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Dem Senate hopeful’s ‘physician’ campaign pitch under fire after license records reveal key gaps
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has repeatedly described himself as a «physician» on the campaign trail and in public biographies, despite records showing he has never held a medical license in Michigan or New York.
Much of El-Sayed’s campaign has focused on his medical credentials, particularly his purported experience as a physician. While El-Sayed does have a medical degree, public records in New York and Michigan examined by Politico indicate that he’s never held a license to practice medicine.
New York state law prohibits individuals who lack medical licenses from identifying themselves as «physicians,» a title El-Sayed claimed on at least two occasions while in the state. Michigan law also bars individuals from working «to induce the belief» that they are licensed to practice medicine.
El-Sayed’s hands-on medical experience was limited to a four-week clinical rotation he completed after finishing medical school. In a 2022 podcast, he described the experience as «cosplaying [as] a doctor,» Politico reported.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after speaking at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026 in Detroit, Mich. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
«The perception in Michigan is that he is, at least at one point in his life, a licensed physician,» Chris Dewitt, a Michigan Democratic strategist, told Politico. «That apparently is not the case, and it blows up a big part of his campaign.»
El-Sayed has repeatedly told the public that he is a physician.
During a debate held by the Council of Baptist Pastors in April, for instance, El-Sayed referred to himself as «a physician and epidemiologist.» When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., referred to El-Sayed as a «physician» in 2025, he did not correct the senator. In June, the Senate candidate included a picture of himself dressed in a doctor’s coat attached to a fundraising appeal.
«Rather than this being a gotcha attack, this is Dr. El-Sayed’s origin story — one that Michiganders are familiar with,» El-Sayed spokesperson Roxie Richner told Fox News Digital when asked about his medical credentials.
«Dr. El-Sayed has spoken extensively about his experiences in medical school that led him first to public health and then to public service,» Richner continued. «He has spent his career improving healthcare for Michiganders through innovative, sweeping public health programs, including the elimination of up to $700 million in medical debt, increased access to Narcan, and built a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring network.»
U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and has embraced comparisons to Zohran Mamdani. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
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As of Thursday, El-Sayed still refers to himself in his LinkedIn bio as a «physician and epidemiologist.» He also holds a PhD in public health from the University of Oxford, according to his biographies.
«It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,» Michigan Democratic consultant Adrian Hemond told Politico. «It’s not as though he hasn’t done anything with all of the fancy education that he got like running public health programming for Wayne County and for the city of Detroit. And so maybe you would lean into that, as opposed to giving people the impression that you may have practiced medicine before.»
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed poses for a portrait in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Evan Cobb for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
El-Sayed’s Democratic primary rivals have also seized on the scrutiny. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s campaign, which is competing against El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination, accused him of overstating the medical credentials he has made central to his Senate bid.
«Abdul El-Sayed has made his supposed medical credentials a centerpiece of his campaign, but the truth is he never held a medical license, never did his residency, never passed his boards, and never practiced medicine independently,» campaign spokesperson Jackson Boaz told Fox News Digital. «If Michigan voters can’t trust El-Sayed to be honest about something that is so central to his entire rationale for running, how can they trust him to be honest about what he’d do as a United States Senator?»
This isn’t the first time El-Sayed’s medical experience has been called into question.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders participates in a coronavirus public health roundtable with Dr. Alison Galvani and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, Mich., on March 9, 2020, ahead of the state’s primary election. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Crain’s Detroit Business published a piece in 2018 holding El-Sayed’s claim of being a physician against his lack of a medical license.
«I think there’s a lot of ways that one serves as a physician. And I think the work that I have done and I continue to do is true to the core and the ethos of medicine,» El-Sayed told Crain’s Detroit Business at the time. «And when I took my Hippocratic Oath, that is still an oath that I use to guide my work today. I’m a physician because I have an MD, but I’m also a physician because of the work that I’ve dedicated my career to.»
El-Sayed has stated that he chose politics over medicine because he believes poverty is the root cause of many of the health problems in the United States.
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Critics of El-Sayed have seized on the recent reports.
«Michigan’s Democrat Senate primary is such a mess that the guy cosplaying as an Egyptian citizen and licensed physician is still beating Chuck Schumer’s handpicked candidate,» NRSC Regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell told the Washington Examiner.
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Far-left commentator says Trump ballroom project provides proof of ‘dictatorship’ ambition
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Progressive political commentator Larry McKelvey, better known as Charlamagne Tha God, argued the White House ballroom project is all the proof needed to show President Donald Trump intends to run for a third term.
But «The Late Show» guest host’s rhetoric is raising concerns among those who believe it could incite violence.
«Do you seriously think he’s building that for the next guy?» Charlamagne questioned during Wednesday’s episode.
«You think he likes J.D. Vance that much? You think he’s doing that level of solid for Marco Rubio?» he added, referencing the two most likely successors to the MAGA empire — the vice president and secretary of State.
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Charlamagne tha God speaks onstage at day 2 of the 2025 HOPE Global Forum at Signia by Hilton Atlanta on Dec. 2, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
Charlamagne’s comments, couched in hyperbolic jokes, raised far-left accusations that Trump has displayed a king-like disregard for limits in his second term — and even mirror the president’s own jokes about violating constitutional limits.
«I’m not asking Trump not to run for a third term,» Charlamagne conceded. «Trump is going to Trump. What I’m asking is for the Republican Party to be honest for once and tell us whether or not you want this man to be king, okay? I’m tired of edging dictatorship.»
Hogan Gidley, a former White House deputy press secretary, believes some viewers aren’t going to take the comments as a joke.
«They have no clue what their comments actually mean to those out there who want to commit acts of violence, which is ignorant and bad enough,» Gidley told Fox News Digital, noting the multiple assassination attempts against Trump and members of his administration.
«Or — they know exactly what they’re doing, creating a permission structure for violence. Either way, it’s hurtful to our country,» he added.
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Hogan Gidley speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 21, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Under the 22nd Amendment, presidents of the United States are limited to two terms — a change made in 1951 after Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) served four.
While firmly noting that comedians have a right under the First Amendment to address issues of their choosing, Gidley says he doubts the White House renovations are proof that Trump wants to overcome that limit.
«Context matters,» Gidley said.
«For safety and security, it makes complete sense to have a facility that all presidents can use to entertain foreign heads of state, to entertain different guests on various occasions under the watchful eye of a controlled space.»
At the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner last month, Trump faced a third assassination attempt when a gunman charged a Secret Service security checkpoint at the event at the Washington Hilton.
Trump noted that a space like the future ballroom could be used for such events to provide a more secure venue.
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President Donald Trump holds a design rendering of a proposed $400 million presidential ballroom at the White House. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg)
Charlamagne, for his part, comedically painted a vision for how Trump might use the ballroom in a third term.
«On January 20th, 2029, Trump is going to go into that ballroom, with a stack of hustlers, a crate of Big Macs and lock the door from the inside,» Charlamagne said.
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Construction of the ballroom, which spans 90,000 square feet and is designed to seat 650 attendees, is scheduled to finish before the end of Trump’s second term, according to press releases from the White House.
The Daily Show did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Neither did the White House when asked for reaction to the comedian and political commentator’s comments.
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Un panorama poco alentador se avecina para miles de hogares guatemaltecos que se verán afectados directamente por la inseguridad alimentaria a partir de abril y podría extenderse hasta septiembre de este año, impulsada por la reducción en las lluvias, pérdidas agrícolas, entre otros factores externos, según revela un informe publicado por Red de Sistemas de Alerta Temprana contra la Hambruna (Fews Net por sus siglas en inglés).
Para 2026, se prevé la presencia de lluvias por debajo de lo habitual, temperaturas superiores al promedio y una canícula prolongada. Estas condiciones están afectando los rendimientos de granos básicos, especialmente en hogares sin acceso a sistemas de riego y con una alta dependencia de la agricultura de subsistencia.
Esta situación también impacta la demanda de mano de obra agrícola, sobre todo durante el ciclo de Primera, que es clave para la producción de alimentos.
En las regiones de Alta Verapaz y el Altiplano Occidental, los hogares más pobres podrían enfrentar una temporada de escasez prematura y avanzar hacia una situación de Crisis en los próximos meses.
La falta de cosechas consecutivas ha llevado a una fuerte dependencia del mercado para la compra de alimentos, lo que desborda la capacidad adquisitiva de las familias y obliga a recurrir a estrategias como contraer deudas inusuales o reducir la cantidad de alimentos consumidos.
En el resto del país, se anticipa que la inseguridad alimentaria se mantenga en una fase de presión acentuada. Aunque en estas áreas los ahorros y reservas de alimentos brindan cierto alivio, el aumento de los precios y la reducción de oportunidades laborales agrícolas podrían llevar a un número creciente de hogares a la categoría de Crisis, especialmente a partir de mayo, cuando las reservas tienden a agotarse y la oferta de empleo agrícola disminuye.
Las condiciones climáticas adversas se suman a incrementos recientes en los precios de los combustibles. En marzo, el costo de la gasolina y el diésel subió un 22% y 33%, respectivamente, comparado con el año anterior. Estas alzas derivan de interrupciones en la cadena de suministro y tienen un efecto directo sobre los costos de transporte y la comercialización agrícola.
A pesar de que la inflación general anual en marzo se ubicó en 2.5%, la inflación en el sector transporte alcanzó 6.5%, reflejando el impacto del encarecimiento de los combustibles.
Las precipitaciones irregulares y por debajo del promedio, junto a temperaturas elevadas, han agravado el déficit de humedad en los suelos de amplias zonas del país.
En el Altiplano Occidental y el sur-oriente, se ha registrado entre un 30% y un 60% menos de lluvias en comparación con los promedios históricos de marzo y abril. Esta situación ha afectado el inicio de las actividades agrícolas de la temporada de Primera y ha deteriorado la humedad de los suelos antes de las primeras lluvias.
Por otra parte, el aumento de los precios internacionales de fertilizantes, con incrementos interanuales de entre 5% y 10% en marzo de 2026, ha encarecido los costos de producción agrícola. Guatemala depende de la importación de petróleo y fertilizantes, por lo que las fluctuaciones en los mercados globales tienen repercusiones inmediatas en los costos internos.
El alza de estos insumos afecta el poder adquisitivo de los pequeños agricultores justo antes del arranque de la temporada de siembra.
En respuesta a la situación, algunas áreas del país reciben asistencia alimentaria humanitaria, pero su alcance es limitado tanto en el número de beneficiarios como en el contenido calórico ofrecido.
Esta ayuda no resulta suficiente para modificar la clasificación de inseguridad alimentaria en las áreas más afectadas según los estándares establecidos.
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Experts weigh in on Taiwan, Iran tensions amid US-China summit
During the U.S.-China Summit, experts discuss U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and President Xi’s veiled threats. Analysts evaluate President Donald Trump’s strategy, noting how U.S. foreign policy shifts regarding Iran and the Western Hemisphere impact China’s global standing. The panel debates who holds the stronger hand, assessing economic and military leverage in the geopolitical relationship.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a stark warning to President Donald Trump that Taiwan could trigger «clashes and even conflicts» between the world’s two superpowers, injecting a note of potential confrontation into an otherwise upbeat summit in Beijing.
«President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy,» Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said following the meeting.
The White House, however, downplayed the exchange, with a senior administration official telling Fox News Digital that «both sides reiterated their long-stated stance on the issue and everyone understands each other’s position.»
Trump struck a notably warm tone in his public remarks, predicting a «fantastic future together» and praising Xi as «a great leader» as the two leaders opened talks focused heavily on trade, investment and economic cooperation.
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US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
«In fact, the longest relationship of our two countries that any president and president has had,» Trump said. «We’ve had a fantastic relationship. We’ve gotten along.»
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blasted Trump following the meeting, accusing him of failing to respond forcefully to Xi’s warning.
«Just hours in, and Xi Jinping has already threatened to, quote, collide or even clash, unquote, with the United States if we continue our support for Taiwan. Trump apparently didn’t say anything in response. He was just mute,» Schumer said. «For the sake of democracy and the stability of the global economy. Trump must not sell out Taiwan. Trump must also safeguard the interests of American workers, families and businesses.»
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The exchange underscores how Taiwan — long the most sensitive and potentially explosive issue in U.S.-China relations — is re-emerging as a central fault line, even as both sides seek to project stability and focus publicly on trade and economic cooperation.
Analysts had warned ahead of the summit that the best-case scenario for Taiwan would be for the issue to stay off the agenda entirely, amid concerns Beijing could try to extract concessions or shape U.S. policy language behind closed doors.
A U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile is launched during a live-fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Pingtung County, Taiwan, on Aug. 20, 2024. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump himself had suggested before the summit that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan could come up during discussions with Xi. He told reporters earlier this week, «I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi.»
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That prospect alarmed some national security analysts, who warned against allowing Taiwan to become part of a broader U.S.-China negotiation over trade or other strategic issues.
«Taiwan needs to stay off the menu,» retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies said during a media briefing ahead of the summit. «If they’re on the menu and it’s about foreign military sales, it’s bad. If it’s on the menu and it’s about some kind of reimagining our statements, that would be worse.»
Experts say even subtle shifts in wording could carry significant consequences. A change from the longstanding U.S. position that it «does not support» Taiwan independence to language stating it «opposes» it, for example, could be seized on by Beijing to bolster its claims over the self-governing island.
For decades, U.S. policy has walked a careful line — formally recognizing Beijing as the government of China under the «One China» policy, while maintaining unofficial relations with Taiwan and providing it with defensive weapons under the Taiwan Relations Act. Washington has also deliberately kept its military response ambiguous, a strategy known as «strategic ambiguity,» aimed at deterring both a Chinese invasion and a unilateral declaration of independence by Taiwan.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te inspects a live-fire shooting training exercise in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, on July 10, 2025. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)
After the summit, however, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to minimize the Taiwan portion of the talks, saying U.S. arms sales to Taiwan «did not feature prominently» in the discussions and insisting longstanding U.S. policy remained unchanged.
Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu reiterated Beijing’s longstanding position in a statement to Fox News Digital, calling Taiwan «an inalienable part of China’s territory» and warning that China would «never promise to renounce the use of force» against «Taiwan independence» separatist activities.
«The DPP authorities’ obstinate pursuit of their separatist agenda is the root cause undermining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,» Liu said.
Despite the tensions surrounding Taiwan, the public tone of the summit remained cordial, with both leaders emphasizing cooperation and economic ties.
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Xi told Trump that «China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation,» adding that the two countries «should be partners, not rivals.»
Trump arrived in Beijing accompanied by a delegation of top American executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, underscoring the administration’s focus on trade and investment even as geopolitical tensions simmer beneath the surface.
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