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The latest Fox News survey of Pennsylvania voters finds Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat with former President Donald Trump. This comes two weeks after the former president was shot in an assassination attempt in the Keystone State, and one week after President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race and endorsed Harris.

The state of the race is similar to where it was in April, when Biden and Trump were tied 48-48%.  The survey, released Friday, shows Harris and Trump locked in a tie at 49-49% — barely different from what the final election results were in 2020 (49.85% Biden vs. 48.69% Trump).

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Since April, Harris has held on to most of Biden’s coalition while Trump’s groups have stayed firm, but there are a few notable shifts in voting patterns from the spring. 

Trump has closed the gap with voters under 30 (-27 points in April to -4 points today), voters 65 and over (-5 to -1), suburban women (-32 to -12), those with a college degree (-18 to -10) and has widened it slightly among Independents (+8 to +9).

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Harris has narrowed the gap among White men without a degree (-34 points to -28 points).

Seven in 10 Pennsylvanians are extremely motivated to vote this year, with Democrats slightly more enthusiastic (75%) than Republicans (72%), and Independents decidedly less enthused at 43%.  Overall, those extremely motivated to vote are a bit more likely to back Harris (51% to 49% Trump).

The expanded ballot shows Harris with a 2-point edge: 45% Harris, 43% Trump, 7% Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornel West with 1% each. Third parties hurt Trump here as 10% of his two-way supporters go for someone else compared to 7% of Harris’ supporters.

Voters are split on Harris’ favorable rating: 49-49%. Still, views of her are better than Biden (41% favorable, 57% unfavorable) or Trump (46-53%).

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign event in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.  (Daniel Steinle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Those with negative views of both Biden and Trump back Harris by 41 points. In April, Biden was up by only 27 points among these so-called double haters. 

“While the horserace remains deadlocked, there’s more under the surface to suggest Democrats are in a significantly better position in Pennsylvania than in April,” says Democrat Chris Anderson, who conducts Fox News surveys with Republican Daron Shaw. “The Democrat at the top of the ticket is now more favorable than Trump and Democrats are more motivated, and the key group of double haters are breaking more heavily for Harris than they were for Biden.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is widely considered to be on Harris’ shortlist of potential running mates, receives a 61% favorable rating — the highest of any individual tested. His rating has improved by 10 points since July 2022 when he was campaigning for governor.

The survey also finds he does better than Harris in a hypothetical matchup against Trump: Shapiro 54% to Trump’s 44%, for a 10-point lead. That is outside the margin of error.

That’s because Shapiro outperforms Harris among key groups such as women, White voters, those under age 30 and over 65, college graduates, Republicans, Independents, and suburban voters. He does slightly worse with nonwhites compared to Harris.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was also tested against Trump. She fares about the same as Harris: 48% Whitmer vs. 49% for Trump in a potential matchup. Her favorable rating sits at 38% favorable vs. 34% unfavorable while 28% can’t rate her.

Those receiving the lowest favorable ratings are Trump’s running mate JD Vance (38% favorable, 47% unfavorable) and Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar (32-35%), although 15% can’t rate Vance and 33% can’t rate Klobuchar.

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Biden’s job approval rating is down slightly from April, underwater by 12 points (44% approve, 56% disapprove) compared to 10 points in the spring (45-55%). One factor keeping the race tight is that voters who somewhat disapprove of Biden go for Trump by only 5 points.

And while 78% approve of Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race, two-thirds say he should finish his term (65% finish term, 33% resign).

President Biden boards Air Force One as he departs Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on July 23, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Majorities of Democrats (86%), Republicans (69%), and Independents (78%) support Biden stepping aside from the campaign. Democrats and Independents think he should finish his term as president, while Republicans are more likely to want him to resign.

Overall, 47% want Harris to replace Biden, including 74% of self-identified Democrats. Shapiro comes in second among both groups for replacing Biden (20% all voters, 14% Democrats). Just 2% of voters want Whitmer or Klobuchar.

Shapiro and Whitmer are set to campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania on Monday.

Four in 10 Pennsylvanians say the economy will be the most important issue to them when voting this fall. That’s the highest of the issues tested and comes as three times as many voters say they are falling behind (44%) rather than getting ahead financially (14%). Another 4 in 10 (42%) are holding steady. The only other issues in double digits are immigration (16%) and abortion (15%). All others are under 10%. 

“Even more so than in other battleground states, the economy is everything in Pennsylvania,” says Shaw. “Trump’s edge on the economy in general, and inflation in particular, is why he is better positioned now than he was four years ago, and that’s the biggest problem for Harris.”

Economy and immigration voters back Trump by 31 and 86 points respectively, while abortion voters back Harris by 67 points.

A few more things…

In the Senate race, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania leads Republican challenger David McCormick by 13 points. It also shows he performs better than Harris does against Trump, with Casey getting 55% support to McCormick’s 42%.

Some 15% of Trump supporters switch sides to Casey while just 3% of Harris backers defect to McCormick.

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Conducted July 22-24, 2024 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News Poll includes interviews with a sample of 1,034 Pennsylvania registered voters randomly selected from a statewide voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (131) and cellphones (636) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (267). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error associated with subgroup results is higher.  In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

The FBI earlier this week raided the Long Island home of a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. 

Federal agents searched the five-bedroom, $3.5 million residence of Linda Sun in a gated community on the North Shore of Long Island.

“The FBI New York conducted court-authorized law enforcement in Manhasset,” an FBI spokesperson told Fox News Digital.  The agency did not offer details about why the home was targeted.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol on Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, New York. The FBI searched the home of former Hochul aide Linda Sun this week.  (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Hochul’s office. 

Neither Sun, 40, nor her husband, Chris Hu, 41, has been accused of any wrongdoing and no arrests were made, the New York Post reported. 

“While there is no official accusation and wrongdoing, a judge had to approve this search warrant and searching somebody’s house is very intrusive,” Paul Mauro a lawyer and Fox News contributor, said. “Obviously, there must be some indicia of wrongdoing for the judge to have approved it.”

A search warrant for the raid was obtained by the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn. A spokesperson for the office declined to comment on the matter to Fox News Digital. 

The home owned by Sun and her husband was transferred into a trust in March, property records show. Sun, one of Hochul’s former deputy chiefs of staff, also worked under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. 

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This is an aerial view of the Saxony Court, home in Manhasset, New York belonging to Chris Hu and Linda Sun. Sun is the former deputy chief of staff for New York State governor Kathy Hochul.  ( J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

While working under Hochul, Sun focused on business development, Asian American affairs, and diversity, equity and inclusion, her profile shows.

She left her executive chamber role after 15 months and took a job in 2022 with the New York State Department of Labor.

She left public service last year after allegedly being fired following “evidence of misconduct,” a source familiar told The Post. The source said the alleged misconduct was referred to law enforcement. 

Sun’s husband operates a liquor store in Queens where at least one bottle of wine positioned near the door retailed for $700, the Post reported. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the Dutch Broadway Elementary School in Elmont, New York on May 9, 2023. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

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Efforts to reach the couple were unsuccessful. 

Politico’s John Harris wrote in a column on Thursday that President Biden has “essentially been only half a president,” and argued his address to the nation on Wednesday showed why he had to drop out of the race.

“It is [Donald] Trump who used the presidential pulpit — and the mania and obsessive interest that followed him even after he lost it — in ways consistent with the grain of American history. He preoccupies the psyche of the nation, no less among those who loathe him as among the half or nearly half who are open to returning him to power,” Harris wrote. “It was Biden who is the tragic exception.”

Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday and told Americans he was dropping out to unify the Democratic Party, adding that the election was about “defending democracy.” Harris wrote that Biden’s speech showed “a paradox,” in which “Trump represents continuity and Biden is the anomaly.”

“On the performative dimension of the presidency — using words to inspire his supporters, box in his enemies, to reframe debates — he [Biden] has been arguably the weakest Oval Office occupant in more than a century, back to the days before television or even radio, when most Americans might read about a presidential speech but had never heard the president’s voice,” he continued.

President Biden has announced he will not seek re-election and endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 Democratic nomination. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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Harris argued that Biden did perform admirably when it came to passing legislation. He wrote Biden’s voice has gotten fainter throughout his presidency and said the president’s “thoughts straddle a line between discursive and incoherent.”

“A president who was effective at waging a national argument and reframing debates to his advantage would not be facing a potent threat from the same politician he beat in the last election,” Harris wrote in the column. 

He further criticized Biden’s Oval Office address in the column, which was widely praised by members of the media, as another example of the president’s “weakened capacity to wage argument.”

On the other hand, CNN’s Van Jones said Biden was a “hero” who “fell on his sword.”

President Biden delivers a primetime address to the nation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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“To reach this standard requires employing all tools of the modern presidency, not just half,” the column concluded. 

In his address, without going into specifics, Biden discussed his decision to bow out of the race, which came after weeks of fierce pressure from his own party and his own insistence that he wasn’t going anywhere.

“In recent weeks, it’s become clear to me that I need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believed my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for America’s future all merited a second term. But nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy,” Biden said.

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“That includes personal ambition. So I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It’s the best way to unite our nation.”

Detroit-based Pastor Lorenzo Sewell said on Wednesday that “we need to stop” playing identity politics, reacting to Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

“It would be amazing to have the first Black woman president, I think that would be cool,” Sewell, the pastor of 180 Church on Detroit’s west side, told ABC 7.

“But we need to stop playing identify politics as well,” he added. 

The pastor, who spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week, went on to say, “You don’t have anything more powerful in America than a Black woman, so I understand there are allegiances there, but sometimes that can be misguided. I’ve had people call me this afternoon and say ‘vote for Kamala Harris because she’s Black.’ That doesn’t resonate with me right?”

Lorenzo Sewell, Pastor of 180 Church, spoke at the Republican National Convention last week. (Getty Images)

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ABC 7 reported further that Sewell said that he has not publicly endorsed any candidate for the 2024 presidential election and that he never intended being “front and center with the Trump campaign.” 

Sewell hosted former President Trump at his church in June in addition to speaking at the RNC last week.

“If President Trump would’ve moved just a millimeter, we would not be hearing tonight how he is going to make America great again,” Sewell said at the GOP convention. 

Sewell added that the Black community has been “hurting” under the Democratic leadership.

“When we look at our community, we see clearly that our community is hurting and it’s been under Democratic leadership,” Sewell said. 

“I’m not saying for the last 60 years Democrats are doing the wrong thing. What I’m saying is that when you look at our community, specifically Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, and Saginaw, we’re hurting. And the Republican Party is saying ‘I want to have a conversation.'”

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Getty Images)

Furthermore, Sewell said that a growing number of Black men are shifting support toward the Republican Party. 

The ABC local affiliate also interviewed Black voters about their thoughts on Trump.

Tayson Stewart, 27, said that “Trump looks like he’s trying to help us.” 

“… he looks like he knows what he’s talking about,” Detroit-based Stewart said.

“The Black voters are asleep. They are going to vote for Kamala, because they following Biden, and don’t do it. Trump really trying to help us, that’s what I think.”

“I’m terrified if that man is in there,” Detroit-based Leon Crosby, 57, said about Trump. 

“I’d be terrified as an African American,” Crosby added.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wisconsin. Harris made her first campaign appearance as the party’s presidential candidate, with an endorsement from President Biden. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) (Jim Vondruska / Stringer)

Trump, who was formally nominated last week at the Republican National Convention as the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee, stands at 46% support among registered voters in an NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll released on Tuesday.

Harris, who on Monday night announced that she’d locked up her party’s nomination by landing commitments of backing from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention, stood at 45% support.

The poll was conducted on Monday, the day after President Biden‘s announcement that he was ending his 2024 re-election rematch with Trump. 

Sewell’s comments came amid Harris facing scrutiny over her qualifications to be commander in chief.

Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett on Monday called Harris a “DEI hire” in an interview with CNN, suggesting that Harris was selected as vice president solely because she was a Black woman.

“One hundred percent she is a DEI hire,” Burchett told CNN’s Manu Raju. He continued, “Her record is abysmal at best.”

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Although some in the GOP are urging the Trump campaign to stick to criticizing Harris over her policy positions.

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – In addition to would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, other suspicious people were noted by security at the Butler, Pennsylvania event, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris told the House Committee on Homeland Security. 

“Was [Crooks] the only one determined to be suspicious that day?” Rep. Andrew Garbarino asked Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris on Tuesday. 

“No, he was not,” Paris replied.

“They identified Crooks for not matriculating,” Colonel Paris said. “Crooks never made it through the secure perimeter into the venue space itself.”

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Undated file photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks is alleged to be the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

Col. Christopher L. Paris, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing at the Canon House Office Building on July 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee is examining the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump on July 13th in Pennsylvania. 

There were at least two other suspicious people identified and tracked by the law enforcement that day – but after spotting Crooks with a rangefinder, he became a “special individual,” who was “even more suspicious,” he said.

Law enforcement officials spotted 20-year-old Crooks at about 5:10 p.m. on July 13, identifying him as a “suspicious person of interest.” 

At 5:41 p.m., about 20 minutes before former President Donald Trump took the stage, a sniper spotted Crooks looking at his phone and a rangefinder, snapped a photo and sent it to the “Sniper Group” chat. 

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An undated image of Thomas Matthew Crooks.  (Handout via AFP)

“There was a text thread that was going,” Paris said on Wednesday. “They took a photo of him at some point when he utilized the rangefinger. The suspicion was heightened… I know from an interview that was immediately relayed in the command post to the Secret Service.”

Just over ten minutes later, the Secret Service spotted him on the roof of a building about 150 yards away from the podium where Trump was set to address the crowd. A law enforcement officer was assigned to monitor the roof of the building – but a whistleblower told Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that the officer left their post because it was “too hot.”

Less than 20 minutes afterward, Crooks fired a volley of shots from the roof.

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This graphic shows a bird’s eye view of the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as well as the alleged would-be assassin’s vantage point. (Fox News)

“Before [Trump] went on to speak… just to be clear, [Crooks] was determined to be suspicious,” Paris said. “There was no information that he possessed a weapon.”

Crooks was also determined to be suspicious because “he was walking around and not moving into the venue,” Paris said.

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“Just for some context, there were over 100 people that day that necessitated or required medical attention due to the heat, there was a missing six-year-old,” he added.

Fox News Digital did not immediately hear back from local Butler law enforcement, the Secret Service, and Pennsylvania State Police regarding any suspicious people identified or detained at the rally on July 13.

Fox News Digital’s Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

Actor Jon Voight was critical of his daughter, actress and activist Angelina Jolie, for her stance on the Israel-Hamas war, saying in a new interview she’s been “influenced by antisemitic people.”

Voight, a rarity as a Republican-supporting Hollywood actor, discussed the conflict and his support for former President Trump in a new profile in Variety. 

Voight is an outspoken supporter of Israel, which he has been especially vocal about in the wake of Hamas’ terrorist attack on the country on Oct. 7. Jolie, in contrast, is a longtime refugee activist, who has denounced Israel for how it has conducted its war in Gaza.

Fox News Digital reached out to Jolie for comment, but did not immediately hear back. Variety noted in its reporting that she does not speak publicly about her father, but Voight has been critical of Jolie’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

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Angelina Jolie / Jon Voight (Getty Images)

“She has been exposed to propaganda,” he told Variety. “She’s been influenced by antisemitic people. Angie has a connection to the [United Nations], and she’s enjoyed speaking out for refugees. But these people are not refugees.”

In November, Jolie issued a statement on the Israeli invasion of Gaza that accused it of purposefully committing war crimes.

“This is the deliberate bombing of a trapped population who have nowhere to flee,” Jolie wrote on Instagram three weeks into the conflict. “Gaza has been an open-air prison for nearly two decades and is fast becoming a mass grave. 40% of those killed are innocent children. … Whole families are being murdered.” 

Voight responded on social media. 

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“I’m very disappointed that my daughter, like so many, has no understanding of God’s honor, God’s truths. This is justice for God’s children of the Holy Land. ….” he wrote. 

Jolie and her father, Jon Voight, were estranged for a period of time.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Voight repeatedly told Variety he is proud of his daughter and what she has accomplished, but criticized her geopolitical opinion on the Mideast. 

“I love my daughter — that’s No. 1,” he said with tears in his eyes. “I am happy when Angie is happy. When she’s having a tough time, I’m having a tough time. When she is down, I’m down.”

“Angie, I think she hasn’t been available to this information because in Hollywood people don’t share this kind of stuff,” he added. “They’re way off. They have no idea what’s going on. It’s a bubble.” 

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Voight believes, according to Variety, that the concept of a separate and distinct Palestinian state is an “antisemitic con perpetuated by Arab countries” who “want to destroy Israel with the help of the U.N.“

“I love my daughter. I don’t want to fight with my daughter,” he said. “But the fact is, I think she has been influenced by the U.N. From the beginning, it’s been awful with human rights. They call it human rights, but it’s just anti-Israel bashing.” 

Jon Voight said he was “disappointed” by his daughter’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict.  (Left: (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images), Right: (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images))

Voight also discussed being a supporter of Trump and the assassination attempt on him earlier this month.

“Now, after this, maybe they will look at Jon Voight in a different way,” he said, referring to himself in the third person. “If Donald Trump is being revealed in this way, maybe they will see a supporter like me in a different light.”

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Rep. Pat Ryan criticized President Biden for his failure to secure the border earlier in his presidency and said that Vice President Harris needs to focus on border security as well should she win the election. 

“The president was in charge, is in charge, including securing our border, which is a foundational responsibility of any nation state, and failed to act quickly enough,” Ryan said. 

The border continues to be an issue of division between Republicans and Democrats ahead of November, with former President Trump announcing that he will likely visit the southern border to draw a contrast with the “radical” Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Rep. Pat Ryan criticized President Biden for his failure to secure the border earlier in his presidency and said that Vice President Harris needs to focus on border security as well should she win the election.  (CNN)

“That is something that I think shouldn’t even be political,” Ryan said of his criticism of the Biden administration’s border policy. “That’s just the facts on the ground, and I’m the kind of person, right or wrong, I think right, that calls that out when I see it regardless or who’s in charge and that’s what the American people really want right now.” 

Ryan also said that his constituents have told him their concerns about the border crisis, an issue he said he has spoken out about in Congress since “day one.” 

“I called out President Biden aggressively in a way that very few of my Democratic colleagues did,” the New York congressman said. “We pushed him to take action. And I want to see the vice president, should she hopefully take the reins soon, continue to push on that [issue].”

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The border continues to be an issue of division between Republicans and Democrats ahead of November, with former President Trump announcing that he will likely visit the southern border to draw a contrast with the “radical” Vice President Kamala Harris. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“We‘ve seen by the way, in the last month, illegal border crossings … lower now [in] the last month than they were at the end of the Trump presidency at the same month,” he said. 

“So we‘re making progress, but we have to restore order at the border and I think [Harris] gets that,” Ryan said.

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The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. 

Here’s what’s happening…

-Biden’s back in public following COVID diagnosis…

-Speaker Johnson reacts to Secret Service director’s resignation

-New poll on Trump-Harris matchup post Biden withdrawal

‘We Failed’

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday in the wake of mounting bipartisan pressure following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, Fox News confirmed. 

Fox News reviewed the letter Cheatle sent to the U.S. Secret Service Tuesday morning, just a day after taking bipartisan heat during testimony before the House Oversight Committee Monday and over a week after a would-be assassin Thomas Crooks attempted to take the life of Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. 

“To the Men and Women of the U.S. Secret Service, The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders and financial infrastructure,” Cheatle wrote in a letter to the agency. “On July 13th, we fell short on that mission.”….Read more

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. The beleaguered leader of the United States Secret Service has vowed cooperation with all investigations into the agency following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

White House

‘INCAPABLE OF LEADING’: Harris called to ‘immediately’ invoke 25th Amendment amid mounting concerns over Biden’s health …Read more

I SPY A PRESIDENT: Biden is no longer hiding after COVID-19 diagnosis …Read more

‘LUCKY’: Harris reveals whether Biden is currently fit to serve …Read more

HUR REPORT FALLOUT: DOJ reveals it found transcripts of Biden’s conversations with biographer …Read more

The DNC paid lawyers representing President Biden as he was under investigation over his possession of classified documents by Special Counsel Robert Hur.  (Getty Images)

Kamala Central

HIDIN’ BIDEN?: Kamala Harris doesn’t answer whether Biden is fit for office …Read more

YEAH, NOT YOU, THOUGH: Harris snubs one of the few Dems open to being her VP …Read more

‘DISASTER’: VP Harris’ past comments on key swing state issue come back to haunt her …Read more

‘DEMBARGO’ LIFTS: Hollywood Democrats go all-in for Harris …Read more

NO TO BIBI: Kamala Harris won’t preside over Netanyahu address as top Dem senator also refuses …Read more

WHAT’S NEXT FOR HARRIS?: What’s next for the VP as she quickly locks up the Democratic presidential nomination …Read more

MILWAUKEE BOUND: Kamala Harris visits Wisconsin for first campaign rally since launching presidential bid …Read more

Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at West Allis Central High School during her first campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

‘TROUBLE’: Kamala Harris’ prosecutor past is bad news for her presidential bid: lawyer …Read more

‘EXTREME AGENDA’: Republicans zero in on Harris immigration, border record amid raging crisis …Read more

RAZOR THIN: New poll looks at Trump vs Harris matchup after Biden bows out …Read more

DISTANCING HIMSELF: Vulnerable Dem senator credited with recruiting Harris to Senate still hasn’t made endorsement …Read more

‘GUNS BLAZING’: Kamala Harris came ‘guns blazing’ with ‘twinkle in her eye’ say CNN, MSNBC …Read more

Capitol Hill

WHY SO ‘SECRET’?: Presidential protection boss ducks security questions for hours: 5 takeaways …Read more

‘PROCESS HAS PLAYED OUT’: Top Dem leaders make endorsement in presidential race after Biden’s exit …Read more

MISSING IN ACTION: House leaders convene emergency session to tee up vote on bill slamming Harris on border crisis …Read more

‘CAN’T DO IT’: GOP pushes for Biden to resign the presidency …Read more

DEM HARDBALL: Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office, set him up to fail at Trump debate: Sources …Read more

‘THE RIGHT THING’: Speaker Johnson reacts in real time to Secret Service director’s resignation …Read more

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens during a news conference, Friday, April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Tales from the Campaign Trail

CEASE AND DESIST: Former Trump rival Nikki Haley demands ‘Haley Voters for Harris’ to ‘cease and desist’ …Read more

‘DISASTER’: VP Harris’ past comments on key swing state issue come back to haunt her …Read more

‘AUTOMATIC CHEMISTRY’: Trump dismisses JD Vance’s past criticism, saying ‘he didn’t know me’ …Read more

Former President Donald Trump and his running mate J. D. Vance (Fox News)

CASH DASH: Harris hauls in a staggering $100 million in race against Trump since Biden dropped out …Read more

ENEMIES WATCHING CLOSELY: National security experts warn against ‘chaos’ of US elections as Harris enters race …Read more

Trump Assassination Attempt

‘BULLET FOR DEMOCRACY’: Trump reacts to Secret Service director resigning: ‘She never gave me proper protection’ …Read more

‘CANNOT AGREE’: Pennsylvania police commissioner throws cold water on Secret Service’s ‘sloped roof’ concerns …Read more

‘BULLET FOR DEMOCRACY’: Trump reacts to Secret Service director resigning: ‘She never gave me proper protection’ …Read more

‘EERIE’ FEELING: Veteran at Trump rally says ‘something wasn’t right’ before would-be assassin opened fire …Read more

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Police are investigating after a 13-year-old basketball player allegedly stomped on an opponent’s head on the court at a Bay Area game. 

Things turned ugly in a game between Tumakbo United, a Filipino-American youth basketball team, and Payton’s Place, another Bay Area team, Sunday at the College of Alameda. 

On an inbound pass, the son of Eva and Roderick Guingab caught the ball and was looking to push it upcourt when a player from Payton’s Place ran up to steal the ball away. A scuffle for the ball ensued after the young Guingab hit the hardwood. 

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A ball goes through the basket during a WNBA game between the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun June 4, 2024, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

It’s normal to see two basketball players wrestling for the ball to determine possession, but when another player from Payton’s Place came over during the scuffle, he stomped on Guingab’s head while he was on the ground. 

The referee, who had already blown his whistle when Guingab hit the floor, immediately grabbed the player who stomped on Guingab’s head, breaking things up before it got even uglier. 

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After taking a look at her son, Eva Guingab said, “You could clearly see the size of his shoe on his face,” according to KGO-TV. 

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“My son suffered a concussion for the first time he played basketball,” she added. 

Police are investigating after the Guingabs filed a formal report. 

The family of the boy who stomped on Guingab’s head said he was sticking up for his teammate he believed was kicked and punched during the scuffle, KGO-TV reported.

A rim and net during a college basketball game between the Villanova Wildcats and Providence Friars March 2, 2024, at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

An organizer of the tournament at the College of Alameda reportedly told the player who stomped on Guingab to leave the gym once things were settled. 

An official from Payton’s Place told the station the player is now “seeking help to control his emotions, and he is not playing with the program at this time.”

“The behavior that was exhibited by our player is not acceptable and is being taken seriously,” Payton’s Place added. 

A game ball during a college basketball game between North Carolina Tar Heels and Boston College Eagles Jan. 20, 2024, at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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“I think everyone was just in shock. I think we all kind of went on the court and went to the coach of the other team to say, ‘What just happened? What’s going on?'” Michael Tolentino, who coaches Tumakbo United, said. 

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A bail fund once backed by Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign that helped free violent criminals is back in the spotlight as the website appears to still be taking in donations.

As of Monday night, the website was running and accepting payments. 

“If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” Harris posted on X, then Twitter, back in 2020, urging people to donate to the fund during the 2020 campaign. 

Harris promoted the bail fund in June 2020 to help bail Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail, but only a fraction of the more than $41 million actually went to freeing rioters.

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Minneapolis-based FOX 9 reported that the fund spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to free an alleged knife murderer and a convicted rapist who was facing charges of sexual assault and kidnapping, among others.

Another criminal, George Howard, 48, also reaped the benefits of the funds. He allegedly became involved in a road rage altercation on an Interstate 94 entrance ramp before he shot another driver, according to Minneapolis police – weeks after bailing out on domestic assault charges.

Surveillance video recorded the moments when the driver of a blue BMW confronted Howard, who was driving a white Volvo, according to St. Paul’s KSTP-TV. The victim can be seen punching Howard, then collapsing.

The victim, later identified as Luis Damian Martinez Ortiz, 38, got back into his car, then drove into the median. He was pronounced dead at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to city officials. 

Howard had been out on $11,500 bond in connection with a domestic assault case since Aug. 6, court records show. That’s when the Minnesota Freedom Fund bailed him out.

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On Aug. 29, he was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the interstate shooting.

The Minnesota Freedom Fund tweeted Friday admitting to its role in putting Howard back on the streets.

“We are aware of reports of the tragic and fatal shooting in Minneapolis earlier this week allegedly involving George Howard, an individual the Minnesota Freedom Fund had previously provided with bail support,” the group wrote. “MFF believes that every individual who has been arrested by the law enforcement is innocent until proven guilty, and if a judge deems them eligible for bail, they should not have to wait in jail simply because they don’t have the same income or access to resources as others.”

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The group said it was monitoring the case and reviewing its policies.

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“Under new leadership, MFF has implemented changes to its policies and procedures, and we will continue to assess them to ensure that we are being responsive to the safety and needs of our community,” it said in a follow-up tweet.

According to the Minnesota Freedom Fund website, their mission is to “pay cash bail and immigration bonds for those who can’t afford it, because wealth should never decide who is kept in detention and who goes free.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment. 

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.