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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he had referred “discriminatory” religious facilities at two of the state’s major airports to the Justice Department over the installation of Islamic foot wash stations in its bathrooms.

Last week, Abbott directed the state to conduct a review of grants to entities operating Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, for possible revocation and denial of future funding over plans to install Islamic wudu washing facilities.

He previously referred both airports to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for investigation, and threatened state funding.

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“These ablution stations single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion,” Abbott said in a statement. “They are not interfaith chapels open to all. They exist to benefit the Muslim population alone. Government-owned airports cannot favor one religion over all others.”

Abbott called on the Justice Department to review policies at both airports, noting both facilities are subject to numerous conditions because they receive federal funding, including the requirement to comply with all laws prohibiting discrimination and protecting the rights of all Americans.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to both airports.

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Abbott said the washing facilities in IAH are furnished with “copies of the Quran, prayer rugs, prayer beads and a turbah.” He noted that both airports are owned by the government.

“Yet, these stations are designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion,” he wrote.

“It is clear that these government-owned airports have used—and continue to use—funds charged to the public to finance, maintain, advertise, and operate Muslim-only spaces on property that should be open and accessible to all citizens,” Abbott added. “Airports can no more offer Muslim-only bathroom spaces than they can maintain white-only bathrooms. Your office has the authority to investigate and put a stop to these discriminatory practices.”

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The matter drew increased public attention as DFW was evaluating a proposal to add ablution washing stations in Terminal D, its international terminal. Airport officials eventually decided not to move forward with the plan.

A projected filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation said the plan would have been privately funded with an estimated cost of $300,000, but an airport spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that the figure was closer to $120,000.

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Despite DFW abandoning plans for a washing station, “it has since been discovered that two such stations are already in operation at the airport,” Abbott said.

At IAH, the washing station was in response to requests from passengers, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. He noted that the Mickey Leland International Terminal serves around 365,000 passengers annually from Emirates Airlines, Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways.

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“The ablution room allows Muslim travelers, as well as other travelers whose religion requires ritual washing prior to prayer, to do so in this facility,” Whitmire said. “The ablution room leads into a prayer room.

“Prior to the development of the dedicated washing station, travelers often used restroom sinks and other public water facilities for personal washing needs, highlighting the need for a more appropriate and designated space.”

Whitmire said the ablution room also has interfaith chapels, like many airports, and is open to travelers of all faiths and beliefs.

“Therefore, their operations do not entail any discriminatory actions,” he said.

A former twice-acting U.S. attorney was found dead this week in a downtown San Diego federal building.

Andrew Haden, 48, a California native who headed the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, was found dead Wednesday in the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, which houses the prosecutor’s office.

Police officers responded and found Haden, who was reported missing before he was found.

“Out of an abundance of caution, SDPD investigators responded to the scene, and no foul play is suspected,” the San Diego Police Department told Fox News Digital.

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“This is one of the darkest days in our office’s history, but there was nothing dark about Andrew Haden’s life,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Adam Gordon said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“He was a beacon of light — full of laughter, friendship, integrity and an unwavering commitment to serving our community. We will honor his life and legacy by carrying his light forward, today and always.”

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Haden first joined the U.S. attorney’s office in 2010 and worked at the San Diego office for 16 years.

He served as acting U.S. attorney for the office after being selected to fill vacancies in 2023 and 2025. He ran the office after he was selected by President Donald Trump after the firing of U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath, a Biden appointee.

Scott C. Carr, executive director of the San Diego County Bar Association, said he was “devastated” to learn of Haden’s death. He recalled talking to Haden during the most recent government shutdown about the impact it was having on employees in his office and “how we was working to support his team any way that he could.”

“Andrew was always friendly with a kind word to say, which makes news of his passing all the more difficult,” Carr wrote. “My thoughts are with his family and his colleagues at the Southern District of California. Our legal community lost a good one.”

Haden, a Navy veteran with two overseas deployments, received his law degree from the University of San Diego.

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Defense attorney Jeremy Warren, who locked horns with Haden in previous courtroom battles, called Haden’s death “a huge blow to the entire federal community in San Diego.”

Warren noted that “we remained friends throughout is a testament to the type of guy he was.”

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed above-ground construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom to continue Friday, issuing a stay of a lower court injunction that would block the work.

Roberts issued an administrative stay of a preliminary injunction entered April 16 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, putting the injunction on hold “pending further order” from Roberts or the Supreme Court.

The move puts the case in a temporary holding pattern while the Supreme Court considers whether construction can continue and the underlying legal battle plays out. Above-ground construction can continue for now.

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A federal appeals court mandate blocking construction had been scheduled to take effect Friday.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court last week to intervene in the months-long legal battle, arguing that halting construction would threaten national security and the safety of the president and other senior officials.

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In its emergency application, the administration described the project as an “integrated military complex” that includes a secure ballroom space and argued that the project is critical to protecting the president, his family, White House staff and visiting foreign leaders.

The administration also pointed to assassination attempts against Trump in arguing for additional security measures associated with the new complex.

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The emergency application went to Roberts, who handles emergency matters arising from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is suing to block the project, opposed the administration’s request and argued that Congress has authority over federal property and had not authorized the ballroom project.

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The preservation group also accused the administration of attempting to outrun judicial review by accelerating construction while the litigation proceeded. In its filing, the group said a 250-person crew had been working “20 hours a day, 7 days a week.”

The Trump administration has taken an aggressive position in the dispute, arguing that construction has advanced to the point that judicial intervention would be too late.

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The legal fight reached the Supreme Court after a divided federal appeals court ruled that Congress had not authorized the ballroom. The ruling would have blocked above-ground construction while allowing underground work associated with new security features to continue.

Roberts’ order on Friday keeps the lower court injunction on hold for now but does not resolve the underlying dispute over the project.

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The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

A Trump-appointed federal judge dealt a blow to Colorado’s effort to ramp up oversight of an ICE detention center by temporarily blocking key provisions in a state law after finding the state likely overstepped its authority.

Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued the preliminary injunction Thursday, ruling that Colorado likely crossed a constitutional line in a state law by imposing new requirements specifically targeting the GEO Group’s Aurora ICE Processing Center, which operates under a federal contract and is the state’s lone ICE detention center.

“Here, GEO has shown that it is singled out for a special bill that applies to no other facility,” Domenico wrote. “That other facilities might have some similar regulatory burdens does not change the fact that none of them are required to comply with HB 1276. As GEO notes, the extent of the additional burden is irrelevant for purposes of this test.”

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Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 26-1276 into law on June 4, expanding state and local oversight of immigration detention facilities.

In his order, Domenico noted that GEO’s Aurora detention center was the only facility in Colorado subject to the law’s additional regulations as of May.

“And though Colorado argues that the law only brings GEO into compliance with existing state regulations applied to other detention facilities, that law singles out this one category of facility for a separately defined set of restrictions and rulemaking,” Domenico wrote. “And that is sufficient to establish that HB 1276 discriminates against GEO based on its status as a federal contractor.”

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The blocked provisions required unannounced inspections of the facility at least once every three months, with GEO required to pay for the inspections. The law also authorized civil penalties of up to $50,000 for each refusal to permit an inspection.

“At least some of the burdens of this bill are unique,” Domenico wrote. “The requirement of a certain number of unannounced visits, for example, does not appear elsewhere. And the state acknowledges that the penalty scheme is not imposed on other facilities.”

Colorado argued that the law simply put GEO on the same footing as other private detention facilities.

But Domenico said that if the state had required immigration facilities to follow the same regulations governing facilities carrying out state policies, that argument “might be persuasive.”

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The ruling relied heavily on the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. Domenico cited Supreme Court precedent stating that federal government activities generally must remain free from state regulation and that protections can extend to private contractors carrying out federal operations.

Colorado’s new law also sought to give the state authority to impose additional reporting and staffing requirements. Those provisions include potential annual reports concerning people with chronic health conditions and disabilities, dietary restrictions, access to attorneys and access to spaces for worship. The law also addresses the housing of minors and requires onsite medical and mental health professionals.

Domenico did not block those provisions because Colorado told the court they were not currently being enforced and would require a future rulemaking process, which the state said it had no immediate plans to begin.

The preliminary injunction will end on Oct. 15, when GEO’s existing federal contract to operate the Aurora facility expires.

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Democratic Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said the ruling was only a minor victory for GEO.

“Today’s ruling granted the GEO Group a narrow, temporary injunction against one provision of a new 2026 law—not the broad relief it sought—and leaves Colorado’s existing public health and safety authority intact,” Weiser said in a statement Thursday. “Separately, our lawsuit filed yesterday seeks to enforce that existing authority and require GEO to cooperate with the state’s investigation into tuberculosis at the Aurora facility, and we will continue using every available tool to protect the health and safety of Coloradans.”

Colorado sued GEO on Wednesday, seeking to force the company to comply with a public health order stemming from a tuberculosis investigation at the Aurora facility. Health officials confirmed an active TB case there on June 22, but the state alleges GEO has failed to provide the records and cooperation needed to determine the extent of potential exposure.

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The state argues its authority to investigate communicable diseases predates HB 26-1276 and remains intact, despite Domenico’s decision temporarily blocking the law’s new inspection requirements.

Fox News Digital reached out to GEO and Polis’ office for comment.

The two Democratic candidates for United States Senate in Massachusetts took to the debate stage on Thursday night, with both making the case to voters in the deep blue commonwealth that their campaigns are most likely to deliver on far-left agenda items.

Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., faced pressing questions over hot-button issues, including transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, term limits in Congress and socialism’s growing influence within the Democratic Party during their final debate.

Transgender athletes in women’s sports

Markey and Moulton both agreed that biological males should be able to participate in female sports, with Markey saying, “Yes, I do,” when asked if that should be allowed.

“That is the law in Massachusetts, and I think it’s the correct law,” he said.

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The question of transgender athletes in sports did get contentious when Markey called out Moulton over a comment two years ago in which Moulton said he did not want his young daughters “getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.”

Markey accused Moulton of using transgender athletes as “political fodder” and throwing them under “the political bus.”

In response, Moulton apologized for his past remarks, saying he did not intend to hurt anyone and that Republicans were the real enemy as Markey laughed and shook his head throughout the answer.

“My intention is to say, if we as Democrats don’t start making these decisions, don’t foster this debate ourselves, then we’re just ceding the field to Republicans who will continue to put forward this hateful legislation,” he said.

The exchange sparked criticism from conservatives online after it was highlighted by the Republican National Committee (RNC) X account.

“Another Democrat senator says ‘it is absolutely essential’ that males should be able to play in female sports. Should women boxers, runners, and shot put throwers have to compete against me?” Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott posted on X. “Why do Democrats keep fighting on this hill?”

Abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Turning to immigration enforcement, Moulton and Markey both called for abolishing ICE and holding the Trump administration accountable for its actions.

Moulton called ICE “completely corrupt” and “staffed by thugs,” while calling for their prosecutions.

“I think a mistake that we made after the first Trump administration is not doing enough to hold them accountable,” he said.

Markey said he opposed ICE’s creation from the beginning over “seeds of authoritarianism.”

Casting Trump as a threat to democracy

Both Democrats took aim at President Donald Trump, with Markey calling for his impeachment and accusing him of using the SAVE America Act to “steal” the election.

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“That’s what the SAVE America Act is all about,” he said. “It’s all about stealing the election this fall.”

The GOP-backed voter integrity bill championed by Trump would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot in federal elections and has faced intense Democratic opposition as well as a difficult path in the Senate.

Moulton blamed the Democratic Party and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for failing to push back on MAGA Republicans.

“The Democratic establishment, especially under Chuck Schumer, has not been effective at holding Trump accountable, has not been effective in winning majorities across the country, has not been effective at fundamentally defeating Trump and the MAGA Republicans,” he said.

Embracing the socialist push in the Democratic Party

As socialist candidates continue to gain power in the Democratic Party and win elections across the country, both candidates urged the party to embrace the shift and move even further to the left.

Markey said his party should continue to be “more progressive” and focus on the priorities of young voters when both candidates were asked what the Democratic Party needs to change as the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) continues to gain traction.

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“They support Medicare for all,” he said. “They know the healthcare system in our country is a sick care system. They want it fixed. They want a Green New Deal.”

Moulton said Democrats need to break from the party establishment and instead focus on affordability, pointing to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as an example.

“I mean, we saw this from Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City now,” he said.

Socialists have also gained momentum within the party after scoring several primary victories ahead of the midterms.

Term limits and questions about Sen. Markey’s age

When asked about term limits, Markey, who was first elected to the House in 1976, defended his ability to serve another term, insisting he can “do the job.”

“Well, I think everyone watching this debate can see that I’m more energized than I’ve ever been before and in my life,” the 80-year-old senator said, adding that “Congressman Moulton has a hard time keeping up with me.”

Moulton said on the stage that he supports term limits in Congress.

“I served with some of the most amazing leaders in my life in the Marines, but at 23 years old, they don’t get to run for Congress,” Moulton said. “I think we should have upper age limits as well.”

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The winner of the Sept. 1 Democratic primary will advance to the November general election to face Republican attorney and Marine veteran John Deaton in the high-profile race.

EXCLUSIVE: A grieving angel dad whose daughter was killed by an illegal alien told Fox News Digital how the tragedy reshaped his life — and what he hopes to accomplish leading ICE’s office for victims of illegal alien crime.

“I was living a comfortable, simple life, looking forward to, like, retiring and just watching my kids, and my whole world is upside down,” Joe Abraham said on Friday, his first day leading ICE’s Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement (VOICE) office. “My life as I know it is not there anymore.”

In January 2025, Abraham’s daughter, Katie, was killed by an illegal alien who was drunk driving in their home state of Illinois. The perpetrator, Guatemalan national Julio Cucul-Bol, who was using an assumed Mexican identity and who did not speak English, was captured in Texas days after the crash as he tried to flee to Mexico.

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He was charged with multiple offenses and later pleaded guilty to charges that included aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

“So, I am in a wilderness and I’m wandering. I’m trying to find my new purpose without Katie,” said Abraham. “I wasn’t supposed to. I need Katie. I still need Katie, but I’m trying to find a way through this life without her now. I want her to be proud. I want her name to mean something.”

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Katie Abraham’s story inspired ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz, a sweeping federal immigration enforcement action that netted the arrests of more than 4,000 illegal aliens in the Chicago area late last year.

Abraham said it wasn’t easy to walk away from the life he’s known, which he described as “cushy.” He’s a lifelong Illinoisan who was forced to confront an unimaginable reality, and found it impossible to get support from state officials.

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“Give me Katie and you’ll never hear from me again,” he said. “But that is not reality — and I think it is part of the mission — part of the mission is to help other people. “I know what they’re going through and they need help. I want be one of the guys that helps them.”

Abraham was invited to a congressional oversight hearing in June 2025 on illegal immigration, where Katie’s story was highlighted. Pritzker, along with other Democratic governors, were at the hearing, which focused on sanctuary state policies where officials refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, even in cases of the most heinous violent crimes. Abraham said Pritzker and congressional Democrats refused to acknowledge him.

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But he found support from President Donald Trump, who invited him and other angel families to the White House. He described Trump as “genuine” and “empathetic,” unlike, says Abraham, the way the 47th president is portrayed in the media.

That meeting launched a cascading series of events that eventually landed him the job he started today. He partnered with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) doing communications work, telling his story across multiple platforms.

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He plans to continue that work at VOICE.

“I think what we’d like to see the voice, number one is awareness,” Abraham said. “We want people to know that we’re out here and some of the services that we can offer. I want this to be someplace where victims feel heard, feel cared for, feel dignity. I mean, they deserve nothing less than that.”

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The VOICE office was reestablished by the Trump administration in April 2025, after President Donald Trump directed DHS to revive the Biden-era shuttered office upon taking office for his second term in January.

Since then, it has had a major impact helping families of illegal alien crime victims.

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The office helps victims navigate the complex world of immigration law, and often provides them information about their loved ones’ cases. It also directs families to social service like grief therapy that can assist them in the wake of the death of a loved one.

Americans can also report illegal alien crimes through the office.

VOICE has received 897 total calls from victims, family members and advocates and has helped 588 victims seeking assistance and information, according to a report published in June.

Further, it has assisted 185 victim family members seeking services and information.

The most frequently reported crimes are assault, at 35%, rape and sexual assault, at 17%, and homicide and manslaughter, at 10%.

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“When these tragedies happen, and I can use myself as an example, you’re still in a fog, right? You’re sometimes not thinking straight. You’re not getting everything. Like everything isn’t sort of absorbing,” he said. “You know, you’re so focused on the grief and the tragedy and the loss that it would have really been helpful instead of me trying to have like six different places to go, then I can just go to one place and they will help me.”

Pritzker’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

The top Democrat in the House is making it clear that he doesn’t support the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) agenda.

But even though House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York doesn’t back the DSA’s far-left policy proposals, a majority of Democrats hold favorable views of socialism, according to two national polls released in recent weeks.

That’s not the case for most Americans, and especially Republicans, who hold negative views of socialism, according to the surveys.

“I don’t support the DSA agenda, as has been articulated by the DSA itself,” Jeffries said during an interview this past weekend on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

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Jeffries wasn’t the only major Democrat taking aim at the socialist agenda on the Sunday talk shows.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, called socialism a “failed experiment” during an appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

Longtime Democratic strategist and pundit James Carville was less diplomatic.

“They’re a bunch of silly people… a pack of fools,” Carville said as he referred to DSA members, during a Monday appearance on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime.“

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The DSA’s agenda includes defunding and abolishing police and prison systems, ending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations and detentions, abolishing borders, granting voting rights to noncitizens and implementing a single-payer “Medicare for All” health system. The DSA’s new platform also calls for abolishing the Senate, and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with leadership chosen by and subordinate to Congress.

Candidates backed by or aligned with the DSA, as well as other left-wing progressives, have won a series of victories over more moderate incumbents and candidates supported by the party establishment in primary showdowns this spring and summer, including high-profile wins this month in crucial Democratic Senate primaries in Michigan, Minnesota and Florida.

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Ahead of those victories, a Fox News national poll conducted last month indicated 52% of Democrats but just 11% of Republicans held positive views of socialism. According to the poll, Democrats had more favorable opinions of socialism that capitalism. A CBS News survey in the field earlier this month had similar findings.

The poll results come in the wake of years of pessimistic views of the nation’s economy, as Americans have struggled with persistent inflation for most of this decade.

“Health insurers have acted irresponsibly making access to affordable and quality care beyond challenging for Americans, wages aren’t keeping up with soaring inflation and there is no plan to reconcile any of these issues. Voters are looking for a solution to the affordability crisis,” longtime Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital.

Caiazzo, a veteran of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, emphasized that “progressives are winning primaries around the country because the electorate is desperate for leaders that will address the affordability crisis that has swept the country.”

Sanders’ marathon battle with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination has had a lasting impact on the party.

“Since 2016 and the Bernie Sanders campaign, there are lots of Democrats, particularly younger ones, who don’t think socialism is scary and wouldn’t mind seeing more of it in U.S. policy-making,” political scientist Chris Galdieri told Fox News Digital.

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It’s a different story for Republicans.

“For Republicans, ‘socialism’ has been a boogeyman for almost a hundred years, and it was used as a criticism of everything from the New Deal to Obamacare,” Galdieri, a politics professor at Saint Anselm College, said. “Republicans take it as a matter of fact that socialism is a bad thing and polls reflect that.”

Polling from Gallup conducted late last year also highlighted that “socialism starts from a much less favorable position in Americans’ minds” compared to capitalism or free enterprise.

“Republicans are far more likely than Democrats or independents to say there is nothing good about socialism,” a release from Gallup noted. It also pointed out that a majority of Democrats “praise socialism either for providing access to basic services and strengthening the social safety net or for promoting greater economic equality.”

New England College President Wayne Lesperance, a veteran political scientist, points to a different reason for the ongoing socialist surge.

“Most Americans do not know what socialism means in theory or in practice,” Lesperance argued. “I’d wager that the votes for democratic candidates identifying as socialists has much more to do with being young and new, and not the same as establishment candidates that have dominated elections for years.”

“That is the bigger story here — voters participating in democratic primaries want new options, and they will even vote for self-described socialists to force the change they want to see,” Lesperance told Fox News Digital.

Regardless of the contributing factors, Republicans see the leftward lurch in the Democratic primaries as ammunition they can use to try and save their congressional majorities in the upcoming midterm elections as they face a rough political climate.

“I’m absolutely convinced we’re going to defy the historic trend and keep and grow the House majority for Republicans,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday in an exclusive campaign trail interview with Fox News Digital.

Referring to Republicans, Johnson said, “I’m so grateful we have common sense on the ballot. This really is a contrast election between commonsense candidates… and crazy, and that’s what the other side represents.”

President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to Democrats as “communists.” And this week, referring to socialist politicians, the president charged, “They’re driving out the middle class. You’re not going to have anybody left to pay any taxes. And if you don’t pay taxes, you know what happens. Squalor, squalor, filth.”

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But Democrats discount the GOP attacks.

“It’s an attempt by Republicans to try to frame the debate around labels rather than the failed policies of Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans,” Caiazzo argued.

A growing number of Democrats who grabbed national attention as they led the resistance to President Donald Trump during his first term in the White House are the latest casualties in this year’s primary battle between the party’s left-wing and the establishment.

The latest victim: Alexander Vindman, who gained national prominence nearly a decade ago as the then-Army lieutenant colonel and National Security Council official who served as a key witness against Trump during the president’s first impeachment trial.

Vindman, who made resisting Trump a key part of his Senate bid, was upset Tuesday in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary by state Rep. Angie Nixon. A Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, Nixon landed a double-digit victory over Vindman despite being outspent by a roughly 10-to-1 margin.

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His defeat, as well as losses to challengers from the far-left by other one-time resistance stars such as Reps. Diana DeGette of Colorado and Dan Goldman of New York, appear to point to shifting priorities for a Democratic base moving left, starving for change and eager to use midterm election victories to escape the political wilderness.

Also falling short so far this primary season are Reps. Shri Thanedar of Michigan and Al Green of Texas, who led the Trump impeachment pushes. They both went down to younger challengers. Meanwhile, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, who was a member of key committees handling Trump’s second impeachment in 2021, fell short as he bid for the Senate.

A congressional run by longtime Trump critic George Conway, a co-founder of the anti-Trump Republican group the Lincoln Project, failed to ignite. And former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who was honored for his efforts during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, lost for a second straight cycle as he campaigned for a congressional seat in Maryland.

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Billionaire Tom Steyer, an environmental and political activist and former Democratic presidential candidate who helped bankroll the resistance during Trump’s first term, unsuccessfully ran for California governor this year. And Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, who along with DeGette was a manager of the 2021 Trump impeachment, dropped his gubernatorial bid and quit Congress amid mounting sexual assault and harassment allegations, which he denied.

Veteran Democratic political commentator Ben Rhodes, who served as a leading official in former President Barack Obama’s administration, has repeatedly argued that opposition to Trump is insufficient to build a lasting political movement. He has emphasized that to win at the ballot box, Democrats must articulate how they’ll help address voters’ economic concerns and day-to-day frustrations.

Shannon Jackson, a longtime progressive political strategist and grassroots organizer best known for his leadership roles in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, told Fox News Digital that “it’s not enough anymore just to oppose Trump.”

Referring to the onetime resistance leaders who lost their primaries this year, Jackson said, “They’ve stood up to Trump, but the fact is it’s not enough anymore. We need to recognize why Trump won, we need to recognize the failings of the Democratic Party and the Democratic leaders who have gotten us to this point, and we need to improve upon it.”

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Jackson, a top consultant for progressive leader Rep. Ro Khanna of California, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, said, “what really happened is that we’ve seen the progressive movement succeed… it’s an entire wave that’s coming across the country.”

While progressives and socialist-aligned candidates have bested establishment-backed contenders in a slew of nomination showdowns this spring and summer, including high-profile Senate primaries this month in Michigan, Minnesota, and Florida, moderates are also scoring victories.

The center’s latest wins came in Florida, where Rep. Jared Moskowitz crushed a DSA-backed challenger on Tuesday. The same day, longtime Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, won renomination in a dramatically altered district against four candidates, including a socialist.

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Longtime strategist and political commentator Maria Cardona, a DNC committee member, told Fox News Digital she doesn’t buy the narrative that “huge heroes of Trump resistance one are just not cutting it anymore.”

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“Voters want someone who is going to fight for them. Whether or not you call yourself establishment, a moderate, a progressive, or DSA, voters don’t care. Voters want to see you fighting for them,” Cardona emphasized.

Cardona said “whether you are a Abdul El-Sayed, who is new on the scene, or a Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has been there for decades but who has delivered for her community and is still seen as a fighter, you’re going to win. You have to deliver. That’s the secret.”

FIRST ON FOX: A top executive at JPMorganChase warned that proposed federal bank capital rules could damage small businesses across the country, airing caution that Main Street may have less access to credit from banks.

As regulators move to finalize Basel III Endgame, one of the most important global financial regulatory standards to date, Chase Business Bank CEO Stevie Baron said in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital that the current framework could potentially have unintended consequences for small businesses as capital requirements could prevent lending.

“The latest revisions to the 2023 proposal are a step in the right direction, but as we reiterated to regulators, more work is needed to ensure the final rules do not increase the cost of lending or reduce access to credit for small businesses,” Baron explained.

Baron specifically noted proposed changes to the Global Systemically Important Bank (GSIB) surcharge, saying that formula could encourage trading over lending, raising borrowing costs for millions of small business owners.

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JPMorganChase is considered a GSIB, and is required to adhere to higher loss-absorbing equity and capital requirements than other smaller banks.

“The Fed should reconsider the proposed changes to the GSIB surcharge calculation, and, in particular, retain the current approach to the short-term wholesale funding factor that accounts for the size and funding diversification benefits of universal banks,” Baron added. “Regulators should ensure the surcharge framework does not penalize the everyday lending and banking services relied on by small businesses.”

He also argued that “capital requirements should not increase just because the economy is growing, or routine activity is expanding,” and that “policymakers should ensure the capital framework operates as a coherent whole, rather than layering multiple requirements on top of the same risks.”

Baron oversees more than 7 million small and medium-size businesses and over $19 billion in business banking average loans in FY2025. The American Dream Initiative, which was announced by JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” in March, seeks to expand the total number of small and medium-sized businesses to 10 million in additional to a number of changes at the bank to promote growth in the U.S. economy.

A senior JPMorganChase executive told Fox News Digital that acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling visited JPMC headquarters last week to discuss the initiative and steps the bank is taking to implement changes under the Trump administration.

After the 2008 financial crisis, global regulators developed the Basel III regulatory package to ensure banks have enough capital and financial cushion to weather economic volatility to protect taxpayers. U.S. regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller, initially proposed the framework, dubbed Basel III Endgame in 2023 but withdrew the draft for revision after pushback.

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In March, Trump administration regulators proposed the latest draft of Basel III Endgame, with a comment deadline of July, though banks are still lobbying for changes as regulators move to enact permanent policy.

Top lawmakers, like Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, have also warned about potential lending shortfalls if the framework is enacted.

“I have long said that overly complicated capital rules can slow economic growth without making our financial system safer,” Scott said in a March statement. “The Biden administration’s plan would have made it harder to get a mortgage, harder to start a business, and more expensive to make ends meet. That is the wrong direction when families are already feeling squeezed. There is still more work to do. We need rules that keep our financial system strong while making sure banks can lend, and our economy can grow.”

Baron aligned with Scott’s view that there needs to be assurance that banks will be able to lend freely, stating in his memo that small businesses could be restricted from expansion and investing in growth should there be limited access to capital.

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His memo is part of a new JPMorganChase series titled “from the desk of,” where top executives, including Dimon, have shared their takes on various economic and political policies and how they affect America’s largest bank.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., endorsed Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as the incumbent senator faces off against Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., in the Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

“At a time when powerful special interests are making life harder for everyday Americans, Massachusetts working families need a champion in the U.S. Senate to stand up for them and fight corporate greed,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement released by Markey’s campaign.

“Ed Markey has spent his career doing exactly that, from our partnership on the Green New Deal to running his campaign without accepting a dime of corporate PAC money.  His work is an inspiration to many of us who are committed to building a better future for all, and that’s why I’m proud to endorse him,” the congresswoman added.

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The House lawmaker previously backed Markey during his last election cycle.

“The toughest fights need the most inspiring leaders, and that’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She’s got vision, she knows what’s at stake, and she never backs down,” Markey said in a statement. “We introduced the Green New Deal to tackle the climate crisis, lower costs, and build an economy that works for working people, not corporations and billionaires. I am incredibly proud to have her endorsement and look forward to continuing to fight alongside her for the livable future we deserve.”

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Markey, who turned 80 this year, has served in the Senate since mid-July 2013, but he had previously served in the House for more than 36 years.

Moulton, who is 47, and will turn 48 in October, has served in the House since 2015.

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The Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Senate primary is on Sept. 1, and early voting is Aug. 22-28.

EXCLUSIVE: Fentanyl-linked deaths plunged 22% in a single year as the Trump White House credits its border crackdown, campaign against drug cartels and arrests of convicted fentanyl traffickers for helping drive down the deadly toll.

Synthetic opioid deaths, which include fentanyl, fell from 48,913 in 2024 to 38,084 in 2025, according to CDC figures cited by the White House — a decline of more than 10,000 deaths. Total drug overdose deaths fell 14% during the same period, from 81,313 to 69,973.

The Trump administration provided the figures to Fox News Digital in honor of National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day on Friday, pointing to the decline as evidence its border and counter-narcotics policies are disrupting the flow of fentanyl into American communities.

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“President [Donald] Trump targeted cartels who were profiting off the death of Americans, secured our border to stop Fentanyl and other illicit drugs from flowing into our communities, and jumpstarted ICE to arrest illegal alien fentanyl traffickers,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.

“These policies delivered a 22% decline in opioid deaths in a single year. Thanks to President Trump, America is finally winning the fight against fentanyl,” she added.

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The White House also pointed to a 45% decline in nationwide fentanyl seizures in fiscal year 2025 compared with the previous year. The administration characterized the drop as evidence that disruption farther up the supply chain is reducing the amount of the drug reaching the U.S. border.

DEA testing cited by the administration also found 29% of seized fentanyl pills contained a potentially lethal dose, down from 76% two years earlier. The White House attributed the declining potency to pressure on trafficking networks.

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The administration also shared the cases of 11 foreign nationals arrested by ICE this year who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says had previous fentanyl-related convictions.

The administration highlighted the February ICE arrest of Julio Cesar Pimentel-German, a Dominican Republic national whom DHS says had previously been convicted in Massachusetts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, trafficking fentanyl and a firearms offense.

ICE also arrested Ader Aldair Ramirez-Quiroz, a Honduran national DHS says was convicted of importing fentanyl in San Diego, and Yancarlos Marte-Morel, a Dominican Republic national convicted in federal court in Massachusetts of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to DHS.

The arrests are part of what the administration says is a broader effort to remove convicted fentanyl traffickers from American communities while federal agencies target the drug trade at multiple levels.

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Trump has also pursued the cartels through terrorist designations, financial sanctions and other federal enforcement tools.

The president signed the HALT Fentanyl Act into law in July 2025, permanently placing fentanyl-related substances under Schedule I and giving federal prosecutors a permanent framework for targeting fentanyl analogs. Trump later designated illicit fentanyl and key precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction.

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The White House also pointed to Justice Department prosecutions involving nearly 8,000 defendants in fentanyl cases as evidence of the scope of the federal crackdown.

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The decline comes after fentanyl helped fuel an overdose epidemic that killed tens of thousands of Americans annually and devastated communities across the country.

The administration says the latest figures show that trend moving sharply in the opposite direction.

Two nonprofits subpoenaed in a House Ways and Means Committee investigation into communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham’s funding network have formally objected to the congressional subpoenas, accusing lawmakers of reviving “Red Scare” tactics to target them because of their political views.

In letters from their attorneys to the committee, New York City-based BreakThrough News, a pro-China media outlet, and Peoples Forum Inc., a socialist activist group, argued the subpoenas violate the First Amendment.

They claim lawmakers are targeting their free speech, journalism and political advocacy rather than conducting a legitimate tax-law investigation.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., defended the investigation and criticized the organizations’ refusal to comply with the July 21 subpoenas.

“Make no mistake: Compliance with a congressional subpoena isn’t optional, and the Committee will use all tools it has available to investigate whether foreign actors are exploiting our tax code to sow chaos and create division,” Smith said.

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In letters, attorneys for both organizations wrote in identical language, “A witch-hunt is not a valid legislative purpose,” arguing the committee’s public statements reflect “the language of the Red Scare.”

Both organizations argue they are not required to comply with the subpoenas as presently framed, saying the committee’s demands are too broad and seek information protected by the First Amendment. They leave open the possibility of responding if the committee narrows its demands.

The two responses, dated Aug. 7 and shared on the organizations’ social media accounts, closely mirror each other in tone and substance. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, co-founder and executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a far-left nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., signed the letter from the People’s Forum. She co-signed the letter from BreakThrough News with Andrew Herman, an attorney also based in Washington, D.C.

Both attorneys have represented the nonprofit groups through earlier inquiries and compared the current congressional investigation to the work of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which investigated suspected communist influence and subversion in the United States in the late 1940s and 1950s.

According to digital records, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund shares the same address at a Florida Avenue NW townhouse used by the ANSWER Coalition, a self-described communist group that also operates out of the People’s Forum headquarters on W. 37th Street in Midtown Manhattan. 

In both letters, the attorneys also argue the committee has strayed beyond its traditional role of overseeing tax law by venturing into foreign influence, national security and alleged propaganda issues.

The committee, however, says in its July 21 subpoena cover letters that it’s seeking information about the organizations’ financing and structure to examine how Singham-linked money reached the tax-exempt groups and whether foreign influence was involved. The committee hasn’t accused any of the subpoenaed organizations of criminal wrongdoing or other illegal conduct.

The cover letters describe $40.3 million in funding that flowed from Singham’s network to BreakThrough News, People’s Forum and a third nonprofit, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, which describes its work as rooted in “national liberation Marxism.” Tricontinental also submitted a response by the Aug. 7 deadline, according to a source familiar with the committee’s investigation. Fox News Digital reached out to Tricontinental and its attorney for comment and a copy of the letter but didn’t receive a response.

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The committee alleges the Singham network routed money through shell companies and donor-advised funds in ways that obscured the original source of the contributions. It says the investigation is examining whether existing tax laws adequately account for those funding arrangements and whether legislative changes are needed to address potential gaps.

Singham, a 72-year-old American who sold his software company, ThoughtWorks, for an estimated $785 million in 2017 and now lives in Shanghai, has directed at least $278 million into six core nonprofits that Fox News Digital previously reported promote socialist, communist and pro-China causes as part of a broader international network of media organizations, activist groups and think tanks.

The committee said the organizations failed to produce requested documents, while the organizations argued they weren’t legally required to comply with the requests as they were framed because they violated First Amendment protections.

In a five-part investigation, Fox News Digital traced how the six nonprofits into which Singham poured $278 million serve as key funding hubs in a broader international network of nonprofits, activist groups and media organizations.

Of that funding, the Fox News Digital investigation found Singham pumped $22.44 million to People’s Forum, $16.76 million to Tricontinental and $1.098 million to BreakThrough BT Media Inc., the parent organization of BreakThrough News. The total amounted to $40.298 million.

BreakThrough News and the People’s Forum subpoena responses

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Challenging the subpoenas

In arguing they can’t be required to comply with the subpoenas as written, BreakThrough News and People’s Forum say the committee is demanding far more information than it needs to investigate their finances, including records they say would expose their journalism, political activity, donors and associations.

The organizations argue they “cannot be required to respond” to a process that “seeks to punish, silence, expose, and condemn protected expression.”

The committee disputes that argument, saying its investigation is examining whether existing tax laws governing tax-exempt organizations adequately account for foreign influence and whether Congress needs to strengthen those laws.

Smith told Fox News Digital, “After months of delay, I am disappointed but not surprised to see yet another attempt by tax-exempt organizations connected to Shanghai Singham to evade scrutiny. Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right. When organizations that receive generous taxpayer-funded benefits refuse to comply with lawful congressional oversight about potential foreign influence, the American people have every right to know what they are hiding. And we will continue pushing until the truth is uncovered.”

The committee hasn’t publicly said it has evidence the organizations are hiding information about foreign influence.

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The organizations also claimed lawmakers repeatedly changed the stated purpose of the investigation as the organizations pushed back against earlier requests for information.

People’s Forum points to an apparent copy-and-paste error in the subpoena it received, arguing one definition references BreakThrough News instead of the People’s Forum. It argues the mistake bolsters its broader case that lawmakers failed to tailor their demands to the organization or show how all the records they seek are relevant to a legitimate legislative investigation.

The attorneys further contend that “the purpose of the letters and the subpoena is not legislative but rather for public exposure, public smearing, and personal aggrandizement,” accusing the committee of using the investigation to publicly discredit the organizations rather than pursue legitimate congressional oversight.

In identical language in the two letters, the organizations also allege the committee “provided” correspondence from July 21 about the subpoenas to Fox News Digital before “transmission to the intended recepient,” allegedly making the inquiries designed for “public exposure” rather than legitimate legislative oversight.

Fox News Digital published its article about the committee’s letters after they had been delivered.

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Echoed response

The written objections echo a public messaging and fundraising campaign launched by the organizations and their allies after the subpoenas became public, when supporters similarly portrayed the investigation as a revival of McCarthyism and an attack on independent journalism.

BreakThrough News host Rania Khalek recently took that argument to Democracy Now!, where she accused lawmakers of targeting the outlet because of its political views and journalism and encouraged viewers to financially support BreakThrough News as it fought the subpoenas.

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The organizations also launched fundraising and petition campaigns after the committee announced the subpoenas. People’s Forum sought tax-deductible donations for legal expenses and organizing, while Khalek directed supporters to a GoFundMe and an Action Network petition opposing the congressional investigation.

As Fox News Digital previously reported, Marxist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker called the subpoenas “the McCarthy trials” on X, warning, “They will come for you.”

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a pro-China left-wing activist group that has received funding linked to Singham, called the subpoenas a “terrible attack on independent journalism,” adding, “We stand with you!!!”

July 21, 2026, House Ways and Means Committee subpoena cover letters

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Ukraine is buying a homegrown glide bomb that could help its pilots strike Russian forces from a safer distance while relying less on weapons supplied by the U.S. and Europe.

The new weapon is called the Vyrivniuvach, or “Equalizer.” It was developed by Ukrainian company DG Industry with support from Brave1, a government-backed defense technology group.

A Ukrainian military official told Ukrinform that the bomb has finished testing and is now being bought for the armed forces. Fox News Digital has reached out to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense for more details.

Until now, Ukraine’s warplanes have relied heavily on U.S.-supplied JDAM-ER bomb kits and Small Diameter Bombs, as well as French-made Hammer bombs, for precision strikes from safer distances. The Equalizer could give Kyiv more control over its own supply of guided bombs as foreign military aid remains uncertain.

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The Equalizer turns a conventional bomb into a precision weapon by adding wings and guidance systems. It is designed to be dropped from Ukraine’s MiG-29, Su-24 and Su-27 warplanes, allowing pilots to attack targets farther behind Russian lines while staying farther away from Russian air defenses.

Brave1 told The War Zone that the bomb could eventually be used by Ukraine’s donated F-16 and Mirage fighter jets, but it needs additional certification before that can happen.

Russia’s use of glide bombs has become one of the most punishing parts of the war for Ukrainian troops and towns near the front. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces dropped more than 8,300 guided aerial bombs in July — the highest monthly total of the war and an average of more than 267 bombs a day.

Russia’s wider air assault has also intensified in recent days. A Russian missile-and-drone barrage on Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight killed at least 16 people and wounded about 40, Ukrainian officials said Thursday. The attack damaged homes, a school and a children’s hospital.

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The Equalizer does not make Ukraine fully independent from foreign supply chains. Brave1 said the bomb’s wings and flight-control software were made in Ukraine, but its chips and microcircuits come from abroad. The group said about 90% of the weapon’s parts come from Ukraine, Europe and the U.S.

The weapons have helped Russia pound Ukrainian defensive positions and communities near the fighting.

Ukraine has continued to press the U.S. and European allies for more air-defense weapons. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this month that the U.S. had agreed to send Patriot interceptor missiles each month, but he warned that the volumes were not enough to meet Ukraine’s needs.

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It is not yet clear when the Equalizer will reach Ukrainian units in large numbers or whether it has been used in combat.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to DG Industry and Brave1 for comment.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins is going scorched earth, accusing his Democratic opponent Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., of making a “sexist” and “misogynist” viral remark involving a female cancer survivor working in the Trump White House.

Ossoff, a 39-year-old freshman senator running for re-election in Georgia, drew criticism after making a remark about White House aide Natalie Harp during an Atlanta campaign rally Sunday. Ossoff suggested that President Donald Trump has been neglecting his duties, saying, “He doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”

Though the comment earned immediate cheers from the crowd, conservatives criticized it as sexist and defended the 35-year-old aide as simply doing her job. Ossoff sought to clarify his remarks Monday, saying, “I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his security blanket. And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the White House. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear.”

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Collins criticized Ossoff’s remarks. “It’s sexist, misogynist. This guy has a problem, the way he has treated women, and it’s all coming out in the open now.”

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Collins said Ossoff’s remarks about Harp reinforced his concerns about how the senator views women. “with what he said about Natalie is just one more nail in the coffin on how this guy actually feels about women,” said Collins. “When he will say that about someone who is out there doing a fantastic job and to suggest those types of things. Yeah, he owes not only her an apology, but the American people an apology.”

Ossoff led the race in a July AARP poll, which showed him ahead by nine percentage points. Speaking with Fox News Digital, however, Collins emphasized that the polls “have been tightening” as remarks such as this have shown his “true colors.”

“There is a clear problem with him and females, and he needs to explain that. He needs to tell us why he is attacking a young lady like Natalie Harp personally like that,” he said. “I mean, what he is a trust-fund kid who’s never had a job, who’s out there denigrating women, and the vulgarity that he is insinuating and talking about this young lady, Natalie Harp, who has overcome so many odds. It’s just unbecoming.”

Harp rose to prominence in 2019 after crediting Trump’s Right to Try Act with helping her access experimental treatment for a rare bone cancer. She later joined Trump’s 2020 campaign and became a special assistant to the president.

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She has earned the nickname the “human printer” in Trump’s orbit, providing the president with printouts of news articles, emails, social media posts and other material.

Collins defended Harp as someone who overcame the odds and “does a great job,” adding that “there’s a pattern here with this guy and it’s out of control.”

“You can take that further. The fact that he wants to allow men to participate in girls’ sports, the fact that he doesn’t mind if they use women’s restrooms, this guy’s got a problem,” he said, adding, “He can’t even define a woman.”

Collins also said Democrats “are nothing but hypocrites when it comes to these types of issues.”

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“For him to stand up there and denigrate her and to talk about her, this is nothing but him trying to make sure that he gets his social media-based platform raised and make sure he kind of tries to gin up the public out there.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to Ossoff’s campaign for comment.

Darline Graham’s admission that she was not well-versed on Taiwan is drawing scrutiny days before South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff, putting the Trump-backed candidate’s national security credentials at the center of her closing fight against Rep. Ralph Norman. 

President Donald Trump has endorsed Graham and is scheduled to rally for her in Myrtle Beach on Friday, days before the GOP runoff against Norman on Tuesday. But Graham’s debate stumble on Taiwan draws a sharp contrast with her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who made national security and foreign policy defining issues of his Senate career and was an outspoken supporter of Taiwan.

The debate question carried consequences beyond a campaign-stage stumble. China claims Taiwan and has not ruled out using force to take the self-governing island, a conflict that could draw the United States and its military into a major war in the Indo-Pacific. Beijing’s aggressive claims in the South China Sea have also put it at odds with U.S. allies and partners. As a sitting senator on the Appropriations Committee, Graham is positioned to vote on military and national security spending decisions that shape how the nation responds to those threats.

Graham sought to clarify her comments during an appearance on “Hannity” and in a post on her social media account.

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“I tripped up on one question last night, regarding Taiwan. I don’t speak politician. I was just honest. Of course, Taiwan is our friend. But I think people in South Carolina are more worried about boys in girls sports.”

“I did say, several times, that China is our enemy, a military and economic threat to the United States. Of course, Taiwan is our friend.”

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She added: “I’m not a politician. I don’t speak politician. I was just honest, and I think that’s a foreign concept in politics.”

Still, Graham’s answer drew a sharp online response, particularly because Lindsey Graham made national security and foreign policy defining parts of his Senate career and repeatedly pressed U.S. leaders to stand with Taiwan.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Graham’s campaign for additional clarification.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who backs Norman, wrote online: “Lindsey Graham was well informed on the United States’ national security. Darline Graham admits she’s not. This is not something you inherit. And it’s critical in the U.S. Senate.”

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts wrote: “I’m sorry, but respectfully, even accounting for her being new to the job, this is embarrassing and inexcusable. China’s threat toward Taiwan is a bit of a big deal, especially — it would seem — for a member of the U.S. Senate.”

Conservative radio host Clay Travis called Graham’s answer “disqualifying in my opinion,” while former South Carolina state Rep. Adam Morgan wrote that Graham had revealed she could not answer “basic national security questions.”

Norman seized on the moment in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital, saying South Carolinians “can’t afford a grace period for on-the-job training while China buys up farmland near military installations and sends spy balloons over our state.”

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“We need to stand ready to support our allies and South Carolinians deserve to know where my opponent stands on this issue,” Norman said.

Mike Nelson, a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute, said no one expects Graham to immediately replicate her brother’s deep foreign policy focus. But he said the Taiwan exchange nevertheless raised a basic question about the job she is seeking.

“Obviously, senators have particular focus areas based on their experience, committee assignments, or even just their interests. Senator Graham’s late brother was one of those most focused on foreign policy in the upper chamber and nobody expects her to immediately fill his shoes to that level,” Nelson told Fox News Digital.

“But one would expect a cursory familiarity with some of the most concerning flashpoints, particularly as it relates to our largest strategic rival and threat, if one wants to keep their job in the body that votes on military force and authorizes defense budgets. I’d expect at least mild curiosity rather than shrugging indifference.”

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Graham was appointed to fill the seat after her brother’s death and is now seeking a full term. Her runoff against Norman is scheduled for Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: An Angel Dad whose daughter’s life was tragically cut short by an illegal alien, is joining U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Fox News Digital has learned.

“I am excited to accept the Executive Director role at VOICE because this is not simply a government position for me, it is deeply personal and rooted in a mission I have come to understand through unimaginable loss,” Joe Abraham said, announcing a move he hopes will help serve others in his situation.

VOICE stands for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement and is an office inside the agency that supports victims of illegal alien crime.

Abraham’s daughter, 20-year-old Katie Abraham, and her friend, Chloe Polzin, were killed in a January 2025 drunken driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by criminal illegal alien Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national.

He was charged with multiple offenses after the crash and later pleaded guilty to charges that included aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Since then, Abraham has been an outspoken activist in favor of closing the borders and arresting and deporting illegal aliens. He is credited as the inspiration behind Operation Midway Blitz, a sweeping Chicago-area federal immigration enforcement operation from September to December 2025.

The operation, which was heavily protested by Democrats, netted more than 4,000 arrests, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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“I want to use my experience, my voice and what I have learned through Katie’s story to make sure victims and their families are heard, treated with dignity and never become an afterthought in our immigration system,” Abraham continued.

White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis praised Abraham as he prepares to begin his new role.

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“Angel Dad Joe Abraham is the perfect choice to lead the VOICE office,” she said. “Since the murder of his daughter, Katie, in a drunk driving hit-and-run in sanctuary Illinois, he has been a staunch advocate for victims of illegal alien crime and a powerful critic of the Democrats’ sanctuary policies.”

“In his new role in the Trump administration, he will help countless families who lost a loved one to a preventable tragedy caused by open-border policies.”

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The VOICE office was reestablished by the Trump administration in April 2025, after President Donald Trump directed DHS to revive the Biden-era shuttered office upon taking office for his second term in January.

Since then, it has had a major impact helping families of illegal alien crime victims.

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It has received 897 total calls from victims, family members and advocates and has helped 588 victims seeking assistance and information, according to a report published in June.

Further, it has assisted 185 victim family members seeking services and information.

The most frequently reported crimes are assault, at 35%, rape and sexual assault, at 17%, and homicide and manslaughter, at 10%.

The Trump administration has a longstanding feud with the state of Illinois and Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker over his sanctuary state policies and refusal to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

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In May, when the state refused to cooperate with ICE after an illegal immigrant convicted of child sexual abuse was released from jail despite calls for state officials to turn him over to federal authorities, Bis, then the DHS assistant secretary, blasted the governor.

“Governor Pritzker continues to refuse to do his job to protect his citizens from illegal alien crime and instead chooses to smear our law enforcement,” she said at the time. “Where is the investigation into his own policies that allowed this pedophile to be released from jail and be loose in Illinois communities?”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused Harvard University of indoctrinating students with ideas that run counter to his Christian values, raising concerns about whether his own daughter should attend the prestigious Ivy League school.

“I don’t want them to get one viewpoint,” Duffy said on an episode of the Department of Transportation-sponsored YouTube series “The Great American Roadtrip.” “I want them to get a lot of different viewpoints, but I don’t want them fed only one viewpoint that’s contrary to the way my kids were raised.”

The comments come as Duffy’s daughter, Paloma, expressed interest in attending Harvard University, saying she couldn’t turn down the opportunity if accepted.

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“But mom and I can,” Duffy said, referring to his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a Fox News host. The couple has been married since 1999 and shares nine children.

Like her husband, Campos-Duffy also expressed concern about Paloma attending Harvard, saying she could be exposed to perspectives contrary to the teachings of the Catholic faith, which Campos-Duffy described as the bedrock of their family’s life.

The episode was released Wednesday, less than a week after U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard University, which accused the school of violating Title VI by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment on campus.

Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in 2023, Harvard University was one of dozens of colleges that faced anti-Israel encampments and protests.

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Harvard Jewish students reported being harassed, intimidated and excluded from campus spaces.

The Trump administration has been engaged in a contentious battle with Harvard since the early months of Trump’s second term, freezing research funding for the school and attempting to revoke Harvard’s ability to participate in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.

President Donald Trump has called Harvard’s handling of the rise of antisemitism on its campus a “disgrace” and said the Ivy League school is a “total disaster.”

Duffy further explained his concerns about Harvard University to his daughter.

“If I send you there, I think what happens is they have professionalized figuring out how they can take good young girls like you and I think corrupt their minds,” Duffy said. “You don’t have to believe what I believe. You don’t have to have the political viewpoints that I have, but I do think it’s important that you make those choices for yourself and you have a fair representation of what they are.”

“And I don’t think the Harvards of the world give you that kind of well-rounded picture,” Duffy continued.

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Despite his qualms about Harvard, Duffy and his family traveled to Cambridge to visit the university as part of the limited road-trip series. While there, the family met with a Catholic priest who discussed campus life for young Catholic students, prompting Duffy to soften his stance on Harvard.

“I think a smart good girl can completely navigate what is a really good school,” Duffy said.

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“Should Paloma have the opportunity to go to Harvard? I am more open,” Duffy continued. “In some ways, we need to trust that what we armed her with will hopefully be enough for her.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard University for comment.

Progressive state Sen. and Assistant Majority Leader Aisha Wahab has bested Melissa Hernandez, a more moderate public transit executive, in a special election to replace disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell.

The race between Wahab and Hernandez represented another front in the Democratic civil war between the party’s establishment and progressive wings. 

Wahab counted on high-profile endorsements from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and labor icon Dolores Huerta, while Hernandez relied on large sums of super PAC cash and endorsements from local officials.

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While progressive Democrats opened the election season strongly, securing high-profile victories in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado and D.C., they have more recently underperformed on expectations in the Democratic primaries for Michigan’s Senate race and Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race. 

Wahab was the strong favorite heading into Election Day, earning 42.8% of the vote in the special primary against Hernandez’s 16.8%.

California has “jungle primaries” in which the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election. Wahab and Hernandez, both Democrats, occupied the top two slots in the special primary, effectively shutting Republicans out of a district that Kamala Harris carried easily in the 2024 presidential election.

The special election, however, represents only a temporary victory because it determined who would serve out the remaining two months of Swalwell’s term. The two will likely face off again in November to determine who will serve a full two-year term in Congress.

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Though the victory is technically temporary, incumbents tend to have an advantage in elections. The general election will take place under slightly different district boundaries after California’s newly redrawn congressional map takes effect.

Some Democrats have pointed to recent underperformance by progressive candidates to argue that the socialist ascendancy within the party has been stymied, while others point to the continued popularity of socialist politicians and policies among young people as evidence to the contrary.

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On the campaign trail, Hernandez criticized Wahab primarily on ethical grounds for her alleged missteps during her time in Sacramento. Wahab, meanwhile, painted Hernandez as the beneficiary of conservative and pro-Israel money, challenging her liberal credentials.

Hernandez, for instance, accused Wahab of skirting campaign finance laws by routing $60,000 from her state campaign account through the Alameda County Democratic Party, which later funded pro-Wahab congressional mail.

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Wahab hit back with her own campaign finance-related attack, criticizing Hernandez for allegedly taking money from pro-Israel donors and benefiting from expenditures by pro-Israel super PACs.

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become a major flashpoint in the internal struggle for control of the Democratic Party, with progressives seeking to push out Democrats who support Israel.

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is slated to speak at the Islamic Society of North America’s (ISNA) annual convention over Labor Day weekend, joining a speaker roster that includes Muslim religious leaders with histories of controversial remarks.

Among the most controversial figures attending the ISNA convention is cleric Baqir Berry, who prayed for “mujahideen” in Palestine and Lebanon, using a term commonly associated with Islamist fighters, and asked God to grant them “a mighty victory.” 

Islamic Institute of America head Hassan Qazwini is also attending after appealing to God to “grant victory to our brothers in Iran,” a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism.

Also appearing at the conference is Texas imam Yasir Qadhi, who previously made remarks denying the Holocaust that he later repudiated. Siraj Wahhaj, who was named as a possible co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center terrorism case but never charged, is also scheduled to speak.

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“We pray to Allah to save our people in South Lebanon from the evil of these Zionists, to support the Muslims and the mujahideen on His path in the East and the West, especially our mujahideen in Palestine, Lebanon, and everywhere,” Berry said during a June sermon, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute. 

“Oh Allah, grant them a mighty victory.”

Qazwini, in addition to praying for an Iranian victory, was denounced by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign over what it called “antisemitic conspiracy theories” after Qazwini claimed ISIS was connected to Israel and acting as an “arm of the Zionists.”

Qadhi, Berry and Qazwini did not respond when Fox News Digital reached out for comment on Wednesday.

This is not El-Sayed’s first brush with religious radicals.

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Fox News Digital previously reported that the Democratic Senate candidate had touted the endorsement of a Detroit-area pastor who had praised notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan.

El-Sayed has also faced criticism over his appearances with streamer Hasan Piker, who previously said America “deserved 9/11.” El-Sayed later called the remark “dumb” and disavowed the comment, while declining to disavow Piker himself.

El-Sayed has also defended a 2021 blog post that compared President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to Osama bin Laden’s role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

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El-Sayed’s appearance comes as Republicans have increasingly focused on his past associations with controversial political and religious figures in the Michigan Senate race.

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El-Sayed’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville did not mince words when he unloaded on his party’s far-left insurgency Thursday.

“We get subjugated by some of the more outspoken people who, by the way, [are] not even Democrats,” Carville said during a video news conference.

“I wish they’d take the word Democrat out of their name. I have no idea why the democratic socialists — if you hate the Democratic Party so much, well, then don’t use our god—- name. Go think of your own name.”

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He was one of several speakers at a media event promoting the Promise To America, a set of principles created in part by two moderate House lawmakers, Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., and Adam Gray, D-Calif., as their party experiences a civil war over its identity and agenda.

The Promise To America is about celebrating “capitalism, safety, fiscal responsibility, effective government, common purpose, and patriotism,” according to its website.

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It’s the latest bid by moderate and pragmatic members of the left to distance themselves from the socialist wave that’s already toppled several establishment-backed Democrats.

The intraparty feud has also become a central campaign talking point for Republicans, who have argued that Democrats will try to push a far-left vision of the country beyond what most Americans want if they win the midterms in November.

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Carville said during the news conference it was “just common sense.”

“That’s so often what people are forgetting in politics. And for the life of me, I hope … that we do things like this that are popular, are actually helpful, that can help the country. Who’s not for lower crime? I mean, everybody is, but we just need to restate it,” he said.

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He maintained that “80% of Democrats really want” what the Promise To America is promoting and criticized the far-left for drowning out those moderate voices.

But just 10 House Democrats have signed onto the pledge so far, which Republicans have argued is evidence that the far-left is really capturing its party. Out of the litany of Democrats running for the House, just five are signatories.

Suozzi argued, however, “We only want 10 members of Congress because we don’t want to make it only about Washington. That’s why we’re going out to the state and local officials.”

Those who have not signed on include House Democrats’ senior leaders, who have said little on the socialist insurgency.

But Gray and Suozzi dismissed the notion that they were not getting enough support from their leaders when asked by Fox News Digital.

“I think the leadership is being very supportive,” Suozzi said of his own experience. “They have a lot to balance. They’ve got the whole country to worry about.”

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Gray said, “The efforts on the cable news networks and everything else to nationalize our politics all the time, pretend that, you know, somebody in some big city represents all of us is absurd. … It’s a distraction, this idea that somehow some leader somewhere is supposed to win my district.”