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Battleground state voters signal possible shift as inflation rages: 'Under President Trump, it was better'

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August 11, 2024

Battleground state voters signal possible shift as inflation rages: 'Under President Trump, it was better'

Pennsylvania residents expressed increasing concern about some Democratic policies, signaling a desire for change within the key battleground state.

“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy spoke directly with voters in Allentown – a blue-leaning city that is 54% Hispanic – about their frustration, specifically with the economy.

One Allentown local said inflation has grown “excruciatingly high” over the past few years.

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“I can’t afford hardly anything,” another said.

Concern about rising grocery prices, gas prices and wages keeping up with costs were echoed throughout the community.

Although recent polling shows Kamala Harris performing better than Biden did among Hispanic voters, Republicans have made significant gains among the key demographic in recent years.

CNN elections analyst Harry Enten laid out recent polling showing that former President Trump jumped nearly 30 points in voters’ views of him being able to handle immigration and border security.

According to an April Axios/Ipsos poll, Latino Americans overwhelmingly believe Trump would be better for the economy and immigration than the Biden administration. The poll found that 20% of Latinos think Biden is “good for the U.S. economy,” while 42% of respondents said the same about Trump. As for immigration, 22% said Biden is “good” on the issue, while 29% said the same for Trump.

Former President Trump is ready to debate Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The residents of Allentown reflect the trends seen in those polls.

“More Latino voters, Indian voters, they’re moving more into the right, more into Donald Trump,” one resident said. “Under President Trump, it was better. There was more people spending money, people who were like traveling more, spending, getting haircuts more often.

“Two years ago, everybody hated him. Now [the] majority are like, ‘no, I’m voting for Trump,’” another resident added.

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A number of residents expressed a possible interest in voting Republican, rather than sticking to the Democratic ticket.

“I was a Democrat, and I started to realize the policies that I was voting in wasn’t my standards or what I believed,” a woman told Campos-Duffy.

Another woman added, “The Republican Party has the values that we hold dear: That is God, family, life.”

Residents again and again offered stories of people shifting to the right. One man argued, “we got to get Trump into office” in order to fix the economy.

Earlier this week, VP Harris touted her economic message in Philadelphia at a rally to introduce Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

“We fight for a future where we build a broad-based economy, where every American has the opportunity to own a home, to start a business, and to build wealth,” she said. “We fight for a future where we bring down prices that are still too high and lower the cost of living for America’s families, so that they have the chance not just to get by, but to get ahead,” she said.

Fox News’ Gabriel Hays, Remy Numa and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.

Amy Nelson is a producer with Fox News Digital.

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Rare great white shark encounter off Maine coast captured in heart-stopping National Geographic photo

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December 17, 2025

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Rare great white shark encounter off Maine coast captured in heart-stopping National Geographic photo

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The year 2025 has been captured in stunning photography by many around the globe.

In its annual highlight reel of the year, National Geographic has released its Pictures of the Year, featuring 25 of the top shots of people, places, cultural moments and wildlife in action.

Five images were taken right here in the United States.

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Check out these standout photo moments below, all with a particular focus on animal life.

“From thousands of images made by our photographers all around the world, we present the ones that moved and inspired us most,” the editors write.

The details in the captions are all courtesy of National Geographic.

‘Chicken or Egg?’ — Berkeley, California

The cover of National Geographic’s December 2025 edition (at right) highlights its annual Pictures of the Year. For years, photographer Anand Varma has attempted to document when an egg yolk can still be seen but a bird form has clearly emerged. He experimented by incubating embryos in artificial shells before finally capturing the transformation at 12 days old. Varma separately raised some embryos to chicks, which he donated to people in the community. (Anand Varma; National Geographic)

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For years, photographer Anand Varma has attempted to document when an egg yolk can still be seen but a bird form has clearly emerged. He experimented by incubating embryos in artificial shells before finally capturing the transformation at 12 days old. Varma separately raised some embryos to chicks, which he donated to people in the community. (Anand Varma)

‘A Bee’s ZZZs’ — Davis, California

A sunflower chimney bee rests on a pillow of velvety ochers in the early evening, likely already snoozing after a long day’s work pollinating plants. This species of bee often nests at the base of sunflowers, moving with commercial farmers as they rotate their crops. (Karine Aigner)

‘A Great Sighting’ — The Gulf of Maine

Photographer Brian Skerry has been chronicling marine life for decades, but this image represents his first run-in with a great white shark in the Gulf of Maine, a place he did not expect to encounter one — especially from four feet away. Sightings of sharks like this 10-footer are increasing from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, perhaps due in part to changing climate patterns. (Brian Skerry)

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‘The Unlikely Hero’ — Wisconsin

This two-day-old piglet was bred to save lives. Scientists modified its genes in an attempt to harvest kidneys for human transplantation. Pigs like this represent new hope for the tens of thousands of Americans in desperate need of kidneys, 66% of whom remain on the waiting list for more than a year. (Craig Cutler)

More of this year’s Pictures of the Year can be found on National Geographic’s website.

Angelica Stabile is a lifestyle reporter for Fox News Digital.

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Boston rebels against Trump immigration policies with an ‘ICE Tea Party’ – The Boston Globe

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December 17, 2025

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Boston rebels against Trump immigration policies with an ‘ICE Tea Party’ – The Boston Globe

This time, the people marched in resistance to the harsh treatment of immigrants by the Trump administration.

“We descend from Immigrants and Revolutionaries,” read a battle cry beamed onto the side of the brick meeting house Tuesday.

“The society that stops seeing the people at the grocery line or the people that ride the bus with us, as human beings with beating hearts, then it’s not far off before our society devolves into no society at all,” Gilberto Calderin, director of advocacy at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition said to the crowd of hundreds.

The protest was organized by activist groups Boston Indivisible and Mass 50501, and began at the Irish Famine Memorial Plaza, just steps from the meeting house.

The lively crowd held up signs, waved American flags, and chanted during the march along Milk Street and Congress Street to the harbor.

Janet England of Brighton held a sign that read, “Democracy Needs Courage.”

The protesters, she said are “true patriots because we want freedom and democracy.”

“Although protest is a long game, we can’t give up. If you think about women’s suffrage, gay rights, the civil rights movement, it took years, but we just can’t give up,” she said.

Gloria Krusemeyer, from Alrington, used a walker to join the march.

“I’m irritated that I haven’t done more, and I’m just lucky that I can walk fast enough to be doing this,” she said.

Rick Mueller, from Cambridge, was dressed as Uncle Sam and held a large sign that read, “Liberty and Justice For All.”

“We’re fighting for America, so I’m gonna be America,” he said of his costume.

He handed small American flags out to protesters who waved them enthusiastically.

Ice dumping duties was limited to volunteers and select people.

Among them was Sarah, a mother who brought her 4-year-old daughter, Fiona.

Sarah declined to share her last name for her daughter’s safety.

After throwing ice into the harbor, Fiona shyly said that she wanted to come to the protest to “help families stay together.”

Through tears, Sarah said her decision to bring along Fiona came from wanting to teach her daughter to care about people from all walks of life.

“Kindness and compassion are things we learn in kindergarten and she will be in kindergarten so it’s really important for her to be kind and compassionate,” Sarah said, kissing her daughter’s check.

Likewise, Sara Sievers, from Cambridge, brought her parents, sister, her nephews and niece to dump ice.

“I think this is one of the most brutal regimes we’ve had in this country, and I want my niece and nephew to remember that it’s important to protest, and that we in Boston are part of a proud tradition of dumping things into the harbor with which we disagree,” Sievers said.

The family wore costumes of historical figures including Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and King Charles.

As the protest came to a close, Martha Laposata, spokesperson for Boston Indivisible said she wanted protestors to walk away knowing their voices matter.

“We cannot stand down,” Laposata said. “When people rise up against an authoritarian government, if they stay consistent and they keep growing, ultimately an authoritarian government will stand down.”

Camille Bugayong can be reached at camille.bugayong@globe.com.

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