Trump blasts Democratic socialist candidate as ‘full of s—‘ and Dems are skipping socialism ‘for communism’
President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed Wednesday, singling out the progressive candidate as “full of s—” while arguing Democrats are embracing communism. The remarks came hours after El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democrat Senate primary, winning by less than one percentage point after The Associated Press called the race early Wednesday. He will face Republican Mike Rogers in November for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters. Trump devoted several minutes of his Las Vegas speech to attacking democratic socialist candidates, arguing they are advancing communist ideas and calling communism “the greatest threat” facing the United States. SOCIALIST SURGE: FAR-LEFT DEMOCRATS TEST NATIONAL PLAYBOOK AFTER BLUE-CITY PRIMARY SHOCKS “These people are dangerous and frankly, they are lunatics. They’re crazy, and we can’t let them get into office,” Trump said. “Communism is the greatest threat to our country in its history, including even World War One, World War Two, Pearl Harbor, 9/11. I think it’s the greatest threat.” The White House later amplified that portion of Trump’s remarks on social media, posting simply: “Communism is the greatest threat to our country.” Trump mocked what he said communist policies would mean for Americans. “Would you like a free house? We’ll take one from your neighbor. Would you like free rent? We’ll take it from whoever. We’ll take your building away from the landlord,” Trump said. “What they don’t say, and what Republicans should say, is that at the end of the year, you’ll have nothing but death, squalor, poverty. You’ll have a life of hell.” LIZ PEEK: MICHIGAN CAN STOP THE SOCIALIST FEVER RAGE — OR WATCH IT SWALLOW THE SENATE The president pointed to Venezuela as an example of what he said happens when communist policies take hold. “Look at Venezuela, where it was such a rich country 20 years ago,” Trump said. “Every time this has happened, you go through squalor … filth, crime, death, destruction, embarrassment. You lose your home. You lose your apartment.” Trump then singled out El-Sayed by name, drawing one of the loudest reactions of the night. “When I watch Abdul, he’s full of s—,” Trump said. 2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGAN El-Sayed’s victory gives Democrats a progressive nominee in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate races. Backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., El-Sayed campaigned on Medicare for All, getting money out of politics and ending U.S. military aid to Israel. He has described himself as a capitalist and has distanced himself from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), though Republicans have frequently tied him to the broader democratic socialist movement. Trump later returned to a familiar theme from the second term of his presidency. “If you remember, during my State of the Union speech, I made a very strong statement. I said that America will never be a socialist country,” Trump said. “I was right.” The president argued Democrats now want to move beyond socialism. TRUMP HAILS AMERICA AS ‘MOST EXCEPTIONAL NATION EVER TO EXIST’ IN MOUNT RUSHMORE SPEECH “What I didn’t say is what they’re trying to do. They want to skip socialism. They want to go right down to the bottom of the barrel. That’s communism,” Trump said. “They want it to be a communist country. We’re not letting them have it as a communist country, not even for a minute.” Trump closed by vowing to defeat what he called the Democrat Party’s leftward movement. “Together we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America once and for all,” Trump said. “It’s defeated. It’s going to go down. It always goes down.” The White House and El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment. Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller, Kiera McDonald, and Robert Schmad contributed to this reporting.
Federal judge acknowledges Supreme Court ruling clearing path for Trump to end Haiti TPS
President Donald Trump on Wednesday notched a major immigration victory after a federal judge acknowledged that the court order blocking the administration from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is no longer in effect after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe. The ruling marks the culmination of a yearslong legal battle over the Biden administration’s expansion of Haiti’s TPS designation and delivers a significant immigration victory for Trump, who repeatedly campaigned on ending the Biden administration’s expanded TPS protections for Haitians. The issue became a centerpiece of the 2024 election after Trump and running mate JD Vance blamed the Biden administration’s Haiti TPS policies for the influx of Haitian migrants into Springfield, Ohio, where residents raised concerns about traffic safety, strained public services and cultural clashes. BLUE STATE LEADERS ERUPT AFTER SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ENDING TPS PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIANS, SYRIANS The controversy later exploded onto the national stage after Trump referenced residents’ claims that migrants were taking ducks and geese from parks and eating household pets. The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by publication time. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote Wednesday that her earlier order staying the Department of Homeland Security‘s (DHS) termination of Haiti’s TPS designation “is no longer in effect” after the Supreme Court’s decision and the D.C. Circuit’s subsequent mandate. While the underlying lawsuit will continue, the administration is no longer barred by the injunction from moving forward with ending TPS protections for an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. The remaining litigation centers on whether the administration acted with unconstitutional racial animus in terminating the designation. LIBERAL COURT STUNS WITH RULING THAT HANDS TRUMP MAJOR IMMIGRATION WIN The Supreme Court ruled in June that the TPS statute bars judicial review of the administration’s non-constitutional decisions to terminate TPS designations and found the plaintiffs’ equal protection challenge was unlikely to succeed. The court reversed the lower courts and remanded the case for further proceedings. DHS General Counsel James Percival pushed back on reports suggesting Wednesday’s order itself ended Haiti’s TPS designation, arguing the protections effectively expired when the Supreme Court’s mandate was issued July 27 and that Reyes’ order merely acknowledged that legal reality. “Haiti TPS ended when the Supreme Court mandate issued on July 27,” Percival wrote on X. “I will give Judge Reyes kudos though for taking the L with grace and not doing something bonkers like many of her colleagues.” Haiti first received TPS after the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake, but the designation remained in place for 16 years through multiple administrations. The Biden administration later expanded and extended protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians already living in the U.S. MORE THAN 100 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS WITH VIOLENT OFFENSE AND SEX CRIME CONVICTIONS DEPORTED: DHS After reviewing conditions in Haiti, former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined the country no longer met the statutory requirements for TPS and announced the administration’s decision to terminate the designation, arguing the humanitarian program had been extended well beyond its intended temporary purpose. The move triggered the legal challenge that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. After the SCOTUS decision, the DHS announced Haiti’s TPS designation would be terminated, effective July 27, and that employment authorization documents issued under the designation were no longer valid. The department instructed employers to reverify the work authorization of affected employees. The State Department maintains a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory for Haiti because of widespread gang violence, kidnappings and civil unrest. Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace and Michael Lee contributed to this report.
Fauci’s HHS iPhone turned over to Senate investigators as contempt vote looms
Fox News Digital has confirmed that a key investigative panel in the Senate has obtained Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pandemic-era cellphone. The cellphone was transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. A spokesperson for the senator told Fox News Digital the subcommittee “obtained a copy of Dr. Fauci’s iPhone that was used during his time at HHS.” Whether the panel has access to the phone remains unclear. RAND PAUL SEEKS CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE THAN 100 TIMES The committee’s procurement of the phone, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes as the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee readies to decide whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. It also follows the HHS’ move to dump over 1,000 pages of Fauci’s personal diary to the panel just days before the blockbuster hearing. The hearing, slated for Thursday morning, comes after the panel’s chair, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., subpoenaed Fauci to testify on his alleged role in funding “risky” gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China, where the COVID-19 virus originated. A source close to Paul’s office told Fox News Digital that the lawmaker is also in possession of the phone. Last week’s testimony was meant to serve as the climatic duel between Fauci and Paul, who has demanded Fauci be thrown into prison for his role in the nation’s pandemic policy and alleged lies to Congress. But it didn’t turn out that way. TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI’S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMS Fauci, on advice from his lawyers, opted to plead the Fifth Amendment out of concern about self-incrimination before a panel that he charged was designed to ensnare him. “Although it pains me to do so because of the respect I have for the legislative branch of government and my decades-long record of cooperating with Congress under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,” Fauci said. What ensued was Republicans on the panel peppering Fauci with questions probing his involvement in an alleged lab leak that led to the virus’ rapid spread to what day of the week it was. Democrats charged that his decision to activate his constitutional rights was the right call given Paul and his colleagues’ determination to catch him in a lie. WATCH: RAND PAUL SAYS THERE’S ONE THING AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM FAUCI And it culminated in Paul vowing that Fauci would face consequences for declining to comment and questioning whether his pardon from former President Joe Biden could protect him. “I think there’s another legal question that the courts may have to decide upon, and that is whether or not a presidential pardon offers you complete immunity,” Paul said at the time. Fox News Digital did not immediately receive comment from HHS on Fauci’s pandemic-era iPhone.
El-Sayed’s threat against GOP rival backfires as conservatives bring receipts: ‘Is Dubai in Florida?’
Abdul El-Sayed sparked online controversy moments after capturing the Democratic Party’s nomination in Michigan’s Senate race for his word choice in challenging Republican nominee Mike Rogers to a series of five debates. “I know you’re going to say no because you’re a coward. Five debates. All right?” El-Sayed said. “You and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes, but I’m gonna make sure Michiganders know about them. By the time we’re done, you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable for what you’ve done,” El-Sayed continued. The language of “safe quarter” is raising eyebrows among viewers online. The online backlash demonstrates how closely the Michigan Senate race is being watched across the country and how viewers are analyzing every move of El-Sayed in particular. 2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGAN The former local public health official succeeded in his race against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a more establishment candidate with the backing of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., despite being heavily outspent. His campaign has been a proxy for larger questions in the Democratic Party of whether the progressive label and promises of aggressively expanded public sector involvement will resonate with its base over the relative safety of establishment messaging. But it has also invited scrutiny. Conservatives ripped El-Sayed on social media for attacking Rogers’ out-of-state vacation home while he owned multiple rental properties overseas. Doug Powers, a longtime editor and contributor for Twitchy, believes it clashes with El-Sayed’s financial disclosures revealing that he owns property not just out of the state but also overseas. “If I’m the Rogers campaign, I’m putting this in an ad. ‘A socialist who owns property in Dubai and India is attacking me for having a vacation house in Florida while threatening me in my home state?’” Powers wrote in his own post to social media. “’No safe quarter from people holding you accountable’ is commie messaging,” he added. “The easy rebuttal for Mike Rogers here is to point out that El-Sayed owns property in a luxury development in Dubai,” Chuck Ross, an investigative reporter for The Washington Free Beacon, pointed out. “Is Dubai in Florida?” yet another account wrote. Fox News Digital previously reported that El-Sayed’s most recent financial disclosure exposes how El-Sayed and his wife own at least two foreign properties in Bangalore, India and Dubai. The Dubai property is worth up to $250,000. Other conservatives slammed El-Sayed for the tone of his message and suggested it was putting a target on the back of his Republican rival. LIZ PEEK: MICHIGAN CAN STOP THE SOCIALIST FEVER RAGE — OR WATCH IT SWALLOW THE SENATE Scott Jennings, the conservative political personality and media commentator on CNN, bashed El-Sayed’s phrasing at the victory press conference. “Abdul el Sayed threatening the safety of his opponent while the Jewish Democrat AG of Michigan says she can’t go to a Dem convention because she’s not safe, either. Does everyone see what’s happening here?” Jennings wrote in a post to X, referring to recent developments in the Wolverine state over anti-Semitic comments. Brian Newberry, a Rhode Island state representative and former minority leader, echoed Jenning’s concern. “Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, who pals around with [a] guy who celebrates 9/11, tells his Republican opponent that he will ‘not have safe quarter’ in his home state. Who the hell does this guy think he is?” Newberry wrote, hinting at El-Sayed’s association with Hasan Piker, a progressive streamer who has drawn backlash for past comments of his own. “And will any — and I mean ANY — Democrat condemn this rhetoric?” AG Hamilton, a popular conservative X account, called on El-Sayed to bring more clarity to the statement. “Someone should ask el Sayed what exactly this means because it certainly comes off as a threat of political violence aimed at his opponent,” the account wrote. El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the phrasing or on whether the online reactions were overblown. DEMS SELECT THEIR CANDIDATE TO FACE LONGTIME GOP LAWMAKER WHO BALKED AT VIRGINIA REDISTRICTING In his remarks on Wednesday morning, El-Sayed continued to press his case against Rogers. “Mike Rogers is a guy whose politics and vision and perspective are old. Mike Rogers is a guy who has never shied away from a corporation he could do a favor for,” El-Sayed said. “If you want a senator who’s going to lick some boots, fine. Go vote for Mike Rogers. But if you want a senator who’s going to stand up to Donald Trump, then you’ve got your option right here.” With the Democratic primary in the rearview mirror, El-Sayed will face off against Rogers in the state’s general election Nov. 3.
Taxpayer-funded housing for illegal immigrants in GOP’s crosshairs: ‘It’s got to stop’
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., is introducing new legislation that works to restrict illegal aliens from reaping federal housing benefits, blocking loopholes and cutting off access for sanctuary cities to receive federal community development grants. “[Illegal immigrants] have been allowed to participate in federally subsidized housing programs,” Hagerty told Fox News Digital. “They’re using American taxpayer dollars to jump to the front of the line while putting Americans at the back of the lines. It’s got to stop.” The End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act is part of a larger effort by both the Trump administration and GOP members of Congress to halt illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities’ ability to thrive, which they claim often comes at the expense of benefits for the American people. HOUSE REPUBLICANS MOVE TO MAKE TRUMP’S BORDER POLICIES PERMANENT “The Trump administration has taken a look at this,” Hagerty said. “The preliminary estimates are 24,000 of these illegals are utilizing HUD programs. Again, crowding out Americans that would be deserving of these programs and, again, putting illegals into these positions.” The bill Hagerty is putting forward codifies the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) efforts to close loopholes that allow illegal immigrants to receive federal benefits on taxpayer-funded housing if they are roommates with eligible individuals. “HUD housing assistance is intended for U.S. citizens and certain eligible noncitizens, yet HUD resources serve only a quarter of eligible households in need,” HUD said in a statement. “Meanwhile, a recent HUD and DHS audit of all assisted households identified nearly 200,000 tenants with incomplete or unknown eligibility verification. Furthermore, HUD estimates approximately 24,000 illegal aliens, ineligibles and fraudsters in 20,000 ‘mixed status households’ benefit from HUD assistance.” Hagerty’s bill, if passed, would enforce this proposed rule by HUD Secretary Scott Turner under all administrations. “This current administration is going to do everything it can, I’m certain, to stop this type of fraudulent behavior,” Hagerty said. “But what I want to do is preclude this from happening if there were ever to be another Democrat administration.” GOP SENATORS RALLY AROUND NEW DHS PROPOSAL TARGETING SANCTUARY CITIES: ‘SHOULD PAY A PRICE’ Hagerty also said the legislation would eliminate Biden-era incentives for sanctuary cities by denying these cities access to Community Development Block Grants (CBDG), federal funding that supports affordable housing, infrastructure and local services. He also argued that, under the Biden administration, the adoption of sanctuary city policies was incentivized because those lacking citizenship documentation are still included in population counts when considering congressional representation. “What the Biden administration did, they were creating incentives for people to come here illegally,” Hagerty said. “You think about where they situated sanctuary cities — in blue states, where they’re losing population, where they’re losing voters.” “Why?” Hagerty said. “Because you can count these illegal aliens for the purpose of allocating congressional districts. You can count them for the purpose of locating electoral votes. That is the motive behind the crime.” ‘AMERICA FIRST’ IMMIGRATION OVERHAUL BILL WOULD CODIFY TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN PROMISES ONCE AND FOR ALL The bill would require public housing authorities to verify citizenship before providing housing assistance. This would change the law so agencies “shall” verify citizenship, meaning they are legally required to do so, instead of saying they only “may” do so. It would also specifically bar illegal immigrants from being eligible for both Section 202 and Section 811, which provide affordable housing for low-income elderly and people with disabilities. “Illegal aliens are pushing out and crowding out people that are disabled, American taxpayers that are disabled, elderly that are disabled,” Hagerty said. Hagerty’s efforts to crack down on any negligence in restricting illegal immigrants from federal programs comes amid a broader fight by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to crack down on illegal immigration throughout the country. “The goal is to pass the legislation,” Hagerty said. “And I think if you polled Americans, you’d find this is extraordinarily popular.”
In Nevada speech, Trump chases after toddler on stage before joking he doesn’t want him to ‘be Biden and fall’
President Donald Trump shared a pair of lighthearted moments with a toddler during a Nevada event Wednesday, first stepping in to stop the young boy from wandering off-stage before joking, “I don’t want him to be [former President Joe] Biden and fall off the stage.” The moment unfolded after Trump invited Sandra and Brad, a Las Vegas couple, on stage at the Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa with their two young children as he touted his administration’s Trump Accounts and “no tax on tips” initiatives. As the child’s mother, Sandra, began to address the crowd, the toddler appeared ready to make a break for it before Trump quickly reached out to stop him from leaving the stage. ‘PAWN STARS’ ICON RICK HARRISON SAYS TRUMP TAX POLICIES CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES “I don’t want him to be Biden and fall off the stage,” Trump quipped, drawing laughter from the audience. The playful exchange wasn’t the family’s only memorable moment with the president. Later, after Sandra told Trump, “He did want to say a little something to you, Mr. President,” Trump replied, “Yes, thank you, thank you very much.” The toddler then babbled briefly before his mother softly prompted him, “Thank you for my Trump Account.” DEMOCRATIC MARYLAND GOV WES MOORE PRAISES TRUMP ACCOUNTS AS ‘SMART POLICY’ “Thank you for my Trump Account,” the little boy repeated into the microphone, prompting an uproar of applause from the crowd. “Good job,” Trump responded with a smile, clapping for the toddler as the audience continued cheering. Earlier in the event, Trump introduced the family by explaining that Sandra works as a waitress at a Las Vegas casino, while Brad serves as an officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Trump said the couple had benefited from his administration’s tax policies and were investing in Trump Accounts for their two children. “It’s a beautiful family,” Trump said as they joined him on stage. Trump is a father of five and has 11 grandchildren.
Trump has become America’s most targeted leader, facing threats every few months
President Donald Trump has become the most targeted U.S. leader on record among both sitting and former presidents, facing threat-related incidents roughly every two to three months in recent years. Trump has survived three major assassination attempts and nearly a dozen other threat-related incidents over the past two years alone. Overall, he has faced nearly 20 known threats since first taking office in 2017. By comparison, every other U.S. president targeted in an assassination attempt faced just one, except President Gerald R. Ford, who survived two. Those presidents include Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Four of those presidents — Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy — were killed. FROM TRAINED ASSASSINS TO RALLY STAGE RUSHERS, HERE’S EVERY KNOWN ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE SINCE 2016 Seven known threat-related incidents occurred during Trump’s first presidency, while four occurred during his 2024 campaign, including two assassination attempts. His second presidency has already seen eight additional incidents, including a third assassination attempt. July 2024: The first assassination attempt on Trump came during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator and critically wounding two others. The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, struck Trump in the upper right ear before being killed by a Secret Service sniper. September 2024: Two months later, Secret Service agents spotted a gunman hiding in bushes with a rifle near Trump’s Florida golf course while the then-presidential candidate was golfing. The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, was arrested and later sentenced to life in prison. TWO MEN SHOT AT TRUMP’S BUTLER RALLY SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER SECRET SERVICE ‘PREVENTABLE FAILURES’ April 2026: A major security breach occurred during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner while Trump was in attendance. The suspect, Cole Allen, allegedly charged a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, shot an officer and was later taken into custody. Trump’s first three security incidents unfolded during his 2016 campaign before he ever took office. March 2016: An attendee at a Trump campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, attempted to rush the stage before being arrested. The suspect, Thomas DiMassimo, 22, told police he intended to grab the microphone and shout that Trump was a racist but reportedly did not intend to harm him. He was later sentenced to one year of probation. June 2016: Three months later, a British national attending a Trump campaign rally in Las Vegas attempted to grab a police officer’s handgun from her holster, according to a federal criminal complaint. The suspect, Michael Steven Sandford, initially told an officer he wanted Trump’s autograph before trying to seize the weapon and later admitting he intended to kill Trump. He was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison. November 2016: Secret Service agents rushed Trump off the stage during a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada, after an attendee shouted “gun.” Authorities found no weapon but briefly detained Austyn Crites, 33, who said he had brought a sign that said “Republicans Against Trump.” Trump returned to the stage minutes later to finish his remarks. September 2017: A man stole a forklift and drove it toward Trump’s presidential motorcade in an apparent attempt to overturn the presidential limousine in North Dakota. The suspect, Gregory Lee Leingang, later pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced in 2019 to time served and one year of supervised release. October 2018: A Navy veteran in Utah was charged after ricin-laced letters addressed to Trump and other officials were intercepted before delivery. William Clyde Allen III was charged with five federal counts but was later found incompetent to assist in his defense. August 2020: Trump was abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference after a Secret Service officer shot a man who threatened to kill people near the White House. The suspect, Myron Basil Berryman, 51, of Forestville, Maryland, was found unarmed and arrested on a charge of assaulting a law enforcement officer, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. September 2020: A suspect mailed a ricin-laced letter to Trump that was intercepted before reaching the White House. The sender, Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, a dual citizen of Canada and France, admitted to manufacturing ricin at her home in Canada and was later sentenced to 262 months in prison, equivalent to more than 21 years, followed by lifetime supervised release. Trump then faced two assassination attempts and two additional threat-related incidents during his 2024 presidential campaign. July 2024: One day prior to the Butler assassination attempt, federal authorities arrested a Pakistani national accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot targeting Trump and other U.S. officials on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The suspect, Asif Merchant, was later convicted in federal court in March 2026. November 2024: After the second assassination attempt on Trump in September 2024, the Justice Department disclosed another alleged Iranian murder-for-hire plot targeting Trump. The suspect, Farhad Shakeri, was accused of being an Iranian government asset who had been tasked with planning the assassination of Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in March 2026 that Shakeri had been killed in a U.S. military operation. Just 1½ years into his second presidency, Trump has faced seven additional threat-related incidents and one assassination attempt. May 2025: A Florida man was arraigned in federal court after allegedly writing a letter to an official at the Charlotte Correctional Institution claiming he had “orchestrated the most daring Presidential assassination that this country has ever seen” and that “Donald J. Trump must perish.” The suspect, Christopher Davies, later admitted he wanted to kill Trump and was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. July 2025: Authorities arrested a Texas man after he allegedly threatened Trump on social media ahead of the president’s visit to the state following the July 4 flooding along the Guadalupe River. The suspect, Robert Herrera, was later sentenced to two
Dems in the hot seat for skipping crucial hearing on radical group hiding in US: ‘Embarrassment’
Democratic lawmakers were missing during Wednesday’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, skipping a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged network inside the United States and drawing a blistering rebuke from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. “You may notice that there are empty chairs on the Democrat side of the dais,” Cruz said as he opened the hearing by pointing out every Democratic member of the subcommittee refused to attend. “The American people should ask themselves why not a single member of the minority decided that a hearing on terrorism was worth their time? It is an embarrassment.” Cruz tied the Democrats’ boycott to Abdul El-Sayed’s primary victory, arguing the timing helped explain why no Democratic members attended. Cruz accused the party of embracing a candidate who had campaigned alongside left-wing streamer Hasan Piker. Cruz cited Piker’s past statement that “America deserved 9/11” and asked the witnesses what El-Sayed’s rise said about the direction of the Democratic Party. HASAN PIKER UNLOADS ON ‘ISLAMOPHOBIC PIECES OF S—‘ DEMOCRATS AS EL-SAYED FACES PARTY UNITY TEST “Abdul El-Sayed, the son-in-law of a leading member of several Brotherhood groups, won Michigan’s Democrat primary for U.S. Senate. Perfect timing for this hearing. Probably explains why no Democrats are here, and none intend to attend,” Cruz said. “Because their campaign is now openly embracing terrorist organizations waging war on America.” The five Democratic members of the subcommittee — senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Alex Padilla of California and Peter Welch of Vermont — announced beforehand that they would not attend. In a joint statement, the senators accused Cruz of staging a “political creepshow” that scapegoated Muslim Americans. “Scapegoating Muslims may be a Texas Republican strategist’s idea of ‘solid gold’ to whip up their voters, but Democrats have no intention of indulging this political creepshow, particularly after the recent violence targeting places of faith,” they said. “Our focus is the costs families face thanks to rampant, non-stop Trump corruption.” Blumenthal separately told reporters Wednesday that Democrats refused to attend because the hearing “could well be used as an anti-Muslim, Islamophobia kind of show trial.” MICHIGAN SENATE RACE: EL-SAYED’S TIES TO EXTREMIST FUEL ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS AMONG JEWISH VOTERS The Connecticut Democrat added that he planned to meet with members of the Muslim community who shared concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood, “which appears to be a terrorist organization,” while advocating for “tolerance and inclusion.” The offices of Whitehouse and Welch referred Fox News Digital to the joint statement when asked why the senators chose to boycott rather than attend and challenge the witnesses directly. The offices of Hirono and Padilla had not responded by publication time. Cruz and the hearing’s witnesses rejected the Democrats’ characterization of the proceeding as an attack on Muslims generally. Lara Burns, a retired FBI special agent who helped lead a terrorism-financing investigation into what was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States, the Holy Land Foundation, warned that Americans should not disregard evidence because it is politically controversial. “For decades, narratives have been intentionally seeded into public discourse that portray terrorist organizations as resistance movements,” Burns testified before arguing Americans cannot “ignore evidence introduced in federal court simply because that evidence is politically uncomfortable.” “The history of this network is not in question,” she added. “It was made public decades ago, but few paid attention. Now is the time to pay attention and understand the facts.”
Abdul El-Sayed’s Medicare-for-all crusade collides with an awkward contradiction involving his wife
Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has campaigned on passing Medicare-for-all, but his wife’s private psychiatry practice appears to operate outside the insurance system entirely. El-Sayed, who secured the Democratic nomination for Senate on Wednesday, has argued that “healthcare shouldn’t depend on who signs your paycheck” and demanded that taxpayers pay to “guarantee healthcare from cradle to grave” through Medicare-for-all. Despite this, his wife, Sarah Jukaku, states on her medical practice’s website that she is out of network with all insurance companies, generally requiring patients to pay the practice directly, though some may be eligible for out-of-network reimbursement. Prior to July 2026, the FAQ section of Jukaku’s website for her practice included the question “do you accept my insurance?” accompanied by the answer “no,” according to The Washington Free Beacon. Her profile on Psychology Today, a popular professional database for therapists and psychiatrists, also at one point noted that she did not accept insurance. Jukaku operates her own practice where she is the sole physician. DR MARC SIEGEL: A SENATE CANDIDATE’S MEDICAL TITLE SPARKS A DEBATE VOTERS SHOULDN’T IGNORE Amid media scrutiny in July, the practice’s website became inaccessible to the public and displayed a message indicating that it was private. Fox News Digital reached Jukaku and her practice multiple times via phone and email but received no response. It is not rare for psychiatrists to turn away patients on Medicare. A 2022 analysis by KFF found that 40% of psychiatrists did not participate in Medicare, among the highest rate of any medical specialty. Even as his wife’s psychiatry practice reportedly operates on an out-of-network model, El-Sayed has repeatedly stressed the importance of expanding access to government-backed healthcare. In a 2020 interview with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, for instance, he stated that “my wife’s a psychiatrist, and we talk about the fact that a lot of folks don’t do psychiatry because it’s not as well recompensed as other practices simply because it’s undervalued in the system.” He went on to argue that the United States needs to build a “system” that “recognizes” the importance of treating “mental illness” due to the prevalence of “serious mental illness” and “death by suicide.” Years later, at a September 2025 campaign event, El-Sayed lamented that individuals with “serious mental illness” often “fall out of care” due to “transitions in health insurance.” MICHIGAN DEM SENATOR THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM IN CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY The couple reported nearly $686,000 in total income in 2025, underscoring the contrast between El-Sayed’s calls for expanded government-backed healthcare and his wife’s out-of-network psychiatry practice. The couple reported $686,069 in total income and $675,246 in adjusted gross income on two pages of their 2025 tax return released Wednesday. El-Sayed also sports a collection of luxury watches ranging in value from $2,000 to $10,000 apiece. MICHIGAN SENATE HOPEFUL ABDUL EL-SAYED FIRES BACK AT CNN CHOOSING TO ‘FIXATE’ ON ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ COMMENTS “He regularly wears a SAR Rescue Timer on the campaign trail because he is trying to rescue our politics from corporate corruption,” El-Sayed spokeswoman Roxie Richner told The Washington Free Beacon. “Sometimes he wears a vintage doctor’s watch because he is a doctor.” Though El-Sayed earned a medical degree, he was never a licensed physician, which caused controversy amid allegations that he had claimed to be a practicing doctor. “He has earned the right to be called ‘doctor’ twice over,” a campaign spokesperson said at the time, alluding to the fact that he received both a medical degree and a doctorate degree in public health. The El-Sayed campaign and Jukaku did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital.
Trump’s antitrust point man could reshape Big Tech cases against Google and Apple if confirmed
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division testified before the Senate on Wednesday in a confirmation hearing that could shape the future direction of the government’s fight against Big Tech. If confirmed, Adam Candeub, a longtime telecommunications law scholar and former Federal Communications Commission general counsel, would take control of some of the most consequential antitrust cases in decades, including the Justice Department’s landmark lawsuits targeting Google’s dominance in online search and Apple’s control over the App Store and its rules for developers. The cases could determine how aggressively the government pursues antitrust cases against the country’s largest technology companies. FOX NEWS POLL: MOVE OVER BIG BROTHER, VOTERS SEE BIG TECH AS GREATER THREAT TO US As head of the Antitrust Division, Candeub would oversee those cases and decide whether to continue the Justice Department’s aggressive antitrust efforts against the largest technology companies. Candeub has emerged as one of the conservative movement’s most prominent critics of Big Tech, arguing that dominant online platforms have accumulated too much power and that regulators have historically overlooked the larger impact of technology companies on competition, speech and public discourse. “Big Tech’s market power undermines our nation’s culture of vibrant democratic deliberation,” Candeub testified before Congress in March 2023. “Elon Musk’s Twitter files demonstrated that Big Tech has indeed limited particular groups, including dissenters, from important government policies from full participation in national political discussions. “This power to exclude threatens all Americans,” Candeub continued. “Power to silence one group of Americans will be used sooner or later to silence another.” META MEDICARE SCAM ADS TARGETING SENIORS FACE SCRUTINY Candeub has pushed for changes to Section 230, the federal law that protects online platforms from being held liable for much of the content posted by users. During Trump’s first administration, he served at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, where he helped lead efforts to narrow those legal protections for online platforms under Section 230. And in his contribution to Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint developed by the Heritage Foundation for a potential second Trump administration, Candeub argued that antitrust enforcement failed to account for the influence of major technology platforms over competition and the flow of information being shared. “The large internet platforms have transformed the U.S. economy, streamlining consumer purchases, networking billions of people, and altering long-established business practices,” Candeub wrote. “Despite their enormous size, they have avoided significant antitrust liability or prosecution. The reasons for this are not entirely clear.” Candeub’s nomination has drawn support from former Justice Department officials, including former Attorney General Bill Barr, who appointed Candeub as an associate deputy attorney general in 2020 during the first Trump administration. TODD BLANCHE ‘HONORED AND HUMBLED’ BY TRUMP’S AG NOMINATION AFTER EXPLOSIVE WEEK OF FEDERAL ARRESTS Barr praised Candeub’s expertise in telecommunications law and his academic background, describing him as a knowledgeable and capable leader for the Antitrust Division. “I think he’ll be a strong leader, and he’s very knowledgeable,” Barr told Fox News Digital. “I think he’ll be balanced and fair and apply the law.” Barr is among more than a dozen current and former Justice Department officials who signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee supporting Candeub’s nomination. The letter highlighted his experience at the FCC, the Office of the Associate Attorney General, the NTIA and his work as a law professor at Michigan State University. INDIANA REPUBLICAN SENATOR MOVES TO BLOCK KIDS FROM ACCESSING PORN ONLINE “Adam Candeub has the experience and the qualifications to live up to that storied legacy,” the letter stated, arguing that the Antitrust Division’s next leader must be prepared to address the growing challenges posed by technology, social media and artificial intelligence. SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER “The Division’s next leader must be able to meet those questions with both intellectual seriousness and practical judgment,” the letter continued. “Mr. Candeub is uniquely qualified to do so.” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said on X that he recently met with Candeub to discuss issues including merger reviews, Section 230 reform and efforts to protect children online.