A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of Florida's "Stop Woke Act" that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP lawmakers to ban critical race theory training in the workplace and in education.Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker granted a permanent injunction against the part of the law that prohibited race-related training in private workplaces, ruling that the 2022 law violated the First Amendment.The "Stop Wrongs To Our Kids and Employees Act," otherwise known as the "Stop WOKE Act," sought to ban teachings or business practices that tell individuals that members of one ethnic group are inherently racist and should feel guilty of past actions committed by people of that ethnic group. It also prohibits pushing the idea that a person was either privileged or oppressed based on their race or gender. The law further bars the notion that discrimination is acceptable to achieve diversity.FEDERAL APPEALS COURT BLOCKS PART OF DESANTIS' 'STOP WOKE ACT' ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives a political speech at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, April 1, 2023, in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)It said a mandated training program or other activity that "espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual (an employee) to believe any of the following concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin," citing eight race-related concepts."[This is] a powerful reminder that the First Amendment cannot be warped to serve the interests of elected officials," read a statement from counsel Shalini Goel Agarwal of Protect Democracy, which represented the plaintiffs in this case.The portion of the law focused on education is unaffected by the ruling.DeSantis has often referred to the law when saying that Florida was where "woke goes to die."FEDERAL JUDGE HANDS DESANTIS ADMIN WIN OVER 'STOP WOKE ACT' Gov. DeSantis has often referred to the law when saying that Florida was where "woke goes to die." (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWalker previously issued a preliminary injunction in 2022 when he ruled the workplace portion of the law unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds, and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling in March.Separately, Walker has also issued a preliminary injunction against the part of the law that would restrict how race-related concepts can be taught in Florida's colleges and universities, according to Fox 35. An appeals court panel held a hearing in that case last month.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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If former President Donald Trump returns to the White House and the GOP regains control of the Senate and retains control of the House, the Republican congressional leadership will have the opportunity to use the "reconciliation process" to enact urgently needed legislation. "There’s not a moment to lose!" was a saying of the Royal Navy in the "age of sail," one familiar to anyone who has read Patrick O’Brian’s splendid 20 volume Aubrey-Maturin series set at sea in the Napoleonic Wars (and in the single screen adaptation of the novels in "Master and Commander," where Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey utters the familiar admonition to take every advantage of every day, hour and minute.) The need in D.C. is indeed for speed. In the post-war era, Republicans have always meandered their way through their rare opportunities to legislate when all three lawmaking bodies are headed by Republicans. Always they have employed the standard Beltway calendar and four-day work weeks. They are never ready to move quickly, and rarely by April if that. Their majorities and the president who brought them along with his campaign have never landed in Washington, D.C., with anything like a big agenda and the urgency that is required to move big legislative packages. TRUMP CAMPAIGN DISMISSES LEFT'S 'ABSURD' CRITICISM OF JD VANCE: 'WE'RE FIGHTING FOR WORKING WOMEN'Conservatives are by nature a careful lot, often cautious in the extreme. Given where we are in 2024, that deeply embedded caution has to go by the boards and everyone from Trump down to the "biggest reach" candidate in a Senate campaign — probably the campaign of Nella Domenici against incumbent Democrat Senator Martin Heinrich in New Mexico — has to pledge to go far, go fast and go together. Former U.S. President Donald Trump would need help from congressional Republicans to hit the ground running the day he takes office. (Getty Images)The country needs this dynamic urgency to repair the massive damage done to the economy during the Biden-Harris years and to assure the superpower status of the U.S. Indeed, the urgent need to stop our "national bleeding" in every phase of our federal government has to dominate the GOP’s collective fall campaign. Much needs to be done, and every GOP candidate should be insistent on its immediate doing when sworn in. "Reconciliation" is celebrating its 50th anniversary, having been established by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. This process allows for expedited consideration of certain tax, spending and debt limit legislation. In the Senate, reconciliation bills aren’t subject to filibuster, which means the GOP would have real advantages for enacting controversial budget and tax measures. The key is that every provision of bills passed pursuant to reconciliation must have a genuine nexus with the spending plans adopted by Congress as part of an overall budget. Thus, if the overall budget agreed to by the House Republicans and Senate Republicans is silent on a subject — neither spending money on a goal nor cutting past expenditures made on that subject — the reconciliation process cannot be used, and the Senate’s filibuster will prevent serious reforms of outdated laws and ruinous spending. "Reconciliation" is the process that allowed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to spend trillions of dollars on pork on the unnecessary and hugely expensive "COVID relief" package in 2021 and the absurdly named "Inflation Reduction Act" of 2022, which spent more trillions and made inflation worse. If the reconciliation window opens in 2025, I hope President Trump would use it to: (1) Mandate a massive defense re-armament on an expedited basis, one constructed along the lines of the program put forward by Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker earlier this year, and one that specifically mandates the construction or refurbishing of shipyards without regard to any other law that would slow that process down. In short, we need an immediate and enormous crash defense build-up, one that gets the Columbia class nuclear submarine into the water in time to replace our aging Ohio class "boomers," and one which substantially expands our and our allies’ attack submarine forces and which expands our cyber and satellite capabilities as we reorient our military toward the vast threat posed by Communist China; (2) Extend the Trump Tax Cuts plus the exemption of tips from taxable income and the taxation of endowments greater than a billion dollars; (3) Authorize the rapid expansion of energy production from every source, suspending the cumbersome regulatory hurdles used by the administrative state to cripple production and export of energy and the construction of modern nuclear plants which have to drive our AI revolution; As Usha Chilukuri Vance, Ivanka Trump, and former first lady Melania Trump watch, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, sign paperwork to officially accept the nominations during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(4) Mandate massive reductions in force across the hundreds of federal agencies and commissions and from the nearly 3 million federal bureaucrats via both the direct order to cut every federal bureaucracy not specifically exempted (the Border Patrol for example) by at least a third of its civilian workforce, and the repeal of those portions of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 that make it effectively impossible to discipline the administrative state; (5) Mandate and "authorize for immediate construction notwithstanding any other law or treaty with any nation" of up to 1,200 miles of border wall; (6) Condition the flow of federal dollars to K-12 education on the existence in every state that wants those federal dollars of a robust "school choice" program modeled on either the existing programs in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Ohio or West Virginia. This exercise of the Constitution’s spending power is a tried-and-true means of creating incentives for the states to innovate; (7) Prohibit the award of any grant or other form of federal subsidy to any college or university with an endowment in excess of a billion dollars. The idea what the taxpayer is funding institutions like Harvard with its nearly $50-billion-dollar endowment and deep ideological disfigurement is absurd. (The authority to suspend all federal funding on colleges or universities with documented histories of antisemitic environments should be a part of this new approach.)(8) Zero out funding for National Public Radio, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and all other grant-making by all other agencies for a period of four years or until a balanced budget is achieved. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION (9) Condition federal spending on maintenance of state election systems on the adaptation of a uniform set of election procedures including the use of voter ID and the limiting of absentee voting to carefully vetted ballots obtained via carefully regulated procedures. Every state should be able to report its returns on election night or within a week of a recount if mandated, or forfeit federal funding. The standard "California model" that sees routine delay of weeks for counting ballots for at least federal offices — a certain and recurring embarrassment to the Golden State — should not be tolerated or at a minimum not subsidized. No other country in the West permits California-like haphazardness in the rendering of the people’s decision, and the spending power and control over federal election law should be used to end the elections chaos in California and similarly "progressive states." The prohibition of "ranked voting" for federal office ought also to be passed into law. "Ranked voting" is a sham upon the electorate worked by progressives upon an unsuspecting citizenry and an invitation to even more election chaos. "Reconciliation" is the process that allowed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to spend trillions of dollars on pork on the unnecessary and hugely expensive "COVID relief" package in 2021 and the absurdly named "Inflation Reduction Act" of 2022, which spent more trillions and made inflation worse.
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao picked up the first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as they topped South Korea’s Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team, 16-12.It’s China’s 68th medal in the sport of shooting and 27th gold medal. It was Huang’s first medal in the sport and Sheng’s second medal. Sheng won a silver medal in the 10-meter air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sheng Lihao L and Huang Yuting of China pose for photos after the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal Match of Shooting at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Shan Yuqi/Xinhua via Getty Images)The Chinese pair’s win in Paris followed their gold medal victory in the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan last year.It’s the first Olympic medals for the South Korean pair. Keum won a gold medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at the World Cup earlier this year.Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev were awarded the first medals of the Paris Olympics on Saturday as they defeated Germany’s Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich.The Kazakhstan team won the match 17-5. Le and Satpayey topped Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh and Michael Bargeron on Thursday. Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Kazakhstan's Islam Satpayev compete in the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team Bronze Medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 29, 2024. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)LIVE UPDATES: THE PARIS OLYMPICS' FIRST MEDALS TO BE HANDED OUT AS SUMMER GAMES KICKS INTO HIGH GEARKazakhstan took home eight medals, all bronze, at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The team had 17 total medals, including 10 bronze, five silver and two gold, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.The Kazakhstan team only had three medals in the sport going into bronze medal match. The team won two silver and a bronze and now have more bronze to add to their total.Sergey Belyayev had two silver medals in the men’s 50-meter rifle prone and the men’s 50-meter prone meter rifle three positions in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Vladimir Vokhmyanin won the men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol.China’s Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won gold over the United States’ Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky. The Russian Olympic Committee’s Yulia Karimova and Sergey Kamenskiy topped South Korea’s Kwon Eun-ji and Nam Tae-yun for the bronze medal. South Korea's Keum Jihyeon competes in the shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 29, 2024. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThese were the first medals handed out in the Olympics.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Liberal outlets, Democrats run defense for VP Harris as she continues to solidify nomination support
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Media outlets, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials defended Vice President Harris this week over her work on the border crisis, her previous support for the controversial Minnesota Freedom Fund and her title as the "most liberal" U.S. senator by a government accountability site. Controversy surfaced this week over whether Harris acted as the "border czar" earlier in the Biden administration despite her statements that she would take the lead on the border and immigration early in the Biden administration. Harris announced in 2021 that she would be taking the lead on diplomatic negotiations with El Salvador, Guatemala and other countries that send migrants to the U.S.WHITE HOUSE COMMS SHOP'S CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED AFTER BIDEN BOWS OUT: 'SCANDAL' Liberal outlets, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials defended Vice President Harris this week over her work on the border crisis, her previous support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund and her title as the "most liberal" U.S. senator by a government accountability site. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)White House staff and Democratic lawmakers reject Harris being called ‘border czar’"Border czar" is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when President Biden appointed her to handle the "root causes" of illegal immigration.But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and other members of the president's staff have repeatedly rejected the claim that Harris was ever asked to lead on the border crisis. The media got in on the action in a big way this week, with a flood of reports going out of their way to separate Harris from the border crisis."We are going to debunk the false characterization of the vice president. She was not a border czar. And it's not just us. Independent fact-checkers have said the same thing — that that did not exist, and that is not true," Jean-Pierre said. Axios was grilled Wednesday over a piece insisting Harris wasn’t the "border czar" in a story that seemed to contradict its previous reporting. The outlet later updated the story by admitting it had "incorrectly" called her a "border czar" in the past.Numerous other outlets also reported it was incorrect to call Harris the "border czar," including fact-checker PolitiFact. Fox News Digital asked several news organizations, including CNN, MSNBC, CBS, The New York Times and Axios, about their vocal rejection of the "border czar" label in recent days, pressing why all of a sudden they were doing so and whether the Harris campaign pressured them into resisting the label. Most did not respond. PolitiFact and USA Today both responded to Fox News Digital's requests and said there was no pressure from the Harris campaign and they were independent news organizations.A viral video from NewsBusters showed news organizations going back and forth on using the term before and after Harris' 2024 presidential candidacy. HARRIS EDGES CLOSER TO TRUMP IN NEW POLL CONDUCTED AFTER BIDEN'S WITHDRAWALTRUMP QUICKLY MOVES TO DEFINE HARRIS AS 'MORE LEFT THAN BERNIE SANDERS'Controversy over Harris' previous support for Minnesota Freedom FundJournalists also pushed back on Harris' support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund in June 2020 amid Black Lives Matter riots following the death of George Floyd.During her 2020 campaign for president, Harris posted on X, then Twitter, in support of the fund that helped convicted criminals get out of prison: "If you're able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota."CBS News attempted to refute the story in an article from Thursday, headlined, "Despite Trump claim and 2020 tweet showing support, Harris never donated to Minnesota Freedom Fund.""One of the dangerous criminals Kamala helped bail out of jail was Shawn Michael Tillman," Trump at a North Carolina rally, per CBS. "You know that name. A repeat offender who, with Harris's help, was set free. He then went on to murder a man on a train platform in St. Paul, Minnesota, shooting him in cold blood six times, lying on the ground.""While parts of Trump's statement are true — Shawn Michael Tillman did murder a man in St. Paul after being released from jail — other parts of the former president's statement are misleading," CBS reported. A local CBS affiliate in Minnesota was also hit with a Commnunity Note on X after claiming Trump "falsely" accused Harris of supporting the bail fund. Harris, according to the organization, did not send any donations herself, but her post urging donations remains live from 2020.Site naming Harris the ‘most liberal’ U.S. senator in 2019 disappears GovTrack, an organization that tracks congressional voting records, confirmed to Fox News Digital it had removed a 2019 web page that ranked Kamala Harris as that year's "most liberal" U.S. senator sometime within the last two weeks. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)GovTrack, an organization that tracks congressional voting records, confirmed to Fox News Digital it had removed a 2019 web page that ranked Kamala Harris as that year's "most liberal" U.S. senator sometime within the last two weeks.The self-described "government transparency website" scored Harris as the "most liberal compared to all senators" in 2019, outranking Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at the time. But the web page with the ranking, which was widely covered in news reports during the 2020 election, was recently deactivated. In response to that report, a New York Intelligencer columnist advised Harris on how she could best "fight the ‘too liberal’ label." Some media hosts are pitching Harris as a moderate candidate ahead of November. "The View" host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Friday that Harris ran as a liberal in 2020 but now has a "centrist" message. The White House has not yet responded to a request for comment. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News' Anders Hagstrom, Chris Pandolfo, Hugh Hewitt, Kyle Morris and Yael Halon contributed to this report.
Astronauts have been "getting into the Olympic spirit" with a zero-gravity Olympics of their own, according to Nasa.
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. Americans Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook took home the first medal for the United States in the Paris Olympics on Saturday as they finished with a silver in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event.Bacon and Cook finished behind China’s team of Yani Chang and Yiwen Chang and ahead of Great Britain’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen. They had 314.64 points in the event.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook of Team United States acknowledge the fans prior to the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Aquatics Centre on July 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)Bacon and Cook missed out on the Olympics last year. But Cook competed in the 3-meter springboard competition in the 2016 Olympics and finished in 13th. Both divers are renowned on the world stage with multiple medals. Bacon won a gold in the 2019 World Championships in the 1-meter springboard.LIVE UPDATES: THE PARIS OLYMPICS' FIRST MEDALS TO BE HANDED OUT AS SUMMER GAMES KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook of Team United States train at Olympic Aquatics Centre ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Paris, France. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)Chang and Chen dominated the event with 337.68 points. The two divers picked up their first Olympic medals of their careers and add more gold to their resumes. They have multiple gold medals on the world championships.China already picked up a gold medal in shooting earlier in the day and now have two on their total.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHarper and Mew Jensen won bronze in the 2024 World Championships, finishing behind Chang and Chen and Australia’s Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith. The Australian team finished in fifth in the Paris Olympics behind Italy’s Elena Bertocchi and Chiara Pellacani.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Motor City is revving up its innovation engines once again. This time, it's about cutting-edge autonomous vehicles (AVs) designed to serve those who need them most. May Mobility, a leader in AV technology and deployment, has just launched its 14th deployment in the heart of Detroit. But what sets this program apart? Let's break it down.GET SECURITY ALERTS, EXPERT TIPS — SIGN UP FOR KURT’S NEWSLETTER — THE CYBERGUY REPORT HERE Autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)The Accessibili-D programLaunched on June 20 in partnership with the City of Detroit's Office of Mobility Innovation (OMI) and the Michigan Mobility Collaborative (MMC), the Accessibili-D service is a free autonomous shuttle program aimed at improving life for Detroiters aged 62 and older or those living with disabilities.The program offers free rides for eligible residents using three autonomous vehicles, including two that are wheelchair-accessible. With 68 stops across 11 square miles of downtown Detroit, the service operates six days a week and connects people to health care, shopping, employment and recreational activities. Map of autonomous ride service in Detroit. (May Mobility)ONE TECH COMPANY'S GAME-CHANGING APPROACH TO SELF-DRIVING TRUCKSThe tech behind the wheelsMay Mobility's AVs aren't your average self-driving cars. They're equipped with some seriously smart tech. At the heart of their operation is the Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) system. This advanced technology provides a 360-degree view using lidar, radar and cameras, simulating thousands of scenarios every second. This allows the vehicles to adapt to unexpected situations for safe and efficient navigation.The company didn't just roll these vehicles onto Detroit streets without preparation. They underwent extensive testing, including the University of Michigan's Mcity Safety Assessment Program and the American Center for Mobility's comprehensive evaluation process. These tests included simulations of real urban scenarios to ensure the vehicles were ready for the complexities of city driving.HOW TO STOP ANNOYING ROBOCALLS Wheelchair-accessible autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)AI RACE CARS REPLACING HUMAN DRIVERS? AUTONOMOUS CAR RACING REVS UPWhy Detroit? Why now?Detroit has always been at the forefront of automotive innovation, and this program continues that legacy. But it's more than just showcasing new tech — it's about addressing real community needs. Edwin Olson, CEO and co-founder of May Mobility, explains:"Many Detroiters have trouble getting around due to the costs of owning a car or mobility challenges arising from age or disabilities. We're excited to show how autonomous technology can help in Detroit, where we will be launching our largest service area to date."GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)FEDERAL PROBE TARGETS WAYMO'S DRIVERLESS ROBOTAXIS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNSA collaborative effortThe Accessibili-D program is the result of extensive collaboration. It began with a $2.4 million contract approved by the Detroit City Council. May Mobility partnered with Toyota to provide access to Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles, and the service is powered by Via, the global leader in TransitTech. Extensive community outreach was conducted to educate future riders and identify key locations for stops. Autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)Looking to the futureThis pilot program, set to run through 2026, is just the beginning. Based on rider feedback, there are already plans to expand the service zone with additional stops and vehicles. Tim Slusser, chief of the Office of Mobility Innovation at the City of Detroit, had this to say:WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)?"We're thrilled to launch the 'Accessibili-D' autonomous shuttle service, a vital step toward enhancing mobility for our older residents and those with disabilities. This free, innovative service will provide safe and efficient transportation, greatly improving access to essential services for residents who have faced difficulty navigating their needs in the city." Autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)SUBSCRIBE TO KURT’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR QUICK VIDEO TIPS ON HOW TO WORK ALL OF YOUR TECH DEVICESMay Mobility: Beyond DetroitWhile this Detroit deployment is making news, it's noteworthy that May Mobility is no newcomer to the AV scene. They've successfully deployed in 14 cities across the U.S. and Japan, including Ann Arbor, Michigan; Grand Rapids, Minnesota; Miami; Arlington, Texas; and Sun City, Arizona. Their mission is to develop AV technology and deploy AVs to transit agencies, cities and businesses across the U.S., offering rides for free or at costs comparable to public transportation. Autonomous vehicle. (May Mobility)Kurt's key takeawaysThe Accessibili-D program is a step towards a more inclusive and accessible city. By focusing on those who often face the greatest mobility challenges, May Mobility and the City of Detroit are demonstrating how innovation can be harnessed to address real societal needs. As we watch this program unfold, it will be fascinating to see its impact on the lives of Detroit residents and its potential as a model for other cities. Could this be the future of urban transit? Only time will tell, but one thing's for sure — Detroit is once again at the forefront of automotive innovation, proving that the Motor City is still very much in the driver's seat when it comes to shaping the future of transportation.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWould you feel comfortable and safe letting an autonomous May Mobility vehicle drive you around? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/ContactFor more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Cyberguy.com/NewsletterAsk Kurt a question or let us know what stories you'd like us to cover.Follow Kurt on his social channels:Answers to the most-asked CyberGuy questions:Copyright 2024 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved.
Former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday as a "bum" responsible for the influx of migrants flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border during her tenure in the Biden administration.Trump made the comments about Harris at the Turning Point USA Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida. This comes after Harris secured enough delegates for the Democratic Party's top nomination after President Joe Biden dropped his re-election effort, although the party's candidate will not formally be nominated until next month's convention."Three weeks ago, she was a bum, a failed vice president and a failed administration with millions of people crossing. And she was the border czar, now they're trying to say she never was," Trump said, referring to recent claims by some media outlets that Harris was never the border czar, although several of the same outlets previously described her as such."They're deleting it all over the place," he added. "They want to take it [down] because we have the worst border in history. And three and a half years ago, we had the best border that we've ever had."TRUMP ANNOUNCES TO CROWD HE JUST TOOK OFF THE LAST BANDAGE AT FAITH EVENT AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point Action's "The Believers Summit" in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 26, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)President Biden tapped Harris in 2021 to address the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America.Biden said in March 2021 that Harris was leading the effort to coordinate with Mexico and other Northern Triangle nations — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — to address issues such as the surge of migrants at the southern border.Earlier this week, the House passed a resolution condemning Harris as the border czar over her handling of the mass migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The resolution passed by a 220-196 vote, with at least six Democrats joining Republicans to condemn Harris.During his remarks on Friday, Trump botched Harris' name. He appeared to struggle to pronounce "Harris" and said there are multiple ways to pronounce her first name."By the way, there are numerous ways of saying her name … It doesn't matter what I say. I couldn't care less if I mispronounce it or not. I couldn't care less," he said. "Some people think I mispronounce it on purpose, but actually I've heard it said about seven different ways. There are a lot of ways."TOP DEMOCRATIC SUPER PAC LAUNCHES MASSIVE $50M AD SPEND FOR HARRIS LEADING UP TO DNC US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention in Houston, Texas, on July 25, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)Additionally, Trump said Harris must be defeated in a "land slade," a mispronunciation of "landslide." The former president also again purported that Democrats are trying to steal elections and claimed to the Christians in the crowd that Americans will not have to vote at the end of his presidency because "it'll be fixed" by then, a comment Democrats are criticizing as fascist and an attempt to refuse to leave office."If you want to save America, get your friends, get your family, get everyone you know and vote," Trump said. "Vote early. Vote absentee. Vote on Election Day. I don't care how, but you have to get out and vote. And again, Christians get out and vote just this time." Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point Action's "The Believers Summit" in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 26, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)Trump also highlighted that he appointed three Supreme Court justices — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — and that he "will once again appoint rock solid conservative judges who will protect religious liberty and not let Marxist lunatics rewrite our constitution."The Harris campaign criticized Trump's speech as "bitter" and "bizarre."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Tonight, Donald Trump couldn't pronounce words, insulted the faith of Jewish and Catholic Americans, lied about the election (again), lied about other stuff, bragged about repealing Roe, proposed cutting billions in education funding, announced he would appoint more extremist judges, revealed he planned to fill a second Trump term with more criminals like himself, attacked lawful voting, went on and on and on, and generally sounded like someone you wouldn’t want to sit near at a restaurant – let alone be President of the United States," Harris campaign spokesperson James Singer said in a statement."America can do better than the bitter, bizarre, and backward looking delusions of criminal Donald Trump," Singer continued. "Vice President Kamala Harris offers a vision for America's future focused on freedom, opportunity, and security."
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.An important figure in American history once narrowly escaped with his life after an assassination attempt in western Pennsylvania – but it wasn't former President Donald J. Trump.George Washington, just 21 years old when it happened, was a major in the British Army.The year was 1753. TRUMP FLAG PHOTO JOINS PANTHEON OF IMAGES THAT CAPTURE AMERICAN RESOLVE, ERASE POLITICAL DIVIDESThe United States did not yet exist — and young Washington was traveling from Virginia to western Pennsylvania.His goal? Preventing war. A monument in Evans City, Pennsylvania, recounts the assassination attempt on George Washington's life in Dec. 1753. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital )Washington "was on his way to go up to Fort Le Boeuf, which would be close to Erie," Jack Cohen, president of Butler County Tourism and board member of the 1753 George Washington Trail, told Fox News Digital in a phone interview this week.There, he would meet with French troops "to see if he could stop the French and Indian War," Cohen said. Washington had been tasked with delivering a letter from Virginia Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, requesting that the French leave the area. FAITH LEADERS SHARE URGENT PRAYERS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AFTER PENNSYLVANIA RALLY SHOOTINGBut the French balked at the thought of leaving the area — and a full-blown war would begin about six months after Washington visited Fort Le Boeuf. Yet even before that, on Dec. 27, 1753, Washington and his guide, a surveyor named Christopher Gist, were following the Venango Indian Trail on their way back to Virginia when they stopped for the night at Connoquenessing Creek in Pennsylvania, Cohen relayed. The attempt on Washington's life is memorialized by artist Deac Mong in this 2007 painting called "The First Shot." The painting is hanging in the Butler County Courthouse. (Deac Mong) George Washington, shown in this portrait painting by Constable-Hamilton, 1794, went on to serve as president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)There, the two befriended an "Indian guide" who said he would help them through the wilderness, he said.As it turns out, the "Indian guide" was allied with the French troops — and was not pleased to see Washington.The man "loaded his musket and shot at Washington and just missed him."
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Meghan Markle was spotted out with a Hollywood gal pal.Markle and Kimberly Williams-Paisley had lunch together on Sunday at Tre Lune in Montecito, California."They had a lovely experience, chatting and laughing together," a source told People magazine. "The pair was low-key and was left unbothered by the other guests."MEGHAN MARKLE ‘REMORSEFUL’ OVER KATE MIDDLETON FEUD, BUT ‘FROSTY’ RELATIONSHIP LIKELY BEYOND REPAIR: EXPERTS The Duchess of Sussex is seen leaving swanky Italian eatery Tre Lune in Montecito, California, with Kimberly Williams-Paisley on Sunday. (BACKGRID) Meghan Markle wore an Anine Bing white button-down shirt, a Dior bag, Chanel flats and Ray-Bans. (BACKGRID)While it's unclear when Markle and Williams-Paisley first met, the two have a lot in common.Both graduated from Northwestern University, with Williams-Paisley earning her degree in 1993 and Markle in 2003. The two are also familiar with the Hollywood scene with their acting careers.Williams-Paisley landed her breakout role in "Father of the Bride" in 1991. The actress is also known for roles in "We Are Marshall" and on TV's "According to Jim." Kimberly Williams-Paisley starred alongside Steve Martin in "Father of the Bride." (Touchstone/Getty Images)Markle famously was a briefcase girl during season two of "Deal or No Deal." She went on to star on "Suits" and is also known for her smaller roles in the films "Horrible Bosses," along with "Remember Me." Meghan Markle portrayed Rachel Zane for seven seasons of "Suits." (Shane Mahood/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE'S UK RETURN UNLIKELY AS HEALTH ISSUES ROCK PALACE: ‘A ROYAL GAME OF CHICKEN’ Meghan Markle began working on "Deal or No Deal" in 2006. (Trae Patton/NBCU Photo Bank)These two ladies also have husbands who are famous in their own right. Williams-Paisley married country music superstar Brad Paisley in 2003. They have two sons: William and Jasper. Markle married Prince Harry in 2018. They also have two children: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Brad Paisley were married in 2003. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation)Markle and Prince Harry have been putting down roots in the U.S. after leaving behind royal life in 2020. Markle hasn't returned to the U.K. since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in September 2022. She attended the funeral with Prince Harry, but left their children in the U.S.Many have speculated that Harry and Meghan might make a return to the U.K. together, but according to reports, that's not happening any time soon.Meanwhile, Markle jet-setted to the Hamptons on Friday to join a group of high-powered women at a summit to reportedly learn tips for her new lifestyle business, American Riviera Orchard, according to Page Six. Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon were among the star-studded names believed to be at the event, the outlet reported. Oprah Winfrey interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a special in 2021, during which they revealed their struggles with royal life. (Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images)LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSHarry has returned to the U.K. for a number of events while Markle stayed behind. He attended King Charles III's coronation, and also saw his father after the king was diagnosed with cancer.Prince Harry's trip to England following the cancer diagnosis was short, a royal expert told Fox News Digital at the time."He was there for 24 hours, he saw his father for 45 minutes, he flew — and announced to the press — after the king’s statement was released, even though we later heard that he was told beforehand, and he didn’t see his sister-in-law or nieces and nephews even though they are also dealing with a traumatic health recovery," Shannon Felton Spence explained. "It’s hard to view it as anything other than an image saver for Harry. And that pains me, because I was really hoping this was the news he needed to wake him up and fix it." Prince Harry has returned to the U.K. multiple times since moving to California. (Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERAlthough things haven't been the best between Prince Harry and his family, the Duke of Sussex is reportedly set to receive an inheritance left behind by his great-grandmother on his 40th birthday, Sept. 15. The Queen Mother was 101 when she died and allegedly dumped two-thirds of her estimated $120 million fortune into a trust at the time.The Duke of Sussex will receive $8.5 million for his share, according to the U.K.'s Mirror. The total is reportedly more than the portion Prince William received on his own 40th birthday."It seems Prince Harry has drawn the lucky straw when it comes to the trust," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "The difference in the allocation of monies is attributed to what is thought to be Prince William and Prince Harry’s future financial prospects."Fox News Digital has reached out to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment. Prince Harry is set to receive his inheritance from his great-grandmother on his 40th birthday in September. (Chris Jackson)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here."Border czar" Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Houston, Texas, choosing to attend a dinner for a convention for teachers rather than visit the grieving parents of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was raped and murdered, allegedly by two migrants.Nungaray was found strangled to death June 17. Authorities identified the suspects as two Venezuelan nationals — Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 21, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26.Authorities previously confirmed the pair illegally entered the U.S. earlier this year.Harris' visit to Houston came as the vice president began a whirlwind campaign tour after President Biden announced he would not seek re-election.DEM WHO CRITICIZED VP HARRIS' HANDLING OF SOUTHERN BORDER ENDORSES HER FOR PRESIDENT Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the members of the American Federation of Teachers at George R. Brown Convention Center Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. (Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was found strangled to death in a Houston creek. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray family)Harris began her trip by greeting local leaders to be briefed on the region’s recovery efforts from Hurricane Beryl and then attended the American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) annual convention."And I thank you also for your support over the years and for being the first union to endorse me this week," Harris said. The American Federation of Teachers is the first labor union to endorse Harris for president since she announced her campaign. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)TRUMP EYES MULTIPLE BORDER VISITS AS HE DRAWS CONTRAST WITH 'RADICAL LEFT' HARRISHarris' address highlighted her campaign hot-button topics, which included key parts of the Democratic Party platform, such as eliminating voter ID to expand mail-in voting, banning assault rifles, protecting LGBTQ+ rights and restoring national access to abortion."In this moment across our nation, we witness a full-on attack on hard-won, hard-fought freedoms," said Harris. "In this moment, we are in a fight for our most fundamental freedoms. And to this room of leaders, I say bring it on. Bring it on. Bring it on." Jocelyn Nungaray's mother, Alexis Nungaray, speaks after Pena Ramos' court appearance June 24, 2024. (KRIV)Harris' visit notably did not include a visit to Nungaray's grieving parents who, since her death, have pleaded for a "safer country" and called for heightened border security to prevent other families from suffering the same fate."We have to stop burying our kids," Jocelyn's mother, Alexis Nungaray, said tearfully on "Hannity." "This isn’t right. We have to have more reinforcement when it comes to letting people in. This is not OK."Jocelyn's grandfather, Kelvin Alvarenga, turned his attention directly to lawmakers."Think about all these little angels that shouldn't have been taken away." — Kelvin Alvarenga, grandfather of Jocelyn Nungaray"I would like the people that can make changes to our laws to just sit back and reflect," Alvarenga said. "I don’t know if we can transmit the pain that we’re having through cameras, but please sit back and reflect and think of all these little angels that shouldn’t have been taken away, and they have for the reason that we’re not doing what we need to, screening these people." Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Westover High School in Fayetteville, N.C., July 18, 2024. (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images)"Screening these people" fell under Harris' charge as "border czar" for the Biden administration."Border czar" is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when Biden appointed her to handle the "root causes" of illegal immigration.In July 2021, she introduced a five-point general strategy to combat those "root causes" of illegal immigration. The plan did not include specific policies, but instead called for "diplomacy, foreign assistance, public diplomacy and sanctions" to "establish a fair, orderly and humane immigration system."TRUMP SLAMS BIDEN'S 'TERRIBLE' OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS ON ABRUPT EXIT FROM 2024 RACE: 'IT WAS A COUP'The document emphasized the "push" factors of migration, including natural disasters in Central America, poverty, hunger, and gang violence, each of which contributes to people leaving their homes in search of a better life in America. "In Central America, the root causes of migration run deep — and migration from the region has a direct impact on the United States," Harris said at the time. "For that reason, our nation must consistently engage with the region to address the hardships that cause people to leave Central America and come to our border."WATCH:The Biden administration has pushed back against categorizing Harris as the "border czar," saying the vice president was never formally given that title.BLUE CITY COPS SAY KAMALA HARRIS ‘HELPED’ KILLERS AND RAPISTS, WARN OF ‘DISASTER’ IF SHE BECOMES PRESIDENT"[Border apprehensions] are down by 55%. Not because of Republicans and what they did. It's because of what this president and this vice president did," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Fox News' Peter Doocy when pressed on Harris' title. "We are going to debunk the false characterization of the vice president. She was not a border czar. And it's not just us. Independent fact-checkers have said the same thing — that that did not exist, and that is not true." Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee July 17, 2024. (Reuters/Callaghan O'hare)Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott torched Harris' visit to Houston, saying she "couldn't trouble herself" to visit the southern border."Kamala Harris flew to Houston for a political rally, but couldn't trouble herself to go a few hundred miles more & see the damage she caused to our border," Abbott wrote in a post on X."She refused to mention Jocelyn Nungaray who was recently killed by illegal immigrants in Houston." Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza had just turned 21 years old when she was killed. (GoFundMe)Nungaray is among victims killed in migrant-related crime during the Biden administration.HARRIS' BACKING OF BAIL FUND DURING GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS DAMPENS TRUMP ‘PROSECUTOR’ CAMPAIGN PITCHIn July, Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, a 21-year-old illegal immigrant from Ecuador, allegedly murdered Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza at an Airbnb property in Syracuse, New York. The gruesome crime was reportedly carried out on the victim's 21st birthday. Laken Riley poses for a photo posted to Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead near a lake on campus Feb. 22, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)In February, 22-year-old Laken Riley was murdered when taking a run along dirt trails on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal migrant from Venezuela, is facing 10 counts following the death of Riley. The 26-year-old recently pleaded not guilty in the death of a college student. Victor Martinez Hernandez, 23, was arrested in the murder of Rachel Morin.