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Ramaswamy: 2025 GOP wins in New Jersey, Virginia, would ‘set the table for…more decisive victories’ in 2026
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EXCLUSIVE – SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy of Ohio was a long way from home on Wednesday night, as he briefly left his own race to help another Republican running for governor.
But Ramaswamy’s campaign trail stop in New Jersey’s competitive and combustible gubernatorial election, where he teamed up with GOP nominee Jack Ciattarelli at a packed diner full of supporters, could pay dividends next year in his own race back home.
New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states to hold gubernatorial showdowns in the year after a presidential election, and the contests traditionally grab outsized attention and are viewed as political barometers ahead of the following year’s midterm elections.
And this year, they’re being viewed to a large degree as ballot box referendums on President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second-term agenda.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate in Ohio Vivek Ramaswamy headlines a campaign event for New Jersey GOP nominee for governor Jack Ciattarelli on Oct. 15, 2025 in Saddle Brook, N.J. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
Pointing to New Jersey and Virginia, Ramaswamy said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital that GOP victories in both elections would «set the table for even bigger and more decisive victories, hopefully in places like Ohio next year.»
Ramaswamy arrived in New Jersey hours after the latest poll in the governor’s race indicated Ciattarelli narrowing the gap with Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic Party nominee in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.
The MAGA world rock star’s stop in New Jersey could help Ciattarelli energize many in the party’s base – low propensity voters who often skip casting ballots in non-presidential election years.
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«If you want to bring down costs in this state, back Jack,» Ramaswamy told the boisterous crowd. «If you want to make New Jersey great again, back Jack. We are ready, Jack, for change. This state is hungry for it.»
And Ramaswamy, the multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur and conservative commentator who pushed an «America First 2.0» platform as he ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination before ending his bid and becoming one of Trump’s top supporters and surrogates, told Ciattarelli, «We’re going in Ohio next year, but you’ve got to pave the path this year. We’re counting on you.»
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor in New Jersey, speaks to a raucous crowd of supporters at a diner in Saddle Brook, N.J., on Oct. 15, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Ramaswamy, who’s been endorsed by Trump, is the only major Republican candidate right now in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.
Former Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who spent two decades representing a large swath of northeastern Ohio, including Akron and Youngstown, is likely to launch a gubernatorial campaign in the coming days. Ryan, his party’s Senate nominee in Ohio’s 2022 election, would become the second major Democrat in the 2026 gubernatorial race, joining former state Health Director Amy Acton.
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«It doesn’t matter who we’re running against,» Ramaswamy said when asked what a Ryan candidacy would mean to him. «The beauty of our side of this election in Ohio is we’re more united than we’ve ever been as a Republican Party. I’m running unopposed in the Republican primary. But even more importantly, we have widespread labor support in Ohio. This is unprecedented.»
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy teams up with New Jersey GOP nominee for governor Jack Ciattarelli at a campaign stop in Saddle Brook, N.J., on Oct. 15, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
Ramaswamy, as he spoke at the Ciattarelli event in New Jersey, which included an overflow crowd of a couple of hundred people outside the diner, received encouragement to make another White House run down the road.
«I’m 100% focused on Ohio,» Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital. «You can’t make long-run plans. Life never goes according to your plan.»
But he added, «We’re gonna do our part in Ohio, and that’s my next step for how we save the country.»
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Ramaswamy’s stop in New Jersey, with less than three weeks until Election Day, came hours after multiple sources confirmed to Fox News that Trump will hold tele-rallies with Ciattarelli.
In what’s expected to be a low-turnout election, Trump’s backing could prove crucial for Ciattarelli, who’s making his third run for governor after narrowly losing to Murphy four years ago.
«There’s obviously a whole lot of people across the state of New Jersey that are pleased with the job the president’s doing,» Ciattarelli said earlier Wednesday in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview.
Pointing to the president’s push to temporarily halt wind farms off the Jersey Shore, his vow to kill New York’s congestion pricing, tax cuts, deductions, and credits in the GOP’s massive domestic policy measure, and his efforts to secure the nation’s southern border, Ciattarelli said that people «are very pleased with the president, what he’s done for New Jersey.»
Trump endorsed Ciattarelli earlier this year in the GOP gubernatorial nomination race. And the president headlined a tele-rally for Ciattarelli ahead of the June primary.
While Trump isn’t on the ballot, he’s loomed large over the New Jersey gubernatorial election.
At last week’s second and final debate, Sherrill charged that her GOP rival had «shown zero signs of standing up to this president. In fact, the president himself called Jack 100% MAGA, and he’s shown every sign of being that.»
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill, right, and Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, on the stage moments at the start of their second and final debate, on Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News Digital)
Asked whether he considered himself part of the MAGA movement, Ciattarelli said he was «part of a New Jersey movement.»
When asked to grade the president’s performance so far during his second term, Ciattarelli said, «I’d certainly give the president an A. I think he’s right about everything that he’s doing.»
«I think that tells us all we need to know about who Jack Ciattarelli’s supporting. I give him an F right now,» Sherrill responded, as she pointed to New Jersey’s high cost of living.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in New Jersey, takes questions from reporters following a debate on Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
While Democrats have long dominated federal and state legislative elections in blue-leaning New Jersey, Republicans are very competitive in gubernatorial contests, winning five out of the past 10 elections.
And Trump made major gains in New Jersey in last year’s presidential election, losing the state by only six percentage points, a major improvement over his 16-point deficit four years earlier.
Ciattarelli said in a Fox News Digital interview last month that he was «really pleased that the White House has offered to help us in any way that we see fit,» and that he and his campaign were «in constant communication with the White House about different ways they can help.»
And while there’s no indication, as of now, that Trump will join Ciattarelli in person in New Jersey, campaign strategist Chris Russell told Fox News, «We’re appreciative of all the help we’ve received from the president and his team so far, and grateful for any support they provide down the stretch.»
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But the Democratic National Committee (DNC), in a release after word of the Trump tele-rally was first reported by Axios, claimed that Ciattarelli was «desperate.»
«It’s clear that this election comes down to one major truth: Jack is 100% for Trump, while Mikie Sherrill is 100% for New Jersey,» DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said in a statement.
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Trump says he plans to order federal ban on Anthropic AI after company refuses Pentagon demands
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President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ordering every federal government agency to stop using Athropic AI immediately.
«THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military,» Trump began in a lengthy Truth Social post Friday afternoon.
He added, «The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.»
The president said he would immediately direct every federal agency to stop using Anthropic technology.
Secretary of War for Public Affairs Sean Parnell speaks to the media. Earlier this week, Anthropic leadership refused demands from the Department of War to use its artificial intelligence for «all lawful purposes.» (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
«We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!» he continued.
There will be a six-month phase out period for agencies such as the Department of War, he added.
«Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow,» he wrote.
He continued, «WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about.»
Earlier this week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused demands from the Department of War to use its artificial intelligence for «all lawful purposes,» but Amodei said no, concerned over the possibility it could be used for «mass domestic surveillance» or «fully autonomous weapons.»
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President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ordering every federal government agency to stop using Anthropic AI immediately. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
«The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to ‘any lawful use’ and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these safeguards; they have also threatened to designate us a ‘supply chain risk’ — a label reserved for US adversaries, never before applied to an American company — and to invoke the Defense Production Act to force the safeguards’ removal,» Amodei said in a Thursday statement.
He declared that the «threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.»
Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs Sean Parnell declared in a post on X that the department does not want to engage in either of those activities but is asking to use Anthropic’s AI for all legal purposes.
«The Department of War has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans (which is illegal) nor do we want to use AI to develop autonomous weapons that operate without human involvement,» Parnell said in the post. «Here’s what we’re asking: Allow the Pentagon to use Anthropic’s model for all lawful purposes.»
«This is a simple, common-sense request that will prevent Anthropic from jeopardizing critical military operations and potentially putting our warfighters at risk. We will not let ANY company dictate the terms regarding how we make operational decisions. They have until 5:01 PM ET on Friday to decide. Otherwise, we will terminate our partnership with Anthropic and deem them a supply chain risk for DOW,» he noted.
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Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei declared this week that the «threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.» (Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot)
Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael accused Anthropic and Amodei of lying.
In a post on X, Michael called Amodei «a liar» who «has a God-complex.»
«He wants nothing more than to try to personally control the US Military and is ok putting our nation’s safety at risk. The @DeptofWar will ALWAYS adhere to the law but not bend to whims of any one for-profit tech company,» he asserted.
In another post he asserted, «Anthropic is lying. The @DeptofWar doesn’t do mass surveillance as that is already illegal. What we are talking about is allowing our warfighters to use AI without having to call @DarioAmodei for permission to shoot down an enemy drone swarms that would kill Americans.»
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«It is the Department’s prerogative to select contractors most aligned with their vision. But given the substantial value that Anthropic’s technology provides to our armed forces, we hope they reconsider,» Amodei said in a statement sent on Thursday to Fox News Digital. «Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters — with our two requested safeguards in place. Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning, operations, or other critical missions. Our models will be available on the expansive terms we have proposed for as long as required.»
«We remain ready to continue our work to support the national security of the United States,» he added.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) abruptly cut off a video statement after the speaker began criticizing several United Nations officials, including one who has been sanctioned by the Trump administration. The video message was being played during a U.N. session in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday morning.
Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the and president of Human Rights, called out several U.N. officials in her message, including U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who is the subject of U.S. sanctions.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against Albanese July 9, 2025, saying that she «has spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West.»
«That bias has been apparent across the span of her career, including recommending that the ICC, without a legitimate basis, issue arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant,» Rubio added.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Francesca Albanese (Getty Images)
«I was the only American U.N.-accredited NGO with a speaking slot, and I wasn’t allowed even to conclude my 90 seconds of allotted time. Free speech is non-existent at the U.N. so-called ‘Human Rights Council,’» Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.
Bayefsky noted the irony of the council cutting off her video in a proceeding that was said to be an «interactive dialogue,» an event during which experts are allowed to speak to the council about human rights issues.
«I was cut off after naming Francesca Albanese, Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti for covering up Palestinian use of rape as a weapon of war and trafficking in blatant antisemitism. I named the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, who is facing disturbing sexual assault allegations but still unaccountable almost two years later. Those are the people and the facts that the United Nations wants to protect and hide,» Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.
«It is an outrage that I am silenced and singled out for criticism on the basis of naming names.»
Bayefsky’s statement was cut off as she accused Albanese and Navi Pillay, the former chair of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and Chris Sidoti, a commissioner of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. She also slammed Khan, who has faced rape allegations. Khan has denied the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Had her video message been played in full, Bayefsky would have gone on to criticize Türk’s recent report for not demanding accountability for the atrocities committed by Hamas Oct. 7, 2023.
When the video was cut short, Human Rights Council President Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro characterized Bayefsky’s remarks as «derogatory, insulting and inflammatory» and said that they were «not acceptable.»
«The language used by the speaker cannot be allowed as it has exceeded the limits of tolerance and respect within the framework of the council which we all in this room hold to,» Suryodipuro said.
The Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 2025. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
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In response to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, Human Rights Council Media Officer Pascal Sim said the council has had long-established rules on what it considers to be acceptable language.
«Rulings regarding the form and language of interventions in the Human Rights Council are established practices that have been in place throughout the existence of the council and used by all council presidents when it comes to ensuring respect, tolerance and dignity inherent to the discussion of human rights issues,» Sim told Fox News Digital.
When asked if the video had been reviewed ahead of time, Sim said it was assessed for length and audio quality to allow for interpretation, but that the speakers are ultimately «responsible for the content of their statement.»
«The video statement by the NGO ‘Touro Law Center, The Institute on Human Rights and The Holocaust’ was interrupted when it was deemed that the language exceeded the limits of tolerance and respect within the framework of the council and could not be tolerated,» Sim said.
«As the presiding officer explained at the time, all speakers are to remain within the appropriate framework and terminology used in the council’s work, which is well known by speakers who routinely participate in council proceedings. Following that ruling, none of the member states of the council have objected to it.»
Flag alley at the United Nations’ European headquarters during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 11, 2023. (Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters)
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While Bayefsky’s statement was cut off, other statements accusing Israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing were allowed to be played and read in full.
This is not the first time that Bayefsky was interrupted. Exactly one year ago, on Feb. 27, 2025, her video was cut off when she mentioned the fate of Ariel and Kfir Bibas. Jürg Lauber, president of the U.N. Human Rights Council at the time, stopped the video and declared that Bayefsky had used inappropriate language.
Bayefsky began the speech by saying, «The world now knows Palestinian savages murdered 9-month-old baby Kfir,» and she ws almost immediately cut off by Lauber.
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«Sorry, I have to interrupt,» Lauber abruptly said as the video of Bayefsky was paused. Lauber briefly objected to the «language» used in the video, but then allowed it to continue. After a few more seconds, the video was shut off entirely.
Lauber reiterated that «the language that’s used by the speaker cannot be tolerated,» adding that it «exceeds clearly the limits of tolerance and respect.»
Last year, when the previous incident occurred, Bayefsky said she believed the whole thing was «stage-managed,» as the council had advanced access to her video and a transcript and knew what she would say.
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En medio de la tensión con Irán, EE.UU. pidió la evacuación del personal no esencial de su embajada en Israel
Estados Unidos recomendó este viernes al personal no esencial de su embajada en Jerusalén que abandone Israel, en un contexto de creciente tensión regional marcado por amenazas de un posible ataque estadounidense contra Irán y el temor a una escalada militar de amplio alcance.
La advertencia se produjo mientras Washington mantiene conversaciones diplomáticas de alto riesgo con Teherán, consideradas por varios analistas como un último intento para evitar un conflicto abierto.
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La medida fue anunciada un día después de una tercera ronda de negociaciones indirectas entre Irán y Estados Unidos, bajo mediación de Omán. Ambas partes informaron “progresos”, aunque persisten profundas diferencias sobre el programa nuclear iraní y el régimen de sanciones.
Washington insiste en impedir que Teherán desarrolle armas nucleares, una acusación que la república islámica ha negado reiteradamente.
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Omán, Badr Albusaidi, se reunió con el enviado especial de Estados Unidos, Steve Witkoff, y el yerno del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, en Ginebra, Suiza, el 26 de febrero de 2026. (Foto: REUTERS)
Por otra parte, el clima de alerta se extendió más allá de la diplomacia estadounidense. China pidió a sus ciudadanos evacuar Irán “lo antes posible” y el Reino Unido retiró a su personal diplomático del país y anunció además la reubicación parcial de su embajada en Tel Aviv.
Alemania desaconsejó “con carácter de extrema urgencia” cualquier viaje a Israel.
En este contexto, el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, tiene previsto viajar el lunes a Israel para discutir con las autoridades locales las “prioridades regionales”, con Irán como eje central. El 19 de febrero, el presidente Donald Trump había dado un ultimátum de “10 a 15 días” para definir si un acuerdo era viable o si recurriría a la fuerza.
Washington ya desplegó el mayor contingente militar en décadas en la región, incluidos dos portaviones. Entre ellos se encuentra el USS Gerald Ford, el mayor del mundo, que zarpó desde Creta y se dirige hacia la costa israelí. El antecedente inmediato es la breve guerra de junio, iniciada tras una ofensiva israelí contra Irán y respondida por Teherán con ataques sobre territorio israelí.
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Con estos antecedentes, la embajada estadounidense en Jerusalén instó a sus empleados no esenciales a abandonar el país “mientras haya vuelos comerciales disponibles”. El diario The New York Times informó que el embajador estadounidense, Mike Huckabee, envió un correo interno exhortando a quienes desearan partir a hacerlo “hoy mismo”.
La preocupación internacional también llegó a Naciones Unidas. El alto comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, se declaró “sumamente alarmado” por el riesgo de una escalada militar regional y sus consecuencias para la población civil.
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump expresó públicamente este viernes su frustración con la postura iraní en las negociaciones, aunque aclaró que aún no tomó una decisión definitiva sobre el uso de la fuerza.
“No nos entusiasma la forma en que están negociando”, dijo, insistiendo en que Irán “no puede tener armas nucleares”. Consultado sobre el riesgo de una guerra total en Medio Oriente, Trump admitió que “cuando hay guerra, todo tiene un riesgo”. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, habló con la prensa en la Casa Blanca este viernes. (Foto: Tom Brenner/REUTERS)
Desde Teherán, el canciller Abbas Araqchi reclamó a Washington abandonar “exigencias excesivas” y advirtió sobre errores de cálculo. Estados Unidos fijó como “línea roja” la prohibición total del enriquecimiento de uranio, algo que Irán considera un derecho soberano con fines civiles. El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) pidió a Irán cooperación “urgente” para verificar sus instalaciones, según un informe confidencial citado por AFP.
A las fricciones nucleares se suma el tema de los misiles balísticos iraníes, que Washington e Israel consideran una amenaza estratégica. Teherán se niega a incluirlos en un eventual acuerdo, pese a que Trump afirmó recientemente que Irán desarrolla misiles capaces de amenazar a Europa e incluso a Estados Unidos.
Teherán insiste en que no busca armas nucleares y asegura haber limitado el alcance de sus misiles a 2.000 kilómetros. Una nueva ronda de negociaciones podría celebrarse en los próximos días, posiblemente en Ginebra, en un escenario donde la diplomacia avanza contrarreloj y la amenaza militar sigue latente.
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