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Messages of congratulations flowed after White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino shared footage of himself dropping down on bended knee to pop the question.

Erin Elmore, director of art in embassies at the State Department, appeared to be taken aback and ecstatic. She accepted Scavino’s proposal.

“She said YES,” Scavino wrote when sharing the footage of the couple’s happy moment.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, offered congratulations, as did Fox News Channel’s Kevin Corke and Janice Dean.

President Donald Trump’s daughters, Tiffany and Ivanka Trump, both responded to the news on Instagram.

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“So happy for you!” Tiffany Trump wrote.

“So incredibly happy for you both !! Congratulations !” Ivanka Trump wrote.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., was also among those who expressed congratulations in response to the post on Instagram.

“Congratulations @erinmelmore and @danscavino,” she wrote, adding three dove emojis. 

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has remained silent after her criticism of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over a story that NBC News was forced to correct earlier this week.

Omar’s remarks came in response to an article the outlet originally posted on X with the caption, “ICE agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside her Massachusetts home to pressure her father to surrender to authorities last week, according to the girl’s family.”

“This is vile and beyond cruel. Abolish ICE,” Omar posted in response on Tuesday.

That X post by NBC News has since been deleted, however, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) denied the account.

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A subsequent post by the outlet read, “Video shows ICE with 5-year-old girl while agents attempt to arrest her father. Correction: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized the activities of ICE agents in the video. The article has been updated.”

Omar’s post remained as-is, however, and is still up as of Thursday morning.

Fox News Digital reached out to her congressional office and her campaign to ask for comment and whether she planned on amending the post, but no response was given.

A video obtained by Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra shows the girl sitting beside a law enforcement SUV, holding a bottle, while surrounded by several male officers outside her home in Leominster last Tuesday.

NBC reported that the father, Edwards Hip Mejia, told his wife he believed he was being followed and drove home. Once there, he allegedly ran toward the parking lot, but agents “grabbed” their daughter, the wife told Telemundo.

The girl’s mother can be heard telling officers her daughter is on the spectrum before demanding they return her child.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin responded to Omar on X, calling the progressive’s words “cruel” instead.

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“ICE agents NEVER used a 5-year-old girl as ‘bait.’ The criminal illegal alien target —with previous arrests for domestic abuse and strangulation, among other charges—ABANDONED his own child in a car,” McLaughlin wrote.

“The target, Edwards Hip Mejia, ignored law enforcement emergency lights to pull over and drove back to his house. He fled from the car, gave officers the double middle finger, and darted inside his house. He abandoned his 5-year-old daughter in the car. Officers helped rescue the child and called local police to report the abandonment.”

Omar’s post came a day before a gunman opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas, killing one detainee and critically injuring two others.

DHS has said it “appears to be motivated by a hatred for ICE.”

EXCLUSIVE: The commission planning America’s 250th birthday celebration is run by people “who hate President Trump more than they love America,” the group’s former executive director told Fox News Digital after he was fired from his job for posting on social media to mourn Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Ariel Abergel, 25, was terminated from the bipartisan America250 Commission recently for what the outfit referred to as a “security breach of a commission social-media account.”

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The claim of a “security breach” is “fake news,” however, a Trump administration official told Fox News Digital.

“Ari always had access to the social media accounts and was posting a message honoring the memory of Charlie Kirk,” the official said. 

Abergel will be given a different role within the Trump administration, the official told Fox News Digital.

An America250 spokesperson said the group was justified in making the move. 

“The U.S. Congressional Semiquincentennial Commission has terminated the employment of its Executive Director, Ari Abergel, effective immediately after he initiated a security breach of a Commission social media account, attempted to procure the resignations of multiple commissioners by misrepresenting himself as acting on behalf of Congressional leadership, and engaged in multiple other serious and repeated breaches of authority and trust,” the commission said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Abergel was appointed to the board earlier in 2025 by the Trump administration. 

“I was appointed to oversee America250 and execute on President Trump’s vision for America250 and on behalf of the board,” Abergel told Fox News Digital. “But the board and the president were not necessarily aligned.” 

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The bipartisan commission is chaired by Rosie Rios, a former aide to President Barack Obama who was appointed to the group by President Joe Biden.

Abergel told Fox News Digital that the commission “has been plagued by years of dysfunction, greed and cronyism.” 

“America250 is run by people who hate President Trump,” Abergel told Fox News Digital. “This firing is proof of that, and I wear it as a badge of honor.” 

Sources familiar with the situation told Fox News Digital that, before his firing, Abergel had asked Rios to release a statement that would condemn political violence following Kirk’s assassination, but Rios allegedly refused to do so.

Abergel then used America250 social media channels to post a tribute to Kirk, using the commission’s Instagram account to post a photo with a caption reading: “America is in mourning. God bless Charlie Kirk.”

After he posted the message, a source familiar told Fox News Digital that Abergel received a phone call from counsel for America250, threatening him with legal action on behalf of the commission for using the social media account.

During the call, Abergel was accused of “theft of government property,” the source said, adding that commission leadership “took particular issue with the fact that the post mentioned God,” noting that it was “too divisive” for America250’s accounts.

The next day, Abergel received a formal notice from America250 counsel informing him that his access to the office and IT systems and his email account had been revoked. He was then asked to resign but refused, the source said. 

The following week, Abergel was formally notified that his employment was terminated, the source said. 

As for the content of the post, an America250 spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the organization “is not in the business of commenting on news, no matter how horrible.”

“In recent weeks, Mr. Abergel defied directives from the Commission’s executive committee, engaged in unauthorized actions related to Commission-approved programming, finances, and communications, jeopardizing the Commission’s operations and reputation,” the America250 spokesperson said in the group’s statement. “The bipartisan Commission remains committed to delivering a once-in-a-lifetime celebration for the nation’s 250th anniversary and will promptly appoint a new executive director, in consultation with the White House and Task Force 250.”

An America250 spokesperson also said social media platforms and the commission’s website had been removed from Abergel’s authority. Those responsibilities were transferred to another commission employee, according to the spokesperson. 

“Despite that clear written directive, Ari logged into the account, changed the password and its two-factor authentication contact, effectively locking the commission out of the account,” the spokesperson said. “Ari was treated the same as any other federal employee who initiated a security breach of a government agency social media account, repeatedly defied direct orders from his employer, and misrepresented his authority in attempting to procure the resignations of multiple members of the agency’s governing body.”

America250 claims Abergel’s actions were the basis for his termination, but did not provide specific examples of the alleged “insubordination and subversive behavior.”

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But Abergel defended his work, stressing that “every major decision I made had the support of the White House, and in many cases, congressional leadership.”

“There was no misrepresentation,” he said.

White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital that the Trump administration is “incredibly proud of all of Ari Abergel’s work at America250 — most notably during the Army250 parade, which boldly honored the bravery and strength of our military men and women.”

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“Through the White House Task Force established by President Trump’s January Executive Order, we will continue to coordinate closely with America250 to ensure that all events heading into our nation’s 250th birthday are given the grand celebration our country deserves,” Kelly said.

As for the commission’s relationship with the president and the Trump administration, the America250 spokesperson told Fox News Digital that America250 “is proud to have the leadership of President Trump as we prepare and plan for America’s 250th birthday milestone.”

“The President and his team have been and will be great partners as we create the largest and most inspiring celebration and commemoration in our nation’s history,” the spokesperson said.

Members of the “Squad” and other leading Democrats are being criticized for using inflammatory rhetoric, which Trump administration officials say has contributed to the “demonizing” and “dehumanization” of ICE law enforcement officers.

This comes as DHS says ICE agents are facing a 1,000% increase in assaults in the line of duty.

On Wednesday, a gunman, identified by the FBI as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, opened fire on an ICE field office in Dallas, killing one and injuring two others. Authorities discovered rounds with the words “anti-ICE” etched onto them at the scene. The shooter took his own life after the attack, according to authorities. 

After the attack, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called on Democrats to change their rhetoric, saying, “Democrats must stop demonizing the heroic men and women of ICE who are just doing their jobs to keep Americans safe.”

Despite this, several Democrats posted anti-ICE statements on social media after the Wednesday attack in Texas.

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In a post on X several hours after the shooting, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., accused ICE agents of unleashing “dangerous and reckless immigration operations” on the public.

“I’ve joined the Illinois delegation in demanding answers about DHS’s dangerous and reckless operations in our state,” wrote Budzinski. “We refuse to stand by while masked agents trample on due process, indiscriminately arrest our neighbors, and threaten immigrant communities.”

In a since-deleted post, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., also criticized ICE agents after the attack, accusing them of “picking up moms as they drop off their kids to daycare or people going to work.”

Just days before the attack, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., who is also a Democratic senatorial candidate, accused ICE of using “Gestapo tactics” against the American people, saying their actions “are a betrayal of the values we swear to uphold.”

Leading Democrats have also taken a similar tone against ICE agents, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who accused Trump Border Czar Tom Homan of working to “unleash masked ICE agents on the American people.”

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Last week, former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused ICE of intentionally stoking fear and tearing communities apart.

“ICE is targeting community members with no criminal record,” Warren wrote on X. “Agents are sitting outside of churches and schools. Driving unmarked vans and breaking car windows. These violent ICE arrests don’t make us safer — they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.”

Speaking on the Senate floor last week, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., accused federal officials of targeting anyone with “brown skin and a Hispanic surname.”

“ICE is arresting first and asking questions later,” Durbin said. “I’ve seen the devastating impacts of these policies in my state of Illinois. People are fearful of masked men in unmarked vans who can grab them at any time because of how they look or their voice, accent.”

“Parents are terrified to take their kids to school, and businesses are suffering as people are scared to go to work,” he added.

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Squad members have also been criticized for vilifying ICE agents.

The day before the attack, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., reposted a since-deleted news post accusing ICE agents of using a five-year-old autistic child as “bait” to catch her illegal immigrant father. Homeland Security has since contested the report, saying that the father, Edwards Hip Mejia, abandoned the child after being pursued by agents.

Omar reposted the story, saying, “This is vile and beyond cruel. Abolish ICE.”

In a post last week, another Squad member, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., accused President Donald Trump and ICE agents of an “absolutely shameful” campaign of “terrorizing our communities to the point that students are too afraid to go to school.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has accused ICE agents under the Trump administration of an “illegal abduction” of Columbia student, immigrant and activist Mahmoud Khalil. 

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said last week that “ICE is racially profiling and kidnapping people just for looking Latino or speaking Spanish.”

Jayapal said that “Trump is turning our law enforcement into his own secret police to terrorize our communities.”

In response, DHS has called for a full stop to the dehumanization of ICE agents.

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“The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer,” the agency wrote on X. “The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop.”

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Speaking on Fox News after the Dallas attack, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that due to the rhetoric, ICE agents and their families are being doxxed and targeted.

“It’s absolutely unacceptable and I do think it’s incumbent, really upon the media, upon politicians, we’ve got to turn the rhetoric down, we don’t want anyone to be hurt, we don’t want anyone to get killed, this is an awful day,” she added.

In a Truth Social post Wednesday following the Dallas ICE field office shooting, Trump said, “I AM CALLING ON ALL DEMOCRATS TO STOP THIS RHETORIC AGAINST ICE AND AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT NOW!”

President Barack Obama admitted he has been “digging myself out of a hole” in his relationship with Michelle Obama.

Obama made the comments in London’s O2 Arena as part of his European speaking tour on Wednesday, saying his time in the White House eroded his relationship with his wife.

“I was digging myself out of the hole I found myself in with Michelle … Now I’m at about level ground,” he said, according to The Standard.

The former president admitted that it had been a “challenge” to repair their relationship, which most recently came under public scrutiny when Michelle did not join him in attending the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in January. She also skipped President Donald Trump’s inauguration barely a week later.

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Obama also addressed Trump’s latest comments on autism and Tylenol, accusing the president of committing “violence against the truth.”

“We have the spectacle of my successor in the Oval Office, making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproved,” Obama said. 

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“The degree to which that undermines public health, the degree to which that can do harm to women who are pregnant, the degree to which that creates anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic — which, by the way, itself is subject to a spectrum, and a lot of what is being trumpeted as these massive increases actually have to do with a broadening of the criteria across that spectrum so that people can actually get services and help,” Obama said. “All of that is violence against the truth.”

The Trump administration said in April it would kick off a massive research initiative to understand the cause of autism by September, and the president hinted at the announcement Sunday at the memorial service for conservative activist Charlie Kirk. 

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“Tomorrow we’re going to have one of the biggest announcement(s) … medically, I think, in the history of our country. I think you’re going to find it to be amazing,” he said at the time.

Tylenol manufacturer Kenvue has said it strongly disagrees with the administration’s assessment and said that “acetaminophen is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women.”

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“We believe independent, sound science clearly shows that taking acetaminophen does not cause autism,” a company spokesperson said. “We strongly disagree with any suggestion otherwise and are deeply concerned with the health risk this poses for expecting mothers.”

Fox News’ Diana Stancy contributed to this report.

Dr. Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon who served as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during President Donald Trump’s first term, was sworn in on Wednesday to serve as national advisor for nutrition, health and housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“As National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing, Dr. Carson will advise both President Trump and Secretary Rollins on policies related to nutrition, rural healthcare quality, and housing accessibility,” a USDA news release states. 

“He will serve as the Department’s chief voice on these matters, join Secretary Rollins for her work on the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, and partner closely with leadership in USDA’s Rural Development Mission Area.”

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“Today, too many Americans are suffering from the effects of poor nutrition. Through common-sense policymaking, we have an opportunity to give our most vulnerable families the tools they need to flourish,” Carson noted, according to the release. “I am honored to work with Secretary Rollins on these important initiatives to help fulfill President Trump’s vision for a healthier, stronger America.”

Earlier this year, Trump signed an executive order to create a Religious Liberty Commission and tapped Carson to serve as vice chair.

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While speaking at the American Cornerstone Institute’s Founders’ Dinner on Saturday, Trump announced that Carson will be awarded the presidential medal of freedom, noting there will be a ceremony at the White House to honor him. 

Then President George W. Bush awarded Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008.

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Carson, who founded the American Cornerstone Institute, “is ensuring there is an organization fighting for the principles that have guided him through life, and that make this country great: Faith, Liberty, Community, and Life,” according to ACI’s website.

The top House Democrat signaled that his party is readying to blame Republicans as the threat of a government shutdown grows larger by the day.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., held a news conference on Wednesday where he said Democrats were “ready to get to work, ready to meet with anyone, any time, any place in order to avoid a painful Republican-caused government shutdown.”

At the same time, he restated that Democrats would not accept a GOP-led plan to keep the government funded at roughly current levels through Nov. 21, dismissing the measure as a “partisan exercise.”

“Republicans have clearly demonstrated they want to shut the government down throughout this process,” Jeffries said. “An intentional decision was made by Republican leadership in the House and the Senate not to have a single conversation with Democrats. They’re not even pretending as if they want to find common ground.”

HOUSE PASSES TRUMP-BACKED PLAN TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

The House passed a short-term extension of current federal funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), last week. The vote fell largely along party lines, with just one Democrat crossing the aisle in the measure’s favor.

An effort to consider the bill in the Senate hours later was scuttled when most Democrats, along with two Republicans, opposed a vote to begin debating the measure.

Now both parties are blaming one another for a potential shutdown – which could hit at midnight on Oct. 1 if a deal is not passed in both chambers by then.

Republicans are accusing Democrats of recklessly pushing for a shutdown and making unworkable demands in exchange for keeping the government open.

“REMINDER: House Republicans have already done the job of passing a clean, bipartisan bill to keep the government open,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement on X Wednesday. “Now it’s up to Senate Democrats – who have long said shutdowns are bad and hurt people – to vote to fund the American government, or shut it down because they want to restore taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens.”

Republicans have also pointed out that government funding levels have remained relatively steady since fiscal year (FY) 2024, when Democrats supported then-President Joe Biden’s spending priorities.

But Democrats, infuriated by being sidelined in discussions on the bill, have been pushing for the inclusion of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire at the end of 2025 without congressional action.

Jeffries has also repeatedly made reference to Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill,” conservative legislation that imposed new restrictions and work requirements on Medicaid coverage for certain able-bodied Americans. He and other Democrats have accused Republicans of ripping healthcare away from millions of people, while the GOP has insisted the system is getting reformed to work better for vulnerable Americans who need it.

A short-lived hope for bipartisan discussion was quickly scuttled on Tuesday – Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had been expected to meet with President Donald Trump this week to discuss federal funding.

Trump called off the meeting, however, accusing Democrats of making “unserious and ridiculous demands” in their push for a compromise deal to avert a shutdown.

“They must do their job! Otherwise, it will just be another long and brutal slog through their radicalized quicksand. To the Leaders of the Democrat Party, the ball is in your court. I look forward to meeting with you when you become realistic about the things that our Country stands for. DO THE RIGHT THING!” the president said on Truth Social.

During his Wednesday news conference, however, Jeffries would not say exactly what he opposed in the bill – instead criticizing the process by which it was formed.

“It’s partisan because it didn’t have the votes in the House in a bipartisan way. There was no conversation. There was no discussion. There was no effort to actually sit down and figure out what type of spending bill would meet the needs of the American people,” Jeffries said.

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“The notion that we’re supposed to accept that this is a clean continuing resolution is a joke. It’s not. It’s dirty for a wide variety of reasons. I explained it repeatedly, and it continues the assault on the healthcare of the American people.”

He also argued against the point that Democrats approved those same spending levels last year, noting that a majority of his caucus opposed a bill in March that kept those levels extended through Sept. 30.

“It’s very easy to take a look at the bill in December that was passed with bipartisan margins, and signed into law by then-President Joe Biden, and the bill in March that was jammed down the throats of the American people in a very partisan way and signed into law by Donald Trump,” Jeffries said. “Don’t accept that idea that it’s the Biden spending numbers when the facts say exactly the opposite.”

Democrats introduced their own CR last week aimed at keeping the government funded through Oct. 31, while also reversing Republicans’ Medicaid changes and preventing Trump from making any cuts to funding allocated by Congress – both of which were panned as nonstarters by Republicans.

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CA prosecutor slams mask law after doxxing arrest as ICE raid architect warns copycats

Federal officials are making an example of a Santa Monica man arrested this week for allegedly doxxing and harassing an ICE attorney, with the architect of Los Angeles’ and Chicago’s raids warning any copycats.

Gregory Curcio faces up to five years in prison if convicted, after the Justice Department said he allegedly published private or identifying information about an ICE attorney “with malicious intent.”

ICE Operation “At Large” Commander Gregory Bovino tweeted overnight that anyone who targets immigration officers like Curcio should take notice…READ MORE.
 

White House

BIG TECH’S TAB: Trump’s $100K H-1B visa overhaul could hit tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft hardest

RHETORICAL ATTACKS: 5 times Democrats blasted ICE with harsh rhetoric

‘SACRIFICED HIS LIFE’: Charlie Kirk could be placed on US currency under new House GOP proposal

SIGN OF THE TIMES: White House unveils Presidential Walk of Fame with Biden portrait replaced by autopen image

World Stage

UN GETS SCHOOLED: World leaders laugh, squirm as Trump blasts UN on climate, Ukraine, Gaza at General Assembly

ATOMIC STANDOFF: Nuclear threats from North Korea loom quietly behind wars in Gaza and Ukraine at UNGA

TEHRAN TANTRUM: Iran president accuses US of ‘grave betrayal’ with nuclear strikes in UNGA speech

Capitol Hill

SPEECH POLICE: Senate lawmakers clash over Trump administration’s approach to speech, censorship

CONTRACTS CONFLICT: Republicans move to cut DEI from federal contracts as Duffy cries foul on equity in Key Bridge rebuild

SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN: GOP senator blasts Schumer, Dems as ‘forcing’ shutdown while demanding price tag report

Across America 

MAP WARS HEAT UP: AOC stars in Newsom redistricting ad, urging Californians to ‘fight’ Trump for democracy

FAKE NEWS EXPOSED: DHS blasts ‘fake news’ on Louisiana Lockup conditions: ‘False sob stories’ for child predators and murderers

Get the latest updates on the Trump administration and Congress, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered up several criticisms of the Biden White House’s communications team in her new book, painting a picture of a staff that did little to defend her.

“They had a huge comms team; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day,” Harris wrote in her book “107 Days”, released on Tuesday and providing detailed insight into her ill-fated presidential run. 

“But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible.”

Harris added that the “president’s inner circle seemed fine with it” when “unfair or inaccurate” stories about Harris circulated and that it even “seemed as if they decided I should be knocked down a little more.”

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In a chapter titled “July 24: 104 days til the election,” Harris suggested that Biden’s team was not only being unhelpful, but at times had worked against her in the past. 

“This was total nonsense, but the White House seemed glad to let reporting about my ‘gaffe’ overwhelm the significant thaw in foreign relations I’d achieved,” Harris wrote about the White House not pushing back against media reports she had “faked a french accent” in 2021. 

“Worse, I often learned that the president’s staff was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprung up around me,” Harris wrote. 

Harris took issue in the book with Republicans who “mischaracterized” her role as the “border czar” and lamented that “no one in the White House comms team helped me to effectively push back and explain what I had really been tasked to do” or to “highlight any of the progress I had achieved.”

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In another part of the book, Harris wrote about how Biden began “taking on water” over the conflict between Hamas and Israel, saying that “when polls indicated that I was getting more popular, the people around him didn’t like the contrast that was emerging.”

Harris also provided details about her struggles with the Biden campaign staff before and after she became the nominee, writing specifically about meetings the Biden-Harris team had during the campaign in a pavilion on the White House grounds. 

“These political briefings often made no sense to me,” Harris wrote. “Mike Donilon would filter the data from the polls and present the numbers in soothing terms: that the razor-thin, within-the-margin-of-error results were no cause for hair on fire; that really there was nothing to see here. Doug had wanted to stop sitting next to me because he got tired of me kicking him under the table when I asked a question and got a nonanswer.”

“My chief of staff, Lorraine Voles, turned to me as we left one of these meetings and said, ‘If I ever organized that sort of dog-and-pony bullsh– for you, you’d have my head on a platter.’”

Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, was also quoted in the book with some strong words for the Biden team as Harris recounted an instance where his staff gauged the couple about their loyalty to Biden on July 4th, shortly before Biden dropped out of the race. 

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“They hide you away for four years, give you impossible, sh– jobs, don’t correct the record when those tasks are mischaracterized, never fight back when you’re attacked, never praise your accomplishments, and now, finally, they want you out there on that balcony, standing right beside them,” Emhoff is quoted as saying. “Now, finally, they know you are an asset, and they need you to reassure the American people. And still, they have to ask if we’re loyal?”

Ultimately, Harris concluded that the Biden White House was mistakenly operating using “zero-sum” thinking. 

“If she’s shining, he’s dimmed,” Harris wrote. “None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well. That given the concerns about his age, my visible success as his vice president was vital. It would serve as a testament to his judgment in choosing me and reassurance that if something happened, the country was in good hands. My success was important for him. His team didn’t get it.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment. 

The Pentagon is preparing to ask President Donald Trump to authorize the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of carrying out the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, a senior Department of Defense official told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

If approved, it would be the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in the attack.

Hasan entered Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center armed with a semi-automatic pistol and opened fire on fellow service members preparing for deployment. 

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During his subsequent trial, Hasan admitted to the shooting and claimed it was necessary to protect the “Islamic Empire” from American forces.

The Pentagon had categorized the massacre as an act of “workplace violence,” a decision that drew sharp criticism from lawmakers, victims’ families and national security experts. They argued it obscured the ideological and terrorist motivations behind the attack.

In 2013, a military jury convicted Hasan and sentenced him to death. 

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He has been held on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ever since. 

After years of appeals, Hasan’s final legal challenge was rejected in April 2025, clearing the way for execution.

“I am 100% committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan,” Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News Digital. “This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays.”

Hasan is one of just four prisoners facing the death penalty under military jurisdiction.

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The Army secretary has already recommended execution, and the Department of War is advancing the request.

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Hasan, born in Arlington, Virginia, in 1970 to Palestinian immigrant parents, served nearly 20 years in the Army before reportedly embracing radical Islamist beliefs. 

By the time he was stationed at Fort Hood in 2009, he had become outspoken in his opposition to U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, justifying suicide bombings as legitimate acts of war.