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Vance touts Trump’s tax bill, takes a shot at local Dem senator during Georgia trip

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Vice President JD Vance touted the gospel of President Donald Trump’s «big beautiful bill» in Peachtree City, Georgia — and continued to take shots at those from the state who opposed the measure.
Vance’s visit to Georgia comes as he has visited several key districts around the country and has lauded the «big, beautiful bill» while Republicans seek to preserve their slim House majority and potentially pick up a few seats in the high-stakes 2026 midterm elections.
The domestic policy bill included key provisions to permanently establish individual and business tax breaks included in Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and incorporated new tax deductions to cut duties on tips and overtime pay.
VANCE WARNS OF ‘PENALTY’ FOR DEMS WHO OPPOSED THE ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’ AHEAD OF 2026 MIDTERMS
Vice President JD Vance touted the gospel of President Donald Trump’s «big beautiful bill» in Peachtree City, Georgia — and continued to take shots at those from the state who opposed the measure.
«If you’re working hard every single day right here in the United States, or if you’re building a business right here in the United States, you ought to have a tax code that rewards you, instead of punishing you,» Vance said Thursday. «And that’s what happened when we passed the working families tax cut just a couple of months ago.»
All Democrats and five Republicans in both the House and the Senate voted against the massive measure — including Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia. However, Trump signed it into law July 4. As a result, Vance took aim at Ossoff during his visit.
«While Jon Ossoff pretends to be a moderate when he comes to Atlanta, he is a far-left liberal in Washington, D.C., and that’s the only place that it actually counts if you’re a United States senator,» Vance said. «So why don’t we ask Jon Ossoff, why did you vote to raise taxes? Why did you vote to keep illegal aliens on Medicaid? Why did you vote to bankrupt Medicare?»
In July, Vance visited Canton, Ohio, and said that anyone who opposed the «big, beautiful bill» should face consequences ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Among those who voted against the measure in Ohio was Rep. Emilia Sykes, who represents the city.
«Anybody who voted against it, I think they ought to pay a penalty,» Vance said July 28. «Because they voted against all those great things for the people of Akron and the people of Northeastern Ohio.»
TRUMP SIGNS ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL’ BILL IN SWEEPING VICTORY FOR SECOND TERM AGENDA, OVERCOMING DEMS AND GOP REBELS

Vice President JD Vance tours the Metallus plant in Canton, Ohio, July 28, 2025.
Vance faces a similar situation in Georgia, where Ossoff has voiced criticism of the measure and is up for reelection in 2026. Critics of Trump’s tax and domestic policy measures have pointed to Medicaid and SNAP reforms included in the bill, which reports suggest would remove millions of beneficiaries from the programs.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Ossoff referred Fox News Digital to the senator’s comments at a press conference Thursday, where he cited a local news report claiming that the CEO of a Georgia hospital said it must cut millions from its budget due to Trump’s bill.
JD VANCE POISED TO CLINCH VICTORY FOR TRUMP’S LANDMARK BILL AS GOP FINALIZES STRATEGY

Sen.Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks at a campaign event for President Joe Biden at Pullman Yards on March 9, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)
«I think it is embarrassing for the Vice President to be coming to Georgia to sell a policy that is already resulting in harm to hospitals in the state of Georgia, that’s projected to throw more than 100,000 people off of health care in the state of Georgia,» Ossoff said. «Just this week, Evans Memorial Hospital in Southeast Georgia said that because of the bill that the Vice President is here to defend, they’re going to have a $3.5 million financial hole next year. That hospital here in Georgia is now warning that they may have to cut the ICU.»
A Fox News poll released in July found a majority of voters oppose the «big, beautiful bill.» The poll, conducted between July 18 and July 21, found that 58% of all registered voters oppose the measure, while 39% approve of it.
No Democrats supported the «big, beautiful bill,» along with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
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2025, el año en que Bolivia tuvo una fuerte crisis económica y rompió la hegemonía de la izquierda tras 20 años del MAS

Bolivia vivió un 2025 marcado por una crisis económica iniciada años atrás, pero que terminó de agudizarse por la persistente falta de dólares y combustibles que dispararon la inflación, y que, además, fue determinante para el viraje político hacia el centro tras casi dos décadas de la izquierda en el poder.
La falta de divisas registrada desde 2023 ya se sentía en las restricciones a las transacciones bancarias en esa moneda y su encarecimiento en el mercado paralelo, donde el dólar este año llegó a costar 20 bolivianos frente a una cotización oficial de 6,96, fija desde 2011.
Las consecuencias se hicieron aún más evidentes en la elevada inflación, que entre enero y noviembre llegó a 19,69%, y en el desabastecimiento de combustibles que se volvió crónico, un problema que el Gobierno de Luis Arce (2020-2025) atribuyó a la falta de dólares por el “bloqueo” del anterior Legislativo a los créditos externos.
A esto se sumó el declive del sector de hidrocarburos, que hasta hace unos años fue el sustento de la economía boliviana, pero cuyas exportaciones entre enero y octubre alcanzaron los 945,4 millones de dólares, un 34% menos que en el mismo periodo de 2024.
Otros indicadores fueron el déficit comercial de 521 millones de dólares registrado entre enero y octubre y unas reservas internacionales de 3.277 millones de dólares hasta el 2 de diciembre, de los que apenas 75 millones son divisas y la mayoría es oro.
El Gobierno de Arce entregó el poder el pasado 8 de noviembre asegurando que dejaba una “economía estable”, ante lo cual las nuevas autoridades advirtieron que recibieron un país “devastado” y con un “mar de deudas” y de “corrupción” por los que responsabilizó al Ejecutivo saliente y a la Administración de Evo Morales (2006-2019).

Este año también estuvo marcado por la ruptura del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), por la pelea entre Arce y Morales por el control del partido que gobernó Bolivia durante casi 20 años y la candidatura para las elecciones generales.
La popularidad de Arce cayó por la crisis de la que el entonces gobernante responsabilizó a Morales, quien intentó forzar su candidatura pese a una disposición constitucional que se lo impide porque ya gobernó el país en tres ocasiones.
Inicialmente, Arce iba a buscar la reelección, pero declinó su candidatura en mayo con un llamado a la unidad de la izquierda, lo que no ocurrió porque, al no poder postular, Morales impulsó el voto nulo y su “heredero” político, Andrónico Rodríguez, participó por su cuenta en las elecciones.
El candidato del MAS fue el ex ministro de Gobierno Eduardo del Castillo, que apenas logró el porcentaje necesario para conservar la sigla.
Hace tres semanas, Arce fue encarcelado preventivamente por cinco meses, investigado por supuesta corrupción en su etapa de ministro en el Gobierno de Morales.
La sorpresa de los comicios generales del 17 de agosto fue el centrista Rodrigo Paz Pereira, quien lideró la primera vuelta y luego venció al ex presidente conservador Jorge Tuto Quiroga (2002-2002) en la inédita segunda vuelta del 19 de octubre, pese a que las encuestas preelectorales lo situaban inicialmente con escaso apoyo.
El político, de 58 años, fue investido presidente ante los mandatarios de Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay y Uruguay y una importante delegación de EEUU, país al que el nuevo Gobierno boliviano se acercó después del alejamiento que hubo durante las administraciones del MAS.
Además, Paz restableció las relaciones con Israel, rotas por Arce por el conflicto en Gaza, y se distanció de aliados del MAS, como Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela.
La primera medida fuerte del nuevo gobernante fue el reciente decreto que retiró la subvención a los combustibles que rigió por más de dos décadas y que, según las autoridades, ya era insostenible, una medida resistida por la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) que fue aliada política del MAS.
Paz tiene una relación tensa con el vicepresidente Edmand Lara desde el triunfo en la segunda vuelta, pues el ex policía considera que lo marginaron del Gobierno, al que critica constantemente y acusa sin pruebas de supuesta corrupción, al punto de declararse en “oposición constructiva”.
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Comer, House Oversight demand answers in Minnesota fraud hearing, call on Walz to testify

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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are escalating their investigation into Minnesota’s sweeping fraud schemes, setting a hearing next week and demanding answers from Gov. Tim Walz’s administration over what they say were glaring failures of oversight.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced lawmakers would hold a hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 7, evaluating the fraud scandal, its scale and whether the state’s leadership could have done something to prevent exploitation from happening in the first place.
«Congress has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this heist and enact stronger safeguards to prevent fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, as well as strong sanctions to hold offenders accountable,» Comer said in a statement on Wednesday morning.
MINNESOTA’S NEW MEDICAID FRAUD PREVENTION FIX WON’T MAKE ‘ANY DIFFERENCE,’ FORMER FBI AGENT SAYS
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, pictured alongside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, right. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images; Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While the committee will also hear testimony from lawmakers in Minnesota, Republican lawmakers believe it is the Walz administration that holds the answers on how the problem got so large.
«Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in a massive fraud involving taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs. American taxpayers demand and deserve accountability for the theft of their hard-earned money,» Comer said.
The Committee will hear from Reps. Kristin Robbins, Walter Hudson and Marion Rarick — all Republican members of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
It’s unclear if Walz or Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will accept the invitation.
SHIRLEY ASSOCIATE IN VIRAL VIDEO SAYS HE FILED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST WALZ OVER DAYCARE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS

Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks at a get-out-the-vote rally on Oct. 22, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The hearing is a part of the committee’s own investigation into the Minnesota fraud, a separate effort from ongoing FBI probes.
The Oversight Committee’s announcement comes as new revelations about fraud in Minnesota reveal that the state could have lost as much as $9 billion through abuse of its government assistance programs.
In recent months, investigators have unearthed sweeping fraud schemes masquerading as daycare centers, medical providers, food assistance programs and more. By fabricating services or inflating the number of people they claimed to serve, the schemes allegedly siphoned billions in government funds.
«In addition to conducting transcribed interviews with Minnesota state officials, the House Oversight Committee will hold hearings on fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs to expose failures, identify solutions, and deliver accountability,» Comer said.
Given their size and frequency, lawmakers have raised questions about how a state’s lack of awareness of its own programs could have been so easily abused.
Comer believes the lawmakers who have agreed to testify before the committee will provide insight into the visibility of the fraud rings and whether Walz was made aware of their scale ahead of shocking reporting that made Minnesota’s shortcomings a matter of national attention.
MINNESOTA FRAUD COMMITTEE CHAIR CLAIMS WALZ ‘TURNED A BLIND EYE’ TO FRAUD WARNINGS FOR YEARS

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Friday that former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would face contempt of Congress charges if they fail to cooperate with the panel’s Epstein probe. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«Next week, we will hear from Minnesota state lawmakers who sounded the alarm on this fraud — and whose warnings were ignored by the Walz administration. This misconduct cannot be swept aside, and Congress will not stop until taxpayers get the answers and accountability they deserve,» Comer said.
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The Walz office did not respond to Fox Digital’s request for comment on whether he would attend next week’s hearing.
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