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Harris lashes out at Biden’s team for ‘adding fuel to negative narratives’ against her: book
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered up several criticisms of the Biden White House’s communications team in her new book, painting a picture of a staff that did little to defend her.
«They had a huge comms team; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day,» Harris wrote in her book «107 Days», released on Tuesday and providing detailed insight into her ill-fated presidential run.
«But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible.»
Harris added that the «president’s inner circle seemed fine with it» when «unfair or inaccurate» stories about Harris circulated and that it even «seemed as if they decided I should be knocked down a little more.»
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attend an official arrival ceremony for Kenyan President William Ruto on the South Lawn of the White House (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP / Getty Images)
In a chapter titled «July 24: 104 days til the election,» Harris suggested that Biden’s team was not only being unhelpful, but at times had worked against her in the past.
«This was total nonsense, but the White House seemed glad to let reporting about my ‘gaffe’ overwhelm the significant thaw in foreign relations I’d achieved,» Harris wrote about the White House not pushing back against media reports she had «faked a french accent» in 2021.
«Worse, I often learned that the president’s staff was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprung up around me,» Harris wrote.
Harris took issue in the book with Republicans who «mischaracterized» her role as the «border czar» and lamented that «no one in the White House comms team helped me to effectively push back and explain what I had really been tasked to do» or to «highlight any of the progress I had achieved.»
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Now-former President Joe Biden talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
In another part of the book, Harris wrote about how Biden began «taking on water» over the conflict between Hamas and Israel, saying that «when polls indicated that I was getting more popular, the people around him didn’t like the contrast that was emerging.»
Harris also provided details about her struggles with the Biden campaign staff before and after she became the nominee, writing specifically about meetings the Biden-Harris team had during the campaign in a pavilion on the White House grounds.
«These political briefings often made no sense to me,» Harris wrote. «Mike Donilon would filter the data from the polls and present the numbers in soothing terms: that the razor-thin, within-the-margin-of-error results were no cause for hair on fire; that really there was nothing to see here. Doug had wanted to stop sitting next to me because he got tired of me kicking him under the table when I asked a question and got a nonanswer.»
«My chief of staff, Lorraine Voles, turned to me as we left one of these meetings and said, ‘If I ever organized that sort of dog-and-pony bullsh– for you, you’d have my head on a platter.’»
Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, was also quoted in the book with some strong words for the Biden team as Harris recounted an instance where his staff gauged the couple about their loyalty to Biden on July 4th, shortly before Biden dropped out of the race.
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
«They hide you away for four years, give you impossible, sh– jobs, don’t correct the record when those tasks are mischaracterized, never fight back when you’re attacked, never praise your accomplishments, and now, finally, they want you out there on that balcony, standing right beside them,» Emhoff is quoted as saying. «Now, finally, they know you are an asset, and they need you to reassure the American people. And still, they have to ask if we’re loyal?»
Ultimately, Harris concluded that the Biden White House was mistakenly operating using «zero-sum» thinking.
«If she’s shining, he’s dimmed,» Harris wrote. «None of them grasped that if I did well, he did well. That given the concerns about his age, my visible success as his vice president was vital. It would serve as a testament to his judgment in choosing me and reassurance that if something happened, the country was in good hands. My success was important for him. His team didn’t get it.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Biden’s office for comment.
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Obama-era greenhouse gas rules gone as EPA’s Zeldin signs ‘single largest deregulatory action’ in history
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FIRST ON FOX: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday will eliminate the «2009 Obama EPA Endangerment Finding,» which set in motion most federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles, saving Americans billions.
The 2009 development was an EPA finding that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and three other greenhouse gases «endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations» under the Clean Air Act — leading to a slew of new restrictions and regulations.
An ensuing Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA found greenhouse gases qualify as air pollutants and that if the EPA determines they endanger public health or welfare it can regulate them.
«As I traveled across all 50 states this past year, I heard from countless Americans who not only dislike the (motor-vehicle) start-stop feature but passionately advocated for this mechanism to be a thing of the past,» Zeldin said of the major recission made Thursday.
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Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, House Speaker Mike Johnson and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin watch as President Donald Trump sign an executive order directing the military to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants during a «Champion of Coal» event at the White House in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
«Not only do many people find start-stop annoying, but it kills the battery of your car without any significant benefit to the environment. The Trump EPA is proudly fixing this stupid feature at Trump Speed.»
Zeldin said automakers shouldn’t be forced to adopt or be rewarded for using technologies that represent a «climate participation trophy» with no meaningful reduction in actual pollution.
The former New York lawmaker said consumer choice is a priority for his agency, and that his office will continue to advocate for «commonsense rules.»
ZELDIN OVERHAULS BIDEN-ERA WATER RULE TO END ‘WEAPONIZATION’ THAT LED ‘PUDDLES’ TO TRIGGER PRICY PERMITS
US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy added in a statement that resetting of mileage standards and removal of auto-starts and other greenhouse-gas-regulation-precipitated regulations are part of President Donald Trump’s vision to lower costs and revitalize manufacturing.
Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visit an auto plant. (Dustin Franz/Getty Images)
All federal greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles and engines subsequent to the 2009 declaration will be rescinded, a source familiar with the situation said.
When it comes to the start-stop off-cycle technology, a credit for it was created by the EPA in 2012 and quickly infuriated motorists who hear their engine click off then on again at a stoplight or in the teller line at the bank.
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The start-stop became a regulatory loophole allowing automakers to claim greenhouse gas credits without actually delivering empirical emission-reduction or human health benefits.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move to rescind the 2009 finding will «be the largest deregulatory action in American history, and it will save the American people $1.3 trillion in crushing regulations,» according to multiple reports.
However, the climate change field appears eager to litigate the new rule, as the nonprofit green-focused law firm Earthjustice signaled as much to PBS.
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«The Trump administration is abandoning its core responsibility to keep us safe from extreme weather and accelerating climate change,» Earthjustic president Abigail Dillen told the outlet.
«There is no way to reconcile EPA’s decision with the law, the science and the reality of disasters that are hitting us harder every year. Earthjustice and our partners will see the Trump administration in court.»
Some states, however, were not supportive of the news including Colorado, where Gov. Jared Polis said he «stands by (the) science» of the former EPA guidance.
«Protecting people’s health and making our air cleaner should never be a partisan issue,» Polis said in a statement.
«The science is clear that pollution from cars and trucks harms our air quality and puts families — especially kids, seniors, and those with health conditions — at greater risk. Rolling back long-standing protections creates uncertainty for consumers and businesses at a time when we should be investing in cleaner air, innovation, and energy diversity.»
«These investments aren’t just the right thing for our climate, it’s good business,» the Democrat concluded. «Clear, science-based standards give companies the certainty they need to invest and create jobs. Colorado will continue to stand behind science and protect the health and well-being of Coloradans.»
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South Korea’s espionage agency, the National Intelligence Service, informed lawmakers Thursday that it thinks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter is near to being set apart as the regime’s future leader, The Associated Press reported.
Kim is the third generation of men in his family to rule North Korea.
In a closed-door briefing, NIS officials said they are closely monitoring whether Kim’s daughter — believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and around 13 years old — appears with him before thousands of delegates at the upcoming Workers’ Party Congress, said lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun, who attended the meeting.
NORTH KOREA EXECUTED TEENS FOR LISTENING TO K-POP, WATCHING ‘SQUID GAME’: REPORT
This picture taken on Jan. 27, 2026, and released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan. 28, 2026, shows Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae inspecting a test firing of a rocket launcher system, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (KCNA via KNS/AFP via Getty Images)
«In the past, (NIS) described Kim Ju Ae as being in the midst of ‘successor training.’ What was notable today is that they used the term ‘successor-designate stage,’ a shift that’s quite significant,» Lee noted, according to the outlet.
In 2023, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service indicated to lawmakers that the North Korean leader and his wife probably had an older son as well as a younger, third child of unknown gender, according to The Associated Press.
PENTAGON PLANS TO GIVE SOUTH KOREA PRIMARY ROLE IN DETERRING NORTH KOREA THREATS UNDER NEW STRATEGY
This picture taken on Jan. 27, 2026, and released by KCNA on Jan. 28, 2026, shows Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae inspecting the test firing of a rocket launcher system. (KCNA via KNS/AFP via Getty Images)
North Korea is one of the world’s few nuclear-armed nations, making it a unique threat on the global stage.
A 2025 U.S. Intelligence Community Annual Threat Assessment stated, «Kim remains committed to increasing the number of North Korea’s nuclear warheads and improving its missile capabilities to threaten the Homeland and U.S. forces, citizens, and allies, and to weaken U.S. power in the AsiaPacific region, as evidenced by the pace of the North’s missile flight tests and the regime’s public touting of its uranium enrichment capabilities.»
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This picture taken on Dec. 20, 2025, and released by KCNA via KNS on Dec. 23, 2025, shows Kim Jong Un and Kim Ju Ae inspecting the Milyong Hotel, in the Samjiyon tourist district of Ryanggang Province. (KCNA via KNS/AFP via Getty Images)
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«Russia is increasingly supporting North Korea’s nuclear status in exchange for Pyongyang’s support to Moscow’s war against Ukraine,» the assessment noted.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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