Congressional panel urges University of Michigan to cut ties with Chinese institute
FIRST ON FOX: The House’s China Select Committee is calling on the University of Michigan to cease its partnership with a Chinese institute that they claim is sending sensitive technological expertise back to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “I urge you to conduct a comprehensive national security review of this partnership in light of the facts below,” the letter, penned by committee Chair Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and obtained by Fox News Digital, read. “I strongly encourage you to shutter the partnership between U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong and take the necessary steps to safeguard the integrity of federally funded research at U-M and carefully vet international students studying on U-M’s campus.” A recent GOP-led report by the committee found “U.S.-PRC academic joint institutes as a core channel leveraged by the PRC government and its affiliated entities through which sensitive U.S. technologies and research know-how are transferred to the PRC’s defense and research industrial base.” After the report came out, a number of other universities, including Georgia Tech and the University of Berkeley, dissolved their partnerships with Chinese institutes. Michigan kept its partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong Institute. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF US RESEARCH DOLLARS MAY HAVE AIDED CHINESE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, GOP-LED REPORT SAYS The letter says the institute plays a “critical role” in the CCP’s military-civil fusion strategy. The university has been under the supervision of China’s State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) since 2016, according to a select committee report from last year. The federal government heavily invests in military research at the University of Michigan. In 2023, the university received $77 million for research from the Department of Defense (DOD). Its researchers have boasted of developing what they described as an “unhackable” computer chip known as MORPHEUS. The joint Michigan-Jiao Tong partnership now features 35 specialized labs. It has received funding from China’s 863 Program, which supports the PRC’s military technology development. “Institute researchers have helped the PRC achieve advancements in defense technologies from propellant combustion modeling and solid rocket fuel research to anti-corrosion technology for military aircraft developed with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) researchers,” the letter said. It also said projects that included DOD-funded research improved CT technology to detect flaws in advanced military equipment. Shanghai Jiao Tong also agreed in 2017 to train combat forces for the PLA. Freshman at the Joint Institute are required to undergo military training when they enroll. BIDEN FINALIZES CRACKDOWN ON US MILITARY TECH INVESTMENTS IN CHINA WITH ONE WEEK TO LAME DUCK SESSION “Through its extensive military-aligned departments and laboratories, advanced dual-use research programs, and large-scale operational training platforms, Shanghai supervises universities like Shanghai Jiao Tong specifically to “strengthen military forces with additional personnel and more advanced equipment” through leveraging their research and resources,” the letter read. “This military-academic integration enables Shanghai Jiao Tong to make significant contributions to the PRC’s most sensitive defense programs, including nuclear weapons, carrier rockets, satellites, nuclear submarines, and fighter jets.” Earlier this month, U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals who were enrolled in the joint institute at the University of Michigan with lying and trying to cover up their visit to a remote Michigan military site where they took photos. In the summer of 2023, the five were confronted after midnight at Camp Grayling, near a lake, by a member of the Utah National Guard. In 2020, two Chinese nationals who were pursuing master’s degrees at the University of Michigan were sentenced to prison for illegally photographing sites at a Naval Air Station Key West in Florida. Under the guise of academic cooperation, the committee’s report from last month said China has orchestrated a campaign to pair with prestigious U.S. universities to transfer U.S. technologies and expertise back to China and circumvent government blacklists. The House Select Committee on China Competition, together with the Education and Workforce Committee, found some 9,000 joint research publications that were funded either through the DOD or the intelligence community published by co-authors with ties to China’s “defense and security apparatus,” including entities that are on a Commerce Department blacklist. More than 2,000 DOD-funded papers included Chinese co-authors who were directly affiliated with China’s defense research and industrial base, according to the report. The report recommends stricter guidelines around federally funded research, including cutting back on the ability of researchers who receive U.S. grants to work with Chinese universities and companies that have military ties.
Walz releases Halloween video: ‘Haunted houses got nothing on Donald Trump back in the White House’
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is declaring on Thursday that “Haunted houses got nothing on Donald Trump back in the White House” as he released a Halloween-themed video of himself answering questions alongside Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. The clip comes days after Walz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played the latest Madden video game over Twitch in an attempt to appeal to male voters. “It’s spooky season and I’ve got some questions for our Blue Wall governors. Hard-hitting question: What is your stance on candy corn?” Whitmer asks Walz. “I’m for it,” he responds. TIM WALZ FUMBLES COMMON FOOTBALL TERM, GETS SCORCHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA At another point in the clip, Whitmer asks Walz, “Do you carve your pumpkins like you vote: on day of? Or do you do it early like an absentee voter?” TRUMP, HARRIS NEARLY TIED IN MICHIGAN AS ELECTION DAY NEARS, POLL FINDS “Do it early. You get to enjoy the pumpkin longer. Get that vote in knowing you did it and then what you can do is go out and get five more people to vote,” Walz responds. “Even if they have to vote on Election Day, you’re done.” Walz released the video on his X account alongside the caption: “Candy corn debate aside, we can all agree: Haunted houses got nothing on Donald Trump back in the White House.”
White House silent on whether transcript of Biden’s ‘garbage’ comments was approved by stenographers
The White House remained silent Thursday when asked to confirm whether its stenographers had approved the transcript it posted of President Biden’s remarks calling Trump supporters “garbage,” amid allegations from Republicans that the written version of his remarks posted to the White House’s website was deceptively edited. Republicans from the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to White House attorney Edward Siskel on Wednesday, alleging “a false transcript” of Biden’s remarks had been released by the White House and demanded that it “retain and preserve all documents and internal communications” regarding the president’s remarks and the release of the subsequent transcript. The committee also requested that an updated transcript with the correct wording be provided. Following Biden’s Tuesday remarks, which came during a virtual Zoom call with a Hispanic get-out-the-vote group known as Voto Latino, the White House posted a transcript of the president’s remarks. Transcripts are regularly posted every time the president speaks, and it is typical protocol to get those transcripts approved by the White House’s apolitical group of professional stenographers. However, the White House has not responded to repeated requests from Fox News questioning whether the final transcript of Biden’s remarks with Voto Latino had been approved by the stenographers. Sources at the Oversight Committee told Fox News that while Biden was clearly calling Trump supporters “garbage,” the transcript includes incorrect syntax that made the president’s words appear as if he was not directly speaking about Trump supporters – an argument echoed by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. BIDEN’S PAST COMMENTS ABOUT MAGA REPUBLICANS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM AS WHITE HOUSE SPINS ‘GARBAGE’ REMARKS “President Biden’s vindictive words were unsurprising, given his previous statements regarding people who choose not to vote for his preferred candidate. Unsurprising, too, were the White House’s actions after he said them,” read the letter, signed by Reps. Elise Stefanik, R–N.Y. and James Comer, R–Ky. “The move is not only craven, but it also appears to be in violation of federal law, including the Presidential Records Act of 1978,” the two GOP leaders continued in their letter. “White House staff cannot rewrite the words of the President of the United States to be more politically on message.” In an attempt to clarify Biden’s remarks amid backlash over the comments, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates insisted that: “The president referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage.’” Biden himself also published a tweet following his controversial remarks echoing Bates’ argument. TRUMP CAPITALIZES ON BIDEN’S ‘GARBAGE’ REMARK BY WEARING SANITATION VEST Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, sought to distance herself from the president’s comments less than a week before Election Day, but she simultaneously defended Biden by noting he “clarified his comments.” “I think that first of all, he clarified his comments, but let me be clear, I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for,” Harris said from the campaign trail on Wednesday morning.
Gaza protesters plague Harris rallies: ‘Wish I Could Vote For U’
Throughout the election season, Vice President Kamala Harris’ rallies have been plagued by anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters, despite the vice president’s efforts not to upset this cohort of the electorate. Protesters gathered at Harris’ campaign stops in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Wednesday, often disrupting the vice president and forcing her to pause in the middle of speaking. “Kamala Harris, you have disrespected the Palestinian community!” yelled a protester who interrupted the vice president’s address from Raleigh, North Carolina, yesterday. Harris was referred to as a “war criminal” by disruptive protesters at her rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the same day and, in Madison, Wisconsin, protesters holding a sign that read “Killer Kamala” were forcibly removed from the venue. “Look, everybody has a right to be heard. But right now, I am speaking,” Harris said during interruptions at her rally in Harrisburg. The vice president’s response hearkened back to her reaction to anti-Israel agitators from Detroit, when she once again had to interject that she had the floor to speak – and not them. “We won’t vote for genocide!” protesters yelled at Harris in Detroit. PROTESTERS INTERRUPT KAMALA HARRIS’ MICHIGAN RALLY: ‘NO MORE GAZA WAR!’ Wednesday’s campaign events are just the latest example of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters crashing Harris’ rallies, despite the vice president’s alleged effort to quell dissent from this portion of the electorate when she decided to choose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. The move was reportedly due to the latter’s Jewish heritage and record of being pro-Israel. HARRIS WAS ‘RELUCTANT’ TO CHOOSE SHAPIRO BECAUSE OF HIS ‘JEWISH HERITAGE,’ SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS: REPORT Anti-Israel agitators were also present earlier in the week, showing up to rallies on Monday and Harris’ widely attended “closing argument” election speech in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. Protesters, organized by groups such as the left-wing nonprofit Code Pink, yelled things like “Stop Arming Israel!” and “Arms Embargo Now!” while also holding banners with slogans like “No Votes for Genocide.” Meanwhile, other banners at Harris rallies have read: “Terrified of Trump. Wish I Could Vote For U… But You Are Committing Genocide.” While Harris’ rallies have been marred by anti-Israel protesters ever since she took over the nomination from President Biden, the frequency of these protesters showing up at her rallies appears to be growing as Election Day nears. “Let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself,” Harris declared during her address at the Democrat National Convention in August. “At the same time, what has happened in Gaza in the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking.” HARRIS APPEARS TO AGREE WITH PROTESTER ACCUSING ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE: ‘WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT, IT’S REAL’ This week, progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., attempted to persuade voters concerned about Harris’ stance toward Israel and Gaza, noting that he too does not fully agree with Harris or Biden when it comes to the war. “Some of you are saying, ‘How can I vote for Kamala Harris if she is supporting this terrible war?’ And that is a very fair question,” Sanders said in a video shared on social media Monday. “Let me give you my best answer – and that is that even on this issue, Donald Trump and his right wing friends are worse.” Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.
Trump campaign blasts top Harris surrogate Mark Cuban for ‘insulting’ pro-Trump women
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is blasting Mark Cuban, a top surrogate for Kamala Harris, for “extremely insulting” comments against women who support former President Donald Trump, demanding the vice president “immediately condemn” his remarks. Cuban appeared on ABC’s “The View” Thursday morning when he made the comments. “Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them.” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Cuban’s comments. “Joe Biden called Trump supporters garbage, and now Kamala’s top surrogate Mark Cuban insinuated female Trump supporters are ‘weak and dumb,’” Leavitt told Fox News Digital. “This is extremely insulting to the thousands of women who work for President Trump, and the tens of millions of women who are voting for him,” Leavitt said. “These women are mothers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders, and they are, indeed, strong and intelligent, despite what Mark Cuban and Kamala Harris say.” Leavitt told Fox News Digital that the “joy at Kamala HQ has been replaced by division, vitriol, and a disturbing level of disrespect for the millions of Americans who are supporting President Trump after four years of destruction under Kamala Harris.” “Women want a president who will secure our border, remove violent criminals from our neighborhoods, and put more money in our pockets — and that’s exactly why we are supporting President Trump,” Leavitt said. “Kamala Harris must immediately condemn Mark Cuban’s disrespectful insult to women.” The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. The comment comes just days after President Biden apparently referred to Trump supporters as “garbage.” BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DURING HARRIS CAMPAIGN EVENT AS VP PROMISES UNITY AT ELLIPSE RALLY Biden spoke during a Zoom call with Voto Latino, one of the largest Latino voter and civic outreach organizations in the U.S. on Tuesday. Biden was asked about a comment made Sunday during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Biden replied, “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.” The White House has since denied that Biden called Trump supporters “garbage” and claimed the comment was taken out of context. Trump, in Wisconsin on Wednesday, drove around in a “Make America Great Again” garbage truck, wearing a garbage worker’s high-visibility vest to address supporters at his Green Bay rally. “He called them garbage — and they mean it, even though, without question, my supporters are far higher quality than Crooked Joe and Lyin’ Kamala,” Trump told supporters Wednesday afternoon. But Trump said he had a response for the president and vice president. “My response to Joe and Kamala is very simple: You can’t lead America if you don’t love Americans,” Trump declared. “And you can’t be president if you hate the American people, and there’s a lot of hatred there.”
Trump says he wants to protect women, Harris says Trump wants to decide ‘what you do with your body’
When sharing a clip of former President Trump speaking about wanting to protect women, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that Trump believes he should be able to make choices “about what you do with your body.” Trump made the remarks about protecting women after accusing Harris of allowing criminal illegal immigrants into the U.S. “Kamala has imported criminal migrants from prisons and jails, from insane asylums and mental institutions all over the world from Venezuela to the Congo, including savage criminals who assault, rape, and murder our women and girls. Anyone who would let monsters kidnap and kill our children does not belong anywhere near the Oval Office,” Trump said. HARRIS PLEDGES TO SIGN BILL ‘TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM’ AS PRESIDENT IN WISCONSIN SPEECH The clip Harris shared did not include that section of Trump’s speech, but began as Trump went on to recall how people had advised him not to speak about wanting to protect women. He said they indicated that it was inappropriate. Trump said, “I’m gonna do it whether the women like it or not. I’m gonna protect them.” While the clip Harris shared ended there, during the actual speech Trump went on to say, “I’m gonna protect them from migrants coming in. I’m gonna protect them from foreign countries that wanna… hit us with missiles…” Harris responded to the clip, saying in a post on X, “Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body. Whether you like it or not.” TRUMP MAKES PLAY FOR WOMEN’S VOTE, VOWS TO ENSURE ‘POWERFUL EXCEPTIONS’ FOR ABORTION Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, responded to Harris, writing, “Kamala euphemistically describes the act of dismembering and killing a full-term, unborn baby as ‘what you do with your body.’” “No matter how much you like it, killing a full-term baby isn’t ‘what you do with your body,’” Lee added in another post. “The fact that we can’t all agree on this basic point is deeply disturbing,” he continued. “To be clear, most of us can and do agree on this – overwhelmingly,” he added, claiming, “But Kamala doesn’t.” Virginia House of Delegates member Nick Freitas, a Republican, also blasted Harris, posting, “You think it’s a great idea to allow abortion up to the point of birth for any reason. How sick is that.” KAMALA HARRIS’ ‘RADICAL’ ABORTION STANCE WILL NOT WIN OVER MALE VOTERS: MARK THIESSEN While interviewing Harris, “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell repeatedly pressed the presidential candidate about what abortion restrictions she would support. “Let’s put back in place Roe v. Wade,” Harris said. “So you do support restrictions after viability?” O’Donnell asked. “I support Roe v. Wade being put back into law by Congress, and to restore the fundamental right of women to make decisions about their own body,” Harris replied. Trump has said that he would veto a federal abortion ban. “LIKE RONALD REAGAN BEFORE ME, I FULLY SUPPORT THE THREE EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER,” he declared on social media.
Family of Marine veteran murdered in Mexico backs Trump, Vance after silence from Biden-Harris admin
The family of a Marine veteran murdered in Mexico told Fox News Digital that they have not heard from President Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris nearly two weeks after their son’s killing. Nicholas Douglas Quets, a 31-year-old Marine veteran who worked for Pima County, Arizona, on water reclamation projects, was shot and killed along the Caborca-Altar Highway in northern Mexico on Oct. 19. Quets, whose father served 20 years in the U.S. Army and another 20 years in federal law enforcement, was born in Panama City, Panama, and grew up in Latin America. For the past several years, the family lived close to one another in Arizona, and, as an avid outdoorsman who loved the water, Quets was driving with friends down to Rocky Point for a beach trip. He was killed about 30 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. “I am apolitical,” Quets’ father, retired Army Lt. Col. Warren Douglas Quets, told Fox News Digital. “But the facts of the matter are these: my American son, doing nothing other than going to the beach an hour from his home was executed by cowardly thugs. The news media decided to suppress it for four days, and in the overwhelming majority of cases, that would have been a great bet.” “This was the wrong Marine. This was the wrong family,” he said. “This story will not go away. It won’t go away next week after the U.S. elections. This story is going to push and push and push.” “No matter what happens next week, I am not letting this die,” the father said. “My goal for Nick is that Nick is the beginning of the end for the cartels in Mexico.” TRUMP, VANCE MEET WITH FAMILY OF MARINE VETERAN KILLED OFF MEXICAN HIGHWAY BY SUSPECTED CARTEL MEMBERS The Quets family said it was Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., who helped facilitate a meeting with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, while he campaigned in Tucson. Days after their son’s killing, the Quets family then met with former President Donald Trump ahead of his rally in Tempe, and both running mates asked permission before mentioning Quets’ name. Vance said on stage, “I promise you the cavalry is coming, and when Donald Trump is president we’re going to kick the cartels a–es.” By contrast, the Quets family said they attempted to get a meeting with the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, when he was campaigning in Phoenix, but staffers told them the event was at capacity and turned them away. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to headline an event in Phoenix on Thursday, which is Halloween, when Trump is also expected to be back in the state. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and to the Harris campaign several times asking for comment on Quets’ killing but did not hear back. “In my family’s greatest hour of need for an entity, for a strong government and a strong, strong enterprise, that the United States government is, the only people in an elected capacity or a position seeking authority to run that institution came back to me and expressed concern and made commitments to me [on] how we’ll make it better … were Senator Vance and President Trump. That’s 100% fact,” Quets said. “I do believe in Donald Trump as a man of his word – not the TV character, not the billionaire – but a person who I looked at face to face and talked with,” Quets told Fox News Digital. “America got a little bit weaker. My family was destroyed, but America got a little bit weaker. Mexico got a little bit weaker. Those cartels got a little bit stronger. And the only way to reverse that is to go after these people.” Quets’ brother-in-law, retired Air Force Capt. Philip Sweet, told Fox News Digital that he currently works in federal law enforcement and is confident President Biden would have been briefed about Quets’ killing. “President Biden, he was in Arizona on Friday. We heard nothing. There was no outreach. There’s still been no outreach,” Sweet told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “It’s not because we’re picking one side or the other … we’re an apolitical family. Before this, you wouldn’t have had either of us talk about our opinions. But what I can say is that our goal was to raise awareness for this.” “Within, you know, less than 100 hours from my brother-in-law’s murder, we had elected officials, Senator Vance, and we had President Trump take – each of them – take 15 minutes out of their extremely busy schedules to meet with us,” Sweet said. “It’s obvious to me and my family we have 100% confidence in President Trump and Senator Vance.… We know who cares about us, and that’s obvious to us. It’s President Trump and Senator Vance. I’m shocked on multiple levels that nobody from our current administration, neither of our U.S. senators, our governor, nobody has reached out.” Quets said he met Vance just four days after his son was killed. “He says, ‘You’re talking to me as JD Vance, Marine, and I want to know what it is, what happened,’” Quets recalled. “‘And I want to know what I can do to help you.’” “And I know how busy those men are in a two-week political fight of their lives,” Quets continued. “So I said everything … Vance looked at me, and he got emotional about it, and he said, ‘Tell me what I can do to help.’” FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: ARIZONA IS TRUMP’S TO LOSE, BUT THIS ELECTION IS ANYONE’S TO WIN “And the next morning, we got called by the Trump campaign rally,” he recalled. “My daughter-in-law and my wife carried a picture of my son with them.” “Trump looked at the picture before he said anything,” Quets said. “He started to cry … had tears in his eyes. And he looks at everybody, looks at my wife, looks at my daughter-in-law,
Democrat platform ActBlue subpoenaed by House committee amid concerns foreign donors exploited security flaws
House Republicans issued a subpoena this week to the Democratic fundraising platform, ActBlue, as part of an ongoing effort to obtain more information about certain questionable transactions and the platform’s process for vetting its donors. In a letter to ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones, House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., requested that the platform turn over more information about its process and policies for verifying donors before Nov. 6, the day after this year’s general election. He said the subpoena is a bid to “safeguard our nation’s elections” and “close loopholes in our campaign finance system,” including contributions from donors whose identities were not as stringently vetted. The request, sent just days ahead of the presidential election, comes as Republicans have expressed mounting concerns over ActBlue’s security policies and processes for vetting donors, which the platform has addressed in recent months with some policy changes. VIRGINIA APPEALS TO SCOTUS TO REVERSE JUDGE’S RULING PUTTING POTENTIAL NONCITIZENS BACK ON VOTER ROLLS Until recently, the platform did not require online donors to submit their credit card verification value (CVV) when donating online — prompting criticism from House Republicans, including Steil, who noted that the lack of verification could allow for “potentially fraudulent and illicit financial activity” by foreign donors. “We cannot allow foreign actors to influence our elections through campaign financing. The Committee’s investigation uncovered that foreign actors might be taking advantage of ActBlue’s inadequate security protocols,” Steil said in his letter. To date, there has been no evidence or records that such activity has taken place. Additionally, ActBlue, for its part, did begin requiring CVV numbers in August. The subpoena request comes on the heels of a New York Post report this week that the Treasury Department has identified “hundreds of records of transactions” made on the app that were flagged by banks as potentially suspicious. The department is currently reviewing those records. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said this week that his office is “working closely with Treasury” to obtain the materials “expeditiously.” CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS IN THE 2024 ELECTION Steil and the rest of the House Administration Committee are also working to obtain more information from ActBlue about donations collected in previous months. On Wednesday, Steil sent a letter to the platform seeking information related to the platform’s donor verification policies and potential vulnerabilities. He also introduced legislation in September seeking to require political committees and donor platforms such as ActBlue to adopt more stringent vetting processes. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP The legislation would also prohibit the acceptance of contributions from prepaid gift cards, and adopt a bipartisan FEC recommendation to prohibit individuals from “knowingly aiding or abetting someone” who makes a contribution in the name of another person. The legislation passed the committee by voice vote, and has not yet been brought to the floor for a full vote. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Trump, Harris nearly tied in Michigan as Election Day nears, poll finds
A new poll has found that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are essentially tied among voters in the battleground state of Michigan. The Washington Post poll of 1,004 registered voters reveals that Trump is leading Harris there 47 to 45%. Among that group, those who said they were likely to vote for Harris over Trump 47-46%. The poll was conducted between Oct. 24-28 and has a margin of error of 3.7%. Of those who responded, six out of every ten voters view the state of the economy negatively, according to The Washington Post. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed listed the economy as an “extremely important issue,” followed by immigration at 47%, taxes at 44%, healthcare at 42%, abortion at 41% and U.S. policy on the war in Gaza at 29%. FOX NEWS POLL: HARRIS ERASES TRUMP’S LEAD ON THE ECONOMY IN MICHIGAN On those issues, Trump leads Harris 49-42% among registered voters who believe he would do a better job handling the economy, 51-38% on the issue of immigration, and 48-38% on the war in Gaza. DETROIT AUTOWORKERS ON KAMALA HARRIS STRUGGLING WITH BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS: ‘SHE HASN’T DONE ANYTHING FOR US’ Harris, meanwhile, leads Trump 49-36% among voters who believe she will do a better job handling abortion, and 46-40% on healthcare. The poll found that voters are split evenly over which candidate would better serve middle class workers. When asked about what to do with undocumented immigrants who currently are in the U.S., 48% said they should be offered a chance to apply for legal status, while 46% say they should be deported to the countries from which they came from.
DeSantis admin blocked in abortion ad fight until after Election Day, judge rules
A Florida judge extended a temporary restraining order until after the election that blocks the state government from threatening to take legal action against television stations over pro-abortion ads. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group behind the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative to enshrine abortion in the state constitution, which is on the ballot on Election Day, filed a lawsuit earlier this month against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former health department counsel John Wilson, following threats from the Florida Department of Health to TV stations over abortion ads aired. In its letter, the health department stated the advertisements were “false” and “dangerous” and requested the ads be removed within 24 hours, or it would proceed with legal measures. DESANTIS CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HIGH-STAKES ABORTION MEASURE ON FLORIDA BALLOT: ‘BAIT AND SWITCH’ LEGISLATION District Judge Mark E. Walker initially granted the plaintiff’s request for a temporary restraining order. The order was set to expire on Tuesday, but Walker extended it until Nov. 12 – one week after the election. “…this Court concludes that Plaintiff continues to have standing for the same reasons articulated in the temporary restraining order and that good cause exists to extend the temporary restraining order, because this Court requires additional time to review the arguments for and against the motion for preliminary injunction and to draft an Order on the motion,” Walker wrote in the order. DESANTIS ADMIN BLOCKED FROM THREATENING TV STATIONS OVER PRO-ABORTION ADS Yes on 4 cheered the decision. “While this case isn’t over, this second ruling is once again a critical victory for every Floridian who believes in democracy and the sanctity of the First Amendment,” Lauren Brenzel, the group’s campaign director, said in a statement. “Once again, 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. This ruling continues to remind us that Floridians will not back down in the face of government intimidation.” The order will expire on Nov. 12 or when the court enters an order on the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction. 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.” LEGENDARY NFL COACH TONY DUNGY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST LEGALIZING ABORTION IN FLORIDA In its initial filing, Floridians Protecting Freedom argued that the state government’s legal threats were a violation of Floridians Protecting Freedom’s First Amendment right to run political advertisements in support of the proposed amendment. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the measure a “bait and switch” during a press conference in Winter Garden, days after the initial order was issued. Former President Trump previously called Florida’s proposed amendment “radical” in an interview with Fox News, but said he also believes Florida’s six-week abortion restriction is too short. Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.