Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed mixed views on Israel over the last several years, an issue that is sure to be highlighted as she takes over at the top of the Democratic ticket at the same time as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington.

Harris has often been an advocate for Jewish causes and frequently supported the U.S. alliance with Israel since joining the Senate in 2017, but cracks in the now-vice president’s support for the Jewish state have started to show amid the country’s monthslong invasion of neighboring Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks.

Shortly after taking office in 2017, Harris and husband Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish, traveled to Israel. The trip was the third for Harris, according to a report from the Times of Israel, but the first for her husband, highlighting the importance of the country to a senator who had spent much of her upbringing around the Jewish community.

That same year, Harris made one of her first speeches as a senator to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the report notes, where the freshman senator boasted that she had introduced a resolution condemning the United Nations Security Council’s resolution that condemned Israel.

‘I believe that a resolution to this conflict cannot be imposed. It must be agreed upon by the parties themselves. Peace can only come through a reconciliation of differences and that can only happen at the negotiating table,’ Harris said during the speech. ‘I believe that when any organization delegitimizes Israel, we must stand up and speak out for Israel to be treated equally.’

Harris’ friendly relationship with Israel and the Jewish community continued after the election of President Biden, with the vice president encouraging her husband to be the first to install mezuzahs, which are inscribed with verses from the Torah, at the vice presidential residence.

Emhoff has since gone on to chair the Biden administration’s task force to combat antisemitism, a cause those close to Harris say the vice president has been deeply involved in.

However, supporters of Israel worry that the now-Democratic nominee’s support for the Jewish state has started to wane, arguing that Harris has seemingly distanced herself slightly from Biden since the conflict in Gaza began.

In March, Harris became the first administration official to call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in the conflict. Later that month, during an interview with ABC News, Harris became the first administration official to warn that there could be ‘consequences’ if the country went ahead with a planned invasion of Rafah.

‘We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake,’ she told the outlet.

That interview also highlighted a potentially fraying relationship between Harris and Netanyahu, with the vice president dodging questions about whether the Israeli prime minister was an ‘obstacle to peace.’

‘I believe that we have got to continue to enforce what we know to be and should be the priorities in terms of what is happening in Gaza,’ Harris said in response. ‘We’ve been very clear that far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. We have been very clear that Israel and the Israeli people and Palestinians are entitled to an equal amount of security and dignity.’

The ABC News interview came after the vice president raised eyebrows earlier in the month for meeting with Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s wartime cabinet and a longtime rival of Netanyahu. According to a White House readout of the meeting, Harris ‘expressed her deep concern about the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.’

According to a report from The Associated Press, Gantz made the trip despite objections from Netanyahu.

Harris has also seemingly showed sympathy for the anti-Israel student protests that broke out across the country earlier this year, despite many Jewish students complaining that the demonstrations were antisemitic.

‘They are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza,’ Harris said in an interview with The Nation earlier this month. ‘There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points. But we have to navigate it. I understand the emotion behind it.’

Critics have taken note of the subtle shift, arguing that Harris has staked out a stance less supportive of Israel than Biden.

‘Biden made many mistakes regarding Israel, but he is miles ahead of Harris in terms of support for Israel,’ former Trump administration Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said during an interview with the Jerusalem Post. ‘She is on the fringe of the progressive wing of the party, which sympathizes more with the Palestinian cause.’

The evolution of Harris’ position on Israel comes amid a backdrop of Netanyahu’s visit and the vice president’s sudden ascent to the Democratic nominee for president. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Harris would not preside over Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress on Wednesday, instead opting to honor a longstanding commitment to attend the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule in Indianapolis.

The vice president would typically reside over a joint address, but Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin has been tapped to fill the role in the absence of Harris.

An aide to Harris stressed that the vice president’s decision not to preside over the address should not be taken as a change of her stance on Israel, according to a Fox News Digital report Tuesday, with the aide noting that the vice president plans to meet with Netanyahu at the White House this week in a separate meeting from Biden’s.

The aide added Harris is expected to reiterate her stance that Israel has a right to defend itself and once again condemn the Oct. 7, 2023 attack against Israeli civilians, but will also stress the need for Israel to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Nevertheless, Harris’ decision to skip the event elicited immediate backlash, with one Israeli official telling the Telegraph that the vice president is ‘unable to distinguish between good and evil’ and that declining to preside over the address is ‘not a way to treat an ally.’

The decision was also condemned by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, according to a report in the New York Post, who accused the vice president of abandoning an American ally.

‘It is outrageous to me and inexcusable that Kamala Harris is boycotting Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech,’ Johnson, who will preside over the address with Cardin, said. ‘The idea that Democrats are making political calculations when our ally is in such dire straits, fighting for its very survival… is unconscionable to us.’

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

Former President Trump’s campaign says it is leaving ‘nothing to chance’ in the 2024 race but tells Fox News Digital it is ‘well-positioned to prosecute the case’ against presumptive Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and has been ‘wholly prepared’ to do so for months. 

Harris announced her presidential campaign Sunday afternoon, just after President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election bid amid pressure from within the Democratic Party. 

Biden’s drop-out came as Democratic lawmakers, donors and celebrities publicly called for him to step aside. The leadership of the Democratic Party was reportedly engaged in efforts to convince Biden, 81, that he could not win in November against former President Trump. 

Biden endorsed Harris moments after his announcement. She now seemingly has enough delegate support to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. 

However, the change at the top of the Democratic ticket does not concern the Trump campaign, according to sources familiar. Sources familiar told Fox News Digital that Trump and his campaign have been prepared for months for Biden to not be the Democratic nominee. 

‘The Trump team has been wholly prepared for every scenario, as evidenced by the memos and gameplanning done months in advance,’ a Trump campaign adviser told Fox News Digital. ‘The campaign leaves nothing to chance and is well-positioned to prosecute the case against a weak, failed, incompetent, and dangerously liberal in Kamala Harris.’ 

The former president will continue his packed schedule of criss-crossing the nation for rallies with supporters, speeches and more. Trump also, in recent weeks, has been meeting and speaking with world leaders. 

Trump is expected to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Friday after speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week. 

However, campaign officials said Trump’s schedule, campaign plans and engagements with world leaders would be happening regardless of who is at the top of the Democratic ticket, and that Harris entering the race has not changed anything for their strategy. 

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has put out several memos since Harris got into the race, outlining how they plan to approach the new state of play. 

Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio put out a memo on Tuesday titled ‘The Harris Honeymoon.’ 

‘The honeymoon will be a manifestation of the wall-to-wall coverage Harris receives from the MSM. The coverage will be largely positive and will certainly energize Democrats and some other parts of their coalition at least in the short term,’ he wrote. 

Fabrizio warned that because of this ‘honeymoon,’ public polling could begin to show Harris ‘gaining or even leading President Trump,’ but he maintained that the campaign should not worry in the long term.  

‘The Democrats and the MSM will try and tout these polls as proof that the race has changed. But the fundamentals of the race stay the same,’ he wrote. ‘The Democrats deposing one Nominee for another does NOT change voters’ discontent over the economy, inflation, crime, the open border, housing costs, not to mention concern over two foreign wars.’ 

Fabrizio said ‘before long, Harris’ ‘honeymoon’ will end and voters will refocus on her role as Biden’s partner and co-pilot.’ 

‘As importantly, voters will also learn about Harris’ dangerously liberal record before becoming Biden’s partner in creating historic inflation (she cast the deciding vote on the IRA), flood of illegal immigrants at our southern border (she is Biden’s Border Czar), and migrant crime that is threatening our families and communities (she set illegals free who went on to commit violent crime as DA),’ he continued.  

‘So, while the public polls may change in the short run, and she may consolidate a bit more of the Democrat base, Harris can’t change who she is or what she’s done,’ Fabrizio added. ‘Stay tuned.’ 

However, Trump was steadily ahead of Biden, and he currently sits ahead of Harris in polls, with Fabrizio pointing to ‘the events of the past two weeks including our highly successful Convention.’ 

Additionally, this week, campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita put out a memo claiming Biden ‘was fired’ after being ‘thoroughly decimated by President Trump three weeks ago at the debate in Atlanta.’ 

‘Just as Donald Trump fired Joe Biden, he will demonstrate to the world he can fire Dangerously liberal Kamala as well,’ they wrote. ‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat not just one Democrat nominee for president, but two — in the same year!’ 

The campaign cites recent polling, showing Trump leading Harris in a head-to-head match-up in national polling and in battleground states like Michigan and Wisconsin. 

‘This ‘War on Democracy’ — will be stopped by the man who took a bullet for Democracy,’ they wrote. 

Trump survived an assassination attempt earlier this month after Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Crooks’ bullet hit Trump in his upper right ear, less than a quarter of an inch from his head. 

Trump, less than 48 hours later, arrived in Milwaukee for the GOP convention and announced Sen. JD Vance as his running mate. 

Trump, days later, accepted the GOP nomination and pleaded for national unity. 

‘I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,’ Trump emphasized as he addressed the thousands of delegates, party officials, activists packed into Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum and to the national audience of Americans watching the convention from home.

‘The discord and division in our society must be healed. As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny. We rise together. Or we fall apart,’ Trump noted.

Meanwhile, just as the campaign touted Trump’s debate performance against Biden, the former president and GOP nominee told reporters Tuesday that he ‘absolutely’ wants to debate Harris. 

‘Absolutely. I’d want to,’ Trump said. ‘I think it’s important. I would be willing to do more than one debate, actually.’ 

However, Trump added, ‘I haven’t agreed to anything. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden.’ 

Trump had agreed to debate Biden a second time on Sept. 10, but the Democratic nominee will not officially be selected until Aug. 22 — the final day of the Democratic National Convention. 

It is unclear when the next presidential debate will be held. 

A top grassroots group that represents Jewish Republicans is taking aim at Vice President Kamala Harris for being absent from Wednesday’s speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a joint meeting of Congress.

The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), in an announcement shared first with Fox News, is launching a five-figure digital ad buy in key general election swing states that accuses the vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for ‘snubbing’ the Israeli leader’s address to Congress.

The speaker of the House and the vice president, in the constitutional role as president of the Senate, usually preside over joint meetings and sessions of Congress.

However, Harris will be notably absent while Netanyahu is addressing Congress. The vice president will instead be attending a previously scheduled luncheon with the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

The vice president and President Biden will meet with Netanyahu separately on Thursday.

Harris, who is now the Democratic Party’s 2024 presumptive nominee after Biden ended his re-election bid and endorsed his vice president on Sunday, is seen as slightly more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause than her boss amid the nearly 10-month-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Additionally, while Haris is the most high-profile Democrat not to attend Nentayahu’s speech, she is far from alone. Many Democrats in Congress, including some top figures including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will also skip the address, as they protest the Israeli leader’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.

‘Instead of supporting America’s strongest ally by attending Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, Kamala Harris decides to go a sorority luncheon,’ the narrator in the RJC’s ad says. ‘A sorority luncheon. She can’t be serious.’

‘Kamala Harris: Her priorities are not our priorities,’ the narrator concludes. 

RJC CEO Matt Brooks told Fox News that the ads will run ‘in key battleground states, targeting Jewish voters utilizing the best data operation in politics.’

Brooks argued that ‘Vice President Kamala Harris, as President of the US Senate, should be in attendance to preside over the chamber. Harris has totally failed her first test as a candidate for President of the United States – and the RJC will hold her accountable.’

Harris is not the only member of a national ticket in the 2024 election who will be missing Netanyahu’s speech.

Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP vice presidential nominee, will also be absent. Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said that the former president’s running mate had ‘duties to fulfill’ on the campaign trail.

The RJC remained neutral in the GOP presidential nomination race. However, after Trump clinched the nomination, the RJC in May announced that it was committed to raising a minimum of $5 million — from its donors and from its RJC Victory Fund super PAC — to help elect Trump.

RJC national political director Sam Markstein highlighted at the time that this ‘will be the RJC’s largest effort ever to mobilize support in the Jewish community for President Trump.’

– Vice President Kamala Harris energized a crowd of eager voters in one major battleground state rooting for her November success, just a week after former President Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination in the same city and two days after President Biden withdrew his Democratic nomination amid internal party pressure.

While the president’s abrupt move via a post on X to suspend his re-election campaign took Democratic voters by surprise, they told Fox News Digital they are ‘excited’ that Harris is slated to secure the nomination next month at the DNC and believe she’s the best candidate to beat Trump in November. 

‘Well, I’m excited now,’ Amy Turkoski, a spokesperson for the teacher’s union, Madison Teachers Inc., told Fox News Digital at the Milwaukee rally. ‘On Sunday, I was just shocked and confused, and yesterday, I still felt shocked and confused. But today, I feel united and energized and really excited that she’s the candidate for us.’

And Democratic voters are hoping to win over independents as well, a group where Trump currently leads, according to a recent poll.

‘We definitely need someone who will unite the independents and even unite within the Democratic Party, and I do feel she is that candidate,’ Turkoski said. ‘She has the experience. She has the knowledge to unite.’

Trump and Harris are in a tight contest, the most recent national poll since Biden ended his campaign indicates. However, independents – who are being closely watched this election cycle – backed Trump 46%-32% over Harris, with one in five undecided.

In a multi-candidate field, the poll indicated Harris and Trump deadlocked at 42% support, with Democrat turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at 7% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent Cornel West each at 1%.

‘I’m extremely excited about Kamala Harris,’ rallygoer Lester Pines, an attorney, told Fox News Digital. ‘She is articulate. She is incredibly smart. And she is the most telegenic Democratic candidate we’ve had in decades. You put her on television next to Donald Trump, and Donald Trump will look like the old man that he is, look like the kind of befuddled person he is.’

Pines said he thinks Biden did the right thing by suspending his campaign, ‘because physically, especially once he had COVID, it was clear that it was going to be impossible for him to keep up the rigors of a campaign.’

Ben Wickler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democrat Party, told Fox News Digital he’s ‘fired up’ about Harris as well, despite Biden’s campaign suspension being a ‘tough moment.’

‘[This is] a crowd that is ready to do the work to ensure that Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the fall, and that we make a country that works for everyone,’ Wickler said. ‘This is a phenomenal moment in American politics. And I have enormous confidence that we’re going to win the election this November.’

Wickler said, as the Democrats coalesced behind Harris, there was an ‘energy being unlocked.’ 

‘And it feels like today we’re in a new day, the presidential race has been reset,’ he said.

Belinda Lucas, another attendee, said she’s ‘very happy’ with Harris and that ‘she knows Joe’s agenda.’

‘I think she’s gonna continue with that. I’m very happy,’ she said. 

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez was also among the crowd showing support for Harris, telling Fox News Digital ‘the energy and the electricity in this room was palpable.’

‘People are so excited to be able to go knock on doors for her, to go make those phone calls, register people to vote,’ Rodriguez said. ‘The road to the White House goes through Wisconsin, and she’s going to win this state. I’m very, very excited about it.’

In her presumptive Democratic candidacy debut, Harris narrowly attacked Trump and claimed he wants to implement a blanket ‘ban’ on abortion.

‘We who believe in reproductive freedom will stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own body, and not have their government tell them what to do,’ Harris told the raucous crowd of supporters gathered in Milwaukee.

Harris has made the same claim on other occasions, including in an X post earlier this month. ‘Donald Trump would ban abortion nationwide,’ she wrote. ‘President [Joe Biden] and I will do everything in our power to stop him and restore women’s reproductive freedom.’

Fox News Digital’s Brandon Gillespie and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 

Members of President Biden’s Cabinet are doubling down on their support for the president amid calls for them to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.

The shoring up of their support comes as Biden continues to face pressure over his health as well as his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, which prompted mounting concern from lawmakers questioning his ability to serve the remainder of his term if he is unable to seek re-election.

‘Secretary Yellen disagrees with those calls,’ a spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Fox News Digital on Tuesday, while also pointing to recent comments she made during a House hearing in which she refused to comment in detail on her private meetings with Biden.

‘The president is extremely effective in the meetings that I’ve been in with him. That includes many international meetings that are multihour,’ Yellen said at the time.

Representatives for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm also said their bosses did not agree with the calls for Biden to step down or be removed from office.

Granholm’s spokesperson pointed Fox to comments the secretary made last month pushing back on a report that Biden was mentally ‘slipping.’

‘The president is utterly on his game,’ Granholm told Fox at the time. ‘He is the wisest, most knowledgeable person in the room. He asks the toughest questions and has the keenest insights on the complex questions brought to him. He is sharp, thoughtful and wise.’

A spokesperson for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed Fox to comments the secretary made this month defending Biden’s ability to perform the job of president.

‘You’re d–n right he’s capable,’ Vilsack told Agri-Pulse, an agriculture-focused news site.

Fox News Digital reached out to multiple other members of Biden’s Cabinet but did not receive responses.

Biden announced on Sunday that he would suspend his re-election campaign and would instead endorse Vice President Harris for the Democrat nomination after facing weeks of pressure from within his own party to drop out of the race.

The pressure mounted after his poor performance at the first presidential debate in June, where he was seen speaking with a raspy voice and jumbling up his words.

Harris’ office said Tuesday morning that she believes Biden is currently capable of serving as president.

‘As the vice president has said many times before, the nation is lucky to have President Biden leading our nation,’ Ernesto Apreza, press secretary to the vice president, told Fox.

Fox News’ Aubrie Spady and Matt Richter contributed to this report.

The media are gushing – there’s no other word – over newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

She was being portrayed as having the money and the mojo as she headed to Milwaukee. ‘Harris Hits the Trail, Powered by Endorsements, Money and Delegates,’ said The Washington Post.

The excitement is understandable. The mainstream press wanted Joe Biden to step aside, the vice president steps in and attacks Trump from an ex-prosecutor’s perspective (and he calls her ‘Dumb as a Rock’). And given that Harris would be such a groundbreaker – first female president, first black female president, first president of Asian-American background – it’s a hell of a story.

But with Biden finally planning to address the country tonight – putting to rest absurd rumors that he was dying or dead – the spotlight remains firmly fixed on Harris.

Her Milwaukee rally yesterday was a truncated version of her Wilmington speech the day before – slamming Trump, promising to work for the middle class – a practically verbatim reprise. If she keeps repeating that, it won’t make much news. 

There was nothing personal in the speech, even though Harris has to sell herself and her persona. An hour later, she was on a plane back to Washington, rather than shaking hands in a coffee shop or otherwise getting out from behind the podium.

So with the reality that Twitter is not the real world – shocking I know – here is a more skeptical view of her obviously hasty campaign launch.

Liberal New York Times columnist Ezra Klein says the question, after a grueling month, is ‘How do candidates respond to pressure? Do they seem honest and authentic to voters, or does something about them read as false or opportunistic? Do they have that charisma that convinces people to knock on doors for them, share memes of them, proselytize to family members about them?

‘Harris’s reputation was as a candidate with the tangibles but not the intangibles. She was great on paper but, in 2020, couldn’t put the pieces together…

‘But Harris has never won an election atop the ticket in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin or Michigan. She’s never won an election atop the ticket anywhere but California. The Biden administration’s record is unpopular, and she cannot make a clean break from it. Immediately uniting around Harris feels safe to some Democrats. To other Democrats, it’s risky. They risk making the mistake they made with Biden, which is being so afraid of disunity that they’re failing to gather the information they need to know how their candidate will really perform.

And here’s the truth: It’s all risky. It could all go bad, no matter what path is chosen.’

Now that’s a candid assessment.

The Atlantic’s David Frum, a Never Trumper and former Bush White House speechwriter, says ‘now the Trump campaign will be defining Harris’s identity too —and no prizes for guessing how they will do that: by casting Harris as a threat to sexual decency and racial order. 

‘Also, respects to our potentially new Democrat Challenger, Laffin’ Kamala Harris. She did poorly in the Democrat nominating process, starting out at Number Two, and ending up defeated and dropping out, even before getting to Iowa, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a ‘highly talented’ politician! Just ask her Mentor, the Great Willie Brown of San Francisco.

‘In case you missed Trump’s hint, he’s referencing an old internet smear that Harris slept her way to political success.’

(Note: Kamala Harris had a relationship with Willie Brown, who would become San Francisco’s mayor, in the 1990s, and it was not a secret. She was single, and while Brown was still technically married, he had separated from his wife more than a decade earlier.)

‘Her midlife marriage, her mixed-race origins, her manner and appearance, her vocal intonations, her career in the Bay Area with all of its association in the right-wing mind with dirt and depravity — those will be resources to construct a frightening psychosexual profile of the Black, Asian, and female Democratic candidate.

‘Democrats are taking a risk with Harris — and it’s not only their risk. If she does secure the Democratic presidential nomination, then she becomes the only hope to keep Trump out of the White House for a second term. She becomes the only hope for Ukraine, for NATO, for open international trade, for American democracy, for a society founded on the equal worth and dignity of all its people.’

Pollster Kristin Soltis Anderson writes in the New York Times that Harris has her upsides, but on the downside, Biden’s ‘poor approval rating wasn’t all about his age; on an array of issues, voters say they don’t think his policies made them better off — and his policies are also, in effect, her policies.’

Harris was ‘designated ‘to lead the White House effort on the border. Republicans will also, no doubt, point to Ms. Harris’s support for things like a controversial Minnesota bail fund to undercut any tough-on-crime-prosecutor messaging.’ 

On the right, National Review’s Noah Rothman says ‘contrary to the story Democrats are about to try to sell to the public, Harris’s party has never regained confidence in her abilities…

‘The revolt of the staffers coincided with a one-on-one interview with NBC News [anchor] Lester Holt, in which Harris defended her failure to visit the rapidly deteriorating Southern border by laughing awkwardly while insisting she hadn’t ‘been to Europe’ either. ‘I don’t understand the point you’re making,’ Harris insisted. No one else appeared similarly perplexed.’

‘The revolt of the staffers coincided with a one-on-one interview with NBC News [anchor] Lester Holt, in which Harris defended her failure to visit the rapidly deteriorating Southern border by laughing awkwardly while insisting she hadn’t ‘been to Europe’ either. ‘I don’t understand the point you’re making,’ Harris insisted. No one else appeared similarly perplexed.’

She was largely sidelined after that, preferring friendly settings like ‘The View’ and a show on Comedy Central hosted by Charlamagne tha God.

‘For all the party’s public displays of bravado, Democrats appear to understand that the vice president needs to operate in a rigidly structured environment . . . or else… As a presidential candidate, the vice president will be at least as rigorously stage-managed as Joe Biden was in the closing days of his campaign.’ So Democrats ‘have to preserve the abstraction of Kamala Harris for as long as possible.’

In Fox prime time, Jesse Watters said: ‘Kamala is even more radical and incompetent than old Joe Biden,’ calling her a ‘California socialist’ and ‘even more unpopular than the most unpopular president in American history.’

‘No one who truly loves this country, no one who truly wants the best for the American people, would ever subject us to someone like Kamala Harris,’ said Laura Ingraham. ‘They know that Harris is incompetent, just as they knew that Biden is incompetent.’

But the beat goes on. Speaking of ‘The View,’ the liberal ladies conducted an absolute love fest yesterday with the White House press secretary, the woman who constantly assured reporters that the president was definitely running (as she was told to do). 

‘Please welcome back the fabulous Karine Jean-Pierre,’ Whoopi Goldberg said.

Other than a skeptical question or two, the spokeswoman said her boss ‘still has the job. And we have a lot more to get done on behalf of the American people.’

Can a Kamala appearance be far behind?

Look, maybe Harris will catch fire and make this a cliffhanger. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed her yesterday, by which time she didn’t need them anymore. A Quinnipiac poll has her trailing Trump by just 49 to 47 percent, or several points better than Biden. Trump is suddenly the old-guy candidate in the race.

But for now the media cheerleading for Harris isn’t providing the full picture.

Have you ever wondered what the future of warfare might look like? Well, it’s starting to take shape right above our heads. 

The U.S. Air Force has just unveiled a new aircraft that’s turning heads and raising eyebrows across the globe.

But don’t expect to see a pilot in the cockpit. This high-tech innovation flies itself.

XQ-67A: The new kid on the block

On a sunny California day in February 2024, something extraordinary took flight. The XQ-67A, a sleek unmanned aircraft, soared into the sky for the first time, giving us a glimpse into the future of aerial combat and reconnaissance.

The XQ-67A is what’s known as a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle. This aircraft is packed with cutting-edge technology that allows it to fly without a human pilot on board. Instead, it can be controlled remotely or even fly on its own, making decisions based on its programming and the data it collects.

There’s more than meets the eye with the XQ-67A

So, what makes the XQ-67A stand out in a world where drones are becoming increasingly common? For starters, it’s part of a program called the off-board sensing station. This fancy name essentially means it’s designed to be the eyes and ears of the Air Force, gathering crucial information in situations that might be too dangerous for human pilots.

But here’s where it gets really interesting: The XQ-67A is built on what engineers call a ‘common chassis.’ Think of it like a car frame that can be used to build different types of vehicles. This approach allows the Air Force to create various types of drones quickly and cost-effectively. All of these are based on the same core design.

It’s a family affair when it comes to the Air Force’s drones

The XQ-67A isn’t alone in this new era of aviation. It’s actually based on an earlier drone called the XQ-58A Valkyrie. And there’s more on the horizon. The Air Force is also developing something called the off-board weapon station, which could be thought of as the XQ-67A’s more combat-oriented cousin.

This family of drones represents a shift in military thinking. Instead of relying solely on expensive, manned aircraft, the Air Force is moving towards a mix of crewed and uncrewed vehicles working together. It’s a concept they call ‘Loyal Wingman,’ where these autonomous drones support and protect human pilots in the air.

How the XQ-67A is changing the game

The implications of this technology are huge. With drones like the XQ-67A, the Air Force can gather intelligence, conduct surveillance and potentially even engage in combat without putting pilots directly in harm’s way. It’s not just about reducing risk to human life; it’s about expanding capabilities.

These drones can fly longer missions without the limitations of human endurance. They can be sent into dangerous or contaminated areas without hesitation. And perhaps most importantly, they can make split-second decisions based on data and algorithms, potentially reacting faster than a human pilot could.

Looking to the future of autonomous military aircraft

As exciting as the XQ-67A is, it’s just the beginning. The technology behind these autonomous aircraft is advancing rapidly, and it’s not hard to imagine a future where swarms of artificial intelligence-controlled drones work in perfect coordination with human pilots.

But this future also raises important questions. How will the role of human pilots evolve? What are the ethical implications of having machines make life-and-death decisions in combat? And how might this technology change the nature of warfare itself?

Kurt’s key takeaways

The XQ-67A represents a pivotal moment in military aviation. The skies of tomorrow will be filled with aircraft that think, decide and act on their own, working alongside human pilots to accomplish missions we can only imagine today. Whether this prospect fills you with excitement or concern, one thing is certain: The future of aerial warfare is here, and it’s autonomous.

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Democrat Rep. Emilia Sykes, who is running for re-election in an Ohio district that’s vulnerable for Democrats, ignored questions about Vice President Harris’ record on immigration on Tuesday.

‘Hello, Congresswoman, do you think that Kamala Harris did a good job as the border czar,’ Sykes was asked in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. 

Sykes ignored the question and kept walking, which prompted a follow-up question.

‘Congresswoman, do you think Kamala Harris did a good job as the border czar? Yes or no?’

Sykes responded, taking issue with the pronunciation of Harris’ name, ‘I don’t know who Kamala Harris is.’

‘She’s the vice president,’ the questioner responds before Sykes enters her office.

‘No surprise: Two days after Sykes endorsed Harris, she pretends not to know her,’ former Ohio Republican state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, who is running against Sykes in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

‘With Sykes’ support, Harris the Border Czar has created one of the worst humanitarian and security disasters our border has ever seen. I’d pretend not to know her too.’

In a statement to Fox News Digital, DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson pointed to the mispronunciation of Harris’ name.

‘If Republican trackers and Kevin Coughlin are going to ask about the Vice President they should show respect and start pronouncing her name correctly,’ Johnson said.

Sykes endorsed Harris for president on Sunday, pledging to work with Democrats to ‘unify’ around her as the nominee.

Sykes, a first-term Democrat who won in 2022 by five points, is defending her seat in a district that includes parts of two counties that President Trump comfortably won in 2020. The Cook Political Report ranks the race as a ‘Democrat Toss Up.’