‘Total bulls—‘: Trump campaign rips ‘preposterous’ Harris pro-border wall narrative after media report
The Trump campaign on Tuesday pushed back against a narrative within the media that Vice President Kamala Harris is taking a more positive approach to border wall construction — calling such a claim “preposterous.” “How much longer will the mainstream media allow Kamala Harris to hide and use staff to speak on her behalf?” Karoline Leavitt, National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign said in a statement. “It’s DAY 37 of ZERO interviews and Kamala’s anonymous campaign sources are now claiming she supports President Trump’s border wall — this is a preposterous and false claim.” Axios ran a headline on Tuesday morning that accused Harris of a “flip flop” on border wall construction. It noted Harris’ support of a bipartisan border security bill introduced in January. The bill pushes funding to the border, while also authorizing limits on asylum entries. BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN REFUSES TO REVEAL NATIONALITIES OF TERROR WATCHLIST MIGRANTS NABBED AT BORDER The package, which has the support of the Biden administration but has so far failed to drum up enough Republican support to pass the chamber, also includes a limited amount of funding for additional border wall construction, but it is just a fraction of the $25 billion former President Trump eyed for the project. While Harris, along with President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, have consistently backed the bill, Axios said that her recent speech at the Democratic National Convention in which she said she would sign the bill was a sign of her embracing a more hawkish immigration policy. “Last year, Joe and I brought together Democrats and conservative Republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades. The Border Patrol endorsed it. But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign, so he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal. Well, I refuse to play politics with our security, and here is my pledge to you. As president, I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed, and I will sign it into law. I know — I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system. We can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border,” she said. New ads, in which the Harris campaign portrays the former California senator as tough on the border, show images of the Trump-era border wall. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS BIDEN ADMIN MOVE TO GIVE LEGAL STATUS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SPOUSES OF US CITIZENS But the Trump campaign noted that, despite that limited support, Harris has a history of opposing the wall at the border. The Trump administration built more than 400 miles of border wall, and it was abruptly halted by the Biden-Harris administration in 2021. While there have been some gaps filled and some limited extra construction due to already appropriated congressional funds, the administration has consistently said it opposes border wall construction and there have been no indications of plans for significant extra construction. Additionally, Harris has long been a critic of the wall construction that took place in the Trump-era. In 2018, Harris called the wall “un-American.” That came a year after she joined Democrats in introducing a bill to block border wall construction. During her campaign launch in 2019, she dismissed the wall’s effectiveness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS “On the subject of transnational gangs, let’s be perfectly clear. The president’s medieval vanity project is not going to stop them,” she said. In 2020, she called it “a complete waste of taxpayer money and won’t make us any safer.” The Trump campaign also sought to link her to the decision to halt border wall construction in her role “as border czar” — although that role was limited to international diplomacy related to root causes. “As Border Czar, Kamala Harris halted construction of the border wall. Kamala’s ACTIONS speak much louder than the WORDS of the anonymous staff she is cowering behind,” Leavitt said. Trump senior adviser Jason Miller described the report as “total bulls—” and said that Harris “hasn’t flip-flopped on anything.” “Harris opposes the wall, has always opposed the wall, and stopped wall construction as VP,” he said.
Columbia U anti-Israel student group kicked off Instagram for violating ‘dangerous organizations’ policies
The Columbia University student group that instigated nationwide anti-Israel demonstrations, built encampments at colleges across the country and that was criticized for acting as a proxy for Hamas was kicked off Instagram for repeatedly violating the platform’s “dangerous organizations and individuals” policies. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Columbia announced on X Monday evening that both its main Instagram account, containing roughly 124,000 followers, and its backup account were “permanently deleted” from the platform. The student group added that when it tried to create a new account, Instagram deleted it two days later. Meta’s “Dangerous Organizations and Individuals” policy says it addresses “some of the most serious threats to the safety of our users.” “In an effort to prevent and disrupt real-world harm, we do not allow organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence to have a presence on our platforms,” the policy states. “We assess these entities based on their behavior both online and offline, most significantly, their ties to violence.” UNC BRACES AS ANTI-ISRAEL GROUP DUBBED ‘VOICE FOR HAMAS’ CONDONES ‘ARMED REBELLION’: ‘BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY’ In April, Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter established a “Gaza Solidarity” encampment to protest the Israel-Hamas war and U.S. support for the Jewish state. The conflict that culminated with student and non-student protesters illegally occupying an academic building on Columbia’s campus ultimately set off a wave of other anti-Israel protest encampments at universities and colleges across the country. Many of these protests, in particular the one that took place at Columbia, were considered antisemitic by critics. Video from one evening of tense demonstrations at Columbia showed a protester holding a sign that pointed toward a group of Jewish students. The sign said “Al-Qassam’s Next Targets,” referring to Hamas’ military wing. Other protesters could be heard yelling “We Are Hamas” and calling pro-Jewish passersby “pigs.” Meanwhile, Arab-Israeli journalist Yoseph Haddad was physically assaulted by anti-Israel agitators. American families who lost loved ones Oct. 7 are pushing U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine, which has a national body and a number of local chapters, for allegedly violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The families are asserting that Students for Justice in Palestine has been violating the law by working as a proxy for Hamas at universities and colleges across the U.S. “American campuses should be safe spaces for education, not platforms for spreading hate and violence,” the Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center, which is working on behalf of the families, wrote on Facebook last week. In addition to the FARA complaint, victims’ families are also suing the National Students for Justice in Palestine and its parent group with the help of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, a pro-Israel nonprofit, and several other groups. The plaintiffs in that suit have sought compensation for what they describe as a coordinated effort to justify Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, according to The Jerusalem Post. HAMAS USING ANTI-ISRAEL CAMPUS GROUPS TO RECRUIT FUTURE US LEADERS INTO ‘TERRORIST CULT’: LAWYERS Following the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine chapter’s removal from Instagram, the national Students for Justice in Palestine and the Palestinian Youth Movement and Columbia University Apartheid Divest extolled support and denounced the cancellation in a joint social media post. “The timing of this move is not coincidental. With the beginning of fall semester just days away, the Columbia administration has put all of its efforts into proactively suppressing any and all pro-Palestinian protest,” the groups said in their response. “SJP’s account ban now ensures the censorship of student organizers both on campus and online.” Fox News Digital reached out to Columbia’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine but did not receive a response.
Fox News Politics: Build the Red Wall
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… -House launches inquiry into Biden’s trans surgery standards -Over 200 Bush, Romney, and McCain staffers call on moderate Republicans to jump ship -10 days until voting starts as election looms Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance returns to the campaign trail Tuesday in battleground Michigan. On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate will hold events in two more crucial swing states – Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. If it feels like déjà vu, it is. “We’re going to make sure that Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan go red,” the first-term senator from Ohio who preaches populism said in a recent Fox News Digital interview in Michigan. Democrats reliably won all three working-class states in presidential elections for nearly a quarter-century before Trump narrowly carried them in capturing the White House eight years ago. However, in 2020, President Biden won back all three states with razor-thin margins as he defeated Trump. The states remain extremely competitive as Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump face off in the 2024 presidential election. Last month’s Republican National Convention was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city. Trump and Vance held their first joint-campaign rally after the convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan, just a few miles north of where Vance was interviewed by Fox News on Wednesday….Read more STILL ON THE JOB: White House insists Biden is in charge of the country while on second straight vacation …Read more ‘INTENTIONAL FAILURE’: Governor rips Harris after report reveals eye-popping cost of illegal immigration in state …Read more BORDER STONEWALL: Biden-Harris admin refuses to release nationalities of those on terror watchlist …Read more ‘FROZEN’: Trump assassination attempt task force chair questions law enforcement response after site tour …Read more ‘INTERFERENCE’: House launches probe into Biden admin ‘political interference’ in trans surgery standards …Read more FINAL COUNTDOWN: Trump, Harris begin sprint to Election Day …Read more ‘LAWLESSNESS’ FLOODING US: Police vote to likely make or break Harris’ run, retired chief says …Read more TICK TOCK: With 10 days until voting starts, ‘election season’ kicks off sooner than you think …Read more WHALE OF A TALE: RFK Jr targeted by environmental group after gruesome story involving dead animal resurfaces …Read more DEADLOCKED: Republican aiming to flip key Senate seat in deep blue state deadlocked with Democrat: poll …Read more SPLIT TICKET: Group that backs Trump bails on Lake in Arizona for progressive Dem …Read more CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN: Over 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers implore ‘moderate Republicans’ to vote for Harris …Read more GREEN MTN RED WAVE: Blue state GOP fields record number of candidates …Read more POISON IVY: Anti-Israel agitators hit Cornell University with vandalism, protests on first day of classes …Read more HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LYNDON: Lyndon B Johnson began his presidency after JFK was assassinated …Read more ‘MOTHER’S INTUITION’: Afghanistan withdrawal Gold Star family reveals moment they knew son was in danger …Read more BEACH TOWN BUST: Homeless people taking over popular coastal boardwalk issued ultimatum …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.
In regulating AI, Texas lawmakers face balancing act between its benefits and harms
A Senate committee discussed the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence — and overregulating it.
Gender transitions for kids ‘lack evidence of safety,’ 23 states say in Supreme Court brief
FIRST ON FOX: Nearly two dozen states — led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey — are warning that surgical gender transitions lack sufficient medical evidence to prove their safety in an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court Monday. Surgical sex-change procedures have sparked intense debate, particularly regarding minors. While many states are enacting restrictions and prosecuting doctors who perform these surgeries, liberal states are pushing to maintain broad access to these treatments. “Every state has the right to protect our children from irreversible surgeries,” Bailey said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “As the first state to successfully defend at the trial court a legal challenge to a law protecting children from gender mutilation, Missouri is now taking our litigation strategy to other states.” He added, “all children are worth defending.” TRANSGENDER ATHLETE COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF SPORTSMANSHIP FROM FELLOW RUNNERS AFTER WINNING GIRLS STATE TITLE The amicus brief supports North Carolina and West Virginia’s federal cases dealing with “radical transgender ideology.” In April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sided with transgender plaintiffs in lawsuits against North Carolina and West Virginia, mandating both states to provide transgender sex-change procedures and treatments. The court argued in its ruling that excluding these procedures breached the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and constituted discrimination based on sex and gender identity. “The science surrounding gender transition interventions is new and unsettled,” the amicus brief states. “The World Health Organization classified transgender identity as a mental health disorder until just five years ago. These recent, enormous changes make the Fourth Circuit’s core presumption—that these interventions are proven safe and effective—as perplexing as it is demonstrably erroneous.” WOMEN UNDER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S TITLE IX CHANGES FACE THE ‘EVISCERATION OF LEGAL WOMANHOOD,’ EXPERTS SAY Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming all signed onto the brief. The amicus brief cites an article from the Economist in April 2023 that stated there is a broad consensus that “the evidence is lacking” for these treatments. The brief notes that countries across Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Norway and Sweden, have voiced concerns that the risks “outweigh the benefits.” Finland, for instance, has labeled these interventions for minors as “experimental” and suggests that treatment should generally remain at the level of “talking therapy” or counseling. GENDER DYSPHORIA AND EATING DISORDERS HAVE SKYROCKETED SINCE PANDEMIC, REPORT REVEALS: ‘RIPPLE EFFECTS’ CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP More than a dozen states in the U.S. have enacted bans on surgical procedures and hormonal prescriptions for transgender youth. Idaho, North Dakota, Florida, Oklahoma and Alabama have passed laws making it a felony to perform sex changes on children. Several blue states, meanwhile, have enacted “sanctuary state” laws in recent years shielding medical providers from facing penalties for conducting transgender procedures on adolescents.
Trump indicted a second time in election subversion case brought by special counsel Jack Smith
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed another indictment against former President Trump in the election interference case on Tuesday. The new charges narrow the allegations against the Republican presidential nominee following a Supreme Court ruling that conferred broad immunity on former presidents. Sources familiar with the matter tell Fox News that discussions surrounding the superseding indictment will likely not speed things up, and it is unlikely it will go to trial before the November election. This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
Election experts cautious as Abbott touts voter roll purge
Federal and state law already required voter roll maintenance. Experts warn the governor’s framing of this routine process could be used to undermine trust in elections.
Ex-Obama official predicts Harris will seek new Iran nuclear deal: ‘Has to be the goal’
A Middle East policy expert who helped get the Iran nuclear deal signed into law is anticipating that Vice President Kamala Harris would seek a similar agreement with Tehran if she wins the White House. “The idea that the old nuclear deal can just be restarted, we’re past that. Iran’s progress on its nuclear program has exceeded the previous limitations… a firm, verifiable nuclear deal that corrals and runs the ability to accelerate the nuclear weapon, that has to be the goal,” said Joel Rubin, a Democratic strategist and former Obama administration deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs to the House. “The best way to do that is a nuclear agreement that’s firm and verified… Any realistic president would go for that. And that’s Kamala Harris, she’s a realistic president-to-be.” ISRAEL WARNS US DEFENSE CHIEF IRAN AGGRESSION HAS ‘REACHED ALL-TIME HIGH’ The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, was signed in 2015 by Iran, members of the United Nations National Security Council, and the European Union. Republicans and some moderate Democrats opposed the agreement, arguing it was too weak to successfully restrain the Islamic regime’s nuclear aspirations. Iran hawks in the U.S. also argued the lifting of sanctions on Iran would only serve to embolden its anti-Western leaders. President Trump pulled out of the agreement in 2018. But former President Barack Obama’s allies have maintained it was a necessary compromise to limit the threat from Iran’s nuclear capabilities and a sure way to bring Tehran to the negotiating table. ISRAEL ATTACKS TARGETS IN LEBANON TO THWART HEZBOLLAH’S PREPARED STRIKES: IDF “There has to be a way to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. If they were to get a nuclear weapon, that would be a threat to the region and to the world, including, of course, the United States. But it is not going to be an easy way forward,” Rubin said. Harris said during her short-lived 2020 presidential campaign that she would rejoin the Iran deal if elected president. While It’s unclear whether she’s retained that stance in her 2024 campaign platform, it could expose her to GOP-led accusations of emboldening Iran at a time when the country is already growing more aggressive toward the U.S. and its allies. NETANYAHU VOWS MORE ‘SURPRISING BLOWS’ AFTER ISRAEL THWARTED ‘THOUSANDS’ OF HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS: ‘NOT THE END’ Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggested on Tuesday that Tehran could rejoin talks on a nuclear agreement, according to The Associated Press. Khamenei said there was “no harm” in interacting with an “enemy” in “certain situations.” A State Department spokesperson told RadioFreeEurope, however, that rejoining the agreement “is not on the table right now.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.
House committee calls for investigation into potential ethics violations by Biden’s education secretary
EXCLUSIVE: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is calling for an investigation into whether Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona violated the Hatch Act in an email blaming Republicans for the failure of the administration’s student loan repayment plan. The committee penned a letter to special counsel Hampton Dellinger Tuesday in reference to a July 2024 email from Cardona reportedly sent to “student loan borrowers.” The email, reviewed by Fox News Digital, showed the education secretary referencing “Republican elected officials” three times as the reason behind roadblocks to the Biden administration’s student loan repayment efforts. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ, ENDORSED BY TEACHERS UNIONS, RECEIVE FAILING GRADE FROM SCHOOL CHOICE GROUP As stated in the committee’s letter, the Hatch Act is a federal law that prohibits government officials from using their “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.” The GOP-led committee claimed Cardona’s email was “a message that appears to have been sent to aid the Democrat party and the Biden-Harris administration in the November 2024 elections.” It was signed by Republican representatives Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and Keith Self of Texas. “In recent weeks, several federal courts have issued rulings in lawsuits brought by Republican elected officials who are siding with special interests and trying to block Americans from accessing all the benefits of the most affordable student loan repayment plan in history – the SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education Plan),” the July email from Cardona states. ‘HE IGNORED US’: LOCAL MINNESOTA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SLAMS WALZ’S ‘NEGATIVE IMPACT’ ON K-12 EDUCATION Cardona added that the Biden administration will continue to fight for student debt relief, “no matter how many times Republican elected officials try to stop us.” “While we disagree with the Republican elected officials’ efforts here to side with special interests and block borrowers from getting breathing room on their student loans, President Biden and our administration will not stop fighting to make sure Americans have affordable access to the life-changing opportunities a higher education can provide,” he wrote. The letter also mentioned a July 19 press release put out by Cardona’s office after a federal appeals court ruling that blocked President Biden’s student loan debt handout plan. It said, in part, “It’s shameful that politically motivated lawsuits waged by Republican elected officials are once again standing in the way of lower payments for millions of borrowers.” Efforts to reach the Department of Education for comment were unsuccessful.
Biden-Harris border policies wreak havoc on indigenous tribe, says expert: ‘Pushed aside and destroyed’
The Biden administration’s border policies have helped contribute to the destruction of indigenous tribes in Central and South America, according to one expert. Panama’s indigenous Embera-Wounnaan tribe has seen a rapid decay in its way of life over the last three years, with tribal leaders blaming the flood of migrants journeying north from South America and crossing its territory en route to the United States. “What struck me most listening to the five Embera chiefs is how much their concerns reminded me of the past very similar marginalizations of Native American tribes, who were pushed aside and destroyed by gold miners, settlers and U.S. cavalry who prioritized their own narcissistic agendas during the 19th century,” Todd Bensman a National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, told Fox News Digital. BIDEN ADMIN REFUSES TO REVEAL TERROR WATCHLIST NATIONALITIES AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EXPLODES ON HIS WATCH The comments come after Bensman’s recent travels to areas around the famed Darien Gap, a large chunk of nearly inhabitable wilderness stretching through Colombia and Panama. The area also is home to the indigenous territory of the Embera, a 19,000-member tribe of hunters and farmers who now find themselves at the center of broader U.S. border security policy. Bensman conducted interviews with all five chiefs of the Embera-Wounaan reservation and detailed their plight in a report for the New York Post, arguing that much of the blame for the situation faced by the tribe rests with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Rather that stop this dangerous flow, the White House has encouraged it.” Bensman wrote in the report. “The Biden-Harris administration lavished millions in tax money on United Nations agencies and non-governmental advocacy groups (NGOs) that descended on this region to ease the burdens of Darien Gap travel.” The report outlines how mass migrations to the U.S., which have been encouraged by lax U.S. border policies, have been particularly damaging to the Embera, who have seen their native lands overrun with people, trash and human waste as migrants travel north to the United States. But perhaps worse is the impact the situation has had on many of the tribe’s members, many of whom have abandoned their traditional way of life to chase the quick money that comes with helping facilitate travel through the dangerous wilderness. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS BIDEN ADMIN MOVE TO GIVE LEGAL STATUS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SPOUSES OF US CITIZENS “Embera men do pilot pretty much every boat ferrying the immigrants. They are making money,” Bensman told Fox News Digital. But the quick money has also led to an epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse within the tribe, as well as a mass-abandonment of its traditions of hunting, fishing and farming. As a result, many members of the tribe have also begun to suffer from food shortages, a problem exacerbated by passing migrants desperate for a meal themselves. “There is infighting among them now to get at the currency paid by immigrants,” Bensman said. “The villages I saw were greatly changed from how residents described them as being just a few years ago. Radical changes have occurred in some of the places I saw. There is filth and garbage everywhere.” Bensman argued that the current situation faced by the tribe shares many traits with the plight of North America’s indigenous populations, only this time “American and international liberal groups” are the ones “clearly repeating that same terrible old history with the Embera.” “One would think that the liberal progressives who staff the United Nations and all of those NGOs down there, facilitating a new kind of gold rush through tribal lands might occupy a higher moral plane than Gen. George Armstrong Custer or President Andrew Jackson during their days of dealing with indigenous peoples in the way as though they didn’t exist. But economic migrants rushing toward U.S. gold clearly are more important to these organizations,” Bensman said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS Without a seat at the table to determine their own fate, the tribal leaders were left hoping to send a message to international leaders, including Biden. “Mr. President and you candidates, you are finishing off and you are killing all the Indians on the Comarca!” General Chief Leonide Cunampia told Bensman during their interview. “You have to pay attention to what’s going on in our territory. The immigration is contaminating us!” Bensman argued that instead of helping facilitate travel, the U.S. will have to commit enough resources for air deportations that would hopefully work to deter larger numbers of migrants, though he sees little hope that a potential Harris administration would change the approach of the current one. “A Trump administration will flood the zone with the help Panama wants to close the gap. Hanging in the balance is the future cultural viability of this tribe out there,” Bensman said. “Either administration owes that tribe a seat at the table going forward.” The White House did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment. Get the latest updates on the ongoing border crisis from the Fox News Digital immigration hub.