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With the midterm elections fast approaching, progressive champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has a warning for Democrats to stop catering to the wealthy elites if they want to recapture majorities in the House and Senate this year.

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«A Democratic Party that worries more about offending big donors than delivering for working people is a party doomed to fail in 2026, 2028, and beyond,» Warren, the three-term senator from Massachusetts who ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, emphasized in a speech Monday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

The address by Warren, who to a degree stayed out of the national conversation during President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House, seemed to be her attempt to shape the Democratic Party’s approach to the 2026 midterms in her populist image.

The speech was part post-mortem of the 2024 elections, when Trump and Republicans enjoyed sweeping victories as they won back the White House and Senate and held onto their fragile House majority.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks about the future of the Democratic Party during a newsmaker event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Pointing to the wealthy elites and major Democratic Party donors, Warren argued that «these movers and shakers want the Democratic Party to respond to the 2024 losses by watering down our economic agenda and sucking up to the rich and powerful, claiming that less progressive Democratic Party will win more elections. They are wrong.»

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Democrats scored decisive victories and overperformances in the 2025 elections and in a slew of special elections and other ballot box showdowns last year, which were fueled by their laser focus on affordability amid persistent inflation.

«Americans are stretched to the breaking point financially, and they will vote for candidates who name what is wrong and who credibly demonstrate that they will take on a rigged system to fix it,» Warren emphasized.

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And she charged that «revising our economic agenda to tiptoe around that conclusion might appeal to the wealthy, but it will not help Democrats build a bigger tent. And it definitely will not help Democrats win elections.»

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks with reporters after her remarks about the future of the Democratic Party during a newsmaker event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2026 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

«Democrats need to read the room. Any room not stuffed with billionaires is a room that will tell you it is critically important to lower those costs,» Warren reiterated, as she took questions from reporters following her speech.

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Warren, a vocal critic of the president, also argued that «Donald Trump has not delivered» when it comes to lower costs. «People have made it clear that this is what matters to them and Donald Trump has not delivered. Our job is to both hold him accountable and to put out our own proposals in order to lower those costs. We do that, we will win.»

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President Donald Trump speaks on inflation at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.  (Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The senator’s speech comes amid a fierce policy debate among Democrats over whether to embrace an economic populist message promoted by Warren, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, and newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, or to support a more moderate, business friendly agenda, in order to court moderate voters souring on Trump and the GOP.

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Warren’s address is also her latest move to play an influential role in the 2026 elections.

The senator, who’s a member of the informal Senate «Fight Club,» a small group of left-leaning senators who are challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s approach to the midterm elections, last week announced she had donated $400,000 to a slew of state Democratic parties.

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Le robó la identidad a su amiga para sacar un préstamo millonario, la asesinó y simuló un crimen sexual: el caso de «Angie» Molina

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El cuerpo de una mujer fue encontrado en febrero de 2008 en un departamento alquilado en el barrio de Gracia, en Barcelona. La víctima estaba desnuda, recostada sobre un sillón, con una bolsa de plástico colocada en la cabeza y cinta adhesiva ajustada alrededor del cuello.

El lugar estaba ordenado y no presentaba signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado, una escena que desde el inicio llamó la atención de los investigadores por su aparente prolijidad y por los indicios de una muerte planificada.

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Con el avance de la investigación, la Justicia estableció que la víctima era Ana María Páez Capitán, una diseñadora de moda de 36 años, y que detrás del crimen no había un hecho casual ni un ataque impulsivo.

Poco después se descubrió que María Ángeles Molina, una de las mejores amigas de la mujer asesinada, planificó el homicidio durante días mientras llevaba a cabo una rutina común y sin levantar sospechas.

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El 19 de febrero de 2008, una empleada de limpieza ingresó a un departamento que había ido alquilado por pocos días. En el living encontró el cuerpo de una mujer recostada sobre un sillón. En el piso había una peluca negra y un par de botas de caña alta.

El lugar estaba ordenado, no había signos de pelea ni de ingreso forzado. Tampoco se encontraron documentos, billetera ni un celular que permitieran identificar rápidamente a la víctima. La Policía constató que la mujer llevaba varios días muerta.

Horas después, los investigadores constataron que se trataba de Ana Páez Capitán, a quien su familia estaba buscando desde hace días tras perder contacto con ella. Ana había dicho que la noche que desapareció iba a cenar con una amiga, María Ángeles Molina.

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Angie junto a su marido. (Foto: La Tercera)

Molina declaró ante la Policía que el encuentro nunca se había concretado y aseguró que había viajado a Zaragoza para retirar las cenizas de su madre y que no sabía nada del paradero de Ana. Incluso asistió al funeral y acompañar a la familia, sin despertar sospechas en ese momento.

Sin embargo, los investigadores comenzaron a detectar inconsistencias. Por un lado, los familiares de Páez indicaron que ella no tenía en su entorno a nadie a quien pudiera considerar su “enemigo”.

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A su vez, se descubrió que el alquiler del departamento había sido abonado con una tarjeta vinculada a la víctima, pero había movimientos bancarios posteriores a la fecha en la que Ana ya estaba desaparecida.

La autopsia determinó que la causa de muerte había sido asfixia. No hubo signos de abuso sexual ni de defensa, ni tampoco lesiones compatibles con una pelea. Para los forenses, la víctima habría sido atacada cuando se encontraba confiada o incapacitada para resistirse.

En un primer momento, se evaluó la posibilidad de una muerte accidental en un contexto sexual, pero esa hipótesis fue descartada rápidamente. De algo estaban seguros: el cuerpo había sido manipulado y la escena parecía preparada para desviar la investigación.

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Una prueba clave y un asesinato planificado

El punto de quiebre de la causa llegó cuando los investigadores analizaron las cámaras de seguridad de una sucursal bancaria. El mismo día de la desaparición de Ana, una mujer había retirado dinero de su cuenta.

En las imágenes se veía claramente a una mujer con pelo negro realizando la operación. En cuanto el video fue mostrado a la pareja de Páez, la respuesta fue inmediata: no era Ana, era María Ángeles Molina usando una peluca.

A partir de ese momento, la investigación se concentró en ella y la Justicia ordenó un allanamiento en su casa. Allí, los efectivos encontraron documentación personal de la víctima, tarjetas bancarias, fotocopias relacionadas a sus finanzas y varias pelucas. De esta manera, se estableció la hipótesis de que María Ángeles, apodada como “Angie”, había suplantado la identidad de su amiga durante meses.

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Angie Molina se convirtió en la principal sospechosa tras una prueba clave. (Foto: La Sexta)

Angie Molina se convirtió en la principal sospechosa tras una prueba clave. (Foto: La Sexta)

Con esos datos, había solicitado créditos, realizado movimientos financieros y contratado seguros de vida a nombre de Páez por un monto cercano al millón de euros. Parte de ese dinero ya había sido cobrado antes del homicidio.

Para los investigadores, el móvil era económico ya que Molina necesitaba dinero y había construido una doble vida usando la identidad de su amiga.

Según la reconstrucción de los hechos, Angie citó a su amiga en el departamento con una excusa y la habría sedado con una sustancia que no pudo ser identificada. Luego, la asfixió con una bolsa de plástico y después construyó una escena del crimen.

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Para reforzar la teoría de una “práctica sexual que salió mal”, Molina había contratado previamente a trabajadores sexuales, a quienes pagó para obtener muestras de semen que conservó en frascos. Luego las utilizó para contaminar el cuerpo de la víctima. La idea era que se creyera que Ana había participado de un trío sexual y que murió en ese contexto.

El juicio y la condena

María Ángeles Molina fue detenida en marzo de 2008, pocas semanas después del crimen, luego de que los investigadores reunieran pruebas que la ubicaban en el centro de la maniobra.

Al ser detenida, declaró por primera vez ante la Justicia y sostuvo que no tenía relación con la muerte de Ana María Páez. En su lugar, aseguró que ese día se encontraba en Zaragoza, donde había viajado para retirar las cenizas de su madre, según su versión.

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Desde el inicio, afirmó que era víctima de una investigación injusta y negó de manera reiterada cualquier participación en el homicidio.

María Ángeles Molina fue acusada de fingir la muerte de su amiga para quedarse con su fortuna. (Foto: El Mundo)

María Ángeles Molina fue acusada de fingir la muerte de su amiga para quedarse con su fortuna. (Foto: El Mundo)

El juicio comenzó en marzo de 2012 y se llevó a cabo en la Audiencia de Barcelona, tras pasar casi cuatro años de prisión preventiva. Durante las audiencias, la fiscalía expuso un entramado de pruebas que incluyó registros bancarios, imágenes de cámaras de seguridad, documentos falsificados y testimonios clave que demostraron la suplantación de identidad de la víctima y la planificación del crimen.

Angie Molina declaró en su defensa, volvió a proclamarse inocente y afirmó que no tenía motivos económicos para matar a su amiga, aunque la acusación sostuvo que el objetivo era cobrar seguros de vida y créditos contratados a nombre de Ana.

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Finalmente, en 2012, la Audiencia de Barcelona la condenó a 22 años de prisión por el homicidio de Ana María Páez y por los delitos vinculados a la falsificación de documentos.

Sin embargo, el Tribunal Supremo revisó el fallo y redujo la pena a 18 años al considerar que no había quedado probado de forma absoluta que la víctima se encontrara completamente indefensa al momento del ataque, lo que llevó a recalificar el delito.

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Molina fue trasladada a la cárcel de Mas d’Enric, ubicada en la provincia de Tarragona, donde continúa cumpliendo su condena, que está prevista que finalice en 2027.

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Conservative justice swipes at DOJ in trans sports case: ‘I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff’

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Justice Neil Gorsuch pressed the Department of Justice on Tuesday about the potential nationwide consequences of a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban transgender athletes who identify as women from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

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Gorsuch grilled Principal Deputy Solicitor General Hashim Mooppan, who appeared on behalf of the government, during oral arguments about a case examining West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. Gorsuch asked Mooppan how a decision in favor of West Virginia’s law, which blocked biological boys from participating in girls’ sports, would jibe with Title IX and the Constitution’s equal protection clause.

Gorsuch used a hypothetical involving other academic programs to test how far sex-based distinctions could extend under Title IX, which bans sex-based discrimination in education.

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Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021.  (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

«What about the hypothetical I posed earlier that, when it comes to high school performance, girls sure are a lot better than boys, and so we’re only going to have remedial classes for boys, and girls aren’t free to attend. … Let’s say I’ve got really good science,» Gorsuch said. «I mean, it’s all about the science, right? I got the science.»

Mooppan said that while men and women are typically equal under laws and the Constitution, «real, enduring obvious differences» mattered in sports. Mooppan sought to dismiss any «pseudoscience» Gorsuch was suggesting.

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«With all respect, I don’t think there’s any science anywhere that is suggesting that these sort of intellectual differences are traceable to biological differences,» he said.

Gorsuch shot back: «With respect, I don’t think you’re a PhD in this stuff, and neither – I know I’m not, but I’m asking to deal with a hypothetical.»

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A demonstrator holds a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Gorsuch continued to question how potentially allowing West Virginia to discriminate on the basis of sex was possible in sports but not in other areas of education. 

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«The statute says no discrimination on the basis of sex, and you’re saying, ‘yeah, it’s okay when they’re not similarly situated.’ And when you’re worried about locker rooms, great. I appreciate that, but I’m worried about that math remedial class or the chess club or whatever,» Gorsuch said.

Gorsuch was more confrontational with the states and the DOJ than the other Republican-appointed justices. At one point, however, he observed an increase in recent decades in women and girls participating in sports and grappled with the idea that transgender athletes competing with them could potentially «undermine» that progress.

Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, Gorsuch famously wrote the majority opinion in another case about gender identity, Bostock v. Clayton County. Gorsuch sided in that case with the liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts, resulting in a 6-3 decision that employees cannot be discriminated against based on sex, and that sex included sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Gorsuch repeatedly raised that decision Tuesday, asking Mooppan at one point: «Bostock does not control here because – fill in the blank.»

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A protester drapes themselves in a transgender pride flag outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

West Virginia attorneys argued in court papers that Bostock was irrelevant to their case because Bostock dealt with Title VII, which governs discrimination in the workplace, whereas Title IX deals with education, where «biological differences are critical to athletic fairness.» Sex was less relevant in the workplace than in education, they argued.

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West Virginia v. B.P.J. centers on a 15-year-old transgender athlete who identifies as a girl and who argued the state’s ban violated both the Constitution and Title IX.

The case was one of two the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday about state laws that ban transgender athletes who identify as female from participating in sports exclusive to women or girls. The conservative justices largely appeared sympathetic to those laws, but it was not immediately clear where each of them would land on the issue.

A decision by the court, expected by early summer, could have far-reaching impacts.

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A ruling in favor of the states could not only uphold their bans and those in some two dozen other states but could also influence other transgender policy disputes, such as bathroom policies and sex designation on documents, including passports and driver’s licenses.

A ruling in favor of the transgender plaintiffs could serve to limit states’ ability to adopt similar bans and broaden interpretations of federal anti-discrimination laws.

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South Korean prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon over martial law declaration: ‘Self-coup’

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A South Korean court heard arguments Tuesday seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as prosecutors accused the ousted leader of orchestrating a rebellion through his controversial martial law declaration in December 2024.

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Independent counsel Cho Eun-suk asked the Seoul Central District Court to impose the sentence, arguing that Yoon’s actions amounted to «anti-state activities» and describing the decree as a «self-coup.»

Yoon, a conservative who was removed from office last spring, remains in custody while facing multiple criminal proceedings tied to the martial law episode and other controversies from his presidency. Prosecutors say the rebellion charge carries the most severe potential punishment.

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Then South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025.  (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Cho’s team argued in court that Yoon sought to prolong his hold on power by undermining South Korea’s constitutional system of governance.

Yoon has rejected the accusations, telling the court that the investigations into his conduct have been «frenzied» and marked by «manipulation» and «distortion.»

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He has maintained that the declaration of martial law was intended to alert the public to what he viewed as the growing threat posed by the opposition Democratic Party, which used its legislative majority to block his political agenda. 

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces eight trials over various criminal charges in connection with his controversial martial law decree and other scandals. (AP)

Yoon argued that the exercise of presidential emergency powers cannot be treated as rebellion under the law.

The court is expected to deliver a verdict next month. Legal experts have said a life sentence is more likely than execution, noting that South Korea has not carried out a death penalty since 1997.

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol criticized investigations on his rebellion charges, saying they have been «frenzied» and that they have involved «manipulation» and «distortion.» (AP)

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Yoon is the first South Korean president who has faced a potential death penalty after leaving office since Chun Doo-hwan was sentenced to death in 1996 for various crimes. Chun’s death sentence was later commuted to life in prison, and he was subsequently pardoned and freed.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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