Dem newcomer heads to Washington despite past ties to al Qaeda-linked group

Adam Hamawy won a House seat despite scrutiny over past ties to an Islamic charity later linked to al Qaeda and a convicted terrorist cleric

By Pedro B Rodriguez-Aparicio , Charles Creitz Fox News

Published November 4, 2026 3:14pm EST

NJ Democrat Adam Hamawy wins primary despite ties to convicted terrorist

New Jersey Democratic candidate Dr. Adam Hamawy wins primary, raising concerns due to his past testimony for convicted terrorist ‘Blind Sheikh.’

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

Democratic congressman-elect Adam Hamawy is headed to Capitol Hill after cruising through the New Jersey election amid renewed scrutiny of his past ties to a charity later designated by the U.S. as a terrorist financier.

Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and former U.S. Army medical officer, secured approximately 70% of the vote in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, despite facing questions on the campaign trail about his reported previous volunteer work with the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), a Chicago-based charity that federal authorities later identified as providing financial and logistical support to al Qaeda.

According to a 1996 interview with the Newark Star-Ledger uncovered by Jewish Insider, Hamawy spent five weeks in Bosnia in 1994 volunteering with the organization, delivering medical supplies to hospitals in Sarajevo and Zenica.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

FIREFIGHTER BROTHER OF 9/11 VICTIM INCENSED BY ‘RADICAL’ MUSLIMS WINNING KEY DEM PRIMARIES

“I worked in Sarajevo for 10 days and then the rest in Zenica, a large regional center in central Bosnia,” Hamawy told the newspaper at the time. “We went out to hospitals around the area and in the mountains to check what supplies they needed, and we tried to deliver them.”

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/adam-hisham-hamawy-new-jersey-democrat.jpg

Adam Hisham Hamawy, a plastic surgeon, is seen during an exclusive interview in New York, United States on April 24, 2024.(Islam Dogru/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In 2002, Bosnian authorities raided the charity’s offices in those cities, recovering documents that federal investigators linked to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, including correspondence, financial records and information about terrorist training camps.

GOP SENATOR IN BRUTAL PRIMARY PRAISED ISLAMIC CHARITY AFTER FEDS CUT TERROR-SCRUTINIZED PARENT, REVIEW FINDS

The 9/11 Commission later identified the charity’s Sarajevo office as part of a network that covertly provided financial and logistical support for terrorist activities.

The organization’s chief executive, Enaam Arnaout, pleaded guilty in 2003 to a racketeering charge involving funds raised for purported humanitarian purposes and diverted to the Bosnian military. Federal prosecutors ultimately dropped terrorism charges against him.

JUDGE THROWS OUT KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S 9/11 CONFESSION IN ALREADY LONG WAIT FOR TRIAL

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

The BIF remains on the U.S. Treasury Department’s terrorism-related sanctions list.

Hamawy’s past relationship with Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known as the “Blind Sheikh,” also drew scrutiny during his congressional campaign.

CLINTON, BUSH RECEIVED MULTIPLE WARNINGS ON BIN LADEN HIJACK PLOTS BEFORE 9/11, DECLASSIFIED FILES SHOW

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/ee8ddacb-sheik-hamaway.png

Adam Hisham Hamawy, right, has ties to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in New York City.(Najlah Feanny/Getty Images; Islam Dogru/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Abdel-Rahman was convicted in 1995 of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in New York City. Court records show that Hamawy accompanied the cleric on a trip to Detroit in 1991, served as his translator during a press conference and testified on his behalf during his federal criminal trial.

Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who helped secure Abdel-Rahman’s conviction, told Fox News Digital that Hamawy’s testimony ultimately strengthened the government’s case against the terrorist leader.

“As was uniformly the case with witnesses presented in the extensive defense case, his testimony, once cross-examination was over, did more to bolster the prosecution’s proof of a jihadist terrorism conspiracy against the United States than to help the accused,” McCarthy said.

Hamawy’s campaign has pushed back against scrutiny of his past association with Abdel-Rahman, accusing Republican-aligned organizations and media outlets of attempting to undermine his candidacy.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

MEET THE FAR-LEFT INSURGENTS WAGING WAR ON THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IN 2026 MIDTERMS

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/adam-hamawy-white-house-washington-fox-news-001-scaled.jpeg

Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2024, after attending meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill.(Drew Angerer/AFP)

“It’s unsurprising that the RNC and Republican billionaire-backed outlets are trying to cast Dr. Adam Hamawy in a negative light: he’s Donald Trump’s worst nightmare,” Hamawy’s campaign told Fox News Digital in May when asked about his relationship with Abdel-Rahman and related reporting.

The reporting has not established that Hamawy personally participated in terrorist activities or knowingly supported al Qaeda through his humanitarian work in Bosnia.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Hamawy did not respond to Fox News Digital’s latest request for comment.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397542572112

The biggest winners and losers of the 2026 midterm elections

2026-11-04T20:15:12.025Z

The results are still rolling in on the 2026 midterm elections. But the overall contours of what just happened are already obvious: A historic Democratic victory, and a historic setback for what is now the lame-duck presidency of Donald Trump.

A look at some of the big winners and losers that tell the tale.

Black political power: Before Tuesday, only three Black governors had ever been elected. Next year, we’ll have five serving at the same time. That’s after wins by Florida GOP Gov.-elect Byron Donalds, Wisconsin Democratic Gov.-elect David Crowley, Nevada Democratic Gov.-elect Aaron Ford and Georgia Democratic Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, who will be the first Black female governor ever. Also, Democrats won in the South due in large part to a surge of Black voters. And if a Black Democrat — Scott Colom — can beat Mississippi GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a Trump +23 state with its fair share of history with race issues, it will be perhaps the biggest statement of all.

The religious left: Two of the biggest Democratic over-performers Tuesday were Kansas Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, who is a pastor, and Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico, who basically sounds like a youth pastor and often cited his faith on the trail. Bet on Democrats looking for more candidates like them, starting today.

Jon Ossoff, times two: He won reelection to the Senate by a stunning 18-point margin in a swing state, bolstering his fast-rising national star. And Lance Bottoms’ win means he can run for president in 2028 without worrying about a major obstacle: a governor who would replace him with a Republican.

James Talarico: He had a deeply flawed opponent in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, yes. But virtually nobody had him winning by double-digits. (He’s currently ahead by 12, in a state Democrats where the party hadn’t won in a statewide race since 1994.)

Gina Hinojosa: But don’t sleep on the other big statewide Democratic winner in Texas, Gov.-elect Hinojosa. She appealed to voters of all walks from all corners of the state, and she beat a three-term GOP governor in Greg Abbott who was on nobody’s radar at the start of the election.

Annie Andrews: Also expect plenty of focus on the South Carolina senator-elect. The pediatrician benefitted from appointed GOP Sen. Darline Graham’s problems, but Andrews was well-liked in her own right in preelection polling. She ran a very strong campaign.

Democrats’ presidential hopes: Not only do Ossoff, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and other potential 2028 hopefuls emerge smelling like roses, but Democrats proved they can compete all over the place. If they can make Texas competitive — a big if, sure — it completely recasts the Electoral College math in their favor. And Tuesday’s results suggest the Trump coalition, which we already knew didn’t turn up as much when he’s not on the ballot, is crumbling.

Democrats’ power in the state: We’re still awaiting some key results, but Democrats have gained full control of at least six state governments, per Bolts magazine’s Daniel Nichanian. The GOP has long benefitted from superior control in the states.

The Supreme Court’s left flank: The size of Democrats’ Senate majority makes the GOP’s ability to confirm a conservative justice to replace Samuel Alito and/or Clarence Thomas appear rather distant — possibly as distant as the early 2030s, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis argued late Tuesday.

Ron DeSantis: OK, it’s not just him. But Tuesday was an argument for the GOP to look outside the Trump administration — and beyond Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — for their 2028 nominee. Florida was at least one of the few states were Republicans notched some key wins, and DeSantis has created some distance from Trump’s political approach of late. Also keep an eye on outgoing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who is even less tethered to Trumpism. (Vance’s X post Wednesday blaming the Iran war for GOP losses suggests he sees the need to distance himself, too.)

Washington, DC, lawyers: The Trump administration’s laissez-faire approach to ethics and self-enrichment has given Democrats a bevy of potential targets. Incoming Democratic House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Garcia of California said it all late Tuesday in a two-word statement: “Lawyer up.” (And administration figures already had been.)

Donald Trump: It’s obvious, but it’s hard to overstate what a rebuke this election was to the president personally. Not only did Trump suffer a crippling loss that leaves him as a lame duck; he made the GOP campaign overwhelmingly about him. He took sole ownership of the economy with his tariffs and the Iran war in ways that clearly backfired. He meddled in GOP primaries in ways that produced a slate of less-electable candidates (a repeat of 2018 that suggests he didn’t learn any lessons there). And his conduct down the stretch in the campaign was downright bizarre, dismissing affordability concerns and frequently focusing on overwhelmingly unpopular things like the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool less than 24 hours before Election Day. There are no good signs about what lay ahead for the GOP and Trump over the next two years, but Republicans are still clearly afraid to blame him.

JD Vance: Trump is now the millstone around his neck. He can try to distance himself from Trump on the Iran war and Israel — as he clearly set about trying to do on Wednesday — but it’s going to be an exceedingly difficult thing to do. Trump, after all, won’t want his VP constantly undercutting his policies and supposed legacy items like the Iran war. And Trump isn’t one who willingly takes the heat to help other members of his party.

Elon Musk: He spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the GOP — including much of it specifically on one of the party’s biggest flops, the Texas Senate race. Indeed, much like in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, it seemed to give Democrats a bogeyman to run against — their own Republican version of George Soros. Also, he moved Tesla to Texas in recent years, and now it’s governed by Democrats.

The tariffs: This was Trump’s and the GOP’s original sin. Voters seemed open to the idea, but it’s not clear they really knew what tariffs were. Then Trump implemented them in bizarre, scattershot and on-again-off-again fashion. A recent study from the New York Federal Reserve found that the overall cost of consumer goods would have fallen without his tariffs in 2025. Congressional Republicans must be ruing that they didn’t assert their authority — or at least try harder to talk Trump out of it.

Mike Johnson: The GOP House speaker claimed for weeks that the polls were wrong and — rather laughably — that Republicans were going to “defy history” by keeping their House majority. He was either just saying stuff, or he has terrible political intel. And now he’s not even going to try to stay in charge of the House GOP; he won’t run for House minority leader (though maybe he’s looking forward to giving up one of the most thankless jobs in Washington).

GOP poll denialists: But Johnson wasn’t the only one; a whole bunch of Republicans confidently predicted that the polls were under-sampling Trump’s supporters. In the end, the polls actually under-estimated Democrats — and often by some significant margins.

The GOP’s gerrymanders: Not only did the GOP’s map in North Carolina majorly blow up in its face (they’re either on track to lose or are trailing in 10 out of 14 seats), but the party might fail to win any of the five seats it drew for itself in Texas and the four it drew for itself in Florida. It looks like the GOP’s whole brazen mid-decade redistricting push gained it next to nothing, at least in this election. And Democrats newfound control in many states means they could redraw their own maps ahead of the 2028 election, thanks to the precedent the GOP has now set.

Previous wave elections: Sorry, 2010 and 2006. Apologies, 1994. The 2026 election appears to have set the post-Watergate benchmark for a political rout in a midterm election. Democrats appear to have won the popular vote by around 13 points, which would be the largest margin for any party since 1976, per the Economist.

Darline Graham: It almost seems cruel to put her here, because she never seemed to truly ask for any of this after her brother died. And you could certainly blame Trump for the weird decision to elevate her. But the appointed senator turned out to be a disastrous candidate, with voters overwhelmingly saying she didn’t have the qualifications to be a senator. It’s a cautionary tale for anyone who might feel compelled to throw themselves into the cauldron of national politics.

Roger Marshall: It can feel difficult to isolate the truly bad candidates when voters were generally so against the GOP. But Marshall is certainly near the top of that list. His fundraising was anemic and he didn’t seem to really have much of a campaign operation until it was too late. He also reportedly went rogue late in the campaign by cutting a video explaining his pursuit of his medical patients’ debts. In the end, he lost a Trump +16 state by around 5 points.

Ken Paxton: Paxton’s under-performance was even bigger. He is losing a Trump + 14 state by 12 points — a massive 26-point swing.

Haley Stevens: The Democratic Michigan congresswoman’s late decision to flip her endorsement from her former primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed to Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race doesn’t seem to have made any difference, judging by El-Sayed’s seven-point win. About all it appears to have done is doom any shot Stevens had at a career in Democratic politics.

Really ugly campaign tactics: Vivek Ramaswamy’s ugly and controversial ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s mom didn’t work; he did worse than any other statewide Ohio Republican. The GOP’s transgender slurs about Andrews and efforts to suggest James Talarico was a gay vegan seemed to do basically no good, as those two were among Democrats’ biggest over-performers. The situation is a little less clear in Alaska, where Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola might still win after the New York Times reported that her campaign recruited a decoy Dan Sullivan; counting those votes will still take some time. Politics has plenty of ugly campaign tactics, but maybe voters don’t like ones that are so transparent and desperate? At the very least, these gambits didn’t seem to help.

Democrats stepping aside for independents: Independent Dan Osborn’s six-point loss to Nebraska GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts suggests Democrats didn’t glean much from their strategy of trying to let independents run with no Democratic opponents in dark-red states. Independents also lost by more than 20 points in similar set-ups in Idaho and South Dakota. And in Montana, their failure to get the Democratic nominee to drop out meant she and the independent split about half the vote. Tuesday’s results suggest Democrats might as well run moderate Democrats who fit those states.

Vance courting disgruntled Trump voters to form ‘new right’ alliance after Republican bloodbath, sources say

Vance stepped out from President Donald Trump’s shadow and delivered a message to disaffected Republicans and Trump voters

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/peter-dabrosca_profile_image.jpg By Peter D’AbroscaFox News

Published November 4, 2026 4:48pm EST | Updated November 4, 2026 6:04pm EST

Vance explains key reason for GOP’s midterm losses

Midterm election developments unfold as Donald Trump addresses reporters at the White House following key congressional races. Plus, former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel discusses the GOP’s performance.

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

blob:https://www.foxnews.com/9a63eb78-899d-4c32-9672-16e708a67597

Listen to this article

4 min

EXCLUSIVE:Vice President JD Vance is seeking to forge a new alliance with disaffected Trump voters ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Fox News Digital has learned.

Vance took control of his own messaging Wednesday morning in the wake of a brutal Republican midterm beatdown, breaking with President Donald Trump on foreign policy and America’s relationship with Israel.

A source familiar with post-election happenings told Fox News Digital that there was a White House meeting Wednesday morning aimed at aligning the entire administration officials on post-midterm messaging. A second source familiar described the meeting as a regular senior staff meeting.

President Donald Trump called into Fox News during election night on Tuesday, and said the Iran war was “partly” to blame for the election losses. Vance then posted on X a lengthy assessment of the outcome, and he, too, blamed the Iran war.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/jd-vance-midterm-rally-council-bluffs.jpg

Vice President JD Vance called out Democrats on Friday, saying that the midterms will be a referendum on “common sense versus pure unadulterated crazy.”(Getty Images)

VANCE’S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: ‘EVERYONE KNOWS WHY’

“The reason we lost is the war,” Vance’s post said. “The president himself said so last night.”

“If you’d like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that’s at least honest,” he went on.

“But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.”

In the post, Vance said a pollster and “one of the smartest people I know in politics” laid out four tasks that would bring voters back to the GOP — end the war in Iran, focus on the cost of living and inflation, put America first, and “change our relationship with Israel.”

JD VANCE DECLINES TO ENDORSE NETANYAHU DESPITE TRUMP’S STRONG BACKING

A Trump administration official who spoke with Fox News Digital said that the four tasks are Vance’s rallying cry to the “new right,” broadly defined as a coalition of Republicans that aligns with the president’s original “America First” movement — staying out of foreign conflicts, making America an affordable place for Americans to raise families, and closing the borders.

But those voters, they said, also believe that Trump is too aligned with Israel on foreign policy matters.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/Donald-Trump-JD-Vance-Midterm-Convention-Dallas-Sept.-10_-2026.jpg

Vice President JD Vance points to President Donald Trump at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas.(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

Among some on the political right, the war in Iran is intrinsically tied to Israel’s influence in the Middle East, and Trump’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

TRUMP TOLD DONORS ‘WE NEED TO ELECT JD,’ SOURCE CONFIRMS, AS HE WEIGHS VANCE OR RUBIO IN 2028

The official made it clear that Vance’s message is not a separation from Trump, à la former Vice President Mike Pence who denounced Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the capitol. Rather, they said, he is aiming to send a clear message to Republicans who support Trump and disagree with or feel betrayed by his foreign policy.

And that message is: “Vance is our guy.”

The White House did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment at time of publication on the meeting or Vance’s post-election messaging.

The vice president has not strayed much from Trump and the White House’s preferred messaging for the past two years — though he has been one of the few voicing concern over the ongoing war in Iran.

Despite his friendship with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, reports and comments from the vice president himself have expressed how his stance on the Iran conflict differs.

Trump acknowledged earlier this year that Vance was “maybe less enthusiastic” about attacking Iran from the jump.

TRUMP ‘COULDN’T TRANSFER THE LOVE’ OF HIS SUPPORTERS TO OTHER REPUBLICANS AMID HISTORIC MIDTERM LOSS

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407887121112

Vance is widely considered a top GOP presidential candidate in 2028 — along with Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

So far, Democrats stand at 54 Senate seats to Republicans’ 44, after sweeping wins in typically red Texas, ruby-red Kansas and other Republican strongholds like South Carolina.

DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS

Votes are still being counted into Wednesday in a tight race in Alaska, that could see Democrats winning yet another seat in the Senate and widening their majority over the GOP.

The outcome of the midterms could have massive implications for the 2028 election, and Republicans are grappling now with how to face one of their biggest-ever challenges in trying to flip back the upper chamber despite a widened gap throwing them deep into a minority in January.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Needing only 218 to control the House, Democrats on Wednesday afternoon had won 237 seats, with more projected to filter in as ballots are counted and races are called.

Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.

Newsom breaks with socialists over billionaire tax, and California voters appear poised to reject it

The measure would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on roughly 250 Californians who together own $2 trillion in assets

By Leo Briceno , Paul Steinhauser | Fox News

Published November 4, 2026 3:51pm EST

‘A LOT OF DAMAGE’: Economist warns about California wealth tax

An Economist warned California’s wealth tax could cause damage, questions its national appeal and highlights key election wins despite broader setbacks.

In the lead-up to the November midterms, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) put its support behind California’s Proposition 40, a measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in the state.

Although the secretary of state’s election results show it on the path to defeat as of Wednesday afternoon, the DSA’s support for the policy has created a flashpoint for larger discussions about socialism’s redistributive aims and the capital flight critics say could follow.

“In their mind, every tax they do is some attempt to get money from people who create wealth and move it to the state,” Richard Stern, an economics scholar with Advancing American Freedom (AAF), said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

The DSA’s stance on Proposition 40 has also brought it into conflict with other Democratic figures, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who opposed it.

SHOCKING PERCENTAGE OF DEMOCRATS IDENTIFY AS ‘DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS’ ACCORDING TO NEW POLL: ‘TOXIC POLICIES’

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/newsom-and-dsa.jpg

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and a group of DSA supporters holding a banner.(Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images; Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The proposition would have applied a 5% tax on assets like businesses, securities, art, collectibles and intellectual property while excluding select pensions, real estate and retirement accounts.

To prevent billionaires from simply leaving the state, Proposition 40 was designed to retroactively apply to billionaires who were residents of California on Jan. 1, 2026.

On the website for its California chapter, the group offered a PowerPoint slideshow supporters could use to argue its merits.

“We have the money in California to pay for the quality schools and healthcare that we need. It just needs to be transferred from the wrong pockets to the right ones. We can do that by taxing the rich,” the slideshow reads.

The DSA argued the policy would help cover up to a projected $100 billion shortfall in federal funding for the state’s Medi-Cal program that provides health insurance for low-income individuals, seniors and people with disabilities. The proposition also outlined that 90% of the generated revenue would go to healthcare, while the remaining 10% would be set aside for education, food assistance and administration of the tax.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

As part of its argument in favor of the policy, the DSA framed it as a scaled-up version of something that already exists: a progressive tax, a kind of tax that scales relative to income.

“It calls for a temporary 5% wealth tax on just 250 Californians — the very richest people in the state — who together own $2 trillion in wealth,” its materials explain.

“Let’s be clear: if the Billionaire Tax passes, none of the billionaires will actually lose money. They have been averaging a growth rate of 7 or 8 percent per year in their wealth. Thus, a 5% hit doesn’t even cut into what they have; it just slightly slows down the growth of that wealth.”

But to experts like Stern, the AAF economist, the policy reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of wealth.

“The left looks at a billionaire, and they assume that they’re sitting on $10 billion, $100 billion in cash. I hate to break it to them: There’s no cash,” Stern said.

“They have no idea that we’re talking about a trillion-dollar company, we’re talking about a trillion dollars’ worth of factories and warehouses and delivery trucks and machinery.”

LET SOCIALISTS ROB FROM THE RICH 100%, AND YOU STILL WON’T BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/gavin-newsom.png

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has come out strongly against a proposed state billionaire tax while pushing a similar national tax.(Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

Notably, Newsom has said he is opposed to the measure, arguing it would put California at a competitive disadvantage.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Newsom cited opposition from a number of different groups.

“The firefighters opposed it. The teachers opposed it. Planned Parenthood opposed it. The vast majority of labor opposes it. I think the majority of Californians oppose it. So, we all have our reasons why,” Newsom said ahead of the election.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to do [it] at a state level. It’s a badly written initiative. It focuses just on one part of the state’s budget. It’s one-time money and the impact is already being felt. People have left the state.”

Instead, Newsom called on voters to adopt a poison pill countermeasure. Proposition 42 was designed to prohibit new state taxes on personal property and restrict certain retroactive taxes. That measure looks to be on track to succeed.

Even so, Newsom noted that his views on a 5% tax might change if implemented at the federal level.

“Looking at that from a national prism, very different conversation than a state-by-state prism. That’s been the debate in California. I think the majority of Californians see that distinction even though they absolutely believe that we need a new tax bracket in this country,” Newsom said.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

Stern noted that Newsom’s openness to considering such a policy nationally comes with many of the same difficulties, but on an international scale.

‘CASTRO\’S PLAYBOOK’: EX-AG WARNS DOZENS OF CONGRESSIONAL BILLS ARE PUSHING SOCIALIST IDEAS

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/Berkeley-1.jpg

Berkeley with San Francisco in the background(Neal Wong/Getty Images)

“You can more easily leave California, but you could give up American citizenship and move abroad,” Stern said.

“[It] gets back to the old half-joke about communism and the wall in Berlin, which is, as Reagan said, they build walls that keep people in where normally we build walls to keep people out.”

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

When asked what distinguishes Proposition 40 from a simple tax increase, Stern pointed back to the policy’s implications for businesses, in his view, the main source of most billionaires’ wealth.

“We’re taking the means of production out of the hands of people that built those businesses, that manage those businesses, and giving them to Bernie Sanders and AOC and politicians to run them,” Stern said, referring to two of the country’s most well-known congressional figures who have received backing from the DSA in the past.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/clear.gif

“That’s socialism.”

Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.

诺禾致源起诉美国防部 要求撤销中国军事企业认定

发布/2026年11月5日 07:18

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/9107727e3a9130476b473e39c95d8bb34445878d8ca149478e7ca6c57cb5e85d

中国生物科技企业诺禾致源（Novogene）及美国子公司星期二起诉美国国防部。 （诺禾致源网站）

中国生物科技企业诺禾致源（Novogene）及美国子公司起诉美国国防部，要求撤销将其列入中国军事企业名单的认定。

综合路透社和彭博社报道，该公司星期二（11月3日）在哥伦比亚特区联邦地区法院提起诉讼。

诺禾致源称，美国国防部6月将其加入黑名单前既未发出通知，也未给予它和子公司回应或申辩的机会。五角大楼的认定不仅缺乏充分证据，而且违反了《行政程序法》以及美国宪法第五修正案赋予它的正当程序权利。

这家上市公司称自己并非由中国人民解放军或任何其它中国军事组织拥有或控制。

诺禾致源称，这一认定已给公司造成“严重、不可弥补且毫无正当理由的经济、声誉及其它损害”。

诺禾致源在诉讼中请求法院下令将其从相关名单中移除，并阻止美国政府执行这一认定，同时要求判令被告支付律师费及诉讼成本。

今年6月，美国国防部将诺禾致源、阿里巴巴、百度，以及比亚迪和蔚来等企业列入“中国军事企业”名单。美国国防部不得与名单上的企业直接签订合同。

这一认定并不施加正式制裁，但从2027年起，将限制五角大楼通过第三方采购这些企业的产品或服务。

多家中国企业已就相关认定起诉五角大楼。上周，一名美国法官批准了阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司提出的初步禁令申请，下令美国政府不得拒绝向该公司授予五角大楼合同。此前，该公司已就被列入名单提起诉讼。

上个月，比亚迪的两家子公司就一项联邦法律起诉五角大楼。两家公司认为，这项法律侵犯了比亚迪依据美国宪法第一修正案享有的权利。

今年8月，大疆就被列入黑名单一事提出上诉。法院认为，大疆提出的论点有理据，即非机密记录不足以支持该公司为中国国防工业基础作出贡献的结论。上诉法院命令下级法院重新审议其驳回大疆要求从五角大楼名单中除名申请的裁决，目前案件仍在审理中。

同样在今年8月，生物技术企业药明康德也获得美国一家联邦法院颁发的初步禁令，阻止其被列入名单。药明康德称，五角大楼的这一认定出于政治动机。

中国印发《实施全面节约战略行动方案》

发布/2026年11月5日 07:53 / 联合早报

中国印发《实施全面节约战略行动方案》，旨在进一步形成崇尚节约的社会风尚。

据新华社报道，记者星期三（11月4日）从中国国家发展改革委获悉，为推进各类资源节约集约利用，维护国家资源安全，加快经济社会发展全面绿色转型，国家发展改革委、工业和信息化部等部门联合印发《实施全面节约战略行动方案》。

行动方案明确，到2030年，全面节约制度更加健全，资源利用效率明显提高，中国单位国内生产总值能耗、用水量、建设用地使用面积比2025年分别降低10%左右、10%、15%，粮食全产业链各环节损失率持续降低，主要再生资源年循环利用量达到5.1亿吨，进一步形成崇尚节约的社会风尚。

行动方案突出问题导向，从推进“能水粮地矿材”各类资源要素节约和增强全民节约意识等七个方面，分别提出了重点任务举措。行动方案还明确了标准、政策、监管、科技等支撑保障措施。

据悉，下一步，国家发展改革委、工业和信息化部、自然资源部、水利部、国管局将会同有关部门加强统筹协调和督促指导，细化目标任务，压实各方责任，扎实推动行动方案各项任务举措落实落地，强化行动方案实施过程中的跟踪评估，充分发挥政府、企业、行业协会、社会公众等各方面作用，形成整体工作合力，不断提高资源利用效率，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家提供坚实资源保障。

Appeals court hands Mamdani legal win on NYC luxury second-home tax

Mayor’s plan to tax wealthy property owners still faces legal challenges

By Brittany Miller | Fox News

Published November 4, 2026 3:30pm EST

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/brittany-miller-headshot.jpg

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani scored a legal victory Wednesday after a state appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had ordered his administration to redo the rollout of a tax on high-end second homes.

The four-judge panel unanimously dismissed the homeowners’ lawsuit, finding that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing. The decision overturned a September ruling by a Staten Island judge who had ordered the city to restart the tax’s implementation.

The ruling allows Mamdani’s administration to continue implementing the surcharge — also known as a pied-à-terre tax — a key part of his agenda to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers and help close the city’s budget gap.

The tax still faces separate legal challenges.

NYC JUDGE ORDERS MAMDANI TO REDO SECOND-HOME TAX ROLLOUT

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/mamdani.jpg

The ruling allows NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to continue implementing the property surcharge, or pied-à-terre tax.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)

The surcharge, approved by the New York state Legislature in May, applies to qualifying second homes valued at $5 million or more for one- to three-family properties and $1 million or more for condos and co-ops.

The city’s Department of Finance sent initial determination notices to approximately 17,000 property owners in July.

A Staten Island judge ruled Sept. 29 that the city had mishandled the rollout and ordered officials to restart the process. The city appealed while continuing to implement the tax.

The appellate judges found that receiving an initial tax notice or appearing on the city’s property valuation list did not establish sufficient harm to bring the lawsuit. The court also rejected the homeowners’ arguments that the process caused concrete injuries through privacy concerns or the costs of seeking exemptions.

MAMDANI’S LUXURY-HOME TAX ROLLOUT DERAILED FOR NOW AS JUDGE DELIVERS WIN TO NYC HOMEOWNERS OVER MASSIVE LIST

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/nyc-walking-brownstone-buildings.png

Mamdani welcomed the ruling, accusing wealthy property owners of trying to avoid paying additional taxes.(Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Getty Images, File)

Mamdani welcomed the ruling, accusing wealthy property owners of trying to avoid paying additional taxes.

“From day one, those with the most have attempted to use every legal avenue available to shield their wealth and avoid contributing more to our city,” Mamdani said.

Randy Mastro, an attorney representing the homeowners, criticized the court for dismissing the lawsuit without addressing the merits of their challenge.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/brownstone-apartments-in-manhattan.jpg

Brownstone apartments in Manhattan, N.Y.(Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images, File)

“It’s a shame that, after the City admittedly botched the rollout of this surcharge, the court today took the procedural offramp of standing to avoid addressing the merits of this case,” Mastro said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. “What the City has done here is unconscionable — trying to ensnare thousands of people who don’t owe this surcharge into having to prove they live in their own homes or else have to pay it.

“But now, this lawless and chaotic data collection scheme will go unremedied.”

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Mastro said the surcharge faces another legal test next month over its constitutionality. Mamdani said his administration would continue defending the law against separate challenges in Suffolk County.

Brittany Miller is a Fox News Digital breaking news writer and former Independent reporter who graduated from Syracuse University in 2023.

By Logan Schiciano, CNN

Published 5:33 PM EST, Wed November 4, 2026

https://www.cnn.com/c5a96e98-427e-4168-8153-3004f798176d

Democrat Annie Andrews said she will meet with South Carolina’s GOP Sen. Tim Scott next week and that they will work together to “deliver results” for people across the state

01:13 • Source: WCSC

Politics of the Day 10 videos

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/still-23133915-357109-255-still.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Andrews says Americans want senators who can work across the aisle

1:13

Now playing

• Source: WCSC

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/31123830-72572276-generated-thumbnail.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Tillis says no single element led to GOP losing seats in Congress

2:28

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/kailtin-pritzker.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Dems can ‘actually carry out an agenda that really means something’

2:28

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/22756897-70679821-generated-thumbnail.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

‘Stop right now!’: Reps. Crenshaw and Raskin have heated debate over the future of Congress

1:55

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/18355104-47189737-generated-thumbnail.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Jeffries hasn’t talked to Trump and doesn’t list impeachment as top priority

1:29

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/15936134-95771161-generated-thumbnail.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Trump speaks about ballroom renovations, avoiding midterm election results

2:02

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/screenshot-2026-11-04-124750.png

Video Ad Feedback

Hakeem Jeffries calls Democrats’ massive win a ‘victory for the American people’

3:38

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/08068042-45501573-generated-thumbnail.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Talarico advocates for bipartisanship in first CNN interview after victory

10:21

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/screenshot-2026-11-04-at-9-05-20-am.png

Video Ad Feedback

Jeffries tells Wolf Blitzer Democrats will work to end the Iran war as one of their main priorities

2:04

Now playing

• Source: CNN

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/david-urban-110426.jpg

Video Ad Feedback

Former Trump advisor says ‘we’re in the bad that gets worse stage’

1:33

Now playing

• Source: CNN

See more videos

Newsom solicits cash as Biden’s former election lawyer mobilizes legal team for Mississippi Senate race

Colom leads Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 43 votes with an estimated 44,000 ballots still outstanding

By Alec Schemmel | Fox News

Published November 4, 2026 3:25pm EST

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/image.jpg Video

Trump concedes GOP couldn’t ‘transfer the love’ in midterm elections

President Donald Trump weighs in on Republicans’ midterm losses, the war with Iran and working with a Democratic-controlled Congress.

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

Democratic heavyweights Gavin Newsom and Marc Elias are mobilizing behind Scott Colom as the Mississippi Senate race remains too close to call, with the California governor soliciting emergency donations and Elias’ law firm preparing for a legal fight over the final count.

In an overnight fundraising email obtained by Fox News Digital, Newsom’s campaign told supporters, “Please help asap,” warning that the race was entering “a phase of ballot curing and possible legal fights.” Elias said his firm is “leading the legal effort to ensure” Colom wins.

“As you read this, Scott leads the Republican incumbent by just a couple hundred votes,” the email said. “There is no way Republicans are giving up this Senate seat without a fight. The job is not finished!”

DEMS SEIZE THE SENATE AS BLUE TIDAL WAVE CRASHES DEEP INTO TRUMP COUNTRY, TOPPLES GOP STRONGHOLDS

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/gavin-newsom-los-angeles.png

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks on March 26, 2025, in Los Angeles.(Frazer Harrison/WireImage)

The Mississippi Senate race between Colom and incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., remained uncalled Wednesday because thousands of ballots had yet to be processed. Colom led Hyde-Smith by just 43 votes in incomplete, unofficial results, while an estimated 44,000 ballots remained outstanding, including absentee, affidavit and provisional ballots.

“Scott Colom is going to be the next Senator from Mississippi. I am proud that Elias Law Group is leading the legal effort to ensure that happens,” Elias wrote on his Bluesky account.

SCHUMER, DEMS ARE QUIETLY BETTING BIG ON ONE SLEEPER RACE IN THE DEEP SOUTH

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/marc-elias-democrat-election-lawyer.jpg

Marc Elias is a longtime Democratic election lawyer who served as general counsel to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.(David Jolkovski for The Washington Post)

Elias is a longtime Democratic election lawyer who served as general counsel to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and led a Perkins Coie legal team representing Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.

He later founded Elias Law Group, which has represented Democratic campaign committees and candidates in high-profile election disputes.

Fox News Digital reached out to Elias for additional details about his planned involvement in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race but did not receive a response in time for publication.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/scott-colom-senate-mississippi-topaz.jpg

District Attorney Scott Colom, center, led Hyde-Smith by just 43 votes in incomplete, unofficial results.(Courtesy of Colom Senate campaign)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Mississippi law allows absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive within five business days — through Nov. 10 — and permits voters to cure certain ballot problems during that period.

https://news-multimedia-1393112320.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/senator-cindy-hyde-smith-midterms.jpg

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., clinched the GOP Senate nomination in Mississippi as she eyes another term in the upper chamber.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER

The Mississippi Democratic Party has also filed a court challenge alleging delayed polling-place openings, long lines and ballot shortages in DeSoto County.

Alec Schemmel is a Politics Reporter for Fox News Digital who is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina but now resides in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore Metro Area.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407917132112

How Mississippi became an unlikely Senate battleground

Published Time: 2026-11-04T21:00:02.261Z

An unpopular president, a charismatic Democratic candidate and an incumbent who has underperformed other Republicans in recent elections have turned a US Senate race in Mississippi into the nail-biter of the midterms.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Democrat Scott Colom was just a few dozen votes ahead of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a contest that remains too close to call but underscores the midterms’ seismic shift toward Democrats, even in deep-red territory.

Updated 6:44 PM ET

Est.

96%

votes in

| CANDIDATE | VOTES |
| — | — |
| Scott Colom Democratic | 47.6% 451,748 |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith* Republican | 42.9% 407,014 |
| Ty Pinkins Independent | 1.5% 13,787 |

The race could come down to roughly 15,000 provisional ballots, according to Colom’s campaign, still pending verification. But in the meantime, both sides expressed confidence they will prevail.

“Once the process plays out, where we are, where the ballots are, we’re gonna win,” Colom said during a news conference Wednesday. “And it’s because the people of Mississippi turned out in historic numbers to make this race possible in a midterm election.”

In a statement, Hyde-Smith campaign manager Jake Monssen said the team is “closely monitoring” the thousands of ballots still outstanding in the race.

“We remain confident that when every legally cast vote is fully and accurately counted, Mississippians will have reelected Cindy Hyde-Smith,” he added.

The close race comes after Colom campaigned relentlessly to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. The 43-year-old local district attorney argued repeatedly that the Republican headwinds and state’s significant Black electorate – which at 35% is the largest of any state – would put the GOP bastion in contention with enough attention and money.

He got both, with several Democratic super PACs making last-minute ad buys and a parade of his party’s biggest names, includingformer Vice President Kamala Harris, joining him on the stump in the campaign’s waning weeks.

Groups such as the Democracy Alliance – a network of liberal donors – also made early investments to build the infrastructure to support Democrats in the state, including helping the state branch of the NAACP open 11 voter registration sites to boost Black turnout. The NAACP said it registered more than 17,000 voters this year.

Black voters made up about 30% of voters in the race, according to the CNN Voter Poll, with nearly all of them breaking for Colom.

“Mississippians showed up and shocked the nation,” Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, said in a statement Wednesday.

On the Republican side, President Donald Trump joined Hyde-Smith for an eleventh-hour rally to boost turnout in a state he won by 23 points just two years ago. Hyde-Smith has historically underperformed Trump after she was first appointed to the Senate 2018. In 2020, she won her first full term by 10 points, while Trump won Mississippi by 16 points that year.

During her tenure, however, Hyde-Smith also laid the groundwork for Colom’s challenge when she blocked his nomination to a federal judgeship in 2023, although Colom had the backing of other Republicans, including Sen. Roger Wicker, the state’s senior senator.

She objected to a donation by liberal billionaire George Soros to a PAC that backed Colom’s first district attorney race. She also cited Colom’s decision to sign a 2021 letter that condemned “the criminalization of transgender people and gender-affirming healthcare.”

In a recent interview with CNN, Colom insisted his campaign to oust Hyde-Smith is not a grudge match. “I’m a Christian. I forgive her,” he said. “Me not having a federal judgeship is not a motivating factor for me at all.”

Instead, he’s argued that the senator has failed her constituents in the Senate.

Colom’s campaign has unleashed some of the most attention-getting ads of the midterms to argue that the incumbent had lost touch with Mississippian’s economic pain. One video mocked Hyde-Smith for remarking that are “so many proteins to choose from” when asked about rising beef prices.

“Pick another protein? She done lost her damn mind. I’d rather pick another senator,” one woman drawled in the ad that quickly went viral.

During the campaign, Colom deleted another ad that featured an artificial intelligence-generated depiction of Hyde-Smith running away from reporters after the state Attorney General Lynn Fitch threatened legal action against him.

Both sides now are gearing up for a legal showdown over the results as the ballot count continues.

Voter advocates and legal observers expect it could take until next week, at the earliest, for initial indications of how many of the roughly 15,000 provisional ballots – known in the state as “affidavit ballots” – will go into the final count after being vetted. Several counties in Mississippi have already started that process.

Provisional ballots are used in Mississippi for a number of reasons, such as a lack of a photo ID, a voter not being found in the pollbook — which can happen if a voter was tagged as inactive — or people submitting incomplete voter registration forms.

Voter advocates expect affidavit ballots cast by inactive voters to make up a significant share, because of a commercial credit data program the state used for the first time this cycle to clean its rolls. Those voters shouldn’t need to take extra steps to see their eligibility verified, but those who were missing photo ID or had other issues will need take action to cure their ballots.

In addition to canvassing the provisional ballots, election officials will also be counting mail ballots that arrive within a five-day grace period the state allows for properly postmarked absentee ballots to be received by the elections office. That number is expected to be smaller than the affidavit ballots to be processed.

CNN’s Adam Cancryn and Annie Grayer contributed to this report.