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The judge in former President Trump’s federal election interference case on Friday made public more documents from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president just weeks before the 2024 election. 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered on Thursday night that additional documents be made public. The hundreds of pages of documents are Smith’s appendix of exhibits in the fight over whether Trump has a level of presidential immunity that negates the charges against him.

“Radical Democrats are hell-bent on interfering in the presidential election on behalf of Lyin’ Kamala Harris,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told Fox News Digital. “With just over two weeks until Election Day, President Trump is dominating this race and Crazed Liberals throughout the Deep State are freaking out.” 

Cheung added, “As mandated by the Supreme Court’s historic decision on Presidential Immunity and other vital jurisprudence, this entire case is a sham and a partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt that should be dismissed entirely — as should ALL of the remaining Democrat hoaxes.”

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Former President Trump, left, and Special Counsel Jack Smith. (Getty Images)

The majority of pages released to the public remain under seal and are not viewable by the public. Much of the unsealed material has been previously released in some form, including transcripts by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6. Other documents include old Trump campaign press releases, fundraising emails, White House press conference transcripts and news articles. 

In the order to release the documents, Chutkan cited Trump’s claim that the “asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference.” 

According to the judge, while there is a public interest for courts to avoid involving themselves in elections, “it is in fact Defendant’s requested relief that risks undermining that public interest.”

“If the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it, that withholding could itself constitute — or appear to be — election interference,” she argued. 

A court sketch depicts former President Trump’s legal representation appearing before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2023. (William J. Hennessy Jr.)

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She added that the court would continue keeping political considerations out of decisions, despite the defense’s request. 

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him by Smith. 

The Supreme Court earlier this year ruled that a president is immune from prosecution for official acts. 

Smith was then required to file another indictment against Trump, revising the charges in an effort to navigate the Supreme Court ruling. The new indictment kept the prior criminal charges but narrowed and reframed the allegations against Trump after the high court’s ruling that gave broad immunity to former presidents. 

Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the new indictment as well. 

Former President Trump and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File/United States Courts)

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In a filing unsealed earlier this month, Smith outlines a “factual proffer,” alleging Trump “resorted to crimes to try to stay in office” after losing the 2020 presidential election.

“With private co-conspirators, the defendant launched a series of increasingly desperate plans to overturn the legitimate election results in seven states that he had lost — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin,” Smith wrote. 

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Smith claims that the “throughline of these efforts was deceit,” claiming Trump and co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to interfere with the federal government function by which the nation collects and counts election results, which is set forth in the Constitution and the Electoral Count Act (ECA); a conspiracy to obstruct the official proceeding in which Congress certifies the legitimate results of the presidential election; and a conspiracy against the rights of millions of Americans to vote and have their votes counted.” 

Fox News’ Julia Johnson, Jake Gibson, David Spunt and Bill Mears contributed to this report. 

Georgia Republicans are already prepping for a potential “litigation minefield” after Election Day.

“Well, of course, you have to be prepared, right, in the case of a close election to look at the recounts,” Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon said.

The former Peach State lawmaker spoke with Fox News Digital on Thursday after back-to-back legal setbacks for the GOP-controlled State Elections Board (SEB).

On Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney temporarily blocked a new rule that would have required Georgia precinct Election Day ballots to be counted by hand by three county officials after being machine tabulated, to ensure the totals matched.

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Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon, lower right, spoke with Fox News Digital about the legal fights surrounding the election. (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)

The next day, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox, Jr. ruled that measure and several other provisions passed by the SEB to be “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.”

“We think he’s absolutely wrong with regard to the hand-count rule. We intend to appeal that decision,” McKoon said of the McBurney ruling, while praising him for a separate decision acknowledging “election board members are entitled to election-related information” ahead of the certification process.

He said the Georgia GOP had already filed an emergency appeal for Cox’s ruling.

“His decision was wrongheaded. I think it lacked any rational legal basis,” McKoon said. “If his decision were upheld, it would severely curtail the ability of the state elections board to regulate our elections and to do the job.”

Democratic critics of the new SEB rules accused the Republican members who voted for them of trying to sow doubt and chaos in Georgia’s election process. GOP skeptics, including State Secretary Brad Raffensperger, have argued their implementation is unworkable this close to the election.

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However, Republican Party officials like McKoon say such guardrails are necessary to ensure voter confidence – and that not having them in place would be fomenting uncertainty.

“These rules are designed to increase public confidence and reduce sort of this post-election chaos around a potential election contest or a recount. And so, if we don’t have these rules in place, it increases the likelihood in a close election of the kind of litigation minefield that we witnessed in 2020,” McKoon said. “And nobody wants that.”

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney temporarily blocked the hand-count ballot rule. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

He suggested Republicans were getting ready for that possibility, however.

“Now, I believe President Trump is going to win Georgia. I think he’s going to win by a margin so large that we’re not going to be in a litigation mode,” McKoon said. “But obviously, you work for the best outcome, but prepare for the worst.”

“So we’ve got our legal team in place. We’re certainly prepared for a close election to deal with those post-election legal processes you go through. So we have prepared for that, and we’re ready for that if that happens.”

Litigation in battleground states, both before and after an election, is not a new phenomenon for either party. Georgia voters stunned election watchers in 2020, when the traditionally red state went for President Biden by less than 1%. Though no findings of fraud were made by Georgia officials or the courts, allies of former President Donald Trump questioned the validity of the results and vowed to close what they saw as exploitable gaps in the electoral system.

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Democrats have accused the GOP of trying to engineer chaos in their favor via the legal system, citing the lack of proven instances of fraud.

Vice President Kamala Harris is also fighting hard for Georgia’s vote. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

In his Tuesday ruling, McBurney temporarily blocked implementation of the hand-count ballot rule after a lawsuit by the Cobb County Board of Elections. He ruled that the lack of plans for its implementation would likely do more harm than good at ensuring smooth elections, writing “the timing of its passage make implementation now quite wrong.”

Cox’s ruling also invalidates that measure, while also invalidating a rule directing county officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results and giving them the ability “to examine all election related documentation created during the conduct of elections.”

Additionally, Cox blocked new signature and photo ID requirements for people dropping off absentee ballots for others.

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In the second case, civil rights groups and some current and former Republican state officials argued the SEB did not have the constitutional right to implement such measures.

Defendants, which included the Georgia Republican Party, unsuccessfully lobbied that the state’s General Assembly gave the SEB the scope to craft such rules.

The rules were passed last month in a 3-2 vote by Trump-aligned Republicans on the elections board.

In a now-deleted social media post, the head of operations for the left-wing British Labour Party indicated “nearly 100” current and former party staffers will be headed to the U.S. to help Vice President Kamala Harris during the final stretch before the election.

The Labour Party leader, Sofia Patel, took to LinkedIn earlier this week to solicit help from current and former members of the party who would be willing to campaign for Harris in the key battleground state of North Carolina. Patel indicated in her post that she had already organized “nearly 100 Labour Party staff” to stump across the key battleground states of Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia but had about 10 spots left for anyone willing to head to North Carolina. 

“We will sort your housing,” Patel assured anyone interested. “Email me on labourforkamala@gmail.com if you’re interested.” 

Patel, in addition to deleting the post, appeared to delete her entire LinkedIn page as of Friday morning as well.   

There is no indication the Labour Party’s efforts have been coordinated with the Harris campaign. Fox News Digital reached out to both for comment but did not receive any on-the-record response by publication time. 

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A banner for the Labour Party Conference, held in Liverpool, England, is seen on Sept. 24, 2024. (Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Following news of the Labour Party’s plans to help Harris, critics took issue with the move, with some slamming it as foreign election interference. 

“Yet another reason to vote for President Trump,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said. “More foreign election interference from the Democrats,” added Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y. 

Meanwhile, Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., called for an investigation. “Election interference from foreign nationals. Investigate!” Collins wrote on X. 

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Elon Musk and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., both outright called the move illegal.  

“You are breaking FEC laws,” Greene said in a social media post directed at the Labour Party. “Foreign nationals are not allowed to be involved in anyway in U.S. elections. Please go back to the UK and fix your own mass immigration problems that are ruining your country.” 

Musk, meanwhile, simply responded “This is illegal.”

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X’s “Community Notes” function, which serves to provide context for inaccurate or misleading information on the platform, flagged Greene’s remarks for additional context, however. According to the additional context added to her post, while federal election law does not allow foreign-nationals to make monetary or in-kind contributions in connection with federal races, it is permissable to participate in campaign activities as an uncompensated volunteer.

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American journalist Isaac Saul, who founded a digital news project called Tangle News aimed at providing a non-partisan take on news headlines, echoed the arguments from X’s community note.

“Elon Musk claiming Labour Party leaders are violating the law by coming here to campaign. They aren’t,” Saul wrote on X in response to Musk’s comments that the Labour Party’s work was “illegal.”

“This is only illegal if they are being compensated – the FB post indicates they are seeking volunteers,” Saul pointed out.

Former President Donald Trump highlighted during a “Fox and Friends” interview that he soundly defeated 2024 Republican presidential primary rival Nikki Haley, but that the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador in Trump’s administration is “helping” him on the campaign trail.

Trump, during an extended interview Friday morning on the popular Fox News Channel morning program, was asked by co-host Brian Kilmeade whether he has asked Haley to help him win over Republicans reluctant to support the former president.

“I’ll do what I have to do,” Trump responded. 

Donald Trump stressed that he “beat Nikki [Haley] badly” during the Republican presidential primaries during a “Fox & Friends” interview Friday morning, while also adding that his former rival is “helping” his presidential campaign.

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Riverfront Sports, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

“I’ll do what I have to do,” Trump said when asked if he would call on Haley to join the campaign trail, going on to emphasize, “Nikki Haley and I fought, and I beat her by 50, 60, 90 points. I beat her in her own state by numbers that nobody’s ever been beaten by. I beat Nikki badly.”

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Haley launched her presidential campaign in February of last year, becoming the first major candidate to challenge Trump, who had announced his candidacy three months earlier. And she ended up being his final rival, battling the former president in a contentious two-candidate showdown from the New Hampshire primary in late January through Super Tuesday in early March.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks as she announces that she is suspending her campaign, in Charleston, South Carolina, March 6, 2024.  (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Haley announced that she was suspending her White House campaign on March 6, the day after Trump swept 14 of 15 GOP nominating contests on Super Tuesday.

As she departed the race, Haley made it clear that she intended to keep speaking out. And she continued to grab up to 20% of the vote in Republican presidential primaries in the months after she dropped out.

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In late May, in her first public comments since announcing the end of her 2024 campaign, Haley said she would vote for Trump.

Haley won a total of 97 delegates during the Republican presidential primaries. And she released all of her delegates and urged them to support Trump. 

In August, in a high-profile address, Haley spoke in support of Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Former Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ((PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images))

On Friday, Trump appeared to express some frustration regarding whether he will ask Haley to campaign on his behalf in the final stretch leading up to Election Day.

“Everybody keeps saying that. They don’t say ‘get [Florida Gov.] Ron [DeSantis] and Ron did very well,” Trump said. “But again, I beat everybody by numbers that have never happened before. And they keep talking about Nikki. Nikki, I like Nikki. Nikki, I don’t think she should have done what she did. And that’s fine that she did it.”

Trump added, “They say, ‘Oh, when is Nikki coming back?’”

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He emphasized that “Nikki is in. Nikki is helping us already….Nikki is already in, you know, she’s out campaigning.”

Sources familiar confirm to Fox News that Haley is in talks to join Trump on the campaign trail.

Up until now, Haley’s efforts to help Trump court disgruntled Republicans and others not backing the GOP presidential nominee have been limited to some fundraising emails.

While Trump retains vast sway over the GOP, even a small sliver of Republicans supporting Vice President Kamala Harris could make an important impact in what will likely be a tight race in the battleground states.

The vice president has stepped up efforts in recent weeks to court Republicans who backed Haley during the GOP primaries.

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With Election Day inching closer, a recent survey suggested that a majority of Americans believe they are worse off than they were four years ago.

The Gallup poll, released Friday, found that 52 percent of Americans said they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago. The Gallup poll was conducted Sept. 16-28 among 1,023 Americans and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

Another 39 percent said they were better off, while 9 percent said they felt the same now as they did back then.

Gallup noted that these results are most similar to their 1992 survey – when then-Gov. Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush.  

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Money and receipt being placed on the payment binder for payment of a meal. (iStock)

The responses varied on the person’s party affiliation.

About 72% of Democrats say they were better off in 2024 than 2020, according to the survey. The numbers were much lower for independents, 35%, and Republicans, just 7%.

Inside view of a young woman selecting her products from the till to make sure she gets the correct price she is using a touchscreen till and is also wearing a protective facemask whilst inside the supermarket to protect yourself and others during the pandemic. (iStock)

The polling powerhouse noted that participant’s response to whether they felt “better off” was typically tied to the U.S. economy. 

Gallup’s monthly Economic Confidence Index (ECI), which ranges from -100 to +100, was currently at -26, with 39 percent saying they were better off financially four years ago. 

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The organization has been tracking ECI’s since 1992. Since the start, the highest ECI score was +56 in January 2000, and the lowest was -72 in October 2008.

Gallup noted that former President Trump’s 2020 loss to now-President Biden was a “sign that noneconomic factors were paramount to voters that year.” 

Multiple media outlets have insisted that Americans criticizing the economy under Biden do not realize how good they have it. ((Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images))

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Gallup noted that the ECI has largely been negative over the past four years.

In 2022, the index registered several scores that were the worst since the 2007-2009 recession and inflation reached highs. 

During the past three years, Americans have named inflation as the most important financial problem facing their family. The survey’s findings suggest that inflation is an underlying fear of many Americans’ perception of the economy – despite the generally low unemployment and steady economic growth.

Approximately 46 percent of Americans say their current economic conditions are “poor,” some 29 percent described them as “only fair,” while 25 percent said they were “good” or “excellent.” 

Additionally, 62 percent said the economy is “getting worse,” while 32% said in the survey that it is “getting better.”

A side-by-side of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP Images)

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Top Issues in the 2024 Election:

The survey found key areas that were on the top of voter’s minds as they headed to the polls.

1. Economy: 21%
2. Immigration: 21%
3. Government: 17%
4. Inflation: 14%

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A more recent Fox News poll, conducted Oct. 11-14, found that the economy continues to outrank all other issues, as 40% say it is the most important issue in deciding their choice for president. 

Less than half as many prioritize immigration and abortion, and far fewer cite issues such as election integrity, health care, climate change, guns, crime and foreign policy.

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Fox News’ Victoria Balara and Dana Blanton contributed to this report.

Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t hold back on pro-life protesters as she talked to her supporters about expanding abortion rights at her campaign stop in Wisconsin on Thursday, just hours before she skipped the Al Smith Catholic charity dinner.

“We will move forward because ours is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom — for freedom. Like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” Harris said to the crowd.

“And again, we’re not going to be gaslighted on this. We remember Donald Trump hand-selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Roe v. Wade, and they did as he intended,” she added.

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena, in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris was then interrupted by anti-abortion protesters and said, “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” as she flashed a grin.

“I think you meant to go to the smaller one down the street,” she added — referring to former President Trump’s — as rallygoers erupted in cheers. 

On social media, users speculated Harris was responding to a particular attendee who shouted, “Jesus is Lord.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.

The rally came as Harris skipped the 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City. The dinner was launched in 1946 and has raised millions of dollars for charities supporting women and children. 

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with his wife Melania Trump and Archbishop of New York Timothy M. Dolan (L) attend the 79th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Hilton Midtown in New York, October 17, 2024.  (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

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It has since grown to become a political and cultural hallmark of election seasons, but Harris surprised many by skipping the bipartisan political event that typically adds a bit of levity to the campaign trail each presidential election cycle. 

Harris was the first major-party presidential contender since Walter Mondale in 1984 to skip the event.

Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood and Emma Colton contributed to this report. 

LANSING, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris is back in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state of Michigan.

“It’s the time to make a plan to vote. Make a plan,” Harris urged supporters at a rally in Grand Rapids, the first of her three stops here Friday. “Michigan, today I ask you…..are you ready to make your voices heard?”

And she emphasized to the crowd that “we’ve got to energize and organize and mobilize and remind our neighbors and our friends that their vote is their voice.”

However, the Democratic presidential nominee didn’t have Michigan to herself on Friday with under three weeks to go until Election Day.

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former President Trump, the Republican standard-bearer, is also in Michigan. 

Trump’s first stop: a campaign office in Hamtramck, the only Muslim-majority city in the U.S. 

Hamtramck Democratic Mayor Amer Ghalib, the first Arab American and first Muslim to lead the city, attended the event. Ghalib made headlines a month ago by endorsing Trump, even though three city council members in the same city have endorsed Harris.

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“Frankly, it’s an honor,” Trump said if the mayor’s endorsement, as he took questions from reporters upon arrival in Michigan.

Both Trump and Harris are courting the state’s consequential Arab American voters, who make up over two percent of Michigan’s population, the highest percentage of any state in the nation.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks as Hamtranck Mayor Amer Ghalib listens at a campaign office, Friday, in Hamtranck, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Trump campaign this year has seen an opening among Arab Americans, over their anger at the current administration’s support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza.

“I don’t think they’re going to be voting for her [Harris],” Trump argued.

And pointing to the latest polls in the state, he touted “I hear we’re leading in Michigan.”

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Many of the latest public opinion surveys in the swing state do indicate Trump with a very slight edge over Harris in a margin-of-error race.

Matt Grossman, a Michigan State University political science professor, spotlighted the state’s “unique dynamics” as he pointed to Harris’ perceived “weakness” with Arab American voters as well as the state’s sizable Black electorate.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a campaign office, Friday, in Hamtranck, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Michigan is one of seven crucial swing states whose razor-thin margins decided President Biden’s 2020 election victory over Trump. And all seven states are likely to determine if Harris or Trump wins November’s election to succeed Biden in the White House.

Michigan, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, are the three Rust Belt states that make up the Democrats’ so-called “Blue Wall.”

The party reliably won all three states for a quarter-century before Trump narrowly captured them in the 2016 election to win the White House.

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Four years later, in 2020, Biden carried all three states by razor-thin margins to put them back in the Democrats’ column and defeated Trump.

Harris, who in July replaced Biden atop the Democrats’ 2024 ticket, and Trump — as well as their running mates — have made numerous stops in the Blue Wall states this summer and autumn, and both campaigns and allied groups have built up get-out-the Rust Belt battlegrounds.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a UAW union hall, in Lansing, Mich., Friday. (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)

And on Friday evening, both Harris and Trump were scheduled to be campaigning in and around Detroit. 

The vice president was holding a rally in suburban Oakland County, while the former president was also in the county for a roundtable discussion in Auburn Hills before headlining a rally in downtown Detroit.

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With Michigan a must win state for Harris, she is spending the night and holding a get-out-the-vote event on Saturday in Detroit with Lizzo, a popular singer and rapper who was born in the Motor City.

Lizzo revealed this week that she had voted early for Harris.

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Here’s what’s happening…

-Israeli tank fires at building where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was barricaded before being killed

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Obamas on the trail for Harris

As the 2024 election showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump reaches the home stretch, Harris will team up next week with arguably the two most popular Democrats in the country.

The Harris campaign announced on Friday that the vice president will join former President Barack Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, for get-out-the-vote events in two of the seven crucial battleground states – Georgia and Michigan.

According to the campaign, Harris will team up with the Obamas in Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 24. Early voting kicked off in the key southeastern battleground earlier this week and instantly set a new record…Read more

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear on stage in between their addresses on the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

White House

‘UTTER DESTRUCTION’: Harris declined to intervene on behalf of native tribe push to protect sacred site from wind farm…Read more

Capitol Hill

‘DESPERATE STUNT’: House Dems sue FEC accusing GOP of exploiting campaign loophole…Read more

‘WILL NOT WAVER’: Sen. John Fetterman proclaims unflinching support for Israel…Read more

‘ROT AND DECAY’: Rep Hank Johnson says SCOTUS term limits are path forward for removing ‘corrupt’ justices…Read more

Tales from the Trail

SILVER STATE SENATE: Nevada Senate hopefuls tackle trans athletes, immigration and UFOs in only debate…Read more

THE BRITISH ARE COMING: Labor Party to descend on US to help Harris…Read more

‘HELPING US ALREADY’: Trump takes jab at former GOP rival before praising her involvement with his campaign…Read more

‘LITIGATION MINEFIELD’: Georgia Republicans readying post-election legal strategy…Read more

ORDER IS IN: Judge orders more Jack Smith Trump investigation docs to be made public ahead of election…Read more

‘FED UP’: Voter frustration with crime, liberal DAs mounting in California while Harris mum on controversial Prop 47…Read more

‘SEEMED NORMAL TO ME‘: Actor says timing of documentary on former president’s assassination attempt ‘might seem interesting’…Read more

PARANOIA: MSNBC’s Al Sharpton, Donny Deutsch ‘convinced’ they’ll be put on enemy’s ‘list’ if Trump elected…Read more

WHO’S MORE ACCESSIBLE?: Trump-Vance ticket has done combined 83 interviews since August compared to 45 for Harris-Walz…Read more

Across America

GET OFF MY CASE: Would-be Trump assassin wants Judge Cannon to recuse herself for dismissing document case…Read more

‘RADICAL GENDER ACTIVIST’: Texas sues doctor accused of violating ban on transgender medical procedures…Read more

‘ASTRONOMICAL’ DAMAGE’: Helene ‘like a bomb went off’: Florida Rep. Kat Cammack details severe hurricane damage…Read more

Middle East

BLOOD BROTHERS: Sinwar’s ruthless brother Mohammed slated to take over as leader of Hamas…Read more

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Vulnerable incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey turned heads Friday with a new campaign ad in Pennsylvania that highlights how he “bucked Biden” and “sided” with former President Trump.

In a TV spot released Friday morning, a married couple with different political views each praise Casey as an “independent,” highlighting his support for Trump’s trade policies and efforts to “protect fracking” from the Biden administration. The ad, called “Bliss,” features a Republican woman named Marygrace and her Democrat husband, Joe. 

“Our marriage – pure bliss! But on politics, we just don’t agree. Except for Bob Casey. He’s independent,” Marygrace says, with her husband chiming in, “That’s right!”

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“Casey’s leading the effort to stop corporate greedflation and price-gouging,” Marygrace continues. “Casey bucked Biden to protect fracking and he sided with Trump to end NAFTA and put tariffs on China to stop them from cheating. So in this house, we agree, it’s Bob Casey who’s doing right by Pennsylvania.”

Casey himself appears at the end of the 30-second video and says, “I’m Bob Casey and definitely approve this message.”

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Senator Bob Casey (D- PA) addresses supporters before former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for statewide Democratic candidates on Sept. 21, 2018, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Getty Images)

Fox News’ Power Rankings rate the Pennsylvania Senate election as “Leans Dem.” Casey, the son of a popular former governor, is running for a fourth six-year term. His Republican challenger is Dave McCormick, a combat veteran and businessman. 

Public opinion polls have shown Casey with a consistent, but narrow, lead over McCormick. However, Republicans were quick to suggest that Casey, by highlighting his work with Trump, is telegraphing unease as Election Day draws closer. 

Elizabeth Gregory, a McCormick spokesperson, said the ad was “another sign of desperation from flailing career politician Bob Casey.” 

Republican critics also called attention to how the ad curiously neglects to mention Casey’s support for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. The senator did not appear with Harris at her most recent rallies in Erie and Washington Crossing. 

GOP state Rep. Russ Diamond said Casey is now “running ads cozying up to Trump.” 

“He knows Kamala is going to lose,” Diamond posted on Facebook.

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Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The Trump campaign’s rapid response account on X accused Casey of “desperately trying to embrace President Trump” after voting to impeach the former president twice. 

The Trump War Room account also resurfaced a March ad from Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin’s campaign, in which the incumbent Democrat featured Trump in the ad signing her “Made in America” bill. Baldwin is in a tight race against Republican challenger Eric Hovde. 

“These are liberal Democrats who have opposed Donald Trump every step of the way going back years, voting with Chuck Schumer all the time, but faced with their own defeats, they have suddenly publicly embraced Trump in their own TV ads,” Trump campaign senior adviser Tim Murtaugh told Fox News Digital.  “Not only does this mean that Trump is winning the battle of ideas, it also means they know he is winning in their states.” 

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“This is undeniable, irrefutable proof that Trump is winning in these key battlegrounds, and those bumps you hear are Kamala Harris being thrown under the bus by incumbent Democrats, who used to be her colleagues in the Senate. The Harris camp must be beside themselves with fury over being rejected and abandoned like this, but that’s what happens when you get stuck with the worst candidate in modern political history.”

Kate Smart, a Casey campaign spokesperson, said the senator “does what’s right for Pennsylvania, regardless of party.” 

“Whether it’s standing up to China or fighting corporate greed, he stands with Pennsylvanians and doesn’t care what any politician has to say about it.”

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The Democratic National Committee on Friday rolled out a Taylor Swift-themed “I Will Vote” campaign to target young voters across battleground states with just over two weeks until Election Day. 

The DNC’s “I Will Vote” campaign includes a new Snapchat filter urging young voters to be “fearless” on issues that Democrats say “will decide this election,” including reproductive rights and the economy, while urging them to “learn how to cast their ballot for Vice President Harris this November.”

TAYLOR SWIFT ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT AFTER DEBATE: ‘I’VE MADE MY CHOICE’

The ads are set to kick off in Miami, Fla., with a mobile billboard on a boat near Swift’s concert venue in Miami and billboards across the city. 

Taylor Swift performs on stage during the “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024, in London, England.  (Kate Green/Getty Images)

The DNC said the ads are set to “welcome voters to their ‘Kamala Era.'” 

The Snapchat filter says, “In My Voting Era,” at the top of the screen and the words “Be fearless for,” where users can select from the following: “democracy; reproductive rights; climate action; student loan debt relief; health care; racial justice; LGBTQ+ rights; economic opportunity; and equality.”

“This election will determine the future for young voters, from student loan debt relief and economic opportunity to whether they have fewer rights than their grandmothers did,” DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin said. “Democrats are reaching out to young voters where they are, from concert venues to social media platforms, to make sure they have the resources they need to cast their ballot.” 

The DNC said the ads are set to “welcome voters to their ‘Kamala Era.'”  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Boeglin said Democrats are “not taking any vote for granted, and we’ll continue to make sure young voters across the country know everything that’s at stake and the stark contrast between Vice President Harris’ New Way Forward and Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda.” 

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“Our country’s youth are mobilized to speak now for the future they deserve, and they’ll elect Vice President Harris, Governor Tim Walz, and Democrats down the ballot in November,” Boeglin said. 

The Trump campaign has repeatedly said that it is not involved in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

Taylor Swift endorsed Harris shortly after the presidential debate between the vice president and former President Donald Trump concluded last month. 

Taylor Swift performs in Munich, Germany, on July 27. (Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images)

Writing on Instagram, the pop star said she will be voting for Harris, because “she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”

“I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered!” Swift wrote to her 283 million followers. “I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.”

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Swift signed the post: “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady,” in an apparent dig at Trump’s running-mate, Sen. JD Vance, who said in an interview in 2021 that “we are effectively run in this country, via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made, and so they wanna make the rest of the country miserable, too.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, while serving as California’s attorney general, declined to intervene on behalf of efforts by local Native American tribes to protect a sacred burial site from being turned into a wind farm that critics labeled a green energy boondoggle.

California’s Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) voted in 2013 to declare land used for the Ocotillo Express Wind Facility as a “sacred site” after hearing several hours of “emotional” testimony from local Native Americans who, according to East County Magazine, contended “that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ignored their concerns and its duty to protect a clearly documented sacred site and cemetery in the fast-tracked approval process for the Ocotillo Express Wind Facility.”

Tribal leaders at the time described the Ocotillo wind project as “utter destruction,” “constructed on top of the graves of our ancestors,” and a “violation of trust.”

Local Native Americans argued that the wind facility was built on what is known as the “Valley of the Dead,” which they claimed for over 10,000 years as a site where ancestral remains were buried. While some tribes supported the wind farm, the NAHC voted 4-0 to ask Attorney General Harris to explore legal options.

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Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris sat down for an interview on the raunchy “Call Her Daddy” podcast earlier this week.  (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

“I really want to say, ‘Dismantle it and give the land back to the tribes’ . . . I’d like to ask the Attorney General to . . . give this commission more teeth so we could say, ‘Tear that wall down,’” NAHC Commissioner Marshall McKay said at the time.

Then-AG Harris did not step in to take legal action in favor of the activists, instead, Harris’ office “determined that the Native American Heritage Commission has no jurisdiction to bring action in the form of a lawsuit against a federal agency for a project situated on federal land.”

“Further, the Attorney General can no longer represent the Native American Heritage Commission on the Ocotillo Project due to a conflict of interest.”

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Greenville, North Carolina – October 13: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Local media described Harris’ actions as having “thwarted” the efforts of the tribes.

“Pattern Energy’s industrial wind facility was built atop lands known as ‘Valley of the Dead’ by Native American tribes for over 10,000 years,” East County Magazine wrote.

“The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians also objected to the desecration of ancestral remains and persuaded the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) that the state should take action on their behalf, but those efforts were thwarted by California Attorney General Kamala Harris.”

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the Hurricane Helene recovery response in North Carolina on October 5, 2024. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Ocotillo wind farm facility has had a litany of problems including safety issues and shut-downs. Those safety issues included equipment spraying oil across the sacred site, turbines catching fire, and one tower catastrophically losing a blade. In 2021, BLM temporarily shut down the plant after its second tower collapse in five years.

Questions have also been raised whether the wind farm facility has even delivered on its promised green energy benefits after it fell short of its capacity forecast three years in a row and prompting experts to wonder whether the need for the plant was simply “spin.”

“It was heartbreaking to see this project desecrate such a historically and culturally significant landscape, and it’s even worse when you find out that it was built on false claims by the developer, and with the assistance of the BLM. “Anthony Pico, Chairman, Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, said, according to East County Magazine.

“Does economics trump justice in this country? I believe it does, and that profoundly saddens me,’ Pico told commissioners during the showdown. “I cannot understand, we cannot understand, how federal and state institutions who have trusted fiduciary responsibility to Native Americans, allowed the utter destruction of arguably the richest cultural resource in our country in Ocotillo Valley.’”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.

“The Ocotillo Wind facility began operations 12 years ago after it was designated by the U.S. government as a critical resource for protecting the country’s energy security. The vital clean energy facility brought 370 jobs to Imperial County and provides enough clean electricity to provide power for 300,000 Americans each year without any emissions or water use,” a spokesperson for Pattern Energy told Fox News Digital. “Ocotillo Wind uses American-made wind turbines that generated more than $20 million in sales tax revenue for Imperial County and the state of California. Over the first 20 years of operations, Ocotillo Wind expects to generate more than $100 million for local taxing jurisdictions, with Imperial County, Imperial Valley College, and the Imperial Unified School District being significant beneficiaries.”

 “The Ocotillo facility was carefully sited to not directly impact cultural resources while supporting America’s energy needs. During development, the company spent three years carefully planning, listening to the community and addressing feedback through numerous project revisions, which resulted in a final design that received the support of many local residents, officials and Native American Tribes.”

A Florida district judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday, halting the state government from threatening to proceed with legal measures against television stations over pro-abortion ads. 

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the pro-abortion collective behind the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative, which would end Florida’s 6-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion in the state’s constitution, filed its suit against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former general counsel to the Florida Department of Health John Wilson earlier this week. 

Amendment 4’s language states, “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

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The suit was spurred after the Florida Department of Health sent letters to television stations broadcasting the pro-abortion ads, wherein the department stated the advertisements were “false” and “dangerous.” The department proceeded to request that the ads be removed within 24 hours, or it would proceed with legal measures.

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the pro-abortion collective behind the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative, which would end Florida’s 6-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion in the state’s constitution, filed its suit against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, pictured here, and former general counsel to the Florida Department of Health John Wilson earlier this week. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Floridians Protecting Freedom argued that such a move was a violation of the collective’s First Amendment right to run political advertisements in support of the proposed amendment. 

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“While Defendant Ladapo refuses to even agree with this simple fact, Plaintiff’s political advertisement is political speech—speech at the core of the First Amendment,” District Judge Mark E. Walker wrote in the order. 

“The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is ‘false.’ ‘The very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind through regulating the press, speech, and religion,'” Walker continued, quoting a U.S. Supreme Court opinion.

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“The fact is, these ads are unequivocally false and detrimental to public health in Florida,” Jae Williams, communications director for the Florida Department of Health, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The media continues to ignore the truth that Florida’s heartbeat protection law always protects the life of a mother and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest, and human trafficking.”

Lauren Brenzel, campaign director of Yes on 4, called the order a “triumph for every Floridian who believes in democracy and the sanctity of the First Amendment” in a statement released shortly after the order was issued. 

Amendment 4’s language states, “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.” (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

“The court has affirmed what we’ve known all along: the government cannot silence the truth about Florida’s extreme abortion ban. It’s a deadly ban that puts women’s lives at risk,” the statement continued. “This ruling is a powerful reminder that Floridians will not back down in the face of government intimidation.”

NEW JERSEY DEMOCRAT PROPOSES BILL TO CREATE TRAVEL ADVISORIES TO INFORM PREGNANT WOMEN OF STATE ABORTION LAWS

Gov. Ron DeSantis deputy press secretary Julia Friedland told Fox News Digital in a statement, “Surprise, surprise, the most overturned judge on the district court issued another order that excites the press, but these current stories all look past the core issue – the ads are unequivocally false and put the lives and health of pregnant women at risk. Florida’s heartbeat protection law always protects the life of a mother and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest and human trafficking.”

The order is set to expire on Oct. 29. 

Former President Donald Trump previously called Florida’s proposed amendment “radical” in an interview with Fox News, saying he disagreed with the amendment upon hearing about it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former President Donald Trump previously called Florida’s proposed amendment “radical” in an interview with Fox News but also said he believes Florida’s six-week abortion ban is too short.

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“You need more time than six weeks. I’ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries,” Trump told Fox News in August. “When I heard about it, I disagreed with it. At the same time, the Democrats are radical because the nine months is just a ridiculous situation.” 

The House Democrats‘ campaign arm filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Thursday, alleging the agency’s failure to take action has led to Republican candidates using a campaign finance loophole in their television advertisements. 

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) filed its initial complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief in D.C. District Court, which was first reported by Axios. The DCCC is arguing that Republicans are disguising attack ads paid for by joint fundraising committees as fundraising ventures, therefore circumventing fundraising caps.  

The suit comes after Senate Democrats previously accused Republicans of using the tactic and appealed to the FEC to rule if such a strategy is allowed. The commission voted 3-3 along party lines last week, thus allowing the GOP to continue with its ads. 

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“Federal law is clear that party committee expenditures coordinated with candidates are subject to limits. Republican candidates are so cash strapped that they’re now brazenly exploiting a self-created loophole to spend party committee money on candidate ads, well in excess of applicable limits, at the lowest unit charge,” Rachel L. Jacobs, general counsel for the DCCC, told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

The DCCC is arguing that Republicans are disguising attack ads paid for by joint fundraising committees as fundraising ventures, therefore circumventing fundraising caps. (Getty Images)

“Their actions require DCCC and Democratic House candidates to make a choice between engaging in conduct they think is illegal at the risk of getting penalized by the FEC and/or Department of Justice, or being at a competitive disadvantage to their Republican counterparts to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.”

The DCCC is now asking the federal court to rule on whether the practice is illegal ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

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FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey told Axios, “I fully expect the FEC to prevail in this frivolous lawsuit. We will see the DCCC in court.” 

The FEC declined to provide additional comment on ongoing litigation when asked for a statement by Fox News Digital. 

In a statement to Axios, National Republican Senatorial Committee General Counsel Ryan Dollar called the suit “a desperate stunt,” saying the television ads were “approved unanimously in 2007 and reaffirmed last week.”

The DCCC is now asking the federal court to rule on whether the practice is illegal ahead of the Nov. 5 election. (Getty Images)

“I’d be curious to hear what Harris Victory has to say about this ridiculous lawsuit, given that they have engaged in these ads themselves,” Dollar told the outlet. 

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With just a few weeks out from Election Day, Republicans are fighting to maintain control of the House and take over the Senate. The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the leading outside group supporting House Republicans and closely aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson, reported its highest fundraising quarter ever earlier this month, announcing an $81.4 million haul during the July-September third quarter of 2024 fundraising.  

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the leading outside group supporting House Republicans and closely aligned with House Speaker Mike Johnson, reported its highest fundraising quarter ever earlier this month, announcing an $81.4 million haul during the July-September third quarter of 2024 fundraising. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The CLF also announced at the time that it would be funneling another $11 million in new ad reservations, sharing the news first with Fox News Digital. 

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Likewise, the Senate Leadership Fund, the leading super PAC supporting Republican incumbents and candidates, announced it hauled in $114.5 million during the same fundraising quarter. 

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 

The judge in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case on Friday made public more documents from special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president just weeks before the 2024 election. 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered on Thursday night that additional documents be made public. 

The documents pertain to the appendix of exhibits in the fight over whether Trump has a level of presidential immunity that negates the charges against him.

Donald Trump and Jack Smith  (Getty Images)

Chutkan cited in the order Trump’s claim that the “asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference.” 

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. 

Fox News’ Julia Johnson, Jake Gibson, David Spunt and Bill Mears contributed to this report. 

Proposition 47, a progressive proposal headed by George Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, could be going down the drain come election night as polling shows a partial-repeal effort has the support of the majority of California voters. 

Gascon’s job, along with other progressive district attorneys who championed Prop. 47 across the state, could also be at risk from voter backlash.

Voter outrage is “sort of a message to [Vice President] Kamala Harris, who was the one that was a big supporter of Prop. 47 by giving it a misleading ballot title,” former Republican Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told Fox News Digital. 

“So it’s a rejection of her, it’s a rejection of Gascon, who was the official proponent of Prop. 47, and the rejection of Soros-type prosecutors,” Cooley said.

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The Manhattan Beach Police Department is asking members of the public to help identify suspected smash-and-grab robbers. (Manhattan Beach Police Department)

Also known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act passed by Californians in 2014, Prop. 47 made theft under $950 punishable by up to six months in jail and reclassified felonies down to misdemeanors “unless the defendant had prior convictions of murder, rape, certain sex offenses, or certain gun crimes.” 

Gascon, who co-authored the ballot measure, sought to rethink tough-on-crime policies and reduce mass incarceration.

But in the last several years, retail chains and mom-and-pop shops have been hit hard by theft, smash-and-grab robberies and organized retail crime gangs. Prop. 36 – titled the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act – seeks to undo portions of Prop. 47 by boosting penalties for some crimes and could increase depending on each category. 

An overwhelming 71% of Californians support Prop. 36, according to a survey last month by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank.

Harris, who was California’s attorney general at the time of Prop. 47’s passage, has not said whether she supports Prop. 36.

“She paid her dues to the Soros people when she went along with that phony, misleading title of Safe Schools and Neighborhoods Act,” Cooley said of Harris. “That was an incredible lie to the voters, so she paid her dues.”

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has also thrown her support behind Prop. 36, calling it a “meaningful difference for cities across California.” But Gov. Gavin Newsom remains staunchly opposed to the effort, saying it “takes us back to the 1980s, mass incarceration.”

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has also joined the effort to partially repeal Prop. 47. The California District Attorneys Association, the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the California State Sheriffs’ Association all endorsed Prop. 36.

And some Republicans in the state legislature are confident it has enough support to pass.

“Nobody talks about the victims in California,” Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle told Fox News Digital. “The Democrats never talk about them. They talk about the people who they think have been put in jail unfairly, and it’s made it a social justice issue more than just flat-out crime.”

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George Gascon and Kamala Harris (Fox News Digital photo illustration/Getty Images)

Four years ago, Dahle heavily campaigned for Prop. 20, which was another initiative that sought to repeal Prop. 47, but state voters rejected the measure.

But Prop. 36 may not be headed for the same outcome.

“The big difference in my mind is that the retailers are in the game now,” Dahle said. “They went and got the signatures. They realized that, ‘Hey, we can’t continue to bleed out hundreds of millions of dollars in theft,’ and they’re behind it, and that’s why I think you see the change.”

In Los Angeles, where organized smash-and-grab retail thefts and robberies thrived during the pandemic and its aftermath, law enforcement officers often had their hands tied and described what they called a “revolving door” of arrests.

“Right now, we’re just seeing the revolving door of our officers,” Los Angeles Police Protective League Director Debbie Thomas told Fox News Digital.

“They’ll respond to radio calls, and they can arrest somebody up to three times and shift the same officers because of this blanket policy of not holding people that commit under $950 of theft accountable for their actions,” said Thomas, who is also a Los Angeles Police Department officer. “They’re the ones that are praising George Gascon in the penitentiaries.”

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Thomas said the shift to supporting a repeal effort for Prop. 47 is indicative of other shifts in ideology among some voters, including that of the “defund the police” movement.

“I think that people are more than fed up with the lack of support that they’ve seen,” Thomas said. “Defund the police does not work.”

“It’s just nice to see people starting to wake up and realize that it’s a ‘yes’ to Prop. 36, and also ‘yes’ to Nathan Hochman, who’s currently running for L.A. County district attorney,” he added.

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If voters pass Prop. 36 in November, offenders of the law will have to serve out their sentences in state prison “regardless of criminal history.”

Fox News Digital did not hear back from either Gascon’s office nor the Harris campaign by publication deadline.

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Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican opponent Sam Brown sparred on a range of topics Thursday night during their one and only face-off for the crucial battleground state of Nevada. 

The debate, hosted by KLAS, touched on the issues from immigration to abortion to recent UFO investigations.  

Both candidates were asked about immigration – a top election issue for voters across the nation this cycle.

When asked if he supported mass deportations, an idea floated by former President Donald Trump, Brown said that he supported “securing our border on day one” and backs the former president’s policies on the issue.

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Sen. Jackie Rosen (D-NV) walks to the weekly Senate policy luncheon on June 25, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Tom Brenner)

The Republican took a swing at Rosen on the issue, saying the senator’s “own neighborhood has more security than our border.”

When asked about the border, Rosen said she supported passing bipartisan border legislation and claimed that Trump is playing “political football” with the issue.

The candidates were also questioned on UFOs and whether they support more transparency on unidentified flying objects, with the debate hosts noting that Nevada is home to many claims of such sightings.

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“I think I’m just as curious as anyone. I’d love to know what’s going on,” Brown said. “I’m not sure I fully trust Congress to figure this out. Maybe Elon Musk can.”

Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown attends a Hispanic roundtable with Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump at Beauty Society on Oct. 12, 2024 in North Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller)

Rosen, who is seeking a second term in the Senate this cycle, said she thinks “its important that we do our independent investigation.”

The candidates sparred on the issue of energy.

Brown tied energy and the economy together, suggesting that Rosen is prioritizing green energy projects that are raising costs.

The Democratic senator, however, touted the green energy policies passed under her leadership.

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, speaks during a news conference on June 16, 2023 at the East Vegas Library. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Brown said that he would not vote for any national abortion ban and that he supports Nevada’s current state law on the issue.

When asked if she supports any limits on abortion, Rosen said “I support Roe v. Wade.”

The debate wrapped with questions on the issue of biological males competing in women’s sports. On Wednesday, Brown joined players on the Nevada Wolf Pack women’s volleyball team who refused to play against the San Jose State Spartans over the program’s biological male player. 

“I can tell you that all student athletes deserve to have a fair competition and a level playing field,” Rosen said, adding that she supports “parents, coaches, and the governing leagues,” deciding whether biological males should compete in women’s sports.

GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown, left, poses with Nevada’s Sia Liilii and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, right. (Sam Brown Campaign)

Brown called Rosen’s response “shameful.”

“What we just heard was a politician say that she does not have enough knowledge on this issue,” the Republican said. “I will not support biological males competing in women’s sports.” 

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The candidates did not butt heads the entire night, both agreeing on their support for no taxes on tips, Israel’s right to defend itself and affordable housing.

The judge in former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case ordered more documents to be revealed from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the former president just weeks before the 2024 election. 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered on Thursday night that additional documents be made public. 

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Donald Trump, left, and Jack Smith, right (Getty Images)

The documents pertain to the appendix of exhibits in the fight over whether Trump has a level of presidential immunity that negates the charges against him. 

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Chutkan cited in the order Trump’s claim that the “asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents during early voting creates a concerning appearance of election interference.” 

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A court sketch depicts former President Donald Trump’s legal representation appearing before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington D.C. on Friday, August 11, 2023. (William J. Hennessy Jr.)

According to the judge, while there is a public interest for courts to avoid involving themselves in elections, “it is in fact Defendant’s requested relief that risks undermining that public interest.”

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Trump’s team has criticized the release of documents before the election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“If the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it, that withholding could itself constitute — or appear to be — election interference,” she argued. 

She added that the court would continue keeping political considerations out of decisions, despite the defense’s request. 

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Smith was appointed special counsel in the Trump investigation. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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“Any argument about ‘what needs to happen before or shouldn’t happen before the election is not relevant here,'” Chutkan wrote. 

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Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson, a strong proponent of Supreme Court reform, says term limits for the justices is a way to eliminate “the possibility of long-term rot and decay” that he argues is present on the high court now. 

“Term limits is a way of creating a process that eliminates the possibility of long-term rot and decay due to corporate corruption on the court that we have now with no means of being able to correct it other than impeachment and conviction of a justice,” Johnson told Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday.

“And if you could not impeach and convict Donald Trump, you’re certainly not going to be able to remove a corrupt Supreme Court justice from office when he or she is doing the bidding of the right-wing forces that put them there in the very beginning.”

Johnson, a ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, previously teamed up with Democrats in both the House and Senate to propose court reform bills in an effort to both expand the court and impose term limits on the justices. During Congress’ most recent session, Johnson introduced the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act (TERM) that would impose 18-year term limits on justices.

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Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson says term limits for Supreme Court justices is a way to eliminate “the possibility of long-term rot and decay.” (DOUG MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

In May 2023, Johnson joined Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as well as Democrat Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Cori Bush, D-Miss., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., in reintroducing the Judiciary Act of 2023 that would expand the Supreme Court to a 13-justice bench. The nine-justice court currently has a conservative supermajority.

“We want to prevent this kind of rot and decay from ever overtaking a Supreme Court again,” Johnson said. “And term limits would enable that to happen.”

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Johnson went on to say that justices with lifetime tenure become “unaccountable, and they can do whatever they want,” calling the bench “a club of kings and queens who can do whatever they want to do simply because they serve in a third co-equal branch of government.”

President Biden released a statement in late July delineating three specific Supreme Court reforms, one of which called for Congress to approve term limits. Vice President Harris said in a statement that reforms were being proposed because “there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court.” (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Biden previously voiced support for such reform, releasing a statement in late July delineating three specific reforms, one of which called for Congress to approve term limits. Vice President Harris echoed Biden’s sentiments, saying in a statement that reforms were being proposed because “there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the Supreme Court.”

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Johnson said he has yet to have direct conversations with Harris about implementing such reforms in anticipation of the vice president possibly winning the Oval Office in November, but he said she is “aware of the challenge that we face.”

“She’s supportive of efforts like my legislation,” Johnson said. “So I look forward to having future conversations with, hopefully, President-elect and future President Kamala Harris and her team.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment.

Johnson argued that justices with lifetime tenure become “unaccountable, and they can do whatever they want.” (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Johnson acknowledged that proposals to reform the court would face an uphill battle toward enactment, with the congressman foreseeing the Senate blocking the measures with a filibuster.

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“We’re in it for the long haul, and however long it takes, this legislation will be there for consideration,” he said.

With 18 days left before Nov. 5, Louisiana, Hawaii and Washington each kicked off the 2024 election Friday, and residents in those states can now begin early voting. 

Here is everything you need to know to cast a ballot in these states.

How to vote in Louisiana

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Louisiana.

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Voting by mail

Louisiana has begun absentee voting. Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. State officials must receive a ballot request by Nov. 1, and that ballot must be delivered to the parish registrar by Nov. 4.

Early in-person voting

Louisiana counties offer early in-person voting beginning Friday, and it continues through Nov. 1.

Voter registration

Online voter registration in Louisiana closed Oct. 15, while in-person and mail voter registration closed Oct. 7.

Louisiana is among the last states to begin early voting for the 2024 election. (Getty Images)

How to vote in Hawaii

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Hawaii.

Voting by mail

Hawaii has begun absentee voting. Friday is the deadline for voters to receive their mail ballot packet, and those ballots must be delivered to election officials by Nov. 5.

Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. 

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Early in-person voting

Some Hawaii counties offer early in-person voting beginning Oct. 22, but it varies by location. Check the state’s website for more information.

Voter registration

Hawaii residents can register to vote by mail through Oct. 28. They can register in person or online at any point through Election Day.

Fifteen states have started or expanded their early voting programs this week. (Fox News Digital)

How to vote in Washington

This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Washington.

Voting by mail

Washington began absentee voting on Friday. Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. State officials will begin actively sending ballots to eligible voters on Friday, and ballots must be delivered to state officials by Nov. 5.

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The vast majority of U.S. states now offer some form of early voting. (Fox News Digital)

Early in-person voting

Washington offers early in-person voting beginning Friday, and it continues through Election Day.

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Voter registration

Washington residents can register to vote by mail or online through Oct. 28. They can register in person at any point through Election Day.

As the 2024 election showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump reaches the home stretch, Harris will team up next week with arguably the two most popular Democrats in the country.

The Harris campaign announced on Friday that the vice president will join former President Barack Obama and his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, for get-out-the-vote events in two of the seven crucial battleground states – Georgia and Michigan.

According to the campaign, Harris will team up with the Obamas in Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 24. Early voting kicked off in the key southeastern battleground earlier this week and instantly set a new record.

Harris advisers also said that the vice president will join forces again on the campaign trail in Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 26, the day that early voting gets underway statewide in the crucial Great Lakes battleground.

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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear on stage in between their addresses on the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ilinois, on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

This will be the first time that Harris has teamed up with either Obama on the campaign trail since she replaced President Biden atop the Democrats’ 2024 ticket nearly three months ago. 

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The Obamas – longtime friends of Harris – officially endorsed her for president in July, five days after Biden’s blockbuster announcement that he was dropping his re-election bid and backing his vice president.

The former president and former first lady made the case for Harris during back-to-back headlining addresses at the Democratic National Convention in August in their hometown of Chicago.

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event in support of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki (REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki)

And the former president hit the campaign trail for Harris a week ago, in Pennsylvania – which is arguably the most crucial of all seven battleground states that will likely determine the outcome of the presidential election. 

The former president is scheduled to return to the campaign in the coming days, with stops in Tucson, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada, Detroit, Michigan, and Madison, Wisconsin. 

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With a razor-thin margin of error race for the White House, both the Harris and Trump campaigns are scrambling to win over and turn out voters as early in-person, absentee, and mail-in balloting is now under way in roughly 40 states across the country.

The Harris campaign aims to use these campaign events to boost voter enthusiasm among the vice president’s supporters in order to get out the vote ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5, as well as to boost volunteer engagement to help voter turnout.

(Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)

States have long allowed at least some Americans to vote early, like members of the military or people with illnesses. Many states expanded eligibility in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic made it riskier to vote in-person.

That year, the Fox News Voter Analysis found that 71% of voters cast their ballots before Election Day, with 30% voting early in-person and 41% voting by mail.

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Early voting remained popular in the midterms, with 57% of voters casting a ballot before Election Day.

Fox News Digital’s Kellianne Jones and Rémy Numa contributed to this report. 

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.