UP govt announces big gift ahead of Diwali, all employees of THIS department to be made permanent
This move is expected to bring job security and stability to thousands of workers across the state
Delhi-NCR AQI today: Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’ ahead of Diwali despite firecracker ban
At Anand Vihar, the AQI reached 317 at 7:00 am, while Aya Nagar recorded an AQI of 312, both falling under the ‘very poor’ category.
26 Republican attorneys general join Virginia in petitioning Supreme Court to rule on voter roll
FIRST ON FOX: Twenty-six Republican attorneys general joined Virginia on Monday in urging the Supreme Court to halt a lower court decision that restored the voting rights of 1,600 residents. The amicus brief backs Virginia’s contention that the ruling is overly broad and lacks standing under a provision of the National Voter Registration Act (NRVA), which orders states to halt all “systematic” voter roll maintenance 90 days before an election. It now has the support of every Republican-led U.S. state, giving it outsize attention in the final stretch before the election. In the amicus brief, attorneys general urged the court to grant Virginia’s emergency motion and “restore the status quo,” noting that doing so “would comply with the law and enable Virginia to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in the upcoming election.” The states also sided with Virginia in objecting to the Justice Department’s reading of NVRA protections, which they said was overly broad. Moreover, they said, the law in place in Virginia was not designed to “systematically” remove residents from the voter rolls, as Justice Department officials cited in their lawsuit earlier this month. The Justice Department had argued the removals were conducted too close to the Nov. 5 elections and violated the “quiet period” provision under NVRA. That contention was backed by a federal judge in Alexandria, which ordered the affected voters back on the rolls, and upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. SWING-STATE’S SUPREME COURT ISSUES PIVOTAL RULING ON MAIL-IN BALLOTS SENT WITHOUT POSTMARK In the amicus brief, lawyers describe the ruling as a “sweeping interpretation of the NVRA” that “converts a procedural statute into a substantive federal regulation of voter qualifications in elections—an interpretation that would raise serious questions about the constitutionality of the NVRA itself.” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has insisted the voters were removed legally and that the removal process is based on precedent from a 2006 state law enacted by then-Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat. That process compared the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ noncitizens list to its list of registered voters. Those without citizenship were then informed that their voter registration would be canceled unless they could prove their citizenship in 14 days. Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares have argued the lower court rulings are “individualized” and not systematic, as the Justice Department alleged earlier this month. They argued that restoring them just days before an election is likely to inject new chaos into the voting process – an argument backed by the group of Republican states in the Monday filing. WHY TRUMP IS MAKING LAST-MINUTE STOPS AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY IN TWO BLUE-LEANING STATES YOUNGKIN VOWS TO APPEAL ‘TO SCOTUS’ AFTER US JUDGE ORDERS 1,600 VOTERS BACK ON BALLOT “This Court should reject Respondents’ effort to change the rules in the middle of the game and restore the status quo ante,” they wrote. “The Constitution leaves decisions about voter qualifications to the people of Virginia. And the people of Virginia have decided that noncitizens are not permitted to vote.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Harris caught on hot mic admitting her campaign is struggling with male voters
Vice President Harris was surprised to find out a microphone was homing in on her conversation with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as she admitted her campaign was struggling with male voters. Harris and Whitmer were sitting at a bar in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday and having what appeared to be a serious conversation – so serious that on a video making the rounds online, the Democratic presidential nominee seemed to forget the two of them were surrounded by cameras and microphones. “So, my thing is we need to move ground among men,” Harris was heard telling Whitmer at the Trak Houz Bar and Grill. Harris then immediately noticed the microphones were picking up on her conversation with the Democratic governor. KAMALA HARRIS DOWNPLAYS DIMINISHING SUPPORT FROM MALE VOTERS: ‘IT’S NOT THE EXPERIENCE I’M HAVING’ “Oh, we have microphones in here just listening to everything,” Harris says, looking flustered. “I didn’t realize that!” Fox News has reached out to the campaign for clarification on the comment. Fox News’ Julian Turner reported that it was both former President Trump’s and Harris’ last chance to close the gender gap that has been widening since Harris became the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. CNN DATA REPORTER PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN ‘HISTORIC’ NUMBER OF BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS The latest polls from the New York Times show Harris leading Trump with women voters, 54 percent to 42 percent, while Trump leads Harris among men voters, 55 percent to 41 percent, respectively. Last week, Harris dismissed her diminishing support among male voters during an interview with NBC’s Peter Alexander, who asked why she thought there was a disconnect between her and men. At first, Harris dodged the question, pointing to the live audience consisting of people from all backgrounds and genders who continue to show up to her events. She also said she was campaigning to earn the vote of every American. TRUMP SUPPORT AMONG YOUNG BLACK AND LATINO MEN SPIKES IN NEW POLL Alexander pressed Harris even more, asking what might explain the gap in support from men, and the vice president said it was not her experience. In contrast, the GenForward poll from the University of Chicago that was released last Wednesday revealed that 26 percent of Black men between the ages of 18 and 40 said they would vote for Trump, while only 12 percent of Black women said the same. This is a significant gain since Black voters overall supported Biden over Trump by a nine to one ratio in the 2020 presidential election. Trump also improved with young Latino men, 44 percent of whom said they would support him compared to about 38 percent who voted for him in 2020. Even so, Harris leads Trump overall 47-35 in the poll, which includes large samples of young voters of color. Fox News Digital’s Chris Pandolfo, Danielle Wallace, Hanna Panreck and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Obama slams pro-Trump men at Philadelphia rally; Springsteen warns GOP nominee is ‘an American tyrant’
Former President Barack Obama headlined a Monday stump speech in support of Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, spending most of his remarks criticizing former President Trump and at one point appearing to admonish men who, as a voting bloc, are more favorable to him than the Democratic nominee. Speaking at the Liacouras Center, home of the Temple Owls in North Philadelphia, Obama followed a slew of speakers and performers, including Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Philadelphia Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker and Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr., D-Pa. “Do not dilly or dally… get out there,” Obama said, addressing Pennsylvanians yet to cast a ballot on the penultimate day of early voting. Obama slammed Trump for what he called the “Muslim ban” and claims the Republican denies that he had once referred to fallen American soldiers as “losers and suckers.” TRUMP’S PERSONAL MESSAGE MOMENTS BEFORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SPURRED ME TO ACTION: BUTLER-AREA MAYOR “I’ve noticed this, especially with some men who seem to think Trump’s behavior is somehow a sign of strength. You know, sort of the macho; fake-macho thing – I’m here to tell you that’s not what real strength is,” Obama said near the close of his speech, after criticizing Trump’s New York City rally for featuring crude comic Kill Tony, who referred to Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage.” “How can you tell yourself that it’s OK [to vote for Trump] as long as our side wins?” he said, later adding, “Real strength is about working hard. Real strength is about taking responsible and real strength is about telling the truth even when it’s inconvenient. Real strength is about being comfortable enough to treat everybody with dignity and respect. Real strength is about helping people who need it, and standing up for those who can’t always stand up for themselves.” Obama also made fun of Trump for hawking “Trump Bibles” reportedly manufactured in China. “He wants you to follow the Word of God; Donald Trump edition,” quipping the Trump name essentially appears there “next to Matthew and Luke.” “You’re a tough guy on China except when you can make few bucks,” he said, comparing what he saw as Trump’s foibles to an “SNL” skit. OCTOBER FESTS: POTPOURRI OF LATE ELECTION YEAR SURPRISES SHAKE-UP MOST RACES, HISTORY SHOWS “The man holds this big rally at Madison Square Garden, and the warmup speakers were saying – trotting out and peddling the most racist, sexist, bigoted stereotypes,” he said, at which point he went on to describe Kill Tony’s widely-criticized set. As the crowd often jeered references to Trump or his surrogates, Obama repeatedly mock-criticized the crowd for the response. “Nobody can hear your boos, but they can hear your vote,” he said, repeating the theme at various points. Obama also utilized Harris’ running mate to take shots at his longtime political nemesis. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, he said, has the skills to “take a vintage truck apart and put it together again.” “Do you think Donald Trump could do that?” he quipped. “Do you think Donald Trump has ever changed a flat tire in his life? He calls over his chauffeur, ‘Jeeves’.” Obama also accused Trump of taking credit for what he claimed was “his” economy, which he suggested he took his entire administration to build following the financial crisis under former President George W. Bush. At one point, the former president struck a more personal tone, saying that growing up his father was not present in his home. Obama, the child of Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, grew up mostly with Dunham, who went by her middle name. “[But] I did have people around me; my stepfather, grandparents, teachers, coaches, and most of all, my mom who who taught me the difference between right and wrong; who showed me what it meant to be honest and to be responsible and to work hard and to treat other people the way I wanted to be treated. And I did not always live up to those values,” he said. “When I was a teenager, I partied all too much … but over time, I internalized that and I tried to live up to them. And I suspect most of you grew up the same way.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Obama had been preceded by an introducer named John Solomon, and previously by Springsteen – who performed solo versions of “Land of Hope and Dreams” and “Dancing in the Dark.” Springsteen, who also notably performed on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway for then-Illinois Sen. Obama during the 2008 cycle, ripped into Trump during his breaks. At one point, the septuagenarian Jersey rocker declared “Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant.” “This election is about a group of folks who want to fundamentally undermine an American way of life. Donald Trump doesn’t understand this country, its history or what it means to be deeply American,” “The Boss” added. Prior to Springsteen, Casey spoke about the importance of women’s rights, and was preceded by Legend, who claimed “freedom is at stake in this election.” “Donald Trump had four years… you saw what he did with those four years…” said Legend, whose real name is John Stephens. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are seen as the proverbial key to the White House. A spokesman for Team Trump suggested after the rally that Democrats’ decision to have Obama back on the campaign circuit is a sign of desperation in the Commonwealth. “Democrats’ continued reliance on celebrities and Barack Obama, a president from over 10 years ago, to make the case for their party’s presidential candidate is another indication that Kamala’s pitch for another four years of unlimited illegal immigration, inflation, and wars abroad is falling flat with Pennsylvanians,” said PA Team Trump spokesman Kush Desai. “Glitzy celebrities and presidents of yesteryear aren’t going to make up for a mediocre message, disastrous record, and less-than-appealing candidate,” he added. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and
Delhi traffic advisory issued for ‘Run For Unity’ today, check list of routes to avoid here
The ‘Run for Unity’ will be held on October 29 in honor of the ‘Iron Man of India,’ who was instrumental in unifying India’s diverse princely states.
Texas judge accused of breaking law after asking his university students to vote for him
A candidate running against the judge accused him of emailing his students at Texas State to vote for him. State law prohibits using public resources for political advertising.
Eric Trump reveals if dad would prosecute Hillary Clinton, Hunter Biden if given 2nd term
Eric Trump gave a glimpse into his father’s priorities if elected on Nov. 5, saying former President Donald Trump wants nothing to do with prosecuting Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton. The 40-year-old son of the former president spoke with the Daily Mail on Thursday while in Palm Beach, Florida, and provided the publication with what he says are his father’s priorities. “He would want nothing to do with prosecuting Hunter Biden or Hillary Clinton,” Eric Trump said. “He doesn’t give a damn. He wants these games to end.” Eric Trump said his father wants a “safe, prosperous world and a fruitful society.” HUNTER BIDEN’S CRIMINAL TAX TRIAL BEGINS WITH JURY SELECTION IN CALIFORNIA “He wants to get back to a country that is actually functional that wins on everything we do. He wants to win on education, safety, economy, military. He doesn’t want to go into senseless wars,” Eric Trump told the Daily Mail. He said his father wants the respect of the entire world. He insisted that his father would not seek revenge on his political foes. Eric Trump listed multiple efforts that have been made to “destroy” his father, including the “Russia hoax” that was pushed by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, has faced a litany of legal issues. In September, he pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges. HUNTER BIDEN PLEADS GUILTY TO ALL NINE FEDERAL TAX CHARGES BROUGHT BY SPECIAL COUNSEL DAVID WEISS He faces a maximum of 17 years in prison for those charges. In June, Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony charges related to a gun purchase he made in 2018. Prosecutors said he lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. He faces up to 25 years in prison in the gun case. He is set to be sentenced for both cases in December. President Biden has vowed not to pardon his son. POLL COMPARES WHETHER TRUMP, HUNTER BIDEN SHOULD GET PRISON SENTENCES, ACCORDING TO US ADULTS While Eric Trump insists his father would not seek revenge against his rivals, Donald Trump himself has not ruled out showing mercy. Last week, Donald Trump refused to rule out pardoning Hunter Biden if he wins the election. “I wouldn’t do anything that would be overt in terms of Hunter. It’s a sad situation. But I could have done that with Hillary Clinton,” Trump told Fox News’ Bill Melugin. “I could have done it with Hillary and certainly could do it with Hunter or whatever. But I don’t want to do it with Hunter either, and I’ll bet you the father probably pardons him.” When Trump mentioned Hillary, it was not clear why, because she was never formally charged with a federal crime. Trump was later asked about pardoning Hunter again, and he said, “I wouldn’t take it off the books.” Fox News’ Brooke Singman, Brianna Herlihy, David Spunt and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
Trump says Harris ‘running a campaign of demonization and hate’ in closing message to Georgia voters
Former President Trump accused his 2024 rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, of running on a message of “hate” during a rally just over a week before Election Day. Trump is delivering his closing message to voters this week, spending Monday in the key battleground of Georgia for back-to-back events. “I’m running a campaign of solutions to save our country,” the former president said in Atlanta. “Kamala is running a campaign of demonization and hate. She really does, she’s a hater.” It’s a shot at the Democratic vice president after she said Trump “fans the fuel of hate and division” over his massive rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. TRUMP, POWERHOUSE GUESTS ROCK PACKED MSG WITH HISTORIC RALLY The former president laid into Harris for calling him a “fascist” while criticizing Democrats for comparing his Sunday night rally to a Nazi event. “Kamala is labeling more than half of the country as enemy combatants, and she’s calling them all fascists and Nazis. Okay, but she’s a fascist, okay. She’s a fascist,” Trump said. At one point the crowd erupted in chants of “Lock her up” aimed at Harris, which Trump chided with, “Be nice.” The former president pushed back on the left’s comparisons between his New York City event and the German Nazis of the 20th Century, arguing the Harris campaign was encouraging such rhetoric and that it was to blame for the recent attempts on his life. TRUMP AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: ICONIC VENUE HAS PLAYED HOST TO MANY CAMPAIGN GATHERINGS NEAR ELECTION DAY “I had a great father. Tough guy. He used to always say, ‘Never use the word Nazi, never used that word.’ and he’d say, ‘Never use the word Hitler. Don’t use that word.’ …And then I understood it. And yet they use that word freely,” Trump said. “I’m the opposite of a Nazi.” “This is the kind of outrageous rhetoric that has resulted in two assassination attempts in the last three months.” During the speech Trump also appealed directly to Georgia voters to keep turning out for early in-person voting, which runs from Oct. 15 through Nov. 1 in the Peach State. “Boy, do I hear we’re doing good, but I can’t look. I don’t want to say it because I want you to keep going. We’ve got to finish it off,” Trump said. “We’ve just got to focus.” GEORGIA GOP CHAIR SHARES 2-PRONGED ELECTION STRATEGY AS TRUMP WORKS TO WIN BACK PEACH STATE Both the Trump and Harris campaigns have poured enormous amounts of time, energy and resources into Georgia – which Republicans lost by less than 1% in the 2020 presidential race. Those efforts appear to have paid off in voter enthusiasm, at least for now, with Georgia breaking multiple early voting records already. More than 40% of active Georgia voters have cast absentee or early in-person ballots, according to the state’s elections website. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Harris campaign for comment. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Liz Cheney bashes Trump in new key battleground Harris ad as election hits final sprint
FIRST ON FOX: The Harris-Walz campaign is deploying former House Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in a final appeal to Republicans in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin. Cheney and political commentator Charlie Sykes are featured in a pair of new radio ads being launched on Monday, taking aim at former President Trump and promoting Vice President Kamala Harris. Fox News Digital was the first national outlet to preview the clips. “I am a Ronald Reagan conservative. Never voted for a Democrat. But we’ve never faced a threat like this before – what Donald Trump is proposing in terms of withdrawing from NATO, welcoming Vladimir Putin to attack our NATO allies, praising President Xi of China. America will find our very freedom and security challenged and threatened. It’s a risk we just simply can’t take as a nation,” Cheney said in the ad. TRUMP RESPONDS TO EX-CHIEF OF STAFF AFTER HE’S LABELED ‘AUTHORITARIAN’ AND THE ‘GENERAL DEFINITION OF FASCIST’ “Freedom requires that we have a president who understands America has to lead and that our strength comes both from our greatness and also from our goodness. And that’s Vice President Harris. “She’s somebody that I know will put the good of this country first. Wisconsin, I ask you to help us elect Kamala Harris, our president.” Sykes, a former conservative radio host and ex-editor-in-chief of anti-Trump right-wing outlet The Bulwark, said in the second of two ads, “I’ve been a conservative for a long time and my values have not changed. But this election is not normal.” EX-TRUMP OFFICIALS TELL AMERICANS TO ‘HEED GENERAL KELLY’S WARNING’ TRUMP’S A FASCIST “It’s not about liberal versus conservative or Democrat versus Republican. It’s about democracy, the rule of law, character, and whether or not America will continue to be a shining city on a hill to the rest of the world,” he said. Sykes’ advertisement also invoked the recent New York Times interview with former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly, where the retired general said Trump met the “general definition of a fascist.” Trump and his allies have forcefully pushed back on that and other claims in Kelly’s interview. Outreach to Republicans and Republican-leaning independents has been a core tenet of Harris’ campaign, and one whose benefit will be seen next week after Election Day on Nov. 5. Multiple polls show Trump and Harris in a near dead-heat with just a few points separating them. Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have been two of Harris’ most visible GOP supporters. FORMER REPUBLICAN US SENATOR ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS, SAYS ELECTION OFFERS ‘STARK CHOICE’ In Wisconsin, Harris has been endorsed by the longest-serving state senator, Republican Robert Cowles, as well as Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly, who left the GOP after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but was re-elected to lead the red-leaning city. Several Republicans, like former House Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., spoke at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August. But the Trump campaign has dismissed Harris attempts at GOP outreach, with the vast majority of Republicans still publicly supporting the former president. Cheney, the former vice chair of the House select committee on Jan. 6, lost re-election to a Trump-backed Republican primary challenger in the 2022 elections. Trump criticized her as “terrible” in comments to Fox News’ Bill Melugin after she endorsed Harris. “Liz Cheney is a stupid war hawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people…I really think it hurts,” Trump said in early October. “I think they hurt each other.” When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said, “”Liz Cheney is a stone-cold loser who is so desperate for relevance and attention, she has debased herself by campaigning with a weak, failed, and dangerously liberal in Kamala Harris.” “The both of them are made for each other— proponents of endless wars, killers of Social Security, and enemies of American workers,” Cheung said. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.