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Thune pans Democrats’ shutdown stance as ‘borderline pathological,’ ‘like a disease’
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FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he believes Senate Democrats are posturing for a government shutdown to score a political win with their base, and he’s trying to prevent it.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Thune argued that Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., lack a real reason for not backing the GOP’s short-term government funding extension other than to appease the «far left.»
Thune said that in March, when Democrats last joined Republicans to keep the government open, Schumer and his caucus made a «very different argument» about averting a partial government shutdown, but the move was unpopular with their political base.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., panned Senate Democrats for their resistance to a government funding extension. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
«It’s getting to the point now where their base [has] got so much influence in the party, and they’re so demanding on just resisting and fighting everything, with respect to the Trump administration, that they can’t see straight,» Thune said.
«It is borderline pathological. It’s like a disease,» he continued. «They just — that this is something with which they’re afflicted, and I think it really blurs their vision. And I think they run the risk with this, again, of putting themselves in a position of where they are viewed as the party that’s trying to block the government from being funded.»
House Republicans unveiled their stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), earlier this week that would keep the government open under current spending levels until Nov. 21.
The bill is «clean,» meaning there aren’t partisan policy or spending riders, save for the millions meant for beefing up security measures for lawmakers, the judicial branch and the administration, and funding meant for Washington, D.C.’s budget.
While the Republican-controlled House is expected to pass the bill on Friday, the Senate is a different story. Despite Thune commanding a majority in the upper chamber, he will need Senate Democrats to support the bill. And so far, they aren’t budging.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Thune contended that the bill is everything that Democrats — when they controlled the Senate under former President Joe Biden — dreamed of: a clean, short-term bill. But the issue at hand now is a matter of communication.
Schumer has accused Thune of not speaking with him, or Senate Democrats more broadly, about the bill, and he has labeled the GOP’s push to avert a partial government shutdown a partisan effort led by President Donald Trump.
But Thune said he did try to talk to Schumer last week when the GOP was gearing up to change Senate rules to blast through Democrats’ blockade of Trump’s nominees.
Thune went to Schumer on the floor to discuss the then-ongoing talks between Republicans and Democrats on a since-failed deal for confirmations, but he recalled that the Democratic leader brushed him off.
«He couldn’t get out of the conversation fast enough,» Thune said. «He was, like, running off the floor. So, I mean, there was certainly an opportunity there to say, ‘We need to sit down and talk about, you know, a CR and how to fund the government.’ I just think this is more political posturing.»
«That’s the way it’s supposed to work. But the way Schumer likes it to work, and I think this is, again, part of his business model, is you go into his back office, behind closed doors and write this, you know, in the dark of night, and that’s just not the way we’re doing business,» he continued.
Senate Democrats unveiled their own counter-proposal to the GOP’s bill late Wednesday night that includes a slew of their priorities not included in the clean CR, like permanently extending expiring Obamacare premium subsidies, undoing the «big, beautiful bill’s» Medicaid cuts, and clawing back the canceled funding for NPR and PBS.
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President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sept. 14, 2025, in Morristown, New Jersey. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Thune said that some of the issues that Democrats were pushing in a short-term extension «don’t fit there,» but that conversations, particularly on finding a deal for the healthcare insurance tax credits, could be had later on.
Still, he viewed Democrats’ resistance as not «serious,» given that the end goal of the short-term extension is to actually pass the dozen spending bills to fund the government — a feat that hasn’t been pulled off in Congress since the 1990s.
The House and Senate are currently working on a path forward for three spending bills, which both chambers have already passed. Thune hoped that if lawmakers were able to avert a partial shutdown, that work could continue with the remaining nine funding bills.
«This will test the seriousness of whether or not they actually want a real appropriations process, and whether they want to have a bipartisan way of funding the government,» Thune said.
«And if the Democrats would give us consent to get on them and work with us, we could have a bipartisan process on the floor like we did with those other three, and we could fund most of the government the old-fashioned way, which is the way it’s supposed to be done,» he continued.
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But before any of that can happen, the bill has to make its way to the upper chamber. Thune is leaving the door open for the Senate to work into the weekend, but the Sept. 30 deadline is fast-approaching.
Congress also has a recess scheduled for next week to observe the Jewish New Year, and a vast majority of Republicans will be in Arizona for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial service.
There are also several procedural hurdles in the Senate that will have to be dealt with, further bogging down the process. Ultimately, Thune believed that it would be «up to the Democrats.»
«If they want to put a vote up sooner, later, and our members again — if the Democrats are going to fight us and make us do this the hard way — may just decide, let’s just set this up for votes,» Thune said. «When we get back here, and we get up against the deadline, when it becomes real, then we use live ammo.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer’s office for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
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The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several senior officials linked to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Officials said the reward, part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, is an effort to gather intelligence on the IRGC and its leadership, which Washington accuses of orchestrating attacks against Americans and supporting terrorism.
The reward targets Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several key figures inside Iran’s ruling security apparatus.
The department said it is also seeking information about Ali Asghar Hejazi, deputy chief of staff for the Supreme Leader’s Office, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
The program also lists several senior figures linked to Iran’s security and intelligence structure, including Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the supreme leader, Esmail Khatib, Iran’s minister of intelligence, and Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister.
«The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), part of Iran’s official military, plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft,» the State Department said.
«In addition, the IRGC has created, supported, and directed other terrorist groups. The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities, including those that have killed U.S. citizens,» the department added.
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A State Department Rewards for Justice poster offers up to $10 million for information on key leaders tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (State Department / Rewards for Justice)
The agency said the IRGC has also expanded its influence far beyond military operations since its founding after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, becoming deeply embedded in the country’s political and economic system.
«Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy,» the department said. «The group now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.»
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The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, on Feb. 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Rewards for Justice program allows the U.S. government to offer financial rewards for information that helps disrupt terrorist networks or identify individuals involved in attacks against Americans.
The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million.
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Nine convicted in North Texas ICE attack as Kash Patel issues warning to those who target federal officers
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Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a 2025 «ambush» attack on an ICE detention facility in North Texas.
Nine defendants accused of being part of a North Texas «Antifa cell» were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Worth for their roles in the July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Jurors delivered the verdict around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth following roughly a day and a half of deliberations, FOX 4 News reported.
«The guilty verdicts in today’s case go to show this FBI’s 24/7 commitment to identifying, locating, and dismantling ANTIFA members and their networks,» Kash Patel told Fox News Digital. «I want to thank our Dallas field office and great partners for delivering justice. If you attack federal law enforcement this FBI will use every resource at our disposal to hunt you down.»
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Law enforcement officers gather outside the Prairieland Detention Center following an ambush in Alvarado, Texas, July 4, 2025. (Mark David Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
During the 12-day trial, which began Feb. 23, 2026, jurors heard testimony from more than 45 witnesses and reviewed over 210 exhibits tied to the charges against the nine defendants, the DOJ said.
Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, according to FOX 4.
All but one of the nine defendants — Daniel Estrada — were found guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiring to use and carry explosives, and using explosives during a riot, FOX 4 reported.
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Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross (FBI)
Daniel Estrada, who was not present the night of the incident, was convicted of concealing records and conspiracy to conceal documents, according to FOX 4.
Maricela Rueda was also convicted of conspiracy to conceal documents.
«Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization that has been allowed to flourish in Democrat-led cities — not under President Trump,» Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. «Today’s verdict on terrorism charges will not be the last as the Trump administration systematically dismantles Antifa and finally halts their violence on America’s streets.»
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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images)
Authorities say the July 4, 2025, attack outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado involved fireworks, damage to buildings and vehicles, and gunfire directed at officers.
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Prosecutors argued the attack was orchestrated by Song and carried out by members of a North Texas Antifa cell, FOX 4 reported.
Defense attorneys argued there was no ambush and said the defendants did not intend for any violence to occur.
«The calculated, violent attack at ICE’s Prairieland facility was an abhorrent way for antifa terrorists to ‘protest’ the way this agency enforces the law — but these verdicts make clear that those who choose violence over lawful expression will face the full force of the American justice system,» ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement.
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Trump afirmó que los países que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz “deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”
Este sábado por la tarde, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se volvió a referir a la situación del estrecho de Ormuz. Al respecto, el mandatario aseveró que “los países del mundo que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”.
“Estados Unidos ha derrotado y diezmado por completo a Irán, tanto en el ámbito militar como en el económico y en todos los demás aspectos, pero los países del mundo que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”, señaló el líder republicano en su cuenta de Truth Social.
Y agregó: “Nosotros les ayudaremos —¡Y MUCHO! Estados Unidos también coordinará con esos países para que todo vaya rápido, sin problemas y bien. Esto siempre debería haber sido un esfuerzo de equipo, y ahora lo será: ¡unirá al mundo hacia la armonía, la seguridad y la paz eterna!“.
Más temprano, el mandatario norteamericano había instado a otros países a enviar barcos para asegurar el estrecho de Ormuz: “Muchos países, especialmente aquellos afectados por el intento de Irán de cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz, enviarán buques de guerra, en conjunto con Estados Unidos, para mantener el estrecho abierto y seguro”.
“Ya hemos destruido el 100% de la capacidad militar de Irán, pero les resulta fácil enviar uno o dos drones, lanzar una mina o disparar un misil de corto alcance en algún punto de este estrecho, por muy derrotados que estén. Esperemos que China, Francia, Japón, Corea del Sur, el Reino Unido y otros países afectados por esta restricción artificial envíen buques a la zona para que el estrecho de Ormuz deje de ser una amenaza para una nación totalmente descabezada», manifestó el mandatario.
Y completó: “Mientras tanto, Estados Unidos bombardeará sin cesar la costa y hundirá continuamente barcos iraníes. De una forma u otra, pronto lograremos que el estrecho de Ormuz esté ABIERTO, SEGURO y LIBRE“.
Dos buques cisterna con bandera india que transportaban gas licuado de petróleo con destino a puertos del oeste del país cruzaron el estrecho de Ormuz, según informó el Ministerio de Transporte Marítimo de la India este sábado.
“Cruzaron el estrecho de Ormuz a primera hora de la mañana sin incidentes y se dirigen a la India”, declaró Rajesh Kumar Sinha, secretario especial del Ministerio de Puertos, Transporte Marítimo y Vías Navegables, en una rueda de prensa en Nueva Delhi.
Teherán ha suspendido en gran medida el tráfico marítimo a través de esta ruta clave, por donde normalmente transita una quinta parte del suministro mundial de petróleo, desde que Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron un ataque contra Irán el mes pasado.
Solo 77 barcos habían atravesado el Estrecho de Ormuz en lo que va de marzo, una cifra muy inferior a los 1.229 tránsitos registrados en el mismo período del año anterior, según datos de Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
La guerra en Medio Oriente provocó una fuerte caída en el paso de embarcaciones por una de las vías marítimas más relevantes para el transporte de energía a nivel mundial.
De acuerdo con Lloyd’s List Intelligence, la mayoría de los buques que lograron cruzar pertenecen a la denominada flota fantasma, integrada por barcos antiguos, con condiciones deficientes, sin seguro adecuado y propietarios poco identificables, generalmente asociados a Rusia e Irán.
La consultora marítima precisó que los buques vinculados al régimen iraní representan el 26% del tráfico en la zona, seguidos por embarcaciones de Grecia con el 13% y de China con el 12%.
“Más de la mitad de los buques cisterna y gaseros que transitan por la zona son flotas paralelas”, afirmó Bridget Diakun, analista senior de Lloyd’s List Intelligence. “Estos barcos están muy acostumbrados a las interrupciones”, añadió Diakun, y sostuvo que por ese motivo “es más probable que intenten la travesía”.
El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (CGRI) del país persa mantiene prácticamente cerrado el estrecho, que limita con Irán y por donde circula aproximadamente el 20% del suministro mundial de petróleo. Desde comienzos de mes, 20 buques comerciales —nueve de ellos petroleros— fueron atacados o sufrieron incidentes, de acuerdo con la Agencia Británica de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo. La Organización Marítima Internacional confirmó 16 incidentes en la región, de los cuales ocho involucran a petroleros.
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