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Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump

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Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Tim Kaine D-Va., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced legislation on Thursday to hold Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and other Salvadoran leaders «accountable» for their alleged human rights abuses and for the country’s «collusion with the Trump administration to imprison people from the United States without due process.»
Titled the El Salvador Accountability Act of 2025, the bill would impose property-blocking and visa sanctions on Bukele and other Salvadoran officials «who have engaged in international human rights violations or worked to deprive individuals residing in the United States of their rights under the U.S. Constitution.» The measure would also block any U.S. funding to the Salvadoran government and instruct the U.S. to oppose international financial assistance being sent.
This comes after the Trump administration sent over 200 illegal, alleged gang members to the infamous, high-security prison CECOT, which has served as a detainment facility for many of El Salvador’s most notorious criminals.
The move was met with staunch opposition by Democrats who accused the administration of depriving the illegal aliens removed of their due process rights. Democrats took particular issue with the deportation of illegal alien and suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to the prison in March.
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Democratic Senators Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. and Tim Kaine D-Va., introduced legislation on Thursday to hold Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and other Salvadoran leaders «accountable» for their alleged human rights abuses and for the country’s «collusion with the Trump administration to imprison people from the United States without due process.» (Getty Images and Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images and EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP via Getty Images)
Van Hollen was the first of several Democrats to fly to El Salvador to meet with Abrego Garcia and to advocate for his return to the U.S.
Abrego Garcia, whom the DOJ is prosecuting on human trafficking charges and who is also an alleged wife-beater, was returned to the U.S. on June 6 to stand trial.
Van Hollen released a statement celebrating Abrego Garcia’s return, saying, «This is not about the man, it’s about his constitutional rights – and the rights of all.»
In a statement announcing the bill on Thursday, Van Hollen accused Bukele and the Salvadoran government of «colluding with the Trump Administration» by «taking American taxpayer dollars to imprison people as part of a scheme to violate their constitutional rights.»
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia meets with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. (X / @ChrisVanHollen)
«We must hold Bukele and his cronies accountable for these wrongful actions as well as for the gross violations of human rights they are committing in El Salvador,» wrote Van Hollen.
«We must send a clear signal that these injustices are unacceptable and must end,» he said.
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Padilla, who also flew to El Salvador to advocate for Abrego Garcia, commented on the legislation as well, saying that «imposing economic sanctions and visa restrictions on Bukele and his corrupt government is a necessary step to push El Salvador to finally uphold international human rights law and respect fundamental civil liberties.»
«We must hold Bukele and all responsible parties accountable for the suspension of constitutional rights and continued collusion with the Trump Administration to imprison people from the United States without due process,» he added.

Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, departs after speaking to reporters outside of the Wilshire Federal Building, after he was forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference being held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in Los Angeles on Jun. 12, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Padilla was detained by authorities on Thursday after attempting to disrupt a press conference being held in Los Angeles by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin responded to the legislation in a statement to Fox News Digital in which she quipped: «Is this just another excuse for Senator Van Hollen to fly down to El Salvador on U.S. taxpayer’s dime to dine with gang members and terrorists?»
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson also chimed in, telling Fox News Digital in an emailed statement that «Chris Van Hollen (D-Illegal Alien) continues to embarrass himself and betray his constituents by spending more time representing criminal illegal aliens than American citizens.»
«His taxpayer-funded vacation to El Salvador to sip margaritas with a terrorist, human-trafficker, and wife-beater wasn’t enough – now he wants to keep more criminal illegals in American communities,» Jackson remarked, adding «All Americans should be grateful for CECOT, which houses violent criminal illegal aliens who threaten the safety and security of everyone.»
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Japón afirmó que el fallo del Tribunal Supremo de EEUU contra los aranceles de Trump no afectará las inversiones en el país

Japón indicó este sábado que el fallo del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos contra los aranceles impuestos por el presidente de ese país, Donald Trump, no afectará a las primeras inversiones del marco comercial que contempla compromisos valorados en 550.000 millones de dólares, afirmó el diario económico Nikkei.
Una fuente gubernamental, cuya identidad no fue revelada por Nikkei, señaló que los primeros proyectos valorados en 36.000 millones de dólares anunciados el pasado martes por Trump serán mantenidos por ser “necesarios para el crecimiento y la seguridad económica de Japón”.
“Se espera que Trump continúe imponiendo tarifas por otros medios”, añadió una segunda fuente gubernamental citada por el diario económico.
Las inversiones niponas en suelo estadounidense incluyen un masivo proyecto de construcción de la mayor infraestructura de gas natural en el estado americano de Ohio (oeste del país), así como otros dos relacionados con los sectores del gas natural licuado (LNG) y los minerales críticos.
Estas inversiones forman parte del acuerdo comercial alcanzado el pasado julio entre Tokio y Washington, que incluye inversiones japonesas de hasta 80 billones de yenes (550.000 millones de dólares) así como la reducción del 25 % al 15% los aranceles recíprocos a productos japoneses, incluyendo automóviles.

Las declaraciones, a falta de una reacción oficial, llegan en medio de los planes de la primera ministra, Sanae Takaichi, de viajar a Estados Unidos el mes próximo para reunirse con Trump.
El fallo del Supremo estadounidense del viernes afecta a la tarifa global base del 10 % a las importaciones extranjeras y los llamados gravámenes “recíprocos” a los socios comerciales de la mayor economía del mundo.
La corte determinó que Trump excedió su autoridad al imponer tributos basados en la Ley de Poderes Económicos de Emergencia Internacional (IEEPA), bloqueando así la herramienta clave con la que Washington buscaba implementar su agenda económica.
El Gobierno taiwanés, por su parte, consideró que el nuevo arancel global del 10 % anunciado por Trump, tendrá un “impacto limitado” en la isla, que firmó recientemente un acuerdo comercial con Washington.
El arancel fue anunciado después de que el Supremo bloqueara el viernes los aranceles previamente aplicados a socios comerciales, incluida Taiwán, al amparo de la Ley de Poderes Económicos de Emergencia Internacional (IEEPA).
La ley en la que se basó Trump para esta nueva orden ejecutiva solo permite incrementar aranceles hasta un 15 % y por períodos de 150 días, por lo que no está claro cómo se articulará a largo plazo.
La portavoz del Yuan Ejecutivo (Gobierno), Michelle Lee, señaló que Taipéi seguirá “de cerca” la evolución de la política arancelaria estadounidense y mantendrá una comunicación estrecha con Washington para comprender las medidas específicas y responder “de manera oportuna”.
“Independientemente de cómo evolucionen las políticas arancelarias posteriores de la administración Trump en respuesta a la decisión del Supremo, el objetivo central del Gobierno es seguir esforzándose por lograr los mayores beneficios nacionales e industriales y garantizar el desarrollo estable de la economía de Taiwán”, afirmó Lee, citada por la agencia isleña CNA.
Este mes, Taiwán y Estados Unidos firmaron un acuerdo comercial que reducía del 20 % al 15 % los aranceles aplicados a la isla por Washington. No obstante, tras el fallo del Supremo, está por ver cómo afectará la decisión judicial a ese entendimiento bilateral.
Lee indicó que productos que representaron el 76 % de las exportaciones taiwanesas a Estados Unidos en 2024 están sujetos a la Sección 232 de la Ley de Expansión Comercial de 1962, cuyas investigaciones han concluido o siguen en curso.
Según la portavoz, el equipo negociador taiwanés logró en el acuerdo recientemente firmado un trato de “nación más favorecida” respecto a esos aranceles, lo que contribuiría a reducir el impacto en sectores afectados y a mitigar la incertidumbre para la cadena de suministro tecnológica ante posibles futuros gravámenes sobre semiconductores y productos relacionados.
El acuerdo incluía además el compromiso de Taipéi de eliminar o reducir el 99 % de sus barreras arancelarias a importaciones industriales y agrícolas estadounidenses, según la Oficina del Representante Comercial de EEUU.
Desde su regreso a la Casa Blanca, Trump y su gabinete han insistido en la necesidad de “traer de vuelta” la producción de semiconductores a EE.UU., un país que durante años dependió de fabricantes extranjeros y de cadenas de suministro globales frágiles.
Sin embargo, los expertos consideran que replicar la capacidad de fabricación de Taiwán no será sencillo, dado que cuenta con décadas de experiencia, una mano de obra altamente especializada y un ecosistema completo de proveedores y logística que permite mantener elevados niveles de eficiencia.
Varios países y regiones de Asia respondieron este sábado al fallo del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos que invalida la mayoría de los aranceles impuestos por la Administración del presidente Donald Trump desde el pasado abril, así como a la nueva tasa global del 10 % que el mandatario firmó como respuesta a la resolución.
Las reacciones se producen después de que la Corte Suprema estadounidense determinase este viernes, con una clara mayoría de 6-3, que el Gobierno de Trump se extralimitó en los poderes invocados para imponer gran parte de sus gravámenes a sus socios comerciales.
Como respuesta a la resolución, que invalida los llamados “aranceles recíprocos” y otros gravámenes generalizados impuestos por Trump, con un tipo mínimo del 10 %, el mandatario firmó un arancel global del 10 % sobre todos los países.
La ley que soporta esta nueva orden ejecutiva solo permite incrementar aranceles hasta un 15 % y por períodos de 150 días, por lo que no está claro cómo se articulará a largo plazo.
Corea del Sur afirmó que su acuerdo comercial con Washington, que contempla compromisos como una inversión surcoreana de 350.000 millones de dólares, y aranceles del 15 % por parte de Washington, sigue intacto.
Las autoridades surcoreanas convocaron una reunión de emergencia –según la agencia de noticias Yonhap– para evaluar el impacto de la invalidación de tasas.
Hong Kong consideran que el arancel global del 10 % anunciado por Trump tendrá un “impacto limitado” en sus economías.
El secretario de Servicios Financieros y del Tesoro de Hong Kong, Christopher Hui, afirmó que la estructura económica del centro financiero, fuertemente centrada en el sector servicios, reduce de forma significativa su exposición directa a las tensiones comerciales internacionales.
Indonesia, que el jueves firmó un acuerdo comercial con EEUU, indicó que mantendrá “nuevas conversaciones” con Washington ante “las dinámicas que están ocurriendo”.
El portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos de la principal economía del Sudeste Asiático, Haryo Limanseto, dijo que “sigue dependiendo de la decisión de ambas partes” la continuidad del pacto, que mantiene en el 19 % los aranceles de Washington a Yakarta, excepto para determinados productos textiles y agrícolas exentos de gravámenes, entre ellos el aceite de palma.
El acuerdo también incluye compras de productos estadounidenses valoradas en 33.000 millones de dólares por parte de Indonesia y cooperación en minerales críticos y tierras raras, en un contexto marcado por esfuerzos globales para reducir la dependencia en esta materia hacia China.
Malasia aseguró que “continuará diversificando sus relaciones comerciales y fortaleciendo la cooperación económica regional y multilateral” pese al fallo que invalida gran parte de los aranceles de Trump.
Washington y Kuala Lumpur firmaron en octubre un acuerdo comercial que contempla tasas del 19 % para los productos malasios y permite a EE. UU. ampliar su acceso a las tierras raras del país asiático.
(Con información de EFE)
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Judge forces CA hospital to keep trans treatments for minors despite Trump funding threat

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A California judge is requiring a San Diego children’s hospital to continue providing transgender treatments to minors for now, extending a temporary restraining order as hospitals in California and New York take sharply different approaches to President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to pull federal funding.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Matthew Braner agreed last week to extend a temporary restraining order by 15 days, allowing Rady Children’s Health to continue providing hormone therapy and puberty blockers to minors despite the Trump administration’s efforts to ban such treatments and fears of losing federal funds.
The judge’s order comes as a New York City hospital announced this week it is ending its Transgender Youth Health Program in part due to the «current regulatory environment» — a result of Trump’s executive order aimed at banning transgender medical procedures for minors.
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President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
At issue is Trump’s executive order, signed shortly after he took office, that seeks to end transgender treatment for minors. In December, the Health and Human Services Department proposed a new rule that would strip federal Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide «sex‑rejecting procedures» for children under the age of 18.
NYU Langone Health, one of New York City’s largest hospital networks, said the change was due to what hospital officials cited as the «current regulatory environment.»
Meanwhile, lawyers for the San Diego hospital argued in court that continuing the treatments for minors, even temporarily, could expose it to immediate risk and threaten its Medicaid and Medicare funding — a critical revenue source given Rady’s status as Southern California’s largest children’s health care provider.
Braner acknowledged after hearing from both parties that Rady and other hospitals likely feel caught «between a rock and a hard place» amid heightened scrutiny from the Trump administration.
Still, he said concerns about losing funding could be quickly addressed if that scenario unfolds. «We’ll clear our calendar, and we’ll have a hearing within 24 hours of any notice» from HHS, he said, according to local news outlets.
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Trump and protesters advocating on behalf of transgender treatments for minors are seen in this split imge. (Getty Images)
The reassurances from the judge, whose extension is slated to last through March 15, did little to assuage Rady’s lawyers, who cited the risks of noncompliance and told the judge that even in a short window, continuing the treatments could pose a «catastrophic risk.»
The legal back-and-forth comes as more than 40 hospitals in the U.S. have so far restricted such treatments for minors, in compliance with the administration’s guidance, according to data compiled by STAT News earlier this month.
«Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program,» NYU Langone officials said in a statement this week announcing the hospital was ending transgender treatment for minors.
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Hospital staff from Children’s National Hospital watch as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Airforce Thunderbirds fly over the D.C. area on May 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
«We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue,» the hospital said.
Officials at Rady in San Diego previously announced the hospital would also stop treatments for minors in accordance with the Trump administration’s guidance. The announcement prompted California Attorney General Rob Bonta to file a lawsuit earlier this year.
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Potential US military strikes on Iran could target specific individuals, pursue regime change: report

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Potential U.S. military strikes on Iran could target specific individuals and even pursue regime change, a report said.
Two U.S. officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity reportedly said those are options that have emerged in the planning stage, if ordered by President Donald Trump. They did not say which individuals could be targeted, but Trump, notably, in 2020 ordered the U.S. military attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Department of War for comment.
Trump already said Friday that he is «considering» a limited military strike on Iran to pressure its leaders into a deal over its nuclear program, when asked by a reporter at the White House.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. Trump said Friday he is «considering» a limited military strike on Iran. (Allison Robbert/AP)
Last week, when questioned if he wanted regime change in Iran, the president said, «Well it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.»
Trump on Thursday suggested the window for a breakthrough is narrowing in talks with Iran, indicating Tehran has no more than «10, 15 days, pretty much maximum» to reach an agreement.
«We’re either going to get a deal, or it’s going to be unfortunate for them,» he said.
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The USS Gerald R. Ford is heading to the Middle East as the U.S. is building up its military presence there, amid talks with Iran. (U.S Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 6th Fleet / Handout via Reuters)
A Middle Eastern source with knowledge of the negotiations told Fox News Digital this week that Tehran understands how close the risk of war feels and is unlikely to deliberately provoke Trump at this stage.
However, the source said Iran cannot accept limitations on its short-range missile program, describing the issue as a firm red line set by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iranian negotiators are not authorized to cross that boundary, and conceding on missiles would be viewed internally as equivalent to losing a war.

In 2020, the Pentagon said President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, left, in Iraq. (Getty Images)
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The source indicated there may be more flexibility about uranium enrichment parameters if sanctions relief is part of the equation.
Fox News’ Emma Bussey and Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.
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