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Final Senate candidate Charlie Kirk endorsed before his assassination: ‘We have to win’
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EXCLUSIVE — Nate Morris says last week’s assassination of his friend Charlie Kirk was a «gut punch.»
But the Republican businessman from Kentucky, who was the last Senate candidate Kirk endorsed and joined on the campaign trail before he was shot and killed, said in an exclusive national interview with Fox News Digital that «we’re picking up the mantle for Charlie.»
And Morris, one of three major candidates vying for the Republican nomination in the 2026 race to succeed retiring longtime former Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, emphasized, «We’re going to honor him by running an incredible campaign and winning this thing.»
Morris said that when he was considering a Senate run, «I got a chance to meet Charlie and get to know him. And, you know, he didn’t know me from Adam. He didn’t know really anything about me, other than I was a business guy, and I was looking at the race.
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Republican Senate candidate Nate Morris of Kentucky, left, is joined by Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk at Morris’ 2026 Senate campaign launch June 30, 2025, in Shepherdsville, Kentucky (Nate Morris campaign)
«I think Charlie’s superpower was his ability to listen and give people an opportunity to share what’s on their mind,» Morris said. «He certainly did that for me, and he came away motivated to help me, which, which was unbelievable to have that kind of support early on.»
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Kirk, the conservative firebrand, activist, media superstar on the right, co-founder of the influential Turning Point USA organization and ally and outside advisor to President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Donald Trump Jr., invited Morris on his radio show.
And in June, he teamed up with Morris at a campaign kickoff event just south of Louisville, Kentucky.
Conservative rock star and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, right, joins Nate Morris as the businessman launches a 2026 Republican campaign for the Senate in Shepherdsville, Ky., June 30, 2025. (Nate Morris campaign)
«It was such a shot in the arm to our campaign. I mean, you couldn’t ask for anything greater,» Morris said. «When you’re launching something like a United States Senate campaign, an iconic leader like Charlie, who believes in you and believes in your vision, it changes everything. And it changes the way you look at the race. It gives you a confidence that I think very few candidates are lucky enough to get.»
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Morris added that «Charlie was all in on this campaign from the very beginning, and I think it set the tone as well and showed conservatives what kind of campaign we’re going to run.
«But, also, he spoke for me, my beliefs and my character before a lot of people knew me,» Morris said. «I’m running as an outsider. I’m not a career politician. I’ve never run for office before, and having Charlie vouch for me in this campaign changed everything for us.»
Kentucky GOP Senate candidates Nate Morris, Rep. Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron, from left to right. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images for Concordia; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call; Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader)
Morris is facing off against fellow major contenders Rep. Andy Barr and former Kentucky Attorney General and 2023 gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron, in a growing field of candidates in a Republican race that’s turning combustible.
«The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a national disgrace and a wake-up call for America. Enough is enough. I continue to pray for Charlie’s family during this unspeakable tragedy,» Barr wrote in the hours after Kirk’s murder.
And Cameron, this week, said that in Kirk’s «honor, we will continue to stand for truth and this Nation’s founding ideals.»
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In the wake of Kirk’s shooting death while speaking to college students at Utah Valley University, Morris said he’s more motivated than ever to win the Senate race.
«I had a burning desire from the moment I started thinking about this race that I felt like I had to get in. I felt that with every fiber of my being,» he said. «Let me tell you, since this has happened, this fire is like a fire I can’t describe. We have to win, and we have to honor Charlie and what he did for us. We have no choice.»
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Video: así fue evacuada la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum por el terremoto en México que dejó al menos dos muertos
Un sismo de magnitud 6,5 con epicentro en Guerrero, en el suroeste de México, sacudió este viernes esa zona turística de la costa Pacífica y la cercana Ciudad de México. Autoridades reportaron al menos dos muertos y daños graves.
El terremoto se registró poco antes de las 8:00, hora local, según datos del Servicio Sismológico Nacional mexicano.
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Autoridades de Ciudad de México reportaron la muerte accidental de un hombre de 67 años que se cayó mientras evacuaba su edificio durante el temblor. “El hombre desalojó su departamento en el segundo piso, tropezó y perdió el conocimiento”, informó el gobierno de la alcaldía local Benito Juárez. A la llegada de los paramédicos, “ya no presentaba signos vitales”, añadió.
Y la gobernadora del estado de Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, confirmó el fallecimiento de una mujer de 56 años tras el colapso de su vivienda.
Además, 12 personas resultaron lesionadas, según reportó la alcaldesa de la capital mexicana, Clara Brugada, en la red social X.
El sismo obligó también a suspender la habitual rueda de prensa que la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum brinda cada mañana en el Palacio Nacional de Ciudad de México. Imágenes de la transmisión en vivo mostraron cómo fue evacuada tras exclamar “uy, está temblando” y pedir calma en el lugar mientras se activaban los protocolos de seguridad ante el movimiento telúrico.
El sismo tuvo su epicentro a 15 kilómetros de San Marcos, cerca de la turística Acapulco, en el estado de Guerrero, informó Sheinbaum a su regreso minutos después del temblor.
Los videos de los edificios de Ciudad de México sacudiéndose circularon en las redes sociales. (Video: X @MVSNoticias/Foto: Francisco ROBLES / AFP.)
La violenta sacudida fue precedida un minuto antes por las alarmas de advertencia y algunas personas salieron a las calles aún en pijama.
Cuatro heridos y cientos de viviendas afectadas en San Marcos
El Heraldo de México reportó que hubo cuatro heridos en San Marcos y más de 500 casas dañadas (70 de ellas quedaron inhabitables) tras el sismo. Además, un hospital quedó colapsado.
Según informó Diego Armando Valente Pineda, director de Protección Civil municipal, el temblor golpeó especialmente a las casas de adobe. “Al momento llevamos un recuento de 300 viviendas de adobe afectadas en el municipio, en algunas comunidades y parte de la cabecera municipal”, detalló el funcionario durante un recorrido de evaluación.
Imágenes del Ángel de la Independencia durante el temblor de magnitud 6.5. (Video: X @GuateToday)
Además, 200 viviendas de material también sufrieron daños. De ese total, 70 casas quedaron inhabitables, la mayoría de adobe, por presentar “fisuras considerables, desprendimiento completo de paredes y algunas incluso colapsaron”, explicó Valente Pineda.
El hospital del IMSS-Bienestar de San Marcos también resultó con daños estructurales. “El hospital está colapsado; hay fisuras y personal de la Secretaría de Gestión Integral de Riesgos y Protección Civil del Estado ya está revisando el inmueble para determinar si es apto para seguir utilizándose”, indicó el director de Protección Civil.
El temblor principal desató una intensa actividad sísmica posterior. “Desde el sismo fuerte de magnitud 6.5 llevamos el conteo de más de 305 réplicas, algunas de 5.0 y 5.5, por lo que las réplicas van a continuar”, advirtió el portavoz.
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Sismos mortales
Parte de Ciudad de México, principalmente la zona céntrica, está asentada sobre un subsuelo fangoso de lo que antes era un lago, lo que la hace particularmente sensible a los sismos. Los que más se resienten son los generados en la costa de Guerrero, al encontrarse a menos de 400 km.
El 19 de septiembre de 1985 un terremoto de magnitud 8,1 devastó una amplia zona de la capital. Con epicentro en la costa del Pacífico, entre Guerrero y Michoacán, sacudió también a gran parte del centro y sur del país.
Durante años, variaron las cifras oficiales en las estimaciones de muertos del sismo de 1985. Según un recuento de actas de defunción oficiales publicado en 2015, causó 12.843 muertes.
También un 19 de septiembre, en 2017, un terremoto de 7,1 dejó 369 fallecidos, la mayoría en Ciudad de México.
México se ubica entre cinco placas tectónicas, cuyos movimientos convierten al país en uno de los que registra mayor actividad sísmica en el mundo, particularmente en la costa del Pacífico desde la frontera con Guatemala hasta el estado de Jalisco (oeste).
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Mamdani disputes antisemitism definition amid blowback from Jewish community about Day 1 executive orders
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Zohran Mamdani, the newly sworn-in mayor of New York City, suggested Friday that the widely adopted definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) does not actually protect Jewish New Yorkers. The mayor spoke amid backlash over Day 1 executive orders that have angered many Jewish and civil rights groups.
The self-described democratic socialist also dismissed allegations that the timing of his executive orders, which came just hours after he was sworn in, were illustrative of what critics have argued is his record of hostility toward Israel and the Jewish community.
The new mayor’s Day 1 directives included rescinding a ban on city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel and ending the city’s adoption of the IHRA definition on antisemitism ushered in by the former mayor, Eric Adams.
«When we speak about the IHRA definition that you asked about, you know, protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration, and I also know that a number, as you said, of leading Jewish organizations, have immense concerns around this definition,» Mamdani said in response to questions about his executive orders Friday afternoon in Brooklyn.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested Friday that the widely adopted definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance does not actually protect Jewish New Yorkers. (Reuters/Jeenah Moon and Jennifer Mitchell/Fox News Digital)
«What we will do is actually deliver on our commitment to protect Jewish New Yorkers in a manner that is able to actually fulfill that,» he added before moving on to another question.
When asked about the criticism regarding the speed of the executive orders aimed at rescinding protections against antisemitism in New York City, Mamdani did not directly answer the question.
«As the new mayor of a city, you have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them. And, so, what we did was sign an executive order that continued every executive order that predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted, a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public,» Mamdani responded.
«And what we will now do is showcase that new era to protect each and every New Yorker and to deliver for those same New Yorkers in a manner that they have not seen under prior administrations.»
Newly sworn-in Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Getty Images; AP Images)
Mamdani’s responses at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn came shortly after a slew of civil rights and pro-Jewish organizations doubled down on the criticism over Mamdani’s Day 1 directives affecting the Jewish community.
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«We are deeply troubled that, on his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani weakened protections to fight antisemitism,» the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) New York and New Jersey chapter said Friday.
The group, alongside a cohort of other New York-area Jewish groups, issued a joint statement against Mamdani’s executive orders.
«Revoking these executive orders removes key tools for addressing antisemitism, including BDS-driven efforts that seek to demonize, delegitimize and isolate the world’s only Jewish state,» the ADL added.
Zohran Mamdani has faced backlash from the Jewish community over his Day 1 executive orders affecting Jewish New Yorkers. (Andres Kudacki/Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas via Getty Images)
In addition to Mamdani’s executive order rescinding «all executive orders issued on or after September 26, 2024,» which included the measures affecting the Jewish community, the new mayor also unveiled a second executive order on Day 1 establishing five new deputy mayor positions in his administration.
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Also Friday, Mamdani unveiled another new executive order shortly after he was sworn in to establish a new «Office of Mass Engagement,» which aims to prioritize and centralize the city government’s public comment and feedback mechanisms intended to help New Yorkers stay engaged with politics in the Big Apple.
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A customer at a McDonald’s in Brazil was seen launching into a flying kick toward an employee during a fight in the fast-food restaurant.
The incident happened at the chain’s Sao Paulo location during a confrontation between workers and customers, The Sun reported.
A couple was seen arguing with staff members on Dec. 13 when the dispute escalated.
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An altercation occurred in a McDonald’s in Brazil, which ended in a customer launching a «flying kick» at an employee. (Mike Leidig/newsX)
As both sides scream at each other, a female customer is seen hurling a fallen burger at one of the employees, the outlet reported.
In response, an employee throws what appeared to be a burger box at a man in a white T-shirt who appears to be accompanying the woman.
The man leads a small girl away before he launched himself at employees near a counter with a flying kick. An employee then appears to throw a punch, prompting the man to walk away.
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Footage captured an altercation in a McDonald’s in Brazil. (Mike Leidig/newsX)
Other employees attempted to step in as the woman demanded her money back. She is seen picking something up from the counter and throwing it before the footage ends.
The reason for the dispute was unclear, but local media outlets said it could have stemmed from a food order.
McDonald’s said it regretted the scenes of violence at its Sao Paulo branch, the Sun report states.
A McDonald’s employee in Brazil is seen getting ready to throw something toward a customer. (Mike Leidig/newsX)
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The fast-food giant said it was investigating the incident and taking appropriate measures.
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