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MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ – Arizona is expected to be one of the most closely watched and highly competitive swing states in the upcoming presidential election and the state’s largest county will play a critical role in deciding who wins that state and ultimately the White House.Maricopa County, which surrounds Phoenix in south central Arizona and is home to over 4.5 million people, is widely considered one of the key battleground counties in the United States due to its diverse political breakdown and will deliver 11 crucial electoral votes to either former President Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris.”Maricopa County is our largest and most populous county in Arizona,” Arizona GOP Chairwoman Gina Swoboda told Fox News Digital. “It contains over 60% of our voters statewide. It’s about a third Democrat, a third Republican, and a third Independent. That fluctuates a bit. But essentially, we’re a third, a third, a third.””We have what I would call a dense urban core in Phoenix. And then we have suburbs and it’s growing. It’s consistently one of the highest growing counties in the United States. It’s a diverse county just because of the makeup, we’ve got urban and then we’ve got the suburbs and then we have what were kind of little, little towns becoming cities very rapidly. So when you have that kind of growth, that puts a lot of pressure on a community and because it’s 60% of the vote of the state, it gets a lot of attention.”IN ARIZONA SPEECH, VANCE SAYS NEXT PRESIDENT MUST PUT AMERICANS FIRST, SLAMS FEMA MONEY FOR MIGRANTSSwoboda told Fox News Digital that if you’re looking to run for office in Maricopa County you’ve got a “broad swath of the electorate” and you “have to speak to their issues.”Those key issues during this election cycle, according to Swoboda, are the economy and immigration. “Inflation is number one and when we say inflation in Arizona, we’re one of the hardest hit states in the country for our prices going up,” Swoboda said. “But part of that is affordable housing. And that’s a huge issue in the state of Arizona, particularly in rapidly growing Maricopa.”President Joe Biden won the state of Arizona by less than 1 half of 1 percent in the 2020 election and the results in Maricopa County were also slim with Biden beating former President Trump by 2 %.The Harris-Walz campaign has been active in the county over the last few months and the Arizona campaign team told Fox News Digital that they have knocked on 90,000 doors, made over 1.7 million phone calls, and have 15,000 volunteers that have completed a shift in the county.ENIGMATIC VOTER GROUP COULD SPLIT TICKET FOR TRUMP, DEM SENATE CANDIDATE IN ARIZONA”Vice President Harris, Governor Walz, Second Gentleman Emhoff, and Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz all visited Arizona in September,” the campaign said. “Recently, Vice President Harris visited Douglas, Arizona to tout her policies to keep Arizona’s border secure, marking her eighth visit to Arizona this year.”Polling has increasingly shown that Trump leads Harris with low propensity voters which has become an increased focus in the Trump ground game. The same is true in Arizona, specifically Maricopa County, where Turning Point Action, which has taken the lead in organizing Trump’s GOTV efforts, has launched programs like “Commit 100” and “Chase the Vote” to mobilize those voters.A spokesperson for Turning Point Action told Fox News Digital that it is actively targeting 400,000 low propensity voters in Arizona and that Republican voter registration efforts in Arizona over the last two years has “put the state in a very difficult mathematical spot for Democrats.”A spokesperson for the RNC told Fox News Digital that Republicans have “doubled” the GOP voter registration advantage in Arizona since 2020 and that the RNC has almost a dozen offices across the state as part of its Trump Force 47 initiative to “meet voters where they are.”Nationwide, immigration is one of the most important issues to voters according to the polls and that’s no different in Arizona where voters who spoke to Fox News Digital said immigration is a top concern despite differing opinions on which candidate would best handle the unfolding crisis.”We have to have swifter incarceration at the border,” Mary from Phoenix told Fox News Digital. “And if there’s a suspicion that they’re going to commit a crime, lock them up.”Mary said that it was “infuriating” that the recent bipartisan border deal died in Congress and said that if Harris is elected, “She will get it signed.”Nick from Sun City West told Fox News Digital that Harris’ immigration policy has been “dismal at best.””Control the border,” he said. “At least keep the border safe. Keep people from being able to get in that aren’t supposed to be able to come in unless they come in through the regular normal channels.”Trump holds a razor-thin two-point edge over Harris in battleground Arizona, according to a recent public opinion poll.Fueling the former president’s margin appears to be support from voters age 50 and over. Trump stands at 49% among likely voters in Arizona, with Harris at 47%, according to an AARP poll conducted Sept. 24-Oct. 1 and released on Tuesday. According to the survey, Green Party candidate Jill Stein grabs 1% support, with 3% undecided.
 “In some ways, it’s like a state of its own because 65, 68% of our entire state population in Arizona resides in Maricopa County,” Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake told Fox News Digital. “It’s one of those mega counties. I frankly also think it’s a mega county, but it’s a mega county. And so it’s a really important county. What happens in Maricopa County can affect the entire country and really the entire world, because we know whatever way Maricopa County can take the whole country that way, because it’s so massive, it can take the whole state that way. And so it’s an important county.”Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Hannah Ray Lambert contributed to this report



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So last week, fans of Kamala Harris dropped this ad, “Men for Kamala.” And you might want to pop a Midol before you take a look. CREATIVES FOR HARRIS AD: I’m man enough to enjoy a barrel-proof bourbon. Meat. Man enough to cook my steak rare. Man enough to deadlift 500 and braid the s*** out of my daughter’s hair. You think I’m afraid to rebuild a carburetor? I eat carburetors for breakfast. I ain’t afraid of bears. That’s what bear hugs are for. I’ll tell you another thing I sure as s*** am not afraid of — women. They want to control their bodies? I say go for it. They want to use IVF to start a family? I’m not afraid of families. I’m man enough to tell you that I cried at “Love Actually,” “Good Will Hunting,” “West Side Story” — that and “Predator.” I’m sick of so-called men domineering, belittling and controlling women just so they can feel more powerful. That’s not how my momma raised me.I hope there were tampons in the men’s room at that audition. That was as manly as Dylan Mulvany shaving Rachel Levine’s legs. Now, the ad wasn’t authorized by any candidate, but it could have been paid for by Trump because it was about as authentic as Tim Walz’s war record. Although so-called voters were paid actors and not typical actors either, as far as I know, none are successfully waiting tables. Their film credits are rarer than fruit in Brian Stelter’s lunch. But some of those men were so effeminate they asked to be paid $0.80 on the dollar.A SEXIST WOULD SAY!Hahaha, not funny. The message was that even real men can vote for Kamala. Which raises the question, if these men are out there, then why make this commercial? I mean, would they need Kamala’s supporters to assure them it’s OK? It’s like Kamala’s your mom, and she’s giving you a note to give to your teacher saying it’s OK for Billy to go on a field trip. Let’s just hope Coach Walz isn’t on the bus. Do you recall any ads telling someone it was OK to vote for Trump or to vote for anyone else for that matter? HARRIS CAMPAIGN DEPLOYS BILL CLINTON TO KEY STATES 22 DAYS FROM ELECTION DAYRecall any ads from the 80s saying that real men are allowed to vote for Reagan? He didn’t need it. He locked down votes for real men, real women, even real chimps. It’s sad that you got to prove these men are actually out there. Kamala’s campaign is like Bud Light trying to win back the alpha males who used to drink it, only this time, instead of beer, it’s the Democratic Party. But the fact that you had to hire actors to pretend they’re blue-collar types who vote for Harris means there aren’t any real ones. Nope. Dems know that real men see through this b*****. After all, look at her husband and her V.P. They make Siegfried & Roy look like Ali and Frazier. It’s getting sad at this point. Listen to actress, Jennifer Garner, trying to assure male Kamala supporters that they’re still men.JENNIFER GARNER: I mean, I’m looking at these beautiful faces, these women and these strong men. God, is there anything sexier than a man who is like, men for Kamala?Those men are just cheering because they want free Tampax. That video made more scrotums shrink than a urologist with cold hands. Now, the only way Kamala voters are hot is if they’re running a fever. And frankly, you’d have to be delirious to vote for her. And then there’s Obama, sensing trouble, admonishing Black men for not voting for her, blaming it on sexism.OBAMA CALLS OUT ‘BROTHERS’ APPREHENSIVE TO VOTE FOR HARRIS: ‘YOU’RE THINKING OF SITTING OUT?’BARACK OBAMA: We have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running. I also want to say that that seems to be more pronounced with the brothers. When you have a choice that is this clear. Part of it makes me think, and I’m speaking to men directly, part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.There you go. You’re sexist. I’m surprised you didn’t nag them for not knowing which was their shrimp fork. But Obama, shouldn’t you be back on Martha’s Vineyard? You know, where the Black population is roughly 3%. If he wanted to twist some arms, he should have sent Michelle. But meanwhile, as Dems launched commercials for Castrato, what was Elon Musk launching? New line of robots, a sleek self-driving bus and then a rocket, which he caught on the way down. It’s kind of amazing. I mean, think about it. Think about the physics. I mean, that’s like lifting Joy Behar into the stratosphere and then landing her on an aircraft carrier. Except lighter. But here’s a guy who doesn’t need to be told it’s OK to do anything. In fact, they tell him the opposite. And yet look what he gets done. The man literally has a spaceship and it works. The people come back alive. How many people in history could say that? So if you’re looking at men, which side appeals to you more? A bunch of broke actors or a billionaire genius inventor? Now, when I watched that Harris ad, I wasn’t embarrassed about being a man because I’m not them. And when I see Musk, I’m not proud of being a man because I didn’t do what he did. He did it. And that’s it. It’s about individuals, not the group. It’s the point that the Dems always miss. Which is why they need actors to play what they think are men, because they don’t know what men are unless they’re a group that they can herd like sheep. And they embarrass themselves doing it like Tim Walz trying to hunt.Shut up! You know he doesn’t know what he’s doing when he’s talking through it. But it’s nothing like those weapons of war he claimed he carried into battle, which were actually gelato spoons while he was stationed in Italy. I mean, that was worse than Liz Warren trying to drink a beer, or as her people call it, firewater. But I never know.I never know.But they’re always trying to be everything that they’re not, which is regular people. And what’s worse, they don’t like regular people. So if you’re a man, don’t let an actor or a Martha’s Vineyard elitist tell you how to vote. Hell, you don’t even need me to tell you that. You can make up your own decisions. It’s how we get honest elections and spaceships that work.



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The father of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in England called U.K. police after fleeing to Pakistan to admit that he had killed his daughter, prosecutors said Monday.Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court on allegations he, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik murdered Sara Sharif, according to The Associated Press.Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones said all three defendants played a part in a “campaign of abuse” against Sara in the weeks leading up to her death.Police found Sara’s body under a blanket in a bunk bed at her home in Woking, which is located southwest of London, on Aug. 10, 2023, with dozens of injuries, including extensive bruising, burns and fractures. The child died of unnatural causes, according to a post-mortem examination.BUS FILLED WITH WEDDING GUESTS PLUNGES INTO A RAVINE, KILLING 7Jones said law enforcement learned of Sara’s death after her father called U.K. police from Pakistan and said: “I’ve killed my daughter. I legally punished her, and she died.” He also told the phone operator he did not intend to kill her, but he had “beat her up too much,” the prosecutor said.Urfan Sharif, Batool and Malik fled the U.K. for the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Aug. 9.Police in Pakistan located the three suspects following a search and subsequently sent them to the U.K., where they were arrested upon landing at London’s Gatwick Airport. They were held in prison as they awaited trial.Jones said the three suspects had lived in the same house as Sara and that it was “inconceivable” that only one of them was responsible for the girl’s death.The prosecutor said each of the suspects attempted to blame the others for the killing. Urfan Sharif had claimed that Batool, who is Sara’s stepmother, was responsible for the girl’s death and that he made a false confession to protect her.UK PREACHER WHO WAS ARRESTED IN FREE SPEECH CORNER WHILE DEBATING ISLAM WINS DAMAGES FROM POLICEA recording of a phone call made on the evening of Aug. 8, 2023, the day Sara was believed to have been killed, was played for the jury. In the recording, Batool can be heard asking about booking a flight to Islamabad for four adults and four children.The three suspects deny murdering Sara or causing or allowing the girl’s death.The trial is expected to continue until December.The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 86 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Trump has held six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August, including another this month after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp about hurricane relief efforts.President Biden also held a news conference in the White House press briefing room earlier this month, where he joked about getting back into the 2024 race.BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HARRIS DROPPING FAR-LEFT POLICIES ‘IN ORDER TO WIN THE ELECTION’Harris has stepped up her interviews in recent weeks, including doing radio hits, a solo sit-down with a Philadelphia TV station, and friendly appearances with “The View,” Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.But as for when she’ll actually do a formal press conference as a candidate, that day may never come, at least while she’s still a candidate.Conservative Radio Libre host Jorge Bonilla feels Harris should do a press conference but said it’s almost “irrelevant” because she continues to get a pass. HARRIS DODGES QUESTION ON LOWERING PRICES BY DESCRIBING ‘MIDDLE-CLASS’ ROOTS: NEIGHBORS ‘PROUD OF THEIR LAWN’”She is highly unlikely to do a press conference because the media have enabled and encouraged her ‘plexiglass basement’ strategy, wherein she preserves the illusion of being out there while remaining wholly inaccessible to the press and therefore unaccountable,” Bonilla told Fox News Digital.In her interview in Philadelphia, her answer citing her middle-class upbringing when asked about specifics of her economic policy drew sharp criticism.BARBARA WALTERS WOULD EXPECT KAMALA HARRIS TO DO INTERVIEWS, AUTHOR SAYS: ‘PART OF THE JOB OF BEING PRESIDENT'”You know, I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn,” she said. “And I was raised to believe and to know that all people deserve dignity, and that we as Americans have a beautiful character. You know, we have ambitions and aspirations and dreams, but not everyone necessarily has access to the resources that can help them fuel those dreams and ambitions. “So when I talk about building an opportunity economy, it is very much with the mind of investing in the ambitions and aspirations and the incredible work ethic of the American people and creating opportunity for people, for example, to start a small business.”Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 



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The Buffalo Bills held on for a crucial win over the New York Jets on Monday night, 23-20, but it was the officiating that irked fans who tuned in to watch the drama unfold.There were four penalties, including offsetting fouls, on the Jets’ final drive. Aaron Rodgers eventually threw an interception to Bills cornerback Taron Johnson while he tried to target Mike Williams. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMPenalties like that crushed both teams and the NFL world took notice. Each team had 11 penalties called on them during the game. The Bills committed 11 games for 94 yards and the Jets committed 11 penalties for 110 yards.At the end of the day, Josh Allen ran for a first down to keep their final drive going. Buffalo knelt the ball to play out the rest of the clock and the game was over.The Bills had the lead 20-17 at halftime but each team only scored three points each in the final two quarters.EAGLES HEAD COACH NICK SIRIANNI APOLOGIZES TO FANS FOR TAUNTING THEM AFTER WIN: ‘I’M SORRY AND DISAPPOINTED’Allen was 19-of-25 with 215 passing yards and two touchdown passes – one to Dawson Knox and the other to Mack Hollins. He ran for 18 yards and scored a touchdown on the ground.Bills running back Ray Davis led the team with 97 rushing yards on 20 carries. He also had three catches for 55 yards. Knox and Hollins’ touchdown catches were their lone receptions in the game.Rodgers kept the Jets in the game with an improbable Hail Mary touchdown pass right before halftime. But the razzle dazzle fizzled out in the second half.He was 23-of-35 with 294 passing yards and touchdown passes to Allen Lazard and Garrett Wilson. Each wide receiver was over 100 yards receiving.Lazard had six catches for 114 yards and Wilson had eight catches for 107 yards.New York was trying to get a victory in the wake of the Robert Saleh firing and may have had the edge in the game but kicker Greg Zuerlein missed two field goals.Buffalo is now in first place in AFC East with a 4-2 record. New York fell to 2-4.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.



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Nearly a dozen members of an Amish family in Pennsylvania were hospitalized on Friday after eating toxic mushrooms, according to local reports and first responders. Emergency medical personnel with the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Company Station 57 were alerted to assist with a “mass casualty incident.” Units were advised that 11 people in Peach Bottom Township had consumed toxic mushrooms and were ill, Station 57 said in a Facebook post. The post said emergency units were dispatched from York, Lancaster and Harford counties.WOMAN CAUGHT SMUGGLING 29 PROTECTED TURTLES FROM US TO CANADADelta-Cardiff Fire Chief Laura Taylor said the adults and children were transported to WellSpan York Hospital in York and were in stable condition, WPMT-TV reported.The Pennsylvania State Police also responded to the private residence, according to the station. Station 57 told WHP-TV that one of the family members had traveled half a mile down Burke Road to find a phone booth to call 911. The family member reportedly said he and the 10 others became sick after consuming wild mushrooms they found in the woods for dinner. Peach Bottom Township is near the Maryland state line about 56 miles southeast of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capital.Fox News Digital has reached out to Station 57 and state police for more information.The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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