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Legacy media outlets, Democratic members of Congress and President Joe Biden have seemingly accepted defeat for the 2022 midterms, and now appear to be scrambling to minimize the upcoming Republican wave. Headlines from Politico , CNN , NPR and New York Times predict heavy losses for the Democrats in November, pointing to Biden’s low approval rating, record inflation rates and House Democratic retirement rates. Biden’s approval rating sits at 42%, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday. An April poll released Wednesday found that 33% of voters approved of Biden. Republicans have to win one seat in the Senate and nine seats in the House to have a majority in both chambers. MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said March 30 the Democrats are in “dangerous territory” for the midterms. (RELATED: ‘We’re Going To Get Slaughtered’: Biden’s Poll Numbers Trigger Panic Mode For Some Democrats) To predict who will win on the midterm meter, “you have the issue of the … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: Everyone Seems To Agree Democrats Will Lose The Midterms

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: President Biden on Monday commemorated the 87th anniversary of the Social Security Act becoming law by touting Democrat plans to protect, expand and deliver "stronger" benefits to recipients, while warning that a Republican-controlled Congress could put the program "on the chopping block." In a video exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, Biden says "we should celebrate" Social Security’s Birthday. The Social Security Act was signed into law by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Aug. 14, 1935. "Look, if you know me, you know I think rebuilding the middle class is the moral obligation of our time," Biden says in the video. "Social Security allows for our seniors to retire with dignity, and me and my Democratic friends on the hill are trying … [Read more...] about Biden says Democrats will deliver ‘stronger’ Social Security, warns a GOP majority could have it ‘sliced’

A man charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was ecstatic and exclaimed, “That's it!” as he rode past her vacation home in 2020 and told an ally to make a video, according to trial evidence presented Monday. Jurors heard from Dan Chappel, who was known as “Big Dan” to Adam Fox and a band of anti-government extremists. He was a crucial informant armed with recording devices to help the FBI build its case two years ago. Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial for the second time on conspiracy charges. A jury in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in April but acquitted two other men. Chappel, an Army veteran who hauls mail, explained to jurors how he joined a paramilitary group, the Wolverine Watchmen, early in 2020 to maintain his gun skills and meet people who supported gun rights. He said he turned to the FBI when talk turned to killing police. Fox wasn't a member of the Wolverine Watchmen, but the group became … [Read more...] about Jury hears from key informant in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

In an explosive CNN segment, Democratic strategist Keith Boykin accused Paris Dennard of not actually being black because of his support for President Trump. The intense exchange started when Dennard, who worked as the director of black outreach under President George W Bush, said he supported President Trump’s statements about the Charlottesville, VA riots. “The reality is that President Trump has not done enough and I’m ashamed that you, as an African-American, Paris, will not say that,” Boykin shot back. “Keith, I don’t need you try to pull my black card,” Dennard responded. “I am well aware of my blackness and don’t need you to try and classify me as being one.” “Are you?” Boykin asked rhetorically, prompting an angry outburst from Dennard. “Do not go there!” Dennard said. “I know what it means to be a black man in this country I know and I experience racism on an everyday basis by being a Trump supporter and by being a proud American who happens to be a Republican.” … [Read more...] about Dem Strategist Questions Trump Supporter’s Blackness [VIDEO]

UDAIPUR, India — For 20-year-old Yash Teli, memory is a curse. When he closes his eyes, he can see his father’s bloodied body lying in the street, his throat slit. Sitting in a room full of mourners on a recent afternoon in Udaipur, India , next to a large photograph of his father that was draped with a garland of roses, he was reminded of the blood. “I don’t want to remember him like that,” he said as his mother’s wails could be heard from another room. “How will I ever sleep now?” Udaipur, a city of about 600,000 in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, has been a tinderbox since the gruesome slaying last month of Yash’s father, Kanhaiya Lal Teli, a Hindu tailor. In a video posted online by his attackers, identified by police as two local Muslims, the elder Teli can be seen in his shop measuring a man who then attacks him with a cleaver, joined by the man filming. They later accused the tailor of insulting Islam. The killing shocked people across India, a … [Read more...] about Us and them: Behind a brutal killing in an Indian city now divided by religion

Amid an infuriating summer for air travel, the Department of Transportation is proposing changes to federal policy that guide flight refunds, providing more recourse for passengers when airlines cancel flights or significantly alter a flight’s schedule, route or seat categories. The rule, which the agency will decide on after a 90-day public comment period closes, would also require U.S. carriers that received pandemic aid to issue a full refund if a passenger chooses not to travel because of certain coronavirus-related factors, such as a country shutting down to nonessential travel. “This new proposed rule would protect the rights of travelers and help ensure they get the timely refunds they deserve from the airlines,” said Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, in a statement on Wednesday announcing the proposal. Under the current Department of Transportation policy, airlines are already supposed to reimburse passengers for flights that have been canceled … [Read more...] about Transportation Dept. Proposes New Rule to Ease Air Travel Chaos for Passengers

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines over the weekend seeking details regarding the reason behind the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago, Axios reported. The unprecedented operation at the home of a former U.S. president prompted questions from both parties, and Intel Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and ranking member Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are hoping to get answers. "In his remarks, Attorney General Garland claimed there was a substantial public interest in the execution of an unprecedented search warrant on President Trump," Rubio said in a statement to Axios. "As such, the Intelligence Committee has asked the … [Read more...] about Senate Intel Committee sends Biden admin bipartisan request for Mar-a-Lago raid details

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), fell below a majority in new nationwide polls of voters, but there is no opposition party — or coalition of opposition parties — that could yet form an alternative governing majority. The Daily Maverick website reported: A new representative poll by Ipsos suggests that if an election were held tomorrow, the ANC would get 42%, the DA [Democratic Alliance] 11%, the EFF [Economic Freedom Fighters] 9% and Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA 3% of the votes at a national level. A second poll, published by Rapport at the weekend, has the ANC at 38%, the DA at 27% and the EFF at 10%. The poll is a snapshot of eligible voters, not registered voters, and the DA usually does better than it is polled because it gets its members to register and to go out and vote. However, the ANC’s downward spiral is not any other party’s gain. Voters are upset about economic stagnation, persistent electricity shortages, crime, and poor … [Read more...] about Polls: South Africa’s Ruling Party Falls Below Majority, but No Alternative Yet

Fourteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Saturday in Mayor Jim Kenney’s (D) Philadelphia. ABC 6 reports the first of the three shooting fatalities occurred about 5 p.m. Friday, when a man was shot twice in the head while sitting in his car “in Ogontz on Godfrey Avenue and Limekiln Pike.” The man tried to drive off after being shot, but was eventually taken to a hospital where he died. A 15-year-old boy and a pregnant woman in her 20s were shot in “the 2600 block of North Bouvier Street” just before 10 p.m. Friday. The 15-year-old died and the pregnant woman was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the head. The third fatal shooting was discovered around 4 a.m. Saturday, when police found a deceased 18-year-old in an apartment in “the 2000 block of North 22nd Street.” The Philadelphia Police Department notes some 344 people were killed in Philly January 1, 2022, through August 14, 2022, as other elements of crime also rose. … [Read more...] about 14 Shot, 3 Killed, Friday into Saturday Across Jim Kenney’s Philadelphia

Firefighters in Yosemite National Park have been celebrated for preventing this month’s Washburn Fire from destroying the nearly 3,000-year-old giant sequoias at Mariposa Grove. But it wasn’t just hand tools and hose lines that kept the fire at bay. Past forestry projects, which slashed the amount of brush and trees fueling the flames, made the job much easier, park officials say. And yet, the topic of forest management remains a fraught one in California, especially in Yosemite. While practices such as tree thinning and prescribed burning have proved effective at reducing the risk of a catastrophic fire, disagreement remains about when and where the work should be done. Some people even say the effort is often not worthwhile and at times counterproductive. A recent lawsuit from an environmental group in Berkeley shut down fire prevention projects in Yosemite Valley and other parts of the park this summer; the group says forests are being destroyed with little or no … [Read more...] about California is desperate to stop mega-fires. But controversy rages over tree thinning