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Harris-Walz present confusing foreign policy that touts successes amid a chaotic reality
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to offer a unified foreign policy vision as the rival Trump-Vance campaign increasingly targets her record on the border, Afghanistan and other related issues.
“Kamala Harris and the DNC are turning a total blind eye to national security, a dangerous trend that shows their lack of real policy ideas,” Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. “We’ve heard Trump’s name mentioned over 150 times in their speeches, but we’ve hardly heard any mention of the national security threats facing America, and not a single mention of the Afghanistan withdrawal that took place three years ago this very week.”
“The world is a more dangerous place under Kamala Harris: Iran is threatening to attack Israel, China is on the march, and ISIS is on the rise again,” Waltz said. “Vibes and buzzwords like “weird” won’t deter these threats or rebuild our military. They’re obsessed with slogans instead of offering solutions.”
“Contrast this with the RNC, where we dedicated two entire days to making America safe again and strong again,” Waltz added. “Biden and Harris have made this country less safe, and yet they offer no plan— and seem to have no interest—in protecting Americans.”
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The Democrats caused confusion this week with the release of a party platform — timed with the start of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) — that still referred to President Biden and his bid to seek a second term. Mayor Regina Romero of Tucson, Arizona, co-chair of the DNC platform committee, explained that the platform was crafted “prior to the president passing the torch in an act of love and patriotism.”
In a statement posted on the Democrats’ website, the party explains that the platform was approved on July 16 — five days ahead of Biden’s historic decision to step back and let the party stand another candidate to face Trump. The party argues that it offers “a vision for a progressive agenda that we can build on as a nation and as a Party as we head into the next four years.”
Harris addressed her foreign policy agenda during the speech accepting the Democratic nomination on Thursday: In a speech light on policy, Harris pledged to pass the border security bill Republicans killed in the Senate earlier this year.
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Wurm)
Harris also pledged to lead the way on space-based initiatives and artificial intelligence development, promised to stand up to Iran and Iran-backed terrorists and reiterated her support for Israel while stressing the importance of Palestinian self-determination. She took shots at Trump and his relationship with other world leaders such as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin. She also made clear that as president she would “stand strong with Ukraine.”
“The record of the last three-plus years has been a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, a green light for Russia to invade Ukraine, maximum deference to Iran, and unprecedented hostility toward Israel,” Richard Goldberg, senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former NSC official, told Fox News Digital.
“Add in a wide open border for terrorists to cross and a war on American energy that gives our enemies an advantage, and she’s helped oversee one of the worst foreign policies in history.”
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This image from video provided by South First Responders shows charred and damaged cars along a desert road after an attack by Hamas terrorists at the Tribe of Nova Trance music festival near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (South First Responders via AP)
Republicans have repeatedly argued that Harris’ foreign policy plans are clear based on her record as vice president and tying Harris closely to Biden’s own policies. Her lack of a published platform that clearly outlines her plans for a first term has made it difficult for her to argue against that.
Harris earlier this week told Fox News in a statement that “re-entering that deal is not our focus,” referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) “Iran nuclear deal” — a seeming break with the Biden administration’s major push to get such a plan enacted in its first two years, though that push has gone soft in the past year.
Harris did roll out a comprehensive, if criticized, economic plan ahead of the DNC in Chicago this week, and she is expected to continue revealing parts of her policy plan in a similar manner now that the convention has ended.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses the media during the voting of Parliament Elections in Tehran, Iran, on May 10. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Harris in recent statements has reiterated her support for certain policies enacted under the Biden administration, such as how the administration handled its exit from Afghanistan.
Republicans have decried the administration’s full drawdown from Afghanistan, which the Harris campaign has said the vice president “strongly supported” by asking “probing questions” during deliberations, although a former military official told The Washington Post he didn’t recall Harris “playing any role of significance.”
Positioning herself as a vice president who is closely involved in the administration’s key matters, Harris confirmed to CNN in 2021 that she was the “last person in the room” with Biden before his decision to withdraw U.S. troops and effectively end more than 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
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An US Air Force aircraft takes off from the airport in Kabul on August 30, 2021. – Rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport on August 30 where US troops were racing to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuate allies under the threat of Islamic State group attacks. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images) (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Times in 2021 reported that Harris was “at least visually” front and center of Biden’s plans in Afghanistan, attending “most of his security briefings” and attending urgent intelligence sessions as the Taliban swept into power in the wake of America’s exit from the country.
The Times argued that Harris walked a tightrope in trying to “erase daylight” between her and Biden on policies at the time, which would mean that ultimately “the execution of the withdrawal will also be added to Harris’ résumé.”
Harris has also stated her support for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza, reportedly telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he needs to agree a deal and bring home hostages.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defense Ministry, after a meeting in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
“I’ve said it many times, but it bears repeating. Israel has a right to defend itself and how it does so matters,” Harris said following her meeting with Netanyahu the same week she announced her bid for the presidency in July.
“It is time for this war to end and end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages are released, the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can exercise their right to freedom, dignity and self-determination,” she said, according to Axios.
“As I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu, it is time to get this deal done. Let’s get the deal done,” she said. “So we can get a cease-fire to end the war. Let’s bring the hostages home. And let’s provide much needed relief to the Palestinian people.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, looks at a map during his visit to Ukrainian 110th mechanised brigade in Avdiivka, the site of fierce battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 29, 2023 (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
The subject that has proven the most contentious and cumbersome for Harris remains her role in dealing with mass immigration on the southern border: Harris has stressed during her stump speeches that she “prosecuted” transnational gangs, drug cartels and human traffickers and “won,” while she claimed Trump “does not walk the walk.”
The Trump-Vance campaign targeted Harris for her work as the “border czar” and failing to make major impact on mass migration over the southern border and the significant fentanyl trade that still occurs in the country.
The Harris campaign and surrogates have stressed that Harris never held the role of border czar and instead focused on working with countries south of the border to tackle the causes of that mass migration.
Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, during their journey north toward the U.S. border on July 21. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
The campaign claims that there are now fewer people crossing the border than before, and the figures released by Customs and Border Protection appear to corroborate: While the numbers of land border encounters peaked at around 300,000 by the end of 2023, the figure dropped to just over 100,000 in July, marking the lowest number since February 2021.
Harris also declared that she will “bring back the border security bill that Donald Trump killed” and sign it into law, referring to the bill that Senate Republicans blocked earlier this year. Republicans claimed the bill was “worse than doing nothing” while criticizing their counterparts for failing to pass a House-backed border bill addressing Republican priorities.
Democrats have accused the Republicans of blocking the bill at Trump’s urging, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., telling reporters that they did it so “he could exploit the issue on the campaign trail.”
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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Top Kremlin official praises Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine as talks set to resume
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A top Kremlin official praised President Donald Trump as an effective leader seeking peace in Ukraine, saying Moscow views renewed talks with Washington as productive.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and a former president, said Trump is genuinely trying to end the war in Ukraine and wants to be remembered as a peacemaker.
“Trump wants to go down in history as a peacemaker — and he is really trying,” Medvedev said in an interview with Reuters. “And that is why contacts with Americans have become much more productive.”
Trump has repeatedly said a peace deal to end the war is close. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said during a Cabinet meeting Thursday that he had “productive and constructive meetings” with Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
WITKOFF SAYS TALKS WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY WERE ‘PRODUCTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE’ AMID TRUMP ADMIN’S PEACE PUSH
Dmitry Medvedev attends an interview with Reuters, TASS and WarGonzo in the Moscow region, Russia, on Jan. 29, 2026. (Dmitry Medvedev’s Secretariat/Handout via Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Sunday that a new round of talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia will take place this week in Abu Dhabi. His announcement comes as Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine’s energy and logistics infrastructure, worsening conditions for civilians as winter temperatures plunge.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 10, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images)
Medvedev dismissed speculation that Trump is secretly aligned with Moscow, telling the outlet that Americans elected him and Russia respects that choice. He also praised Trump for standing up to the U.S. political establishment and said his blunt, sometimes “brash” style is misunderstood.
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“He is an emotional person, but on the other hand, the chaos that is commonly referred to, which is created by his activities, is not entirely true,” Medvedev said. “It is obvious that behind this lies a completely conscious and competent line.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and President Donald Trump meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)
Medvedev told the outlet that Trump’s background as a businessman shapes his approach, joking that there is no such thing as a former businessman, an echo of a well-known Russian saying about former KGB agents.
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Medvedev, a hardliner within Russia’s leadership, has frequently warned of nuclear escalation since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. He has stressed that avoiding further conflict remains the priority, but still expects Russia to achieve military victory in Ukraine.
“I would like this to happen as soon as possible,” Medvedev said of ending the conflict. “But it is equally important to think about what will happen next. The goal of victory is to prevent new conflicts.”
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These European airports have scrapped the 100ml limit
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Some good news for air travellers. Many European airports are finally ditching the controversial 100 millilitre limit on cabin bag liquids, marking the end of an era of minuscule, overpriced creams and shampoos.
It follows the rollout of new CT security scanners, which provide high-resolution 3D visuals detecting both solid and liquid explosives. Last July, the EU Commission said that a move to scrap the rule across the whole bloc is also in the pipeline.
The 100ml limit was introduced in Europe and beyond in 2006, after UK police had foiled an Islamist plot to blow up transatlantic flights using liquid bombs hidden inside soft drink bottles.
Which airports let you fly with liquids of up to 2L?
With the new rules, people would be able to carry up to 2 litres per single container in their cabin bag.
But travellers should carefully read the cabin bag rules before packing. Many EU and European airports (actually, most of them) haven’t complied yet.
United Kingdom: Widespread CT scanner use
London Heathrow, the continent’s busiest airport, was the latest to raise the liquid limit, only a few weeks ago, enforcing it across all its terminals. It followed other British hubs like London Gatwick, Birmingham, Belfast and Edinburgh.
London Stansted isn’t there yet, but passengers can leave their liquids inside their bags without placing them in an external plastic container. The same applies to London City Airport and Luton.
Germany: Patchy adoption in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich
Munich airport authorities told Europe in Motion that the limit has been increased to 2L “at 15 security lanes in Terminal 2 and five lanes in Terminal 1”.
The remaining lanes “do not yet have modern CT technology”, so “the 100ml limit continues to apply”, they said.
Similarly, at Frankfurt Airport, only “some security checkpoints are already using new CT scanners that allow up to 2 litres”.
The same applies to Berlin Brandenburg, where 2L is allowed only in 24 security lanes.
“In 2026, we will begin the refurbishment of the remaining security lanes in the main hall of Terminal 1,” Berlin airport authorities told us, while they continue to recommend passengers to stick to 100ml “to ensure a smooth process”.
Italy: Ongoing rollout in north and centre
Good news for tourists visiting Italy soon for the Winter Olympics, as travelling with liquids of up to 2L is now allowed atMilan Linate,Bologna, Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa (Terminal 1 only), and Turin (for fast-track passengers only).
Other European airports that have increased the liquid limit
Passengers can carry liquids of a maximum of 2L also going through Dublin, Prague Vaclav Terminal 2, Vilniusand Kaunas (Lithuania),Kraków and Poznań (Poland), Cluj (Romania), Denmark’s Billund and Malta.
Which other airports plan to raise the limit and which don’t?
Amsterdam Schiphol, Europe’s third busiest airport, and Barcelona El Prat told Europe in Motion that they are following European regulations, but didn’t elaborate on whether they would raise the limit to 2L in the future.
Brussels Zaventem also doesn’t envisage changes: “We are monitoring technological developments, but at the moment there are no concrete plans to adapt the security equipment,” they told us.
Likewise, at airports in Paris, Marseille, Madrid, Athens and Lisbon, the limit for liquid containers stays 100ml.
Athens plans to introduce the new 2L scanners in early 2027, once expansion works at Eleftherios Venizelos are completed, authorities told us, while Paris airports aim to be fully ready by 2030.
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