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Minnesota Republicans reveal which far-left candidate they want to challenge in open Senate race
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Republican strategists and lawmakers are hoping that when voters head to the polls in November to elect the next U.S. Senator of Minnesota, they’ll be forced to choose between either a Republican candidate — or Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
In a Democratic primary that has yet to play out, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., believes Flanagan would give Republicans better odds than her opponent, Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn.
«You’ve got the radical Left that is really upending the party. It’s that crazy Marxist anarchist group that is in Minneapolis, especially with a primary,» Emmer said in an interview with local media.
«Think about this. You’ve got Angie Craig, who will have all the money. But she knows that her numbers are in the tank against this radical, wild, wild-eyed Peggy Flanagan, the current lieutenant governor. So, guess who shows up [to the primary]? All the crazies from Minneapolis.»
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. and candidate for U.S. Senate Peggy Flanagan, left, pictured alongside her Democratic challenger Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., right. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; David Berding/Getty Images)
«Peggy Flanagan is likely going to be their candidate, and that is good for us,» Emmer said.
The assessment isn’t unique to Emmer.
The Democratic race began in February of last year when Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., sparked a four-way Democratic primary with news that she would not pursue reelection in 2026.
In addition to Craig and Flanagan, Billy Nord, an anti-establishment activist, and Melisa López Franzen, a former minority leader of the Minnesota Senate, announced bids for the seat. But it didn’t take long for Craig and Flanagan to emerge as the clear-cut frontrunners.
Craig, a former journalist, businesswoman and a current four-term U.S. congresswoman, has $4.8 million in cash on hand, according to FEC records.
Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor for the past seven years, has $1.1 million cash on hand.
Nord has not reported contributions with the FEC and López dropped out of the race in May of last year.
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ST. PAUL, MN. – NOVEMBER 2018: Minnesota DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Laborer Party) Lieutenant Governor-elect Peggy Flanagan and Governor-elect Tim Walz arrived at their transition offices in the State Capitol Thursday morning, November 8, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune)
While Republican onlookers believe both frontrunners can be described as «far-left,» many have pointed out Flanagan shares platform similarities with more polarizing, high-profile Democrats — such as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and has shared the same platform as Gov. Tim Walz, who she has called an «incredible partner.» Walz was hammered during his failed 2024 vice presidential bid for all of his far-left proposals.
In the view of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, that makes for a Republican advantage.
«She, too, supports Medicare for All, wants to ‘re-imagine’ policing and attended anti-ICE protests where she called on people to «put their bodies on the line» to defend illegal immigrants from ICE,» the NRSC said in a press release.
More notably, Republicans believe Flanagan’s greatest liability is a tenure that overlaps with recent revelations of up to $9 billion in fraud through government benefit programs.
Through scores of schemes, fraudsters in Minnesota allegedly siphoned funding from government programs like daycare centers and health clinics while returning no benefits, greatly exaggerating their services and pocketing government funding.
The fraud revelations made national news last year, raising questions about how state leadership could have missed the sheer size of the losses.
DFL party Chair Mike Erlandson told the Minnesota Star Tribune he believes fraud will remain front-and-center in the minds of voters.
«I don’t think there’s any way that this issue isn’t still being talked about in November. And anybody that was a party to it, whether you’re a legislator or Lt. Gov. Flanagan, if she’s the nominee, is going to have to answer questions around it,» Erlandson said.
NRSC Chairman Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., echoed that sentiment.
«From allowing billions of dollars in fraud to vilifying law enforcement, the Walz-Flanagan administration has failed Minnesotans,» Scott wrote in a post to X.
For her own part, Flanagan’s campaign told Fox News Digital she likes her chances to win in a general election, pointing to Minnesota’s solidly-blue track record of sending Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
«Minnesota hasn’t voted for a Republican statewide in over 20 years – with Trump in the White House and the chaos ICE inflicted on Minnesotans, this is not going to be Craig’s or the GOP’s year,» Alexandra Fetissoff, a Flanagan campaign spokeswoman, said.
«Peggy Flanagan is the only candidate in this race who has won statewide, the only candidate not taking corporate money and the only candidate that hasn’t enabled Trump’s ICE. Minnesotans know Peggy and trust her leadership and that’s why she’ll be the next Senator from Minnesota.»
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ST. PAUL, MN. – JUNE 2022: Minnesota DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Laborer Party) Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan speaks during a press conference Saturday, June 25, 2022 in St. Paul, Minn. U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith joined Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan at the State Capitol for a Press Conference with Planned Parenthood North Central States CEO and President Sarah Stoesz a day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune)
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When asked if he stood by his comments on the Minnesota primary, Emmer said he believes Republicans will run a competitive race, regardless of the Democratic nominee.
«Minnesotans will reject both of these far-left, fraud-enabling radicals who would only dig our state into an even deeper hole than it’s already in. Good luck to Flanagan and Craig as they continue fighting tooth and nail to win over the cop hating, open-border extremist base while alienating commonsense Minnesotans,» Emmer said.
Craig and Flanagan will face off in the primary on Aug. 11. Fox News Digital reached out to Craig for comment.
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Turkish grad student who co-authored anti-Israel op-ed at Tufts self-deports after legal battle with DHS
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University medical graduate student from Turkey whose charges were dropped after DHS detained her for allegedly «[engaging] in activities in support of Hamas,» has self-deported to Turkey, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Ozturk self-deported from the U.S. late Thursday night on a flight to Istanbul, Turkey, according to sources familiar.
Ozturk was detained by ICE in Somerville, Massachusetts, in March 2025, sparking a battle between the Trump administration and a federal judge over her detainment.
The Tufts graduate student was living in the U.S. under an F-1 student visa, which the Trump administration revoked around March 21, 2025. At the time her visa was revoked, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration were cracking down on student visas for students who were involved in protests and demonstrations regarding Israel and Palestine.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay in Cernay-la-Ville, France, on March 27, 2026. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek)
«After 13 years of dedicated study, I am very proud to have completed my Ph.D. and to return home on my own timeline,» Ozturk said in a statement. «The time stolen from me by the U.S. government belongs not just to me, but to the children and youth I have dedicated my life to advocating for. With them in mind, I am choosing to return home as planned to continue my career as a woman scholar without losing more time to the state-imposed violence and hostility I have experienced in the United States – all for nothing more than co-signing an op-ed advocating for Palestinian rights.»
Ozturk co-authored an opinion piece on March 26, 2024 that was published in Tufts Daily, a student newspaper on campus.
«Credible accusations against Israel include accounts of deliberate starvation and indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide,» the op-ed read.
The authors, including Ozturk, were critical of the university’s response to anti-Israel protests, saying that the university should publicly acknowledge Palestinian suffering.
Rubio specifically referenced opinion pieces in a statement surrounding the revoking of student visas, notably after the arrest of Ozturk on March 25, 2025.
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«If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us that the reason why you’re coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus — we’re not going to give you a visa,» Rubio said.
Trump’s Department of Justice also weighed in on Ozturk’s self-deportation.
«Attending elite colleges and universities in the United States is a privilege afforded to foreign students who respect our values and follow our laws,» a DOJ official told Fox News. «Rümeysa Öztürk chose not to abide by those simple conditions, and as a result left the United States – something the Administration sought to accomplish from the beginning. We will continue to seek the deportation of any foreign student who abuses their opportunity to study in America by engaging in vile antisemitism, harassment, or other illegal behavior.»
Following Ozturk’s arrest, she was transferred to Methuen, Mass., then Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Vermont before she was sent to the South Louisiana ICE processing facility, according to reports.
Protests erupted at Tufts and across the country over her arrest, and two months later she was released on bail.
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Rumeysa Ozturk on an apple-picking trip in 2021. (AP Photo) (AP)
The legal battle continued between the Trump administration and Ozturk, who was legally represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), until Feb. 9 when Biden-appointed Boston immigration Judge Roopal Patel terminated deportation proceedings.
Patel ruled that the Department of Homeland Security lacked the legal grounds to deport her.
«I grieve for the many human beings who do not get to see the mistreatment they have faced brought into the light,» Ozturk said in a statement released by her attorneys after the ruling. «When we openly talk about the many injustices around us, including the treatment of immigrants and others who have been targeted and thrown in for-profit ICE prisons, as well as what is happening in Gaza, true justice will prevail.»
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The Trump Department of Justice fired Patel, among other immigration judges, last week.
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters outside the Oval Office at the White House on April 13, in Washington, D.C., after declining to apologize for remarks criticizing Pope Leo XIV. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Since Patel ruled as an immigration judge and not a federal Article III judge, the Trump administration and the executive branch has authority over her tenure.
The White House issued a press release on April 9, titled: «Era of Amnesty Is Over: President Trump Restores Rule of Law to Immigration Courts,» in which the administration touted «the most aggressive and successful immigration enforcement overhaul in modern history.»
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«President Trump promised to end the open borders nightmare — and he is delivering on that promise with unrelenting force. The era of catch-and-release, mass releases, and activist judicial amnesty is over,» the White House statement reads.
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Estados Unidos mantiene el bloqueo a los puertos del régimen persa y 19 barcos acataron sus órdenes: “Si señor, volvemos a Irán”
Estados Unidos mantiene el bloqueo naval sobre los puertos del régimen iraní y ha ordenado el regreso de 19 buques mercantes a Irán desde el inicio de las operaciones, según informó el Comando Central (CENTCOM) este viernes.
La medida se sostiene mientras continúan las negociaciones, de acuerdo con las declaraciones de Donald Trump.
Desde que comenzó esta acción, ninguna embarcación ha logrado evadir el control de las fuerzas estadounidenses, una información ratificada por CENTCOM tras difundir imágenes del destructor de misiles guiados USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) instruyendo a un mercante a regresar a su terminal de origen iraní.
La operación cuenta también con la participación del portaaviones USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), que realiza tareas de bloqueo en el mar Arábigo y tiene a bordo una ala aérea compuesta por ocho F-35C, cazas F/A-18, aeronaves EA-18G, aviones de comando E-2D, así como helicópteros MH-60 y aparatos logísticos Ospreys CMV-22B.
El comandante de CENTCOM, almirante Brad Cooper, destacó la preparación de las tropas: “Las fuerzas de CENTCOM están altamente motivadas, enfocadas y listas”.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dijo que su país mantendrá el bloqueo a los puertos iraníes pese a la apertura del estrecho de Ormuz.
“El estrecho de Ormuz está completamente abierto y listo para el comercio y el tránsito libre, pero el bloqueo naval se mantendrá en pleno vigor y efecto en lo que respecta a Irán, únicamente hasta que nuestra negociación con Irán se complete al 100%. Este proceso debería ser muy rápido, ya que la mayoría de los puntos ya están negociados”, expresó.
Minutos antes, había manifestado en la misma red social: “Irán acaba de anunciar que el estrecho de Irán está completamente abierto y listo para el paso libre. ¡Gracias!“.
El régimen de Irán anunció este viernes que el estrecho de Ormuz estará abierto a la navegación durante el cese del fuego acordado con Estados Unidos.
“De acuerdo con el alto el fuego en Líbano, el paso para todos los buques comerciales a través del Estrecho de Ormuz se declara completamente abierto durante el resto del período de alto el fuego, en la ruta coordinada ya anunciada por la Organización de Puertos y Asuntos Marítimos de la República Islámica de Irán”, expresó el ministro de Exteriores, Abbas Araghchi.
En tanto, los precios del petróleo retrocen marcadamente después del anuncio de Irán. El precio del petróleo registró una caída abrupta. La cotización del crudo Brent descendió con fuerza, mientras los futuros del West Texas Intermediate (WTI) también mostraron un retroceso significativo, en un contexto marcado por negociaciones diplomáticas y expectativas de distensión en Oriente Medio.
El viernes, los mercados internacionales observaron un comportamiento volátil luego de que Irán comunicó que el estrecho de Ormuz, un corredor esencial para el comercio mundial de hidrocarburos, permanecerá habilitado para la navegación mientras dure el cese de hostilidades. La noticia generó reacciones inmediatas en los precios de referencia mundial, con caídas de en torno al 10%. El Brent cerró en 89,43 dólares por barril, con una baja de 8,77 dólares y un retroceso del 8,93%. Por su parte, el WTI finalizó la jornada en 81,53 dólares, perdiendo 11,65 dólares respecto al día anterior.
Esta tendencia bajista reflejó la expectativa de los inversores acerca de un posible acuerdo entre Estados Unidos e Irán. La posibilidad de negociaciones durante el fin de semana y la entrada en vigor de un alto el fuego de diez días entre Líbano e Israel reforzaron el optimismo en los mercados sobre una posible resolución del conflicto en la región.
Antes, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, expresó confianza en que las conversaciones con Irán se encuentren cerca de un desenlace favorable. “Veremos qué pasa. Pero creo que estamos muy cerca de llegar a un acuerdo con Irán”, aseguró a la prensa frente a la Casa Blanca, declaración recogida por Reuters. El mandatario estadounidense también utilizó sus redes sociales para pedir a Hezbollah que actúe “bien” durante este periodo crítico y, en un evento en Las Vegas, afirmó que la guerra progresa “swimmingly” y anticipó que podría terminar pronto, según consignó The Wall Street Journal.
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