President Joe Biden is scheduled to ramp up his reelection campaign this week amid bombshell whistleblower allegations about a federal probe into the president’s son, Hunter.

Biden has three campaign receptions scheduled: Tuesday in Chevy Chase, Maryland; Wednesday in Chicago; and Thursday in New York City. The president has done five other campaign receptions since he announced his bid for reelection on April 25 – four of which were in a two-day stretch last week in California.

The spike in campaign events comes amid whistleblower allegations that Biden’s Justice Department limited aspects of its investigation into Hunter Biden. One specific allegation is that Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf ‘interjected’ and said she did not want to investigate the identity of the ‘big guy’ Hunter Biden referred to in texts as a recipient of a percentage of one of his Chinese business deals.

A WhatsApp message from Hunter revealed by the whistleblower showed the son told a Chinese business associate, ‘I am sitting here with my father’ and that ‘you will regret not following my direction.’

Biden has consistently denied any involvement in his son’s business deals.

Giancarlo Sopo, a GOP consultant, said Biden’s sudden focus on his campaign is a response to his weak polling numbers amid the news on his son, who last week agreed to a plea deal that will likely see him dodge prison time on federal tax and gun charges.

The elder Biden is facing an approval rating of 42% and disapproval rating of 53%, according to a RealClearPolitics aggregation.

‘Biden is ramping up his reelection campaign this early because his team is clearly troubled by his poll numbers cratering – particularly among independents and minorities – amid a growing corruption scandal,’ Sopo told Fox News Digital. ‘His team also has to be concerned that so many people are openly questioning if Democrats will ditch him for [former first lady] Michelle Obama or [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom next year, and this is their way of throwing cold water on that speculation.’

Biden is scheduled to deliver three speeches this week: Monday on infrastructure with Vice President Harris; Wednesday on ‘Bidenomics’; and Friday on lowering costs for consumers.

Brad Bannon, a Democrat consultant, said Biden’s spike in campaign and speeches is likely for a few reasons: Congress is out of session the next two weeks; Republicans are already on the campaign trail; and there’s an internal push to better promote their agenda.

‘I think they realize they have a tough election ahead of them and I think there’s a feeling within the administration that they haven’t done a very good job of selling their accomplishments,’ Bannon told Fox News Digital. ‘I don’t think Americans realize the accomplishments of the administration. The closer you get to November 2024, the more you’ll see him out there.’

A Republican senator challenged a union boss to a cage fight after the latter’s ‘anyplace, anytime’ dare on social media.

Oklahoma GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin threw down the gauntlet against International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien after the Teamsters boss went after him on social media.

Mullin told Fox News Digital that he accepted O’Brien’s challenge and that it’s ‘simple: he said ‘anyplace, anytime,’ so we accepted September 30th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.’

‘Too often, these big bully union bosses try to intimidate individuals and never get called out on it,’ Mullin said. ‘I refuse to tolerate loudmouth bullies like O’Brien who got suspended over threats to his own union members, thinks unions ought to be ‘militant organizations’ and vilifies right-to-work states like Oklahoma – all while calling for fights on social media.’

The comments came after O’Brien took shots at Mullin on social media.

‘Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made. In reality, just a clown [and] fraud,’ O’Brien wrote on Twitter. ‘Quit the tough guy act in these senate (sic) hearings.’

‘You know where to find me,’ he continued. ‘Anyplace, Anytime cowboy.’

Mullin responded on Twitter on Monday, challenging O’Brien to a charitable mixed martial arts (MMA) fight at the end of September in Oklahoma.

‘An attention-seeking union Teamster boss is trying to be punchy after our Senate hearing,’ the former MMA fighter wrote. ‘Okay, I accept your challenge. MMA fight for charity of our choice. Sept 30th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.’

‘I’ll give you 3 days to accept,’ Mullin added.

O’Brien did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Mullin and O’Brien have traded barbs both online and offline, with the two previously getting into it over the Teamsters president’s salary compared to those of his union members during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in March.

The minutes-long confrontation began with Mullin, who owns and operates a plumbing business, declaring he was ‘not against unions’ but also pointing to the intimidation he said he and his employees received from unions when they started being awarded jobs that typically went to union workers.

‘They would show up at my house. They’d be leaning up against my trucks. I’m not afraid of a physical confrontation, in fact sometimes I look forward to it. That’s not my problem. But when you’re doing that to my employees?’ Mullin said.

‘For what? Because we were paying higher wages? Because we had better benefits, and [weren’t] requiring them to pay your guys’ exorbitant salaries?’ he added before asking O’Brien what he made as a salary.

O’Brien began to answer, but Mullin continued, saying O’Brien made $193,000 in 2019 while the average driver makes $35,000 a year. ‘And what do you bring to the table?’ he asked O’Brien.

‘That’s inaccurate. State facts. That’s inaccurate,’ O’Brien responded as the two began to talk over each other.

Mullin repeated his statistic on salaries and said, ‘If you don’t know your facts, then maybe you shouldn’t be in your position.’ He then restated his earlier question to O’Brien, asking what he brought to the table for his large salary.

‘What job have you created – one job – other than sucking the paycheck out of somebody else?’ he asked.

‘You’re out of line, man,’ O’Brien responded as committee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., attempted to stop the back-and-forth and provide space for O’Brien to respond to Mullin.

The two ignored Sanders and continued talking over each other, appearing to grow increasingly frustrated, before Mullin said, ‘Sir, you need to shut your mouth because you don’t know what you’re talking about.’

‘You’re going to tell me to shut my mouth?’ O’Brien responded before mocking Mullin’s opening statement in which he said he wasn’t ‘afraid’ of a physical altercation.

Sanders eventually quieted the two and made Mullin provide O’Brien time to speak.

Fox News Digital’s Brandon Gillespie contributed reporting.

It’s not delivery, it’s a protest.

Conservative artist and activist Scott LoBaido threw multiple pizzas at New York City Hall in response to the city’s crackdown on coal- and wood-fired ovens.

LoBaido protested on Monday by launching several cheese pies across the City Hall fence in response to a crackdown on the traditional ovens used to make pizza.

‘The woke-a– idiots who run this city are doing everything in their power to destroy it,’ LoBaido said outside New York City Hall on Monday after a report revealed the impending regulations from the city to cut carbon emissions.

‘We have naked men with their t–ies bouncing around all over this city yesterday, in public, in front of children,’ LoBaido said. ‘We have the most violent, raging crime rate ever. We are being invaded by illegal immigrants who are being treated way better than our homeless veterans.’

‘Our teachers and first responder heroes who were fired [are] still not compensated because they didn’t take the Fauci injection. Our city schools produce the dumbest kids and the woke a– punks who run New York S—-y are afraid of pizza? The world used to respect New Yorkers as tough, thick-skinned and gritty. Now, we have become pussified.’

LoBaido said it’s ‘a damn shame’ and invoked the famed Boston Tea Party in his viral video.

‘Well … this is the New York Pizza Party! Give us pizza or give us death!’ LoBaido said, grabbing cheese pie slices from several boxes he brought to City Hall and throwing them over the gates.

‘Give us pizza or give us death!’ LoBaido chanted repeatedly as he hurled slices of pizza at City Hall.

‘Destroying every small business, that’s what this city keeps doing,’ LoBaido yelled. ‘Can’t have a small business? Can’t have pizza? New York City is nothing without pizza.’

LoBaido said it was the ‘New York Pizza Party’ as his demonstration was interrupted by two NYPD officers.

‘Got to do my thing, man,’ LoBaido said to the first officer, waving him off and reaching for another slice to throw at City Hall.

LoBaido’s viral demonstration comes after New York City turned the heat up on pizzerias that have traditional coal- and wood-burning ovens.

Widely regarded as some of the best in the world, New York City’s pizzerias have long been the subject of Americana culture as the Italian staple has solidified itself the most recognizable food in the city.

But the city may soon force pizzerias to pay thousands of dollars in renovations to keep their coal- and wood-fired ovens over environmental concerns with air quality, according to a new report.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has drafted new rules that would require pizzerias with coal- and wooden-fired ovens installed prior to 2016 to cut carbon emissions by 75%, according to the New York Post. Restaurant owners would be forced to install a filter to the specified ovens then hire an engineer to regularly inspect the carbon emissions.

‘All New Yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air and wood and coal-fired stoves are among the largest contributors of harmful pollutants in neighborhoods with poor air quality,’ DEP spokesperson Ted Timbers said in a statement. ‘This common-sense (sic) rule, developed with restaurant and environmental justice groups, requires a professional review of whether installing emission controls is feasible.’

One pizzeria owner told The Post he has already spent $20,000 on emission-control air-filter devices in anticipation of the DEP rule due to installation and regular maintenance.

‘Oh yeah, it’s a big expense,’ said Paul Giannone, owner of Paulie Gee’s in Brooklyn. ‘It’s not just the expense of having it installed, it’s the maintenance. I got to pay somebody to do it, to go up there every couple of weeks and hose it down and, you know, do the maintenance.’

Less than 100 restaurants would be affected by the regulations, the Post reported, citing a city official.

Another pizzeria owner told the Post anonymously that there are negotiations in place with the city government on whether to apply the regulations to all coal- and wood-fired ovens or only ones installed after the regulation begins.

Fox News Digital’s Patrick Hauf contributed reporting.

FIRST ON FOX: The House Weaponization Subcommittee says the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ‘facilitated the censorship of Americans directly’ and through third-party intermediaries during the Biden administration. 

Fox News Digital first obtained a new committee report Monday, stemming from the panel’s ongoing investigation into government-induced censorship on social media. The report focuses on CISA’s alleged work ahead of the 2020 election and the 2022 midterm elections. 

The committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, obtained non-public documents which lawmakers say reveals CISA ‘expanded its mission to surveil Americans’s speech on social media, colluded with Big Tech and government-funded third parties to censor by proxy, and tried to hide its plainly unconstitutional activities from the public.’

The report states that CISA engaged in ‘surveillance,’ by expanding its mission from cybersecurity to monitor foreign ‘disinformation’ to eventually monitor ‘all ‘disinformation,’ including Americans’ speech.’

It also says CISA ‘exploited its connections with Big Tech and government-funded non-profits to censor, by proxy, in order to circumvent the First Amendment’s prohibition against government-induced censorship.’ Specifically—the report says CISA-funded entities created reporting portals which ‘funneled ‘misinformation’ reports from the government directly to social media platforms.’

The report also alleges CISA engaged in ‘cover-ups’ by trying to ‘cover their tracks ad cover up CISA’s censorship of domestic speech and surveillance of American citizens’ social media activity.

‘This included scrubbing CISA’s website of references to domestic ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation,’’ the report states.

CISA, which was founded in 2018, was intended to be an agency focused on protecting critical infrastructure and guarding against cybersecurity threats.

‘In the years since its creation, however, CISA metastasized into the nerve center of the federal government’s domestic surveillance and censorship operations on social media,’ the report states.

The subcommittee found that by 2020, CISA ‘routinely reported social media posts that allegedly spread ‘disinformation’ to social media platforms.’

By 2021, CISA had a formal ‘mis, dis, and malformation’ (MDM) team. And by 2022 and 2023, the subcommittee alleged that CISA ‘attempted to camouflage its activities, duplicitously claiming it serves a purely ‘informational’ role.’

‘Although CISA’s efforts to police speech are highly troubling overall, one particularly problematic aspect is CISA’s focus on ‘malformation,’’ the report states. ‘According to CISA’s own definition, ‘malformation is based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm or manipulate.’

The report points out that malformation is ‘factual information that is objectionable not because it is false or untruthful, but because it is provided without adequate ‘context’—context as determined by the government.’

CISA’s adivsory MDM Subcommittee has since disbanded, according to the report, but ‘brought together government, Big Tech, and academic misinformation ‘experts.’’ Those experts included a former chief legal officer of Twitter—Vijaya Gadde; a former assistant general counsel and legal advisor for the CIA; and a professor for the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public.

The report states that in January 2021, after President Biden took office, CISA ‘transitioned’ to ‘promote more flexibility to focus on general MDM.’

‘In doing so, CISA admitted that its focus was no longer exclusively on ‘countering foreign influence,’ but was also targeting MDM originating from domestic sources,’ the report states.

According to the report, individuals on the MDM advisory team sought to ‘disguise the true nature’ of its work.

One email obtained by the committee, written by a member of the MDM advisory team in May 2022, stated: ‘It’s only a matter of time before someone realizes we exist and starts asking about our work.’

That individual suggested finding time to speak with CISA communications and legislative officials to discuss ‘how we socialize what we’re doing.’ 

‘It would be good to be proactive in telling our story rather than reacting to how someone else decides to portray it, right?’ The email states. ‘I know neither of us has time for this, but I am telling myself that it might save us time in the long run!’

Days later, the MDM advisory team discussed its ‘commitment to transparency but expressed concern’ for its efforts and ‘cautioned the group on how to communicate their ongoing work.’

Meanwhile, the report states that after the committee began issuing subpoenas to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta in February 2023, CISA ‘scrubbed its website of references to domestic MDM.’ The website had previously described the threats posed by both foreign and domestic MDM.

Now, it only references ‘Foreign Influence Operations and Disinformation.’ 

The report goes on to state that CISA was working with federal partners to ‘mature’ a whole-of-government approach to curbing alleged misinformation and disinformation. The report also states CISA considered creating an anti-misinformation ‘rapid response team’ capable of physically deploying across the U.S.

The subcommittee also found that CISA moved its ‘censorship operation’ to a CISA-funded non-profit, after the agency and the Biden administration were sued in federal court. 

The report also states CISA wanted to use that CISA-funded nonprofit— The Center for Internet Security (CIS)—as a ‘mouthpiece’ to ‘avoid the appearance of government propaganda.’

The report states that CISA funds CIS—including spending $27 million in FY 2024 for CIS’ Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center.

‘CISA still has not adequately complied with a subpoena for relevant documents, and much more factfinding is necessary,’ the report states. ‘In order to better inform the Committee’s legislative efforts, the Committee and Select Subcommittee will continue to investigate CISA’s and other Executive Branch agencies’ entanglement with social media platforms.’

Jordan and Republicans’ investigation comes after Republicans have sounded the alarm for years on Big Tech censorship and bias against conservatives.

Jordan’s committee has vowed to continue investigating the matter.

CISA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

A Delaware judge who garnered support from a close Biden ally in Dec. 2017 will preside over Hunter Biden’s federal criminal tax case in Delaware, the Justice Department announced last week.

U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika will oversee Biden’s plea hearing, which is slated for a month from Monday on July 26 at 10 a.m. ET.

Former President Donald Trump nominated Noreika to serve as the U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Delaware after his administration was consulted by both of Delaware’s Democratic senators for the seat that was vacated by Judge Gregory Sleet. In February 2018, a hearing on Noreika’s nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. One month later, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. In August 2018, Noreika’s nomination was confirmed by a voice vote and she later received her judicial commission.

Upon being nominated to the post by Trump in December 2017, Noreika, a former patent attorney out of Delaware, received support from Delaware Sens. Chris Coons and Tom Carper. As outlined in the U.S. Constitution, the president ‘shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint’ judges.

Under the so-called blue slip tradition, judicial nominees may receive a confirmation hearing only if they receive support from both of their home-state senators, according to the American Constitution Society. That support was given to Noreika from Delaware Democrat Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons.

‘Delaware’s courts are renowned for their judges’ expertise. Maryellen Noreika and Colm Connolly are two highly-respected, sought-after attorneys who have displayed a vast knowledge of the law and a thorough understanding of the courts during their extensive careers working in the Delaware judicial system,’ Carper said of Noreika’s nomination in December 2017.

Carper’s comments were also echoed at the time by Coons, who said, ‘Colm Connolly and Maryellen Noreika are seasoned attorneys, with impressive trial skills, deep experience in federal practice, and profound respect for the law. I am confident that they will both be capable jurists, and I look forward to their confirmation hearings.’

A Fox News Digital report from April found that Hunter Biden served as an outside adviser at one time to Coons, and was instrumental in helping him fundraise for his successful 2010 Senate bid using his network of in-state and out-of-state business associates to contribute to Coons’ campaign.

According to emails from Hunter’s abandoned laptop, which have been verified by Fox News Digital, Coons met with Hunter and his longtime business partner Eric Schwerin in June 2010, just weeks before Hunter started hosting fundraising events for the future senator. On June 26, 2010, Coons emailed Hunter thanking him for their meeting earlier in the week.

Considered by some to be a potential nominee for a federal judgeship in the Federal Circuit by President Biden, Noreika has donated at least $15,000 to political candidates of both parties since 1999, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Most recently, Noreika made multiple financial contributions supporting Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton’s 2014 campaign, which resulted in the unseating of a Democratic incumbent. She also gave $2,500 to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in 2012, and another $1,000 in 2009 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).

Prior to that, she gave $2,300 to the late GOP Sen. John McCain, who later became the Republican presidential nominee in 2008. Around the same time, she made a $1,000 donation to then-New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.

Additionally, Noreika donated $1,000 in 2005 to then-Sen. Rick Santorum, a Republican from Pennsylvania.

Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax. He will also enter into a pretrial diversion agreement regarding a separate felony charge of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance.

If convicted, Biden faces a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison on each of the tax charges – a total of two years. There is a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the firearm charge for which he agreed to the diversion program.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware did not respond to multiple media inquiries.

Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom, Brie Stimson, and Brooke Singman contributed to this article.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday unveiled his plan to police the southern border by pledging to give local authorities more power to enforce the nation’s immigration laws. 

One of the biggest changes would be to deputize local and state law enforcement officers to be able to deport migrants, arguing that states have the right to .step in if the federal government fails to do so. 

‘On Jan. 20, 2025, we will be on a mission to stop the invasion at our southern border to fight the drug cartels that are poisoning our citizenry, to build the border wall, and to reestablish the sovereignty of this nation,’ DeSantis said during a campaign visit to Eagle Pass, Texas. ‘We are done with promises. We are done with slogans. Now is the time for action. No excuses. We will get the job done.’

DeSantis’ border security plan is the first formal policy proposal rollout of his month-old campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. 

The Republican governor has criticized the Biden administration over the crisis at the border, which has seen record numbers of migrants in recent years. 

Among other changes pledged by DeSantis was the ending of ‘catch and release’ — a policy that allows migrants to be released into the U.S. while they await their asylum hearing — and to reimpose the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.

He said if elected to the White House, he would declare the crisis at the southern border a ‘national emergency on day one’ while holding the Mexican drug cartels accountable.

Combating illegal immigration has been a top priority for DeSantis, who has made a series of anti-illegal immigration moves as governor, including sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and most recently, California as part of a program to relocate illegal immigrants.

In response to his plan, the Democratic National Committee took aim at DeSantis.

‘Ron DeSantis has repeatedly used young children and families as pawns in his shallow political stunts to pander to the MAGA base. This latest plan is more of the same – political gimmicks that are merely an echo of the same cruel and callous policies of the Trump administration that broke our immigration system,’ DNC spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday was asked to explain the administration’s policy on family members attending state dinners. 

The question seemed to allude to the president’s son, Hunter Biden, who was listed among the guests invited to a White House state dinner last week just two days after the 53-year-old’s agreement to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax became public. He has also reportedly been allowed to avoid prosecution on a felony gun charge that could have landed him in prison if convicted.

The reporter acknowledged that it was not unusual for presidents to invite family members to White House functions but questioned whether any additional guardrails were put in place, given the circumstances. 

‘I’m curious though, in light of some of the recent legal controversy, if the president communicated to members of his family not to conduct business on White House grounds? Can you tell us about any kinds of guardrails that are up?’ the reporter asked. 

Jean-Pierre refused to engage the question on account of it being tied to a Department of Justice investigation. 

‘We have laid out very early on in this administration when it comes to ethics, when it comes to how we move about and how … we respect clearly the government ethics here, this administration had been incredibly transparent on that and has put [in place] some very strict rules,’ she said. 

‘I can speak to how the president has moved forward in making sure that the people who work for him and himself are held to a strict course of action, but I’m not going to speak to anything that’s related to the case.’ 

The reporter pressed for answers on whether the White House had guardrails in place for the president’s family. 

‘I’m not going to speak to anything that is related to this case,’ Jean-Pierre said. ‘As you stated … when it comes to ethics, we take that very, very seriously here in this administration.’ 

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for additional comment. 

U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss’ office said Tuesday that despite ‘owing in excess of $100,000 in federal income taxes each year, [Hunter Biden] did not pay the income tax due for either year.’

The younger Biden will also enter into a pretrial diversion agreement regarding a separate felony charge of possession of a firearm by a person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance. 

Fox News’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report. 

In March, the Biden administration proposed new energy efficiency standards for washing machines that require new appliances to use considerably less water, all in an effort to ‘confront the global climate crisis.’ 

In response, Representative John Moolenaar, R-Mich. has introduced an appropriations amendment barring the Department of Energy from using any of its funding to enforce environmental regulations proposed by the Biden administration. 

‘None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, apply, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers’ published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on March 3, 2023,’ the amendment reads. 

Controversy over the environmental regulations arose as leading industry corporations voiced their opinion on the rule, claiming the mandates forces manufacturers to reduce cleaning performance to ensure their machines comply.

When asked what he thinks is the driving force behind the Biden administration’s new push on quality of life appliances, like gas stoves and washing machines, Rep. Moolenaar told Fox News Digital, ‘It’s their radical climate agenda. It is so unpopular that they try to use executive orders to get it done opposed to having Congress pass legislation.’ 

‘When our country moved from typewriters to personal computers, we did not need rules from the executive branch forcing typewriters from the market. Yet, the Department of Energy has proposed regulations on washing machines that would push affordable options for Michigan families out of the market while making it harder to wash clothes,’ Moolenaar said in a press release. ‘My amendment is a win for clean clothes, consumer choice, and stopping another burdensome regulation from the Biden administration.’ 

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EXCLUSIVE: A leading industry group that represents energy workers nationwide is beginning an effort Monday to rank presidential candidates on their energy agenda.

Power the Future is planning to send a detailed questionnaire accompanied by a letter to every presidential campaign to help assess energy policies and inform the public about where candidates stand on a key issue area. The group stressed that candidates should demonstrate sound energy policy that would reverse the impacts of the Biden administration’s climate agenda.

‘Over the past two plus years, American families have become painfully aware about the critical role energy plays in our lives,’ Daniel Turner, the founder and executive director of Power the Future, told Fox News Digital. ‘A series of misguided policy decisions by the Biden administration surrendered American energy independence, contributed to 40-year high inflation and drove a gallon of gasoline past $5, the highest in history.’ 

‘Perhaps never before has the United States needed sound energy policy so urgently,’ he continued. ‘Our goal with this questionnaire is simply creating a platform for a broader and productive discussion on an important topic.’

In a copy of the letter Power the Future is sending to the campaigns – first obtained by Fox News Digital – Turner reiterates that Americans deserve to know candidates’ ‘vision for our energy future.’ 

As part of providing a dedicated platform for broader discussion about campaigns different approaches on energy policy, Turner said his group would ultimately publish all unedited responses it receives from the campaigns to allow Americans to judge for themselves.

In the questionnaire being sent along with the letter, Power the Future will ask candidates if they will reverse President Biden’s day-one actions of killing the Keystone XL pipeline and pausing fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters. The document also asks how candidates will return U.S. oil production to its 2019 level of 13 million barrels per day.

In addition, the group asks candidates how they would refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and ensure nationwide power grid reliability and electricity affordability.

It further questions if candidates would commit to repealing any aspect of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democrats’ massive climate and tax package passed in August 2022. The final question posed probes candidates on whether they believe manmade climate change is ‘an existential threat requiring immediate government intervention.’

‘We’re hopeful each campaign responds with their plan to bring back American energy independence because working families deserve a president who will put them ahead of the failed green agenda,’ Turner told Fox News Digital.

Since announcing they would run for president, nearly every major candidate has outlined broad plans on energy. 

Former President Donald Trump, who continues to lead in Republican primary polls, lists ‘unleash energy dominance’ as a key priority on his campaign website. The website says Trump would ‘unleash the production of domestic energy resources’ while promoting energy security and reducing prices.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly criticized Biden’s energy policies, saying earlier this year that the U.S. is ‘gonna need traditional energy much, much longer’ than Biden has said. At the same time, though, DeSantis has pushed some green policies celebrated by clean energy associations and signed an order in 2019 opposing all offshore oil and gas activities off every coast in Florida and fracking in the state.

Other GOP candidates including former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott have all stressed the importance of an all-of-the-above energy agenda that involves greater domestic production.

Biden’s main Democratic opponent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is a longtime environmental activist and has pledged to curb fossil fuel production and push for a rapid transition to green energy.

EXCLUSIVE: The super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 presidential bid is airing its sixth television ad Monday highlighting the GOP hopeful’s ‘War on Woke.’ 

The thirty-second spot, which will air in Iowa and South Carolina as part of a seven-figure ad buy, shows DeSantis deriding ‘woke’ ideology as ‘an attack on truth’ and a form of ‘cultural Marxism.’ 

The ad praises the governor for ‘protecting children from mutilation and indoctrination’ and ‘standing up to woke corporations.’ 

Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines, who has gained national attention for speaking out against trans women competing against women in sports, makes a cameo in the ad. 

‘He’s drawn a line and he’s said, ‘enough is enough,’’ Gaines says in the video, referring to the governor’s banning of men from competing in women’s sports. 

The ad from ‘Never Back Down’ follows the group’s five previous spots: Once Upon a Time, Punching Back, Anthem, Steel, and Winner. 

DeSantis has proclaimed Florida as the place where ‘woke goes to die’ and has said as president, he would continue to take a firm stance in the culture war.