President Biden’s son Hunter was spotted arriving at the Reagan National Airport right outside Washington, D.C.  on Tuesday night where he briefly answered questions about his father’s health.

‘Great,’ the president’s son said when asked to comment on his health just days after bowing out of the presidential race amid concerns from members of his own party about his ability to serve out another term.

‘How are you feeling now that he has stepped down,’ Biden is asked as he walks into the airport parking garage.

‘It’s all good, man,’ Hunter responds.

Hunter’s arrival in the nation’s capital from Santa Monica around 9 p.m. on Tuesday comes after Fox News Digital reported he was out and about in Los Angeles last week while his father remained hunkered down on the other side of the country, battling to save his legacy and fending off reports that he would soon step down.

Hunter Biden started sitting in on meetings between his father and close staff at the White House just a week after the debate, with one White House source telling NBC at the time that the sudden presence caused confusion and prompted many to ask, ‘What the hell is happening?’ 

Biden appeared to rely on his son not only in those meetings, but on phone calls as well, sources had reported. 

The White House told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that the president stands by his previous pledge not to pardon Hunter who was convicted last month on federal gun charges. 

Critics aren’t so sure and several Republicans have speculated the president will indeed pardon his son now that re-election is off the table. 

‘I’m going to place the odds that Joe Biden pardons Hunter Biden at 100%. Hunter Biden will get a pardon as a result of this decision,’ Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said during his podcast, ‘Verdict with Ted Cruz,’ on Monday.

Fox News Digital’s Peter Aitken contributed to this report

– Vice President Kamala Harris energized a crowd of eager voters in one major battleground state rooting for her November success, just a week after former President Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination in the same city and two days after President Biden withdrew his Democratic nomination amid internal party pressure.

While the president’s abrupt move via a post on X to suspend his re-election campaign took Democratic voters by surprise, they told Fox News Digital they are ‘excited’ that Harris is slated to secure the nomination next month at the DNC and believe she’s the best candidate to beat Trump in November. 

‘Well, I’m excited now,’ Amy Turkoski, a spokesperson for the teacher’s union, Madison Teachers Inc., told Fox News Digital at the Milwaukee rally. ‘On Sunday, I was just shocked and confused, and yesterday, I still felt shocked and confused. But today, I feel united and energized and really excited that she’s the candidate for us.’

And Democratic voters are hoping to win over independents as well, a group where Trump currently leads, according to a recent poll.

‘We definitely need someone who will unite the independents and even unite within the Democratic Party, and I do feel she is that candidate,’ Turkoski said. ‘She has the experience. She has the knowledge to unite.’

Trump and Harris are in a tight contest, the most recent national poll since Biden ended his campaign indicates. However, independents – who are being closely watched this election cycle – backed Trump 46%-32% over Harris, with one in five undecided.

In a multi-candidate field, the poll indicated Harris and Trump deadlocked at 42% support, with Democrat turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at 7% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent Cornel West each at 1%.

‘I’m extremely excited about Kamala Harris,’ rallygoer Lester Pines, an attorney, told Fox News Digital. ‘She is articulate. She is incredibly smart. And she is the most telegenic Democratic candidate we’ve had in decades. You put her on television next to Donald Trump, and Donald Trump will look like the old man that he is, look like the kind of befuddled person he is.’

Pines said he thinks Biden did the right thing by suspending his campaign, ‘because physically, especially once he had COVID, it was clear that it was going to be impossible for him to keep up the rigors of a campaign.’

Ben Wickler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democrat Party, told Fox News Digital he’s ‘fired up’ about Harris as well, despite Biden’s campaign suspension being a ‘tough moment.’

‘[This is] a crowd that is ready to do the work to ensure that Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the fall, and that we make a country that works for everyone,’ Wickler said. ‘This is a phenomenal moment in American politics. And I have enormous confidence that we’re going to win the election this November.’

Wickler said, as the Democrats coalesced behind Harris, there was an ‘energy being unlocked.’ 

‘And it feels like today we’re in a new day, the presidential race has been reset,’ he said.

Belinda Lucas, another attendee, said she’s ‘very happy’ with Harris and that ‘she knows Joe’s agenda.’

‘I think she’s gonna continue with that. I’m very happy,’ she said. 

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez was also among the crowd showing support for Harris, telling Fox News Digital ‘the energy and the electricity in this room was palpable.’

‘People are so excited to be able to go knock on doors for her, to go make those phone calls, register people to vote,’ Rodriguez said. ‘The road to the White House goes through Wisconsin, and she’s going to win this state. I’m very, very excited about it.’

In her presumptive Democratic candidacy debut, Harris narrowly attacked Trump and claimed he wants to implement a blanket ‘ban’ on abortion.

‘We who believe in reproductive freedom will stop Donald Trump’s extreme abortion bans because we trust women to make decisions about their own body, and not have their government tell them what to do,’ Harris told the raucous crowd of supporters gathered in Milwaukee.

Harris has made the same claim on other occasions, including in an X post earlier this month. ‘Donald Trump would ban abortion nationwide,’ she wrote. ‘President [Joe Biden] and I will do everything in our power to stop him and restore women’s reproductive freedom.’

Fox News Digital’s Brandon Gillespie and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 

Members of President Biden’s Cabinet are doubling down on their support for the president amid calls for them to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.

The shoring up of their support comes as Biden continues to face pressure over his health as well as his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, which prompted mounting concern from lawmakers questioning his ability to serve the remainder of his term if he is unable to seek re-election.

‘Secretary Yellen disagrees with those calls,’ a spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Fox News Digital on Tuesday, while also pointing to recent comments she made during a House hearing in which she refused to comment in detail on her private meetings with Biden.

‘The president is extremely effective in the meetings that I’ve been in with him. That includes many international meetings that are multihour,’ Yellen said at the time.

Representatives for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm also said their bosses did not agree with the calls for Biden to step down or be removed from office.

Granholm’s spokesperson pointed Fox to comments the secretary made last month pushing back on a report that Biden was mentally ‘slipping.’

‘The president is utterly on his game,’ Granholm told Fox at the time. ‘He is the wisest, most knowledgeable person in the room. He asks the toughest questions and has the keenest insights on the complex questions brought to him. He is sharp, thoughtful and wise.’

A spokesperson for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed Fox to comments the secretary made this month defending Biden’s ability to perform the job of president.

‘You’re d–n right he’s capable,’ Vilsack told Agri-Pulse, an agriculture-focused news site.

Fox News Digital reached out to multiple other members of Biden’s Cabinet but did not receive responses.

Biden announced on Sunday that he would suspend his re-election campaign and would instead endorse Vice President Harris for the Democrat nomination after facing weeks of pressure from within his own party to drop out of the race.

The pressure mounted after his poor performance at the first presidential debate in June, where he was seen speaking with a raspy voice and jumbling up his words.

Harris’ office said Tuesday morning that she believes Biden is currently capable of serving as president.

‘As the vice president has said many times before, the nation is lucky to have President Biden leading our nation,’ Ernesto Apreza, press secretary to the vice president, told Fox.

Fox News’ Aubrie Spady and Matt Richter contributed to this report.

The media are gushing – there’s no other word – over newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

She was being portrayed as having the money and the mojo as she headed to Milwaukee. ‘Harris Hits the Trail, Powered by Endorsements, Money and Delegates,’ said The Washington Post.

The excitement is understandable. The mainstream press wanted Joe Biden to step aside, the vice president steps in and attacks Trump from an ex-prosecutor’s perspective (and he calls her ‘Dumb as a Rock’). And given that Harris would be such a groundbreaker – first female president, first black female president, first president of Asian-American background – it’s a hell of a story.

But with Biden finally planning to address the country tonight – putting to rest absurd rumors that he was dying or dead – the spotlight remains firmly fixed on Harris.

Her Milwaukee rally yesterday was a truncated version of her Wilmington speech the day before – slamming Trump, promising to work for the middle class – a practically verbatim reprise. If she keeps repeating that, it won’t make much news. 

There was nothing personal in the speech, even though Harris has to sell herself and her persona. An hour later, she was on a plane back to Washington, rather than shaking hands in a coffee shop or otherwise getting out from behind the podium.

So with the reality that Twitter is not the real world – shocking I know – here is a more skeptical view of her obviously hasty campaign launch.

Liberal New York Times columnist Ezra Klein says the question, after a grueling month, is ‘How do candidates respond to pressure? Do they seem honest and authentic to voters, or does something about them read as false or opportunistic? Do they have that charisma that convinces people to knock on doors for them, share memes of them, proselytize to family members about them?

‘Harris’s reputation was as a candidate with the tangibles but not the intangibles. She was great on paper but, in 2020, couldn’t put the pieces together…

‘But Harris has never won an election atop the ticket in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin or Michigan. She’s never won an election atop the ticket anywhere but California. The Biden administration’s record is unpopular, and she cannot make a clean break from it. Immediately uniting around Harris feels safe to some Democrats. To other Democrats, it’s risky. They risk making the mistake they made with Biden, which is being so afraid of disunity that they’re failing to gather the information they need to know how their candidate will really perform.

And here’s the truth: It’s all risky. It could all go bad, no matter what path is chosen.’

Now that’s a candid assessment.

The Atlantic’s David Frum, a Never Trumper and former Bush White House speechwriter, says ‘now the Trump campaign will be defining Harris’s identity too —and no prizes for guessing how they will do that: by casting Harris as a threat to sexual decency and racial order. 

‘Also, respects to our potentially new Democrat Challenger, Laffin’ Kamala Harris. She did poorly in the Democrat nominating process, starting out at Number Two, and ending up defeated and dropping out, even before getting to Iowa, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a ‘highly talented’ politician! Just ask her Mentor, the Great Willie Brown of San Francisco.

‘In case you missed Trump’s hint, he’s referencing an old internet smear that Harris slept her way to political success.’

(Note: Kamala Harris had a relationship with Willie Brown, who would become San Francisco’s mayor, in the 1990s, and it was not a secret. She was single, and while Brown was still technically married, he had separated from his wife more than a decade earlier.)

‘Her midlife marriage, her mixed-race origins, her manner and appearance, her vocal intonations, her career in the Bay Area with all of its association in the right-wing mind with dirt and depravity — those will be resources to construct a frightening psychosexual profile of the Black, Asian, and female Democratic candidate.

‘Democrats are taking a risk with Harris — and it’s not only their risk. If she does secure the Democratic presidential nomination, then she becomes the only hope to keep Trump out of the White House for a second term. She becomes the only hope for Ukraine, for NATO, for open international trade, for American democracy, for a society founded on the equal worth and dignity of all its people.’

Pollster Kristin Soltis Anderson writes in the New York Times that Harris has her upsides, but on the downside, Biden’s ‘poor approval rating wasn’t all about his age; on an array of issues, voters say they don’t think his policies made them better off — and his policies are also, in effect, her policies.’

Harris was ‘designated ‘to lead the White House effort on the border. Republicans will also, no doubt, point to Ms. Harris’s support for things like a controversial Minnesota bail fund to undercut any tough-on-crime-prosecutor messaging.’ 

On the right, National Review’s Noah Rothman says ‘contrary to the story Democrats are about to try to sell to the public, Harris’s party has never regained confidence in her abilities…

‘The revolt of the staffers coincided with a one-on-one interview with NBC News [anchor] Lester Holt, in which Harris defended her failure to visit the rapidly deteriorating Southern border by laughing awkwardly while insisting she hadn’t ‘been to Europe’ either. ‘I don’t understand the point you’re making,’ Harris insisted. No one else appeared similarly perplexed.’

‘The revolt of the staffers coincided with a one-on-one interview with NBC News [anchor] Lester Holt, in which Harris defended her failure to visit the rapidly deteriorating Southern border by laughing awkwardly while insisting she hadn’t ‘been to Europe’ either. ‘I don’t understand the point you’re making,’ Harris insisted. No one else appeared similarly perplexed.’

She was largely sidelined after that, preferring friendly settings like ‘The View’ and a show on Comedy Central hosted by Charlamagne tha God.

‘For all the party’s public displays of bravado, Democrats appear to understand that the vice president needs to operate in a rigidly structured environment . . . or else… As a presidential candidate, the vice president will be at least as rigorously stage-managed as Joe Biden was in the closing days of his campaign.’ So Democrats ‘have to preserve the abstraction of Kamala Harris for as long as possible.’

In Fox prime time, Jesse Watters said: ‘Kamala is even more radical and incompetent than old Joe Biden,’ calling her a ‘California socialist’ and ‘even more unpopular than the most unpopular president in American history.’

‘No one who truly loves this country, no one who truly wants the best for the American people, would ever subject us to someone like Kamala Harris,’ said Laura Ingraham. ‘They know that Harris is incompetent, just as they knew that Biden is incompetent.’

But the beat goes on. Speaking of ‘The View,’ the liberal ladies conducted an absolute love fest yesterday with the White House press secretary, the woman who constantly assured reporters that the president was definitely running (as she was told to do). 

‘Please welcome back the fabulous Karine Jean-Pierre,’ Whoopi Goldberg said.

Other than a skeptical question or two, the spokeswoman said her boss ‘still has the job. And we have a lot more to get done on behalf of the American people.’

Can a Kamala appearance be far behind?

Look, maybe Harris will catch fire and make this a cliffhanger. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed her yesterday, by which time she didn’t need them anymore. A Quinnipiac poll has her trailing Trump by just 49 to 47 percent, or several points better than Biden. Trump is suddenly the old-guy candidate in the race.

But for now the media cheerleading for Harris isn’t providing the full picture.

Have you ever wondered what the future of warfare might look like? Well, it’s starting to take shape right above our heads. 

The U.S. Air Force has just unveiled a new aircraft that’s turning heads and raising eyebrows across the globe.

But don’t expect to see a pilot in the cockpit. This high-tech innovation flies itself.

XQ-67A: The new kid on the block

On a sunny California day in February 2024, something extraordinary took flight. The XQ-67A, a sleek unmanned aircraft, soared into the sky for the first time, giving us a glimpse into the future of aerial combat and reconnaissance.

The XQ-67A is what’s known as a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle. This aircraft is packed with cutting-edge technology that allows it to fly without a human pilot on board. Instead, it can be controlled remotely or even fly on its own, making decisions based on its programming and the data it collects.

There’s more than meets the eye with the XQ-67A

So, what makes the XQ-67A stand out in a world where drones are becoming increasingly common? For starters, it’s part of a program called the off-board sensing station. This fancy name essentially means it’s designed to be the eyes and ears of the Air Force, gathering crucial information in situations that might be too dangerous for human pilots.

But here’s where it gets really interesting: The XQ-67A is built on what engineers call a ‘common chassis.’ Think of it like a car frame that can be used to build different types of vehicles. This approach allows the Air Force to create various types of drones quickly and cost-effectively. All of these are based on the same core design.

It’s a family affair when it comes to the Air Force’s drones

The XQ-67A isn’t alone in this new era of aviation. It’s actually based on an earlier drone called the XQ-58A Valkyrie. And there’s more on the horizon. The Air Force is also developing something called the off-board weapon station, which could be thought of as the XQ-67A’s more combat-oriented cousin.

This family of drones represents a shift in military thinking. Instead of relying solely on expensive, manned aircraft, the Air Force is moving towards a mix of crewed and uncrewed vehicles working together. It’s a concept they call ‘Loyal Wingman,’ where these autonomous drones support and protect human pilots in the air.

How the XQ-67A is changing the game

The implications of this technology are huge. With drones like the XQ-67A, the Air Force can gather intelligence, conduct surveillance and potentially even engage in combat without putting pilots directly in harm’s way. It’s not just about reducing risk to human life; it’s about expanding capabilities.

These drones can fly longer missions without the limitations of human endurance. They can be sent into dangerous or contaminated areas without hesitation. And perhaps most importantly, they can make split-second decisions based on data and algorithms, potentially reacting faster than a human pilot could.

Looking to the future of autonomous military aircraft

As exciting as the XQ-67A is, it’s just the beginning. The technology behind these autonomous aircraft is advancing rapidly, and it’s not hard to imagine a future where swarms of artificial intelligence-controlled drones work in perfect coordination with human pilots.

But this future also raises important questions. How will the role of human pilots evolve? What are the ethical implications of having machines make life-and-death decisions in combat? And how might this technology change the nature of warfare itself?

Kurt’s key takeaways

The XQ-67A represents a pivotal moment in military aviation. The skies of tomorrow will be filled with aircraft that think, decide and act on their own, working alongside human pilots to accomplish missions we can only imagine today. Whether this prospect fills you with excitement or concern, one thing is certain: The future of aerial warfare is here, and it’s autonomous.

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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff clapped back at former President Trump, who criticized his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, after she launched her presidential campaign.

Trump, who often coins nicknames for his political opponents, dubbed Harris ‘Laughin’ Kamala’ and ‘Lyin’ Kamala’ on his social media platform Truth Social.

‘That’s all he’s got?’ Emhoff said Tuesday when asked by reporters about the former president’s comments about his wife.

‘You heard the Vice President yesterday making the case against Donald Trump,’ Emhoff said. ‘Very clearly laid out the case, directly and in a compelling fashion. But she also laid out a vision for the future. A vision where there’s freedom. Where we’re not having to talk about these issues of today in this post Dobbs Hellscape that Donald Trump created.’

Harris launched her presidential campaign Sunday night after President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election campaign. Harris secured enough delegates Monday night to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination, although the party’s nominee will not formally be selected until next month’s convention in Chicago.

‘We’re gonna prosecute the case against Donald Trump and his lies, his gaslighting, during COVID, the dereliction of duty, inciting an insurrection and all those other things,’ Emhoff said.

‘We’re gonna make that very clear,’ Emhoff continued. ‘She’s gonna be able to make that case. We’re also gonna move on from this type of environment, this Dobbs, where freedoms are taken away, where autonomy is taken away. Where they’re telling you, you can’t read this book. They’re telling you, you can’t learn these facts. They’re telling you, you can’t vote. All that is gonna change, and it must change.’

Harris has been raking in the cash since the launch of her campaign. She raised $81 million in the first 24 hours of her campaign, the most in history that a presidential candidate has raised in 24 hours, and $100 million from when Biden dropped out Sunday afternoon through Monday night.

The campaign said more than 888,000 grassroots donors made contributions during the 24 hours, with 60% of them making their first contribution of the 2024 election cycle. The campaign also said it signed up 43,000 of those donors to make recurring donations.

The money Harris raised easily bests the nearly $53 million the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised back in May through their online digital fundraising platform in the first 24 hours after the former president was convicted on 34 felony counts in his criminal trial in New York City.

‘You see the enthusiasm, you see the excitement,’ Emhoff said. ‘You saw the money raised, you saw the party coalesce. You saw the broad base of support that she had in just one or two days because she’s talking about an America that we all have a place in … Kamala Harris has united the party. She’s gonna unite the country … You see that happening, and she’s gonna win this election.’

Democrat Rep. Emilia Sykes, who is running for re-election in an Ohio district that’s vulnerable for Democrats, ignored questions about Vice President Harris’ record on immigration on Tuesday.

‘Hello, Congresswoman, do you think that Kamala Harris did a good job as the border czar,’ Sykes was asked in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. 

Sykes ignored the question and kept walking, which prompted a follow-up question.

‘Congresswoman, do you think Kamala Harris did a good job as the border czar? Yes or no?’

Sykes responded, taking issue with the pronunciation of Harris’ name, ‘I don’t know who Kamala Harris is.’

‘She’s the vice president,’ the questioner responds before Sykes enters her office.

‘No surprise: Two days after Sykes endorsed Harris, she pretends not to know her,’ former Ohio Republican state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, who is running against Sykes in Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

‘With Sykes’ support, Harris the Border Czar has created one of the worst humanitarian and security disasters our border has ever seen. I’d pretend not to know her too.’

In a statement to Fox News Digital, DCCC Spokesperson Aidan Johnson pointed to the mispronunciation of Harris’ name.

‘If Republican trackers and Kevin Coughlin are going to ask about the Vice President they should show respect and start pronouncing her name correctly,’ Johnson said.

Sykes endorsed Harris for president on Sunday, pledging to work with Democrats to ‘unify’ around her as the nominee.

Sykes, a first-term Democrat who won in 2022 by five points, is defending her seat in a district that includes parts of two counties that President Trump comfortably won in 2020. The Cook Political Report ranks the race as a ‘Democrat Toss Up.’