with Trump’s campaign. BIDEN CHANGES TUNE ON TRUMP GOLF CHALLENGE HE WAS ONCE ‘HAPPY TO PLAY’ “The actions of liberal politicians in Washington have created a desperate need and unique opportunity for conservatives to start undoing the damage the Left has wrought and build a better country for all Americans in 2025,” Project 2025’s website reads. “It is not enough for conservatives to win elections. If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration.” “This is the goal of the 2025 Presidential Transition Project. The project will build on four pillars that will, collectively, pave the way for an effective conservative administration: a policy agenda, personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.” Project 2025 includes several former senior Trump administration officials, including Paul Dans, the director of the project who served as chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management under Trump; Russ Vought, who wrote one of the chapters and served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump; and John McEntee, a senior adviser for the project who previously served as director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration. Democrats have relentlessly attacked Trump’s alleged connection to the project in the days following Biden’s disastrous debate, accusing it of attempting to make radical changes to government staffing, abortion, taxes, drug prices and other issues, despite Trump’s denial. The Biden campaign X account alone has posted about Project 2025 over 100 times, including clips of Democrats and media personalities attacking it, since June 27, the date of the debate. President Biden’s personal X account has posted about it multiple times in the last week, including a Wednesday video post of Biden saying, “Project 2025 will destroy America” and then instructing his social media followers to visit a section of his campaign website to read about Project 2025. Another post called the policies “extreme and dangerous.” “Trump doesn’t need a GOP platform when he has a 1,000-page extremist agenda detailed out in Project 2025,” the Biden campaign posted two days after the debate. Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., said on Tuesday that Project 2025 is a “creepy document written by Trump’s closest confidants.” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. took a shot at House Republicans and said they “are determined to hide their extreme agenda” and “will eliminate reproductive freedom and jam Project 2025 down the throats of the American people.” In a statement to Fox News Digital, Biden-Harris 2024 Rapid Response Director Ammar Moussa said, “Project 2025 was written for Donald Trump by the people who know him best. These are the same extremists who wrote the RNC’s policy platform, led Trump’s debate prep, and regularly tout their connections to Trump’s team. Oh, and Trump’s own SuperPAC has run ads promoting Project 2025.” “Trump’s Supreme Court and Project 2025 have designed the playbook for Trump to serve as a dictator on day one with unchecked power to rip away freedoms and raise costs for working families so billionaires get richer. This November, voters must stop Trump from turning the Oval Office into his throne room.” The campaign also pointed to the Heritage Foundation previously stating in 2018 that the Trump administration “embraced nearly two-thirds of the policy recommendations from The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Mandate for Leadership.’” Project 2025’s website says, “the Trump administration relied heavily on Heritage’s “Mandate” for policy guidance, embracing nearly two-thirds of Heritage’s proposals within just one year in office. NEW WHITE HOUSE DIGITAL STAFFER CHEERED SOCIAL MEDIA BAN ON TRUMP: ‘WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?’ Additionally, the Biden campaign points to internet analytics numbers showing interest in the project has spiked in recent weeks, even surging past Taylor Swift in search trends. “As we’ve been saying for more than two years now, Project 2025 does not speak for any candidate or campaign,” Project 2025 told Fox News Digital in a statement. “We are a coalition of more than 110 conservative groups advocating policy and personnel recommendations for the next conservative president. But it is ultimately up to that president, who we believe will be President Trump, to decide which recommendations to implement. “Rather than obsessing over Project 2025, the Biden campaign should be addressing the 25th Amendment.” In a lengthy X thread, Project 2025 outlined the various attacks on its agenda, giving the criticisms a ranking of “true” or “false.” Trump disavowed the effort in a post on Truth Social, saying he did not know who was behind the initiative that offers recommendations on how a future Republican president can begin to enact conservative changes upon entering office. “I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who is behind it,” Trump wrote. “I disagree with some of the things they’re saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck, but I have nothing to do with them.” On the other hand, Fox News Digital previously reported that the Biden administration has worked
Union Budget 2024: PM Modi meets top economists to gather their views, suggestions
The document is expected to outline a strategic roadmap for India’s development, targeting the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047.
Delhi government hikes rates for pollution certificates for vehicles, check new prices
The revised rates for Petrol, CNG, or LPG two and three-wheelers have been set at Rs 80.