Kochi-bound IndiGo flight from Delhi delayed by over 3 hours due to technical snag
An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kochi was delayed by more than three hours on Sunday morning after the aircraft developed a technical snag, the airline said.
Rajasthan: At least 15 dead after tempo traveller crashes into parked truck in Jodhpur, here’s what we know so far
Jodhpur accident: At least 15 dead and three injured after tempo traveller crashes into parked truck in the Matoda area of Phalodi in Rajastha’s Jodhpur.
20-year-old National-level archer dies after allegedly falling from moving train in Rajasthan
The tragic incident occurred as the train was slowing down to halt at the Kota Junction. Sonawale was standing at the gate of coach B4 along with a few others to deboard the train to get food when he accidentally slipped and fell between the train and the platform.
Obama’s presence and Trump’s policies consume 11th-hour rally to keep NJ blue
Enthusiasm was high among New Jersey Democratic voters who flocked to a community college campus Saturday evening to hear from former President Barack Obama as he rallied support for Rep. Mikie Sherrill in her campaign for the governorship. “I heard Barack Obama was gonna be here. And I love Barack Obama, so I really came out here for that,” one voter, Alexis from South Jersey, told Fox Digital. “But I do support Mikie, as well.” “I want to hear Obama,” Robert, from Spring Lake, told Fox Digital. “I think a lot of people want to hear Obama. Wouldn’t it be great to have a message of hope at this point in time?” Hundreds of supporters wrapped around multiple blocks surrounding the Essex County College’s gymnasium on Saturday to hear from Obama and Sherrill as the New Jersey election comes down to its final days. The packed auditorium hit capacity before the “Get Out the Vote” rally officially kicked off, with supporters also watching the rally from an overflow parking lot. SHERRILL INSISTS NJ A DEM STRONGHOLD AHEAD OF OBAMA VISIT, REJECTING GOP MOMENTUM: ‘NOT A PURPLE STATE’ Prominent rally speakers and attendees alike celebrated hearing from Obama on Saturday, but also repeatedly spoke about President Donald Trump, slamming him for efforts to deport illegal aliens, and pinning blame for the ongoing federal government shutdown on Trump and Republicans. A handful of voters who spoke to Fox Digital relayed that their ballot was not one solely focused on Sherrill, but also a vote against Trump and his administration. “Well, the top issue is Trump,” said Robert from Spring Lake. “There’s nothing else other than that.… Trump is absolutely the worst,” he added, citing that Trump is allegedly “anti-science” and against education. “To get Trump out of office, number one,” one female voter from South Jersey told Fox Digital of why she came out to the rally and her top voting concerns this election. “I am voting for Mikie Sherrill because she actually understands all the people. She is not a minion for Trump,” another South Jersey voter added. CLIFF-HANGER: CIATTARELLI, SHERRILL CLAIM UPPER HAND IN CRUCIAL NEW JERSEY SHOWDOWN FOR GOVERNOR Obama also leaned into slamming Trump during his remarks to the crowd, claiming the current economy has benefited “Trump’s billionaire friends,” while “ordinary families” pay increased prices at check-out lines due to Trump’s “shambolic tariff policy.” “Let’s face it, our country and our politics are in a pretty dark place right now,” Obama told the audience on Saturday. “It’s hard to know where to start, because every day this White House offers up a fresh batch of lawlessness and carelessness and mean-spiritedness. And just plain old craziness.” Comments targeting Trump and his administration extended to attacks on GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, as well, with Obama casting him as the president’s toady and a “suck up” to the Republican Party. Trump made inroads with New Jersey voters just a year ago, in his decisive general election win over former Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump cut his 2020 loss from 16 points in the Garden State to six in 2024, and flipped five counties to the GOP, invigorating Republicans in the state to keep the momentum going as Ciattarelli launched his bid for Drumthwacket. “Please go out and vote,” Irvington Councilwoman Charnette Frederic told Fox Digital. “And I’m hoping Obama is the last push to remind you.” WITH LEGACY ON THE LINE, OBAMA HITTING CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO BOOST DEMOCRATS IN KEY GOVERNOR ELECTIONS Frederic has served as an Irvington councilwoman since 2012, and said Obama’s presence in the state for past campaign rallies spurred an influx of voters, remarking she’s hopeful the same will unfold ahead of Tuesday. “I am an immigrant, and I believe in treating people with respect and dignity,” Frederic said. “Whatever I’m seeing right now, this is not the kind of opportunity that we want for our people,” adding that Sherrill will “stand for the people” against the White House’s stances on immigration and other policies. Sherrill, DNC chair Ken Martin, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, and other local Democrats took the stage of the auditorium to rally support for Sherrill, while also criticizing the Trump administration. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HOPEFUL ATTENDS ‘NO KINGS’ PROTEST, VOWS TO FIGHT TRUMP ‘TOOTH AND NAIL’ “But my fight doesn’t and can’t end at the border of New Jersey. We’ve got to take on all those hits coming from Trump and Washington, D.C. Because right now the president is running a worldwide extortion racket. You pay more for everything from the coffee you drink in the morning to the groceries you’re cooking dinner with at night as Trump pockets billions. His energy plan is designed for just one audience. The fossil fuel industry,” Sherrill claimed. During this off-year election cycle, New Jersey and Virginia are holding gubernatorial elections, while other jurisdictions such as New York City are holding mayoral races and other local races.
Zohran Mamdani emerges as Republicans’ government shutdown boogeyman
As the government shutdown stretches over a month, one left-wing figure has emerged as House Republicans’ most-cited political boogeyman — and it’s not either of the top two Democrats in Congress. Instead, it’s Zohran Mamdani, a New York State assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist who is running for mayor more than 200 miles away in New York City. “You’ve seen their party get pulled further to the socialist left, and it started when [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.] beat Joe Crowley. And ever since then, Democrats have been afraid of that kind of emerging wing of their party,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital when asked why GOP leaders are invoking Mamdani so often. “Today, they are the center of the Democrat Party. They are running the Democrat Party, and you can see it, Mamdani is the one that they’re all scared of and they’re all listening to.” HARRIS OFFERS TIMID ENDORSEMENT OF MAMDANI, QUICKLY PIVOTS TO OTHER ‘STAR’ DEMOCRATS He pointed to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his recent endorsement of Mamdani. “It’s changed how they run their whole party operation, because they’re afraid of the left base of the party, which is really headed by Mamdani now,” Scalise said. House GOP leaders or speakers at their daily shutdown press conferences brought up Mamdani both directly and indirectly at every one of their press conferences last week. CLINTON CAMPAIGN ALUM URGES JEFFRIES, SCHUMER NOT TO ‘TAKE THE BAIT,’ GET ‘BULLIED’ INTO MAMDANI ENDORSEMENT At his Thursday press conference, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., accused the media of criticizing his frequent commentary on the New York City socialist. “Amazingly, the media is criticizing Republicans for fixating on Mamdani. I read some of that yesterday. This socialist uprising is something that we have a responsibility to call out and sound the alarms. That’s what elected representatives of the people are supposed to do,” Johnson said. “And we take that responsibility seriously. And obviously, Mamdani is a big issue here in the halls of Congress. Why? Because the second-highest ranked Democrat in the country, Leader Jeffries, endorsed him.” Republicans have also taken to calling him “commie Mamdani” recently, a nickname debuted by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a shutdown press conference where House GOP leaders invited Republicans in New York’s congressional delegation to speak. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Mamdani himself criticized Johnson at one point for his focus on him earlier this month. “Speaker Johnson should be seating members of Congress, as opposed to using his time to try and attack our campaign,” Mamdani fired back from Manhattan on Monday. “But I understand if I was one of the leaders of the Republican Party that had led a campaign that promised Americans a lower cost of living and cheaper groceries, and all I could deliver for them was a government shutdown, then I, too, would be looking to distract in any way that I could from those lack of results.”
Mamdani’s socialist allies embrace watchdog’s warning about their key motive: ‘Recruitment ad unlocked’
After an antisemitism watchdog posted a new video warning about socialist efforts to take over the Democratic Party from within, socialist leaders from across the country embraced the video and its message, appearing unafraid of such accusations. The Canary Mission’s advertisement included recorded remarks from various leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) describing their opposition to, and in some cases “hatred” of the Democratic Party, which one speaker says must be torn down. The video also shared remarks from DSA leaders describing how the Democratic Party, which one of the socialist speakers in the video referred to as “toxic,” can be used as a “tool” to push forward their aims of destroying the current capitalist society we live in. At the center of the ad was something Canary Mission referred to as the “cuckoo analogy.” FORMER TOP LEADER OF RADICAL GROUP TIED TO MAMDANI HAS BEEN ON AOC’S CAMPAIGN PAYROLL FOR YEARS “In nature, the cuckoo survives by trickery. It lays its egg in another bird’s nest. The unsuspecting parents raise the impostor as their own until the cuckoo grows strong enough to push the true chicks out,” the video’s narrator explains. “The DSA is the cuckoo inside the Democratic Party.” But the analogy, which pointed to candidates like self-proclaimed socialist Zohran Mamdani, did not appear to bother the socialists it was targeting. Rather, they applauded the video advertisement as a great recruitment tool to get more people to join their ranks. “New DSA recruitment ad for communists just dropped,” joked Nicolás Vargas in response to the video. Vargas has been affiliated with the Central Brooklyn branch of the DSA, according to a 2022 DSA national convention resolution on COVID protections. “Are you trying to make young people find the DSA more cool?” quipped Marxist-socialist blogger C. Derrick Varn. “New recruitment ad unlocked,” joked Giovanetta Marangoz, co-chair of the New York City Young Democratic Socialists of America. Other socialist activists were a little more direct in their view that the Democratic Party must be extinguished. “My biggest gripe is the idea that we’re being deceptive,” Allan Frasheri, an at-large delegate to the 2023 DSA Convention who spent time as a co-chair of the University of Florida’s DSA chapter, said in response to the video. “DSA is loud and proud: we are fighting for a worker’s party. Only a party of, by and for working people can bring about a better world. The Democratic Party is ultimately one for the billionaires.” MAMDANI FORCED TO ADDRESS UNEARTHED VIDEO EXPOSING VILE NYPD COMPARISON “This is the best DSA ad I’ve ever seen,” added DSA organizer Miko Ludoviko. “The DSA is an anti-capitalist organization with the long-term goal of taking state power. The Democratic Party is a tool we use for local elections, but it remains an enemy of the working class.” Part of Canary Mission’s video focused on New York City’s Mamdani, who is running for New York City mayor on the Democratic Party’s ticket. He beat out former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party primary earlier this year to be the party’s candidate. Cuomo is now running as an Independent. Mamdani, who is a member of DSA’s NYC chapter, brought several DSA members on stage during a “New York Is Not For Sale” rally last week. He was also a keynote speaker at the group’s national convention in 2023 while serving as a New York state representative. DSA has admitted to closely collaborating with Mamdani’s campaign, including regularly holding meetings with his team. “With Zohran, we’re in basically the best possible position to seize state power that we can be in because, you know, we’re like this,” Goulden said during an August DSA panel, indicating with his fingers that the campaign and organization are very close. Goulden went on to suggest that “one of the things that made Zohran really successful with his policy rollouts is specifically relying on DSA.” “We wrote the platform with him. The team was so happy to work with us on this,” he explained. “What we explicitly wanted to do was use the power of New York City to provide free gender-affirming care – and I say free in case insurance companies decide to boot us off – free gender-affirming care, not just to people in New York City, but across the country.” In addition to the responses to Canary Mission’s new video, other messaging materials the pro-Israel group has put out, such as a graphic slamming socialists for attempting to “weaken and ultimately dismantle” the United States, have similarly been met with praise by DSA socialists. For example, in response to a Canary Mission graphic exposing DSA’s Red Star Caucus for their stated goal of striving to “weaken and ultimately dismantle US empire,” a user on X, who describes themselves as “DSA’s favorite Maoist,” remarked that the slogan Canary Mission was calling out “needs to be the line of the DSA as a whole.” “I will use every tool at my disposal to make it so,” they added. “That’s right,” another X user with the handle “centristmarxist” said in response to a second graphic slamming DSA’s Marxist Unity Group for their stated goal. “With every tool available to us, we must erode the political, cultural, and physical hegemony of the U.S. police state.” Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA for comment, but did not receive a response.
Charts illustrate the scale of SNAP as millions face potential benefit lapse
Millions of Americans who rely on the nation’s largest food program are bracing for uncertainty as the ongoing government shutdown threatens to halt their benefits. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a lifeline for low-income households, is set to expire on Saturday, cutting off support for more than 40 million Americans. The program’s looming lapse underscores how political gridlock in Washington can ripple across kitchen tables and grocery aisles nationwide. FOOD STAMP BENEFITS FOR 42 MILLION AMERICANS IN JEOPARDY AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON SNAP recipients reflect a broad cross-section of the country, from working families to retirees and those facing economic hardship. Benefits vary depending on income, family size and essential living expenses, which determine both eligibility and payment amounts. About 41.7 million Americans, or one in eight households, relied on SNAP each month in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In that same year, federal spending on SNAP totaled $99.8 billion, with benefits averaging about $187 per participant each month, according to USDA data. In fiscal year 2023, nearly 30% of all SNAP households reported having a job and earning a paycheck. More than half of the families with children and receiving SNAP had at least one household member who was employed. In addition to SNAP benefits, 61% of participants received income from government assistance programs such as Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or state aid. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WARNS 42 MILLION AMERICANS COULD LOSE FOOD STAMPS AS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON Overall, adults ages 18 to 59 made up the largest share of SNAP recipients at 42%, followed by children at 39% and seniors at 19%, a breakdown that underscores the program’s role in supporting both the working poor and the most vulnerable. The USDA has warned that if the shutdown continues past early November, states may have to delay or suspend SNAP payments altogether. Some governors are already preparing contingency plans, though federal law leaves them little flexibility without new funding from Congress. On Friday, a pair of federal judges ruled that the administration must issue November food stamp benefits, either in full or in part. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed that directive during a press conference, noting: “There is a contingency fund at USDA, but that contingency fund, by the way, doesn’t even cover half of the $9.2 billion required for November SNAP. And it’s only allowed to flow if the underlying program is funded.” Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
Syria’s interim President al-Sharaa expected to meet with Trump in first visit by Syrian leader to White House
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to visit Washington, D.C., and meet with President Donald Trump next week, the first official visit by a Syrian president to the U.S. capital. A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the meeting was planned for Nov. 10. News of the meeting was first reported by Axios. Trump and al-Sharaa met for the first time in May on the sidelines of the president’s trip to Saudi Arabia. “Young, attractive guy, tough guy,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after meeting al-Sharaa, who is a former al Qaeda leader. “Strong past, very strong past — fighter. He’s got a real shot at holding it together.” SAUDI ARABIA’S 40-YEAR-OLD DISRUPTOR: HOW MBS REWIRED THE KINGDOM IN 10 SHORT YEARS Al-Sharaa, formerly known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, led the rebel offensive in December that toppled former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. His group, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, was designated by the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in June that the Trump administration would remove the label amid the president’s efforts to reset U.S.-Syria ties. “This FTO revocation is an important step in fulfilling President Trump’s vision of a stable, unified, and peaceful Syria,” Rubio said in a statement. TRUMP TAPS DETROIT ENTREPRENEUR MARK SAVAYA, WHO BOOSTED MUSLIM TURNOUT, AS SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ Trump received a standing ovation in Riyadh after announcing his administration would order the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to “give them a chance at greatness.” “Oh, what I do for the crown prince,” he joked, referring to Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Mohammed bin-Salman, who pushed Trump to meet with Syria’s new leader. Efforts to lift the Caesar sanctions, the strongest sanctions on Syria, have faced procedural delays in Congress. A U.S. State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that the Trump administration supports repealing the Caesar sanctions through the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which is under discussion by U.S. lawmakers. The bill, which was named after a Syrian army defector who smuggled thousands of images documenting torture and executions in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons, targeted entities and individuals who provided support to Assad’s regime.
Trump taps massive war chest to energize MAGA voters in final 2025 election push
President Donald Trump is making a final multimillion-dollar investment in Tuesday’s statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia, in an effort to turn out MAGA voters who tend to sit out off-year elections when Trump isn’t on the ballot. Trump’s political team is making a withdrawal from the president’s massive political war chest, with New Jersey and Virginia each receiving roughly $1 million for get-out-the-vote microtargeting efforts, Fox News confirmed this weekend. “What you’ve seen just in the last couple of days is the president and all of our Republican forces have put even more money behind our efforts to turn out our votes because that’s what it’s gonna come down to,” Joe Gruters, chairman of the Trump-aligned Republican National Committee (RNC) said Saturday on Fox News’ “The Big Weekend Show.” While Trump lost New Jersey and Virginia in last year’s presidential election, he made major gains in both states. TRUMP NOT ON BALLOT, BUT PRESIDENT FRONT AND CENTER IN 2025 ELECTIONS New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states to hold gubernatorial contests the year after a presidential election, and the two contests typically receive outsized national attention. The elections are also seen as a key barometer ahead of next year’s midterms, when the GOP will be defending its slim House and Senate majorities. This year’s elections are also seen as the first major ballot box test of Trump’s unprecedented and explosive agenda. The new infusion of cash from Trump’s political coffers, which was first reported by Axios, is fueling the RNC’s 72-hour program aimed at turning out GOP voters in the final stretch leading up to Election Day. FIVE RACES TO WATCH ON ELECTION DAY 2025 Republican operatives are tracking down low-propensity GOP voters, and then reaching out to those voters through phone-banking efforts, or through digital and social media targeting ads. “We have to have Republicans show up on Election Day if our candidates are gonna have a chance,” Gruters said. While Trump hasn’t made any campaign stops in New Jersey or Virginia, he reached out to supporters in both states. Trump held a tele-rally Thursday evening with term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, to boost GOP turnout in the state’s races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Last weekend, on the eve of the kick-off of early voting in New Jersey, Trump headlined a tele-rally with GOP gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli. Trump is likely to headline another tele-rally for Ciattarelli ahead of Tuesday’s election, sources told Fox News Digital. DNC CHAIR PREDICTS WINS IN KEY GOVERNOR RACES AS TRUMP AGENDA FACES FIRST TEST Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dished out over $7 million – a party record – for get-out-the-vote and organizing efforts this summer and autumn in New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania, where Democrats are fighting to retain three state Supreme Court seats. “I’ve always taken the position that every election matters, whether it’s an on-year, off-year, whether it’s a local election, a federal election, every inch of ground that we gain here adds up,” DNC chair Ken Martin said last week in a Fox News Digital interview. The latest public opinion polls indicate former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger has a solid lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Surveys point to Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey with a slight edge over Ciattarelli in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. “I do expect that we’ll win those elections in New Jersey and Virginia,” Martin said. “We feel pretty bullish about our chances.” Fox News’ Bryan Llenas contributed to this report
DNC chair downplays socialist–moderate rift as Mamdani’s rise has some Dems rattled
Zohran Mamdani appears to be on the verge of becoming the next mayor of the nation’s most populous city. And a victory by the 34-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from New York City would capsulize the rise of the far left in the Democratic Party. While plenty of Democrats are fearful of the political consequences and how it would fuel Republican efforts to make a Mayor Mamdani the face of a Democratic Party aiming to usher in socialism, Ken Martin isn’t concerned. “What it shows is the great breadth of our party,” the chair of the Democratic National Committee said in a one-on-one interview with Fox News Digital this week in Philadelphia as he crisscrossed the 2025 campaign trail. FIVE KEY RACES TO WATCH IN NEXT WEEK’S ELECTIONS A likely Mamdani win in New York City, where he holds a double-digit lead in the polls, may be coupled with potential victories by moderate Democrats Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia in the only two states this year to hold gubernatorial elections. “We have conservative Democrats, we have centrist Democrats, we have progressives and we have leftists. And I’ve always said that you win elections through addition, not subtraction. You win by bringing people into your coalition and growing your party,” Martin touted. ‘DEMOCRATS ARE NERVOUS’ ABOUT POTENTIAL ZOHRAN MAMDANI VICTORY, NEW REPORT WARNS Martin acknowledged that Democrats “don’t agree on everything. There’s a lot of different ideas on how to accomplish our goals, but we’re unified around those goals. We’re unified around making sure that people’s lives are more affordable and that we can create an economy that works for everyone in this country. We’re unified in stopping Donald Trump in his authoritarian margin, his shredding of our Constitution.” As Democrats work to escape the political wilderness after last year’s stunning election setbacks, when the party lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority, Republicans portray their rivals as a leaderless party being held hostage by the far left. But Martin spotlighted his party’s diversity, saying, “Whether you’re a far-left Democrat or a conservative Democrat, or anything in between, everyone’s welcome into this big tent party of ours.” The Republican National Committee took issue with the Democrats’ big tent. “Ken Martin’s so-called ‘big tent’ Party includes communists, antisemites, and illegal aliens, while apparently the only people who aren’t welcome are hardworking American families. The inmates are now running the asylum in the Democrat Party, which is why the DNC is broke and proudly backing a communist for mayor of New York City,” RNC national press secretary Kiersten Pels claimed in a statement to Fox News Digital. Martin, pointing to the Republican Party, argued that they “basically have one ideology and do not allow for any dissent.” HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING AND ANALYSIS ON THE 2025 ELECTIONS Martin was interviewed a few days after a new center-left group named “Welcome,” in their inaugural report, argued that left-leaning ideas and rhetoric have badly weakened the Democratic Party. And the group urged Democrats to jettison some of the party’s progressive language about race and LGBTQ issues. The news was first reported by Semafor. Asked for his take, Martin said he had yet to read the report, but he did emphasize that “the Democratic Party can walk and chew gum at the same time.” “We can both focus on a core economic message that gives people in this country a sense that we’re going to fight for their economic future, that they’ll have an opportunity to get ahead… and also, at the same time, stand up and fight for our values. Make sure that no one gets left behind. Make sure that… people who are being harassed or bullied or pushed out of the conversation are protected.” “We are the Democratic Party. We’ve fought for the working class and the poor, and we’ve always fought against bigotry and discrimination, and we’ll continue to do both,” he pledged.