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Russia agrees to abide by expired New START nuclear arms limits — as long as US does the same
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Russia has reportedly agreed to abide by the limits of a nuclear arms pact it reached with the U.S. years ago after the agreement expired last week — as long as Washington does the same.
The New START Treaty’s expiration, which occurred on Feb. 5, leaves the nations with the two largest atomic arsenals with no restrictions for the first time in more than a half-century, The Associated Press reported. The expiration has fueled fears of a possible unconstrained nuclear arms race.
In September, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would abide by the nuclear arms deal for another year after its expiration date as long as the U.S. followed suit, the AP reported. However, President Donald Trump has said he wanted China to be part of a new pact, something that Beijing has rejected, according to the AP.
«Rather than extend ‘NEW START’ (A badly negotiated deal by the United States that, aside from everything else, is being grossly violated), we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved, and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future,» Trump wrote on Truth Social upon the treaty’s expiration.
WORLD ENTERS UNCHARTED ERA AS US-RUSSIA NUCLEAR TREATY EXPIRES, OPENING DOOR TO FASTEST ARMS RACE IN DECADES
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage, Alaska. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
In response to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the now-expired treaty, the White House pointed to the president’s Truth Social post.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to lawmakers about the treaty, saying Moscow would «act in a responsible and balanced way on the basis of analysis of the U.S. military policies,» the AP reported.
Lavrov added that «we have reason to believe that the United States is in no hurry to abandon these limits and that they will be observed for the foreseeable future.»
A rocket is launched as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in Russia on Dec. 9, 2020. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
«We will closely monitor how things are actually unfolding,» Lavrov said. «If our American colleagues’ intention to maintain some kind of cooperation on this is confirmed, we will work actively on a new agreement and consider the issues that have remained outside strategic stability agreements.»
TRUMP CALLS FOR NUCLEAR EXPERTS TO WORK ON ‘NEW, IMPROVED, AND MODERNIZED TREATY’
The New START Treaty was signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, and was entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011.
The treaty gave the U.S. and Russia until Feb. 5, 2018, to meet the central limits on strategic offensive arms. The treaty caps each side at 700 deployed ICBMs, SLBMs and nuclear-capable heavy bombers; 1,550 deployed warheads; and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers and bombers. The parties were then obligated to maintain the limits as long as the treaty remained in force, which it did until last week.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting on Ukraine, in Anchorage, Alaska,, Aug. 15, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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The expiration of the treaty comes just after a meeting involving U.S. and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi. Axios previously reported that the two nations were closing in on a deal to observe the treaty for at least six months after its expiration. The outlet added that during the six-month period there would be negotiations for a new deal.
The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Las empresas navieras de Grecia, los Emiratos Árabes Unidos y China son las más afectadas por el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, según datos de Bloomberg y de organizaciones de tráfico marítimo.
Alrededor de 670 buques de carga enviaron señales desde el oeste del estrecho de Ormuz durante el último día, de los cuales 120 pertenecían a empresas de los cercanos Emiratos Árabes Unidos, lo que representa alrededor del 18 % del total.
La guerra estalló el 28 de febrero cuando Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron ataques contra Irán, lo que desencadenó ataques de represalia en toda la región, con las fuerzas de Teherán apuntando a esta crucial vía marítima.
Las cifras podrían subestimar los totales reales, ya que es posible que algunos buques hayan apagado sus transpondedores.
Grecia
Después de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, el siguiente en la lista es Grecia: sus empresas cuentan con al menos 75 buques de carga que se encuentran en el estrecho desde el inicio de la guerra, alrededor del 12 % del total.
De esos buques, unos 30 son petroleros o gaseros, según un análisis de datos de Bloomberg, que recopila información de diversas organizaciones.
China
Los países asiáticos se han visto muy afectados por el cierre.
Las empresas chinas cuentan con 74 buques de carga en la zona, 25 de los cuales son petroleros y gaseros. El resto son buques de carga seca a granel, como los portacontenedores.
Japón
Las empresas japonesas tienen al menos 23 buques de petróleo y gas y 16 buques de carga seca en el estrecho.
Además, 25 buques de Hong Kong —13 de petróleo y gas, 12 de carga seca— también se encuentran en la región.
India
Las empresas con sede en la India cuentan con 24 buques de petróleo y gas en la zona.
Las empresas de Singapur y Corea del Sur también se han visto afectadas, con 29 y 22 buques de mercancías, respectivamente, atascados desde que comenzó la guerra.
Vietnam tiene tres grandes buques de transporte de gas en la zona.
Petróleo y gas
Alrededor de 50 superpetroleros (VLCC) parecen estar varados, junto con 11 supergaseros.
Corea del Sur cuenta con siete de los VLCC, las empresas de China y Japón cuentan con seis cada una, y Grecia con cinco.
Buques vinculados a Irán
De las 225 travesías realizadas por buques de carga desde el inicio de la guerra, más de 40 fueron de buques iraníes, según datos de la empresa de inteligencia marítima Kpler.
Otras 60 fueron de buques que no enarbolan pabellón ni son propiedad directa de Irán, pero que están sancionados por Estados Unidos en el marco de su programa sobre Irán.
Travesías griegas y chinas
Unas 35 travesías han sido realizadas por buques de propiedad griega, incluidas ocho de una sola empresa, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd.
Al menos 20 buques afiliados a China y 13 vinculados a la India han realizado el trayecto.
Algunos buques parecen haber cruzado el estrecho a través de un sistema de verificación en el que Irán concede paso seguro a ciertos buques de países amigos.
Buques estadounidenses en el punto de mira
Cientos de buques parecen estar esperando a que pase la guerra, dados los altísimos costos de los seguros y el peligro para la vida y la carga.
De los buques en la zona que informaron de ataques o actividades sospechosas, alrededor de la mitad estaban vinculados a Europa o a Estados Unidos, según el Servicio de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo del Reino Unido y la información sobre la propiedad disponible públicamente.
(Con información de AFP)
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Top congressional Democrats, party campaign arms and allied groups are suing President Donald Trump and his administration over a sweeping order he signed this week that would increase federal involvement in elections.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., along with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Governors Association and the Democratic National Committee, filed the lawsuit Thursday.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to block Trump’s executive order signed Tuesday targeting mail-in voting and voter eligibility, as Senate Republicans continue debating the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERHAULING MAIL-IN VOTING IN MAJOR ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
«The American people are fed up with Republicans’ price-spiking, health care-gutting agenda and are ready to vote them out,» Schumer, Jeffries and the committee chairs said in a joint statement. «That’s why Donald Trump is desperately trying to rig our elections by making it harder to vote for seniors, Americans with disabilities, members of the military, rural communities and other working families who rely on vote-by-mail. This move is blatantly unconstitutional, and we will fight against it.»
«We are taking action to challenge Trump’s executive order to protect the right to vote and ensure every eligible American can make their voice heard at the ballot box,» they added.
Trump has warned Republicans that if they cannot pass the SAVE America Act — which is unlikely given unified Democratic opposition in the Senate — the GOP could face major losses in the upcoming midterm elections.
GOP TRIGGERS MARATHON SENATE FIGHT TO EXPOSE DEMS’ OPPOSITION TO TRUMP-BACKED VOTER ID BILL
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on mail ballots in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2026. (Evan Vucci/Reuters Photos)
The executive order, signed earlier this week, reflects Trump taking matters into his own hands amid the political reality in Congress.
The order would create federal «citizenship lists» of U.S. citizens using government databases, require those lists to be shared with states before elections, and give the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) authority over mail-in voting logistics. It would also require voters to be enrolled with USPS to receive mail ballots.
The order would allow USPS to refuse delivery of ballots from people not on its approved list and impose new federal design and processing rules for mail-in ballot envelopes.
SENATE GOP EYES BLAME GAME AS TRUMP-BACKED SAVE ACT HEADS FOR DEFEAT
Vote by mail ballots are inspected at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on Nov. 4, 2025, in California.. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Democrats argue the order is unconstitutional on several grounds, including that it overrides states’ authority over elections, violates the separation of powers, breaches privacy laws and risks disenfranchising millions of voters.
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They argue Trump has «no such authority» to impose sweeping changes on elections nationwide.
«If permitted, the President’s actions would fundamentally alter the constitutional balance between the states and the federal government by allowing the executive branch to wield federal power to pressure states into adopting federal preferences for the conduct of elections,» they wrote in the lawsuit.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Trump estableció inicialmente cinco objetivos para la guerra contra Irán. Así están las cosas
1. “Vamos a destruir sus misiles y arrasar su industria armamentística. Quedará totalmente aniquilada de nuevo.”
2. “Vamos a aniquilar su armada.”
3. “Nos aseguraremos de que los grupos terroristas afines a la región ya no puedan desestabilizar la región ni el mundo»
4. “Y nos aseguraremos de que Irán no obtenga un arma nuclear. Es un mensaje muy sencillo. Nunca tendrán un arma nuclear.”
5. “Finalmente, al gran y orgulloso pueblo de Irán, les digo esta noche que la hora de su libertad está cerca. «
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