Limited civil rights enforcement resources were prioritized to resolve cases related to pronoun usage and alleged book banning under the Biden administration, while hundreds of civil rights cases pertaining to antisemitism went unresolved, according to a senior Education Department official who spoke to Fox News Digital.Almost 200 antisemitism complaints filed with the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), either in the early evaluation stages or in later investigatory stages, were left unresolved under the Biden administration, according to the official.More than 150 of those unresolved complaints, according to the official, were filed after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack that killed nearly 1,200 innocent people and sparked an Israeli military campaign in Gaza that led to an uptick in anti-Israel sentiment across the United States, especially on college campuses."The Biden administration placed an undue burden on OCR by stretching the scope of civil rights law beyond its statutory purview," said Julie Hartman, a Department of Education spokesperson. "The Trump OCR is cleaning that up daily. Byenforcing the law as it is written, the Trump administrations OCR isusing its personnel and resources responsibly and eliminating wasteful and unfounded investigations."DOJ LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO BLUE STATE CITY OVER ALLEGED RACE-BASED HIRINGSo far, the Trump administration has dismissed at least 11 complaints related to so-called "book bans" across the country, which alleged that school districts' removal of content deemed by parents as age-inappropriate violated students' civil rights.The Trump administration also reversed the Biden administration's decision to include "gender identity" within the scope of Title IX and instructed educational institutions receiving federal funds to halt the continuance of what the Trump administration has called racially discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives."[The Biden administration] expanded the sex-based protections of Title IX to include gender identity, thereby creating a whole avenue of issues, such as pronoun misgendering cases, which would be pursued by OCR investigators as possibly constituting discrimination," Hartman said. "Similarly, the previous administrations OCR stretched Title VI to its breaking point by claiming DEI, which is often racially discriminatory, was consistent with Title VI, incentivizing educational institutions to double down on DEI programming and policies lest they risk meritless Title VI investigations."CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICIALS PROBE 4 US MEDICAL SCHOOLS OVER ANTISEMITISM AT 2024 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIESUnder Biden, civil rights officials also let a complaint against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas languish without any resolution, the senior agency official confirmed. In March 2022, Thomas became the first transgender woman swimmer to win a Division I national championship after tying a biologically female opponent, setting off a firestorm over whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women's sports.Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order withholding federal funding from any schools allowing biological males, such as Thomas, to compete in women's sports.Trump also signed an early executive order to combat the rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023, and established a Justice Department task force to help hold educational institutions accountable. In March, the Education Department announced it had sent letters to 60 institutions of high education warning them of potential civil rights violations if they do not adequately protect their Jewish students as required under Title VI.Meanwhile, the Trump administration's effort to dismantle the Department of Education has led critics to claim its civil rights enforcement, in particular related to students with disabilities, has tanked.But according to a senior OCR attorney, the Trump administration's disability-related OCR resolutions have been on par with the pace of the previous administration.So far, since the Trump administration took over, more than 200 disability-related complaints have been opened, the official indicated. The administration has also closed 100 disability-related civil rights cases filed with the Education Department since Trump's inauguration in January.

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ashley Moody will roll out a measure on Wednesday that will expedite the removal of criminal illegal immigrants from the United States involved in gangs, foreign terrorist organizations or convicted of any felony on U.S. soil, Fox News Digital has learned.Moody, R-Fla., is expected to introduce her legislation Wednesday morning, titled "The Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act."Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is co-sponsoring the legislation.EXCLUSIVE: KASH PATEL DELIVERS FIERY WARNING AFTER FBI DISRUPTS MASS SHOOTING TERROR PLOT TARGETING MILITARYMoodys team told Fox News Digital that the legislation is "critical" to supporting the Trump administrations immigration priorities."Following four years of systematic dismantlement of our countrys immigration and national security structure under Joe Biden, the American people gave President Trump a mandate to clean up Bidens mess," Moody told Fox News Digital. "Democrats and lower-level partisan judges, however, have sought to block his efforts at every turn."Moody told Fox News Digital that they have claimed that "dangerous criminal illegal aliens and MS-13 gang members like Kilmar Abrego Garcia are just family men living quiet lives in America, and they couldnt be more wrong.""Democrats have fought against the quick removal of illegal aliens who have committed atrocious crimes against children or even those that have been convicted of murder," Moody said. "It makes no sense."Moodys bill authorizes the expedited removal of an immigrant who is a member of a criminal gang or organization; a member of a foreign terrorist organization or has provided material support to such an organization; or has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor.Those potential felony or misdemeanor convictions include any assault of a law enforcement officer, any sexual offense, any crime of domestic violence, any stalking offense, any crime against children or any violation of a protection order."Today we are finally putting common-sense immigration policies first by introducing legislation to authorize the expedited removal of dangerous criminals and prevent activist-judges from keeping known terrorists, criminals and gang members on American soil and endangering our communities," Moody told Fox News Digital.Moodys bill comes amid a court battle over Abrego Garcia the Salvadorian migrant and alleged MS-13 member who was deported from Maryland to El Salvador in March.DOJ INDICTS ALLEGED HIGH-RANKING TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBER ON TERRORISM CHARGES FOR THE FIRST TIMEAbrego Garcia was suspected of partaking in labor/human trafficking, according to a 2022 Homeland Security Investigations report obtained by Fox News. The report also stated that "official law enforcement investigations" revealed that Abrego Garcia was a member of the notorious gang MS-13, which Trump has designated as a terror organization.A Homeland Security Investigations report also notes that in October 2019, the Prince Georges County Police Gang Unit identified Abrego Garcia as a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang.Abrego Garcia was also recently revealed to have a record of being a "violent" repeat wife beater, according to court records filed in a Prince Georges County, Maryland, district court by his wife, Jennifer Vasquez.The Trump administration has continued to maintain it was right to deport Abrego Garcia to CECOT, despite many Democrats suggesting he was wrongly deported, even going as far as to say he was kidnapped by the administration.

China is concerned by President Donald Trump's proposal for a new U.S. missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, which is designed to protect against adversarial attacks on America.Golden Dome has a "strong offensive nature and violates the principle of peaceful use in the Outer Space Treaty," Chinese Foreign Minister Mao Ning said Wednesday."The project will heighten the risk of turning space into a war zone and creating a space arms race, and shake the international security and arms control system," Mao said. "We urge the U.S. to give up developing and deploying global anti-missile system."Both China and Russia have placed offensive weapons in space, like anti-satellite capabilities that could potentially be used to try to take the U.S. offline, American intelligence officials have warned.MIND-BOGGLING: SPACE FORCE CHIEF FIRES OFF DIRE WARNING ABOUT CHINESE CAPABILITY TO KNOCK OUT US SATELLITESHowever, China said it was the U.S. that was "obsessed" with offensive space dominance."The U.S., by putting itself first, and being obsessed with pursuing absolute security, violates the principle of, and diminishes, the security for all and undermines the global strategic balance and stability," Mao said."China is gravely concerned about this," she added. "We urge the U.S. to give up developing and deploying the global anti-missile system at an early date and take concrete actions to enhance strategic mutual trust between major countries and safeguard global strategic stability."Trump laid out a broad overview of the Golden Dome plan from the White House on Tuesday, projecting the cost figure at $125 billion. The current government funding bill working its way through Congress includes an initial $25 billion to kick off the project.Trump also offered an ambitious timeline for the project to be completed before he leaves office.LASERS, SPACE RADARS, MISSILE INTERCEPTORS: DEFENSE LEADERS LAY OUT VISION FOR TRUMP'S 'GOLDEN DOME' PROJECTFox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment on China's reaction.The Kremlin, meanwhile, said the Golden Dome project could prompt talks on strategic arms control between Russia and the U.S.The U.S. withdrew from theIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 and theAnti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, citing Russian violations which Moscow denied."Now that the legal framework in this area has been destroyed, and the validity period has expired, or deliberately, let's say, a number of documents have ceased to be valid, this base must be recreated both in the interests of our two countries and in the interests of security throughout the planet," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.Chinas space-based targeting capabilities have "grown most impressively" in recent years, according to Space Force Vice Chief Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, with hundreds of satellites now dedicated to tracking U.S. assets in orbit. He called Chinas rapid advances "mind-boggling" during a hearing on Capitol Hill last month and said the U.S. was at risk of losing its dominance in orbit.Weeks before that, Space Force Vice Chief of Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein revealed that China has been practicing satellite "dogfighting," a sign of its growing ability to conduct complex operations in orbit.Space Force has observed "five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control," he said."Thats what we call dogfighting in space," Guetlein said. "They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to conduct on-orbit operations from one satellite to another."

CNNs Jake Tapper had harsh words for Hunter Biden while discussing the behind-the-scenes cover-up of former President Joe Biden's mental decline with Katie Couric on Tuesday.Tapper appeared with Axios reporter Alex Thompson on Courics podcast "Next Question" to chat about their book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."While talking about the Biden family, Tapper said he found that Hunter had an undue amount of influence in the White House, "almost like a chief of staff.""Its bizarre because I think he is provably, demonstrably unethical, sleazy and prone to horrible decisions," Tapper said.JAKE TAPPER'S PAST COVERAGE OF BIDEN'S COGNITIVE DECLINE UNDER SCRUTINY AHEAD OF HIS NEW BOOK"Tell me how you really feel," Couric remarked.He continued, "Just look at the record: after his brother died, he cheated on his wife with his brothers widow and then got her addicted to crack. Thats just one thing I could say. I dont have a lot of personal regard for himI barely have ever met him. Ive met him like once or twice."By contrast, Tapper said that he had known Bidens other son Beau before his death and considered him an upstanding citizen. Beau was the heir apparent to the Biden political dynasty, serving as Delaware's attorney general from 2007 until his death from cancer in 2015, when he was a candidate for governor."But Hunter is not [everything Beau was], and the idea of letting him drive the family car, as it were, is just really, really questionable," Tapper said.Both Tapper and Thompson remarked on how protecting Hunter from legal consequences was likely one of the factors in the decision for Biden to run for a second term. Thompson added that he believed Hunter at times abused their relationship.Tapper had initially been reluctant to address issues surrounding Hunter Biden before Bidens first term, calling some of the allegations against him "too disgusting" to repeat on CNN in 2020.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREHowever, by 2023, Tapper had begun to aggressively attack the Biden administration regarding Hunter and his questionable foreign business deals."Look, I mean, Hunter Biden is who he is. It's pretty clear who he is," Tapper said in 2023. "In addition to being an addict, he's a guy who ethically has - there have been questions raised about his behavior, and I think it's worth covering."He also attacked Biden for lying about his claims that he would not pardon Hunter only to do so in the final weeks of his term.Fox News Digital reached out to a representative for Hunter Biden for comment, but did not immediately hear back.Hunter Biden separately blasted Tapper in an interview with Breaker on Wednesday, saying he was "furious" with the CNN host for reaching out to him repeatedly while Beau was dying in pursuit of a scoop about the situation. Breaker also reported that Tapper and Hunter Biden had an angry confrontation at the Super Bowl in 2018.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA spokesperson for Tapper denied he had acted thoughtlessly around Beau Biden's death, noting Tapper was subsequently offered interviews with the president and co-moderated the 2024 debate.

Attorney Marc Randazza speaks with Fox News Digital regarding the enforcement of a "buffer zone" around the perimeter of the Norfolk Superior Courthouse as Karen Read's trial remains ongoing. (Hans Pennink for Fox News Digital)

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin sounded off on a Biden-appointed federal judge who could decide Wednesday morning that a plane carrying illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes to South Sudan has to return.

Fox News radio host Guy Benson discusses Sec. Rubio's heated exchanges with Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Tim Kaine over the administration's immigration policy.

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Attorney Marc Randazza speaks with Fox News Digital regarding the enforcement of a "buffer zone" around the perimeter of the Norfolk Superior Courthouse as Karen Read's trial remains ongoing. (Hans Pennink for Fox News Digital)