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Biden takes aim at Trump as ‘existential’ threat to Black Americans in speech to lawyers group
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Former President Joe Biden took a number of potshots at President Donald Trump addressing the National Bar Association’s100th annual gala at the Hyatt in Chicago Thursday evening, saying his successor’s administration is engaged in an «existential» fight with minority communities.
«Not since those tumultuous days in 1960s has this fight been so existential to who we are as a nation, with marginalized groups so dramatically under attack,» said Biden, who spoke before being presented with the organization’s C. Francis Stradford Award, named for a co-founder of the historically Black legal association.
«My friends, we need to face the hard truth of this administration, and that it has been to ease all the gains we’ve made in my administration,» Biden went on. «To erase history rather than making it. To erase fairness, equality, to erase justice itself. And that’s not hyperbole. That’s a fact.»
«Get ready folks, this is just starting,» he added.
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Former President Joe Biden speaking at the National Bar Association’s 100th annual gala at the Hyatt in Chicago on July 31, 2025. (National Bar Association )
Raising his voice, Biden said, «Folks, in all our lives, the life of our nation, there are moments so stark that they divide all that came before from everything that followed, moments that forced us to confront hard truths about ourselves, our institutions, and democracy itself. «
«We are, in my view, at such a moment in American history, reflected in every cruel executive outreach, every rollback of basic freedoms, every erosion of long-standing, established precedent,» he said.
Biden also cast himself as a long-time ally of the civil rights movement, touting how his administration appointed more Black women to U.S. courts of appeals «than every other president in American history combined.»
He called for resistance against the Trump administration, especially emphasizing the role of the courts.
«Judges matter, courts matter, the law matters and the Constitution matters. I think a lot of Americans are starting to realize that under the pressure under now with this guy we have as president,» he said.
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Former President Joe Biden speaks at the National Bar Association’s 100th annual gala at the Hyatt in Chicago on July 31, 2025. (National Bar Association)
He also took jabs at Congress and the Supreme Court, saying, «they’re doing it all too often with the help of a Congress that is just sitting on the sidelines and enabled by the highest court in the nation. The rulings they’ve made, my god.»
«He seems to be doing his best to dismantle the Constitution,» he went on. «These are dark days, but you’re all here for the same reason I left that prestigious law firm to go to the defender’s office years ago. It’s because our future is literally on the line and we must be unapologetic of fighting for the future.»
The former president’s speech was free of major gaffes, though he slurred and stumbled over his words at several points.
At one point in the speech he joked, «When I was elected, I had the dubious distinction to be elected the youngest senator in American history and the oldest president in American history. It’s hell turning 40 twice.»
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Among the featured speakers were a host of high-profile Black lawyers, including far-left Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, MSNBC pundit Joy-Ann Reid and New York Attorney General Tish James.
«President Biden’s life and leadership reflect an unwavering commitment to the rule of law and the promise of justice for all,» National Bar Association president Wiley Adams said in a statement.
«[I]t is not only historic but also deeply meaningful to have the 46th President of the United States join us in honoring the transformative power of the law—and the enduring fight to protect our democracy,» he said.
The former president’s address comes two months after his son Hunter agreed to a voluntary disbarment stemming from drug use and alleged gun law violations.
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Former President Joe Biden, left, and his son, Hunter Biden, stand side-by-side. (Getty Images)
The president took the stage the same month his son has made waves in the public eye.
Earlier in July, Hunter Biden sat for a marathon interview from the Delaware Valley, in which he attacked President Donald Trump and many top Democratic figures, including David Axelrod, and spoke about his former addiction to crack cocaine.
In a case that occurred in the same area where the interview took place, a gun registered to Hunter Biden had been found in a dumpster a short distance from the A.I. duPont school in Greenville, Del.
Hallie Biden, widow of former Delaware Attorney General Joseph Beau Biden III and then-girlfriend of Hunter Biden, discovered the gun in her boyfriend’s possession and disposed of it there.
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Edward Banner of Newport, Del., had been rummaging through the dumpster for bottle deposits to cash-in and discovered the gun. He was later called to testify in the case.
During the registration of that weapon, Hunter Biden swore on a federal form that he was not actively using controlled substances – a declaration that led to a criminal case in Wilmington that eventually led to his disbarment.
In June 2024, District of Columbia Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby signed an order automatically suspending his license to practice law in Washington.
Hunter Biden filed a sealed affidavit in April consenting to his disbarment, which avoided a court hearing on the matter.
The speech also came just hours after longtime Biden aide Michael Donilon testified to the House Oversight Committee investigators that he could have been paid a total of $8 million if the former president won his 2024 re-election bid, a source familiar with the conversation told Fox News Digital.
Amidst allegations that close Biden allies covered up his mental decline while president, Donilon told the committee that «every President ages over the four years of a presidency and President Biden did as well, but he also continued to grow stronger and wiser as a leader as a result of being tested by some of the most difficult challenges any President has ever faced.»
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Longtime Biden advisor Mike Donilon appeared before House Oversight Committee investigators hours before his former boss’ speech. (Getty Images)
The National Bar Association, now based in Washington, D.C., was formed in Iowa at a time when the predominant American Bar Association barred Black attorneys from joining its ranks.
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Its approximately 66,000 members advocate for civil rights, diversity in the legal profession as well as equitable access to the law.
The National Bar Association said Biden’s appearance «underscores his ongoing efforts to strengthen the rule of law, defend voting rights, and support historically marginalized communities.»
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La socialité británica Ghislaine Maxwell fue declarada culpable el 29 de diciembre de 2021 de reclutar y preparar a niñas para que fueran abusadas sexualmente por el fallecido financiero estadounidense Jeffrey Epstein. (Foto de Handout / Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur de Nueva York / AFP)
FOTO DE ARCHIVO: Las instalaciones de Little St. James Island, una de las propiedades del financiero Jeffrey Epstein, vistas desde el aire, cerca de Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos, el 21 de julio de 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello/Foto de archivo
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Ohio senator introduces ‘Holly’s Act’ for woman brutally beaten in viral Cincinnati attack
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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, is introducing «Holly’s Act» after a woman was violently attacked by a mob in Cincinnati late last month – a move aimed at ending what he calls the justice system’s revolving door for repeat offenders.
The attack happened around 3 a.m. on July 26 at the intersection of Fourth and Elm streets in Cincinnati’s central business district.
Bystander video captured the moment a large group turned on several individuals early that morning, and in one video obtained by Fox News Digital, an unidentified man could be heard yelling racial slurs while being beaten in the street. Other footage appears to show the male victim striking a member of the group shortly before the altercation escalated.
In another video, a woman later identified only as «Holly» tried to intervene before she was slammed to the ground and knocked unconscious.
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New video of the viral Cincinnati beating shows individuals yelling racial slurs as the violence unfolds. (Jay Black)
A single 911 call came several minutes after the incident, despite more than 100 people standing by, recording, or participating in the melee.
Moreno held a press conference in Cincinnati on Wednesday after meeting with city officials, the FBI special agent in charge, the future U.S. attorney, police chief and a deputy from the local sheriff’s department.
Moreno described the meeting as starting «a little rough,» but said it ended productively.
Ultimately, he said everyone at the table agreed to work together to make certain that what happened on July 26 never happens again. He also said he wants to make sure anyone who lives in Ohio can visit any of the state’s cities.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks at a press conference alongside Holly, a victim in the viral July 26 beating in Cincinnati, at the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Ohio on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
«We’re going to talk to some of our state legislators to see if we can put something in place that I call — with her permission — ‘Holly’s Act,’ which is how we raise the bar on minimum sentences, minimum bail requirements… We’re going to end the revolving door of injustice,» Moreno said.
«Our judges can no longer hide behind their cloak, and they have to be held accountable for not upholding law and order,» he added.
Law enforcement officials risk their lives every day to arrest criminals, which involves going out and making difficult arrests. But when those criminals appear in court, judges undermine the police officers’ efforts by «giving criminals a slap on the hand,» the senator said.
«Let’s be honest, because a lot of times you guys are qualifying this as a brawl,» Moreno told reporters. «This was attempted murder of an innocent woman. And that person had a rap sheet a mile long. Nobody who has that rap sheet should be walking the streets of any Ohio city free.»
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Holly, a victim in the viral July 26 brawl in Cincinnati, listens as Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks at a press conference at the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Ohio on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Standing beside Moreno was Holly, who said she was focused on reform—not reliving the trauma.
«I’m here to talk about the future and how we can change it; how we can prevent this from happening to anybody else,» she said. «These heinous crimes have to stop. You know, I never want this to happen to anyone else, especially a mother, a daughter, or somebody who is loved.»
Holly said moving forward, more police officers are needed, as is justice reform that prohibits judges from letting people out of custody with a slap on the wrist.
«The man who attacked me, and might have permanently damaged me forever, should have never been on the streets, ever,» she said. «The fact that he had just gotten out of jail previously for something he should have been in there for years. It’s really sad to me because I can’t even fathom how many other people who have been attacked by the same type of man over and over and over in Toledo, in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton.»
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Holly, a victim in the viral July 26 brawl in Cincinnati, listens as Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks at a press conference at the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Ohio on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Holly said what upsets her most is the public’s desensitization to violence.
Holly said she hopes one day there is some sort of bill that allows someone to be prosecuted or fined if they do not call 911 first to save someone’s life.
«We all need to help each other out and start helping humanity,» she said.
One reporter asked Holly if she felt like she was going to die that night.
«I truly felt like I was going to die,» Holly said. «I’m still shocked that I didn’t—and so are my doctors.»
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Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks about the viral beating in Cincinnati, at the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Ohio on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Moreno told reporters that during the meeting, the attendees spoke about offering signing bonuses for police officers as a way to bring on more staff.
He said at the end of the day, a better police presence and better technology will help prevent incidents like that from July 26 from happening.
But Moreno also stressed how critically important it is for civilians to call authorities so that aid can be brought in as soon as possible.
«We’re not people that watch a woman get beaten to the inch of her life and our first instinct is to get out and videotape something so that you can be cool on Instagram,» he said. «That’s not who we are.»
A woman was violently punched in Cincinnati. (X/@Anthea06274890)
Several individuals have been charged in connection with what police describe as «a violent attack,» including Dominique Kittle, Montianez Merriweather, Jermaine Matthews, DeKyra Vernon, Aisha Devaugh and Patrick Rosemond.
Rosemond, 38, was taken into custody Monday afternoon by the FBI and Atlanta Metropolitan Major Offender’s Task Force in Fulton County, Georgia. He is charged with two counts of felonious assault and aggravated riot, according to the Cincinnati Police Department.
He is also charged with one count of fugitive from justice for a fingerprintable charge, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
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He is currently being held in the Fulton County Jail while awaiting extradition to Ohio, police said. Rosemond is a Cincinnati resident and does not have any registered addresses in Georgia, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital.
A grand jury is scheduled to convene on Aug. 8 for the charges filed against Kittle, Vernon, Matthews and Merriweather.
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El acuerdo entre Estados Unidos y Japón elimina barreras para autos, pero no conquista el mercado nipón
“Pensando en las necesidades básicas del mercado, sus autos simplemente no encajan”. La frase de Tsuyoshi Kimura, profesor en la Universidad Chuo de Tokio y exdirectivo de General Motors en Japón, resume la paradoja que persiste tras el reciente acuerdo comercial entre Estados Unidos y Japón. Aunque la administración de Donald Trump celebró la apertura del mercado japonés a los vehículos estadounidenses como un triunfo largamente buscado, la realidad del sector automotor nipón sugiere que el impacto será, en el mejor de los casos, limitado.
El anuncio de Japón de eliminar barreras a la importación de automóviles estadounidenses permitió a Trump proclamar una victoria en una batalla comercial que ha perseguido durante décadas. Para el presidente de EEUU, la omnipresencia de marcas japonesas en las carreteras estadounidenses contrasta de forma irritante con la escasa presencia de vehículos estadounidenses en Japón, una asimetría que, a su juicio, refleja la falta de reciprocidad en la apertura de los mercados y alimenta el persistente déficit comercial de Estados Unidos. Según The New York Times, la nueva estrategia de la Casa Blanca se apoya en el aumento de aranceles y la presión directa sobre otros países para que eliminen obstáculos, desde impuestos a productos agrícolas hasta requisitos técnicos y de contenido local en mercados como Japón e Indonesia.
El acuerdo más reciente con Japón se selló tras la imposición de un arancel general del 15% a los productos japoneses, inferior al 25% inicialmente amenazado. A cambio, Japón se comprometió a invertir cientos de miles de millones de dólares en Estados Unidos y, lo que Trump calificó como “quizá lo más importante”, a abrir su mercado a los automóviles y camiones estadounidenses. El principal negociador comercial japonés confirmó en rueda de prensa que el país aceptará la importación de vehículos fabricados en Estados Unidos sin exigir los estándares de seguridad y pruebas específicas que tradicionalmente han encarecido la entrada de estos productos. En palabras de Trump, “Japón abrirá su país al comercio, incluidos autos y camiones”.
La administración estadounidense replicó la fórmula con Corea del Sur, que aceptó el mismo arancel del 15% y la entrada de más vehículos estadounidenses sin gravámenes adicionales. No obstante, tanto en Japón como en Corea del Sur, la cuota de mercado de las marcas estadounidenses sigue siendo marginal.
El trasfondo de esta situación es complejo. Japón no impone aranceles a los vehículos importados desde finales de los años 70, pero los requisitos de seguridad y pruebas pueden sumar decenas de miles de dólares al costo de cada automóvil estadounidense, según analistas del sector citados por The New York Times. Además, el mercado japonés está saturado y dominado por marcas locales como Toyota, Honda y Nissan, que ofrecen una amplia gama de modelos pequeños, eficientes y adaptados a las calles estrechas y congestionadas del país. La mayoría de los consumidores japoneses prefiere vehículos compactos con el volante a la derecha, una configuración poco habitual en los catálogos estadounidenses.
La historia reciente refuerza el escepticismo sobre el efecto real de la eliminación de barreras. En 2016, Ford Motor abandonó Japón tras concluir que no existía un camino viable hacia la rentabilidad. El año pasado, las marcas estadounidenses representaron menos del 1% de las ventas de automóviles en Japón. Kimura, con experiencia directa en el sector, sostiene que “las barreras comerciales nunca han sido el problema”. Según su análisis, la falta de adaptación de los fabricantes estadounidenses a las particularidades del mercado japonés explica la escasa demanda: “Aunque se haya declarado que Japón abre su mercado automotor, es improbable que los autos estadounidenses se vendan”.
El propio Wilbur Ross, exsecretario de Comercio y presidente de la Japan Society, reconoce que los cambios regulatorios difícilmente convencerán a los consumidores japoneses. Para Ross, la eliminación de obstáculos comerciales responde más a un principio de equidad que a una expectativa real de incremento en las ventas. Relató a The New York Times una anécdota de su etapa negociadora con la Unión Europea sobre el veto al pollo estadounidense desinfectado con cloro: propuso que los productos se ofrecieran en los supermercados debidamente etiquetados y que el mercado decidiera. La administración Trump ha mantenido la presión sobre la Unión Europea para que abra su mercado a productos agrícolas estadounidenses, logrando que el bloque se comprometa a abordar “barreras que afectan el comercio de alimentos y productos agrícolas”, aunque sin detalles concretos.
El patrón de las negociaciones actuales evoca episodios de las décadas de 1980 y 1990, cuando las tensiones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y Japón alcanzaron su punto álgido, en parte por la cuestión automotriz. En 1995, Japón adoptó medidas para facilitar el acceso de los fabricantes extranjeros a su red de concesionarios, pero las ventas estadounidenses no aumentaron. En paralelo, los fabricantes japoneses intensificaron su producción en Estados Unidos, lo que diluyó el conflicto en las conversaciones bilaterales.
La dimensión política de estos acuerdos resulta ineludible. Alan Wolff, investigador del Peterson Institute for International Economics, observa que la insistencia de Trump en sectores concretos, como los automóviles o los productos lácteos durante la negociación del acuerdo Estados Unidos-México-Canadá, responde a su valor simbólico y electoral. “Tienen relevancia política para él, y por tanto para Estados Unidos”, afirmó Wolff a The New York Times. A su juicio, se podrían haber negociado cuestiones de mayor alcance, como los tipos de cambio, pero la prioridad presidencial ha sido asegurar concesiones tangibles en sectores emblemáticos.
La resistencia cultural y las preferencias de los consumidores japoneses han quedado ilustradas en episodios como el que vivió Glen S. Fukushima, entonces ejecutivo de AT&T y vicepresidente de la Cámara de Comercio Estadounidense en Japón. Tras un encuentro con el embajador estadounidense Walter Mondale, quien sugirió que su chofer en Tokio debería conducir un auto estadounidense, Fukushima probó un Cadillac Fleetwood. El vehículo resultó demasiado voluminoso para las calles cercanas a su residencia, por lo que regresó a su Nissan Cima y explicó la situación al diplomático. “Era un hombre razonable”, recordó Fukushima. “Lo entendió”.
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