Democrat New Jersey governor says thousands of noncitizens discovered on voter rolls, purged
New Jersey’s Governor announced Tuesday afternoon that thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote in her state — and some cast ballots in past elections. Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill said that a “serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office.” “These individuals answered ‘no’ when asked on a keypad whether they were a U.S. citizen when applying for drivers’ licenses and identification cards, but through no fault of their own, the system registered them anyway,” according to Sherrill. CALIFORNIA ACCUSED OF BLOCKING FEDERAL VOTER ROLL AUDIT AS DOJ ESCALATES PROBE OF ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS She stressed that while the “error” occurred under the previous administration, headed by Democrat Phil Murphy, she ordered her administration’s attorney to look into the matter and remove the illegally-registered voters from the rolls. “Our preliminary analysis shows fewer than 400 individuals who were newly registered for the first time because of the error voted,” she said. “They were registered as Democrats, Republicans and Unaffiliated voters and were scattered across the state.” “I am appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen and the lack of transparency shown by those in charge at the time,” she said, emphasizing for the third time that the improper voting didn’t happen on her watch. NJ TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR $12M MORE AS DEM GOVERNOR PROTECTS ILLEGAL ALIENS BATTLING DEPORTATION In the same message admitting that people in her state improperly voted, Sherrill then attacked President Donald Trump for what she described as spreading lies about the legitimacy of American elections. An elected New Jersey official slammed Democrats for failing on the issue of election integrity. “This is another example of Democrats failing to secure elections. If Democrats would embrace voter ID – which has broad public support – the MVC’s voter registration failures would have been corrected at the ballot box,” said NJ Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio, R-Hackettstown. “New Jersey needs voter ID, because citizens deserve confidence in election results and Trenton Democrats have proven they do not respond to known problems in the voter rolls.” So did another state lawmaker. “Our election integrity is built on a foundation of sand,” said Sen. Joe Pennacchio, R-Boonton/Montville. You have illegals being given driver’s licenses, really no precaution to tell whether or not they should be getting them. “[Sherrill] said, ‘oh, you, know, it was a mistake of 6,600. They specifically said they didn’t want to vote, they didn’t have the — they did not register.’ And in the meantime, 400 of them did, and … excuse my cynicism but, you know, this is the same administration through their sanctuary state policies and through their DMV policies that’s created this whole mess, so for them to say 6,600 I would not be surprised if it’s exponential to that number.” The Republican National Committee’s spokesperson on election integrity similarly slammed the New Jersey governor for her classification of the issue. “Mikie Sherrill says election integrity is ‘fundamental to our democracy,’ yet just last month the RNC and NJGOP uncovered hundreds of noncitizens on New Jersey’s voter rolls and records of noncitizens voting in past elections,” Ally Trilio told Fox News Digital. “Every time Democrats say noncitizen voting is a ‘non-issue,’ voters learn about another case that proves otherwise. It’s time to stop making excuses and pass the SAVE America Act.” We have, through their policies of the DMV, through the policies of fighting us tooth and nail as a sanctuary state they refuse even to get the criminals out of this country. What makes you think they wouldn’t do things that would encourage voting like this? So if we’re cynical, we cannot allow the state itself to police itself when it comes to this issue because they’ve been the ones that created this issue. This issue started in 2023 – last I saw we had a governor’s election right in the middle of that in 202(5) so uh obviously there’s a conflict of interest. Tomorrow [our] letter goes out to the United States attorney general asking them to come in and take over and for them to do their own investigation. In June, Fox News Digital exclusively reported that noncitizens were registered to vote in the state over a period of years. Some of them voted in elections. Others, when attempting to become naturalized citizens, copped to being on the voter rolls and said they were registered by mistake. The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) requested voter rolls from all 21 counties in the Garden State and ultimately found multiple instances of noncitizens who were seeking naturalization asking to be removed from the rolls, claiming they were unknowingly registered to vote. Most were registered as Democrats. RNC LEGAL VICTORY CLEARS NORTH CAROLINA VOTER ROLL PURGE OF NONCITIZENS THROUGH JURY RESPONSES In official letters viewed by Fox News Digital from Atlantic County, Superintendent of Elections & Commissioner of Registration Maureen Bugdon certified that noncitizens came to her asking to be removed. “Please allow this letter to confirm that on today’s date, the below referenced individual came before this office to confirm her registration and voter status,” a typical letter read. “She relayed that she did not wish to be a New Jersey registered voter and does not understand how she became registered through the Department of Motor Vehicles, allegedly.” Other documents showed noncitizens directly asking to be removed from the rolls through a state voter registration cancellation form. When prompted about why they wished to be removed, the vast majority of the unknowingly registered voters checked a box labeled “other” and wrote that they were not citizens. Fox News Digital reached out to the Federal Election Commission and Department of Homeland Security for comment on the latest revelations.
Trump may have endorsed Darline Graham, but GOP Senate hopefuls aren’t backing down
As the starting gun in the Republican race to succeed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is officially fired, the showdown is shaping up as the latest test of President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in party primaries. On the eve of Tuesday’s kickoff of a weeklong filing period for the Aug. 11 primary, Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed last week to fill the remainder of her late brother’s term, announced in an interview on Fox News’ “Hannity” that she’s running for a full six-year term in the Senate. Graham’s announcement came three days after she met with Trump at the White House, and the president gave her his “complete and total endorsement” as he encouraged her to run. But Trump’s backing of Graham, while potent, isn’t deterring other Republicans from jumping into the race. WHO’S UP AND WHO’S DOWN: CHECK OUT THE FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS “South Carolina voters want to have a choice and not be told who they need to be voting for,” Palmetto State-based Republican consultant Dave Wilson told Fox News Digital. Veteran Republican strategist and communicator Ryan Williams noted that “the Trump endorsement is a major boost for any candidacy, but it doesn’t necessarily give you a lock on the seat.” “Senate seats in South Carolina do not come up very often, and politics is all about timing. You’ve got to seize the opportunity when it presents itself,” Williams told Fox News Digital. “If you’re an aspiring House member in South Carolina, this is your time to run, regardless of whom the president is supporting.” Republican Rep. Ralph Norman, who unsuccessfully campaigned this year for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in the race to succeed term-limited South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, announced his intention to run this past weekend. WHAT DARLINE GRAHAM TOLD FOX NEWS’ SEAN HANNITY On Monday, Republican Rep. Russell Fry jumped into the race. Businessman Mark Lynch, who lost to Lindsey Graham by nearly 30 points in last month’s GOP Senate primary, also announced he’d take another shot at the Republican nomination. Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette on Tuesday left the door open to running, writing in a social media post, “We need a strong, proven conservative to fill the shoes of a man who dedicated his life to serving the people and fighting for what South Carolina needs to support our businesses, our infrastructure, and our growing economy.” Wilson noted that “the president’s quick endorsement of Darline Graham was very symbolic.” But, he added, “We’re seeing in South Carolina that his [the president’s] endorsement didn’t carry as much weight as people thought it was going to.” Wilson was referring to Trump’s endorsement of Evette ahead of the GOP gubernatorial primary. Evette was the top vote getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. Days before the runoff, with Wilson leading the public opinion polls, Trump made an 11th-hour endorsement of the attorney general in addition to his backing of Evette. “People here in South Carolina saw that Trump’s endorsement of Evette didn’t put her over the top, and they feel like the Senate primary could also be up for grabs,” a Republican operative who asked for anonymity to speak more freely told Fox News Digital. Trump a week ago lauded Fry, a two-term congressman who represents the northeastern corner of South Carolina, as “very talented” and “very popular” and said he would be an “outstanding” contender for the vacant Senate seat. Asked about Fry’s decision to launch a Senate campaign in the wake of Trump’s backing of Darline Graham, a source in Fry’s political orbit told Fox News Digital, “This is really about giving voters a choice and not a coronation.” DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Fry and Norman, both Trump allies in the House, are highlighting their support for the president. “South Carolina doesn’t need just another senator. It needs President Trump’s strongest ally in the United States Senate. Make no mistake: I will be President Trump’s favorite U.S. Senator, and you will have a MAGA fighter you can count on,” Fry wrote in a social media post as he announced his Senate run. Fry described himself as a “MAGA warrior” in an accompanying video, which included pictures of him smiling alongside Trump. Norman emphasized that he’s “running to represent the people of South Carolina in the U.S. Senate because we need a fighter who will stand with President Trump and carry on Lindsey Graham’s legacy!” And pointing to Trump’s top legislative priority, he noted, “I want to get the SAVE America Act passed in the Senate!” Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida, conservatives and staunch Trump allies in the chamber, both cited Norman’s support for Trump’s election reform bill as they went against the president and endorsed the congressman. Norman is also being backed by the political arm of the powerful conservative group Turning Point USA. Graham does have the backing of heavy hitters in the Senate GOP, however, including Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who said, “Darline Graham is an excellent senator. She’ll continue to be an excellent senator, and she has my full support.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., however, is staying out of the race for now. NANCY MACE REVEALS SENATE DECISION AS LINDSEY GRAHAM’S SISTER REDRAWS THE RACE Thune said that Graham is a “strong candidate,” and though she lacked elected experience, he noted she was “very accomplished in her own life.” “She has a right, like everybody else, to get in that race,” Thune said. Backed by Trump’s endorsement and enjoying plenty of name recognition thanks to her well-known last name, pundits view Darline Graham as a frontrunner in the three-week sprint to the Republican primary. And the winner of the GOP nomination will be considered the clear favorite against Democratic nominee Annie
The real reason behind Hegseth’s viral military testosterone screening order
Military veteran Chad Robichaux was home from Afghanistan, eating well and training hard enough to compete as a professional athlete. Still, something felt wrong. Some days, the force recon Marine vet was irritable and agitated. Other days, he was deeply depressed. He was tired, struggled to focus and felt what he described as “a real sense of doom.” VA doctors prescribed antidepressants, he said. Only after seeking blood testing elsewhere did he learn his hormones were severely out of balance. “Once I got my hormones in check, I didn’t need to be on SSRIs anymore,” he said, referring to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medication. “I felt like I knocked 10 to 15 years off the way I felt.” LOW TESTOSTERONE? HEGSETH SPARKS CONVERSATION AS DOCTORS REVEAL WARNING SIGNS EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW Now, the Pentagon is requiring every active-duty and reserve service member age 30 and older, man and woman, to be screened for testosterone deficiency each year — a sweeping new mandate shaped in part by veterans like Robichaux who say hormonal problems have gone undetected for years. Service members younger than 30 will be permitted to request the screening as part of their annual periodic health assessment . Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently ordered the new protocol, saying it would establish a comprehensive baseline across the force and allow military doctors to offer “targeted testosterone therapy” when medically appropriate. The order is expected to reach hundreds of thousands of troops, although the Pentagon has not said exactly how many people will be subject to mandatory screening. More than 451,000 active-duty service members were age 31 or older in 2023, according to the department’s demographic data. That figure excludes 30-year-olds and members of the reserve components. Roughly 82% of the active-duty force is male, but the directive also applies to women. The Pentagon did not immediately provide a breakdown of how many male and female service members will be screened. The directive does not yet explain how testosterone deficiency will be defined in women, for whom diagnostic and treatment standards are less established. It also is unclear whether testosterone deficiency is more common among service members than among similarly aged civilians. The Pentagon has not published a force-wide prevalence estimate, and Hegseth described the new screening program as a way to establish a comprehensive baseline across the military. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Pentagon for more details. The Pentagon’s new policy reflects a broader debate within medicine over whether symptoms such as fatigue, depression and cognitive decline are too often treated with medication before physicians rule out underlying physiological causes — including hormonal disorders — that can produce similar symptoms. Testosterone testing was available to service members before Hegseth’s directive, but it was generally ordered when a physician believed a patient’s symptoms or medical history warranted it. It was not previously a required component of every annual periodic health assessment after age 30. For Robichaux, the issue was personal. “I’m kind of a grinding-through-things person,” he told Fox News Digital. “I was trying to grind and grind through that state, and it was super frustrating because I’m like, ‘Man, what’s wrong with me?’” That experience helped propel Robichaux into a yearslong campaign urging military and veterans’ health providers to look for hormonal deficiencies in troops experiencing fatigue, depression and other symptoms that can also signal mental health conditions. Interviews with several people involved pushing policy makers for the screening requirement show how the mandate was promoted by an alliance of former special operators, members of Congress, physicians and private hormone-treatment executives — some of whom say the Pentagon has asked for their help implementing it. Robichaux said his experience was not unusual. Through his work with the Mighty Oaks Foundation, which provides faith-based programs for veterans and service members, he encountered others reporting similar combinations of exhaustion, depression and diminished physical performance. He came to believe that counseling and psychiatric treatment alone could not address every underlying problem. “This shouldn’t be like an either-or,” Robichaux said. “It should be an ‘and.’ We should bring them all together.” That conviction eventually brought together an unusual coalition on Capitol Hill. ‘WOKE’ MILITARY ACADEMIES TARGETED IN NEW BLUEPRINT FOR SWEEPING WARFIGHTING OVERHAUL Hours before Hegseth announced the new screening requirement, Robichaux organized a forum in the Cannon House Office Building featuring veterans, lawmakers, physicians and private-sector health executives. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a former Navy SEAL, agreed to serve as its congressional host. Crane said he first became aware of the issue around the time he left the Navy in 2014, when other SEALs told him that doctors had detected low testosterone among members of the special operations community. “It actually really surprised me. I thought it would be the exact opposite,” Crane said. SLEEP APNEA MAY BE QUIETLY CHANGING YOUR BODY IN AN UNEXPECTED WAY, STUDY FINDS They attributed the problem to the chronic stress, physical demands and sleep deprivation associated with their work, he recalled. But at the time, Crane said, service members struggled to access testing and treatment. “I think this is a tremendous step forward for our men and women in the service, whether they’re a part of special operations or not,” he said. Testosterone generally declines with age, but low levels can also result from obesity, diabetes, testicular injury, pituitary disorders and medications including opioids and corticosteroids. Severe illness, inadequate nutrition and excessive exercise can temporarily lower a reading as well. Some of those risk factors may be especially relevant in a military population exposed to demanding training, irregular sleep, injuries and prolonged stress. Also participating in the effort was Sidney Gordon, CEO of Core Medical Group, a private clinic specializing in hormone replacement therapy. Gordon said he has spent roughly a decade pushing military and veterans’ health providers to more closely examine hormonal deficiencies. His affiliated nonprofit, Core Medical Foundation, has paid for veterans to receive hormone replacement therapy, Gordon said. His for-profit clinic also treats veterans, active-duty service members, first
Texas Gov Abbott signs executive order cracking down on ‘birth tourism,’ says US citizenship not for sale
FIRST OF FOX: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday took steps to crack down on the birth tourism industry in the state in an effort to curb the flow of pregnant women coming into the United States with the intention of giving birth so their child can automatically obtain American citizenship. An executive order signed by Abbott empowers state agencies to investigate birth tourism schemes within Texas’ healthcare industry and to take enforcement action against any licensed or regulated individual or entity found to be advertising, soliciting, assisting or providing unlawful birth tourism schemes. “Texas will not tolerate the exploitation of our immigration laws by individuals traveling to the U.S. illegally or under false pretenses to give birth and secure citizenship for their child,” Abbott said in a statement. “This executive order directs state agencies to investigate birth tourism schemes and hold accountable any provider that facilitates this fraud.” BIRTH TOURISM CRACKDOWN EXPANDS AS HOUSE CHAIRMAN RAISES CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CASE “U.S. citizenship is not for sale, and Texas will put a stop to individuals seeking to profit from birth tourism,” the governor added. Enforcement action includes revoking or suspending licenses, prohibiting participation in state contracts, denying state benefits, or pursuing other enforcement actions. The executive order builds on a previous directive from Abbott when he tasked the state Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) earlier this month to investigate Texas hospitals accused of advertising birth tourism packages. SEN ERIC SCHMITT SEEKS TO END BIRTH TOURISM, REVOKE CITIZENSHIP FOR BABIES OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS One hospital, Mission Regional Medical Center, previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that it advertised Spanish-language “Birth Packages in South Texas” on billboards in Mexico. The ads promoted childbirth services to pregnant foreign nationals near the U.S.-Mexico border. The services included promotional deliveries starting at $3,950 for a natural birth and $5,525 for a C-section. “The marketing materials regarding maternity services are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding,” a hospital spokesperson said in a statement to Fox News at the time. “We do not support or facilitate any unlawful activity and work to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.” Opponents of birthright citizenship have long cited birth tourism as a major immigration loophole. Meanwhile, the State Department has enacted several measures to crack down on birth tourism through amended visa visitor rules and giving consular officers the power to deny visa applications if they believe the applicant’s primary purpose is to give birth in the U.S. President Donald Trump has called birth tourism a major abuse of the immigration system and a magnet for illegal immigration. Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
New Jersey removes 6,600 people from voter rolls who were eligible to cast a ballot for 2024 election
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday that the state has removed roughly 6,600 noncitizens from its voter rolls who would have been eligible to vote in the 2024 presidential election. Sherrill, a Democrat, said there was a “serious software error” in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System that led to thousands of people without legal status being registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. “In the case of this error, some individuals indicated that they weren’t citizens and weren’t eligible to vote, but the software registered them anyway. The error in the software was corrected a year later in June of 2024,” Sherrill said in a press conference. According to the state’s preliminary findings, fewer than 400 individuals who were improperly registered ended up voting. Sherill said they lived all across the state and mostly lacked a party affiliation, though there were some registered as Democrats or Republicans. MORE THAN A QUARTER-MILLION NONCITIZENS MAY BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN 4 KEY STATES, DHS ALLEGES Sherill said that immediately upon learning this last Wednesday, she ordered an immediate investigation and the removal of anyone who was not supposed to be on the state’s voter rolls. She added that the state’s Division of Elections is currently working to remove ineligible voters. “I am appalled by the reckless failures that allowed this to happen and the lack of transparency shown by those in charge at the time. This failure didn’t occur under my watch, but accountability starts now. I am taking action to prevent anything like it from occurring in the future and make sure those responsible are held accountable,” Sherrill said in a statement on social media. SEN MARK WARNER CALLED OUT IN ABC INTERVIEW FOR INACCURATE VOTER ID CLAIMS She also attacked President Donald Trump for working to “undermine Americans’ faith in our elections by spreading lies about legitimate election results, attempting to overturn a free and fair election, encouraging an attack on our Capitol when he couldn’t accept the will of the voters, and defunding election security at the federal level.” This comes after Trump announced last week that the Department of Homeland Security found that 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in New Jersey, California, Nevada and Pennsylvania. In the four letters dated Friday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department compared publicly available voter registration records with federal immigration data and uncovered thousands of potential matches. He asked state election officials to work with DHS to verify the identities before taking any action. According to the letters, DHS estimates there may be as many as 190,832 noncitizens registered to vote in California, 35,152 in New Jersey, 15,903 in Nevada and 14,576 in Pennsylvania. The department said it found 81,336 California registrants, 19,497 New Jersey registrants, 8,576 Nevada registrants and 8,594 Pennsylvania registrants whose names, dates of birth, addresses and Social Security numbers match noncitizens in DHS records. DHS has described these findings as a preliminary review.
Republican Rep María Elvira Salazar declares, ‘After Cuba, Nicaragua is next’
Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar of Florida stated in a Monday social media post that “After Cuba, Nicaragua is next.” The Central American nation’s president, Daniel Ortega, said on Sunday, “There won’t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,” according to Reuters. “The days when parties backed by the Yankees (United States) and the Somocistas would return to power are over – never again,” he said, according to the outlet. In her Monday post on X, Salazar said, “Daniel Ortega just announced that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections. When a communist dictator knows the people would vote him out, he takes away their vote. Repression, fear, and force become the only way to stay in power. The Ortega-Murillo regime has declared war on the Nicaraguan people’s right to choose their own future.” Ortega’s wife Rosario Murillo is co-president, reports indicate. “The United States must stand unequivocally with the people of Nicaragua, increase the pressure on this despicable regime, and ensure that those responsible for its crimes are held accountable. After Cuba, Nicaragua is next,” Salazar added in the post. NICARAGUA’S ORTEGA SAYS COUNTRY WILL ‘NEVER AGAIN’ HOLD ELECTIONS, SHUTTING OUT OPPOSITION The U.S. snatched Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and transported them back to the U.S. earlier this year. The U.S. later launched a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran in conjunction with Israel. And then, during a speech in March, President Donald Trump said, “Cuba’s next.” US MILITARY HITS IRAN IN PUSH TO DEGRADE REGIME’S ABILITY TO TARGET SHIPS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ Fox News Digital reached out to Salazar’s office on Tuesday to ask more about her comment suggesting that “After Cuba, Nicaragua is next.” The congresswoman said in a Tuesday post on X, “One by one, the dictators of the last era are answering for their crimes. Maduro sleeps in a cell in New York. The Ayatollah is dead. Raúl Castro is under indictment. Daniel Ortega, whose regime killed more than 300 peaceful protesters in 2018, jailed opposition candidates before elections, exiled priests, stripped hundreds of Nicaraguans of their citizenship, and has now abolished elections altogether, still sits in Managua. Communist dictators don’t fear losing elections. They fear having them. His day will come.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a Tuesday statement, “Daniel Ortega’s declaration that under his family’s dictatorship Nicaragua will never again hold elections lays bare their true authoritarian nature. Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have abandoned even the pretense of popular consent. CUBA BUILT COVERT NETWORK INSIDE AMERICA THROUGH SPIES, ACTIVISTS AND UNIVERSITIES, STATE DEPT ALLEGES “The Nicaraguan people have the right to choose their own leaders through democratic elections. The United States calls on the international community to join forces to demonstrate to the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship that it cannot expect to maintain business as usual with other nations when it is thwarting the basic tenets of our democratic hemisphere,” Rubio asserted.
Top Dem hopeful flips script after years in socialist orbit with puzzling claim
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has a long history of attending events hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) despite his insistence that he is not a socialist. Between 2017 and 2020, El-Sayed attended and spoke at six events held by the DSA, including a 2019 fundraiser which he headlined. Despite the longstanding relationship, El-Sayed has distanced himself from the DSA when interviewed by the press and outright rejected being labeled as a “socialist.” “I’m not technically or practically DSA,” El-Sayed told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month. In an interview with CNN, he similarly stated that “I am not somebody who is a socialist. I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated.” FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: VOTERS SAY THEY’RE IN ECONOMIC PAIN, BUT WILL DEMOCRATS GAIN? While El-Sayed has made a point to separate himself from the DSA, the organization made it clear that the two were close. At the 2019 event, which raised $10,000 for the organization, El-Sayed was described by DSA organizers as “a longtime friend of Detroit DSA.” He was photographed smiling next to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a self-described socialist, behind a table with a poster on it depicting a hand labeled “DSA” choking a snake labeled “capitalism.” El-Sayed’s first recorded appearance at a DSA event was during his run for Michigan governor in 2017. Other DSA events he spoke at focused on Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. BERNIE SANDERS, DSA REVEAL DEMANDS FOR DEM PARTY AFTER SOCIALISTS SWEEP NEW YORK ELECTIONS The Washington Free Beacon first reported on El-Sayed’s attendance at the DSA events. El-Sayed faces Rep. Haley Stevens, a moderate, in the state’s Democratic Senate primary. Some have speculated that his efforts to distance himself from the DSA are part of a strategy to appeal to Michigan’s relatively evenly split electorate. In addition to his years-long relationship with the DSA, self-described socialists have also thrown their support behind El-Sayed. SOCIALIST-BACKED DEM WHO RIPPED THE WEALTHY CRACKS STATE’S TOP 1%, TAX RETURNS SHOW Sen. Bernie Sanders, for instance, endorsed El-Sayed on the same day he launched his campaign for Michigan’s Senate seat. The Vermont senator also endorsed El-Sayed’s ill-fated gubernatorial bid. El-Sayed explained at greater length in an interview with Politico that, while he agrees with many of the policies put forward by DSA-aligned politicians, he remains a capitalist at heart. “I don’t have to be a socialist to think that big corporations shouldn’t be able to nickel and dime us at every turn. I don’t have to be a socialist to believe that everybody in the richest, most powerful country in the world can have guaranteed health insurance,” he told reporter Dasha Burns. “Like again, maybe I’m just making the mistake of trying to be nuanced in our politics, but I believe that we can have healthcare, that we can regulate on the biggest corporations in the world, that we can make it easier for you to make your first million rather than for Elon Musk to make a trillion. And that doesn’t make me a socialist. That just makes me somebody who wants government to work for people.” El-Sayed himself very well could be a millionaire, with recently released tax returns showing that he and his wife collectively earned $686,069 in 2025. The Senate hopeful also has an expansive collection of luxury watches. The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Comer threatens to subpoena Dershowitz after he refuses Epstein testimony
Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz is facing renewed pressure from the powerful House Oversight Committee after refusing to testify before its bipartisan probe into Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., warned Tuesday the panel would pursue “compulsory” action if Dershowitz does not sit for a transcribed video interview with congressional investigators in early September. The letter comes after Dershowitz, who served as Epstein’s defense lawyer during his controversial 2008 plea deal involving the solicitation of a minor for prostitution, backed out of a voluntary transcribed interview slated for July 20. “On July 15, 2026, your counsel notified the Committee that you ‘cannot now testify in Congress concerning the matters in which [the Committee] are interested,” Comer wrote in the letter. “Your counsel failed to provide a reason for your refusal to testify.” ‘SHE SAW DOLLAR SIGNS’: FORMER OBAMA COUNSEL PRESSED OVER YEARS-LONG EPSTEIN TIES “When Committee staff followed up with your counsel via email on July 15 and 17, 2026, your counsel again failed to provide an explanation for your refusal to attend your transcribed interview,” the Kentucky Republican added. “This is unacceptable.” Comer is requesting that Dershowitz now participate in a videotaped transcribed interview on Sept. 2. “The Committee will not tolerate any further delay,” he added. “If you fail to adhere to this request, the Committee will explore all available tools at its disposal, including the use of the compulsory process.” Dershowitz has recently expressed interest in testifying about his ties to Epstein — a point Comer repeatedly points to in the letter. He has denied any wrongdoing. DEMOCRAT CALLS HOWARD LUTNICK A ‘PATHOLOGICAL LIAR’ AFTER CLOSED-DOOR EPSTEIN TESTIMONY “I’m very proud of my role in representing Epstein,” Dershowitz said during an interview with NewsNation in June. “I’m prepared to testify about everything. I offered to testify, volunteered for the past few months. I will personally not invoke privilege. I have nothing to hide.” But he told The Harvard Crimson last week that his attorneys told him that he could not testify to the committee, citing unspecified legal prohibitions. Comer’s letter comes as a bipartisan group of lawmakers has subpoenaed several high-profile individuals to testify before the committee as part of its yearlong probe, including former Attorney General Pam Bondi, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Other high-profile figures who knew Epstein have recently participated in voluntary interviews with the committee, including tech billionaire Bill Gates, former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler and one-time Clinton aide Doug Band.
WATCH: Weingarten gestures wildly during anti-Trump rant, later says he drives her to drink
The American Federation of Teachers conference in Washington turned into an anti-Trump spectacle as union boss Rhonda “Randi” Weingarten repeatedly leaped on stage during her keynote speech and later quipped that President Donald Trump has her reaching for vodka. Weingarten, a longtime foe of the president and top Republicans, opened her keynote speech by mocking the White House’s Independence Day cage match and later suggested that the president is an authoritarian whose daily stream of political actions drives her to drink. In welcoming teachers and activists from around the country, Weingarten quipped: “While you missed the UFC cage fight on the White House lawn, it’s not too late to check out the tire marks in the Reflecting Pool.” TRUMP’S BOLD PREDICTION FOR HISTORIC UFC WHITE HOUSE FIGHT REVEALED IN NEW FOX NATION DOCUMENTARY During a panel discussion that included former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, Weingarten asked the panelists what keeps them up at night with many things “confronting the country.” “Because part of what authoritarians do — and also part of what Donald Trump does, whether you consider him an authoritarian or not — is the throwing out of so much stuff that people just throw up their hands and say: ‘Oh no, what are we going to do? All I want to do is stay home and’ — for those of us who drink — ‘have a glass of wine’ — or for me, some vodka.” The Clarkstown, New York, native went on to recount a conference speech by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., who referenced a snake convulsing as it neared its death. FAR-LEFT GROUPS PIVOT FROM MAY DAY PROTESTS TO MOBILIZE VOTERS FOR 2026 MIDTERMS, PUSHING DEMS LEFTWARD “It looks really scary, but that is a convulsion nearing death. And it’s been something I thought about this morning waking up, because if you think about how Trump looked yesterday,” Weingarten said, going on to note the volume of union members living in swing states ahead of the midterms. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment. During the keynote, Weingarten name-checked several conservative entities focused on school choice, from reporter Christopher Rufo to the Heritage Foundation. FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNS Weingarten grew increasingly animated as she pivoted from Trump and purported “oligarchs” like Elon Musk to her confidence that the AFT would come out in force and bring about a leftward policy shift at the polls. “Yes,” she boomed. “The other side has power.” “But this is what they don’t have: the power of the people,” she said as she began to jump. “That is not a mere slogan. It is the potential to work together, to bargain together, to protest together, to vote together, to act together, to bring about change — real, lasting, life-improving change. That is the power and potential of our movement and of the A – F – T,” she shouted, elongating her organization’s acronym. Weingarten later said she wanted to see an America built where “the trans nurse, the Palestinian teacher, the Jewish student and every person, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender or place of origin, feel welcome, safe and valued.” SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER She said the AFT can use its power for “good” against “corruption” and said that when they fight they bring a better life for all. “And one more thing: We get s— done,” she said, before footnoting: “My apologies to the children.” Fox News Digital reached out to AFT for additional comment. Fox News Digital’s Hannah Brennan contributed to this report.
WATCH: Pelosi dodges questions on husband’s new hit-and-run charge
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., remained silent when repeatedly pressed about her husband’s newly filed misdemeanor hit-and-run charge, declining to answer whether she believed the charge was fair. “Can you tell us if you think the misdemeanor charge against Paul was fair?” Fox News Digital asked Pelosi as she walked to her car, refusing to respond. Paul Pelosi faces a maximum sentence of up to six months in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000 or both. In addition to the misdemeanor filed Friday, Pelosi was also charged with an infraction for making an unsafe turn in the incident on July 3. PAUL PELOSI, 86, FACES A HIT-AND-RUN CHARGE AFTER STRIKING A PARKED CAR IN NAPA COUNTY: SHERIFF’S OFFICE The charge filed by the Napa County District Attorney’s Office come after the 86-year-old broke California law by allegedly not making any attempt to contact or identify the owner of a parked Tesla that he damaged. As Pelosi drove away in his Maserati convertible, his car broke down after driving about a half mile. Deputies found Pelosi, and he claimed that he had known he hit something, but was unsure of what and had planned to return to the crash scene. The incident prompted authorities to request Pelosi undergo a behind-the-wheel driving evaluation to ensure he is able to safely operate a vehicle. PELOSI STAFFER PUMPS THE BRAKES WHEN PRESSED ON HUSBAND’S HIT-AND-RUN: ‘THAT’S ENOUGH’ This is not the first time Pelosi has gained national attention for an unlawful driving incident. In 2022, he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and crashing into an oncoming Jeep, injuring the driver and was charged with a misdemeanor. It was also reported by The New York Times that Pelosi was behind the wheel in the 1957 incident that killed his 19-year-old brother, though he was cleared by a jury for any wrongdoing in the case. HOUSE DEMOCRATS FRACTURE BADLY OVER MASSIE AMENDMENT TO CUT $3.3B IN U.S. AID TO ISRAEL Fox News Digital also asked the Democratic former speaker about her recent vote — alongside over 100 House Democrats — for an amendment introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., to cut $3.3 billion in aid to Israel. The amendment failed 314-104, with Massie being the only Republican to vote in its favor, but it showed the pressure on the Democratic Party to take a stance against Israel and its handling of the war in Gaza. It also represents the changing view of Democrats’ stance on Israel, particularly under the Trump administration and as Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been under fire for his actions toward Gaza. Primary elections have also reflected American voters’ outrage with Israel, as the nation has seen progressive candidates who have spoken out against Israel and in favor of Palestinians sweep victories over incumbents and mainstream Democrats as the elected nominees for the November midterms.