Trump tells GOP to ‘pass the SAVE Act’ or ‘go home and cry yourself to sleep’
Former President Donald Trump published a screed on Tuesday warning Republican lawmakers that they have no choice but to pass the SAVE Act, warning “our whole voting system is under siege.” The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would amend the National Voter Registration Act, requiring states to obtain proof of citizenship from voters for federal elections, and purging non-citizens from voter rolls. “Republicans must pass the Save Act, or go home and cry yourself to sleep,” Trump wrote on his proprietary social media platform Truth Social. HOUSE DEMS LAUNCH UNITED EFFORT AGAINST ELECTION BILL REQUIRING VOTERS PROVE CITIZENSHIP He continued, “Non citizen Illegal Migrants are getting the right to vote, being pushed by crooked Democrat Politicians who are not being stopped by an equally dishonest Justice Department.” 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. The Democratic leadership is urging its House members to vote against the bill in the lead-up to the vote, saying it would place “an extreme burden [on] countless Americans” in order to vote. HOUSE LEADERS AIM FOR VOTE ON TRUMP=BACKED ELECTIONS BILL NEXT MONTH “The Dems can’t win on their policies, the only way they can win is to CHEAT. They do it at every level of government, and they do it well. That’s how they get an incapacitated moron like Joe Biden elected,” the former president said in his Truth Social post. “The Justice Department is CORRUPT and won’t do a thing to help. They have no shame!” If the SAVE Act is successfully passed through the House, it faces an uphill battle in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Even if the bill overcame the upper chamber of Congress, President Biden has vowed to kill the legislation if asked to sign. Trump ended his message with a threat to “pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before” if elected in November, saying such individuals would be “sent to prison for long periods of time.” The former president seemed to specifically call out Facebook creator and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying, “We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!” Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
First Democratic senator says Biden can’t win re-election, warning potential red wave in November
The first Senate Democrat has publicly revealed that he does not believe President Biden will win re-election, warning of a potential red wave in November. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., confirmed reports that he told colleagues Biden would not win against former President Trump in November, just hours after lawmakers met on Capitol Hill for the first time since the first presidential debate of this year. “This race is on a trajectory that is very worrisome,” Bennet told CNN on Tuesday. “Donald Trump is on track, I think, to win this election, and maybe win it by a landslide and take with it the Senate and the House.” Biden is facing increased calls from members within his own party to step down as the Democratic nominee after his performance at the first presidential debate raised concerns over his health and mental fitness for the job. BIDEN INTERVIEWERS SHED LIGHT ON HIS FRAGILITY BEHIND THE SCENES: ‘IT’S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE’ “So, for me, this isn’t a question about polling. It’s not a question about politics. It’s a moral question about the future of our country,” Bennet said. Bennet said voters have “deep concerns” about Biden’s candidacy, and given the high stakes of the election, there are ongoing conversations regarding whether the president should remain the nominee. BIDEN TUNES OUT CRITICS WITH JAM-PACKED SCHEDULE KEEPING HIM ON THE MOVE “We should be having a discussion about that. The White House, in the time since that disastrous debate, I think, has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election,” Bennet said. Vulnerable Democratic Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, reportedly also voiced to their colleagues in a closed-door meeting that they weren’t confident in Biden’s general election success, Axios first reported. Fox News Digital asked Tester on Capitol Hill whether the report was true, but he did not answer questions from reporters. Bennet is the first Senate Democrat to publicly call on the president to reconsider his re-election bid, but joins seven House Democrats who said Biden should step down as the nominee following the presidential debate. The House Democrats who officially called on the president to withdraw from the race are Reps. Mike Quigley from Illinois, Seth Moulton from Massachusetts., Lloyd Doggett from Texas, Angie Craig from Minnesota, Raul Grijalva from Arizona, Adam Smith from Washington, and Mikie Sherrill from New Jersey. Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
Newsom gives pep talk to DNC staff: ‘Worry less’: report
President Biden’s campaign held an all-hands conference call on Monday with Democratic National Committee staffers, hoping to address collapsing morale, according to a report. The Biden team is reportedly holding the events to tamp down concerns among the staffers with pep talks from DNC superstars as widespread criticism and calls to step down from both Republicans and Democrats has created a tense environment within the White House. “I plead with you: Worry less, do the work,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Biden staffers on the call, according to Axios. “I think there is an old African proverb that says, ‘You wanna go fast, go alone. You wanna go far, go together.’ And that’s what this is all about.” CAMPAIGN CRISIS: DEMS WHO HAVE CALLED FOR BIDEN TO DROP OUT OR RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS HEALTH “There’s never been a president in our lifetimes — I don’t know if there ever will be again — that’s delivered more than President Biden. It’s just a fact,” the governor added, according to the report. Leaks from staff have become increasingly common despite leadership’s efforts to keep the administration glued together. “Here in HQ, we’re working really hard because on winning campaigns, you work really hard,” Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz reportedly said. BIDEN ‘WORKING THE PHONES’ IN BATTLE TO SAVE RE-ELECTION BID, WITH DEMOCRATS STARTING TO RETURN TO HIS CAMP He added, “There’s an immense sense of pride across our office, because we know how important and critical that work we are doing here is for the fate of our democracy.” Biden has been facing mounting calls from members within his own party to step aside and suspend his re-election campaign following his disastrous debate performance last month. However, Biden is going all in to tamp down dissent among lawmakers, activists and pundits pushing for Democrats to dump him as the nominee, and rescue his suddenly tenuous candidacy, sources previously told Fox News Digital. Amid numerous reports of House and Senate Democrats planning to abandon Biden over the weekend, the president began the day Monday by sending a letter to congressional Democrats saying he is “firmly committed to staying in this race” and argued that any further questioning of his candidacy “only helps Trump and hurts us.” Biden also participated in a virtual meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday night. A spokesperson for the White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Fox News Digital has also reached out to the Democratic National Convention for remarks. Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Who is Pune trainee IAS officer who used beacon on private car, made ‘VIP demands’?
In response to accusations of alleged power abuse, the Maharashtra government moved Dr Pooja Khedkar, a probationary IAS officer, from Pune to Washim. She is going to be the supernumerary assistant collector for Washim now.
Vulnerable Dem meets with group that supports ‘halting’ deportation, employs reps with anti-police views
A vulnerable Democrat senator met with a group on Capitol Hill that supports “halting expansions of immigration detention and deportation” and whose members claim police “kill people of color” and “often for no reason.” Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., according to the senator’s public schedule, met with representatives of Voices for Progress on May 16, 2024, which is a group that has a controversial stance on immigration, law enforcement, the prison system and employs members with radical views on police and the GOP. New figures reveal there are 7.4 million migrants on ICE’s non-detained docket as a result of the open southern border under the Biden administration, with Tester’s own state seeing direct effects of drug trafficking after reporting a 1,900% increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths in Montana from 2017 to 2023. Additionally, there were reportedly 7.87 kilograms of fentanyl, or 106,500 pills seized in Montana during calendar year 2023, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Despite the direct impact on the Big Sky State, the group Tester met with advocates for “halting expansions of immigration detention and deportation.” TRUMP REVEALS TWO DEM SENATORS HE IS TARGETING DURING CLOSED-DOOR MEETING Voices for Progress also advocates for “ending the money bail system,” a move which the Constitutional Accountability Center says “could let criminals roam free.” Additionally, the group voices support for “enacting ultra-wealthy taxation” and “ending discrimination against transgender individuals in health care and during incarceration,” according to their website. The issue of transgender-identifying inmates being housed in prisons based on gender identity was recently brought under the national spotlight after a California biological male, Tremaine “Tremayne” Deon Carroll, was transferred to a women’s prison but was later removed after being charged with raping a female inmate. When asked about the meeting, a spokesperson for the senator said the focus of the meeting was “ensuring the ultra-wealthy and massive corporations pay their fair share in taxes.” “Senator Tester meets with a wide variety of groups with a wide variety of viewpoints, all of which can be viewed on his public schedule,” a spokesperon told Fox News Digital. “The main topic of Senator Tester’s meeting with this group was ensuring the ultra-wealthy and massive corporations pay their fair share in taxes.” Members of the group Tester met with also have individual histories of vocal opposition to the GOP and law enforcement. One of the representatives reportedly in the meeting with Tester, Bella D’Alacio, posted a photo to Instagram in August 2020 holding a sign that read “F— Trump” with a caption that read, “I am tired of seeing black people killed by highly militarized, improperly trained police.” VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR LASHES OUT AT GOP PRESS RELEASE BY BOASTING ABOUT ALL THE VEHICLES HE OWNS The president of Voices for Progress, Sandra Fluke, has also made several statements regarding law enforcement, claiming officers “kill people of color” and “often for no reason.” “Police kill people of color at higher rates – and often for no reason,” Fluke wrote in a June 2018 post on X. Fluke rose to prominence in 2012 after delivering remarks in front of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, where she claimed Georgetown University, where she was studying law, should provide birth control to students as part of student aid. Fluke praised the passing of California’s AB2119 in September 2018, a bill signed by the state’s then Governor that expanded access to gender-related medical practices for transgender-identifying minors in the foster care system. Bob Fertik, president of Democrats.com, co-founder of act.tv, Vote-Pro Choice, Swipe Blue, and named representative for Voices for Progress on the Senator’s public schedule of the meeting, wrote that pro-life Republicans are “fanatical MAGA forced birthers.” “There are no sane Republican “pro-lifers” – just fanatical MAGA forced birthers,” he wrote on X in April 2023. Fertik also wrote that Trump is a “Racist. Rapist. Fascist. Crook” on X in May 2023, and posted a picture of him holding a poster with the former president on it that read “lock him up.”
Top House lawmakers demand federal probe into US nonprofit linked to Hamas operative
FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Palestinian news outlet linked to Hamas is facing scrutiny from three separate House committees in a joint memo urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate. Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Education & Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday accusing The Palestine Chronicle and the U.S. nonprofit that runs it of running afoul of several laws. “We write to urge you to investigate The Palestine Chronicle and People Media Project for violating the law, particularly for providing material support to a known terrorist organization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, for filing a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206, and for failing to file a valid tax return and pay estimated taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203,” the letter said. HOUSE REPUBLICAN DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST US NONPROFIT WHOSE JOURNALIST HELD ISRAELI HOSTAGES AT GAZA HOME It comes after multiple Israeli hostages taken into Gaza by Hamas during their Oct. 7 terror attack were found in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Aljamal was a contributor to media outlets, including The Palestine Chronicle, as well as a spokesman for the Hamas-run Gaza Labor Ministry. He was killed by the IDF during an operation to rescue the hostages. “During his time as a ‘journalist,’ Mr. Aljamal was listed as a ‘correspondent’ on The Palestine Chronicle’s website, but the publication later changed the description to ‘contributor’ after news of his holding innocent Israeli hostages was reported around the world,” the lawmakers’ letter said. The Republicans also accused The Palestine Chronicle and People Media Project of having ties to Iran, writing that the outlet’s founder and editor-in-chief, Ramzy Baroud, “has also written for Kayhan International, an outlet that reportedly is funded by Iran’s supreme leader. Notably, Kayhan International has had six of its published writers appear on state-controlled sites that were previously seized in 2020 by the U.S. government after finding that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unlawfully used them to further a global covert influence campaign.” ISRAEL DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM AL JAZEERA WHY ‘HAMAS TERRORIST’ ALLEGEDLY WORKED AS A REPORTER The lawmakers pointed to a federal statute that states anyone under U.S. jurisdiction providing “material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and, if the death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.” “[B]ased on the facts available, The Palestine Chronicle and People Media Project appear to be at the very least complicit in supporting Hamas, and at worst full-fledged financiers of terrorism,” the letter said. Lastly, they accuse People Media Project of knowingly misrepresenting its finances on tax forms, arguing the DOJ would be “remiss” to not investigate alleged discrepancies in the group’s revenue in recent years. “I am deeply concerned that an organization enjoying tax-exempt status in the United States not only employed a journalist who worked with Hamas to hold innocent Israelis hostage, but also chose an editor-in-chief who appears to have links to Iran and potentially its terror financing network,” Smith told Fox News Digital. “Any individual or organization attempting to manipulate our tax code in furtherance of terrorism must be punished.” BIDEN SPEAKS WITH NETANYAHU ON LATEST HAMAS CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL Smith’s Ways & Means Committee opened a separate investigation into the outlet and its related nonprofit last month and demanded that the IRS revoke People Media Project’s tax-exempt status. As of Monday, the nonprofit is also being sued by Almog Meir Jan, one of the Israeli hostages who was reportedly held at Aljamal’s home. Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ and The Palestine Chronicle for comment. Fox News Digital’s Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
Democrats in Congress mostly resist calling for Biden to drop out despite private concerns: reports
Democrats in Congress mostly resisted calling for President Biden to drop out of the race despite raising private concerns during an all-caucus, closed-door meeting Tuesday, according to reports. Lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., this week after the Fourth of July recess, offering Democrats the first time to get together in person and discuss Biden’s disastrous debate performance two weeks ago. However, in a sharply worded letter sent Monday, Biden insisted that he would stay in the race and urged party leaders to refocus their criticisms on former President Trump. The letter seemed to at least temporarily slow the momentum of Democrats who are publicly calling for the president to step aside. Most members instead are towing the party line on Biden publicly, at least for now. BIDEN TELLS CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS THAT CALLING FOR HIM TO DROP OUT ‘ONLY HELPS TRUMP AND HURTS US’ At least 20 Democratic lawmakers stood up to speak during the nearly two-hour all-caucus meeting Tuesday, in what for many is an existential moment for their country considering a second Trump presidency, The Associated Press reported. Most of those who spoke wanted Biden to end his candidacy, a person granted anonymity to discuss the meeting told the outlet. However, speaking publicly afterward, most Democrats who had urged against Biden continuing his re-election campaign have recanted, according to Axios. They acknowledged it would be too difficult to replace him as their nominee at this stage, just weeks before Democrats will convene at their convention in Chicago. Conversations between House and Senate Democrats were “dour” and “sad,” lawmakers in the meeting told the AP. “He said he’s going to remain in, he’s our candidate, and we’re going to support him,” Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said on CNN. Over the weekend, Nadler was among those privately saying Biden should not run, explicitly telling colleagues on a call Sunday that the president needed to drop out of the race, the New York Times reported. Nadler backtracked after Tuesday’s meeting, instead stating that his reservations were “beside the point” and that Biden was “going to be our nominee.” “He has the delegates. I keep telling them that,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., told Politico of Biden. “He got 14 million votes. Nobody else has any.” “I’m staying with Papa,” Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., said, according to the AP. He said his constituents understand what the country went through during the COVID-19 pandemic and how Biden led through the crisis. “He was fit then, and he’s fit now.” Democrats on Sunday had described this week as critical for Biden to prove that his campaign is viable. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., who briefly ran for president himself, stated Sunday that Biden needs to “reassure the American people that he can run a vigorous campaign to defeat Donald Trump.” Bennett confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that he told lawmakers during the closed-door session he does not believe Biden can defeat Trump in November. “I think we could lose the whole thing,” he said, referring to the White House and both chambers of Congress. While the all-hands meeting resolved most Democrats to inaction, late in the day Tuesday a seventh House Democrat, Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, publicly called on Biden not to run for re-election. With Trump seeking to return to the White House, “the stakes are too high – and the threat is too real – to stay silent,” Sherrill said. Among the seven who have stuck their necks out publicly by calling for Biden to step aside is Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee. BIDEN INTERVIEWERS SHED LIGHT ON HIS FRAILTY BEHIND THE SCENES: ‘IT’S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE’ “The idea that we are going to slow-walk into fascism because we don’t want to hurt somebody that we respect’s feelings – I cannot even begin to tell you how angry that makes me,” Smith said, according to the Times. Before the all-caucus gathering on Tuesday, a smaller group of Democrats facing competitive House races in November were “pretty much unanimous” in a separate meeting of their own that Biden has “got to step down,” Axios reported, citing lawmakers involved. “There were actual tears from people, and not for Biden,” one lawmaker told the outlet. The majority of Democratic senators who spoke during the lunch meeting expressed deep concerns about whether Biden can beat Trump in November, though they stopped short of saying he should step down from the race, a person familiar with the conversation and granted anonymity to discuss it told the AP. There were also a handful of senators who defended Biden. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York repeated, “I’ve said before, I’m with Joe.” Some are turning more serious attention to Vice President Kamala Harris as an alternative, the AP reported. Biden spent part of his Tuesday evening speaking on a virtual call with more than 200 Democratic mayors, saying he will win re-election with “basic block-and-tackling” and boasting of the thousands of calls being made to voters, doors being knocked and signs being posted in support of his candidacy, according to a readout from his campaign. That came after the president met virtually late Monday with the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members are core to Biden’s coalition, thanking them for having his back, and assuring them he would have theirs in a second term. He was also to meet with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, whose leadership – along with that of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – has said publicly they are sticking with the president. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, a freshman Democrat, said there is too much at stake to turn away from Biden at this point in the campaign, saying a second Trump presidency would be extremely harmful to Black Americans across the country. “We are not willing to risk our freedoms for somebody feeling good because there’s a different name
Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case: Mihir Shah sent to police custody till July 16
Mihir Shah had been absconding after the car he was allegedly driving hit a scooter on Dr Annie Besant Road in Worli on Sunday, July 7.
CBSE confirms no change in existing curriculum, expect classes 3 and 6
The board also mentioned that it will provide the annual curriculum for classes 9 to 12, containing academic content, a syllabus for examinations with learning outcomes, pedagogical practices, and assessment guidelines.
‘This is not time for…’: PM Modi discusses Ukraine, strategic issues with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer
“Chancellor Nehammer and I have spoken at length about ongoing conflicts around the world, be it the conflict in Ukraine or the situation in West Asia. I have said before that this is not the time for war,” the Prime Minister said.