Bill to expand Secret Service protection passes House after Trump assassination attempts
The House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill increasing U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protections for major presidential and vice presidential candidates after two foiled assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump.
It passed with an overwhelming unanimous 405 to 0 vote, a rare show of bipartisanship in Congress.
The legislation was introduced by Reps. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., and Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in response to the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
A 20-year-old gunman was able to open fire on the rally from a rooftop just outside the rally perimeter, killing one attendee and injuring Trump and two others.
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Weeks later, USSS agents arrested a man near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course who had been waiting for the ex-president during a game on Sunday with an SKS rifle.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Biden, the bill would mandate a comprehensive review of USSS protective standards and impose uniform standards for the security of presidents, vice presidents and major White House candidates.
“Regardless of how every American feels, regardless of how every American intends to vote, it is the right of the American people to determine the outcome of this election. The idea that our election could be decided by an assassin’s bullet should shake the conscience of our nation, and it requires swift action by the federal government,” Lawler said during debate on the bill Thursday.
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“It is shocking that it took a second assassination attempt for Donald Trump to get the same level of protective detail from the Secret Service as the president of the United States.”
Progressive Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said he is backing the bill but argued it would be meaningless without stronger firearm laws.
“I support this legislation because the Secret Service must be able to protect our highest elected officials and candidates. But this legislation will do nothing to make the rest of us any safer, or change the fact that gun violence continues to take the lives of more than 100 Americans every single day,” Nadler said.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, pushed back on Nadler’s comments and accused him of painting the assassination attempts as “Republicans’ fault.”
“Next thing they’re going to say is, oh, some crazy guy on the left tries to assassinate President Trump, and it’s President Trump’s fault. Oh, wait a minute. They said that too. This is ridiculous,” Jordan said.
It is not immediately clear how the bill would classify “major” candidates.
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Following the first attempt against Trump, Biden extended heightened USSS protection to the ex-president, who he was still running against at the time before dropping out of the race.
He also granted a request by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then running as a third-party candidate, for USSS protection.
Critics accuse VP Harris of delivering rambling remarks during Oprah event
Political commentators and other social media users criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for remarks that she gave during a campaign event and interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night.
“We love our country,” Harris said. “I love our country. I know we all do, that’s why everybody’s here right now. We love our country. We take pride in the privilege of being American and this is a moment where we can and must come together as Americans, understanding we have so much more in common than what separates us. Let’s come together with the character that we are so proud of about who we are, which is we are an optimistic people. We are an optimistic people.”
Harris spoke with Winfrey at the “Unite for America Rally,” a livestream event featuring several celebrities as well as questions and stories from citizens across the country.
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“Americans by character are people who have dreams and ambitions and aspirations,” Harris said, continuing her comments.
“We believe in what is possible, we believe in what can be, and we believe in fighting for that. That’s how we came into being, because the people before us understood that one of the greatest expressions for the love of our country, one of the greatest expressions of patriotism is to fight for the ideals of who we are, which includes freedom to make decisions about your own body, freedom to be safe from gun violence, freedom to have access to the ballot box, freedom to be who you are and just be the love, who you love, openly and with pride. Freedom to just be.”
Critics online accused the vice president of offering rambling commentary that didn’t seem to have much substance.
“Oprah is looking at this moron thinking, “What the sh*t is she saying?” Unbelievable CRINGE,” author Juanita Broaddrick wrote on Thursday.
“The fact that she is within 20 points of Trump is a depressingly sad commentary on the state of our body politic and the media that poisons it,,” attorney David Limbaugh wrote. “Stunning.”
“To call this pablum is an insult to pablum,” ReaclClearPolitics co-founder Tom Bevan said on Friday.
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“This might just be the most spectacular two minutes of Kamala’s nonsensical wisdom I have ever heard,” political commentator Kate Hyde wrote on Thursday.
Writer Steve Skojec also responded to the video on Thursday: “I can’t. I can’t do it. I made it 17 seconds and I just cannot continue.”
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The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Mayorkas, top border officials in Biden-Harris admin have massive net worth
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other top officials dealing with the crisis at the southern border are worth millions, according to a database collecting federal forms — leading a top Trump ally to accuse them of inflicting mass migration on regular Americans while avoiding the consequences.
“Inside Biden’s Basement,” which lists the OGE Form 278e of government employees showing financial worth, is an organization stemming from the Transparency Action Fund, a 501(c)4.
According to the database, Mayorkas’ estimated net worth is between $3.8 million to $9 million.
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Previous reporting identified his worth at around $8 million. Mayorkas’ finances, specifically his salary, came into focus this year when Republicans voted to block his salary.
It was an amendment by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., for the House’s appropriations bill funding the DHS for fiscal year 2025 that would block funds in the bill from being used to pay Mayorkas.
Biggs cited Mayorkas’ impeachment in the House earlier in the year for freezing his salary. Mayorkas was impeached in the GOP-led chamber for his handling of the border crisis, but the Senate did not take up his trial. The DHS had brushed off efforts by Republicans to freeze his salary.
“While the House Majority has wasted months trying to score points with baseless attacks, Secretary Mayorkas has been doing his job and working to keep Americans safe,” a spokesperson said last year. “Instead of continuing their reckless charades and attacks on law enforcement, Congress should work with us to keep our country safe, build on the progress DHS is making, and deliver desperately needed reforms for our broken immigration system that only legislation can fix.”
Meanwhile, other officials were also valued as having a high net worth by the website.
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Royce Bernstein Murray, assistant secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, has an estimated net worth of $1.7 million to $6.8 million.
Michelle Brane, the immigration detention ombudsman and who previously served as executive director for the department’s Family Reunification Task Force, has an estimated net worth of $1.4 million to $3.3 million.
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment on the figures.
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While the website shows others in the administration have significantly higher net worth, the numbers from the immigration officials brought criticism from former Trump senior White House official Stephen Miller, who told Fox News Digital that it showed how rich officials have the ability to distance themselves from the policies of the administration.
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“Leftist elites force intolerable mass migration on an unwilling populace while using their wealth to remove themselves as far as possible from the catastrophe they have inflicted on everyone else,” Miller, who is also the founder of America First Legal, told Fox News Digital.
Immigration and the ongoing border crisis has been a top issue in the U.S. ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Republicans have placed the blame for the crisis on the Biden administration’s ending of Trump-era policies. The Biden administration has said its strategy of expanding lawful pathways for migration while implementing consequences at the border is working – pointing to a recent drop in encounters by more than 50% since June when President Biden signed an executive order implementing new restrictions.
Aaron Rodgers explains why he rejected his head coach’s hug in Jets home-opening win
All is well in the Meadowlands.
Fans on social media sensed a bit of tension between New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and head coach Robert Saleh after the four-time league MVP appeared to reject his coach’s embrace on the sideline in the first half of Thursday night’s win over the New England Patriots.
Some speculated that the rejection might have been Rodgers’ competitiveness and unwillingness to celebrate despite having a 14-0 lead, but the two clarified the interaction during the postgame presser.
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“Part of the things that we’ve been talking about is to just get the defense a two-score lead,” Saleh told reporters, grinning.
“And it was a two-score lead, so I guess he just wanted to see something on defense. He just reminded me that we got a two-score lead.
Rodgers’ story seemed to line up, telling the media that he wanted to make a point to Saleh that they accomplished what they set out to do at the Jets’ long-awaited home opener.
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“Oh, awkward? No, it wasn’t awkward at all,” Rodgers said of the interaction with a laugh.
“He’s not a big hugger usually. So, I didn’t know he was going for the hug. He likes to do the two-hand chest push as well. But he talks a lot about two-score leads. So I kind of just gave him a push and said ‘two-score lead.’ That’s what happened.”
The Jets shined against their AFC East rival on a short week.
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After defeating the Tennessee Titans on the road Sunday, the Jets returned to New York with all eyes on Rodgers. It would be his first game at MetLife Stadium after he suffered a season-ending Achilles injury just four plays into his debut last season.
Rodgers, 40, finished 27 of 35 for 281 yards with TD tosses to Garrett Wilson and Allen Lazard as the Jets beat the Patriots 24-3, ending an eight-game home losing streak against New England.
The Jets will go on a mini bye as they prepare to host the Denver Broncos on Sept. 29.
Rock star apologizes to crew members as ‘jobs were lost’ after nasty onstage fight
Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro is looking to put the drama behind him.
After Navarro got into a heated exchange with the band’s frontman Perry Farrell during an onstage fight, the guitarist issued an apology on social media and quietly released their latest single.
“New Jane’s Addiction track released today, True Love. I am proud of the work we did on this song but I am equally saddened by the fact that you will likely never hear it live,” he penned on Instagram.
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“I’d also like to publicly apologize to our crew, Crawlers and their crew and to Love and Rockets and their crew,” Navarro wrote in reference to the bands that were slated to open for Jane’s Addiction on tour.
The guitarist continued to thank the crew members for being their “travel companions” in his heartfelt apology.
“I am gutted that things ended this way and that so many jobs were lost as a result. May all of our hearts mend together.”
“I am gutted that things ended this way and that so many jobs were lost as a result. May all of our hearts mend together.”
Navarro accompanied his apology on social media with a brief lyric video of Jane’s Addiction’s track “True Love.”
His post comes after Jane’s Addiction band members got into an onstage brawl last weekend.
In a video captured and shared on social media, frontman Farrell could be seen throwing a punch at guitarist Navarro.
Farrell, 65, lunged in a forceful manner towards Navarro, 57, onstage. The guitarist appeared to place his hands on the frontman’s chest in an apparent bid to stop him from moving forward.
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During the tense encounter, Farrell appeared to be yelling at Navarro until he threw a punch at the guitarist.
Security guards quickly broke up the fight and told Farrell to “stop,” while they held him down to prevent him from attacking Navarro further.
Navarro grabbed Farrell’s arm, and he was enraged, as Farrell attempted to attack the guitarist again.
Following the onstage outburst, Jane’s Addiction decided to officially cancel the remainder of their tour.
They announced the news in a statement on X.
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“To all the fans, The band have made the difficult decision to take some time away as a group,” the statement read. “As such, they will be canceling the remainder of the tour.”
Fans were directed to seek refunds from their point of purchase or whatever ticketing site they used.
Navarro additionally posted a statement on his Instagram addressing the cancelation.
“Due to a continuing pattern of behavior and the mental health difficulties of our singer Perry Farrell, we have come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to discontinue the current US tour,” he wrote.
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“Our concern for his personal health and safety as well as our own has left us no alternative. We hope that he will find the help he needs,” he said in part.
A source told Fox News Digital that “Perry is heartbroken at his actions. He realizes that he waited too long to prioritize his well-being. His exhaustion and the toll it has taken on both his physical and mental health has gone too far.”
They added, “He had the best of intentions heading out on tour with the band and feels like he’s let his fans and family down.”
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Former Democrat who ditched party tells why ‘out-of-touch’ convention was the final straw
A former Democratic operative ditched the party, explaining how the “hypocrisy” and affinity for “out-of-touch” celebrity support has left her feeling hopeless about the party’s future.
Evan Barker, a former Democratic Party campaign fundraiser, explained why she is now “fed up” with the Democrats during “Fox & Friends” after Vice President Kamala Harris attended a star-studded virtual campaign event with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday.
“I’ve worked in Democratic politics a long time. I’ve raised the millions of dollars and I went to the DNC last month hoping to feel re-inspired, and instead, I just felt like I was in a room with the most out-of-touch and elite people in the world,” Barker told Lawrence Jones on Friday.
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In a Newsweek op-ed published this week, Barker described how she went from raising “tens of millions of dollars” for Democrats to distancing herself from a party she now believes is “totally out of touch” with everyday Americans.
Barker said she was initially “thrilled” to volunteer at the DNC, where Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the nomination for president.
“But once there, wandering amidst the glitz and glam, imbibing the gloss and schmaltz of it all, I couldn’t escape a sinking feeling. I felt submersed in a hollow chamber whose mottos were ‘Brat summer’ and ‘Joy’—totally out of touch with regular, every-day Americans and their pressing needs; instead, the most elite people in the world chanted in unison that ‘We’re not going back,'” Barker wrote.
Barker said the Democrats’ “hypocrisy” is a primary reason as to why she distanced herself from the party overall. Donors are the actors who “control everything,” including the candidates’ policy positions, she argued.
“I’m originally from the Midwest. A lot of the people in my family are union workers or have been in unions, and they are people who once voted for Barack Obama, and now they vote for Donald Trump. And for a long time, I did not understand why, and after raising money for Democrats and just being in these circles, I have realized that the donors control the party,” Barker said.
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“They control everything. They control what the candidates prioritize, and I know that Republicans also have this issue, too, but Democrats are much bigger hypocrites about it,” she continued. “I think what it comes down to is just the hypocrisy and the fact that I don’t recognize this party anymore.”
Oprah Winfrey hosted the “Unite for America Rally,” a livestream event, featuring several celebrities as well as questions and stories from citizens across the country. The event was held by the “Win with Black Women” organization in support of Harris. Over 140 other grassroots organizations took part in the virtual rally, including “White Women: Answer the Call,” “Latinas for Harris” and “White Dudes for Harris.”
The event itself took place in Oakland County, Michigan, to an audience of 400 people with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also speaking. Celebrities like Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracee Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep were in virtual attendance as well.
Barker argued the celebrities in attendance are not the everyday Americans impacted by the rising cost of goods as inflation continues to soar, crippling families financially across the country.
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“They’re just telling us basically that all we need to have is optimism and joy, and that’s going to fix our lives,” Barker said. “And I’m just tired of it. I’m completely fed up… My grandmother, she lives in Missouri. She voted for Obama twice. She’s voted for Trump the last couple of times… She’s getting by just on her Social Security check right now.”
“Things have gotten so outrageously expensive, it is so difficult for her,” she continued. “I want to see the Democratic Party talk about what they’re going to do for my grandmother, not just have a bunch of celebrities fly in and tell us all to be joyful and optimistic. It’s cringy. It’s embarrassing.”
“They have become the party of Dick Cheney, of Goldman Sachs, of endless proxy wars, of identity politics,” she said. “I’m just at a point… I’ve been very brave the last couple of weeks, and I’ve gotten a lot of flak from a lot of people. And I’m just at the point where I can’t stand it anymore, and I have to speak out.”
Warning as popular product tests positive for traces of cancer-causing asbestos
Dynarex Corp. is recalling cases of its Dynacare Baby Powder due to potential asbestos contamination.
According to the warning notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 62 cases of Dynacare Baby Powder – Batch Number B 051 – were recalled after sample testing revealed that some finished products contained asbestos, a known carcinogen. The testing was conducted by the FDA.
The product was sold on Amazon and distributed to Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, Washington and Wisconsin.
FOX Business reached out to Amazon for comment.
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As a result of the routine FDA tests, the company said it “ceased the distribution of the product as an investigation is proceeding to determine what caused the contamination of the talc.”
There haven’t been any illnesses associated with the recalled product to date.
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According to federal officials, asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that is often found near talc, an ingredient in many cosmetic products. During talc mining, there is a risk that talc may be contaminated with asbestos.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that breathing in asbestos can cause tiny asbestos fibers to irritate lung tissue.
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Studies show that breathing in asbestos can cause non-cancer diseases, like asbestosis and pleural disease.
However, exposure to asbestos can also increase the risk of developing certain cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma, according to the CDC.