2024 Election: Harris teams up with Beyoncé at Texas rally, Trump to sit with Joe Rogan

Former President Trump said Friday he believes Vice President Kamala Harris is "not a smart person."

Trump said during an appearance on the podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience" that he does not believe "this country is going to make it" if Harris wins next month's election.

"[World leaders] respected me, they respected our country. They don't respect our country. They don't respect Biden. They don't respect her," Trump said.

"They're dreaming about her because she's incompetent," he added. She's not a smart person. These guys are very smart, and they're very streetwise. And they're very tricky and evil and dangerous. And if she becomes the president of the United States, which I can't believe can happen, I don't think this country is going to make it. I don't think we'll ever be. I think just really bad things will happen to our country."

Multiple people who lined up outside Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, Texas, for Vice President Kamala Harris' rally on Friday suffered heat-related medical issues, according to reports.

About two hours before the event, thousands of people were lined up outside the stadium and around the parking lot, KPRC 2 reported.

As the Texas heat started to impact potential attendees, EMTs responded to the area, according to the outlet. At least eight people were transported to nearby hospitals, and dozens more have reported heat-related issues.

Cooling buses were at the location to help the individuals, and Houston police were observed handing out cold bottles of water, the outlet reported.

With 10 days until Election Day, two new major national polls indicate Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are in a dead heat in the race to succeed President Biden in the White House.

With the clock quickly ticking, the two nominees and their running mates are fanning out across the key battleground states this weekend.

Trump starts Saturday with a rally in Novi, Michigan, in suburban Detroit. Later in the day, he'll campaign in another of the crucial swing states — Pennsylvania — as he holds a rally in State College, home to Penn State University.

Harris on Saturday will team up with former first lady Michelle Obama, arguably the most popular Democrat in the country, at a get-out-the-vote rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The stop comes two days after the vice president shared the stage in suburban Atlanta with former President Obama.

Two major national polls conducted Sunday through Wednesday and released Friday indicate Harris and Trump in a dead heat.

Grabbing headlines first is a New York Times/Siena College survey indicating the Democratic Party and GOP presidential nominees are tied at 48%.

That's a switch from a previous poll, earlier this month, when Harris held a slight three-point edge.

A CNN survey had the candidates deadlocked at 47% among likely voters nationwide. Its previous poll from late September indicated the vice president had a razor-thin one-point margin.

Read the full article by Fox News' Paul Steinhauser.

Former President Trump said Friday he would open up the files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. if he wins the election next month.

Trump said during an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" that he was asked "by a lot of reasonable people" not to open the Kennedy files but that he would open them upon returning to the White House.

"I opened them up partially. I met with good people. I mean, you know, look, I've met with good people, people that were well-meaning. Mike Pompeo was one of them. He's a good person. They called me. They said, 'Sir, would rather have you not' and I did open them, but I was asked by some people not to open them," Trump said of the Kennedy files.

"There's a Martin Luther King file, too, by the way, that they'd like to see. I don't know if you know, but there is that," he continued.

Trump added: "But JFK in particular. So they called me, a lot of good people called me, people that I, you know, that you would find reasonable people. And they asked me not to do it. So I said, well, we'll close it for another time, but if I win, I'm going to open them up. I'm just going to open it up."

Rogan asked Trump why he did not open the files during his first term.

"Addresses of people that are still living," Trump replied. "There are people that are affected. And there could be some national security reason that, you know, that I don't have to necessarily know about. But some very good, talented people asked me not to do it. I opened it up, and then they said, would it be possible for us to do that a different day?"

Former President Trump said Friday there is a problem with the "enemy from within" who he believes wants "to make this country unsuccessful."

Trump made the comments to Joe Rogan on the podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience."

"I say it to people: We have a bigger problem, in my opinion, with the enemy from within. And it drives them crazy when I use that term, but we have an enemy from within. We have people that are really bad people, that I really think want to make this country unsuccessful," Trump said.

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Beyoncé on Friday night in front of a massive announced crowd of 30,000 at a soccer stadium in downtown Houston returned to her hometown to formally endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

The singer, whose hit song "Freedom" has been adopted by the vice president as her campaign trail anthem, spoke ahead of Harris and introduced her at the event, which leaned heavily into abortion access.

"It's time for America to sing a new song," Beyoncé said as she formally endorsed the vice president in her White House race against former President Trump. "Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big, loud, Texas welcome to the next President of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris."

And she emphasized that "I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician, I’m here as a mother. A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in. A world where we have the freedom to control our bodies."

Read the full article by Fox News' Paul Steinhauser.

Former President Trump on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to bringing former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into his administration if he wins the election next month.

Podcast host Joe Rogan asked Trump on his show "The Joe Rogan Experience" if he is "completely committed" to tapping Kennedy Jr. to be part of his administration.

"Oh yeah, but the only thing I want to be a little careful about is the environmental ... Gotta be a little bit careful with the liquid gold," Trump said.

The former president said he has received pressure to not work with Kennedy.

"It doesn't affect me," Trump said.

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Former President Trump doubled down on a proposal to eliminate income taxes if he returns to the White House.

Trump was asked by podcast host Joe Rogan on his show "The Joe Rogan Experience" if was "serious" about eliminating the income tax and replacing it with tariffs.

"Yeah sure, why not?" the former president responded.

This comes after Trump floated the idea of eliminating the income tax while taking questions at a barbershop in the Bronx on Monday.

The sister of Vanessa Guillén, an Army private killed by a fellow soldier in 2020, thanked former President Trump on Friday for meeting with her and her mother privately.

"Thank you @realDonaldTrump for meeting with my mother and I today & taking the time to speak with us privately," Mayra Guillén wrote on the social media platform X.

"See you at the White House!" she added.

Vanessa Guillén, 20, was killed in 2020 at Fort Cavazos, formerly Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas, by fellow soldier Aaron Robinson, who killed himself after a confrontation with police following the discovery of Guillen's body in the woods.

Trump railed against VP Kamala Harris Friday night in Michigan for "partying" in Houston at a campaign stop with popstar Beyonce Knowles as Israel launched airstrikes against Iran.

"So Israel is attacking, we got a war going on, and she's out partying," Trump said. "At least we're working to make America great again. That's what we're doing."

"And tonight in the Middle East, it's like a tinderbox," Trump said later Friday night. "It's ready to explode. People are being killed at levels that we've never seen before."

As Trump has repeatedly said during his campaign stops, he vowed to "end the war in Ukraine quickly," though he has not released an official plan for the Russia-Ukraine war.

"I will stop the chaos in the middle East and I will prevent World War Three," Trump said. "I know them all. I know exactly what to do."

While a doctor attended to a crowd member during Trump's Michigan rally late Friday night, Trump suggested: "Should we listen to a nice song while we wait?"

"Okay. Ave, Ave Maria by Pavarotti. You want to do it? We'll, listen to a song. I want the doctors to take their time," Trump said.

After the three-minute song concluded, Trump resumed his campaign speech.

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Former President Trump said Friday on Joe Rogan's podcast that he believes the word "tariff" is "more beautiful than anything."

“To me, the most beautiful word — and I've said this for the last couple of weeks — in the dictionary today is the word 'tariff,'" Trump said during an appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience."

"It's more beautiful than love, it's more beautiful than anything," Trump continued.

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Former President Trump said Friday on Joe Rogan's podcast that the biggest mistake he made during his first term was that he "picked some people that I shouldn't have picked."

During the episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience," Rogan asked the former president if he was referring to neoconservatives.

"Yeah, neocons, or bad people, or disloyal people," Trump responded.

After arriving more than two hours late to his Michigan rally after spending the day campaigning in Texas and appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast, former President Donald Trump said "it was the longest interview I've ever done in my life."

"I got interviewed by, actually, a great guy," Trump told his supporters in Traverse City. "I didn't know him too well, but I got to know him because it was the longest interview I've ever done in my life. Joe Rogan, a good guy, and it's, you know, it's quite something."

Trump's full three-hour interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, filmed Friday afternoon, is already available on X and Spotify.

Former President Trump's appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast reached nearly 600,000 views in the first 45 minutes after it was published on YouTube Friday night.

Friday's episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience" also reached more than 300,000 views in the first 30 minutes it was online, as the number continues to climb.

Trump's rally in Michigan Friday night was delayed after recording the three-hour podcast. The podcast was recorded in Austin, Texas, where Rogan is based.

"President Trump just wrapped a 3 HOUR episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast! We're coming now, Michigan!" Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

A video message from Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is played at a campaign event Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Traverse City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former President Trump's rally in Michigan was delayed Friday after he recorded a three-hour podcast with Joe Rogan.

Some of the crowd left early from the Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, according to local reports.

Trump recorded the podcast in Austin, Texas, where Rogan is based.

"President Trump just wrapped a 3 HOUR episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast! We’re coming now, Michigan!" Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung posted on X.

After the podcast, Trump posted a video on TikTok with him and Rogan.

"We had a good time. I think you'll find it very interesting and enjoy it," Trump said.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin  slammed a federal judge's ruling ordering Virginia to reinstate potentially 1,600 noncitizens to its state voter rolls on Friday, with just 10 full days until the election.

"This is a stunning ruling by a federal judge who is ordering Virginia to reinstate individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens back on the voter rolls," Youngkin told "The Faulkner Focus" by phone shortly after the judge's decision was announced.

"What's even more astounding is that the vast majority of these folks had presented immigration documents confirming that they were noncitizens, and we recently had that verified by federal authorities," he told Fox News host Harris Faulkner. 

On Friday, U.S. Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction to reinstate all voters who had been removed from state voter rolls in the past 90 days, after Youngkin issued an executive order in August directing state officials to identify noncitizens, who were given two weeks to dispute being disqualified before being removed from voter rolls. 

The judge found that the removals had been "systematic," not individualized, and were thus a violation of federal law.

In issuing the injunction, Giles said there is reason to believe voters were being mistakenly removed from the rolls. 

"This process has resulted in eligible voters having their voting registration flagged," she said.

Her ruling came after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the State of Virginia, Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Commissioner of Elections on Oct. 11, saying that by removing voters from rolls too close to the Nov. 5 general election, the state had violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).

Youngkin told Faulkner the ruling, which is expected to restore the voting rights to about 1,600 residents ahead of Election Day, violated common sense and the Constitution. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Kristine Parks

"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary criticized the Democratic Party for how it selected Vice President Kamala Harris to become the nominee without a primary and favored Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries.

“This is the second time the Democratic Party has circumvented democracy,” he on CNN. “Hillary Clinton was chosen.”

The Democratic party was criticized in 2016 over how Clinton was chosen, with many saying her nomination was always pre-determined.

O'Leary noted that Harris never won a primary before she was chosen as the party nominee in August.

Other panelists asked whether voters really cared about the primary process.

“The Democrats sure as hell cared today,” he replied.

Critics are taking aim at The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos after the paper announced it would not be making an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race. ((Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Washington Post staffers are revolting after the "Democracy Dies in Darkness" paper announced it wouldn’t endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

On Friday, Post publisher and CEO William Lewis announced the paper would not be making a presidential endorsement this year, nor in any future presidential election. "We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Lewis declared.

Shortly after, the Washington Post Guild released a scathing statement condemning the decision.

"We are deeply concerned that The Washington Post – an American news institution in the nation’s capital – would make the decision to no longer endorse presidential candidates, especially a mere 11 days ahead of an immensely consequential election. The role of an Editorial Board is to do just this: to share opinions on the news impacting our society and culture and endorse candidates to help guide readers," the Guild said.

"The message from our chief executive, Will Lewis – not from the Editorial Board itself – makes us concerned that management interfered with the work out of members in Editorial," the Guild continued. "According to our own reporters and Guild members, an endorsement for Harris was already drafted, and the decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos."

The Guild added: "We are already seeing cancelations from once loyal readers. This decision undercuts the works of our members at a time when we should be building our readers’ trust, not losing it."

The Guild put up a post with a link encouraging action, saying, "Are you a Washington Post reader concerned with today’s decision for the Editorial Board to not endorse a candidate this election cycle? Send a letter to CEO and Publisher Will Lewis and Editorial Page Editor David Shipley."

Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned because of the decision, and former executive editor Martin "Marty" Baron denounced it as "cowardice."

"This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage," Baron wrote on X.

This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Brian Flood.

Federal investigators believe Russian actors are behind a video falsely depicting the ripping up of ballots in Pennsylvania, authorities said Friday.

A video circulating on social media shows someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County officials said. The FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) determined the footage was fake.

“The IC assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an individual ripping up ballots in Pennsylvania, judging from information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. Local election officials have already debunked the video’s content," the agencies said in a joint statement.

The video was part of Russia's attempts to question the integrity of the November election and “stoke divisions among Americans, as detailed in prior ODNI election updates.”

“In the lead up to election day and in the weeks and months after, the IC expects Russia to create and release additional media content that seeks to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and divide Americans,” the statement said.

U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and North Korea have tried to undermine the democratic process through a variety of cyber tactics, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday.

Russia remains focused on the Harris-Walz campaign, while Iran has scouted election-related websites and media outlets, suggesting preparations for more direct influence operations as Election Day nears, the report said.

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Houston on Friday to campaign with Beyonce in an effort to sway voters.

Some Houston residents told Fox News Digital the campaign won't make a difference.

“She's been campaigning with celebrities all along,” one told Fox News Digital. “I'm looking at the polls now. She's getting further and further behind.”

He said he's already voted for Trump.

“I don't vote by party. My wallet told me vote for Trump,” he added.

Another said he was glad Harris was in Texas but didn't think the visit would make much of an impact.

“I think it's a waste of money and resources,” another man said. “Go out there to North Carolina where the battle is being fought. I don't understand why they're even here"

“Maybe Florida… but places like Houston, she's not doing too well,” he added.

A Harris supporter remained hopeful.

“If it may give her a few extra votes here, maybe we could flip this time to a blue state,” he said

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville rebuked progressive members of his party for their use of "nonsense" identity politics rhetoric, and explained why he wanted to encourage Democrats that Vice President Kamala Harris would win the 2024 election.

In a New York Times op-ed this week, Carville reassured anxious Democrats that Harris would win the 2024 election, despite a new national poll showing the race is a dead heat between the two candidates. He argued that former President Trump is on a losing streak, Harris has more money, and he "just has a feeling" that she will be the victor. 

Carville said on the "Politics War Room" podcast, that he gave this pep talk to Democrats because a "depressed party is not a winning party."

"Above all, you’re never any better than you think you are. And Democrats – this is kind of a tied race – and they will lapse into profound depression. And a depressed party is not a winning party. And so anything that I can do to address that kind of depression, I’m glad to do it," Carville said. "And I’m glad the Times gave me the platform. And I was happy to write it and I think all the things I said are valid and true and, you know, hopefully they’ll all come to fruition."

Both candidates are tied with 48% of the popular vote , according to a New York Times/Siena College survey of 2,516 likely voters nationwide between Oct. 20 and Oct. 23, which has a 2.5% margin of error.  

The straight-talking political operative also offered sharp criticism of the progressive left wing of his party, suggesting the way they talked was alienating to voters.

"By the way, no Democrat, anywhere, is uttering any of this identity politics nonsense. No one," he said. "You don’t hear anyone using terms like Latinx. Communities of color…. The word is so stupid I don’t even want to pronounce it right."

This is an excerpt from an article by Kristine Parks.

Michael Rapaport was a major critic of former President Trump, but has since made many headlines for criticizing Democrats. (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)

Comedian Michael Rapaport on Friday condemned liberals for making reckless Nazi comparisons, saying on the social media site, "Keep HITLER'S name out of your mouth unless you’re referring to HITLER!"Rapaport, who spent years criticizing former President Trump before softening his rhetoric toward him over Israel, said that one is free to make many insults toward him, but should not use Hitler, Nazis and the Holocaust for cavalier comparisons against mere political opponents.

"[K]eep HITLER'S name out of your mouth unless you’re referring to HITLER!!! It’s insulting," the comedian wrote in a social media post on Friday. "Call P!g D!ck whatever you want but STOP with the #Hitler sh!t"

"S--- stain Donald Trump, pig d--- Donald Trump, call him whatever you want, I’ve given you gem after gem for years, but stop with the Hitler s---. Stop with the Hitler s---. Do not refer to Hitler and the Holocaust - the actual greatest slaughter and actual genocide of the Jewish people - for attention and political gain," the comedian said in a video accompanying the post. "Stop it."

He then went on to defend Trump supporters attending his upcoming rally in New York City, arguing those comparing them to Nazi supporters are out of line.

"That Nazi rally that took place in Madison Square Garden in 1939 was just that, an actual true blue Nazi rally. So are you saying that anyone and everyone who shows up in Madison Square Garden for this upcoming Trump rally is a Nazi? That’s a Nazi rally?" he asked. "Get the f--- out of here."

This is an excerpt from an article by Alexander Hall.

"The next political ad I see, I swear I’m gonna throw my phone through the TV," Gary told me, as he perused the menu at an Allentown, Pa., restaurant, and anyone who lives here knows exactly what he is talking about.

Living in a swing state is a privilege, but with privilege comes responsibility, as they say, and in this case also a tsunami of TV and radio ads, signs and billboards everywhere, streets closed by motorcades, and yes, even annoying columnists from national outlets poking a pen at you and your thoughts.

It's exhausting. In fact, the owner of the restaurant, a fun place called Blended, was somewhere between laughing and crying as he got a notification that former President Donald Trump would be appearing Tuesday, October 29, at the PPL Center just down the street.

"Oh, it just shuts everything down," Eric told me. But resigned to the reality of running a business in the epicenter of presidential politics, he just went on with his evening.

He is, in a way, a symbol of this town made famous by Billy Joel's 1980s ballad about its economic decline.

Eight years ago, Eric was living on the streets, addicted to crystal meth, just blocks away, and yet metaphorical miles and miles from the successful small businessman he has become.

So too, Allentown is no longer the grim and grimy town where they’d taken all the coal from the ground. In its stead lies a clean, shiny city in which the old stone buildings, monuments of industrial power, stand proud and beautiful.

This prosperity has been general in my travels around Pennsylvania, and in this critical swing state it is not economic anxiety, but bigger-picture issues that drive most of the voters I talk to. 

This is an excerpt from an article by David Marcus.

A new poll has found that former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat ahead of Election Day.

With 11 days to go until Election Day and two leading national polls indicating a dead heat in the race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the major party nominees hold campaign events in Texas where they'll elevate two combustible issues as they make their closing arguments.

Harris, who has long leaned into the issue of reproductive rights, will blame Trump for an extremely restrictive abortion law in Texas, as she holds what's expected to be a large rally in Houston.

Trump, who has spotlighted illegal immigration ever since he launched his first White House run nine years ago, was in Austin to make comments on border security.

While Texas isn't one of the seven crucial battleground states whose razor-thin margins decided President Biden's 2020 victory over Trump and are likely to determine if Harris or the former president wins the 2024 election, it is home to a key Senate race that's among a handful that will decide if the GOP wins back the chamber's majority.

Conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz joined Trump at the afternoon event in Austin, while Democratic challenger Rep. Collin Allred will speak at the Harris rally hours later.

The stop by Harris in Houston is the first time in decades that a Democratic Party standard-bearer will hold a major campaign event in Texas in the home stretch ahead of Election Day.

The trip doesn't mean the Harris campaign thinks Texas is in play in the White House race. Even though Biden narrowed the gap to a five and a half point deficit in the 2020 presidential election, top Harris advisers don't harbor any illusions about flipping the state.

Instead, the trip is about elevating abortion, which has been a winning issue for Democrats ever since the conservative majority on the Supreme Court in the summer of 2022 overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which had legalized abortion for decades.  

Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski (Donald J. Trump)

The Trump campaign released an ad Friday featuring a Holocaust survivor criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for comparing former President Trump to Adolf Hitler.

"I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in a thousand lifetimes," 94-year-old Jerry Wartski, a survivor of Auschwitz, says in the roughly minute-and-a-half advertisement. "For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I've ever heard in my 75 years living in the United States."

Wartski said Trump was a "mensch," a Yiddish term of endearment, arguing "he has always stood with the Jewish people and the State of Israel."

Wartski also demanded an apology from Harris.

"I know President Trump, and he would never say this, and Kamala Harris knows this," Wartski says. "She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

This is an excerpt from an article by Alex Schemmel.

A county in the pivotal battleground of Pennsylvania is investigating roughly 2,500 voter registration forms that were flagged for potential fraud, Pennsylvania’s Department of State confirmed to Fox News Digital on Friday.

The office confirmed it has been in contact with Lancaster County since last week, after it reported receiving two separate batches of apparently fraudulent voter registration forms.

"Suspected fraudulent voter registration forms were dropped off at the Board of Elections Office in two batches at or near the deadline for submission," the board said in a statement Friday.

Both the local District Attorney’s office and the Lancaster County Board of Elections are working to review and vet the applications.

In a statement Friday, county election officials said the concerns were first noted "during the staff's normal process to review and enter applications into [a Pennsylvania database] and law enforcement was alerted.

The forms marked as suspicious either had false names, duplicative handwriting, or unverifiable or incorrect identifying information, they added -- prompting county election officials to immediately notify both the Pennsylvania Department of State and the state attorney general’s office and open a criminal investigation.

Speaking at a press conference Friday, Lancaster County officials urged calm and stressed that the election system did what it was intended to do in preventing fraud. The applications were not limited to a single party, and were collected in various spots across the county.

"The fact of the matter is, we’ve contained this," Lancaster County Commissioner Ray D’Agostino, a Republican who chairs the county election board,, told reporters. "This is not right. It’s illegal. It’s immoral. And we found it, and we’re going to take care of it."

This is an excerpt from an article by Breanne Deppisch.

The co-founder of Death Row Records, one of the most recognizable and influential record labels in the music industry, spoke to Fox News Digital about why he recently decided to endorse former President Trump over VP Kamala Harris.

"It's about his track record," Michael "Harry-O" Harris told Fox News Digital about his decision to endorse Trump, who granted Harris clemency from a 33-year prison sentence that had seven years remaining on it as one of his last actions as president.

" The former president, while president, enacted some initiatives that speaks to my community specifically and other people as well."

Harris cited several examples of policies from the first Trump administration that he feels are in line with the goals of his organization, Community First Action, including permanent funding for HBCUs, opportunity zones promoting investment in low income neighborhoods, the First Step Act, and bipartisan legislation combating sickle cell anemia.

 Polls have increasingly shown that Trump has made significant inroads with the Black community and is expected by many to earn a historically strong share of those votes in November. Harris told Fox News Digital he believes it is due in part to voters trusting that Trump will keep his word, and a lack of movement from the Biden-Harris administration.

"People have more confidence that he will keep his word and I think it's kind of based on some of the same research that we did, that when somebody doesn't campaign on something but actually enacted laws . . . that wants to double down on what he did in the first administration," Harris said.

" I haven't heard that from the other side as much. I mean, what I've heard, I believe, frankly, came a little bit too late, too little, too late. And so, when it comes to a balancing act, and you have to make a decision, the critical decision that could affect your life and the life of your family, you have to go based on facts, and the facts are that for the last three and a half years, the previous, the present administration hasn't really focused on our community." 

This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.

“Mediabuzz” host Howard Kurtz said Washington Post declining to endorse a White House candidate was a “profile in non-courage” and the newspaper “whimping out.”

On Friday, Post publisher and chief executive officer William Lewis announced that the paper would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024, nor in any future presidential race.

"The other 364 days of the year, the liberal Washington Post tells us what to think about everything and every issue under the sun," Kurtz said on Fox News. “All of a sudden, when it comes down to the most important question, it's like ‘Oh, we couldn’t possibly give you our opinion now.'”

He noted that Jeff Bezos, owner of the Post and founder of Amazon does alot of business with the federal government and may fear upsetting former President Trump, should he win.

Other newspapers like the Los Angeles Times and labor unions have also decided not to endorse a candidate. Former Post executive editor Marty Baron, who ran the paper during the Trump presidency, called the move “cowardice, with democracy as its casualty.”

Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned on Friday after the announcement.

“It is interesting they are pulling back on this, the most important decision of the year after they've lectured us all every issue. They've been anti-Trump mostly,” Kurtz said. “It's just hypocrisy in my view.”

The U.S. government is investigating unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by Chinese hackers, targets of which include the Trump campaign.

The campaign was informed this week of the potential breach of cellphones used by former President Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, the New York Times reported Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

"After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical assistance, and rapidly shared information to assist other potential victims," the FBI and CISA told Fox News Digital in a joint statement.

The FBI and CISA said the investigation was ongoing and "we encourage any organization that believes it might be a victim to engage its local FBI field office or CISA. Agencies across the U.S. Government are collaborating to aggressively mitigate this threat and are coordinating with our industry partners to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector."

The anonymous officials said that investigators are working to find out if any data was stolen from the campaign, adding that other people in the U.S. government may have been targeted by the attackers.

The Trump campaign blamed the Biden administration and Vice President Kamala Harris over the attack.

"This is the continuation of election interference by Kamala Harris and Democrats who will stop at nothing, including emboldening China and Iran attacking critical American infrastructure, to prevent President Trump from returning to the White House," Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign, told Fox News Digital on Friday. 

Metrowest resident Cynthia Ramirez waves a Harris-Walz campaign flag while waving to voters in line during early voting at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections precinct on Kaley Avenue in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Vice President Kamala Harris has effectively framed the upcoming election as a matter of life and death, citing the issue of a woman's right to abortion.

During a gaggle with reporters on Friday, Harris seemed to refer to the case of Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman who died as a result of complications from abortion pills she got out of state.

Thurman’s mother will appear alongside Harris at the Houston rally.

“So tonight we will be discussing the impact of that, not only to the women of Texas and their families, but to people around the country because of Trump abortion bans," Harris said. "And I do believe it is critically important to acknowledge that this is not just a political debate.”

“This is not just some theoretical concept. Real harm has occurred in our country," she added. ”A real suffering has occurred, people have died."

Whether Georgia law had anything to do with Thurman's death has been disputed.

Thurman purchased the pills in North Carolina because her pregnancy was beyond Georgia’s six-week limit. She later died of complications when fetal tissue remained in her body.

Thurman’s mother claimed that doctors delayed a procedure to remove the fetal tissue, fearing legal backlash. But Georgia law allows doctors to intervene in cases of medical emergency or if the fetus has no heartbeat, both of which applied in Thurman’s case.

Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.

Former U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe had a message for her followers after speaking at an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) event.

"Protect trans people," Rapinoe wrote on her Instagram Stories on Friday.

Rapinoe was at the ACLU event with her partner Sue Bird and others. She also warned voters in the audience how the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would "affect everybody."

"This election is going to affect everybody," she said. "The health of all of us affects your individual health. – from a mental health standpoint, from a physical health standpoint, from a safety standpoint."

Rapinoe announced on Tuesday she will vote for Harris in the upcoming election.

This is an excerpt from an article by Ryan Gaydos.

UFC fighter Colby Covington said Democrats have tried for years to "neuter masculinity."

“They're labeling it toxic, criticizing men for mansplaining and calling for end to patriarchy and villainizing men in sports,” Covington said on “Ingraham Angle.” “Make no mistake, every villain in Hollywood is a straight male.”

Critics have said the Harris-Walz campaign has had trouble gaining traction with men.

When asked about trouble gaining support from men, Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly said: “That's not my experience.”

“Real men in America know that everything in the Harris-Walz regime do is all for theater,” Covington said. “What they've done that last for years to this country is a disgrace and you can't erase any of that.” 

Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan resigned on Friday following the "Democracy Dies in Darkness" paper’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Kagan, the author of "Rebellion: How Antiliberalism is Tearing America Apart — Again," has been one of the paper’s loudest anti-Trump voices. In 2023 he penned a column, "The Trump dictatorship: How to stop it." He has also accused Trump of being "anti-Ukraine," and has suggested that the former president could "destroy" democracy if re-elected. 

Kagan’s shock resignation came after Post publisher and chief executive officer William Lewis announced the paper would not be endorsing a presidential candidate in 2024, nor in any future presidential race. 

"The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Lewis wrote in a post on the paper's website.

Lewis cited the paper’s editorial board saying back in 1960, "The Washington Post has not ‘endorsed’ either candidate in the presidential campaign. That is in our tradition and accords with our action in five of the last six elections." 

Kagan confirmed he resigned due to the decision not to endorse a candidate but declined further comment. 

"This just happened," he said. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Brian Flood.

The head of the National Border Patrol Council blasted Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday over her handling of the southern border and the resulting “Kamala crime wave" from migrants let into the United States with little to no vetting.

Paul Perez spoke alongside former President Trump is Austin, along with victims of migrant crime.

“But I want to talk about the person that's going to be coming to Houston tonight, not to apologize or highlight illegal alien crime, but to party like a fool on stage with celebrities,” he said of Harris.

“This is somebody that likes to brag about being a former federal prosecutor who prosecuted transnational gangs and cartel members, so she knew better,” he added. “She knew better than most exactly the threat that these people, these animals, create. The threat that they bring to our communities that will harm our families.”

The migrants who enter the U.S. to commit crimes are part of the “Kamala crime wave,” Perez said alongside victims of migrant crime.

He noted that Mexican cartels have “greenlit” the shooting of Border Patrol agents.

“They would have never done that under President Trump because they know that he would send a message that if you touch a single hair on a Border Patrol agent, ‘I will eradicate you,'" said Perez.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former President Trump on Friday called Texas "ground zero for the largest invasion of our country" because of the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States.

“We're here today in the great state of Texas, which, under Kamala Harris, has been turned into ground zero for the worst border invasion in the history of the world,” Trump said.

Speaking in Austin, the state capital, Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over the Biden administration's border policies. He called Harris' handling of the border “cruel,” “vile” and an "abolition of our border."

“Over the past four year, this state has become Kamala's staging ground to import her army of migrant gangs and illegal alien criminals,” Trump said. “Paving a trail of bloodshed, suffering and death all across our land.”

He cited violent migrant crime in Texas, New York and elsewhere.

Alexis Nungaray, mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who authorities said was raped and killed by two Venezuelan migrants, blasted Harris's border policies.

She said Harris has never reached out to her to apologize for her daughter's death.

“She's attempted to apologize to me just before this election and I find it very convenient for her,” Nungaray said.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters in Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday referred questions about her proposed policies to her campaign website instead of articulating how she would govern.

Speaking to reporters in Houston, Harris was asked about undecided voters who said they haven't heard specifics about her policies.

“Do you think that your messaging in the final days of the election, your striking the right balance against Trump and talking about the specifics about your own policies,” a reporter asked.

“There's a balance that must be struck. There's no question about that,” Harris replied. “I invite everyone who's watching to visit KamalaHarris.com where you will see 80 pages of our policies,” she said.

Harris has been criticized for not offering specifics of her policies or pivoting away from issues like the southern border when confronted with questions.

A Chicago resident and former Democrat said she will vote Republican over the migrant crisis and how it's impacted her city.

Cata Truss criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over the Biden administration's handling of the southern border, seizing on Harris' indication that she would not govern any differently.

“To say that you think you did the right thing, that you've created another whole host of Republicans like myself will not be supporting the Democratic Party,” she told Fox News.

Truss noted the thousands of migrants that were sent to Chicago, overwhelming city agencies and depleting resources.

She said Republicans are working in Chicago to enable high voter turnout for the GOP, citing former President Trump's border policies that resulted in historic lows in illegal immigrants entering the United States.

“One of the reasons is because we are unsatisfied with what's happening at the border,” said Truss. “We know these people are waiting and hoping that Kamala Harris is elected so that they can just come on over.”

In a recent social media post, actor Billy Eichner said it was "time to f---ing panic" over former President Trump's growing campaign momentum less than two weeks from Election Day. (Variety/Contributor )

Actor and comedian Billy Eichner lashed out on Instagram over the current state of the presidential race, declaring that it’s "time to f---ing panic" over former President Trump’s momentum in the polls.

Eichner, who starred in Disney’s live-action "The Lion King," posted a video to the social media site Thursday with a desperate message for liberals to get out and vote because he doesn’t "like the vibe" of this election season.

"Everyone has to get in the game here. We have two weeks. We can’t let what happened with Hillary [Clinton] in 2016 happen again," Eichner said, elsewhere calling Trump "very, very dangerous."

The comedian opened by stating he’s "getting a lot of texts and feeling a lot of people panicking and then other people saying, ‘No, no, no, don’t panic. Don’t panic.’ And I think those people are wrong.

"It is time to f---ing panic, Okay? And not just panic, but to do something about it." 

Eichner went on to comment on how Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat nationally, with Trump gaining steam less than two weeks ahead of Election Day.

"I’m just gonna be blunt. I don’t work for the Kamala campaign. I’m just gonna call it like I see it. The polls are not good. Trump has the momentum," he said.

This is an excerpt from an article by Gabriel Hays.

Former Rep. Fred Upton, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on the heels of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, has announced that he voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential contest.

Upton noted that he was "proud" to declare that he had already cast his vote for Harris.

He said that he had never previously voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and had never thought he would.

Upton asserted that Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is "unfit to serve as commander-in-chief."

While the former lawmaker said that he does not agree with Harris on all policies, he said that Harris is committed to Americans' best interests.

"I invite every single person across the country, Republican or Democrat, to stand up against the hate and chaos of Donald Trump, and vote for Harris as the next President of the United States," he declared.

Former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two Republicans who served on the House Select Committee established to investigate the Jan. 6 episode, have both been supporting Harris in the 2024 contest. And like Upton, they also voted to impeach Trump in 2021. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Alex Nitzberg.

Vice President Harris' longtime mentor and pastor, Amos Brown, once pinned blame on the United States for the 9/11 attacks. (Fox News)

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris visited the mega church of a controversial pastor this past Sunday in a key swing state, where she thanked him for his "leadership" and said she was honored to be in attendance to "celebrate" what he has "accomplished."

Harris attended a church service at the Georgia-based New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which is under the pastoral leadership of senior pastor Jamal H. Bryant. The longtime pastor has repeatedly praised the antisemitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and said gay people should feel "uncomfortable" in their "sin."

Bryant, who introduced Harris as an "American hero" and "voice of the future," told the congregation that their unborn grandchildren are going to one day ask where they were on the day of the church service and called on them to "make some noise" for their "fearless leader."

"Pastor Bryant, I thank you for your leadership," Harris said while delivering remarks for about 20 minutes in front of the New Birth congregation. "You and I have discussed that we first met almost 20 years ago when there was a convening of rising stars in the country, and we had conversations back then about how we thought of our role and responsibility to our country and our responsibility and duty as leaders."

"It is so good to be with you this morning to celebrate what you have accomplished with this extraordinary congregation," she added.

Bryant, who donated $500 to the Harris campaign a week after President Biden announced that he wasn't running for re-election, has been a vocal Harris supporter and said earlier this summer that he and other Black leaders were "mobilizing an army" in support of her campaign. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller and Cameron Cawthorne

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly said he was considering a position in a potential Harris administration, but sources close to the banking magnate argued that was not the case. 

The New York Times reported this week that Dimon confided in three people close to him that he was considering taking a role if tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris to serve in her administration. A position as treasury secretary could reportedly be a possibility.

However, another source close to Dimon said that while he would accept a call from either presidential candidate if they were to win, and wouldn't dismiss a role in either potential administration if it were offered to him, Dimon has made no decisions and does not even see it as likely that he will be offered a cabinet position from Harris or former President Trump.

During the months leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, Dimon has taken steps to remain politically neutral in the public eye. After praising some of Trump's policies in January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, critics began slamming him as a Trump supporter. However, Dimon's representatives were quick to note that his praise did not amount to support for him. Earlier this month, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Dimon had endorsed him, but, once again, the claim was refuted by Dimon's representatives.

When it comes to endorsing or supporting Harris, Dimon has not done that, either. The Times reported that in private conversations with bank executives who do support Harris, the JPMorgan CEO has said he has a duty to shareholders not to put his company in the crosshairs of any politician who may want to retaliate.

Ahead of the Times' article this week that indicated Dimon was considering a role in a potential Harris administration, he was asked during an earnings call earlier this month whether he would consider serving in the next president's administration. Dimon responded that he "probably" would not, but left the door open if he does get asked. 

"I think the chance of that is almost nil and I probably am not going to do it, but I've always reserved the right," Dimon said during the call. "I don't make promises to people. I don't have to. But no, I love what I do. I intend to be doing what I'm doing. I almost guarantee I'll be doing this for a long period of time or at least until the board kicks me out."

This is an excerpt from an article by Alec Schemmel.

In a rare joint statement weighing in on the presidential election, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris to stop calling GOP nominee former President Trump a "fascist." 

“This summer, after the first attempted assassination of a presidential candidate in more than a century, President Biden insisted that ‘we can’t allow this violence to be normalized.’ In September, after President Trump escaped yet another close call, Vice President Harris acknowledged that ‘we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence,'" the Republican legislative leaders wrote together.

“These words have proven hollow. In the weeks since that second sobering reminder, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States has only fanned the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus. Her most recent and most reckless invocations of the darkest evil of the 20th century seem to dare it to boil over. The Vice President's words more closely resemble those of President Trump's second would-be assassin than her own earlier appeal to civility." 

Johnson and McConnell said that by calling Trump a "fascist," Democrats were inviting another would-be assassin to take a shot at Trump before Election Day. 

“Vice President Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions. We have both been briefed on the ongoing and persistent threats to former President Donald Trump by adversaries to the United States, and we call on the Vice President to take these threats seriously, stop escalating the threat environment, and help ensure President Trump has the necessary resources to be protected from those threats.”

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin promised to swiftly fight a federal judge's ruling that requires the state to place more than 1,600 individuals believed to be noncitizens back on the voter rolls.

U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking Virginia from declaring these voters ineligible because the judge said there was reason to believe some were U.S. citizens. 

"This is a stunning ruling by a federal judge who is ordering Virginia to reinstate individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens back on the voter rolls," Youngkin told Fox News in a phone interview. 

"What's even more astounding is the vast majority of these folks have presented immigration documents confirming they were noncitizens, and we recently had that verified by federal authorities." 

Youngkin expressed astonishment that the judge would hand down this decision just 11 days before Election Day. 

"Common sense says noncitizens aren't on the voter rolls, but the Constitution and the law say it as well," the governor said, adding that Virginia would "immediately" petition for an injunction to block the judge's order. 

Youngkin said Virginia will appeal the case all the way to the Supreme Court if need be. 

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson says it's a "very good guess" to say he's supporting former President Trump in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson revealed he's backing former President Trump in the 2024 election and took a swipe at the intelligence of Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Video obtained by TMZ shows the "Braveheart" star being asked about the presidential race during an exchange at LAX. 

"I don't think it's gonna surprise anyone who I vote for," Gibson said.

After the cameraman asked whether Trump was a "bad guess," Gibson replied "I think that's a pretty good guess."

 The "Lethal Weapon" icon was then asked what he thought "the world would be like" with Trump serving a second term in the Oval Office.

"I know what it'll be like if we let her in," Gibson said, referring to Harris. "That ain't good."

"A miserable track record, an appalling track record, no policies to speak of, and she's got the IQ of a fence post," he added.

Gibson's political alliance is not a total surprise. The "Hacksaw Ridge" director was spotted chatting with the former president at a UFC fight in Las Vegas last year. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority will be maintained regardless of the Nov. 5 election results, constitutional law experts tell Fox News Digital.

With the anticipation of either another former President Donald Trump presidency or a Vice President Kamala Harris presidency, whether the country's high court remains in its current state is a topic of debate that has yet to be formally broached by either candidate this past election cycle.

Over the years, both politicians and media personalities have called for the resignation of particular justices, including Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, over concerns about their ages and ethical controversies. However, experts say that while the individuals on the court may change, the power balance itself will remain intact no matter who wins the Oval Office in November. 

"People might change. So, for example, if Harris were to win, Justice Sotomayor might retire. Or if a Republican were to win, then you could imagine Justice Alito retiring, perhaps," John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, told Fox News Digital.

"The makeup of the individuals of the Court would change possibly, but the ideological balance wouldn't change."

This is an excerpt from an article by Haley Chi-Sing.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The New York Post Editorial Board endorsed former President Trump for a second term in the White House on Friday, calling him the "right choice" for America.

Comparing the records of the Trump administration to the incumbent Biden-Harris administration, the Post declared Trump to be the candidate of secure borders, safe cities, a growing economy, parental rights and "an America that's respected on the world stage." 

"To borrow from Ronald Reagan’s famous 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?': Voters should ask themselves if they were better off under Trump or Joe Biden and Kamala Harris," the editorial board wrote.

"His opponents focus on how Trump’s administration was marked by a relentless soap opera of high drama and chaos — much of which they fueled. 

"And yes, many find him offensive — and we say fair enough: He can be ridiculously hyperbolic. 

"But before COVID wreaked havoc across the globe, Trump’s first-term results were paychecks that grew markedly faster than inflation, the lowest unemployment in 50 years, a secure border and peace overseas."

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The 2024 Montana Senate race has shattered spending records with $309 spent per registered voter, a Fox News Digital breakdown of election finance records found.

All eyes are on Montana this cycle, and whether Democratic Sen. Jon Tester can survive his re-election bid against Republican challenger Tim Sheehy in a red state won by former President Trump in 2016 and 2020.

Tester has outspent his Republican opponent this cycle, spending $69.6 million with about $7.4 million cash on hand, according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from September.  

Filings show Sheehy, a Navy SEAL and first-time Senate candidate, reported spending about $19.7 million during the same period this cycle.

Super PACs and outside groups have played a significant role in Montana advertising as Democrats pour money into a state where their majority in the Senate hangs in the balance.

Outside spending on the race totals about $154 million, according to a Fox News Digital review of FEC filings. Breaking down the numbers per candidate, outside groups spent about $61.1 million against Tester, while $15.8 million was dropped in support of his re-election bid. 

Sheehy has faced $59.5 million in spending against his campaign, while $17.7 million was spent to help him unseat the three-term Democrat.

Total spending on the campaign, including contributions from outside groups, has reached approximately $243.3 million to date. There are 786,365 registered voters in Montana, according to the Montana Secretary of State, meaning the average spent per vote on the Senate race is about $309 per registered voter.

This is an excerpt from an article by Aubrie Spady.