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White House stands firm on opposition to no-fly zone over Ukraine despite Zelenskyy plea

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The White Home mentioned Wednesday that it continues to face in opposition to a no-fly zone over Ukraine because the nation fights again towards Russia, suggesting the transfer would have repercussions that may ship america into World Warfare 3.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s requested throughout an handle to Congress Wednesday that the U.S. comply with a no-fly zone over his nation. White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned the administration is “not fascinated with moving into World Warfare III.”

White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home in Washington, DC. on March 16, 2022.
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Psaki mentioned Biden watched Zelenskyy’s handle to Congress from his personal library and located his remarks to be “passionate” and “highly effective.”

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WHITE HOUSE INSISTS NO-FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE ‘COULD PROMPT A WAR WITH RUSSIA’

“We’re in very shut contact with the Ukrainians. Nothing that he requested for or mentioned right now was a shock in that sense. If we have been President Zelenskyy, we might be asking for all the pieces doable as properly,” Psaki mentioned. “He’s watching his nation and his folks be attacked and brutalized by President Putin and the Russian navy.”

“However, how President Biden makes selections is thru the prism of our personal nationwide safety and as we’ve got mentioned earlier than, a no-fly zone would require implementation, it will require us probably taking pictures down Russian planes, NATO taking pictures down Russian planes, and we aren’t fascinated with moving into World Warfare 3.”

Psaki was additionally questioned on Zelenskyy’s distinction of a “humanitarian no-fly zone” and a “blanket no-fly zone” and requested whether or not the administration views these as being the identical factor.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a virtual address to Congress by video at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a digital handle to Congress by video on the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
(Drew Angerer, Pool by way of AP)

“There have been descriptions of each of these over the previous couple of weeks and generally a humanitarian – and I do not wish to put phrases in his mouth – however a humanitarian no-fly zone could be particular geography or components of western Ukraine whereas a no-fly zone generally folks confer with it because the totality of the nation,” Psaki mentioned. “In our view and within the view of the navy there’s not a distinction by way of the implementation and the escalatory affect.”

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On Tuesday, Psaki said Biden “continues to consider {that a} no-fly zone could be escalatory” and “may immediate a conflict with Russia.”

Two dozen present and former navy and intelligence officers have signed an open letter calling for the Biden administration to enact a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

“We, the undersigned, urge the Biden administration, along with NATO allies, to impose a restricted No-Fly Zone over Ukraine beginning with safety for humanitarian corridors that have been agreed upon in talks between Russian and Ukrainian officers on Thursday,” acknowledged the letter, which Farkas and others signed. “NATO leaders ought to convey to Russian officers that they don’t search direct confrontation with Russian forces, however they have to additionally clarify that they won’t countenance Russian assaults on civilian areas.”

Ukrainian officers have referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood to enact a no-fly zone over their nation within the hopes that it will stop Russian planes from offering materials help for his or her forces and discontinue the bombings of civilian areas.

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. on March 16, 2022.

White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home in Washington, DC. on March 16, 2022.
(Picture by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Requested by Fox Information White Home correspondent Jacqui Heinrich to debate why the administration considers “MiGs as provocative and Javelins and Stingers as not provocative,” Psaki mentioned “planes are offensive weapons.”

“Javelins and Stingers are defensive weapons,” Psaki mentioned. “MiGs, or planes, are offensive weapons, that are a special sort of navy system.”

Responding to a query from Fox Information on Wednesday, Biden mentioned he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “conflict legal.”

“The president’s remarks converse for themselves, he was talking from his coronary heart and from what he has seen on tv,” Psaki mentioned.

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Fox Information’ Lawrence Richard contributed to this text.

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Trump federal election interference case sent back to trial court after SCOTUS ruling

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Trump federal election interference case sent back to trial court after SCOTUS ruling

Following the Supreme Court’s historic decision on former President Trump’s immunity claim in the federal election interference case, the matter has been officially returned for a trial.

This is standard court procedure. A month after the Supreme Court’s July 1 decision, the case has been formally remanded to the appeals court, which will then return it to Judge Tanya Chutkan.

“ORDERED, on the court’s own motion, that this case be remanded to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion,” the Aug. 2 filing reads.

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Donald Trump arrives to Trump Tower, Thursday, May 30, 2024 after being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)

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In the coming days, Judge Chutkan is expected to establish a schedule for the parties to discuss the application of the SCOTUS ruling in the ongoing prosecution. Open court hearings are anticipated, after which the judge will determine the extent to which the Special Counsel’s evidence can be used in the trial.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. United States that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office, but not for unofficial acts.

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Former President Donald J. Trump is set to face a ruling over his immunity claim at the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. (Donald Trump: Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images | Supreme Court: Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

In a 6-3 decision, the Court sent the matter back down to a lower court, as the justices did not apply the ruling to whether or not former President Trump is immune from prosecution regarding actions related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The ruling came shortly after a New York jury found Trump guilty on all counts of falsifying business records in the first degree stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation. 

Special Counsel Jack Smith charged the former president with conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. Those charges stemmed from Smith’s investigation into whether Trump was involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and any alleged interference in the 2020 election result.

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Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges last summer.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment. 

This is a developing story.

Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report. 

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Unemployment rises again in July, reviving worries of a recession

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Unemployment rises again in July, reviving worries of a recession

U.S. job growth slowed sharply last month and the unemployment rate rose to a nearly three-year high of 4.3%, the latest sign of a cooling labor market, the government reported Friday.

Employers added 114,000 jobs in July, well below economists’ projections and down from an average monthly gain of 215,000 in payrolls over the previous 12 months, said the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The jump in the unemployment rate, from 4.1% in June and 3.5% in July 2023, came amid increasing concerns of a weakening economy as high interest rates meant to fight inflation continue to weigh on businesses and consumers. Investors were rattled by Friday’s jobs report, which comes on the heels of a big fall in stocks the day before.

The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that it could cut interest rates at its next meeting in September, but some analysts have said policymakers are already behind the curve and that it’s possible they could even make a move before then.

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“The dark storm clouds threatening the economy have moved in from off shore suddenly and are very, very real,” said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at Fwdbonds, an economic and markets research firm. He warned of an impending recession.

The labor market has been unusually resilient and the unemployment rate remains low by historical standards. But the rapid increase from earlier this year, when the jobless figure was 3.7%, has revived worries of a recession among economists.

The slowdown in hiring last month was broad-based. Job growth was led by hiring in the healthcare sector. There were solid gains in construction and at hotels and restaurants.

But the struggling information sector, including the film industry and publishing, continued to shed jobs. Employment was flat in business and professional services, which include high-paying computer software and engineering firms, and there was little change in finance, retail and manufacturing.

Average hourly earnings of all private-sector jobs were up 8 cents from June, to $35.07, which is 3.6% higher than a year ago — a tad above the rate of inflation.

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'F— the White women': Black activists tied to VP Harris could derail Dem 'unity' message with past rhetoric

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'F— the White women': Black activists tied to VP Harris could derail Dem 'unity' message with past rhetoric

A pair of Black female activists, who have met with Vice President Harris several times and previously vowed to get “real serious” about helping her become the next president, could alienate some of the “White women for Kamala” supporters with their past rhetoric as they mobilize ahead of November’s election.

Cora Masters Barry, an appointee of Democrat D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and longtime civil rights activist, and Melanie Campbell, who leads the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, have visited the White House more than 50 times combined during the Biden administration, including nearly a dozen visits with Harris or her staff, a Fox News Digital review found.

Weeks before President Biden and Harris were sworn into office in 2021, Barry and Campbell participated in a public Zoom call in which they made controversial statements about Trump supporters and attacked White voters, specifically White women, which could cause some internal clashes as different coalitions mobilize to try to get Harris into the White House.

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Harris privately met with Cora Masters Barry who said, “F— white women,” on a conference call. (Fox News Digital)

Approximately 164,000 White women hopped on a Zoom call last week, which was organized by Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts and other female celebrities. The call, titled “White Women: Answer the Call,” reportedly raised millions of dollars for Harris’ campaign and could be a major fundraising force over the next few months. 

However, the unearthed comments from the two activists could cause some internal tension for the Harris campaign as they look to mobilize different voting blocs and have called for “Unity.”

“If you claim to stand for unity, you need to do more than just use the word,” Harris recently said.

“We have to change our strategy. We got to get our people. We have to get our – they got their people. They got all the trailer parks all covered,” Barry said during the Zoom. “All them people up in West Virginia and the hills, they’re covered. They got them all the way there to Wall Street.”

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“[Trump] did that, and we’re sitting here talking about the White women. F— the white women– excuse me – forget the White women. They’re going to do what the White men tell them to do,” Barry continued, eliciting laughter and clapping from Campbell.

“What they tell themselves,” Campbell interjected.

“They be smiling in their faces, they want to stay in charge,” Barry continued, with Campbell reacting affirmatively in the background. “I don’t care nothing about them, we got to do what we got to do.”

Barry went on to say that the Black community has to “get real serious about organizing to elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States” and that she doesn’t “want no women’s parade.”

“If they have another Women’s March – I’ll go over there and blow it up,” Barry said.

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Barry also attacked supporters of then-President Trump, comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan by saying, “I’m not saying everyone who voted for Trump is wearing a white sheet, but they got one in their closet, and it comes out when we start messing with the economic value or the balance of power.”

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Melanie Campbell and Cora Masters Barry participate in a meeting with Vice President Harris in 2021. (Melanie Campbell X account)

Barry went on to say at the time that, should Biden win the 2020 election, her group has “got to start organizing to make sure that the next president of the United States is a Black woman.”

“And that’s not going to happen if we don’t reach all of our Black people, because they’re the ones who are going to put her in there,” Barry added. “Those White folks ain’t going to put her in there.”

During the same Zoom call, Campbell was also critical of White women who have cast their votes for Trump, saying “race” and “White privilege” were driving factors and that she didn’t understand how they could support someone who “disrespects you as a woman.”

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“Am I surprised? No. Am I frustrated? Yeah – determined that we have to still find a way to get up and deal with it,” Campbell said. “What I’m not interested in doing is what I did, Cora, in 2016 is have these fruitless conversations with my White girlfriends who want to tell me we need to sit down and have a conversation. No we don’t. You need to go talk to your sister. You need to go talk to your cousin.”

“I have no interest in understanding why White folks do what they do. They do what they do because they doing what they do if I was them. They’re fighting to stay in charge and in control. That’s what they’re doing. I ain’t mad at them. What I am is mad at us,” Barry added, referring to the Black community.

Near the end of the Zoom call, Barry said it is a “perfect time” to mobilize Black voters and push their agenda “because there’s a lot of White guilt money out there.”

“I’m gonna take it- put it in my community and radicalize my people so they can come for your job. I’m saying it’s time to act,” she continued.

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Fox News Digital previously reported on Cora Masters Barry praising antisemite religious leader Louis Farrakhan in 2022. (Getty Images/File)

In addition to Barry’s comments about White women, Fox News Digital previously reported on Barry lavishly praising notorious antisemite Louis Farrakhan in 2022 at a private event honoring her late husband, former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.

During Barry’s remarks at the private ceremony, she praised Farrakhan, who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric for decades, including calling Jews “wicked” and comparing them to termites. Barry referred to Farrakhan as a “friend” and “member of the family” while also telling him “I love you more than words will ever say.”

“Minister Farrakhan, we love you more than you love us. You just don’t know it,” she added.

Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech

The Anti-Defamation League labeled Louis Farrakhan the “most popular antisemite in America” in 2020. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Farrakhan in turn praised Barry, saying, “Praise God for this woman. She is a treasure. A real treasure.”

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A spokesperson for both Barry and Campbell defended the comment about White women, previously telling Fox News Digital that the comment was in reference to how White women are not as reliable Democrat voters and that the vice president was not part of the conversation.

Barry, Campbell and the Harris campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

Fox News’ Houston Keene contributed to this report.

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