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Biden singles out conservatives over Ukraine funding in meeting with Zelenskyy

Biden singles out conservatives over Ukraine funding in meeting with Zelenskyy

President Biden made a point Friday to quickly single out Republicans for Ukraine funding struggles during a brief meeting overseas with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  Biden, speaking to Zelenskyy in Paris a day after D-Day commemorations, told the Ukrainian leader “You haven’t bowed down. You haven’t yielded at all. You continue to fight in a way that is just remarkable. It’s remarkable. And we’re not going to walk away from you.”  “I apologize for those weeks of not knowing what’s going to pass in terms of funding, because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass, had the money in it, from some of our very conservative members who were holding it up. But we got it done finally. And since then, including today, I’ve announced six packages of significant funding,” Biden added. “Today, I’m also signing an additional package for $225 million to help you reconstruct the electric grid.”  Biden was referring to a recent foreign aid package that passed Congress in late April after being stalled for months in the House of Representatives.  BIDEN COMMEMORATES D-DAY AT NORMANDY, CALLING ON ALLIES TO REPEL ‘TYRANT’ PUTIN IN UKRAINE  A growing number of fiscal conservatives have been skeptical about the U.S.’s continued financial involvement with Ukraine, while others have raised questions about corruption within Kyiv’s government.  PUTIN THREATENS TO ARM ALLIES FOR STRIKES ON THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO UKRAINE’S NATO SUPPORT  More traditional Republicans and national security hawks warn that Ukraine’s victory is critical to preventing a wider conflict between NATO and Russia, warning that its President Vladimir Putin is rapidly forming a second “axis of evil” with Iran and China.  Zelenskyy told Biden during the brief meeting that “It’s very important that you stay with us.  “This bipartisan support with the Congress, it’s very important that in this unity, United States of America, all American people stay with Ukraine like it was during World War Two,” he said. “How the United States helped to save human lives, to save Europe.”  Fox News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. 

Dem in major Senate race accused of ‘pandering’ to Black voters by supporting reparations

Dem in major Senate race accused of ‘pandering’ to Black voters by supporting reparations

FIRST ON FOX: The Democrat running in what could be one of this year’s top Senate races is being accused of “pandering” to Black voters with taxpayer-funded reparations. The conservative Win it Back PAC announced Friday its launch of a new ad, part of a massive seven-figure media buy, targeting Rep. Colin Allred, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, specifically calling him out for what it says are his ties to the movement for reparations for Black Americans. The ad will begin running Friday in the El Paso media market amid the Texas Democratic Convention, which is taking place in the city and will target Hispanic voters, a group research shows is largely opposed to reparations. The ad will run in both English and Spanish. FOLLOWING TRUMP’S GUILTY VERDICT, FIRST SWING STATE POLL REVEALS HOW IT IMPACTS VOTERS’ DECISIONS “My grandparents came in the sixties in search of the American Dream. They were farmworkers. My grandma would always say, ‘con tanto sacrificio,’” a Hispanic woman named Sonia says in the ad, citing a Spanish phrase meaning “with much sacrifice.” “Like, nobody gave me this, and nobody is going to take it away. Colin Allred would take our tax dollars to pay for reparations. I’m not okay with it — to take away from one group to pander to another group. I grew up poor, and I’ve worked really hard, and I don’t feel like it’s fair for me to have to pay for that. It’s all pandering. Collin Allred is not fighting for us,” she adds. A majority of Hispanic voters (58%) say they do not support repaying the descendants of slaves in America with cash or land, according to a 2022 study published by the Pew Research Center. TRUMP ENDORSEMENT TAKES CENTER STAGE IN BRUTAL SWING STATE PRIMARY AS ACCUSATIONS OF ‘DISLOYALTY’ FLY Fox News Digital has reached out to Allred’s campaign to ask for his position on reparations, as well as his response to the ad. Allred has served in groups with pro-reparations positions, including as Vice Chair on the Board of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, as well as being a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. What little polling has been done on the race suggests that Allred trails incumbent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election and has a lot of ground to make up in the traditionally Republican-leaning state. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

Thousands of migrants sneaking into US daily despite Biden’s border order

Thousands of migrants sneaking into US daily despite Biden’s border order

The first full day after the announcement of President Biden’s executive order restricting asylum for most illegal immigrants appeared to have no immediate impact on the massive number of migrants coming across the southern border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources tell Fox News that Border Patrol apprehended about 4,000 illegal immigrants between ports of entry at the southern border on Wednesday. That is about on par or a little bit higher than what the averages have been in recent weeks, which is usually in the mid to high 3,000s or around 4,000. Overall, there were roughly 5,600 CBP encounters on Wednesday, which includes the 4,000 illegal crossings and CBP One App releases at ports of entry. ‘IT IS INSULTING’: BIDEN BORDER ORDER TAKES HEAT FROM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS On top of that, data show that more than 1,000 illegal immigrants were released into the U.S. yesterday in the San Diego sector alone, meaning that the practice of “catch and release” is continuing. Biden announced the order on Tuesday and said he was “moving past Republican obstruction and using executive authorities available to me as president to do what I can on my own to address the border.” The presidential proclamation will temporarily suspend the entry of migrants across the southern border once the number of average border encounters exceeds 2,500 a day over seven days, officials said. It is accompanied by a rule from DHS and DOJ that will increase standards for asylum. However, the rule comes with a series of significant exceptions. In addition to not applying to legal immigrants, it also does not apply to unaccompanied children or to those judged to be “victims of severe forms of trafficking.” It also doesn’t apply to those who schedule an appointment on the CBP One app at a port of entry, where about 1,500 enter each day. There is also an exception for those who are allowed to enter “based on the totality of the circumstances, including consideration of significant law enforcement, officer and public safety, urgent humanitarian, and public health interests that warrant permitting the noncitizen to enter.” BIDEN ORDER TO BLOCK MOST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHEN CROSSINGS SURGE AS ELECTION NEARS Meanwhile, internal DHS guidance obtained by Fox News Digital shows that officials will be restricting the time migrants can see a lawyer to four hours from 24 and will not ask migrants individually if they wish to request an asylum screening. Forms of the guidance have gone out to CBP, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS.) However, agents have been told to look out for behavior that may indicate fear of being returned to their home country, including “non-verbal” actions including shaking, unusual behavior and an “unusual level of silence.” Agents have been told to post signs in detention centers and run accompanying videos telling migrants about their ability to be referred to an asylum officer. Democrats have slammed the move as a return to Trump-era policies. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS “This attempt to shut down the border to asylum seekers uses the same section of U.S. immigration laws that convicted felon Donald Trump used to implement the Muslim Ban and in attempts to cut off all access to asylum,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said in a statement. “While there are some differences from Trump’s actions, the reality is that this utilizes the same failed enforcement-only approach, penalizes asylum seekers, and furthers a false narrative that these actions will ‘fix’ the border.”  Republicans said the move was too little, too late, and conservative critics pointed to the new ICE guidance as proof it lacked teeth. “It’s bad enough that smugglers and taxpayer-funded NGOs coach illegal aliens on how to get released into the country, but now CBP and ICE are being instructed to coach them, too,” Lora Ries, head of the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, told Fox News Digital. “Biden has defrauded the American people and our entire immigration system.”

Trump enlists prominent Black Republicans to appeal to their peers: ‘Fishing where the fish are’

Trump enlists prominent Black Republicans to appeal to their peers: ‘Fishing where the fish are’

In his latest effort to court Black voters, former President Trump this week met with students and influential alumni from historically Black colleges and universities. Among those attending at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, were members of a conservative Black student group, including Michaelah Montgomery, an activist and founder of Conserve the Culture, whose photos with Trump during the former president’s stop at an Atlanta-area Chick-fil-A in April went viral. The Trump-hosted gathering on Wednesday evening in Florida comes as public opinion polls suggest the former president and presumptive Republican nominee is making gains with Black voters and chipping away at President Biden’s once overwhelming lead as the two face off in a 2024 election rematch. TRUMP CAMPAIGN SETS UP SHOP IN BLUE PHILADELPHIA IN FIGHT FOR KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE Trump’s meeting was held one night after two of his most prominent Black allies and surrogates – GOP Reps. Byron Donalds of Florida and Wesley Hunt of Texas – ventured to a cigar bar along the riverfront in Philadelphia to headline a GOP outreach effort for Black male voters. The City of Brotherly Love is a deep-blue bastion in the key general election battleground of Pennsylvania. TRUMP VP CONTENDER DONALDS CLASHES WITH TOP DEMOCRATS OVER HIS ‘JIM CROW’ COMMENT The two lawmakers kicked off a series of gatherings titled “Congress, Cognac, and Cigars” they say they’ll continue to hold in the crucial swing states, with stops tentatively planned in Atlanta and Milwaukee. “We’re here to engage in Philadelphia. Engage and really start to begin building those relationships that are critical in the Black community across this country,” Donalds said in an interview with Fox News.  SOURCES: DONALDS ON TRUMP’S SHORT LIST FOR RUNNING MATE Donalds, who’s considered to be on Trump’s short list for running mate, acknowledged that “for far too long our party, the Republican Party, has not really tried to build relationships with Black voters. Wesley, myself, President Trump, that’s what we want to do. This is not just purely about 2024 and voter engagement. This is about building relationships around great policies, common sense and leadership that our country needs.” The new push by Donalds and Hunt comes a couple of months after the Republican National Committee closed its community centers across the country that were established to boost the party’s minority outreach efforts. “I don’t work for the RNC, which is why I’m here, which is why Wesley is here,” Donalds said. “And there’s going to be a lot of different initiatives moving through this election cycle that are going to be specifically targeted to Black voters.” POLLS INDICATE BLACK SUPPORT FOR TRUMP ON THE RISE A couple of hours earlier, in a diverse neighborhood in the northeastern corner of Philadelphia, Hunt headlined the opening of the first Trump, Republican National Committee and Pennsylvania GOP campaign office in the swing state. “We are going bravely where no Republicans in the past 20 to 30 years have gone before,” Hunt, a first-term congressman and military veteran, said in a Fox News interview. “We are actually fishing where the fish are.” “We know that we are making some very good strides in the Black community and among Hispanic men and Hispanic women,” Hunt said as he pointed to recent polling that’s grabbed plenty of attention. “Keep in mind in 2020 President Trump got 18.7% of the Black Male vote.” And pointing to this November’s election, Hunt argued that if Trump “gets between 25 and 30% of the Black Male vote, the Democrat Party can not win.” Vince Fenerty, the GOP chair in Philadelphia and a ward leader for more than 50 years, told Fox News that geography mattered when it came to the first office opening in the state. “We did it in this part of the city because it’s ethnically diverse, racially diverse, and we want to start here because we want to build a very broad coalition of all Americans to be for President Trump,” Fenerty noted.  Pennsylvania was one of six states Biden narrowly carried in 2020 to win the White House. The president’s re-election campaign, the DNC and the state party have 24 coordinated offices and hundreds of staffers. Biden, a Pennsylvania native, has made numerous official and campaign stops in the state – and Philadelphia in particular – since launching his re-election campaign more than a year ago. Last week, Biden and Vice President Harris campaigned in Philadelphia together for the first time. The president and vice president rallied supporters at Girard College as they launched “Black Voters for Biden-Harris,” which the campaign touted as a “national organizing program to bolster our continued historic investments in outreach to the backbone of the Biden-Harris coalition – Black voters.” In his speech, Biden took aim at his Republican challenger. “Donald Trump is pandering and peddling lies and stereotypes for your vote so he can win for himself, not for you,” Biden charged. “Well, Donald Trump, I have a message for you: Not in our house and not on our watch.” And Biden re-election campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika, pointing to Trump’s past derogatory comments aimed at minorities, argued in a statement to Fox News that “it’s no coincidence that Donald Trump, who spent his life discriminating against Black tenants and his career railing against the first Black president, has no Black voter outreach program to speak of. Trump has made it clear how little he thinks of Black men.” And Chitika emphasized that “President Biden knows he has to earn – not ask for – every vote, and that’s exactly what our campaign is doing from now until November.” The president has repeatedly spotlighted his investments in historically Black colleges and universities, student debt forgiveness and infrastructure projects as he campaigns for a second term in the White House. But Hunt said the “Democrat Party has been pitching lies to the Black community for decades; [he] has done absolutely nothing for us.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews

Morning Kick Review: Does it help boost your energy?

Morning Kick Review: Does it help boost your energy?

It can be tough to stay energized, focused, and healthy in this faced life. Life is sometimes so exhausting that it saps our energy and poor diet combined with lack of exercise can take its toll on us in a rather unexpected manner.