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MILWAUKEE — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s “America First” foreign policy positions are taking the spotlight as he prepares to deliver his first major prime time speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night.

Vance was announced as former President Trump’s running mate on Monday, and since, numerous politicians and media outlets, especially foreign ones, have begun sounding the alarm over what they describe as his “isolationist” policies, warning a Trump-Vance presidency might go so far as to abandon Ukraine amid its war with Russia.

“Trump’s choice of running mate raises fears in Ukraine and EU,” one BBC headline read, with the piece going on to cite a German politician saying Vance is “more isolationist” and “unpredictable” than Trump.

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Sen. JD Vance is shown on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The Washington Post wrote that Trump picked “a like-minded isolationist on foreign policy,” and Politico wrote that Vance “spells ‘disaster’ for Europe and Ukraine.”

CNN’s Van Jones described Vance as “a horror on the world stage,” warning “Ukrainians are now in deep trouble.”

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When Vance talks about his “America First” foreign policy beliefs, the focus often involves Ukraine as well as Israel and China.

Sen. JD Vance and wife Usha Chilukuri Vance are shown as he is nominated for vice president on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

He has been a vocal critic of the various foreign aid packages, which included assistance for Ukraine: “The problem in Ukraine … is that there’s no clear end point,” he remarked on one occasion.

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“The United States has sent tens of billions worth of military aid to Ukraine with shockingly little accountability for where those resources have gone,” he said in another instance.

Vance has largely made support for Israel amid its war with Hamas an exception to his opposition to foreign aid, and he has argued against “micromanaging” their military operations. He’s also called for rooting out Hamas as a military organization and that the world should “empower” Israel to do it.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Vance’s opposition to foreign aid is driven largely by his view that it’s a distraction from China, which he describes as the “biggest threat” currently facing the U.S.

The first-term Ohio senator’s speech is expected to fall fully in line with the night’s “Make America Strong Once Again” theme, and it will, according to one source in his political orbit, be focused “heavily on his bio and incredible life story and how that ties into the America First agenda.”

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His speech will also “connect his life experiences to the Trump policies, folding in his firsthand experience of a tough upbringing that shaped his views on a lot of the biggest issues he is passionate about,” which include “trade, immigration, ending endless wars, fentanyl and drugs, and how inflation hurts the poor the most,” another source told Fox.

Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.

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Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer reportedly told President Biden in a “blunt one-on-one conversation” Saturday it would be best if he “bowed out of the race,” according to an ABC report on X.

“Chuck Schumer had a blunt one-on-one conversation with Biden Saturday afternoon in Rehoboth. Schumer forcefully made the case that it would be best if Biden bowed out of the race,”  ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl wrote. “Schumer’s office wouldn’t comment on the specifics of the conversation, telling me only, ‘Leader Schumer conveyed the views of his caucus.’”

The Senate majority leader’s office issued a similar response obtained by Fox News Digital on Wednesday, but waved off ABC’s report.

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Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries both agreed to push for the DNC to delay its roll call. (Getty Images)

“Unless ABC’s source is Senator Chuck Schumer or President Joe Biden the reporting is idle speculation,” a spokesperson for Sen. Schumer said. “Leader Schumer conveyed the views of his caucus directly to President Biden on Saturday.”

The news comes as the New York Democrat pushed for the Democratic National Convention’s delay as questions persist about President Biden’s 2024 candidacy due to concerns over his mental acuity, according to multiple sources.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital in a statement after publication that Biden “told both leaders he is the nominee of the party, he plans to win, and looks forward to working with both of them to pass his 100 days agenda to help working families.”

Schumer spoke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and both men agreed to urge the DNC to delay a virtual roll call planned for this month to officially nominate Biden, three sources told Fox News Digital.

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U.S. President Joe Biden pictured in front of the Capitol. (Getty Images)

It was revealed Wednesday that the DNC was delaying its nomination plans to August after significant pushback from party members toward an initial plan to nominate Biden later this month.

“We have confirmed with the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic National Convention that no virtual voting will begin before August 1,” wrote DNC Rules Committee co-chairs Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and veteran Democratic Party official Leah Daughtry in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. 

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., became the 20th congressional Democrat to call on Biden to step aside on Wednesday. “I believe it is time for him to pass the torch,” Schiff said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, right. (Getty Images)

His call came one day after a report claimed he told donors “I think if he is our nominee, I think we lose.”

President Biden has become more receptive to leaving the race, moving from arguing that Vice President Kamala Harris can’t win to asking advisers if the vice president can win, according to a report from CNN.

Meanwhile, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed Wednesday evening that Biden had contracted COVID-19. The COVID diagnosis follows remarks from a day earlier in which Biden said a medical condition could lead to him dropping out of the race.

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“If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, the doctors came and said you’ve got this problem, that problem,” Biden told BET’s Ed Gordon . “But I made a serious mistake in the whole debate and, look, when I originally ran, you might remember it, I said I was gonna be a transitional candidate. I thought that I would be able to move from this, to pass it on to somebody else. But I didn’t anticipate things getting so, so, so divided.”

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Kai Trump, the eldest grandchild of former President Donald Trump, spoke on day three of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she shared the side of her grandpa that “people don’t often see.”

“To me, he’s just a normal grandpa. He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren’t looking, he always wants to know how we’re doing in school,” she said.

“When I made the high honor roll, he printed it out to show his friends how proud he was of me,” she added. “He calls me during the middle of the school day to ask how my golf game is going, and tells me all about his. But then I have to remind him that I’m in school and I’ll have to call him back later.”

Kai, 17, also reflected on the attempted assassination of her grandfather last Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania, saying she was “shocked” and found it to be “heartbreaking.”

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Kai Trump, former President Trump’s granddaughter, speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“On Saturday, I was shocked when I heard that he had been shot, and I just wanted to know if he was okay. It was heartbreaking that someone would do that to another person,” she said.

Kai – who was welcomed to the stage by her father, Donald Trump Jr. – noted that “a lot of people have put my grandfather through hell,” but that “he’s still standing.”

“Grandpa, you are such an inspiration and I love you,” she said. “The media makes my grandpa seem like a different person, but I know him for who he is. He’s very caring and loving. He truly wants the best for this country, and he will fight every single day to make America great again.”

“Even when he’s going through all these court cases, he always asks me how I’m doing. He always encourages me to push myself to be the most successful person I can be. Obviously, he sets the bar pretty high, but who knows, maybe one day I’ll catch him,” she added.

Kai, the daughter of Don Jr. and Vanessa Trump, now divorced, was recently a regaled guest of Dana White’s at the UFC 303 fight, which she attended opposite her dad. The Florida teen posed for photographs with White, the president of the UFC, former NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers and country music star Jelly Roll, among other A-listers.

Kai, born May 12, 2007, is an enthusiastic golfer. She is active on social media and regularly posts about her golf skills.

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Donald Trump Jr. watches his daughter, Kai Trump, speak during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Kai also reflected during her speech on instances when she played golf with her grandfather, times when she had to remind him that she’s a “Trump, too.”

“When we play golf together, if I’m not his team, he’ll try to get inside of my head. And he’s always surprised that I don’t let him get to me. But I have to remind him I’m a Trump, too,” she said.

Last year, the Florida native started a YouTube channel. She kickstarted the outreach social media page with a video titled, “Get to know Kai Trump!”

“It should overall be a fun channel,” Kai said in the clip.

As Kai scampers around a golf course, her friend asks questions, and she gives viewers insight into some of her favorite things, which includes pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, proscuitto meat and ricotta cheese, and playing pickleball and tennis.

In March, Kai won the ladies’ club championship at the private Trump Golf Club in West Palm Beach. She has posted photographs and clips in the past playing with golf professional and PGA player Bryson DeChambeau.

Former President Donald Trump, U.S. golfer Brooks Koepka, and Kai Trump play golf at Trump National Doral Miami golf club on October 27, 2022, in Miami, Florida. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Mixed into her fitness reels, Kai reminds social media users that she is an undoubted supporter of her grandpa.

Fox News’ Gabriele Regalbuto contributed to this report.

Republican senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday over the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Saturday, telling her that they owe the people and the president “answers.”

Video shows Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., confronting Cheatle in Milwaukee. Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., were also involved.

“Stonewalling,” Barrasso can be heard yelling at Cheatle as she moves through the convention center.

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Former President Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday during Pennsylvania rally. (Trump Campaign Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“This was an assassination attempt, you owe the people answers, you owe President Trump answers,” Blackburn said.

In a separate longer video, the senators can be seen questioning Cheatle. In response to their questions, she says that it isn’t an appropriate place to have the discussion, but says she is happy to answer questions, before leaving the suite. It is at that point she is yelled at by the lawmakers.

It comes amid furious criticism of the agency by Republicans and some Democrats over the circumstances surrounding the attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. The shooter has been identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, and the FBI is investigating his specific motive.

Trump was shot in the ear, but one attendee was killed and two others injured. Lawmakers have questioned how the gunman was able to get so close and fire off multiple shots, as details have emerged of people seeing him climb up the building.

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This image shows Sens. Marsha Blackburn and John Barrasso confronting Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. (@VoteMarsha/X)

FBI Director Christopher Wray held member-wide briefings with both the House and Senate on Wednesday to discuss lawmakers’ questions and concerns. Barrasso told Fox News earlier that the meeting was a “100% cover-your-a—briefing.”

Cheatle has agreed to comply with a subpoena from House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer. She has called the shooting “unacceptable” and “something that shouldn’t happen again.”

“The buck stops with me,” she told ABC News. “I am the director of the Secret Service, and I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary.”

But she has come under criticism for comments she made talking about a “sloped roof” that caused a safety issue.

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“That building in particular has a sloped roof, at its highest point. And so, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. And so, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside,” she said.

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Her answers have so far failed to satisfy many Republican lawmakers, including Barrasso and Blackburn.

“It is appalling that the Secret Service Director refused to answer our questions. This is one of the greatest security failures in the history of the agency. She can run but she cannot hide. She is a failed leader and she needs to immediately step down from her position,” Blackburn said in a statement.

Fox News’ Liz Elkind and Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report.
 

Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro took the stage on day three of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was greeted by a roaring crowd of Republicans and declared Democrats will “never break” Trump.

Navarro, who walked on stage to chants of “FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT,” was released from a Miami prison Wednesday — hours before he spoke at the convention.

“Yes, indeed. This morning, I did walk out of a federal prison in Miami. Joe Biden and his department of injustice put me there. Tonight, I’m here with you in this beautiful city of Milwaukee. I got a very simple message for you: If they can come for me, if they can come for Donald Trump, be careful. They will come for you,” he told the crowd.

Navarro, 75, was convicted after being found in contempt of Congress and was sentenced to four months in a federal prison in Miami in March.

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Former director of the US Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

During his speech at the convention, Navarro urged support for Trump and warned that if he doesn’t take back the White House this fall, then “their government” will “control us.”

“If we don’t control our government, their government will control us. If we don’t control all three branches of our government — legislative, executive and judicial — their government will put some of us, like me and Steve Bannon, in prison,” he said.

Reflecting on the differences between the presidencies of Trump and President Biden, Navarro said it’s now the “tale of two Americas” for voters who will take part in this November’s election.

“This is a tale of two Americas, and you know it wasn’t this way when Donald Trump was president. I remember the days. I was there. In Trump’s America, you were safe, and our borders were secure. In Trump’s America, you were more prosperous, and you didn’t have to choose between… food on the table, medicine in the cabinet and a roof over your head. And in Trump’s America, you didn’t have to worry about being locked up for disagreeing with the government,” Navarro told the Republicans.

“I went to prison so you won’t have to. I am your wake-up call,” he added.

Navarro also outlined how he ended up in prison, saying Democrats demanded that he “betray” Trump to prevent himself from being sent to prison.

“Here’s how I got in prison. The legislative branch came for me first. Your favorite Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, created your favorite committee, the sham Jan. 6 committee, which demanded that I violate executive privilege. What did I do? I refused,” he said.

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Navarro, who served as Trump’s trade adviser, was the second Trump aide convicted of a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“The [Jan. 6] committee demanded that I betray Donald John Trump to save my own skin. I refused,” he added. “They demanded that I break the law because they have no respect for it. I refused, and a Democrat majority in the House then voted to hold me in contempt. … Jack Smith indicted and prosecuted me for criminal contempt of Congress. Now, here’s what’s weird about it. It’s something that Democrat prosecutors refuse to do against one of their own, including two guys with blood on their hands, Eric Holder and Alejandro Mayorkas.”

Navarro, who served as Trump’s trade adviser, was the second Trump aide convicted of a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon previously received a four-month sentence but was allowed to stay free pending appeal by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was appointed by Trump.

“They convicted me. They jailed me. Guess what? They did not break me. And they will never break Donald Trump,” Navarro said Wednesday.

Navarro said he could not cooperate with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack because Trump had invoked executive privilege, an argument that lower courts have rejected.

Peter Navarro stands with his fiancee, Bonnie, as he speaks on Day three of the Republican National Convention, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024.  (Mike Segar/Reuters)

“When I received that congressional subpoena, the second, I had an honest belief that the privilege had been invoked, and I was torn. Nobody in my position should be put in conflict between the legislative branch and the executive branch. Is that the lesson of this entire proceeding? Get a letter and a lawyer? I think in a way it is,” Navarro said in January.

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“I am disappointed with a process where a jury convicted me, and I was unable to provide a defense, one of the most important elements of our justice system,” he said.

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Senate lawmakers were left with more questions than answers on Wednesday following a conference call with the U.S. Secret Service on the attempted assassination of former President Trump, with one senator calling it “100% cover-your-a– briefing.”

The Secret Service privately briefed the senators as questions still remain about how the gunman who shot Trump was able to get on a roof roughly 200 yards from where he was speaking to supporters. 

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said the meeting was a “100% cover-your-a– briefing” as the Secret Service and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, continue to come under scrutiny.

His office said “no one has taken responsibility” despite the gunman having been “identified as being suspicious one hour before the shooting.”

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“He had a rangefinder and a backpack. The Secret Service lost sight of him. No one has taken responsibility. No one has been held responsible. Someone has died. The president was almost killed. The head of the Secret Service needs to go,” Barrasso said, referring to Cheatle. 

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said she was “appalled” after learning the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to Trump walking on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. 

“I have no confidence in the leadership of Director Cheatle and believe it is in the best interest of our nation if she steps down from her position,” she wrote on X after Wednesday’s briefing.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the country deserves answers and accountability, while calling for Cheatle to step down. 

Meanwhile, more than two dozen Texas lawmakers are calling for the House Oversight Committee to look into “political rhetoric” used against Trump prior to the shooting. Republican State Rep. Ellen Troxclair spearheaded a letter to the committee and Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., on Wednesday, requesting they also look into “grotesque depictions of President Trump and the tens of millions of fellow Americans that support him as ‘enemies’ or ‘threats to democracy’ ahead of the assassination attempt.”

“Americans deserve answers,” the lawmakers wrote, first thanking the committee for opening an investigation into the deadly incident. “At minimum, we need to understand how the attempted assassination was able to occur and what will be done to ensure it does not happen again.”

On Monday, Cheatle said the Secret Service would cooperate with an independent review announced by President Biden.

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“The Secret Service is working with all involved federal, state and local agencies to understand what happened, how it happened, and how we can prevent an incident like this from ever taking place again. We understand the importance of the independent review announced by President Biden yesterday and will participate fully,” she said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had just completed a quasi-clandestine meeting with President Biden at Rehoboth Beach, Del., late Saturday afternoon.

An alarming number of House and Senate Democrats were growing increasingly uneasy with Mr. Biden as the prospective Democratic standard-bearer this fall. No one knew that Schumer made the pilgrimage to Rehoboth to huddle with the president – and have a frank conversation about what Democratic senators felt about him staying in the race. The number of Democrats who wanted him out likely increased after Biden lieutenants met with Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon.

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Schumer’s meeting with President Biden wasn’t entirely a surprise. After all, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., met with the president on Thursday night. Both men served as emissaries from their respective caucuses, carrying messages of concern from rank-and-file members about Mr. Biden forging ahead with his campaign.

The announcement that Schumer huddled with the president hit reporter in-boxes at 6:05 pm ET Saturday.

The message offered no details or specifics. But it didn’t need to. Just the fact that Schumer made a sojourn to communicate those messages from fellow Democrats to the President of the United States spoke volumes.

“I sat with President Biden this afternoon in Delaware; we had a good meeting,” read a statement from Schumer.

Such news would have rattled the political landscape.

A side-by-side view of U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (Getty Images)

But not on this Saturday night.

A gunman nearly assassinated former President Trump at 6:11 pm et, just five minutes after the Schumer statement.

Any conversation about President Biden and schisms inside the Democratic Party would wait.

The shooting bought Mr. Biden more time. Keep in mind that the debate where the president’s performance so rattled Democrats came on June 27. The shooting allowed President Biden to continue to hold the ball and drain the clock.

The political world was agog Saturday, watching to see if more Democrats would demand President Biden step aside. Mr. Biden conducted two conference calls Saturday afternoon. One with the House Progressive Caucus. The other with the House “New Dems” Coalition. At that point, 19 Democrats had called on the president to stand down in his re-election bid. 13 were members of the New Dems. Fox is told that the call did little to buoy the confidence of skittish members. One source forecast that the number of Democrats calling for the president to bow out of the race may have spiked to 50 later that night or Sunday morning.

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As we have written in this space before, late British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan opined that “events” were the most important factors in politics.

Well, there was a seismic political event over the weekend. And that immediately arrested any effort by Democrats to potentially bounce the president from the race.

The inertia to sideline Mr. Biden which built for weeks suddenly froze.

And it helped President Biden stay put.

“He’s dug in,” said one senior House Democrat to Fox of the president. “We can’t have this circular firing squad.”

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

In fact, the “event” of the Trump shooting highlighted the recent fractures in the party over Mr. Biden – while it actually brought Republicans closer together.

One senior House Democratic source told Fox that in recent years, “unity” was the Democrats’ calling card. But the president’s poor debate in late June challenged that alliance.

“That armor has been exposed,” said one senior House Democratic aide. “And now Republicans are using their unity against us.”

That’s why Democrats are freaking out. Again.

Fox is told that Democrats know that the former President Trump’s survival and iconic photo after the shooting bolstered his standing with voters. Democrats were already down on their chances after the debate. Now they are even more worried. Especially as it pertains to House and Senate contests in battleground districts and states.

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So conversations are again intensifying about President Biden’s political viability. It started with a letter from some Congressional Democrats asking the DNC to delay the virtual roll call on August 7. Schumer and Jeffries also spoke. They requested the DNC move back the nomination.

For Democrats, it’s probably a good thing that a week of the Republican convention in Milwaukee is shrouding the Democratic disarray. Most of the news cycle is dominated by the investigation into the shooting, the introduction of Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as former President Trump’s running mate. Even discussion about Project 2025 is probably good cover for the Democrats right now. That’s because the internal schisms are real. And the party isn’t much further along from extracting President Biden from the ticket than it was a few weeks ago.

As Harold MacMillan would say this “event” temporarily muted public calls to dump the president. But that’s all it did. It suppressed those conversations. However, the Democrats’ worry never really dissipated.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at a press conference on June 4 in Chicago. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Some of that shroud may even continue when Democrats return to Capitol Hill next week. That’s because everyone will train so much focus on a scheduled hearing with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday before the House Oversight Committee. That’s to say nothing of a hearing planned by the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday. Even a pre-scheduled hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will likely roll out his bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt. And there will be all sorts of reactions from lawmakers as other details dribble out. Keep in mind this is the first time Congress has been back in Washington since the shooting.

Don’t forget that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress on Wednesday. Surely the controversy over that won’t garner any attention.

Perhaps all the other “events” help Democrats who want to remove President Biden from the ticket. Any such operation is messy at best. All the other things might shroud such extraordinary political gymnastics.

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But that doesn’t mean those efforts aren’t going on behind the scenes. And because it involves the sitting President of the United States, all of this will eventually gurgle back to the top of the news cycle.

And that will be an event unto itself.

House Republican leaders are calling for accountability after the failed assassination attempt against former President Trump on Saturday.

“I think there are so many questions that need to be answered, and I don’t know who is to blame. I don’t know what the breakdowns are, I clearly know there were breakdowns. But let’s find out who’s responsible and then people need to be held accountable,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told Fox News Digital.

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C., said the shooting was likely the result of a “major security breakdown.”

“One of my initial reactions as I was watching this unfold on television was anger – how could this happen? How can a person with a gun get to a rooftop that overlooks the stage that close to the former president?” Hudson told Fox News Digital.

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Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)

“I’m no security expert…but I do have some familiarity with rifles and scopes. And that was a very close distance. And the fact that rooftop was available for that shooter, I just can’t understand. So you know, I want to hear what happened.”

A 20-year-old gunman opened fire on Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania from a nearby roof over the weekend, killing one attendee and critically injuring two others. Trump was shot in the ear before he ducked behind the podium and pulled off the stage by his Secret Service detail.

But the situation has led to lawmakers questioning how the gunman could get so close to a heavily secured area, despite people seeing him climb up onto the building he fired from. There were also heavily armed police inside that building, according to reports.

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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer called for accountability  (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., both called on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign.

Emmer and Hudson would not go that far, telling Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention (RNC) that they wanted to see what details could be uncovered before making their judgment.

FBI Director Christopher Wray held member-wide briefings with both the House and Senate on Wednesday to discuss lawmakers’ questions and concerns.

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Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of House Republicans’ campaign arm, said he wanted to know how the shooter got so close to the rally perimeter

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A source familiar with the House’s call said it lasted roughly 45 minutes, and that lawmakers found Wray and Cheatle’s answers unsatisfying. 

The source said Johnson would set up a classified briefing for lawmakers next week when the House is back in session.

Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and Secret Service for comment but not hear back by time of publication.

MILWAUKEE – GOP Congressman Darrell Issa previewed what he expects to see in the foreign policy speeches on Wednesday night at the GOP convention and outlined what he believes a second Trump term will mean for the world. 

“When I think about Trump foreign policy, Russia didn’t gain an inch during his tenure, having taken Crimea under his predecessor, Obama,” Issa, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday before Republicans took the stage in Milwaukee to talk foreign policy.

“I think about the fact that China did not aggressively go after Taiwan the way they are today, or the Philippines, where they’re literally stealing fish out of the water by force. I think of the fact that the Houthis and Iran were not active and literally interrupting global trade. All of these things happened in the last three and a half years under a weak Biden administration, and they won’t, didn’t and won’t happen under a Trump administration.”

“Make America Strong Once Again” is the theme of the third day of the convention, where speakers will outline Trump’s foreign policy agenda and argue against Biden’s record.

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Republicans are expected to hammer President Biden on foreign policy at the RNC on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“Under Joe Biden, the weakest commander in chief in our country’s history, America has become a global laughingstock,” the RNC said in a press release.

“From our dumpster fire of a southern border to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal to the Hamas-Israeli war to enabling the Iranian terrorist regime, Biden has repeatedly made the wrong move on the world stage. Under President Trump’s vision, America will once again be strong and secure and put an end to the Biden-Harris administration’s weakness. President Donald J. Trump will secure our borders, curb Chinese and Iranian threats, and restore America’s rightful standing on the world stage.”

The night of foreign policy speeches comes shortly after it was reported that Iran has been plotting to assassinate Trump, which Issa also connected to Biden’s foreign policy.

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Rep. Darrell Issa speaks as Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 10, 2021. (Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images)

“Under President Trump, Iran was exporting less than 200,000 barrels of oil a day,” Issa said. “They’re exporting more than 2 million barrels a day. For that much money, of course, they would plot to kill the incoming president.”

Issa told Fox News Digital that one of the key aspects of foreign policy that Republicans need to explain is the importance of showing “strength” to other nations.

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Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower, May 30, 2024. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)

“The world is a dangerous place when America is weak and doesn’t lead, and the world can be a safe and stable place when America is strong and can lead others to have strength,” Issa said. 

“President Trump issued a mandate to NATO to get up to their 2% and they were a little bit complacent. They’re not complacent anymore because they know he was right. They know his policies were right before and his policies will be right in the next four years.”

Biden has often leaned on his foreign policy record in recent weeks as he faces calls from within his own party to drop out of the presidential race, as recent Fox News polling shows Trump has a 10-point lead on foreign policy with voters.

Speakers set to hit the stage on Wednesday before vice presidential nominee JD Vance include: Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. David Bellavia, Rep. Michael Waltz, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former acting Director of the United States National Intelligence Ric Grenell, Gold Star family members Alicia Lopez and Herman Lopez and Cheryl Jules and Christy Shamblin, and Donald Trump Jr.

Speaking for the first time publicly since the assassination attempt of former President Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the violence during a speech Wednesday in Michigan.

“As we all know, it was a heinous, horrible, cowardly act,” Harris said during a moderated campaign event in Kalamazoo. “Thankfully, he was not seriously injured.”

She said as soon as she and her husband Doug saw what was happening, they said a prayer for his well-being, and that their thoughts immediately turned to Trump’s wife, Melania.

“The bottom line is, no one should have to fear for the safety of a loved one because they serve in public office,” Harris continued.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Harris also shared her condolences with the family and friends of Corey Comperatore, who was struck by gunfire and killed at the rally while protecting his family.

“Our heart goes out to the family of Corey Comperatore, a true hero who died protecting his family. And Doug and I, of course, are holding them close in our hearts. We are also wishing those who were critically injured that day a swift and full recovery. And we are thankful to the United States Secret Service, the first responders and local authorities.”

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Law enforcement officers survey the scene where former President Trump was shot during a campaign rally on Saturday, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Harris said that the shooting also raised questions about how they should engage with each other during the campaign.

“The United States of America, I believe, is the greatest democracy the world has ever known. But in the aftermath of this weekend’s shootings, one of the questions we now confront is about the way we should engage with one another in this campaign,” Harris said. 

“On Sunday evening, our President Joe Biden issued a call for unity. And there must be unity around the idea that while our nation’s history has been scarred by political violence, violence is never acceptable. There can be no equivocation about that.”

Harris’s speech came one day after Biden delivered remarks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, where he once again called on people to “lower the temperature” in American politics following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, before repeatedly attacking Trump in his remarks.

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally Saturday in Butler, Pa. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“Just a few days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, we’re grateful he’s not seriously injured. We continue to pray for him and his family,” Biden said. “It’s time for an important conversation in this country. It’s gotten too heated.”

He referenced his Oval Office speech, saying it’s time to lower the temperature and condemn violence in any form. 

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“We have to say with one voice that violence is not the answer. That’s what we should rally around as a nation. That’s the unity I’m talking about. Few organizations know that better than the NAACP,” Biden said.

Fox News’ Nick Rojas contributed to this report.

FIRST ON FOX: Over two dozen Texas lawmakers are calling for the House Oversight Committee to look into “political rhetoric” used against former President Trump in their investigation into the assassination attempt that nearly took his life.

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability launched an investigation into the assassination attempt after the former president was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday.

State Rep. Ellen Troxclair, R-Texas, spearheaded a letter to the committee and Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., Wednesday, requesting they also look into “grotesque depictions of President Trump and the tens of millions of fellow Americans that support him as ‘enemies’ or ‘threats to democracy’ ahead of the assassination attempt.”

“Americans deserve answers,” the lawmakers wrote, first thanking the committee for opening an investigation into the deadly incident. “At minimum, we need to understand how the attempted assassination was able to occur and what will be done to ensure it does not happen again.”

COMER SUBPOENAS SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR TO TESTIFY IN PROBE OF TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Former President Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The Republicans then called on Congress to “include within its hearing an examination of the political rhetoric used during this current presidential campaign and how it has contributed to a rising threat of political violence.” 

FBI LEADS INVESTIGATION INTO ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP

House Oversight Chairman James Comer opened an investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Trump. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“While we are blessed to live in a country where we have a constitutional right to free speech, this constant flammable rhetoric has a tangible detrimental impact on our country,” the letter read. “The Oversight Committee is now uniquely situated to raise attention to the effect this has on the American people and to lead us back to a place of honest political discussion focused on policy positions.”

Troxclair, of Texas House District 19, was joined by 26 other Texas state representatives and 2024 nominees in the letter. 

Former President Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents after the shooting, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s recently announced 2024 running mate, used the assassination attempt to point the finger of blame at President Biden. 

“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination,” Vance posted on X, formerly Twitter, after the Trump rally shooting.

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The Oversight Committee plans to hold a hearing on the assassination attempt on June 22.

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What’s happening…

-65% of Democrats say Biden should drop out of race

-Top 5 moments from the RNC 

-86% of Americans concerned about violence in the election

Most prominent Democrat to revolt so far

Powerful Democratic California Rep. Adam Schiff called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race on Wednesday. 

“A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the President can defeat Donald Trump in November,” he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

Schiff was selected as one of the “top two” Senate primary winners in California. The winner of the Senate race will take the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. 

The House Democrat praised Biden’s accomplishments while in office, claiming, “Joe Biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history, and his lifetime of service as a Senator, a Vice President, and now as President has made our country better.”…Read more

Schiff became the 20th Congressional Democrat to call on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race. (Getty Images)

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PARTY POOPED: 65% of Democrats say Biden should drop out after debate disaster, poll finds …Read more

‘PRETTY DAMN GOOD’: Biden describes his mental acuity, but do voters agree? …Read more

Tales from the Campaign Trail

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Longtime Trump critic says president has unique chance to unite country …Read more

‘BELIEVE YOU CAN WIN’: Former Clinton campaign spox says Dems are acting like ‘losers’ about Biden ouster …Read more

‘RUBBER STAMP’: Harris tests Vance attack line after congratulatory voicemail …Read more

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‘DENIAL OF TRUTH’: Riley Gaines visits RNC with message for New York AG Letitia James, Democrats claiming to be party for women …Read more

TOP 5 MOMENTS: Recap Nikki Haley’s standing-O, ‘Babydog’ predictions, and more …Read more

BEST IN SHOW: All about Babydog: The governor’s pet that stole the show at the RNC …Read more

Babydog Justice sat in a chair next to Gov. Justice as he gave his address at the RNC. (Getty Images)

Across America

SOCIETY ON EDGE: 86% of Americans are concerned about acts of violence throwing the country into chaos, new poll finds …Read more

‘VERY KIND’ CALL: Widow of rally victim describes talk with Trump …Read more

‘SECURED THE PRESIDENCY’: Stephen A. Smith says shooter ‘just handed Donald Trump the election’ …Read more

DEADLY GROUND: Trump would-be assassin climbed AC unit to shooting perch: report …Read more

‘FIGHT’ SONG: Trump supporters have new rallying cry after assassination attempt …Read more

‘SAVED THE PRESIDENT’S LIFE’: Pennsylvania sheriff defends local officers who confronted Trump rally shooter …Read more

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The Democratic Party plans to formally nominate President Biden as the party’s 2024 nominee in a vote prior to their convention, according to a Wednesday letter.

The letter, sent to the Democratic National Convention Rules Committee from committee co-chairs Leah Daughtry and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, details plans to hold a virtual roll call for delegates, saying it is necessary to avoid potential litigation in Ohio and elsewhere. News of the vote comes as Democrats remain deeply divided over whether Biden should serve as the party’s nominee. The party will hold a rules meeting regarding the convention on Friday.

“Our discussion on Friday of how the Convention will operate will include discussion of a virtual voting element, which will end before the in-person Convention,” says the letter, which was obtained by Fox News Digital.

The letter confirms that virtual voting will begin no sooner than Aug. 1. It must conclude by Aug. 7 to avoid ballot access issues in Ohio. Frank LaRose, the Ohio secretary of state, repeatedly warned the Democratic Party that its plans to nominate Biden at the Aug. 19 convention violated Ohio law. The state’s election laws require a presidential candidate to be certified at least 90 days before Election Day.

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The Democratic Party plans to formally nominate President Biden as the party’s 2024 nominee in a vote prior to their convention, according to a Wednesday letter. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Having enough time to finalize our nominees and make sure they are on ballots around the country is critical. That is the driving reason for conducting a virtual voting process,” the letter states.

“No matter what may be reported, our goal is not to fast-track,” Daughtry and Walz added. “Our goals are to uphold our tradition of transparency, our commitment to an effective nominating process that delivers a nominee on all state ballots, and ultimately to set our nominees on a path to victory in November.”

The compressed schedule puts even more pressure on the growing number of Democrats who are hoping to pressure Biden to drop out of the race. So far, 20 Democrat lawmakers have publicly called for him to withdraw.

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Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was the latest lawmaker to defect, issuing a statement to the Los Angeles Times praising Biden as “one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history.”

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told the Los Angeles Times in a statement, “I have serious concerns about whether the president can defeat Donald Trump in November.” (Screenshot/NBC News)

“But our nation is at a crossroads,” he said. “A second Trump presidency will undermine the very foundation of our democracy, and I have serious concerns about whether the president can defeat Donald Trump in November.”

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“While the choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is time for him to pass the torch. And in doing so, secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election,” he added.

The Washington Post recently grilled President Biden about the embellished stories he has told audiences throughout his career. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Biden has insisted he is staying in the race, though the number of Democrat lawmakers calling for him to drop out is growing almost daily.

MILWAUKEE — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will “run circles” around Vice President Kamala Harris in a debate, Alabama Sen. Katie Britt told Fox News Digital in an interview at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Britt, a rising star in the GOP who delivered the official Republican rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address earlier this year, praised Vance ahead of his highly anticipated convention speech Wednesday night and predicted Americans would “love” him the moment they get to know him.

“I am excited to watch him debate Kamala Harris because it will not even be a contest. With all due respect to the vice president, our next vice president of the United States, JD Vance, is going to run circles around her. No doubt,” Britt said.

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Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Getty Images)

“I am honored not only to call JD a colleague, but to call him a friend … The best part about it is we’ve gotten to know each other as people, and when the American people get to know JD Vance, they are going to love everything about him.”

Britt later said Vance’s life story of pulling himself up by his bootstraps and pushing through “unimaginable” circumstances was part of why he is “uniquely suited to push forward President Trump’s agenda of secure borders, safe streets, stable prices, and really showing strength across the globe.”

She described the feeling of seeing Trump enter the convention hall on Monday to stand alongside Vance for the first time since his attempted assassination over the weekend as “electric.”

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Former President Trump applauds as Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance gestures on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)

“It was amazing. I mean, you could feel the energy,” Britt said. “Watching him walk in to “God Bless America,” there was a peace and a hope and a resiliency that not only came from him, but I think radiated across the entire arena.”

Harris called Vance to congratulate him after Trump announced him as his running mate and expressed hope they could meet at a vice presidential debate proposed by CBS News to be held at a later date.

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Trump previously accepted a vice presidential debate on behalf of his future running mate to be hosted on Fox News. However, the Biden campaign has only been willing to do the debate on CBS. 

No vice presidential debate has been confirmed yet, but Biden and Trump agreed to two presidential debates. The first was hosted by CNN on June 27 and the second will be hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.

Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.

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Donald J. Trump is often referred to as “President Trump” or “Mr. President,” and has formerly been known as “Commander in Chief,” “POTUS” and “45,” as he was the 45th President of the United States. He has also enjoyed several other prominent titles.

However, before Trump was the leader of the free world, he was lovingly known as “dad” to five children, including Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Barron, and “grandpa” to 10 grandchildren, beginning with the eldest, Kai.

Kai, 17, is seemingly ready to be cast into America’s political spotlight as she is slated to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention on Day 3 of the event in Milwaukee.

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Donald and Melania Trump with family including children, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany and grandchildren, Kai and Don III. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Trump’s vice presidential pick, will also take center stage tonight.

Recently, the daughter of Don Jr. and Vanessa Trump, now divorced, was a regaled guest of Dana White’s at the UFC 303 fight, which she attended opposite her dad. The Florida teen posed for photographs with White, the president of the UFC, former NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers and country music star Jelly Roll, among other A-listers.

Kai, born May 12, 2007, is an enthusiastic golfer. She is active on social media and regularly posts about her golf skills.

Last year, the Florida native started a YouTube channel. She kickstarted the outreach social media page with a video titled, “Get to know Kai Trump!”

“It should overall be a fun channel,” Kai said in the clip.

DONALD TRUMP JR. GAVE DAUGHTER A PUPPY FOR HER BIRTHDAY

Donald Trump Jr. is the father of Kai and four other children; Don III, Tristan, Spencer and Chloe. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

As Kai scampers around a golf course, her friend asks questions, and she gives viewers insight into some of her favorite things, which includes pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, proscuitto meat and ricotta cheese, and playing pickleball and tennis.

In March, Kai won the ladies’ club championship at the private Trump Golf Club in West Palm Beach. She has posted photographs and clips in the past playing with golf professional and PGA player Bryson DeChambeau.

Mixed into her fitness reels, Kai reminds social media users that she is an undoubted supporter of her grandpa.

On Saturday, while speaking to supporters at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, former President Trump was shot by a lone gunman perched on a rooftop nearby. He was struck in the ear before Secret Service agents covered him and removed him from the stage.

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Former President Trump during a campaign event at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Before being escorted away, the former president was recorded straight-armed with his fist in the air shouting “fight, fight, fight” to the crowd.

Kai took to Instagram to express her admiration for her grandfather’s unwavering will to wrangle the U.S. political system for the people. She wrote, “We love you Grandpa. Never stop fighting!” 

In mid-June, Kai joined tens of thousands of people at Turning Point USA’s leadership summit event hosted by Charlie Kirk in Detroit. She was photographed with former President Trump, Don Jr. and her brother, Don III, 15.

Trump will return to Detroit on Saturday with Vance for their first campaign rally as the official Republican ticket for the 2024 elections. The rally will be hosted indoors.

Kai’s other siblings include Tristan, Spencer and Chloe.

A new poll released on Wednesday found that 65% of Democrats say President Biden should drop out following his disastrous debate performance against former President Trump. 

The AP-NORC survey – which was conducted July 11-15, mostly completed before the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend – found that 7 in 10 adults, including 65% of Democrats, say Biden should withdraw and allow his party to select a different nominee.

Overall, 57% of adults say Trump should withdraw from the race and allow his party to name a replacement. But Trump is maintaining support from his party, with 73% of Republicans saying he should stay in the race.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

From Nikki Haley’s standing ovation to political predictions by “Babydog,” here are the biggest moments from Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1. Nikki Haley wins over the crowd

Former Ambassador and presidential contender Nikki Haley received a standing ovation at her main stage appearance from former President Trump – a signal of a desire for unity after bitter words were exchanged between the two on the campaign trail. 

Haley, who was Trump’s fiercest primary rival, gave the former president her “strong endorsement” during her speech on the RNC stage in Milwaukee, ending months of speculation on whether she would throw her weight behind the former president. 

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks on stage on the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“You don’t have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him,” Haley said. “Take it from me. I haven’t always agreed with President Trump. But we agree more often than we disagree.”

2. Ron DeSantis says America can’t afford another ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ presidency

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who also ran against Trump in the primary, got in a good dig against President Biden, telling the cheering crowd that the country “cannot afford four more years of a ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ presidency.” 

The reference to the 1993 film depicting a group of coworkers propping up their deceased boss as a puppet to not ruin a vacation got a laugh out of Trump, who was sitting in the audience.

“My fellow Republicans, let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and let’s send Donald Trump back to the White House. Life was more affordable when Donald Trump was president,” DeSantis said. “Our border was safer under the Trump administration, and our country was respected when Donald Trump was our commander in chief.”

3. Mom whose son died of a drug overdose drew tears from the crowd

Anne Fundner, who lost her 15-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning, brought the crowd at the RNC to tears Tuesday night with her remarks focused on the importance of securing the border and stopping the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.

Fundner, whose son, Weston, died on Feb. 27, 2022, said the Biden administration “does nothing” to aid the raging drug epidemic or border crisis. Fundner was part of a series of “Everyday Americans” who spoke about real life hardships they’ve suffered living in the U.S. under Biden administration policies. 

TRUMP ARRIVES AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION NIGHT 2 WITH FOCUS ON ‘MAKE AMERICA SAFE ONCE AGAIN’

Anne Fundner speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

“I hold Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the border czar – what a joke – and Gavin Newsom and every Democrat who supports open borders responsible for the death of my son,” Fundner said, prompting a standing ovation and loud cheers from the crowd.

She added: “For that alone, they should be voted out of office,” to which the crowd began chanting, “Joe must go!”

4. Brother of Morin family’s somber reminder of the costs of illegal immigration

The family of a mother of five who was murdered, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, took aim at the Biden administration for having “opened our borders” to the man accused of killing her.

“Rachel, a joyful, accomplished athlete and mother of five was raped and murdered by a suspected illegal immigrant,” Michael Morin, Rachel’s brother, told the crowd on Tuesday night. “This was described as among the most brutal and violent offenses that has ever occurred in Harford County, Maryland, history.”

Rachel Morin went out for a jog on a trail near her home but never made it back. Police found her body in a culvert, covered in bruises and with severe head trauma.

Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, faces a half-dozen charges, including first-degree murder, rape and kidnapping, in connection with Morin’s death.

“Joe Biden and his designated border czar Kamala Harris opened our borders to him and others like him, empowering them to victimize the innocent,” Michael Morin said.

He said they had not heard from the White House, but had heard from former President Trump.

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5. Baby Dog’s predictions

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice brought special guest “Babydog” along with him for his address at the GOP convention. It was a move that erupted on social media as political onlookers rejoiced over the appearance of the English bulldog.

TRUMP RUNNING MATE VANCE TO DELIVER ‘THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH’ OF HIS CAREER AT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

Former President Trump during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Justice is the Republican Senate candidate vying for the seat of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who is not seeking re-election. Justice said Babydog predicted the GOP in November will maintain the majority in the House, flip the Senate and “overwhelmingly” elect the Trump-Vance ticket for the White House. 

Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw and Michael Lee contributed to this report. 

About four in five Americans believe that the country is spiraling into chaos, according to a two-day poll. 

The poll by Ipsos for Reuters was conducted after the assassination attempt on former President Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania and after Trump announced Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his vice presidential running mate at the start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Monday. 

About 80% of respondents agreed with the statement that “the country is spiraling out of control.” 

TRUMP RUNNING MATE VANCE TO DELIVER ‘THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH’ OF HIS CAREER AT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

President Trump, with a bloodied ear, pumps his fist as the Secret Service rushed him offstage on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Trump Campaign Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The poll found 86% of Americans are concerned about acts of violence throwing the country into chaos, while 56% are very concerned. According to the survey of 1,202 general population adults aged 18 or older in the United States, 57% said they are very concerned, and 87% said they are totally concerned that Americans will resort to violence instead of coming together peacefully to solve disagreements. 

The poll, conducted online, sampled 1,202 adults, including registered voters – 402 Democrats, 361 Republicans and 331 Independents.

Former President Trump during the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

TRUMP ARRIVES AT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION NIGHT 2 WITH FOCUS ON ‘MAKE AMERICA SAFE ONCE AGAIN’

The poll found 84% of voters surveyed said they were concerned that extremists will commit acts of violence after the election. That marked a significant uptick from the 74% of voters who expressed that fear in the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in May. 

Former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance attend the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

About 67% of Americans said they feared acts of violence against their community because of their political beliefs. That rose from the 60% of respondents who said the same in a Reuters/Ipsos poll from June 2023.

About one in three respondents said they believed Trump was favored by divine providence after surviving the assassination attempt on Saturday. 

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According to the survey, 43% of registered voters said they preferred Trump, the Republican candidate, while 41% said they preferred President Biden, the Democratic incumbent, but the results fell between the poll’s three percentage point margin of error. The poll found 69% of Americans view Biden as too old to work in government, compared to 49% who see Trump as too old. 

The widow of the volunteer firefighter who was shot and killed over the weekend at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania says the former president called her and was “very kind,” a report says. 

Helen Comperatore wrote on Facebook that Trump phoned her on Tuesday, three days after her husband Corey was struck with gunfire while trying to protect his family during the campaign event in Butler, according to the New York Post. 

“He was very kind and said he would continue to call me in the days and weeks ahead,” the widow reportedly wrote. “I told him the same thing I told everyone else. He left this world a hero and God welcomed him in. He did not die in vain that day.” 

Helen Comperatore told the New York Post on Monday that her husband’s final words were “get down!” 

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Helen Comperatore, left, wrote in a Facebook post that former President Trump had called her on Tuesday following the rally shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13. (Jeff Swensen/Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“He’s my hero,” Helen Comperatore said to the newspaper from her home in Sarver, Pennsylvania. “He just said, ‘get down!’ That was the last thing he said.”  

“Me and the kids were all there as a family,” she added. “He was just excited. It was going to be a nice day with the family. 

Corey Comperatore, 50, was the former fire chief for the Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company. The department now has a memorial set up outside its firehouse featuring Comperatore’s uniform to honor who they described as a “brother, son, husband, father and friend.”  

LAST WORDS OF ‘HERO’ FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED AT TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING REVEALED 

Helen Comperatore, the wife of Corey Comperatore, calls for aid moments after Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on former president Trump during a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania.  (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Helen Comperatore also said President Biden tried to call her family following the incident but “I didn’t want to talk to him.  

“I didn’t talk to Biden,” she said. “My husband was a devout Republican and he would not have wanted me to talk to him.”  

“I don’t have any ill-will towards Joe Biden,” Comperatore added. “I’m not one of those people that gets involved in politics. I support Trump, that’s who I’m voting for but I don’t have ill-will towards Biden.” 

Former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore is pictured with his daughters in an undated family photo.  (Helen Comperatore/Facebook)

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Helen Comperatore has described the shooter at the rally, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, as a “despicable kid.”  

Vice President Kamala Harris said in a newly released video that former President Trump selected Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his running mate to be a “rubber stamp” for the Republican White House hopeful’s “extreme agenda.”

This comes ahead of Vance’s acceptance speech on Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Trump, now formally the Republican nominee for president, announced Vance as his pick for vice president on Monday.

“Trump looked for someone he knew would be a rubber stamp for his extreme agenda,” Harris said in the video.

“Make no mistake: JD Vance will be loyal only to Trump, not to our country,” she continued.

Harris and Vance spoke by phone after Vance’s nomination in a brief and respectful conversation, Fox News’ Alexis McAdams reports, after Harris left a congratulatory voicemail.

KAMALA HARRIS CONGRATULATES JD VANCE, HOPES ‘THAT THE TWO CAN MEET’ AT VP DEBATE

Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Trump chose Sen. JD Vance as his running mate to be a “rubber stamp” for his agenda. (Getty Images)

Harris also criticized Vance for saying in an interview with ABC News earlier this year that he would not have certified the 2020 election until states submitted pro-Trump electors if he were vice president at the time, noting in the interview that he believes unsubstantiated claims of election fraud in the 2020 election.

“Unlike Mike Pence, Vance said he would have carried out Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election,” Harris said.

The vice president further pointed to comments Vance made during his 2022 Senate campaign, when he said he supported a national abortion ban at 15 weeks, with some exceptions such as protecting the life of the mother. Harris also cited in her video Vance’s vote last month against a Democrat-led bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF. The bill was blocked by Republicans in the Senate.

“He supports a national abortion ban and voted against protecting IVF,” Harris said of Vance.

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed Sen. JD Vance “will be loyal only to Trump” and not America. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Harris also referenced Project 2025, a controversial initiative organized by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation and that was authored by a number of conservatives, including some former Trump administration officials.

Project 2025 offers right-wing policy recommendations for Trump should he win the presidency, including replacing civil service employees with Trump loyalists, abolishing the Department of Education, criminalizing pornography, eliminating DEI programs, cutting funding for Medicaid and Medicare, rejecting abortion as health care and infusing the government with Christian values.

TRUMP PICKS JD VANCE AS RUNNING MATE AS HE BECOMES GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE

Former President Trump’s pick for vice president, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump has sought to distance himself from the initiative, which has been criticized as an authoritarian and Christian nationalist plan that would undermine civil liberties, saying he knows nothing about it and that parts of it are “absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.”

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“And if elected, [Vance] will help implement the extreme Project 2025 plan for a second Trump term, which would target critical programs like Head Start and Medicare,” Harris said. “But we are not going to let that happen.”