Colorado Gov. Jared Polis tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Biden needs to show Democrats that he can turn his campaign around and says "he hasn't done that yet."

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Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced on Sunday, July 21, that he is not seeking reelection.

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The pool of potential jurors is narrowing for the high-profile federal trial of Ryan Routh, who faces charges for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in September 2024.

During the second day of jury selection in Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon eliminated a woman who asserted, "I am MAGA" as a potential juror for the trial. Cannon, a Trump appointee, claimed the statement exhibited "self-declared bias." 

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Another woman was removed as a potential juror for claiming she "only follows God’s law" on a questionnaire. 

However, Cannon refused to cut a potential juror who claimed that he "knows Trump personally." The potential juror claimed that he had breakfast with Trump and first lady Melania Trump 25 years ago when he was considered for a job at a golf course. However, Cannon said the potential juror would still be able to participate fairly in the trial – despite the interaction decades ago. 

Three groups of 60 potential jurors are undergoing the jury selection process, where prosecutors and Routh ask potential jurors questions to assess if they can fairly participate in the trial. The jury selection process got underway on Monday and is expected to conclude Wednesday. Routh is representing himself. 

Ultimately, the jury selection process will identify 12 jurors and four alternates for the trial.

During Monday’s session, Routh’s questions for potential jurors included their views on the war in Gaza, their position on the U.S. potentially acquiring Greenland as the president has floated, and how they would act if they were driving and spotted a turtle in the middle of the road.

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In response, Cannon labeled them "politically charged," and said that they were unnecessary for jury selection. 

"None of the questions on your list have any bearing whatsoever. They were off base, sir, and have no relevance to jury selection," Cannon said.

According to prosecutors, Routh planned to kill Trump for weeks, and hid out in shrubbery on Sept. 15, 2024, when a Secret Service agent detected him pointing a rifle at Trump while the then-presidential candidate played golf. Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, but abandoned his weapon and the scene after the Secret Service agents opened fire.

Routh was later apprehended by the Martin County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office on the I-95 interstate in a black Nissan Xterra. 

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According to the Justice Department, he is charged with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate; possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; assaulting a federal officer; felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition; and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Routh also faces state charges related to terrorism and attempted murder. 

Routh, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, was previously convicted of felonies in North Carolina in 2002 and 2010. 

Fox News’ Jamie Joseph, Jake Gibson, Heather Lacey and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has been tapped for a seat on the new Republican-led panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, where she immediately blasted the initiative as partisan and accused former President Donald Trump of escaping accountability.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., announced the Democratic firebrand's appointment on Monday, along with other Democratic members, after the subcommittee was formally created earlier this month.

Crockett herself criticized Republicans for starting the initiative during a press conference with its new Democratic members, even suggesting President Donald Trump should have been "convicted" over the 2021 riot.

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"On that day, there was an attempt to tear apart our democracy brick by brick. In fact, they laid the foundation, unfortunately, for what we are experiencing right now," Crockett said. "Because if those in power had done what they should have done, which was to go through with an impeachment conviction, none of us would be enduring what we are enduring now."

Trump was impeached by the House after the riot but acquitted by the Senate, which did not reach the two-thirds threshold to convict him of high crimes and misdemeanors.

The president has denied responsibility in the protest despite Democrats accusing him of fomenting the violence. He's also since pardoned rioters convicted for their parts in the event.

Crockett accused Republicans of using the panel to create "distractions and division."

"We are not going to allow them to whitewash this," she said. "We will expose the lies, and we will continue to hold accountable those that tried to overthrow the will of the people, including the president. This is not about Democrats versus Republicans. This is about defending the Constitution."

She added: "We all swore an oath to uphold the American people deserve honesty, accountability, and leaders who will protect democracy, not tear it down. I am committed to making sure that the American people know the truth about January 6th, and remember all those responsible for the defilement of the Capitol."

The subcommittee will be chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who last Congress investigated the now-defunct House select committee on Jan. 6.

"While my previous investigation did an incredible job last Congress, there is still much work to be done. Our goal is to answer the remaining questions, uncover all the facts, and implement reforms so this level of security failure never happens again. It’s time to finish the job," Loudermilk said when the panel was formed.

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It is customary for party leaders to select members of their caucus to sit on committees, though final approval rests with the majority.

In addition to Crockett, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., was named ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, joined by Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, was given an honorary role.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for a response to Crockett's remarks.

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EXCLUSIVE: After President Donald Trump directed a rare U.S. defense posture toward Latin America with a military strike in the Caribbean against alleged drug-smuggling gang members and a bounty on the head of a Central American strongman leader, the nation’s only Cuban-born lawmaker called Tuesday for new attention to Havana as well.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who fled dictator Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1960 as a young boy, called on the Department of Homeland Security to act upon or at the least investigate a list of dozens of people his office and/or human rights organizations had identified as tied to the current regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel or the deceased Castro brothers.

Gimenez, who also represents the congressional district closest to Cuba in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, warned DHS Secretary Kristi Noem of the "presence of agents of the murderous Castro regime and the Communist Party of Cuba currently residing in the United States."

A spokesperson for DHS indicated Tuesday the department was looking into the matter.

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The letter adds to a drumbeat of pressure on the administration to broaden its crackdown beyond Venezuela to Cuba, a regime Gimenez and others argue is on its "last breath." 

Earlier this year, the Cuban-born lawmaker told Fox Business that the U.S. should "freeze the regime’s economic oxygen," predicting, "The Castro regime is on the edge, and President Trump should kick them over the edge."

The letter listed people Gimenez said are in the U.S. under humanitarian programs whom pro-democracy groups link to Diaz-Canel’s communist regime and accuse of "perpetrating countless human rights abuses."

More broadly, the Trump administration has taken swift action against Latin American threats, including an airstrike on a skiff that was carrying suspected gang member terrorists reportedly trafficking drugs.

The feds considered the strike in self-defense of the homeland, but critics in Congress expressed concerns over its alignment with the War Powers Act.

The move marked one of the most muscular U.S. military actions in the hemisphere in years and followed the administration’s decision to place a $50 million bounty on Maduro’s head. 

Trump previously named Tren de Aragua and Cartel de los Soles as foreign terrorist organizations, which gives the government broader leeway in tactics used to combat such threats.

Three warships were deployed to the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela in another example of the Trump administration's growing concern over regional threats in America's hemisphere.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine touched down in Puerto Rico Monday to bolster military operations there.

Puerto Rico Republican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón and first gentleman Jose Yovin Vargas thanked the administration for recognizing the island protectorate's "strategic importance to our national security" as Hegseth also indicated to troops in the region their deployment wasn't for training purposes.

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Together, the steps suggest a renewed focus on countering the region’s cartels, dictatorships and migration pressures after years of U.S. attention centered on the Middle East and Asia. That backdrop has emboldened Cuban-American lawmakers and activists to call for parallel action against Havana. 

Of the names in Gimenez' letter, several are labeled as tied to or members of Brigadas de Accion Rapida, or Rapid Response Brigade. That group is made up of designated citizens who essentially patrol for dissidents.

The letter followed a similar missive in March that first brought to light the potential for numerous Cuban agents living under the radar in the U.S.

"It is crucial that the Department of Homeland Security enforce existing U.S. laws to identify, deport, and repatriate these individuals who pose a threat to our national security," Gimenez wrote in the letter.

In his original letter, Gimenez warned many of the individuals "gamed" the immigration system and therefore are a "direct insult" to legitimate Cuban exiles who fled to Florida and beyond seeking the personal freedoms their families once enjoyed on the island.

Gimenez spoke exclusively to Fox News Digital earlier this year when he joined a congressional delegation to Guantanamo Bay’s U.S. military installation.

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He said he was overcome with emotion upon returning to his homeland for the first time in 64 years, noting it was bittersweet that he could not actually visit Cuba proper.

The Miami lawmaker asked Noem to provide a report by Sept. 26 detailing whether DHS has investigated the listed names, pursued deportation or removal proceedings, and, if not, why no action was taken.

Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with at least 80 business leaders in Manhattan on Tuesday as pressure to consolidate support against New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is escalating with less than two months until Election Day. 

Cuomo's high-profile business meeting came as The New York Times/Siena College poll conducted from Sept. 2 to 6 and released Tuesday morning revealed Mamdani is leading the pack of mayoral hopefuls at 46% and far outpacing Cuomo, at just 24%. However, the survey suggested an extremely tight race in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup between Mamdani and Cuomo, with Mamdani picking up 48% of the vote compared to Cuomo's 44%. 

The former governor spoke to business leaders at The Pool event space in The Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan for about 25 minutes on Tuesday morning about his pathway to victory in New York City's heated mayoral race. 

As men and women of all ages dressed in expensive business attire exited the event space, one man who works in finance told Fox News that an "energetic" Cuomo assured the crowd that he believed incumbent Mayor Eric Adams could drop out of the race as early as this week. 

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"New York City is not for sale. The backroom scheming from Donald Trump and the billionaire class is backfiring, as New Yorkers see Zohran Mamdani is the only candidate who will fight to make the most expensive city in the country more affordable," Mamdani campaign spokesperson, Dora Pekec, said in a statement responding to the latest poll. 

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The poll follows last week's report by The New York Times indicating President Donald Trump's advisors are floating roles in the administration for Adams and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa if they drop out of the race. 

"I don't think you can win unless you have one on one," Trump told reporters before a White House dinner on Thursday, while also denying that he's personally encouraged any candidate to drop out. 

Both Sliwa and Adams have affirmed their commitment to staying in the race through November. 

Cuomo dismissed the poll when questioned by reporters on Tuesday, arguing that he doesn't take "any of them all that seriously." He said that even if Adams and Sliwa stay in the race, "people aren't going to waste their vote" and it will eventually become a two-person race between him and Mamdani. 

While the latest polling indicates otherwise, as Cuomo shores up just 24% of the vote when Adams and Sliwa stay in the race, one person who attended Tuesday's meeting with business leaders told Fox News that Cuomo said he could win even if Adams stays in the race. Cuomo defended that claim while speaking to reporters on Tuesday. 

Cuomo said it wasn't just business people who attended Tuesday morning's meeting, but "people from all walks of life" who are "worried about the possibility of Mamdani winning."

"There’s no comparison. It’s like being in a ring with Muhammad Ali versus an amateur," the businessman told Fox News Digital, defending that Cuomo "knows what he's doing" and is "going to get these people off the streets" and "put them in mental institutions."

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Marc Altheim, the owner of the yoga studio, Know Yoga Know Bliss, in Manhasset, N.Y., spoke to Fox News as he departed the meeting with Cuomo on Tuesday morning. He said he was previously the founding partner at a real estate development firm, Atlantic Development Group, in New York City. 

"I'm here because Andrew is obviously the better candidate to be running this city. I'm very concerned that New York City's gonna be decimated if the other guy takes office. And I think that it's very, very important that people understand what Andrew is about. He's about creating a better, safer New York City. He's for the police. He wants to build housing. He doesn't believe things should be free," Altheim said. 

Altheim added that Mamdani has "no clue what he's doing."

"He never managed anything. So for me, I want a mayor who's competent. I don't want someone who's just paying lip service and giving things for free," he said, while adding that it's time for Adams to leave the race. 

Cuomo's push to consolidate support against Mamdani also comes as another independent candidate, Jim Walden, dropped out of the race last week and urged the other candidates to unite against Mamdani. 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who rallied against "oligarchy" with Mamdani in Brooklyn on Saturday responded on X to The New York Times, which first reported the details of Cuomo's meeting with business leaders on Tuesday. 

"The oligarchs are panicking. They will spend as much as it takes to try to defeat Zohran Mamdani. They’ve got the money. We’ve got the people. Together, let’s elect Zohran and stop billionaires from buying elections," Sanders said on X. 

Fox News' Kirill Clark contributed to this report. 

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A witness at a congressional hearing regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) dropped an explosive allegation: In 1982, the Russians allegedly panicked over an unidentified flying object (UFO).

George Knapp, an investigative journalist, testified Tuesday before a House Oversight subcommittee hearing that, back in the 1990s, he obtained Soviet documents allegedly indicating a UFO almost triggered World War III. According to Knapp, he obtained documents showing that an incident involving UFOs in 1982 almost caused Russia to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, also known as ICBMs.

"There was an incident in October of 1982 over an ICBM base where UFOs popped up, was observed over this base, where the missiles are pointed at us, the United States," Knapp told the House Oversight Committee "Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets."

"These UFOs perform incredible maneuvers," Knapp said. "They split apart, they fuse back together, they'd appear and disappear. And right at the end of this four-hour period, the launch control codes for the ICBMs lit up. Something entered the correct codes. The missiles were fired up and ready to launch, and they could not shut it down."

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Knapp said Russian officers began "panicking," but the UFOs soon disappeared, and the launch control systems went back to normal. 

The personnel at the time could not figure out what caused the issue, he said. Knapp said the personnel did not blame EMPs (electromagnetic pulses), or power surges, or offer "the bologna excuses that the United States has given for similar events involving our nuclear missiles." Rather, he said, they believed it was a message from wherever the UFOs had come from. 

"That's a chilling thing. I mean, that was. We were a couple of seconds away from World War III starting, and the UFOs were responsible for it," Knapp said.

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In addition to Knapp, several active-duty and former U.S. military personnel shared their experiences with UAPs.

U.S. Air Force veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli described what is now known as the Vandenberg Red Square, a famous incident in which a UAP was seen over Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in 2003, then called Vandenberg Air Force Base before the founding of the U.S. Space Force. Nuccetelli recalled hearing the chaos unfold over the radio. His friend screamed, "It’s coming right at us! It’s coming right for us!" Just moments later, he said he heard them say the object "shot off and was done."

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Additionally, Chief Alexandro Wiggins, an active-duty U.S. Navy officer who testified in his personal capacity, recalled what's known as the "Tic Tac" incident. He testified that the UAP showed no "conventional propulsion signatures" when leaving the scene.

While it is unclear where these objects came from, some lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee’s task force are curious as to why they have been hidden from the American people. Several demanded more transparency on issues of UAPs.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that left-wing policies such as cashless bail have sparked violent crime trends in cities nationwide, including Democrat-run cities located in Republican-run states. 

"There is crime in all states, but the crime in these cities is all in cities that are run by Democrats. If you look at the list of the top 20 high-crime cities in the United States, every single one — with the exception of one in Louisiana — is run by a Democrat. And these Democrats have supported the same policies that I spoke about at the beginning of this briefing, like cashless bail," Leavitt said. 

The press secretary was responding to a question on whether the administration would also work with Republican governors to address cities rocked by crime, instead of focusing on Democrat-run jurisdictions in blue states. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened crime crackdowns in Chicago and Baltimore, which are located in Democratic states, while crime-riddled cities such as Memphis, which is located in Republican Tennessee, have not received the same level of attention for its crime trends.

Leavitt argued that current violent crime trends are due to left-wing justice policies that affect cities no matter if they are in a Republican or Democrat state, pointing to Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, as examples.  

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"If you look at a red state, Mississippi, but a Democrat-run city in that state — Jackson. In 2019, Jackson, Mississippi, eliminated cash bail for virtually all misdemeanor cases. And while Jackson is not formally a sanctuary city, the state of Mississippi formally banned sanctuary cities, and this city has acted as a de facto sanctuary city for criminals and illegal aliens since 2017," she said. 

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"Same thing: Birmingham, Alabama. A Democrat-run city in a red state in 2017, the Birmingham City Council unanimously passed a resolution, quote, committing to establish sanctuary policies. So, if you actually look at the facts from these Democrat-run cities, these are cities that are run by Democrats and by blue, by members of the Democrat Party. These are blue cities. And they have all supported these disastrous policies which allow repeated career criminals back onto the streets to further commit acts of violence."

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Trump's presidential campaign included repeated vows to bring crime down across the U.S. following the nation's bloody trends that began in 2020 amid the defund the police protests and riots that summer. On Aug. 11, he federalized Washington, D.C., under Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, part of his campaign vow, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital's police force for 30 days. 

After homicides have dropped and more than 2,000 arrests, Trump has celebrated the D.C. crime crackdown as an example for other cities and has since repeatedly floated sending the National Guard into cities such as Chicago. Local leaders, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, have shunned such talk as unnecessary and a form of "authoritarianism."

"The president wants to work with anyone across this country who wants to end these horrible policies and to bring law and order to our streets. And I think that is proven by his tremendous cooperation with the mayor of Washington, D.C., and our nation's capital. And just look at the results of that," Leavitt continued. 

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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is pushing against a pair of ads from a group linked to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that suggests she has enriched herself with stocks over her nearly three decades in Washington.

The Majority Forward PAC, a political action committee that is affiliated with the Schumer-linked Senate Majority PAC, launched a $700,000 ad campaign against Collins, who is eyeing a bid for a sixth term in the Senate, but has yet to officially launch her campaign.

The pair of ads, one a 30-second spot titled "Greed," the other a 15-second spot titled "This Life," target Collins for her opposition to a congressional stock trading ban by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. However, her office argued that through images of private jets and Collins in glamorous attire, the ads suggested that she has personally enriched herself through trades while working as a lawmaker.

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The ads accuse Collins of "the worst kind of greed; using insider information to trade stocks."

"She’s opposing a bipartisan bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks," the narrator said. "Our representatives should be serving the people of Maine, not lining their own pockets."

While Collins does not directly own any stocks, according to disclosure filings, her husband Tom Daffron does. However, a trade has not been made since last year, and her office argued that Daffron’s holdings are made by a third-party advisor.

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"Senator Collins has never bought, sold, or owned any shares of stock during her entire Senate tenure," her office told Fox News Digital. "Tom Daffron’s investment decisions are made exclusively by a third-party advisor without his consultation. No individual stocks have been bought or sold from his account in almost three years."

Majority Forward spokesperson Lauren French fired back in a statement to Fox News Digital that the ads go after Collins "for her refusal to support a stock trading ban for members of Congress and their families — bipartisan legislation that 95 percent of Mainers support."

"Nowhere in the ad does it say Senator Collins regularly buys, sells, or owns stocks (though her husband does) — but if she is still confused, we'll be happy to continue airing it throughout Maine so both she and her constituents can understand how her opposition to ending stock trading is enabling her colleagues to benefit from their positions of power," French said.

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Senate Democrats are hoping that their prized candidate, Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, jumps into the race to take on Collins. However, Mills, who is term-limited, has not made an official announcement on her plans and the Democratic primary has fast become crowded.

Collins told the Bangor Daily News that she did not support Hawley’s bill last month, and instead argued that there should be more enforcement of already existing rules that bar members from insider trading.

The White House similarly panned the bill, which would has included a carve out for both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, and all Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Accountability Committee, except for Hawley, voted against the bill. Collins is not a member of that committee.

However, Trump has since warmed to the idea of a congressional stock trading ban, and lauded the push by Rep. Anna Paulina, R-Fla., as a "MASSIVE WIN" on Truth Social. 

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Voters in Virginia’s Washington suburbs are heading to the polls Tuesday in a special election that could offer an early glimpse of the state’s high-stakes governor’s race this fall.

Republican Stewart Whitson, an Army combat veteran and former FBI agent, is challenging Democrat James Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor and longtime chief of staff to Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. The Northern Virginia district typically votes overwhelmingly Democratic, giving Walkinshaw a clear edge.

Through analysis of recent statewide elections, some insight into the upcoming governor’s race can be gained even if Whitson does not pull off what would be a historic upset for Republicans.

Virginia limits its governors to one consecutive term, and outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 2021 victory was pegged not only to his focus on pressing issues like the economy and parental rights, but also his little-reported ability to proverbially run up the score in areas already friendly to Republicans.

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In Lee County — 400 miles to the other corner of the commonwealth from where Whitson and Walkinshaw face off Tuesday — the political landscape is exactly the opposite.

President Donald Trump lost Virginia in 2024 and 2020, while Youngkin upset former Democratic Gov. Terence McAuliffe.

In 2020, Trump garnered 84% of the vote in the county, anchored by Daniel Boone’s famed Cumberland Gap. Youngkin outdid Trump there and in nearly every other county in deep-red southwest Virginia, garnering 88% one year later.

In Wise County, the results were similar — 79% for Trump; 83% for Youngkin. Tazewell County, bordering West Virginia coal country and facing economic headwinds for some time, gave Trump 82% of its support and Youngkin 85%, a Reuters analysis also found.

Even in Washington County, one of the few suburban counties in the region, which surrounds the bistate Independent City of Bristol, Youngkin outperformed Trump by about five points.

Flipping back to the deep blue Fairfax and Arlington counties that are ground zero for Tuesday’s race, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger may similarly take comfort or concern from what happens in the margins of the special election’s results.

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Connolly’s 2024 and 2022 results were nearly identical, with the late Democrat defeating Navy helicopter pilot Michael Van Meter and Air Force veteran Jim Myles, respectively, by a margin of 67-33.

Results showing a better performance by Walkinshaw than his former boss’s recent contests may portend well for Spanberger, showing Democrats are more energized to support her than past candidates.

In the same way, Earle-Sears may take comfort in a better performance by Whitson, showing less excitement on the left in a district that is typically one of their most reliable in the state.

Earle-Sears told Fox News Digital she recognized the southwest as key to not only the election but governing Virginia as a whole, pledging to open a second governor’s office somewhere in the region, which is closer to at least three other state capitals than it is to Richmond.

"Everybody wants to be heard," she said. "I made a promise that I would not be one of those kinds of politicians."

Conversely, she said, people in areas like Connolly’s former district also have the right to hear a conservative message and have leaders from all sides responsive to them.

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"I mean, I look like the kind of people who really do normally vote Democratic, and I'm not. And so I'm appealing to all voters," she told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

A Spanberger spokesperson also praised Walkinshaw in comments to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, calling him a "fierce advocate for Northern Virginia families."

The candidate, a Fairfax County supervisor, is a "strong voice in standing up to the Trump administration’s devastating attacks on Virginia’s federal workers and economy," the spokesperson added.

"As the White House continues to pursue disastrous economic policies that are causing costs to skyrocket and threatening Virginia jobs, Virginians deserve leaders who are laser-focused on putting the commonwealth first."

A Walkinshaw win will give Spanberger a key regional ally if she is also successful in November, the spokesperson added.

Together, they hope to "lower costs for Virginia families, protect Virginia jobs, strengthen Virginia public schools and make Virginia a safer place to live," she said.

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New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash on social media over a response to a question from a reporter about his public safety platform, which critics say offered little to no specifics. 

"What would your public safety plan look like? Explain it to our viewers," CBS New York's Marcia Kramer asked Mamdani over the weekend.

"Absolutely, you know, prior to the West Indian parade, I visited Little Caribbean and I spoke to a number of residents in East Flatbush who were sharing their concerns around gun violence," Mamdani responded. "And I met a number of New Yorkers who were part of the crisis management system part of a cure violence approach to dealing with gun violence and they told me how important it is to have a comprehensive approach to reducing gun violence and quite frankly rooting it out of the entirety of our city."

Mamdani went on to say that it will take "working with the police" and "working with the crisis management system" along with the "working with the cure violence approach."

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"All of these things to deliver that safety," Mamdani continued before explaining that he also went to the Bronx to meet with a program called "Guns Down Life Up."

"One of the young men I met, he had actually been attacked and was in Lincoln Hospital and was thinking about retaliating and that’s when he learned about this program. They recruited him to join the program and instead of another act of violence, he’s instead now a mentor to others who have just gone through that same process."

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Mamdani, who has faced widespread criticism over his previous calls to defund the police and his resistance to commit to more police in the city, was criticized on social media over his lack of specifics when answering the question.

"CBS New York's Marcia Kramer asks Zohran Mamdani to ‘explain’ his ‘public safety plan’ — he gives word salad and FAILS to offer *SINGLE* concrete measure," Daily Caller reporter Jason Cohen posted on X. 

"As you take in this pleasant-sounding answer (that doesn’t address how to deal with criminals), recall that the man speaking called NYPD a ‘racist, anti-queer major threat to public safety’ & repeatedly called for its defunding," Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted on X. 

"When your resume is lacking any relevant experience and you have no idea how to handle crime and gun violence, your response to a straightforward question about how to protect our children from being shot might sound something like this," former Republican NYC Public Advocate candidate J.C. Polanco posted on X. 

The interview also drew the attention of one of Mamdani’s opponents in November, current mayor Eric Adams who posted on X, "Mamdani can’t answer the question because he has NO plan to deal with Public Safety. Being a rapper does not qualify you to be Mayor of the largest city in America."

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also running against Mamdani, posted on X about the exchange as well saying, "Imagine a world where the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City does not have a single comprehensible plan for public safety. Well, you're in the luck, Twitterverse. You can listen to @ZohranKMamdani say nothing over and over again, with his cotton candy plan: big, fluffy and gone the second you bite in."

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

Mamdani also explained in the roughly 20-minute interview that his opponents are attacking a "mythical version" of himself when criticizing his 2020 calls to defund the police and that his past tweets are "out of step" with his current platform. 

Mamdani's plan for a "Department of Public Safety" that would send "outreach workers" into the subways and his past positions on policing have caused significant pushback, including from an expert who recently spoke to Fox News Digital. 

"Even if he doesn't necessarily follow through on the most radical positions that he has taken in the very recent past, he has expressed support for a lot of initiatives that would erode public safety in lots of different ways, including and especially in the communities that deal with the brunt of our nation's gun violence problem," Rafael A. Mangual, senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute, explained.

A recent survey of likely voters in the Big Apple — which was conducted from Sept. 2 to 6 — found that, including leaners, on the question of who people would support if the contest "were held today," a whopping 46% chose Mamdani, compared to just 24% for Cuomo, with other candidates faring even worse.

Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

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The White House revealed Tuesday that President Donald Trump "immediately directed" his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to inform Qatar of the "impending attack" by Israel. 

Israel's military targeted senior Hamas leadership in Doha, launching what it described as a "precise strike." Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabarin were the two targets of the explosion that rocked the Middle Eastern nation’s capital, Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst said Tuesday, citing reports. 

"This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that Israel was attacking Hamas, which very unfortunately was located in a section of Doha, the capital of Qatar," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. "Unilaterally bombing inside Qatar, a sovereign nation and close ally of the United States that is working very hard and bravely taking risks with us to broker peace does not advance Israel or America's goals."

"However, eliminating Hamas, who have profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal. President Trump immediately directed special envoy Witkoff to inform the Qataris of the impending attack, which he did," Leavitt added.  

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"The president views Qatar as a strong ally and friend of the United States and feels very badly about the location of this attack," Leavitt said. 

Leavitt also revealed that Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the strike. 

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"The prime minister told President Trump that he wants to make peace and quickly. President Trump believes this unfortunate incident could serve as an opportunity for peace," Leavitt said at the White House press briefing. "The president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country. He assured them that such a thing will not happen again on their soil." 

Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were present for the call with the Qataris, Leavitt said. 

"The president has always made it very clear that he wants peace in the Middle East, just like he sought that and accomplished that in his first term. He expects all of our allies and friends in the region – that includes both Qatar and Israel – to seek peace as well," Leavitt also said. "And he wants to see that happen. And he's working with all of our allies in the region to get that done." 

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