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Trump resoundingly endorses Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ahead of Tuesday night Senate debate

Trump resoundingly endorses Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ahead of Tuesday night Senate debate

Former President Donald Trump issued a full-throated endorsement of incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on Truth Social. “While I have Endorsed Ted, on numerous occasions, verbally, because of the Importance of the Race, and Ted’s Importance to the future of our Country, I thought the Endorsement should be memorialized in writing,” Trump declared in a post. Cruz — who has served in the Senate since 2013 and is currently seeking a third term — is facing off in the 2024 Texas U.S. Senate race against Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred, who has served in the House since 2019. CRUZ RACE NOW A TOSS-UP SHOULD BE WARNING FOR TEXAS GOP, SAYS EXPERT The two men are slated to debate on Tuesday night. “Ted is one of the strongest Senators in the Country on Border Security, whereas his Opponent, Colin Allred, is a Radical Open Border Extremist, who will put our Country, and Safety, LAST. Ted, on the other hand, will ALWAYS put Texas, and America, FIRST,” Trump said in another post on Truth Social. “Ted Cruz has my Complete and Total Endorsement – HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!” “Thank you!! Vote Trump! Vote Cruz!” the Lone Star State senator tweeted in response to Trump’s messages. TED CRUZ WARNS TEXAS SENATE RACE IS ‘INCREDIBLY CLOSE’ Cruz endorsed Trump back in January on the heels of the former president’s decisive win in the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses. Former President Barack Obama has urged voters to back Allred’s Senate bid. ‘AGAINST OUR DAUGHTERS’: CRUZ CHALLENGER HIT WITH BLISTERING 7-FIGURE AD OVER TRANSGENDER SPORTS BILL VOTE Texas has been a reliably red state in presidential contests for decades. Jimmy Carter’s 1976 win there marked the last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the Lone Star State.

‘Squad’ member calls Netanyahu a ‘genocidal maniac,’ sparking backlash from Israeli ambassador to the UN

‘Squad’ member calls Netanyahu a ‘genocidal maniac,’ sparking backlash from Israeli ambassador to the UN

Democrat ‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib is now calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “genocidal maniac,” prompting a sharp rebuke from the country’s ambassador to the United Nations.  “Genocidal maniac Netanyahu is burning Palestinians alive, bombing hospitals, starving people, and killing aid workers,” the Michigan representative wrote Monday night in a post on X.  “When will our country stop funding this madness? When?” she added.  Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon responded to her by writing “The only ones who burned children alive were your buddies over at Hamas.”  ISRAELI FORCES SEIZE DOCUMENTS THAT REVEAL HAMAS PLAN FOR MORE ELABORATE ATTACKS: REPORT  Tlaib is one of Netanyahu’s fiercest critics in Washington.  Last week, she wrote on X “The war crimes being committed by the government of Israel are being funded by our own country while families at home suffer from displacement due to hurricanes and growing poverty. Our country is obsessed with war and destruction.”  When the Israeli prime minister delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress in July, she silently protested for much of it, holding up a double-sided sign that read “guilty of genocide” on one side and “war criminal” on the other.  ISRAEL REVEALS HEZBOLLAH SPECIAL FORCES TERRORIST ‘BUNKER’ LOCATED UNDER HOME WITH WEAPONS, MOTORCYCLES  Fox News Digital observed a member of the House sergeant-at-arms’ staff speaking to Tlaib multiple times during the speech, after which she put the sign down.  Prior to Netanyahu’s July 24 address, Tlaib released a statement saying “Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people.   “It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress. He should be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court,” she said at the time.  Fox News’ Alexander Hall contributed to this report. 

Harris holds big advantage among early voters, Trump with Election Day voters: poll

Harris holds big advantage among early voters, Trump with Election Day voters: poll

With three weeks to go until Election Day, Americans are already showing a strong partisan preference for how they vote, according to a new public opinion poll. The NBC News poll found that 5% of registered voters said they have already cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election. Three percent of voters said they mailed their ballot while 2% voted early in person. Nearly half of survey respondents who have not yet voted, 47%, said they plan to vote early – 20% intend to vote by mail and 27% want to vote in person. Of those early voters, Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, holds a commanding 17 percentage point lead over her rival, former President Trump, 57% to 40%. Harris leads among those voting by mail 66% to 32%, with a narrower lead among those who intend to vote early in person, 51% to 47%. TRIO OF NEW POLLS AGREE ON WHERE TRUMP AND HARRIS STAND WITH 3 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY But Trump, the Republican candidate, has a strong lead among those who intend to vote on Election Day, 58%-37%.  The survey found that 52% of voters said they plan to cast their ballots early, while 44% plan to vote on Nov. 5. Another 3% said they aren’t sure how they will vote, while 1% said they won’t vote. WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLLS IN THE 2024 ELECTION SHOW The NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters was conducted Oct. 4-8 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. To date, 46 states and Washington, D.C. have begun some form of early voting.  CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE 2024 ELECTION 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. Early voting remained popular in the midterms, with 57% of voters casting a ballot before Election Day. Elections officials stress that voting early is safe and secure. Recounts, investigations and lawsuits filed after the 2020 election did not reveal evidence of widespread fraud or corruption.  Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom, 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.

Navratri: Becoming a white powder carnival

Navratri: Becoming a white powder carnival

India has seen a growing influx of cocaine recently. On June 27, 2024, Chennai Airport customs officials intercepted 2.2 kilograms of high-quality cocaine from a woman who had smuggled it from Nigeria via Doha, concealing the drugs in a hidden compartment in her shoe heels.