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SCOOP: Ramaswamy scores endorsement from a powerful House member in Ohio governor run

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EXCLUSIVE: Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor, Fox News Digital can exclusively report. 

Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee who represents Ohio’s fourth congressional district, shared on Monday his endorsement of Ramaswamy, the multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur and former presidential candidate.

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«Vivek Ramaswamy is as smart and hard-working as they come. He is a successful entrepreneur with a clear vision for Ohio’s future that includes lower taxes, more choice in education, better jobs and stronger families. I’m confident he’ll make our state proud and I am happy to endorse him for governor,» Jordan told Fox News Digital. 

Ramaswamy, who announced his bid for governor of Ohio in February, celebrated Jordan’s endorsement in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

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Ohio Senator Jim Jordan has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for governor of Ohio.  (Getty)

«I’m fired up to have Congressman Jim Jordan in my corner,» Ramaswamy said. «Jim’s a strong defender of American values. He’s spent his career standing up for the people of Ohio, and that’s exactly what I’m going to do as governor. Thanks, Jim, for your endorsement, your trust, and your energy.» 

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Jordan’s endorsement is the latest in a growing list of Republicans who have thrown their support behind the emerging conservative candidate. President Donald Trump endorsed Ramaswamy soon after his former political rival announced a bid for Ohio governor. 

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Florida Sen. Rick Scott and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have endorsed Ramaswamy, and Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, endorsed Ramaswamy last month. Trump and Jordan campaigned for Moreno last year as he unseated longtime Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. The former U.S. senator from Ohio, Vice President JD Vance, has yet to endorse Ramaswamy.

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President Donald Trump endorsed Ramaswamy soon after his former political rival announced a bid for Ohio governor.  (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Ramaswamy announced his run for Ohio’s highest office in February following a brief stint leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk. The administration announced Ramaswamy would no longer steer DOGE soon after Trump was sworn in as president. Musk has since endorsed Ramaswamy for governor of Ohio. 

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«It was my honor to help support the creation of DOGE. I’m confident that Elon & team will succeed in streamlining government. I’ll have more to say very soon about my future plans in Ohio. Most importantly, we’re all-in to help President Trump make America great again!,» Ramaswamy said following the shake-up. 

Rumors swirled earlier this year that Ramaswamy could be tapped by moderate Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to replace Vance in the U.S. Senate. DeWine, who is term-limited as governor this year, ultimately chose Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vance’s U.S. Senate seat, paving the way for Ramaswamy’s eventual gubernatorial run.

Ramaswamy announced his run for Ohio's highest office in February following a brief stint leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk.

Ramaswamy announced his run for Ohio’s highest office in February following a brief stint leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and former Morgan County school board member Heather Hill have announced their own Republican gubernatorial bids. Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, the former Ohio State University football coach who succeeded Husted when he was called up to the Senate, seems to be mulling a gubernatorial run. 

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There is also speculation that former Rep. Tim Ryan, the 2022 Democratic Senate nominee in Ohio, and Chris Redfern, a former state representative and state Democratic Party chair, are considering bids for governor as well. 

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Ramaswamy emerged as a standout contender in a crowded Republican primary field in the 2024 presidential election before ultimately suspending his campaign following Trump’s big upset at the Iowa caucuses. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

On the Democratic side, former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton has announced her campaign for governor. Traditionally a top general election battleground state, Ohio has shifted conservative in the past decade as Republicans have swept statewide elections. The Republican nominee will be considered the favorite to become Ohio’s next governor following the 2026 election. 

Ramaswamy emerged as a standout contender in a crowded Republican primary field in the 2024 presidential election before ultimately suspending his campaign following Trump’s big upset at the Iowa caucuses. While Republican candidates, including former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, exchanged jabs with Trump during the contentious primary, Vivek Ramaswamy’s loyalty to Trump never faltered. 

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The political outsider framed his campaign as «America First 2.0» — building on Trump’s legacy. Ramaswamy was quick to endorse Trump after he suspended his campaign and became a leading ally and surrogate on the campaign trail before eventually scoring his short-lived position steering DOGE.  

Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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Sen. Van Hollen pours cold water on ‘margarita-gate’ photo-op after El Salvador trip: ‘Nobody drank any’

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says the margaritas were fake. The outrage, he says, is real.

Returning from a highly publicized trip to El Salvador to meet with deported illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Van Hollen addressed reporters Thursday after landing at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. He attempted to set the record straight on what’s now being dubbed «margarita-gate,» a viral photo posted by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that appeared to show the senator and Garcia sitting casually at a table with two salt-rimmed drinks.

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«Let me just be very clear,» Van Hollen said. «Neither of us touched the drinks that were in front of us. And if you want to play a little Sherlock Holmes, I’ll tell you how you can know that. … If you sip out of one of those glasses, some of whatever it was — salt or sugar — would disappear. You would see a gap. There’s no gap.

«Nobody drank any margaritas or sugar water or whatever it is.»

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Van Hollen claimed the glasses were placed after the meeting began as a staged photo-op, adding that earlier footage shows the table without drinks. Van Hollen accused both El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and the Trump administration of trying to distract from what he described as a constitutional crisis.

«This is a lesson into the lengths that President Bukele will do to deceive people,» Van Hollen said. «And it also shows the lengths that the Trump administration and the president will go to, because when he was asked by a reporter about this, he just went along for the ride.»

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, left, meets with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in El Salvador Thursday. (X/@nayibbukele)

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Trump had his own take, posting on Truth Social Friday, «Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!»

The controversy stems from the case of Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran national deported from Maryland last month and placed in the country’s notorious CECOT prison. 

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Federal officials have called the deportation an «administrative error» in court. Van Hollen and other Democrats have since argued it violated Garcia’s constitutional right to due process.

But the Trump administration has pushed back, pointing to Garcia’s alleged domestic abuse, gang ties and suspected involvement in human trafficking. 

A 2022 Homeland Security Investigations report identified Garcia as a member of MS-13 and a suspected human trafficker. A 2021 domestic violence filing, written by his wife, Jennifer Vasquez, claimed, «I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he [has] left me.»

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., holds a news conference Friday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia after his visit to El Salvador to meet with deported Maryland illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Pool)

Despite these reports, Van Hollen insists no evidence has been presented in court and that the removal was unlawful. He cited rulings by a federal district court and the U.S. Supreme Court ordering Garcia’s return.

«The government in this case, the Trump administration, is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process,» Van Hollen said, quoting a recent Fourth Circuit decision. «That is the foundation of our constitutional order.»

He added that Judge Paula Xinis, the federal judge who first reviewed the case, found the administration «offered no evidence linking Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any terrorist activity.»

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, left, meets with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in El Salvador on Thursday. (Reuters)

Trump, however, fiercely defended the deportation. In a post on Truth Social and X, he said the Democrats were demanding the return of someone with gang ties and a history of violence, while holding a photo allegedly showing Garcia’s fist with MS-13 gang signs tattooed onto his knuckles.

In his post, President Trump wrote: «This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such ‘a fine and innocent person.’ They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13, beat up his wife, etc. I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things. I must be allowed to do my job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!»

Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador this week after the Salvadoran government initially denied him access to Garcia. After press coverage, he said, officials arranged a meeting at a hotel, which was filmed. He said Salvadoran soldiers had previously stopped him from approaching the prison and that he was surprised by the last-minute permission to meet.

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He also revealed that the U.S. had committed $15 million to El Salvador to support detention operations and said over $4 million had already been paid. Van Hollen claimed this funding was unauthorized and pledged to oppose future appropriations.

«I won’t support the use of one penny of taxpayer dollars to keep Abrego Garcia illegally detained in El Salvador,» he said.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., holds a news conference Friday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia following his visit to El Salvador this week to meet with deported Maryland illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., holds a news conference Friday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia following his visit to El Salvador this week to meet with deported Maryland illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Pool)

Critics, including Republicans and Trump allies, have questioned why Van Hollen would travel abroad to advocate for someone with alleged gang ties and a record of domestic abuse while remaining silent on victims like Rachel Morin, a Maryland woman murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2023.

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The White House drew a sharp contrast, posting side-by-side photos of Trump meeting with Morin’s mother and Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. The caption: «We are not the same.»

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Asked about the comparison, Van Hollen said his «heart breaks» for Morin’s family but defended his actions as grounded in the Constitution.

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«The reason we have courts of law is to punish the guilty, but also to make sure that those who have not committed crimes are not found guilty and arbitrarily detained,» he said.

Fox News’ Rachel Wolf, David Spunt, Greg Norman, Greg Wehner, and Bill Mears contributed to this report.

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Al menos 143 muertos y decenas de desaparecidos tras el incendio de un barco en la República Democrática del Congo

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Al menos 143 muertos y decenas de desaparecidos tras el incendio de un barco en la República Democrática del Congo (REUTERS)

Al menos 143 personas perdieron la vida y decenas más se encuentran desaparecidas después de que un barco que transportaba combustible se incendiara y volcara en el río Congo, en el noroeste de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC), según informaron funcionarios el viernes.

El trágico incidente ocurrió el martes, cuando cientos de pasajeros viajaban a bordo de una embarcación de madera. Según Josephine-Pacifique Lokumu, jefa de una delegación de diputados nacionales de la región, el siniestro tuvo lugar en el Congo, cerca de la ciudad de Mbandaka, en la provincia de Equateur, en la confluencia del río Ruki con el vasto río Congo, que ostenta el título de ser el río más profundo del mundo.

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La explosión que originó el desastre se produjo por un incendio a bordo, que a su vez fue causado por una explosión de combustible. “Una mujer encendió las brasas para cocinar. El combustible, que no estaba lejos, explotó, matando a muchos niños y mujeres”, explicó Lokumu. A medida que el fuego se propagaba rápidamente, la embarcación volcó en el agua, arrastrando a cientos de personas a las frías aguas del Congo.

Según la información proporcionada por Lokumu, un primer grupo de 131 cuerpos fue hallado el miércoles, seguido por 12 más el jueves y viernes. “Varios de ellos estaban carbonizados”, detalló.

Por su parte, Joseph Lokondo, líder de la sociedad civil local, quien participó en la sepultura de los cadáveres, dijo que el “número provisional de muertos es de 143: algunos quemados, otros ahogados”.

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Según la información proporcionada por Lokumu, un primer grupo de 131 cuerpos fue hallado el miércoles, seguido por 12 más el jueves y viernes. “Varios de ellos estaban carbonizados”, detalló (REUTERS)

Aunque el número exacto de pasajeros que viajaban en el barco no se conoce, Lokumu indicó que se encontraba en “los cientos”. En los días posteriores al desastre, algunos sobrevivientes fueron rescatados y hospitalizados, según informó Lokondo.

Sin embargo, a medida que avanzaban los días, varias familias aún no tenían noticias sobre sus seres queridos. “Varios familiares aún siguen sin noticias de sus seres queridos”, señaló Lokondo el viernes.

El desastre tiene lugar en un país que, debido a la falta de infraestructuras viales adecuadas, depende en gran medida de los viajes por agua. La República Democrática del Congo es un vasto país de África Central, con una red fluvial que conecta diversas regiones, lo que hace que los viajes por el río Congo y sus afluentes sean esenciales.

Sin embargo, estos viajes conllevan riesgos considerables, ya que los naufragios son frecuentes, y los naufragios en este tipo de embarcaciones de madera suelen ser fatales debido a las condiciones precarias en que se transportan los pasajeros.

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Una de las complicaciones más graves de la tragedia es la ausencia de listas de pasajeros, lo que dificulta las labores de búsqueda y rescate. Las autoridades locales han explicado que la falta de registros oficiales contribuye a que el número exacto de personas a bordo nunca se pueda determinar con certeza, lo que agrava aún más la tragedia.

Estos viajes conllevan riesgos considerables,
Estos viajes conllevan riesgos considerables, ya que los naufragios son frecuentes, y los naufragios en este tipo de embarcaciones de madera suelen ser fatales debido a las condiciones precarias en que se transportan los pasajeros (REUTERS)

Este naufragio no es un hecho aislado en la región. En octubre de 2023, al menos 47 personas murieron después de que otro barco se hundiera en el Congo, en la provincia de Equateur.

Además, en octubre del año pasado, más de 20 personas perdieron la vida cuando una embarcación se volcó en el lago Kivu, en el este del país, según las autoridades locales.

En 2019, un naufragio similar en el lago Kivu cobró alrededor de 100 vidas. Estos incidentes reflejan un patrón de naufragios frecuentes en el país, con una alta mortalidad debido a las condiciones de seguridad en los medios de transporte acuáticos y la falta de medidas preventivas adecuadas.

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(Con información de AFP)

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El Gobierno de Trump sacó una página web para culpar a China por el Covid: «Fuga de laboratorio»

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La Casa Blanca eligió este viernes tensar aún más la cuerda de la relación con Beijing y acusó a China por la pandemia de coronavirus. «El verdadero origen del Covid», acusó el gobierno de Donald Trump al gigante asiático, mediante la construcción y publicación de una página web llamada «LabLeak» (algo así como «fuga del laboratorio»), la cual aduce trasladar las investigaciones del Congreso y otras instituciones estadounidenses.

«Si existieran pruebas de un origen natural, ya habrían aparecido. Pero no es el caso», acusó el gobierno norteamericano este viernes mediante su nueva página, un subdominio del sitio web de la Casa Blanca que se llama «Lab Leak, el verdadero origen del Covid».

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Se refiere a China, que además de ser el primer país en que se reportaron casos de coronavirus a fines de 2019, este año se ve envuelta en una guerra comercial con los Estados Unidos, luego de que Donald Trump anunciara que incrementará los aranceles comerciales para productos hechos en el gigante asiático. Beijing, su contraparte, anunció lo mismo posteriormente y Trump volvió a retrucar.

La página que la Casa Blanca instituyó este viernes es, en realidad, una actualización del anterior apartado «covid.gov», que el gobierno estadounidense usaba hasta el 10 de abril pasado para dispensar distinta información sobre el coronavirus, cómo prevenirlo y cómo tratarlo.

Pero no sólo la página publicada por la Casa Blanca acusa a China por el origen, sino que rechaza el uso de barbijos y la implementación de medidas de distanciamiento social como políticas relevantes en materia sanitaria durante el transcurso de la pandemia.

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Y cimenta su teoría en base a cinco argumentos a favor de la teoría de una fuga del laboratorio. Uno de ellos es que Wuhan, la ciudad donde se registró el primer caso conocido del virus, también alberga el «principal laboratorio de investigación del (virus respiratorio) SARS» de China y tiene un historial por investigar con «niveles inadecuados de bioseguridad». Es en esa línea que argumenta que «si existieran pruebas de un origen natural del virus, ya habrían aparecido. Pero no es el caso».

La hipótesis de una fuga de un laboratorio chino ha ganado cierta popularidad no sólo en la sociedad estadounidense, sino también en agencias gubernamentales de ese país, como el FBI, la CIA o el Departamento de Energía, que se han pronunciado a lo largo del transcurso de la pandemia y en la posterioridad en concordancia con esa hipótesis.

Con base en eso es que en la página web en cuestión, la Casa Blanca cita un informe de más de 200 páginas de extensión acerca de las investigaciones sobre el Covid, que provienen de esas y otras instituciones del gobierno norteamericano.

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La nueva escalada de Trump contra China condice con el recrudecimiento de la guerra comercial entre ambos países, luego de que el gobierno estadounidense aumentara a más de 100 % los impuestos sobre ciertos productos made in China. Pero no sólo la tensión responde a motivos estrictamente comerciales, sino también a cuestiones geopolíticas.

Sin ir más lejos, Scott Bessent, secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, se metió de lleno en esa contienda y desde Buenos Aires, donde afirmó que el gobierno de Trump quiere evitar que América Latina se convierta en la «nueva África», continente en el que el gobierno chino cobra más y más importancia cada año.

Además de comparar la situación argentina con la de Africa, Bessent vino especialmente informar que su país deseaba que los argentinos pusieran fin a su dependencia del financiamiento chino a través del millonario intercambio de monedas, conocido como swap.

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La movida en varios frentes reveló una clara estrategia de armar grupos de aliados para aislar a China. Esta representa un triunfo de la mirada geopolítica de Bessent, el hombre más importante hoy en la guerra arancelaria de Trump, y quien logró pausar las bruscas subas de aranceles para empezar a negociar. Empezaron por Japón, seguirán por los vecinos asiáticos de China, siguen negociando con Canadá y México. Y al gobierno de Javier Milei también le toca un lugar.

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