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Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake told Fox News Digital that illegal immigration has disproportionately hammered residents of her state which she says has created a “double whammy” that will result in GOP wins in the state in November.”I think most Americans think that they have driven us right over the edge, over the cliff,” Lake told Fox News Digital about the policies of the Biden-Harris administration. “And we’re hoping that we can pull this back come November and that’s what we plan to do. But our polling shows that the economy is really affecting everybody. The border is affecting everybody.”Lake explained to Fox News Digital that the current administration’s border policies have disproportionately hurt Arizona particularly when it comes to housing costs.”It’s basic supply and demand,” Lake said. “21 million people coming in, even if you take the estimate that Joe Biden and Kamala are giving, which is 10 million, they’ve got to live somewhere. They’re living in homes and apartments and hotels and these are taking away housing opportunities for Americans and also jacking up the prices as well. Because right now, when you have a very limited supply of housing, which we do, we have not built enough homes and apartments in the past 20 years to keep up with the demand. So now all of a sudden, you add 21 million people, you’ve got a supply and demand issue. You got you don’t have enough supply and you have a lot of demand.”KARI LAKE SHREDS VP HARRIS’ ‘DESPICABLE’ SOUTHERN BORDER VISIT: JUST TO MAKE THE ‘MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAPPY’Lake continued, “We know that these people that are pouring across our country illegally, that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are bringing in hand-holding and saying, yes, please come in and we will supply you housing, federally subsidized housing, which means you and I are paying for it. And we will give you an ID card with thousands of dollars a month to pay for your food. They don’t have living expenses like the American people do. The American people are barely getting by because living expenses have gone up so they can then afford to take these jobs making less than the going rate, which takes Americans salaries and hourly wages and depresses them or pushes them down. So it’s a double whammy and it’s really affecting Arizona particularly hard.”On inflation, Lake pointed to data showing that Phoenix was at one point the hardest hit city in the country.”I talk to more Arizonans than anybody in the whole country,” Lake told Fox News Digital. “I have a better relationship with the people of Arizona, I think, than anybody in the country and they’re struggling. You know, it kills me to see families and people who are retiring or retirees, Arizona used to be an affordable state it’s not so much anymore, who are telling me now, Kari, I’ve never had to go to a food bank in my life. As a matter of fact, I used to donate to food banks. Now I’m finding myself there every couple of weeks just to make ends meet. I can’t even afford the basics. It breaks my heart because the people of this state are incredible, hard working people.”FLASHBACK: ARIZONA DEM SENATE CANDIDATE CALLED TRUMP VOTERS ‘DUMB’: ‘WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'”They don’t deserve this and they don’t want to be asking for a handout, but they’re working as hard as they ever have. Some of them are doing two jobs and there’s not enough hours in the day. They can’t work any harder than they already are and they’re still not making ends meet. So it’s very distressing for the people and it’s distressing for me because I really, truly love the people of the state.”Lake, who is running for Senate against Dem. Rep. Ruben Gallego who she says is responsible for supporting the Harris-Biden immigration and inflation record, told Fox News Digital that she believes Republicans will have success in November as a result of those policies.”Every main issue that we’re facing as a country somehow seems to kind of come right through Arizona and this is why I feel so comfortable that we’re going to win this because, well, first of all, we’re registering voters left to right,” Lake said.  “People are saying, yep, we’re voting, we’re going to become a Republican. People who’ve never been a Republican before are now registered Republicans…We’re calling people who haven’t voted in a number of elections, people who maybe skipped the last 4 or 5 elections. I guess they are called low propensity voters and we’re asking, are you going to vote? And they’re saying, ‘Hell, yes, I’m going to vote. Absolutely, I’m going to vote. I’m struggling right now. This is the first election I voted in a number of elections.’ But this one really matters. I think it’s our last election. If we don’t get this right as a free America.”Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response.



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A New Jersey high school is accused of banning yellow ribbons, aimed at honoring Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas, at a club fair, a move critics described as “deeply offensive” and “blatant antisemitism.”Fair Lawn High School also prohibited Israeli flags at the event, because administrators believed the flags were too political, some parents and the group StopAntisemitism allege, noting that members of the Muslim Student Association were permitted to display a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East, according to the New York Post.The event, according to the report, was partly promoting a trip to Israel.”What happened at Fair Lawn High School is an alarming case of hypocrisy and blatant antisemitism,” StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez told the outlet. “This incident is nothing short of a direct violation of Jewish students’ rights to express their identity and humanitarian concerns.”AMERICAN FATHER OF HAMAS HOSTAGE ITAY CHEN PUSHES US, ISRAEL ON ‘PLAN B’ AS NEGOTIATIONS FALTERBetween 33% to 40% of the 35,000 residents in Fair Lawn are Jewish. Fair Lawn in Bergen County is located about 17 miles from New York City.This comes a year after Hamas terrorists’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks against Israel, which led to military retaliation from Israel and sparked a still-ongoing war in the Middle East. More than 250 people, including some Americans, were abducted by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attacks. Many hostages have since been released, rescued or killed, while dozens are still held by Hamas.One parent said the school district’s failure to address complaints about alleged antisemitism is not a new concern.”The incident at Fair Lawn High School’s Club Fair is not an isolated event but part of a disturbing pattern of antisemitism that I and other parents have been battling for years,” Adi Vaxman, founder and president of Operation Israel, which provides humanitarian relief to Israel, told the New York Post.”Despite numerous meetings with the board of education and the superintendent, promises of inclusion in anti-antisemitism efforts have gone unfulfilled,” added Vaxman, whose daughter Maya attends the school.Vaxman continued: “The administrator’s claim that the yellow hostage ribbon — a humanitarian symbol calling for the release of innocent civilians abducted from their homes and held in subhuman conditions by Hamas — is ‘political’ is deeply offensive and unacceptable.”ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OCT. 7 ATTACKS ARRIVES WITH LASTING TRAUMA FOR ISRAELIS, AMERICAN JEWS: EXPERTClaiming a double standard, Vaxman said that the black-and-white keffiyeh, which she says is “a symbol of the armed resistance against Israelis,” was allowed to remain on display at the club event for hours.”This glaring double standard exposes the bias of the school and the administrator in question,” she said. “It’s alarming that the school supports the Muslim Student Association identifying as Palestinian while censoring the Israeli flag for the Jewish Student Union. Israel is the world’s only Jewish state, naturally associated with Judaism and relevant to the [Jewish Student Union’s] advertised trip to Israel.”Fair Lawn High Principal Paul Gorski released a statement defending the school’s response to ribbons and flags.”We take pride in our Student Activities program as well as the leadership shown by both students and faculty,” Gorski wrote. “During this year’s event, both the Muslim Student Association and the Jewish Student Union were asked to adjust items that were not part of their original displays. Both groups received the same instruction and were treated equally.”Gorski said no students were disciplined in connection with their participation at the club fair.The principal also said the high school participates in the Anti-Defamation League’s “No Place for Hate” initiative and that the school was “proudly recognized” with a Gold Star distinction from the group during a ceremony earlier this year.”We condemn antisemitism and remain steadfast in our commitment to creating an inclusive community where hate is not tolerated,” he said. “When we return to school after being closed for the Jewish holidays, we will engage in dialogue with our students and community. Hate has no home at Fair Lawn High School.”Vaxman, however, maintains that the school discriminated against Jewish students during the club fair.”This selective application of rules further demonstrates the discriminatory treatment of Jewish students,” Vaxman said. “The school’s response is extremely disappointing and fails to address these core issues. Their participation in the ‘No Place for Hate’ initiative rings hollow when Jewish students face such blatant discrimination and intimidation in their school on a regular basis. We demand concrete actions, not empty platitudes, to combat antisemitism and ensure true equality for ‘all’ students.”



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Travelers from California are grabbing attention on TikTok for revealing some must-visit spots in the United States.Stephen Jiroch and his wife, Giselle, are content creators who have been traveling the globe for years.Jiroch told Fox News Digital that he and his wife taught themselves photography during the pandemic and took road trips to find beautiful places on their home turf.WORLD-TRAVELING COUPLE WALKS ACROSS ‘LEAST-VISITED COUNTRY’ IN UNDER 60 SECONDS”We’ve visited 35 of the U.S. states together, and it’s been incredible in the past four years,” he said. With 1 million followers on their social media account titled The Lovers Passport, the pair shared their top suggestions for places to visit in a lifetime.While the majority of the spots on Jiroch’s must-visit list are national parks, he said it speaks to the beauty of the United States and said traveling abroad isn’t always necessary.3 FLORIDA CITIES AMONG BEST IN US FOR FOOD LOVERS, NEW STUDY REVEALSHere are eight places in America to consider adding to your bucket list.”The first one, top of our minds, is Sequoia National Park,” Jiroch said, adding, “This place blew our minds because [it has] the biggest trees in the world.”VIRGINIA IS FIRST STATE TO MAKE LEAF-PEEPING POSSIBLE FOR COLORBLIND GUESTS IN EVERY PARK”You get to see all of these glaciers calving into the ocean, and it has one of the biggest glaciers in the entire world,” Jiroch said of Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.Jiroch also noted that taking a cruise in the area can be a great way to see the phenomena up close. “We just went to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, which we thought was super unique,” Jiroch said. “For us, growing up on the West Coast, we don’t think of the East Coast as being very mountainous … because there are so many on the West Coast,” he added. TOP US STATES WHERE YOU’RE MOST LIKELY TO STRIKE GOLDJiroch said the national park is the most visited one in the United States and was “jaw-droppingly beautiful.”This national park on the island of Kauai is rugged and full of beauty thanks to its “insane cliffs,” Jiroch said.ABANDONED LUXURY HOTEL IN FLORIDA WILL REOPEN AFTER 17 YEARS”It [has] this beautiful blue water that leads up to these thousand-foot cliffs above — just magnificent,” he added. Jiroch recommended visiting White Sands National Park in New Mexico, specifically at sunrise. “We applied for a permit to go in for sunrise,” he said, explaining, “Typically the park during sunset, there are hundreds of people all over the place… but if you apply for a special entry permit to go in for the morning, we had it all to ourselves.For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews/lifestyleJiroch said the Rocky Mountains National Park is one of his and his wife’s favorite spots. “I think it’s a very underrated national park because everyone talks about Boulder and all of these other areas, but there’s so much hiking and so many beautiful lakes are really accessible right outside of Denver,” he said. The content creator also noted that there are great hiking options throughout as well. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER”It’s such a beautiful spot, and it’s so diverse,” he said, noting that there are various perspectives to take in the views through hiking paths and rock climbing.Jiroch added one spot to the list, which was featured on his and his wife’s TikTok page.”Our personal favorite is Yosemite,” he said, adding, “If I was to tell one person that was visiting the U.S. or that lived in the U.S. places that they need to visit at least once in their life, that would be on the short list.”



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Janice Combs, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ mother, broke her silence Sunday and admitted she was left “devastated and profoundly saddened” by the allegations waged against her son, she said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.Diddy was arrested Sept. 16 and charged the next day with racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution. He entered a not guilty plea hours after an indictment detailing his alleged sex crimes was unsealed. If found guilty, he faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars or a maximum sentence of life in prison.”It is heartbreaking to see my son judged not for the truth, but for a narrative created out of lies,” Janice Combs wrote. “To bear witness what seems to be like a public lynching of my son before he has had the opportunity to prove his innocence is a pain too unbearable to put into words. Like every human being, my son deserves to have his day in court, to finally share his side, and to prove his innocence.”She pleaded, “My son is not the monster they have painted him to be, and he deserves the chance to tell his side. I can only pray that I am alive to see him speak his truth and be vindicated.”DIDDY PARTY PHOTOG WHO REPORTEDLY BROKE 1999 JENNIFER LOPEZ ROMANCE SAYS NUDE BASHES INCLUDED WARNING FOR KIDS”I am not here to portray my son as perfect because he is not,” Janice Combs said. “He has made mistakes in his past, as we all have. My son may not have been entirely truthful about certain things, such as denying he has ever gotten violent with an ex-girlfriend when the hotel’s surveillance showed otherwise.” WENDY WILLIAMS SAYS DIDDY ‘SINGLE-HANDEDLY’ TRIED TO RUIN HER CAREER, ‘ABOUT TIME’ HE’S IN JAILShe added, “Sometimes, the truth and a lie become so closely intertwined that it becomes terrifying to admit one part of the story, especially when that truth is outside the norm or is too complicated to be believed. This is why I believe my son’s civil legal team opted to settle the ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit instead of contesting it until the end, resulting in a ricochet effect as the federal government used this decision against my son by interpreting it as an admission of guilt.”Surveillance video taken from a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 allegedly showed the billionaire publicly assaulting his then girlfriend Cassie Ventura. In the footage, Sean Combs “kicked, dragged, and threw a vase at a woman as she was attempting to leave,” the indictment said. “When a member of the hotel security staff intervened, Combs attempted to bribe the staff member to ensure silence.”WATCH: 2016 SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ALLEGEDLY SHOWS ALTERCATIONS BETWEEN DIDDY AND CASSIE”It is important to recognize that none of us, regardless of our status, are immune to fear or mistakes,” Janice Combs said. “Not being entirely straightforward about one issue does not mean my son is guilty of the repulsive allegations and the grave charges leveled against him. Many individuals who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated had their freedom taken from them not because they were guilty of the crimes they were accused of, but because they didn’t fit the image of what this society considers to be a ‘good person.’ History has showed us how individuals can be wrongfully convicted due to their past actions or mistakes.” TMZ PRESENTS: THE DOWNFALL OF DIDDYShe continued, “Watching the world make jokes and laugh at my son’s life crumbling before our eyes is something I can never forget. It is truly agonizing to watch the world turn against my son so quickly and easily over lies and misconceptions, without ever hearing his side or affording him the opportunity to present his side.” Janice Combs believed people were seeking “financial gain” through telling lies about her son, and not pursuing justice. “These individuals saw how quickly my son’s civil legal team settled his ex-girlfriend’s lawsuit, so they believe they can receive a quick payday by falsely accusing my son,” she said. “False allegations of sexual assault thwart true victims of sexual violence from getting the justice they deserve.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSJanice Combs accused the federal government of engaging in similar tactics “to prosecute my son,” and said the injustice has been “unbearable” on their family.”The worst part of this ordeal is watching my beloved son be stripped of his dignity, not for what he did, but for what people choose to believe about him,” she said before asking his supporters to not “judge him before you’ve had the chance to hear his side.” “I beg you to think about those who have been wrongfully persecuted, to remember that not everyone who has made mistakes in life deserves to have their entire existence judged by a single action or a few mistakes,” she wrote. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERAuthorities alleged Diddy ran a criminal enterprise through his businesses, including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises and Combs Global, among others. He used “firearms, threats of violence, coercion and verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse” to fulfill his sexual desires, according to the unsealed indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.Diddy and his employees would “intimidate, threaten, and lure female victims into Combs’ orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship. Combs allegedly then used force, threats of force and coercion to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that Combs referred to as, among other things, ‘freak offs.'” Prior to the U.S. Attorney’s press conference in September, Combs’ attorney said they plan to fight for the rapper to be released.



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Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 78 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 on Friday 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 on Friday, 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 and a solo sit-down with a Philadelphia TV station. She also spoke to MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle and she made time to hang out with supporter Oprah Winfrey last month at a star-studded campaign event. This week she taped an interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast.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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