Former aides to former President Joe Biden reportedly fumed at excerpts from former Vice President Kamala Harris upcoming book Thursday after she claimed she rarely received support from the president.Axios national political correspondent Alex Thompson reported that Biden aides "reacted with rage" after excerpts of Harris book, "107 Days," which documents her failed 2024 presidential bid, were released Wednesday.In the excerpts, Harris wrote that Bidens team rarely, if ever, defended her from negative press.HARRIS ADMITS BIDEN 'GOT TIRED,' DENIES 'CONSPIRACY' TO HIDE MENTAL DECLINE"They had a huge comms team; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day. But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible," Harris wrote.Several Biden aides told Axios that Harris was trying to scapegoat Biden instead of reflecting on her own failures as vice president."Vice President Harris was simply not good at the job," a former Biden White House official said. "She had basically zero substantive role in any of the administration's key work streams, and instead would just dive bomb in for stilted photo ops that exposed how out of depth she was."HARRIS ADMITS SILENCE ON BIDEN'S 2024 RE-ELECTION BID WAS 'RECKLESSNESS'Another aide expressed anger at Harris suggestion that she should have urged Biden to step down earlier."I'm not sure the very robust defense of not having the courage to speak up in the moment about Biden running is quite as persuasive as she thinks it is. If this is her attempt at political absolution: Lots of luck in your senior year," the aide said.The same aide also disputed Harris claim that Bidens team tried to drag her down by assigning her to handle "irregular immigration" as a so-called "border czar.""On the border stuff in particular, I'd also say if she had spent a fraction of the time and energy doing the work that she did on complaining about how she was perceived, she would have been perceived a whole lot better," the aide said.BIDEN TEAM IS READY TO DROP DIRT ON HARRIS IF SHE COMES AFTER HIM, MARK HALPERIN SAYSSome aides offered kinder words for the former vice president. Former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain told him that Harris did a "good job" as vice president. Another aide expressed relief that Harris could finally express herself."We all know that the Biden folks treated her and her team like s---. We never thought she would actually say anything," the former Biden aide said. "The staffers across a range of ages and positions that I'm talking to are proud of her."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News Digital reached out to representatives for Biden and Harris for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

A second B-21 Raider bomber has flown for the first time in California, the Air Force announced Thursday a milestone officials say will accelerate testing of Americas first new long-range bomber in more than three decades."With the arrival of the second B-21 Raider, our flight test campaign gains substantial momentum," Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said in a statement. He added that the service can now begin integrating weapons and mission systems into the bomber. Until now, flight testing has been limited mainly to performance checks.The B-21, built by Northrop Grumman, is the worlds first sixth-generation aircraft and will be capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional weapons. Its stealth design is intended to penetrate deep into enemy territory and operate against increasingly advanced air defenses being fielded by China, Russia and other adversaries.The new bomber follows in the lineage of the Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress, the supersonic B-1 Lancer and the radar-evading B-2 Spirit.INSIDE AMERICA'S 6TH-GEN ARSENAL: B-21, F-47 AND THE FUTURE OF AIR DOMINANCEUnlike the B-2, which cost roughly $2 billion per plane and was ultimately limited to a fleet of 21, the B-21 has been designed with a lower price tag of about $800 million per aircraft and with an open systems architecture to allow for easier technological upgrades.The B-2, still in service, recently flew combat missions during U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June.Air Force leaders have said the service plans to buy at least 100 B-21s, which will operate alongside a fleet of 76 modernized B-52J Stratofortresses well into the future. Together, the two aircraft will form the backbone of Americas bomber force, providing both long-range strike and nuclear deterrence capabilities as part of the U.S. nuclear triad.The program is being closely watched in Washington after past aircraft programs, such as the F-35 fighter jet and KC-46 tanker, suffered significant delays and cost overruns.Officials have kept most details about the B-21 classified, including the schedule for reaching initial operational capability, though the Air Force has said it expects the bomber to enter service in the early 2030s.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said the addition of a second test aircraft is a positive step toward that goal. "The addition of a second B-21 to the flight test program accelerates the path to fielding," Allvin said. "By having more assets in the test environment, we bring this capability to our warfighters faster, demonstrating the urgency with which were tackling modernization."MIDNIGHT HAMMER IS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BUT THERES ONE BIG RED FLAGThe B-21 program, which began in the early 2010s under what was then known as the Long Range Strike Bomber initiative, has been described by Pentagon leaders as essential to maintaining U.S. military advantage.Officials have said the aircrafts range and stealth will give commanders more options in the Indo-Pacific, where long distances and growing Chinese missile threats challenge traditional forward bases.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPNorthrop Grumman leads the program with a network of suppliers across the country, supporting thousands of jobs. The company unveiled the aircraft publicly for the first time in December 2022 at its Palmdale, Calif., facility, though most of its capabilities remain highly classified. Only a handful of images have been released, showing a sleek flying-wing design reminiscent of the B-2 but built with updated materials and engineering.With testing now expanding, the Pentagon is hoping to avoid delays and deliver the bomber on time and on budget. Officials stress that the B-21 will provide the United States with a critical edge for decades to come in both conventional strike missions and nuclear deterrence.

USA Cycling has provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing social media posts by transgender athlete Chelsea Wolfe an alternate in BMX for the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination this week."The views of current and former national team athletes are their own and do not reflect those of USA Cycling.Chelsea Wolfe has not been a member of the USA Cycling National Team or a member of USA Cycling since 2023," the statement read.Wolfe's social media statements, made via Instagram story, included a re-share of news of Kirk's assassination with an animated caption that read "We did it!" and a selfie with a caption that suggested Kirk was a "Nazi."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Being a Nazi is completely optional btw. He didn't have to do all that, but he did and now he's dead. Don't live your life in a way that the world is better following your death," Wolfe wrote.Wolfe has since been the subject of backlash on social media. Women's tennis legend and known liberal Martina Navritolva and conservative influencer Riley Gaines have been among those to criticize Wolfe, publicly.Wolfe appeared to acknowledge the backlash in a post on Thursday night, sharing a meme with the caption that read, "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."Wolfe previously said in a March 2020 Facebook post that the athlete hoped to "burn the American flag" at the Tokyo Olympics."My goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a U.S. flag on the podium. This is what they focus on during a pandemic. Hurting trans children," Wolfe wrote on Facebook on March 25, 2020.WHAT IS A BOLT ACTION RIFLE? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE GUN USED TO KILL CHARLIE KIRKThe United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) previously employed a gender eligibility policy that allowed biological males to compete in the women's category at the time of Wolfe's status as an Olympic alternate in 2021.The USOPC changed its athlete safety policy in July to suggest it will comply with President Donald Trump's "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order.USA Cycling released an updated policy earlier in September, restricting competitors in the women's category to females, defined as "Female means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell."Law enforcement officials worked frantically in the aftermath of Kirk's death to track down and arrest the suspect, who they announced Friday was Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah man, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed Friday.The rifle that federal investigators believe was used in the shooting contained ammunition inscribed with anti-fascist messaging, shedding light on the suspect's motive. One used casing and three unused casings contained the writings, Cox said.FBI Director Kash Patel laid out the timeline of the investigation Friday, saying it took the FBI and Utah law enforcement 33 hours to make an arrest. Patel said authorities made "historic progress" in such a short duration of time.Cox on Friday called the shooting a "political assassination."Follow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

As Memphis prepares for the arrival of the National Guard following President Donald Trump's announcement Friday morning on "Fox & Friends," one downtown restaurant is focused on what it's always done" serving ribs to hungry locals and tourists.Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous the legendary barbecue rib spot tucked into a downtown alley since 1948 remains a symbol of stability in a city thrust into the national spotlight.John Vergos, the restaurant's co-owner and son of the late founder, told Fox News Digital that Memphis is "no better, no worse than any other city."BEST BBQ SPOTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH AS NEW MUSEUM DEBUTS"I'm not saying we don't have problems, but I don't know which city does not," he added.While headlines may paint a grim picture of Memphis, the only thing smoking inside the Rendezvous is the barbecue pit, Vergos indicated."We probably have half tourists and half locals, and our business has been down somewhat," Vergos said. "I don't know if that's reflective of the restaurant business nationally being down a little bit.I think tourism in Memphis is down but again, we've been pretty beat up in the media."Co-owner Anna Vergos Blair,who helps manage the family business, said it's the outside perception of Memphis that worries her most.BARBECUE LOVERS TO ENJOY INTERACTIVE 'SMOKE, RUB, SPICE AND WOOD' DEEP-DIVE EXPERIENCEShe pointed to the city's culinary identity as proof that Memphis is far more complex than the headlines suggest."Memphis has an amazing, almost underrated food scene," Blair said. "Memphis is known for barbecue, which is great for us, but Memphis has a lot more than barbecue."Barbecue may be the headliner, but Vergos said the city's culinary scene is deep, soulful and uniquely Memphis."Memphis is a great foodie town," he said. "It's not a chain kind of city. It has tons of family-owned businesses."CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERVergos served two terms as a city councilman from 1996 to 2004. He said he doesn't feel unsafe in Memphis and claimed there has "never" been a violent incident in or around the restaurant.Statistics provided by the White House, however, show that Memphis had the highest violent crime rate and third-highest murder rate in the United States last year. There have been 149 homicides in the city so far this year, according to the White House."I'm grateful for the president's unwavering support and commitment to providing every resource necessary to serve Memphians, and I look forward to working with local officials and law enforcement to continue delivering results," Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wrote on X after Trump's announcement."As one of America's world-class cities, Memphis remains on a path to greatness, and we are not going to let anything hold them back."Vergos said Memphis is a "resilient city" that has overcome tumultuous moments in American history namely the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.MORE FROM FOX NEWS LIFESTYLEBarbecue and the Rendezvous has played a role in helping to shift the city's public perception, the owners said."I think my grandfather named it the Rendezvous [because] it means 'a meeting place,'" Blair said. "And I think food does that a lot. I think restaurants do that a lot, and they continue to do that in Memphis every single day."The goal, she said, "is to make people happy and have people enjoy food and enjoy company and get out of their houses and come have a night off."Vergos said visitors to the city and his restaurant "should feel safe," but he admits the negative headlines about Memphis might make customers "a little bit reluctant."He added, "If they're determined to send the National Guard down, I hope it's done in a constructive way, and I hope that it's done [in coordination] with local and state officials."

A former Michigan prosecutor was blasted online for suggesting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was responsible for his own assassination Wednesday because of his pro-Second Amendment stance.Carol Siemon, who in 2022 stepped down as the top prosecutor in Ingham County, which includes much of Lansing, Michigan's state capital, mocked Kirks lifelong defense of gun rights."Im terribly sorry when anyone is shot," Siemon wrote on X. "But Im sure he doesnt mind because he has said that shootings and gun deaths are a price he is willing to pay for nearly unfettered abilities to possess and use firearms. I support sensible firearm control, and perhaps he will too."Siemon, who did not respond to a request for comment, appears to have deleted her account.Kirk, 31, was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The conservative activist and father of two young children had been leading his American Comeback Tour and was taking questions from supporters and detractors when he ws killed.COMPLETE COVERAGE OF CHARLIE KIRKBut while tributes to Kirk poured in from fans and colleagues across the world, Siemon's remarks quickly drew fire. Former Michigan House Speaker and current gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard blasted her statement as "politicizing the murder of a young father and husband."VIGILS HELD ACROSS US AFTER ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK: 'WE MUST HEAL'He said it was "rich coming from a prosecutor that refused to prosecute gun crimes, making Lansing one of the most dangerous cities in the country during your time in office."Siemon was elected in 2016 as the countys first female prosecutor and later was criticized over her soft-on-crime record as well as clashes with law enforcement and the judiciary.In 2019, she allowed Anthony McRae, later responsible for the 2023 Michigan State University mass shooting that left three dead and five injured, to plead a felony gun charge down to a misdemeanor.That decision meant McRae avoided jail time and kept his ability to purchase firearms.In 2022, Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina rejected a plea deal Siemon struck for convicted murderer Kiernan Brown, accusing the prosecutor of "trying to be creative to get around the law" and publicly calling for her resignation.

The Trump administration condemned the Saudi and French-led push for Palestinian statehood at theUnited Nations on Friday, after the General Assembly approved the "New York Declaration" by a vote of 142 in favor, with the U.S. and nine others voting against, and 12 abstentions.U.S. United Nations Counselor Morgan Ortagus condemned the vote. "Make no mistake this resolution is a gift to Hamas," she told members of the General Assembly."TheUnited Stateswill not participate in this insult to the victims of October 7, but we will continue to lead real-world efforts to end the fighting and to deliver a permanent peace," adding, "Todays resolution is yet another counterproductive gesture that only rewards Hamas, drags out the war and undercuts the very diplomatic efforts to free the hostages and end the suffering in Gaza."TRUMP REJECTS MACRON MOVE AS US SKIPS UN SUMMIT ON PALESTINIAN STATEA White House official told Fox News Digital after the vote, "As the President stated, he would be rewarding Hamas and would be hindering efforts to bring home the hostages if he recognizes a Palestinian state, and he doesnt think they should be rewarded. So he is not going to do that."Proposed during a United Nations conference in July, the declaration is meant to chart what its sponsors describe as an "irreversible" path toward Palestinian statehood. Itcondemns Hamas for the October 7 attacks, demands the release of hostages and calls for Hamas to relinquish control of Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority.In Paris, the French Foreign Ministry hailed the outcome, calling it a "historic vote" that demonstrated the determination of the international community to advance an "ambitious roadmap for peace and security for all in the region."RUBIO DENIES VISAS TO PALESTINIAN LEADERS FOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CITING TERROR SUPPORTThe ministry added that the declaration embodies unprecedented support for principles such as an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, the creation of a viable, sovereign Palestinian state and confirmed the process will continue at a follow-up conference in New York on Sept. 22, to be attended by President Emmanuel Macron.Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon called Fridays vote "theater," warning, "The only beneficiary is Hamas. When terrorists are the ones cheering, you are not advancing peace; you are advancing terror."Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices, told Fox News Digital the declaration is "a direct threat to American national security" as well as "an unabashed attempt to destroy the Jewish state. It entails the so-called right of return mass numbers of Palestinians moving into Israel in a way that would overcome the Jewish majority and end Jewish self-determination."She warned that its provisions on Hamas are "smoke and mirrors," and said the measure undermines the Abraham Accords by restoring a Palestinian veto over regional peace. "Its vital that America mount a powerful response."While welcoming the U.S. vote and those nine countries voting against the resolution Argentina, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Tonga she condemned Germanys support, adding that it was "absolutely shocking undermining the vital necessity of Jewish self-determination is abhorrent."On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to visit Israel ahead of high-level U.N. meetings later this month, where countries including France and Britain are expected to formally recognize Palestinian statehood.

Lawmakers are divided on whether to tone down heated rhetoric after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, reigniting debate over the role fiery language plays in Americas surge of political violence.Political violence has been a steady constant in recent years, including a pair of assassination attempts against President Donald Trump in 2024 and the slaying of a Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota earlier this year.DEMS, GOP LAWMAKERS JOIN FORCES TO CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE AFTER CHARLIE KIRK SHOTKirks death has again reignited the discussion on what role political rhetoric, be it inside the walls of Congress or around the country, has to play in political violence in the U.S."This is on all of us, right?" Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., told Fox News Digital. "I mean, you know, everyone's been ramping up the rhetoric, right?"If the left is going to blame the right, and the right is going to blame the left, and we're going to continue to say Its your fault,' and we're not collectively going to try to bring it down together, then this cycle is just going to continue to go on."And Republican leaders are hoping to turn the temperature down in Congress in the wake of Kirks death."I'm trying to turn the temperature down around here," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said. "I always do that. I've been very consistent."Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told Fox News Digital he believed reining in hostile or divisive rhetoric is "always a conversation with people in leadership."WATCH: BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS EXPRESS SHOCK, GRIEF AFTER CHARLIE KIRK'S KILLING"And it should be in both parties to make sure that you don't incite this kind of an activity," he said. "And you just don't know somebody, and based on their mental health, what kind of activity they may what role that may play in this. We still don't know what's happened here."Some lawmakers fear that the escalation in political violence has America returning to the violent and chaotic time of the 1960s, which saw the assassinations of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy and his brother and presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, among others."The message was love and not violence," Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., said of the turmoil in the 1960s. "So, you know, returning to a message like that could be good, but it didn't change the outcome of the assassinations during that era. So, I don't know that there's an easy answer."Still, emotions were running high on the Hill in the days following the shooting at Utah Valley University, which resulted in a two-day manhunt and the eventual arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.When asked how much of a role rhetoric had to play in Kirks slaying, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said, "A lot.""You say you're a Nazi and a fascist and a threat to democracy, how does that help? If you disagree on issues, that's one thing, but [you're] not saying that," Norman said. "The left is a poster child."Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital he had known Kirk for a decade and noted that the late founder of Turning Point USA "stood for the open exchange of ideas."CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION ROCKS CAPITOL HILL, HEIGHTENS LAWMAKERS' SECURITY FEARS"I think what we have to learn from that is that we need to go back to the principles that built this country, which is that it is actually a positive and healthy thing to debate ideas," Moreno said. "We don't have to be mad at each other because we have a different point of view, let alone escalate the violence."But Moreno noted that for the last decade, Trump and Republicans like himself have been compared to Adolf Hitler, Nazi sympathizers and fascists, "which the Democrats do every single day.""What's the problem?" Moreno said. "Like, you signed up for politics, you got to be able to have a thick skin. It's not about that. It's about that you send a message to crazy people, that says, 'You're actually doing a good deed if you kill somebody who would otherwise be a Nazi and a fascist who will end our democracy.'"Trump put the blame, in part, on Democrats in an address to the nation on Wednesday night, where he charged that "those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals."He repeated that sentiment during an appearance on "Fox & Friends" Friday morning when he was asked about radical elements on the conservative side of the aisle."I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less," Trump said. "The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem."When asked for his response to Trumps address, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, "This is a time that all Americans should come together and feel and mourn what happened."Violence affects so many different people, so many different political persuasions," he said. "It is an infliction on America, and coming together is what we ought to be doing, not pointing fingers to blame."

President Donald Trump got another victory in the high-stakes political battle between Republicans and Democrats over congressional redistricting.The Missouri state Senate, meeting Friday in a special legislative session, passed by a 21-11 vote a new congressional map that is likely to hand Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of next year's midterm elections.Missouri, a one-time swing state that has dramatically shifted to the right over the past decade and a half, is the latest battleground in the congressional redistricting showdown, following the passage of new maps in GOP-dominated Texas and a redistricting push by Democrats in heavily blue California.With passage of the redistricting bill in the Missouri House of Representatives earlier in the week, the measure now heads to Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk.TRUMP-BACKED REDISTRICTING PUSH TURNS MIDWESTERN STATE INTO NEXT POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND"Missouris conservative, commonsense values should be truly represented at all levels of government, and the Missouri First Map delivers just that," Kehoe said as he recently announced the special session and unveiled the proposed map.After the House passed the redistricting bill, the governor reiterated that the new maps would ensure "that the values of Missourians are represented clearly and effectively."The new map proposed by Kehoe targets longtime Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City-area district by shifting it eastward to include rural right-leaning voters. The new map would likely flip Cleaver's seat and give Republicans a 7-1 advantage in the state's House delegation.Cleaver has vowed to take legal action if the new map is signed into law by the governor."I want to warn all of us that if you fight fire with fire long enough, all youre going to have left is ashes," Cleaver said Thursday as he testified in front of a Missouri Senate committee.And pointing to recent public opinion polling, he called the redistricting plan "immensely unpopular."But Trump touted in a recent social media post that Missouri voters would have "the tremendous opportunity to elect an additional MAGA Republican in the 2026 Midterm Elections."Missouri Democrats staged a sit-in last weekend, refusing to leave the chamber in protest of the Republican-backed map. And Democrats held another rally at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday.Missouri state House Minority Leader Ashley Aune has accused Republicans of pushing to "rig our maps and eliminate our representation in Congress."And former Rep. Russ Carnahan, the chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, has warned there are political consequences for Republicans pushing to redistrict."They're choosing to bow down to Washington demands to do some things that I think are going to stir the ire of Missouri voters, and they're about to see what p---ed off Missouri voters look like," Carnahan told Fox News Digital.But with Republicans in firm control of both chambers in Missouri's legislature, Democrats were without any good options to prevent passage of the new map.Kehoe's announcement of the special session came hours after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a redistricting bill passed by the Republican supermajority in the state legislature that aims to create up to five right-leaning congressional districts at the expense of currently Democrat-controlled seats in the reliably red state.ABBOTT CLEARS FINAL REDISTRICTING HURDLE AS TEXAS SENATE PASSES NEW TRUMP-APPROVED MAPThe efforts in Missouri and Texas are part of a broad effort by the GOP to pad their razor-thin House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.Trump and his political team are aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections.Democrats are fighting back against the rare, but not unheard-of mid-decade redistricting.State lawmakers in heavily blue California have approved a special ballot proposition this November to obtain voter approval to temporarily sidetrack the state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democrat-dominated legislature.The effort in California, which aims to create five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts and counter the shift in Texas, is being spearheaded by two-term Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is seen as a likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender.With Democrats currently needing just a three-seat pickup in next year's midterms to win back the House majority, Indiana, South Carolina and Florida are mulling their own GOP-friendly redistricting plans ahead of the 2026 elections. And right-leaning Ohio is under a court order to draw new maps ahead of the midterms.Democrats, as they push back, are looking to New York, Illinois and Maryland in the hopes of creating more left-leaning congressional seats.In Illinois and Maryland, where Govs. J.B. Pritzker and Wes Moore are discussing redistricting, Democrats hope to pick up to three more left-leaning seats.And Democrats could pick up a seat in Republican-dominated Utah, where a judge recently ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to draw new maps after ruling that lawmakers four years ago ignored an independent commission approved by voters to prevent partisan gerrymandering.

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On day five of Ryan Rouths federal trial, jurors heard from prosecutors who presented evidence they said connected Ryan Rouths clothing and belongings to the alleged snipers nest at Trump International Golf Club during the alleged assassination attempt last year.FBI Special Agent Jose Loureiro walked jurors through photos they argue tie Rouths clothing to the scene. Images showed Routh in a long-sleeve pink shirt, pants and leggings. Prosecutors highlighted a red stain on the pants and compared it to red paint on a bag recovered at the sniper hide, suggesting a direct link between the defendant and the site. They also displayed a blue Harbor Freight flashlight recovered from the area.Rouths cross-examination was brief."Fortuitous that the blue flashlight with the name on it landed straight up on it?" he asked."I wouldnt know," Loureiro replied. Routh asked no further questions.RYAN ROUTH CHASTISED DURING OPENING STATEMENTS IN FEDERAL TRIAL FOR 'MAKING A MOCKERY' OF THE COURTAlso on Friday, Lt. William Gale, commander of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs bomb squad, testified he was monitoring radio traffic when he heard a panicked voice yell, "shots fired, shots fired, shots fired!"He said he crawled through hedges near the 6th hole of Trump International Golf Club and found "two backpacks hanging on the fence, a rifle leaning on the fence and a GoPro-type camera zip-tied to the fence."On the ground nearby, he said, were Vienna sausages the same brand prosecutors said they tied to a selfie Routh allegedly took hours before. Routh declined to cross-examine him.RYAN ROUTH TRIAL OPENS WITH BIZARRE JURY QUESTIONS AND WITNESS DRAMASgt. Kenneth Mays, a tactical officer with the sheriffs office, also took the stand and described forcing his way into "pretty thick" brush and finding a rifle and bags clipped to the fence in a spot that "looked like someone had been in there." On cross-examination, Routh quizzed him on how AK-47 rifles function, repeatedly interrupting with, "right, right, right."Before the lunch break, jurors also heard from FBI Special Agent Kathryn Rose, who spent about an hour on the stand. Prosecutor Maria Medetis Long walked her through a series of exhibits, including the rifle itself still sealed in its evidence box and cut out with scissors as well as the magazine, the single bullet left in the chamber, the black metal plates, two bags that had been spray-painted a different color, and the GoPro-style camera. When Judge Aileen Cannon asked jurors if they wanted a closer look at any of the evidence, they declined.The day began with FBI forensic specialist Erin Casey, who guided jurors through drone footage, laser scans and animated "fly-through" reconstructions of the alleged sniper nest. She testified the hideout was "126 feet and 10 inches from the flag on the 6th green."Routh has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including attempted assassination of a former president, assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon, and multiple firearms offenses. U.S. prosecutors allege he plotted for months, traveled from Hawaii to Florida, and positioned himself at Trump International Golf Club with a rifle chambered and ready to fire on Sept. 15, 2024.RYAN ROUTH TRIAL CONTINUES AFTER AGENT TESTIFIES SUSPECT AIMED RIFLE AT HIM ON TRUMPS GOLF COURSECLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCourt was still underway Friday afternoon, with additional FBI witnesses expected. Cannon told jurors proceedings are scheduled to run until 5:30 p.m. daily. Court will resume Monday with prosecutors expected to continue calling FBI witnesses as they build their case.