Winning for Women launches 6-figure ad buy in key races highlighting ‘financial burden’ of border crisis
EXCLUSIVE: Winning for Women (WFW) PAC announced on Monday a six-figure digital ad buy highlighting the “financial burden” the Biden administration’s “open border policies” have put on American taxpayers. The ads will run in five states with key House races: North Carolina’s 1st congressional district; New York’s 18th congressional district; California’s 45th congressional district; Oregon’s 5th congressional district; and Virginia’s 2nd congressional district. “Every time families go to the grocery store or visit the doctor’s office, they are reminded that open border policies have sent costs through the roof,” WFW executive director Danielle Barrow told Fox News Digital. BIDEN RETURNS TO THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE HE SNUBBED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES WFW highlighted a statistic from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which determined that illegal immigration costs each American taxpayer $1,156 per year. “Illegal immigration is costing the average family $2,312 more per year, a financial burden that American taxpayers cannot afford to bear,” Barrows said. WFW noted that the average family is made up of two taxpayers, bringing the total family impact to more than $2,000. WFW has endorsed the Republican candidates in each district the ads will run in. The PAC endorsed incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon’s 5th congressional district; Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia’s 2nd congressional district; and Rep. Michelle Steel of California’s 45th congressional district. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS The PAC has also endorsed candidates Laurie Buckhout for North Carolina’s 1st and Alison Esposito for New York’s 18th. The WFW PAC says it bases its endorsements on a number of metrics, including leadership experience; significant fundraising numbers proportionate to the candidate’s district; an established campaign team; and a “competitive but viable path to success through the primary and/or general elections.” The WFW entities provided women candidates with resources during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Through its SuperPAC, 501(c)(4) and connected PAC, and additional hard dollar efforts, WFW says it raised over $17 million to support “right-of-center women.” WFW, during the last cycle, also conducted targeted issue advocacy campaigns, briefings with partner organizations, Washington, D.C., and in-district press events and mentorship programs, according to the organization. WFW’s political arm hosted national fundraisers that raised nearly $4 million in hard dollars, with WFW Action Fund spending more than $8 million in independent campaigns to “advance women through contested races,” according to WFW.
Biden Cabinet secretary announces retirement ahead of ‘crazy, silly’ election season
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she is stepping down from her position. “It’s time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA Today, which reported that her last day is March 22. “I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election.” With her departure, Fudge will become only the second original Cabinet member to leave the Biden administration after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh stepped down last year. “From her time as a mayor, to her years as a fierce advocate in the U.S. House of Representatives, Marcia’s vision, passion, and focus on increasing economic opportunity have been assets to our country,” President Biden said in a statement Monday. “I’m grateful for all of her contributions toward a housing system that works for all Americans, and I wish her well in her next chapter.” MCCONNELL SAYS MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IS THE ‘BEST WAY FORWARD’ Biden described Fudge as a “strong voice for expanding efforts to build generational wealth through homeownership and lowering costs and promoting fairness for America’s renters. “Under Marcia’s transformational leadership, we have worked hard to lower housing costs and increase supply. We’ve proposed the largest investment in affordable housing in U.S. history,” Biden added. “We’ve taken steps to aggressively combat racial discrimination in housing by ensuring home appraisals are more fair and by strengthening programs to redress the negative impacts of redlining. Thanks to Secretary Fudge, we’ve helped first-time homebuyers, and we are working to cut the cost of renting. And there are more housing units under construction right now than at any time in the last 50 years.” Fudge, 71, served as a Democrat in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2021, representing the 11th Congressional District of Ohio which includes the city of Cleveland. VP KAMALA HARRIS DODGES QUESTION WHETHER SHE WOULD DEBATE TRUMP RUNNING MATE “She was a member of several Congressional Caucuses and past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus,” her biography on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development website says, adding that in 1999, she “was elected the first female and first African American mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, a position she held for two terms.” Fudge also was the director of Budget and Finance at the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office in Ohio. “Don’t look for me to ever be on another ballot or another appointee or anything like that,’’ she told USA Today, noting that she wants to spend more time with her mother – who turns 93 next month – and relatives in Ohio. “I really do look forward to being a private citizen.” She also argued that affordable housing should be a key focus for both Democrats and Republicans. ‘‘It is not a red or blue issue,’’ she told USA Today. “Everybody knows that it is an issue so it’s not a one-sided issue. It’s an American issue.’’ Fox News’ Peter Doocy and Kaitlin Sprague contributed to this report.
UT-Austin reverts to requiring standardized test scores for admissions
The decision comes after the university switched to test-optional admissions during the pandemic.
Dem candidate, taxi driver filed competing police reports after wild dispute over payment
A Democrat seeking to unseat Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., was once accused of getting into a dispute with a taxi driver that turned physical, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. Nebraska state Sen. Tony Vargas, a former public school teacher, is running for the House of Representatives in the state’s Omaha-anchored 2nd Congressional district. The newly uncovered documents describe an incident on the evening of May 10, 2013, when Vargas and his cab driver got into a dispute over payment and ended with the driver taking them both to the police station, where each filed a report. A representative for Vargas’ campaign denied wrongdoing on the candidate’s part. NEBRASKA BILL WOULD STOP CORPORATIONS FROM BUYING UP HOUSES According to the driver’s report, Vargas “jumped from the back seat of the van into the front seat,” and that his “left leg hit [the driver] in the head.” The driver also claimed Vargas grabbed him by the shirt collar and “possibly damaged” his laptop computer. The police officer who took the report said the driver was uninjured, and his laptop was not damaged, according to the document. Vargas’ report claimed he asked the driver to stop several times but that he instead continued to the police station. When the driver did stop, according to Vargas’ police report, he drove away quickly, causing Vargas to “hit his head on the ground.” Vargas said he had a headache and was advised to seek medical attention by the officer, the report said. NEBRASKA WOMAN ALLEGEDLY STABBED GUESTS WHO SAID HER HOUSE WAS DIRTY Both reports noted that each accused the other of assault, though it does not appear that charges were ultimately filed. A spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, Delanie Bomar, told Fox News Digital, “If Tony Vargas can’t even pay a cab driver without a physical altercation occurring, there’s no shot his violent temper could handle the difference of opinions that occur in Congress. Vargas is extreme and aggressive and radically out of line with commonsense Nebraskans.” Daniel Gutman, a lawyer representing Vargas’ congressional campaign, told Fox News Digital that the accusations against Vargas are “baseless.” NEBRASKA GOV. PILLEN’S REJECTION OF FEDERAL CHILD FOOD FUNDING SPARKS LEGISLATIVE ACTION “This is a baseless claim contradicted by the Omaha Police Department in their report. As the officer at the scene found, there was ‘absolutely no injury’ to the cab driver or his property and no evidence to support the driver’s claim. To the contrary, police records demonstrate that Senator Vargas was injured by the driver, who sped away while Vargas exited the vehicle, and police advised Senator Vargas to seek medical attention. Sen. Vargas was the clear victim in this encounter,” Gutman said. The Omaha Police Department did not provide further comment.
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Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasts Biden over state’s migrant crisis: ‘Worst government blunder’
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, slammed the federal government for the influx of illegal migrants in the state, calling it “the worst government blunder I’ve ever seen in my life.” Cuomo – who resigned in 2021 after several women accused him of sexual harassment – made an appearance at the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in South Bronx on Saturday to talk to residents about crime, homelessness and the migrant crisis. “Look at New York: Look at the homeless problem. Look at the crime problem. Look at what’s going on in the subways,” Cuomo said. “And then on top of it all, we now have a migrant problem.” MAYORS WANT WORK PERMITS EXTENDED TO KEEP MIGRANTS EMPLOYED, RECEIVE NEW ASYLUM SEEKERS Cuomo went on to say he’s been “in and out” of government his entire life, working under former President Bill Clinton and alongside David Dinkins, New York’s mayor in the early 1990s. “This is the worst government blunder I have seen in my entire life,” Cuomo went on to say. “You have the federal government – which is where it starts – standing at the border with a sign that says, ‘Come to the United States of America and claim asylum.’” Cuomo then shifted the blame to New York, arguing the state funnels the migrants only to New York City, “because politically, for their politics, they want the problem in New York City, and they don’t want the problem in the rest of the state.” Since spring 2022, more than 175,000 people seeking asylum have arrived in the city illegally, city data shows. Mayor Eric Adams, alongside a coalition of other state mayors, has ramped up calls in recent months for the Biden administration to send federal aid to keep up with the influx. ICE CAPTURES 2 SUSPECTED VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS IN CONNECTION WITH NYPD ASSAULT “Mayor Adams says, ‘Federal government, you should pick up the tab,’” Cuomo said. “‘You started this’ – federal government says, ‘I left my wallet at home.’” Cuomo said the state declined to “split the bill” with Adams. According to the city’s website, NYC is poised to spend more than $12 billion through 2025 to deal with the ongoing migrant influx. In 2023, the city spent just under $1.5 billion providing food, shelter and other services for the arrivals. “Now you want New York City taxpayers to pay this on top of crime, on top of the homeless, on top of the highest taxes in the United States of America,” he said. According to the city’s website, “there does not appear to be a slowdown in sight for this national crisis.” “New Yorkers did not ask to take on this situation, but many have stepped up to help migrants in need. Now it’s time for the rest of our state and federal government to do their part,” the city’s website reads. TIMES SQUARE SHOOTING: MIGRANT, 15, SLAPPED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR SHOOTING AT POLICE, WOMAN Tent cities and emergency shelters have sprung up all across New York City, making it a new norm for residents. Meanwhile, Adams also recently called for the “sanctuary city laws” to be modified to allow for deportation of illegal migrants who commit violent crimes. “But those small numbers that have committed crimes, we need to modify the sanctuary city law that if you commit a felony or violent act we should be able to turn you over to ICE and have you deported,” Adams said at a town hall meeting last month. To alleviate the strain on taxpayers, the city began bussing asylum seekers to counties upstate, sending off alarm bells to other local leaders. Broome County, roughly 180 miles north of New York City, last year responded by declaring a state of emergency in an effort to prevent any more arrivals. In January, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $2.4 billion of the liberal state’s $233 billion budget would be earmarked for New York City’s humanitarian aid. Some of the aid would reportedly reimburse the city for some costs associated with managing emergency shelters.
Biden returns to the key battleground state he snubbed in the presidential primaries
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Hours before President Biden returns to New Hampshire for the first time in nearly two years, Steve Shurtleff says he forgives – but will not forget. “I forgive, but I haven’t forgotten how New Hampshire was treated,” the longtime Democratic state representative and former state House speaker told Fox News on Monday. Shurtleff, a strong Biden supporter dating back to the president’s first White House run in 1988, broke with him last year over the move by the Democratic National Committee – following Biden’s lead – to bump New Hampshire from its traditional role as the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state. New Hampshire, adhering to a state law that mandates its presidential primary goes first, did just that – which meant the state’s Jan. 23 nominating contest was unsanctioned on the Democratic side. DID BIDEN PASS OR FAIL? PAST PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH WRITES GRADE HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS Biden kept his name off the ballot and steered clear of the state, but thanks to a write-in effort by New Hampshire’s Democratic establishment leaders, the president easily won the primary over his long-shot challengers. Shurtleff endorsed and campaigned on behalf of one of those challengers, Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota. However, with New Hampshire’s primary in the rearview mirror and the general election rematch between Biden and former President Trump underway, Shurtleff appears to be leaning toward backing Biden again. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS “We’ve got to move on, and we’ve got an election coming up, and I’m concerned about the Trump candidacy, so I’ll most likely be voting for Joe Biden,” he told Fox News. “In a comparison between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, it scares me to think what would happen to our country under another Trump presidency.” Besides being the state that for a century has held the first presidential primary, New Hampshire for a couple of decades has also been one of around a dozen competitive states in general elections. Additonally, it is on the president’s itinerary as he tours a handful of swing states following last week’s State of the Union address. He is scheduled to spotlight how his administration has been lowering the costs for American families amid the soaring inflation that plagued the nation during his first two years in the White House. At his stop in Goffstown, New Hampshire, he is also expected to propose extending Medicare’s $2,000 annual cap on out-of-pocket drug costs to people with commercial insurance. A White House official said the president will also ask lawmakers to extend a $35-per-month cost cap for insulin to the commercial market. Biden will also call on Congress to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs per year and will urge federal lawmakers to make permanent Affordable Care Act improvements that are set to expire next year. The president highlighted the specific actions last week during his State of the Union address. The trip is Biden’s first time back in New Hampshire since an April 2022 stop in Portsmouth. Following his official event, Biden will meet with New Hampshire Democrats during a campaign event in nearby Manchester, the state’s largest city. It appears to be part of the president’s political mission of patching up hard feelings from the primary season. Kathy Sullivan, a former longtime New Hampshire Democratic Party chair and former DNC committee member from the Granite State who steered a super PAC that supported the Biden write-in effort, told Fox News that “it was pretty apparent in the primary results that the combination of support for President Biden’s polices and accomplishments combined with the need to defeat Donald Trump and his authoritarian leanings were enough to have Democrats come out and vote for Joe Biden in the primaries.” Additionally, Sullivan predicted that “I think it will be even better in November.” Trump narrowly lost New Hampshire to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election, but four years ago, it was not as close, as Biden carried the state by over seven points. While Biden stayed away from New Hampshire the past couple of years, Trump made regular visits, which culminated in his 11-point GOP presidential primary victory in the state in January. A progressive activist in New Hampshire, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, argued that Biden “is the weakest candidate” and predicted that Trump would make the state extremely competitive in November. However, Mo Baxley, another progressive activist and former strong supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ two presidential campaigns in the state, said “I think the base is with [Biden]. Baxley, a former New Hampshire Democratic Party vice-chair, emphasized that “people aren’t going to not vote for the president because of the [primary controversy]. Our base is a little smarter than that. The stakes are just too high.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
West Virginia bill that would allow teachers remove ‘threatening’ students from class fails
A West Virginia bill that would have provided a framework for public school teachers to remove kindergarten and elementary school students from the classroom for severe misbehavior failed to pass after legislators missed a midnight Sunday deadline. The measure did not reach the final hurdle to passage in the state House of Delegates after a back-and-forth on Saturday with the Senate after the chambers passed slightly different versions of the bill. Saturday’s events followed years of conversation among lawmakers and state Department of Education officials about school discipline and behavioral issues among children with trauma and adverse experiences at home. The House passed a version of the bill on Friday. WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL BUS ROLLS OVER ON HIGHWAY, DRIVER CHARGED WITH DUI One in four children live below the poverty line in West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of opioid overdoses. In some school districts, more than 70% are being raised by grandparents, other family members or guardians because their parents are unable to take care of them. A study from the state Department of Education found that during the 2021-2022 school year, one in four students in foster care were suspended from school. The study also found that students with disabilities and Black students were disproportionately disciplined compared with their white peers, with one in five Black children being suspended from school that year. Under the House bill, a teacher would have been able to remove students from a classroom if their behavior is “violent, threatening or intimidating toward staff or peers, creates an unsafe learning environment or impedes on other students ability to learn in a safe environment.” BILL LETTING TRAINED TEACHERS CARRY GUNS PASSES WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE The students would have then be placed in a behavioral intervention program where they can get extra support and supervision. If no such program is available, they would have to be sent home and a parent or guardian must pick them up. If nobody responds, and after all emergency contacts are exhausted, law enforcement could be called. Currently, disruptive students are sent to the principal, who decides on potential disciplinary action. The bill gives more power to teachers and sets clearer standards on how to handle such behavior. Fayette County Republican Del. Elliott Pritt, who is also a teacher, said he supported the bill and some students are afraid to go to school in his county because of “the extreme behaviors of their fellow classmates.” “If a student has been violent, has displayed violent proclivities, has threatened a teacher or other students, they should not be on the bus home — their parents should be showing up to pick them up,” he said. Pritt said teachers care deeply about their students but are being asked to do more and more outside their job descriptions, and perform roles they aren’t trained for. “How much do we expect our schools to do? As a teacher, I’m expected to teach. I’m expected to parent these children. I’m expected to discipline these children. I’m expected to counsel these children. I’m expected to provide them food. I’m expected to provide them clothes. I’m expected to provide them everything they need in life,” he said. “What are the parents responsible for?” Cabell County Democratic Del. Sean Hornbuckle, who is one of a small group of Black lawmakers in the state Legislature and was a no vote on the bill, reminded his colleagues of the Department of Education’s finding that foster children, children with disabilities and minority students would be disproportionately affected. BILL ALLOWING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR CHILDHOOD VACCINES PASSES WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE In remarks before the vote was held, he said the bill is incomplete “if we’re not going to speak to those issues that we’re having in the classroom,” such as mental health problems and poor academic performance. “We have to make sure that we do better,” Hornbuckle said. Kanawha County Democratic Del. Mike Pushkin, who also opposed the bill, said lawmakers have known for years that societal problems are leading to these extreme behaviors and are only addressing the symptom instead of taking action that could get at root causes. “Unfortunately when a bill has a price tag attached to it, it doesn’t make it through certain committees,” he said. “Far too many of us know the cost of everything, but the value of absolutely nothing. I wish we could actually address the real issue. And that takes setting priorities.”
Ukraine hails unwanted first Oscar for ‘Russian terror’ documentary
Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol won best documentary for journalist’s first-person account of Russian invasion. Ukrainian officials have hailed the country’s first Oscar-winning film for “showing the truth about Russia’s crimes”. Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol won best documentary at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday for its harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion in 2022. The Associated Press (AP) journalist’s film focuses on the attack on the southern city, which began in February two years ago. “This is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history, and I’m honoured,” an emotional Chernov said as he accepted the award in Los Angeles. “Probably I will be the first director on this stage to say I wish I’d never made this film. I wish to be able to exchange this to Russia never attacking Ukraine.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was reportedly blocked from appearing at the ceremony by organisers, said in a post on his Telegram channel on Monday that the movie “shows the truth about Russian terrorism”. Other officials joined in praising the film, applauding it for exposing the brutal devastation of the war and the message Chernov sent to the world from one of the world’s biggest stages. “The first Oscar in [Ukrainian] history. And how important it is now,” Andriy Yermak, head of the Presidential Office, said on Telegram. “The world has seen the truth about Russia’s crimes. Justice always prevails.” Chernov, alongside AP colleagues Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko, arrived an hour before Russia began bombing the port city of Mariupol. Two weeks later, they were the last journalists working for an international outlet in the city, sending crucial dispatches to the outside world showing civilian casualties of all ages, the digging of mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital and the sheer extent of the devastation. Statuettes were awarded to Chernov, producer and editor Michelle Mizner and producer Raney Aronson-Rath for a film that was a joint production of AP and the show Frontline on the US television network PBS. The Oscar – and nomination – was a first for both Chernov, an AP video journalist, and the 178-year-old news organisation. Yermak thanked the team who made the film “for reminding the whole world that the war continues and evil still lives”. Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, praised the documentary for showing “the truth to the whole world”. “This awards ceremony is an opportunity to address millions of people. This is what the film director did by mentioning the occupation, prisoners of war, killing of Ukrainians by Russia, and illegal abduction of civilians,” he wrote on Telegram. Adblock test (Why?)