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California ignoring Congress’ EV rule rollbacks, committee claims, demanding documents
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EXCLUSIVE: In a sharp rebuke, a Kentucky congressman is pressing California’s top environmental agency for answers after learning the state may be ignoring Congress’ reversal of three key electric vehicle standards.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce wrote to Sacramento that it is «concerned about reports that California, and other jurisdictions who have adopted California standards for which waivers of preemption have been granted, are enforcing preempted vehicle emission regulations in violation of the Clean Air Act.»
Earlier this year, Congress used the Congressional Review Act to nullify Biden-era waivers granted by the Biden EPA to California, allowing them to implement stricter standards than the federal government.
Several states, including Pennsylvania and Delaware, along with the District of Columbia, have adopted California’s low-emissions standards as well.
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«The Committee has been made aware that CARB staff is denying auto manufacturers approval to bring vehicles to market unless the manufacturers agree to comply with the preempted regulations,» the committee continued.
Rep. Brett Guthrie, chair of the House Energy Committee, a Republican, told Fox News Digital that the law is clear that the Golden State must end its «de-facto EV mandate.»
«Enforcing a ban on the sale of gas-powered vehicles would have dire consequences for American families and businesses,» Guthrie said.
«Forcing Americans to buy these vehicles would strain our electric grid, raise costs, and increase our reliance on China. Our investigation will look into whether California is continuing to enforce an EV mandate in violation of federal law.»
Joining Guthrie on the letter were Reps. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., and John Joyce, R-Pa., chairmen of the environment and oversight subcommittees, respectively.
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The committee acknowledged a lawsuit against the recissions from California Attorney General Robert Bonta remains ongoing, but that the intermission does not allow the state to continue enforcing mandates under the nixed waivers.
In a June statement announcing the lawsuit, Bonta called the situation «reckless, politically motivated and illegal.»
The letter, addressed to Dr. Steven Cliff, executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, said the committee had been purportedly made aware of CARB staff denying auto manufacturers’ approval to bring vehicles to market in the state «unless the manufacturers agree to comply with the preempted regulations.»
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«These efforts include CARB staff indicating that the agency would deny California Executive Orders (EO) for model year 2026 vehicles that meet all of CARB’s enforceable regulatory requirements and which California allowed for sale in model year 2025, on the basis that these vehicles do not meet the additional requirements in one set of the preempted regulations: ACC-II.»
The committee further alleges that CARB’s online «repository» spreadsheet of model year 2026 vehicles showed the board has «exclusively approved» vehicles that would certify under the ACC-II green regulations.
They closed by demanding documents showing whether CARB is continuing to enforce the car, truck or omnibus regulations Congress undid, and all records from the first of the year onward germane to the regulations and Biden-era waivers.
Fox News Digital reached out to CARB and Gov. Gavin Newsom for comment on accusations that the board is discriminating against certain vehicles.
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El nombre de Alice Walton vuelve a encabezar el listado de las mujeres más ricas del planeta, según el último ranking anual de multimillonarios publicado por la revista financiera Forbes. La heredera de Walmart amplió la distancia respecto a otros grandes patrimonios femeninos, tras ver crecer su fortuna en unos 33 mil millones de dólares (USD) durante el último año. El impulso provino, principalmente, del aumento del 30% en el valor de las acciones del gigante minorista, lo que llevó su patrimonio hasta los 134 mil millones de dólares (USD).
Su liderazgo se consolida tras haber recuperado el primer puesto en 2025, desplazando a la heredera francesa de Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers. En la edición más reciente del ranking, Walton no solo mantiene el título de mujer más acaudalada, sino que amplía su ventaja gracias al desempeño bursátil de Walmart, de acuerdo con Forbes.
Este crecimiento coloca a Walton en una posición de privilegio en el exclusivo grupo de multimillonarios, superando la barrera de los 100 mil millones de dólares, umbral que solo han cruzado dos mujeres en la lista de este año. El dinamismo de las acciones de Walmart y la solidez de la participación familiar en la compañía han sido claves en este salto patrimonial.
El ascenso de Alice Walton en la clasificación de Forbes la ubicó en el puesto 14 entre las personas más ricas del mundo, la posición más alta que ha alcanzado hasta ahora. Sus hermanos, Rob Walton y Jim Walton, figuran inmediatamente por delante, con patrimonios estimados en USD 146 mil millones y USD 143 mil millones, respectivamente. Los tres forman parte del denominado “Club de los 100 mil millones”, un grupo que batió récord al contar con 20 miembros en la edición 2026, frente a los 15 del año anterior.
La familia Walton controla aproximadamente el 44% de las acciones de Walmart, factor clave en la magnitud de sus fortunas. Rob Walton, quien sucedió a su padre como presidente de la compañía y dirigió la firma durante más de dos décadas antes de ceder la presidencia de la junta a su yerno Greg Penner en 2015 y retirarse del directorio en 2024. Jim Walton, por su parte, continúa al frente del holding financiero regional Arvest Bank Group, aunque dejó la dirección de Walmart en 2016, siendo reemplazado por su hijo Steuart Walton.
La estructura sucesoria y el peso accionario familiar han sido determinantes para sostener el liderazgo económico de los Walton en la industria minorista y en la lista global de grandes fortunas. Alice Walton, pese a su perfil más vinculado al arte y la filantropía, se mantiene en la élite financiera junto a sus hermanos.
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, heredera de L’Oréal y nieta de Eugène Schueller, tuvo que ceder en 2025 el liderazgo como la mujer más rica del mundo, aunque su patrimonio continuó creciendo de manera sostenida.
En los últimos 12 meses, su fortuna sumó USD 18.400 millones y alcanzó los USD 100 mil millones, favorecida por un incremento del 13% en el precio de las acciones de la empresa familiar. Este crecimiento, sin embargo, no fue suficiente para recuperar el primer puesto en el ranking de Forbes, que ahora ocupa Alice Walton.
Durante cinco años consecutivos, desde 2020, Bettencourt-Meyers dominó el listado femenino de multimillonarios publicado por Forbes, respaldada por el sólido desempeño y expansión del conglomerado cosmético fundado por su abuelo. La empresaria francesa sigue incrementando su riqueza, pero el avance de Walton en los últimos años ha ampliado la diferencia, relegando a Bettencourt-Meyers al segundo lugar entre las grandes fortunas femeninas a nivel mundial.
Alice Walton se ha consolidado como figura clave en la promoción del arte y la filantropía. Fundó el Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art en Bentonville, Arkansas, que abrió en 2011 con una inversión de 1.600 millones de dólares mayormente procedente de fideicomisos familiares. Walton presidió el museo una década antes de delegar la dirección a Olivia Walton en 2021, impulsando así el acceso y la difusión del arte estadounidense.
En el campo filantrópico, ha destinado más de USD 6.300 millones a cinco fundaciones familiares, de los cuales 2.000 millones ya se han distribuido a distintas causas. Su Art Bridges Foundation ha permitido que más de 300 museos accedan a obras de arte, mientras que la Walton Family Foundation ha enfocado donaciones de unos USD 400 millones en educación, medio ambiente y desarrollo regional.
En 2023, Alice Walton destinó USD 250 millones de dólares de su Art Bridges Foundation para crear la Alice L. Walton School of Medicine en Bentonville. La escuela abrió sus puertas en julio y recibió a sus primeros 48 estudiantes de medicina, quienes cursarán un programa de cuatro años.
Walton explicó públicamente que su visión es formar médicos que integren el bienestar físico, mental, emocional y social en su práctica. La apertura de esta institución refleja uno de los proyectos filantrópicos más recientes y ambiciosos de la heredera de Walmart, alineado con su apuesta por transformar la educación y la atención sanitaria en la región.
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Canada’s Carney under pressure to act after synagogues shot at in latest antisemitic incidents
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Over the weekend, two Toronto synagogues were attacked by gunfire. Several days earlier, another synagogue was hit by around twenty gunshots on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Though the three attacks caused no injuries, many in the Jewish community are demanding concrete action from Prime Minister Mark Carney — not just words of comfort that have typically followed such antisemitic incidents.
Carney took to X saying that the «antisemitic and criminal attacks violate the right of Canadian Jewish men and women to live and pray in complete safety» and «represent a serious assault on the way of life of all Canadians.»
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Temple Emanu-El in Toronto, Canada was shot at on March 3, 2026. No injuries were reported. (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
In the aftermath of the first synagogue attack, Israel’s National Security Council warned Israelis overseas to «maintain vigilance and adhere to safety precautions.» Among their suggestions were for Israelis to «conceal Jewish and Israeli identifiers while in public spaces,» to be aware of surroundings «in areas associated with Israel or Judaism,» and to «avoid visiting sites identified as Jewish or Israeli.»
On X, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that «all eyes are on Canada: it’s time to halt the unprecedented wave of Jew-hatred that has erupted since October 7th.»
Anti-Israel demonstrators gather outside Union Station during a rally in Toronto, Ontario on Jan. 4, 2024. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Like many Western countries, Canada has seen a marked rise in annual antisemitic incidents since the Hamas terror attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada found that there were 6,219 incidents of antisemitism in Canada in 2024. This constituted an average of 17 incidents per day, more than double the eight incidents per day calculated in 2022.
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While figures for 2025 have yet to be released, Public Safety Canada noted that from April to June 2025, «Among hate crimes targeting religion… the majority were directed at the Jewish community (69%).»
Conservative MP Roman Baber, said the behavior of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and other liberal Canadian politicians have been «adding fuel to the fire of Jew hatred in Canada.»
Baber aimed further criticism at Carney, saying, «When the Prime Minister on the campaign trail says he knows there is genocide in Gaza, he engages in Jew hatred.»
General view of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue in Thornhill, north of Toronto, Ontario. The place of worship was one of three synagogues attacked in early March 2026.
Baber was referring to an event in April 2025 during which a heckler yelled over a bustling crowd that «there is a genocide happening in Gaza.» Carney responded, «I’m aware, that’s why we have an arms embargo.»
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Carney later said that he did not hear the heckler use the term «genocide.»
Baber noted that «when the Prime Minister recognized the Palestinian state, he rewarded the brutality of Hamas, and he did so on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.»
In his announcement, released the day prior to the Jewish holiday, Carney claimed that recognizing «the State of Palestine, led by the Palestinian Authority, empowers those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas,» and «in no way legitimizes terrorism, nor is it any reward for it.» He also claimed recognition «in no way compromises Canada’s steadfast support for the State of Israel, its people, and their security.»
Anti-Israel protesters gather outside the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue on March 7, 2024. The place of worship was one of three synagogues shot at in the first week of March 2026. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Watchdog organization StopAntisemitism told Fox News Digital that «every day we are seeing painful reminders that antisemitism remains a real and dangerous threat. Acts of violence meant to intimidate or silence our community will not succeed. Loud and proud Jews will not allow hatred or fear to deter our Jewish way of life or our presence in the world. Not in Canada, in the United States, in Europe, and certainly not in Israel.»
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StopAntisemitism called for the perpetrators to «be punished to the fullest extent of the law so that justice is served and deterrence is clear.»
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Illegal immigrant’s two decades of unlawful votes expose the real ‘threat’ to democracy: Experts
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After an illegal immigrant was discovered to have been voting for more than a decade in Philadelphia, immigration experts are warning that the «system can fail» and that loss of voter confidence represents the true «serious threat» to American democracy.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said that «the most important thing is perception.»
«People have to believe that their vote counts. And so that’s, I think, a much more serious long-term threat,» said Hankinson.
«We have a perception in the United States,» he continued, «that elections were free and fair. If even the appearance of impropriety, the appearance of corruption, is bad enough to turn people off, to make people not interested in going to vote, to think, ‘Well, my vote doesn’t count anyway.’ Then that’s really what undermines democracy.»
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Mahady Sacko, a Mauritanian citizen living in the United States illegally, has fraudulently voted in every federal election dating back to 2008, federal prosecutors said. (Department of Homeland Security; Getty Images)
Earlier this week, Fox News Digital learned that Mahady Sacko, a Mauritanian citizen and illegal immigrant, allegedly voted in every federal election since 2008. He has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and charged with voter fraud in Philadelphia. This comes as congressional lawmakers fiercely debate the SAVE Act, a measure proponents say would strengthen election integrity laws.
Despite being given a removal order in 2000, Sacko, 50, registered to vote in 2005 and falsely stated on several occasions that he was a U.S. citizen, authorities allege. The voting records showed that he cast ballots in the general elections in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. In addition, he voted in the 2016 and 2020 primary elections, prosecutors said.
Hankinson said that while he believes such cases are more isolated and are not widely prevalent in the U.S., it is a «potentially big problem, and it’s one that’s very easy to fix.»
«The average Joe who does vote doesn’t think he’s setting fire to his ballot. He thinks it’s actually going to count for something. That’s what’s at risk here,» Hankinson continued, adding, «That I think is a long-term serious threat to our democracy.»
Meanwhile, Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of the election integrity research group True the Vote, told Fox News Digital that «an illegal alien allegedly voting in every presidential election since 2008 is proof the system can fail — and we have no reliable, codified way to determine how many others may be doing the same.»
«Millions could be voting illegally, but we don’t know because comprehensive voter roll audits are being fought tooth and nail, instead of being standard operating procedure,» she went on. «What’s most disturbing is how vicious the fight has become to block analyses, stop audits, and shut down even the most basic questions about eligibility and voter record maintenance.»
«That kind of resistance leaves millions of Americans with the unmistakable impression that something is very wrong in our system, and that feeling, that loss of trust, is likely the biggest impact of all.»
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Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, warned that «millions» could be voting illegally. (SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images and Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
She posited that «we should treat voter rolls the way serious industries treat sensitive record management.» She suggested bringing in independent third-party auditors, setting clear state and national standards, and using real-time verification of identity, residency, and citizenship as a matter of routine.
«The data exists, the technology exists, and other sectors use it every day — what’s missing is political will to apply those same basic safeguards to our elections,» she said.
On the other hand, in a statement shared with Fox News Digital, David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), said, «We have a very good sense of the depth of the problem here» and «it is extremely rare that noncitizens get registered, and it is infinitesimally rare that they vote.»
CEIR released its latest review of noncitizen registration and voting claims last month. That review concluded, «CEIR continues to find that sweeping allegations about noncitizen registrations or voting appear to arise from misunderstandings, mischaracterizations, or outright fabrications about complex voter data.»
Becker said that President Donald Trump’s «own Department of Homeland Security has checked more than 49 million voter records, and they themselves admit that 99.98% of those records represented confirmed citizens.»
He added that «in several states that are politically aligned with President Trump, the number of alleged noncitizen voters has precipitously dropped when subjected to scrutiny.»
«We see consistently that the number of potential or confirmed noncitizens registered is very small, and those who are voting are even smaller,» he said.
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Hans von Spakovsky expressed that «every vote by an alien cancels and effectively voids the vote of a citizen.» (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
However, Hans von Spakovsky, a former commissioner at the Federal Election Commission and a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital, «The point is that we have an honor system currently with most states doing absolutely nothing to verify citizenship. And we have hundreds of close elections all the time in this country where even a small number of aliens could make the difference in an election.»
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He shared information from his 2024 testimony to Congress in which he said that findings based on official registration records of thousands of aliens showed they are registered in various jurisdictions, including Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and sanctuary cities like Philadelphia and Chicago.
Despite these reports, he said, «virtually no prosecutors have expressed any interest in investigating and potentially prosecuting these aliens.»
«The indicators that it is occurring are there, and it is important to understand that every vote by an alien cancels and effectively voids the vote of a citizen,» he said.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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