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Plane crashes during takeoff in Nepal, killing at least 18

At least 18 people were killed after a small plane skidded off the runway in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, according to local officials.

One person survived the Saurya Airlines crash, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. All aboard – 18 Nepalis and a Yemeni citizen – were employees of the carrier, according to police.

Images from Nepal police showed thick smoke billowing from the burning aircraft on the the airport runway.

The plane was en route for technical maintenance, he added.

“Rescue efforts were started immediately and the situation was brought under control,” the aviation authority said.

The crash once again highlights the dangers of air travel in Nepal, a country often referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly due to multiple factors including its mountainous terrain.

The Himalayan country, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains including Everest, has a record of air accidents. Its weather can change suddenly, and airstrips are typically sited in difficult-to-reach, mountainous areas.

Aircraft with 19 seats or fewer are more likely to have accidents due to these difficulties, according to a 2019 safety report from the Civil Aviation Authority.

While the country has made improvements in safety standards in recent years, challenges remain, and a lack of investment in aging aircraft only adds to the risks of flying.

Last year, Nepal saw its worst plane crash in more than 30 years when at least 68 people died when a Yeti Airlines flight went down near Pokhara.

In May 2022, a Tara Air flight departing from Pokhara crashed into a mountain, killing 22 people.

In early 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka to Kathmandu crashed on landing and caught fire, killing 51 people.

And in 2016, a Tara Air flight crashed while flying the same route as the 2023 crash.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Russia is offering Moscow residents a record $22,000 to fight in Ukraine

Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost Russian troop numbers.

The financial sweetener comes as President Vladimir Putin struggles to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds on in its third year.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin introduced the one-time signing bonus of 1.9 million rubles (about $22,000) for city residents who join the military, according to a statement on Tuesday.

Anyone taking up the offer would earn as much as 5.2 million rubles ($59,600) in their first year of service, the statement added.

Those willing to join the fight in Ukraine can also receive one-time cash payments of about $5,690-$11,390 for injuries, “depending on the severity,” and the family of a soldier killed in action could be paid $34,150.

While Russia’s casualty numbers remain shrouded in secrecy, estimates say the death toll among troops is high. More than 70,000 soldiers were likely killed or wounded in May and June alone, the UK defense ministry said in an update on July 12, as the Russian army faced high losses on a new front in the Kharkiv region.

Social media is filled with video footage taken by drones of Russian troops being killed or left with life-changing injuries in what soldiers grimly call “meat grinder” battles against Ukrainian defenders. Ukrainian soldiers have often spoken of how their outnumbered forced face so-called human wave assaults from an enemy whose commanders appear happy to tolerate brutal attrition rates.

As personnel deaths mount, the Kremlin is looking all over the place to find fighters to send to the front.

Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase troop numbers by 170,000, which would take the overall number of Russian military personnel to more than 2.2 million, including 1.32 million troops, according to a decree published by the Kremlin in December.

That equates to boosting the Russian army’s size by 15% and marks the second such expansion of the army since Putin launched its invasion.

Putin initially ordered an immediate “partial mobilization” of Russian citizens in September 2022 following a string of defeats that caused recriminations in Moscow. The mobilization meant citizens who were military reservists could be called up and that those with military experience were subject to conscription.

The conscription campaign led to fierce demonstrations – particularly in Russia’s ethnic minority regions where mobilization efforts were concentrated – and has sparked an exodus of military-age men fleeing the country to avoid joining the war.

Although the mobilization campaign was suspended in November 2022 after officials said the target of recruiting 300,000 personnel had been met, Russia has been recruiting fighters beyond its borders to fight in Ukraine.

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North Korea’s trash balloons fall near South’s presidential office

Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents that have raised tensions and rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula.

More than 3,000 North Korean balloons, often filled with garbage such as cigarette butts, discarded batteries and even manure have fallen in the South since May, according to South Korean officials – who have responded by resuming loudspeaker broadcasts of propaganda and entertainment like K-pop songs along the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

The discovery at the presidential office Wednesday came after South Korean authorities warned the public to beware of falling objects as suspected North Korean trash balloons moved south toward the northern area of Gyeonggi province.

“While monitoring trash balloons sent by North Korea in cooperation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff today, we identified trash that fell in the presidential office area in Yongsan,” the presidential security service said later in a statement.

“No harmful or contaminating substances were found from an analysis by the response team.”

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) has advised people not to touch fallen balloons and to report any found to authorities.

“North Korea’s actions clearly violate international law and seriously threaten the safety of our citizens,” JCS said in a statement after an earlier balloon incident. “All responsibility arising from the North Korean balloons lies entirely with North Korea, and we sternly warn North Korea to immediately stop its inhumane and low-level actions.”

Pyongyang has previously said it sent balloons south in response to a civilian campaign in South Korea to float balloons carrying anti-North Korean propaganda in the opposite direction.

For many years, South Korean activists and North Korean defectors have sent balloons to the North, loaded with material criticizing dictator Kim Jong Un and USB sticks filled with K-pop songs and South Korean television shows – all strictly prohibited in the impoverished, highly isolated nation.

In a statement carried by North Korean state media earlier this month, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, said dozens of balloons, “dirty leaflets” and other material sent from South Korea were again found in her country and near the border.

Despite repeated North Korean warnings, the South Korean activists were “not stopping this crude and dirty play” she said.

“It seems that the situation we cannot overlook is coming,” Kim Yo Jong said in a “stern warning” published by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), adding there would be “a gruesome and dear price” to pay that could change the South’s “mode of counteraction” with the North.

While the balloons have been going across the border, North Korea has kept up a stream of criticism against military drills by the United States and South Korea on the peninsula, the latest of those being the deployment of US Marine Corps F/A-18 and F-35B fighter jets to Suwon Air Base for joint aerial training this week.

The South Korean Defense Ministry said the US planes will join with South Korean F-15, F-16 and FA-50 fighters in exercises that will end August 8.

A US Defense Department release said the Marine Corps jets were dispatched “to enhance their standard of readiness and lethality with our South Korean allies and joint forces.”

But a KCNA commentary claimed the joint maneuvers were an example of Washington “running high fever in its move to expand the overall structure of confrontation against” North Korea.

North and South Korea have been divided since 1953, when an armistice ended the Korean War three years after the North invaded the South. But a peace treaty has never been signed, so the two technically remain at war.

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Tim Peake: Astronauts stranded on International Space Station are in no danger

British astronaut Tim Peake has said the Boeing test pilots stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) are in no danger, despite uncertainty over how or when they will return to Earth.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew the first crewed mission of the aerospace giant’s Starliner spacecraft to the ISS in early June.

But several thrusters used to steer the capsule failed and the pair are waiting for Boeing and NASA to find a fix.

“I know Butch and Suni very well,” he told Sky News.

“The ISS is a fantastic hub with plenty of food and resources. The crew are completely safe and I know the agencies are working on a return option for them.

“Every astronaut has to consider the risks involved in human space flight. It’s something we do and go through as individuals to be comfortable with.”

Mr Peake spoke to Sky News at the Farnborough International Airshow, where it was announced he is joining the first commercial mission to put UK astronauts in orbit.

His role at Axiom Space, which is organising the mission in partnership with the UK Space Agency, will be to attract at least £200m in private sponsorship to make it happen.

“I think it is hugely important,” he said.

“The space industry in the UK is doing well, growing at four times the rate of the UK economy.

“So, by having this strong presence for UK space exploration it means that filters down and brings a return to the rest of the space industry.”

Axiom Space has already organised three trips to the ISS for billionaire space tourists and European-funded astronauts.

But the commercial mission for four UK astronauts would be the first of its kind. It has yet to be decided whether Tim Peake would command the mission.

Tejpaul Bhatia, the company’s chief revenue officer, said the crew could launch on a Space X rocket from Florida “within two to three years”, spending around two weeks on the ISS.

“Historically space exploration has been a government endeavour, a taxpayer endeavour,” he said.

“This is another path to space.”

Rapidly falling costs of reaching low-Earth orbit, and the decommissioning of the ISS in 2030, have opened up opportunities for commercial operators.

It’s likely a private space station will be built, operating as a commercial lab-space for astronauts to conduct experiments.

Axiom is ahead of the pack, already operating missions to the ISS in its final years, not just to do science, but also to learn how humans can live in space.

The company is hoping to attract funding for the UK mission from companies in the life sciences, data communications and security sectors who could commission experiments to be carried out by the crew.

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But any British company could join. A recent mission with an Italian astronaut on board attracted sponsorship from pasta manufacturers and a luxury car brand.

The UK Space Agency is putting up £15m to fly British science into space as part of the mission, if it goes ahead.

Dr Paul Bate, chief executive of the UK Space Agency, said: “Astronauts are the visible face of human spaceflight, but this mission is fundamentally about showcasing what space can do for citizens.

“From cutting-edge science and innovative technology demonstrations in micro-gravity, to the education and outreach work that will run alongside it, this mission shows how space breaks down barriers to opportunity and kickstarts economic growth.”

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Wegovy: Weight-loss jab approved for use in preventing heart attacks and strokes in UK

A weight-loss jab has been approved by the UK’s medicines regulator for use in preventing heart attacks and strokes in overweight or obese adults.

Wegovy, which is the brand name for the drug semaglutide, had already got the green light for weight management in those with obesity.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has now allowed it to be used in helping overweight or obese people cut their risk of heart problems.

Wegovy is the first weight-loss medication to be approved in the UK as a preventative method for “established cardiovascular disease”.

It can be prescribed to people who have a body mass index (BMI) score of 27 or above and have already been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease – a term which describes conditions relating to the heart or blood vessels.

Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk, typically works by making people feel fuller and less hungry.

It does so by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone which is used in regulating blood sugar levels and enhancing insulin secretion. This reduces the amount of glucose, or sugar, produced by the liver.

By cutting the amount of sugar produced, it slows down how quickly food is digested.

Heart attack or stroke risk cut by a fifth – study

The approval comes as a new trial, involving 17,600 people, found that taking it as an injection once a week, for up to five years, can lower a person’s risk of a major cardiovascular event – such as a heart attack or stroke – by 20%.

While the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is still to approve the treatment’s use, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, is feeling positive.

He said it could “help reduce cardiovascular risks for high-risk patients, potentially preventing heart attacks and strokes, and giving more people the chance of a healthier future”.

The MHRA’s Shirley Hooper called it “an important step forward in tackling the serious health consequences of obesity”.

She also said she is assured “the appropriate regulatory standards of safety, quality and effectiveness” have been met.

There have been previous challenges around the supply of the medication, with Novo Nordisk warning earlier this year there were supply constraints, and that it would be focusing on supplying to “those with the highest ongoing need”.

However, for the NHS, the company states there is “a protected supply”, while the non-NHS supply will remain “constrained and limited for the foreseeable future”.

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Trump says he ‘would be willing to do more than one debate’ with Vice President Harris

Former President Trump says he’s open to debating Vice President Kamala Harris more than once as the two face off in the 2024 presidential election.

‘Absolutely. I’d want to. I think it’s important,’ Trump said Tuesday when asked by Fox News’ Bill Melugin on a conference call with reporters if he would commit to debating Harris at least once.

‘I would be willing to do more than one debate, actually,’ Trump emphasized.

Minutes later, Trump noted, ‘I haven’t agreed to anything. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden.’

President Biden, in a blockbuster announcement Sunday, suspended his 2024 re-election rematch with Trump and endorsed his vice president. The move by Biden ignited a surge of endorsements by Democratic governors, senators, House members and other party leaders backing Harris to succeed Biden as the party’s 2024 standard-bearer.

Biden suspended his campaign amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month’s first presidential debate with Trump.

The 81-year-old president’s uneven delivery and awkward answers during the first 20 minutes of the debate in front of a national audience quickly prompted questions about his mental and physical ability to serve another four years in the White House.

Harris on Monday night announced that she’d locked up the nomination by landing commitments of backing from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention, which kicks off Aug. 19 in Chicago. 

Trump told reporters debating Harris instead of Biden ‘will be no different because they have the same policies.’

The former president, who skipped out on the GOP presidential primary debates with his Republican challengers, said, ‘I think debating is important for a presidential race. I really do.

‘I think if you’re the Democrat nominee or the Republican nominee, you have an obligation to debate. I think it’s very important.’

Trump, in comments with reporters on a call where he amplified his criticism of Harris on the crucial issue of border security, once again took aim at ABC News, which was scheduled to host the second debate between Biden and Trump in early September.

‘I’m not thrilled about ABC because they’re truly fake news,’ Trump said.

He noted that when it comes to the next presidential debate, ‘I have at least equal say. And I don’t like the idea of ABC.’

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Your bank wants your voice. Just say no.

You already gave your bank your address, date of birth, Social Security number and your mother’s maiden name. Now, they want your voice.

Banks say it’s an extra layer of biometric protection against fraud and cybercrime. But with the rise of hackers stealing voice data for deepfakes, is it worth the risk?

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The identity arms race

No matter how much money you have in the bank, a hacker or scammer wants it — and they’re always one step ahead.

If you’re skeptical of your bank having your voice data on record, you’re not crazy — you’re smart. A voice can be cloned using AI with as little as 10 seconds of audio and a few bucks.

Call your bank’s customer service line and . It takes two minutes. If you can do it now, great. If you can’t, I highly recommend you set a reminder to do it later. This is important.

Scammers have been known to plant fake numbers in search results. Don’t just Google search the name of your bank and call that number. Go directly to your bank’s website or call the number on the back of your debit or credit card.

Go a step further

Because you’re smart, you use strong unique passwords, you enable 2FA, you don’t bank on public Wi-Fi, and you always monitor your accounts. (More on all that below if you need help.)

But it might be worth a phone call or trip to your local bank branch to ask if they offer extra security features. Popular options include:

This physical or digital device generates one-time passcodes that are usually only good for 30 seconds for safer online banking.

Set up text or email notifications for real-time account activities, such as large transactions or account changes. It’s a bit of a pain when you have to approve all your charges, but it has saved me from scams and phony charges.

Many banks offer options to automatically lock your account after a certain number of failed online login attempts.

: This is enhanced security for certain activities using additional verification steps. For example, Morgan Stanley asks me for a one-time passcode if I log in at a new location.

Get your banking security up to par

Maybe you need to get the basics in order first. That’s OK, and it’s definitely not too late to take a couple smart steps.

  • Turn on two-factor authentication so only you can access your accounts. 

With 2FA enabled, a secondary form of verification is required to prove your identity instead of just entering your username and password to log in to an account.

The second form of verification can be something only you know (an answer to a question), something you have (your device), or who you are (a fingerprint, voice pattern or facial scan). You enter the temporary code, and voila — you’re in. 

 An authenticator app. Biometrics (your face or fingerprint scan) are a close runner-up. A text code is the most hackable.

  • Only log onto your bank from a network you can trust.

Looking at you, random coffee shop Wi-Fi. Public Wi-Fi networks do little to nothing to protect your privacy. Cybercriminals know this and use free Wi-Fi networks to find victims. Malware, phony hotspots, unsecured networks and nefarious passers-by might all be able to cut in, compromising your data and account.

If you connect to public Wi-Fi without taking precautions, thieves can steal login credentials to any account you sign into while on the network, including your bank accounts.

If you must connect to free public Wi-Fi, don’t do it without a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN allows you to browse the internet while encrypting your sensitive information. This helps hide your online credentials and IP address. 

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Now, help me get the word out. Share this story with friends and family to keep them safe before the tsunami of voice-cloning scams hits. They’re coming.

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After GOP snub, pro-life advocates re-energized by Kamala Harris, who they can label ‘extremist’

– Pro-life advocates, quietly despondent about the changes on abortion to the Republican Party platform, are re-energized by the Democrats’ new likely nominee-to-be, who many feel they can successfully paint as ‘the extremist she is’ on the issue of abortion.

The politics of abortion have changed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion access to the states. Democrats seized the moment, blaming former President Trump and his allies for the decision and trying to convince voters that a vote for a Democrat is a vote to restore Roe in some capacity. 

Just before the Republican National Convention last week, the RNC softened long-standing GOP language in the party’s platform, removing references to calls for a nationwide ban on abortion to appeal to a broader group of voters. 

Pro-life groups were still quick to support the Trump ticket, believing a Republican administration would still be most favorable to their cause of installing more protection for unborn babies and pregnant mothers, despite the changes to the GOP platform. 

But a new memo obtained by Fox News Digital reveals that pro-life advocates are ready to coalesce around a new objective – painting Harris as an abortion ‘extremist’ who ‘can’t name any limits on abortion she supports.’

In a memo sent Tuesday to GOP candidates, leadership and officeholders and state leaders from SBA Pro-Life America, one of the leading advocacy groups in the country, SBA claims, ‘Everyone expected abortion to be a major issue in the 2024 elections, but it now intensifies with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket.’ 

The memo contrasts President Biden, an Irish Catholic who ‘could barely utter the word abortion and for decades supported at least some basic limits, such as limits on taxpayer-funded abortions’ with Harris, SBA says, ‘shouts abortion – and has not once voted or voiced support for ANY limits on abortion.’ 

‘Harris is so committed to abortion that she can’t see anything else, including the developmental stages of children before birth or the real needs of women,’ the memo states. 

The memo points to then-Sen. Harris, who voted two times against a limit on abortions at 20 weeks with exceptions, ‘well after science shows unborn babies can feel pain – calling it an ‘immoral’ bill.’ 

‘She’s also voted twice against ensuring medical care for babies who survive an abortion attempt,’ the memo notes. 

The memo also references Harris’ time as California attorney general, when she backed legislation that forced pregnancy resource centers to advertise for abortion clinics – which was eventually struck down as unconstitutional at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The memo notes that in 2022, Harris supported closing down pregnancy resource centers which, in lieu of abortions, provide free medical care, baby formula, diapers and other necessities. 

Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, noted in a post on X on Monday that pro-life activists ‘around the country are more emboldened than any time since Roe to rally and educate Americans about [Harris’] radical record on abortion.’

‘There is no doubt that there was some disappointment and concern from grassroots pro-life activists over the GOP Platform changes, but with Kamala Harris at the helm there is a renewed enthusiasm among pro-lifers to fight for the unborn this election cycle,’ one Republican pro-life activist told Fox News Digital. 

‘Harris is a stooge for Big Abortion, so much so that she even voted against legislation that called for providing health care to babies born alive from failed abortions, making it easier to paint her as the extremist she is,’ the source said. 

Another pro-life activist told Fox that with Harris as the new presidential candidate, it ‘should force Trump and JD Vance to lean in on this issue’ to ‘show moderates just how radical Kamala is – abortion on demand at any time and for any reason.’

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Margin of error race between Harris-Trump in new poll conducted after Biden dropped

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in an extremely close contest, according to a new national poll conducted entirely after President Biden announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing his vice president.

Trump, who was formally nominated last week at the Republican National Convention as the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee, stands at 46% support among registered voters in an NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll released on Tuesday.

Harris, who on Monday night announced that she’d locked up her party’s nomination by landing commitments of backing from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates to next month’s Democratic National Convention, stood at 45% support.

Trump’s one point edge was well within the survey’s sampling error. Nine percent of those questioned were undecided. 

Independents surveyed 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%.

‘Looking at the toplines after all that’s transpired this month, even though the names have changed, the contest for president all looks very familiar,’ Marist Institute for Public Opinion director Lee M. Miringoff highlighted. ‘But drilling down into the numbers tells a different story as more voters are undecided and others may be rethinking their choice.’

The poll was conducted on Monday, the day after Biden’s blockbuster announcement that he was ending his 2024 re-election rematch with Trump. The president’s immediate backing of Harris ignited a surge of endorsements by Democratic governors, senators, House members and other party leaders in supporting Harris to succeed Biden as the party’s 2024 standard-bearer.

Biden suspended his campaign amid mounting pressure from within the Democratic Party for him to drop out after a disastrous performance in last month’s first presidential debate with Trump.

The 81-year-old president’s uneven delivery and awkward answers during the first 20 minutes of the debate in front of a national audience quickly prompted questions about his mental and physical ability to serve another four years in the White House.

According to the poll, 87% of Americans thought Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race was the right thing to do, with only 12% believing it was the wrong thing to do.

Just over 4 in 10 questioned, including 65% of Democrats, said Biden’s decision increases the Democrats’ chances of winning in November. Just under a quarter said his decision decreases the Democrats’ odds, and 34% said it makes no difference.

Top Republicans have been calling for Biden to resign the presidency in the wake of his decision. But 68% of those polled, including 47% of Republicans, said the president should finish his term in office. Just over 3 in 10 said he should resign now.

Both Harris and Trump are underwater when it comes to their favorable ratings, with Harris at 40%-44% favorable/unfavorable and Trump at 43%-49%.

Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, Trump’s running mate, stood at 28% favorable and 31% unfavorable, with just over 4 in 10 unfamiliar with the senator or unsure how to rate him.

When it comes to a running mate for Harris, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg top the list among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, with each at 21%.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro followed at 17%, with Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona at 13%, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper at 7% and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore each at 6%.

The survey had an overall sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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Kamala Harris hit with articles of impeachment over border crisis, ‘misleading’ people on Biden

A House Republican lawmaker is filing articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, over both her handling of the border and knowledge, if any, of President Biden’s alleged cognitive decline. 

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is accusing Harris of breaching public trust and of willfully refusing to uphold U.S. immigration law in two impeachment articles, obtained by Fox News Digital.

The former article on public trust accused Harris of having ‘knowingly misled the people of the United States and the Congress of the United States, principally to obfuscate the physical and cognitive well-being of the President of the United States, Joe Biden.’

It comes as a growing number of Republican lawmakers question what Harris knew and when about Biden’s mental state after even allies observed that it had worsened over the course of the 81-year-old’s White House term.

The latter article is targeted at Harris’s handling of the crisis at the southern border over her role as the Biden administration’s ‘border czar.’ She was tasked early on in the administration with addressing the root causes of mass migration from Central and South America.

It’s now the cornerstone of GOP-led attacks against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, as states across the country continue to struggle with the migrant crisis, though the number of border crossings has somewhat slowed in recent months compared to the record numbers seen last year.

‘Kamala Devi Harris has demonstrated extraordinary incompetence in the execution of her duties and responsibilities, a stark refusal to uphold the existing immigration law, and a palpable indifference to people of the United States suffering as a result of the ongoing southern border crisis in the United States,’ the impeachment articles state.

‘During her tenure as the designated border czar, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency ‘encountered’ nearly 302,000 illegal aliens at the southwest border in December 2023, the highest monthly total ever recorded and representing 4 consecutive months of over 240,000 illegal alien ‘encounters.”

Ogles’ impeachment articles are the latest update in the House GOP’s legislative offensive against Harris ever since she took up Biden’s mantle on Sunday.

Biden caught millions of Americans by surprise on Sunday afternoon when he announced he would drop out of the presidential race after mounting pressure to do so by fellow Democrats.

Just as Ogles introduced his legislation on Tuesday, the House Rules Committee advanced a resolution by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to condemn Harris over the border crisis. That bill is expected to get a House-wide vote sometime this week.

Fox News Digital reached out to Harris’ office for comment.

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