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AI boom tests GOP’s midterm affordability pitch as price pain spreads
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Republicans are warning that their ability to deliver on lowering everyday costs, one of their core campaign promises heading into the 2026 midterms, is being tested by an AI-driven chip shortage that has spilled into consumer markets.
«When you have a big race like we have with AI, there are secondary effects that we need to be very concerned about,» former Rep. Patrick McHenry, who served as House Financial Services Committee chairman, told Fox News Digital, adding, «It is hurting Republicans.»
Tech industry reports have for months been raising alarm over a global chip shortage. In January, a report predicted that this year, 70% of the high-end memory chips produced would go toward data centers, which store AI memory, constraining all other downstream technology and driving up prices, directly undermining Republicans’ affordability agenda.
AFFORDABILITY: THE ISSUE THAT BOOSTED TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN 2024 DEFLATED THEM IN 2025
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the «Winning the AI Race» AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
«We see this from our handheld devices to our computers, to TVs,» McHenry, a North Carolina Republican congressman turned policy advisor, said in an interview. «Even autos are impacted, and even things such as what we think of as average everyday things that aren’t particularly high-tech, like the things we use to manicure our lawns are impacted by rising prices of chips, so there’s a lot of secondary effects across consumer goods and should be a huge concern.»
Heading into 2026, President Donald Trump framed the midterms as a referendum on cost of living, saying in a Politico interview the elections «will be about pricing.»
Historically, the party in control loses seats during the midterms. One Republican strategist told Fox News Digital that AI’s well-documented dominance over the chip market should be viewed as hurting voters’ pocketbooks. The strategist called on the three largest chip manufacturing companies to expand production, which he said would help bolster the GOP’s campaign message.
«America must win the artificial intelligence race. Companies like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron understand that,» the strategist said. «At the same time, we can’t forget about consumer goods. Memory chip manufacturers need to increase production to boost both American AI and lower the cost of consumer goods. If they don’t, it will undoubtedly hurt Republicans politically in the midterms. How can Republicans campaign on ‘lower costs’ in 2024, but see computer and car prices rise in 2026 due to a lack of chip production?»
TRUMP TORCHES DEMS’ ‘FAKE AFFORDABILITY’ PITCH – BUT GOP PANIC IN DEEP RED STATE HINTS VOTERS AREN’T BUYING IT
The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying ChatGPT output in Boston on March 21, 2023. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
The AI boom is increasing demand for memory chips, which are semiconductor components used in data centers, laptops and smartphones.
That chip consumption has rippled across industries. Microsoft this month attributed its rise in laptop prices to «recent increases in memory and component costs.» The smartphone market remained «under pressure,» with shipments down 6% this year, largely because of chip shortages, Counterpoint Research found.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, previously a car dealership owner, warned in a letter this month his state was seeing «immediate and severe» consequences of rising chip prices and that automakers have said they could begin halting assembly lines as early as next month.
While affordability has been a resounding priority for Republicans seeking to retain control in Washington, AI advancements are also a pillar of Trump’s agenda. The White House declared last year in a sweeping plan that the country was in «a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence» and cited the need for a «revitalized U.S. chip industry.»
Asked about the AI-driven affordability concerns, White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital in a statement that the White House was cognizant of the clash and balancing it with a «nuanced» economic plan, which includes Trump’s signature worldwide tariffs, which the president restructured after the Supreme Court struck down his initial plan implementing them in the name of what he said was a global economic emergency.
«The fact that semiconductor chips are absolutely critical for everything from cutting-edge AI technology to everyday consumer goods only reinforces the importance of President Trump’s push to reinvigorate America’s semiconductor industry,» Desai said. «Hundreds of billions in semiconductor manufacturing investments reflect how the private sector is enthusiastically responding to the Administration’s nuanced and multi-faceted agenda of tariffs, deregulation and tax cuts.»
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President Joe Biden speaks during a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 9, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
The strain on supply is also raising new questions about the effectiveness of the bipartisan CHIPS Act, a Biden administration bill designed to boost domestic production and prevent precisely the kind of shortage markets are now seeing.
McHenry, who specializes in fintech policy, said the CHIPS Act, a multibillion-dollar effort to pour federal subsidies and tax incentives into U.S. chip manufacturing, has been a «grave disappointment.» McHenry said both that the White House had «a lot more work» to do to address the supply shortage and that congressional reforms were another way to improve domestic chip production.
«Unfortunately for the taxpayer, they paid for the CHIPS Act the first time, and now they’re paying for it a second time with the rising price of consumer goods,» McHenry said. «Republicans need to address this on Capitol Hill. They need to clean up the CHIPS Act, so the president can deploy these tools to incentivize and grow chip manufacturing here in the United States.»
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who founded a successful car security company, said he sees a need for chip production expansion, tying it to consumer costs, in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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«America leads the world in AI — and we stay there by unleashing the nation’s industrial base, ramping up chip production and memory as never before and lowering the consumer costs people pay every day,» he said.
The congressman said more chips were «essential» to delivering on the GOP’s promises of «opportunity, prosperity and affordability.»
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron for comment.
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9/11 hero’s memory preserved through massive effort to ‘do good’ for vets, first responders: ‘His legacy’
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On one of the darkest days in America’s history, New York City firefighter Stephen Siller strapped on his gear and ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the collapsing Twin Towers, ultimately giving his life to save those caught in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Two and a half decades later, Tunnel to Towers, founded by Siller’s family, has continued his legacy through its commitment to «do good» for veterans and first responders and their families across the country.
Since its founding, inspired by Siller and his favorite quote, «While we have time, let us do good,» Tunnel to Towers has provided more than 1,700 mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen service members and first responders, as well as to disabled veterans and first responders. The organization has also delivered housing assistance and support services to more than 20,000 homeless veterans and holds hundreds of events nationwide to honor America’s heroes and preserve the memory of those who lost their lives for future generations.
Tunnel to Towers CEO Frank Siller, the brother of the 34-year-old firefighter who gave his life on Sept. 11, previously warned in 2020 that America was «very close to forgetting the impact 9/11 had on our nation.» Now, with anti-American sentiment on the rise and some online commentators belittling the Sept. 11 attacks or even justifying them, many worry the legacy of those who lost their lives, including the 343 members of the New York City Fire Department who made the ultimate sacrifice, will be forgotten.
Siller, however, has vowed that «Tunnel to Towers will never let that happen.»
9/11 IS BECOMING HISTORY. MY GENERATION MUST MAKE SURE AMERICA NEVER FORGETS
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was started in honor of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who died responding to the attacks. (Tunnel to Towers Foundation)
The Tunnel to Towers 9/11 Institute has helped to educate students from kindergarten through 12th grade on the «extraordinary heroism and goodness of everyday people» on Sept. 11, «while demonstrating the strength and resilience of America’s spirit.» Its mobile 9/11 exhibit has traveled to nearly all 50 states as well as Canada.
This year, Tunnel to Towers launched its «Steel Across America» display, in which a 16,000-pound steel beam pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center traveled more than 10,500 miles to 35 stops across 21 states and the District of Columbia, culminating in New York City.
NEW 9/11 MUSEUM EXHIBIT AIMS TO CONNECT YOUNGER AMERICANS TO THE ATTACKS THROUGH POWERFUL ARTIFACTS
Frank Siller, CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, stands near a piece of World Trade Center steel that will be featured during the foundation’s effort to honor and remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks as the 25th anniversary approaches. (Courtesy: Tunnel to Towers Foundation)
To mark the 25th anniversary, Tunnel to Towers also launched its 343 Homes Initiative this year to honor the 343 New York firefighters who died on Sept. 11. According to the group, this initiative will deliver 343 mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen service members and fallen first responders as well as to catastrophically injured service members across the country.
This initiative builds on Tunnel to Towers’ «In the Line of Duty Programs,» which have provided more than 1,700 mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen service members and first responders, as well as to catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. More than 220 of those homes have been custom «Smart Homes,» modified to be fully accessible to catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.
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A firefighter walks through the rubble of the twin towers of the World Trade Center as an American flag hangs from a traffic light post on September 11, 2001, in New York. (DOUG KANTER/AFP via Getty Images)
In a recent Fox News opinion piece, Siller put it simply: «Stephen’s life and heroic death serve as a reminder to us all to live life to the fullest and to spend our time here on earth doing good—this is his legacy.»
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Una astronauta de la Estación Espacial Internacional celebró los 60 años de la serie Star Trek
Este 2026 es muy especial para los fanáticos del espacio y de la ciencia ficción. Es el año en que se cumple el 60 aniversario de Star Trek, la serie de TV que luego fue llevada al cine en numerosas películas y cuyas celebraciones llegaron esta semana hasta la última frontera, el espacio exterior.
Además de los suministros necesarios y materiales científicos para trabajar en la Estación Espacial Internacional (EEI) para la misión en órbita, la astronauta de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA), Sophie Adenot, llevó algunos objetos personales, entre los que se encontraba un pequeño recuerdo en honor a uno de los fenómenos de la cultura pop más influyentes que ha instado continuamente a la humanidad a dirigir su mirada hacia las estrellas.
Adenot subió al laboratorio espacial una pequeña insignia de la Flota Estelar de una de las series más recientes de Star Trek, Strange New Worlds, que lució durante un video publicado por la ESA.
“Hola desde la Estación Espacial Internacional. Soy Sophie Adenot, astronauta de la Agencia Espacial Europea. Para mí, la exploración y la ciencia son sinónimo de curiosidad y cooperación: atreverse a ir un poco más allá juntos, aprender de lo que descubrimos y construimos, y transformar ese conocimiento en un futuro mejor para todos”, comenzó a relatar.
Y agregó: “Durante 60 años, Star Trek nos ha ofrecido historias de amistad y exploración. Llevo puesta la insignia del capitán Pike a bordo de la EEI para celebrar la continuidad de la labor científica y de exploración en el mundo real. Feliz 60.º aniversario, Star Trek. Larga vida y prosperidad”.
Adenot viajó a la EEI a bordo de una cápsula Dragon de SpaceX en la misión Crew-12 de la NASA con destino al laboratorio orbital el 13 de febrero último, y actualmente se desempeña como ingeniera de vuelo para la Expedición 75 de la EEI.
Este es su primer viaje al espacio y está previsto que finalice pronto, a la espera del lanzamiento y la llegada de la próxima nave espacial Dragon de SpaceX que transportará a los astronautas de la misión Crew-13 de la NASA, prevista para dentro de pocas semanas.
En el vídeo de Adenot, se la ve luciendo la insignia de la Flota Estelar en su camiseta de la ESA para la ISS, mientras flota en el módulo de laboratorio Columbus de la ESA.
En tanto, la ESA publicó también la foto de la insignia flotando en la Cúpula, la ventana más grande que tiene la EEI con vista a la Tierra.
“Larga vida y prosperidad”, escribió la ESA en la red social Instagram, junto a una manito con el saludo del planeta Vulcano. “¡Celebra el 60.º aniversario de @startrek el 8 de septiembre con el Día de Star Trek! También lo conmemoramos en órbita con un pin conmemorativo de Star Trek a bordo de la @iss, llevado allí por @soph_astro durante su misión Epsilon”, agregó.
Y enseguida describió el pin llevado: “Es un objeto pequeño, pero conlleva algo más grande: sesenta años de una historia que nos enseñó a soñar con explorar juntos. Durante más de 50 años, eso es exactamente lo que hemos estado haciendo. Hemos enviado personas y máquinas más allá de la Tierra, construido naves espaciales con socios de decenas de países y seguido planteando la misma pregunta que Star Trek nunca dejó de formular: ¿qué hay ahí fuera y qué podemos aprender de ello?”.
Para la ESA, “la ciencia ficción imagina el futuro. Nosotros lo construimos. Desde la tripulación de la USS Enterprise hasta las tripulaciones de la Estación Espacial Internacional, la misión no ha cambiado realmente: explorar, descubrir y hacerlo juntos”.
“Así que brindamos por los 60 años de una serie que convirtió el ´¿y si…?´ en un ´¿por qué no?´, y por cada explorador al que inspiró a mirar hacia las estrellas”, concluyó, invitando a la comunidad a que envíe un comentario preguntando ¿cuál es ese momento de Star Trek que despertó tu pasión por el espacio?
Desde su estreno el 8 de septiembre de 1966, la serie de TV y sus 14 películas derivadas, han contado historias que ponen en primer plano los problemas sociales y los conflictos culturales, mostrando así las mejores cualidades de la humanidad.
Según su creador, Gene Roddenberry, representa una versión idílica de la humanidad que, en su opinión, era verdaderamente alcanzable mediante la simple aceptación mutua.
“Todo el programa pretendía transmitir que la humanidad alcanzará la madurez y la sabiduría el día en que empiece no solo a tolerar, sino a deleitarse especialmente con las diferencias de ideas y de formas de vida”, declaró Roddenberry en el álbum de 1976, The Star Trek Philosophy.
Y agregó: “Si no aprendemos a disfrutar de esas pequeñas diferencias —a encontrar un deleite positivo en esas pequeñas diferencias entre los de nuestra propia especie— aquí en este planeta, entonces no merecemos ir al espacio y encontrarnos con la diversidad que casi con toda seguridad existe allí”.
La ESA celebró esa filosofía y el potencial que encierra para la humanidad la comunidad formada entre la ciencia ficción y la exploración espacial pasando la última frontera.
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Republican convention attendees share heartfelt tributes to late Charlie Kirk on assassination anniversary
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DALLAS, Texas – A year after the shocking assassination of conservative titan and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Republicans gathered at the GOP’s midterm convention shared the profound ways in which the young leader and family man impacted their lives.
«Charlie Kirk is a wonderful man, and he is very much missed,» Marsha Landry of Texas told Fox News Digital during an interview at the American Airlines Center, where the Republican Party is rallying to try to keep control of the House and Senate in November. «He was making a lot of progress in this country, especially among the youth. I know personally some of our children have really started paying attention.»
Jacquez Jones, a young convention attendee, said Kirk’s legacy lives on.
REMEMBERING CHARLIE KIRK: TURNING POINT USA’S ANDREW KOLVET REFLECTS ON CONSERVATIVE GROUP’S CHALLENGING YEAR
Charlie Kirk throws hats to the crowd after arriving at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his «American Comeback Tour» when he was shot in the neck and killed. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
«It’s a daily reminder that we have to have courage to go out there and spread the message, not only of just conservatism, but our faith as well,» he said. «And so on this anniversary, I look back at not only what Charlie Kirk was able to accomplish, but the things that even in his passing he’s still able to do.»
On this day last year, Kirk, 31, was speaking at Turning Point’s «American Comeback Tour» event at the Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, just after noon, when he was shot in the neck. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly thereafter.
The suspect in the killing, then-22-year-old Tyler Robinson, is accused of firing one shot from a rooftop overlooking the quad where Kirk was speaking. A shocked crowd scattered as Kirk was rushed away from the scene.
Kirk, who was a father, left behind his wife Erika and two young children.
ERIKA KIRK REFLECTS ON FIRST YEAR OF GRIEF AFTER CHARLIE KIRK’S ASSASSINATION IN NYT ESSAY
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is pictured with his wife Erika Kirk on stage at an event earlier this year in Phoenix. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
«I think it’s an extremely somber reminder of what we have in this country, that free speech is not free, that somebody died for that right, and Charlie Kirk [was] somebody who was brave enough to go out there on the college campuses and talk about conservatism and prove to the American people and the young generation that the conservative policies still work,» Jones said.
Another Republican convention-goer, Mike Hurst of Mississippi, described what he remembers after first hearing the news that Kirk had been killed.
«It was one of the most gut-wrenching feelings I’ve ever seen, and of course, I went online, I saw the video, and to this day I’m still shocked that that could happen in our country,» Hurst said, adding that we need more people like Kirk who encourage civil dialogue instead of political violence.
ACCUSED CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED IN TEXTS, APOLOGIZED AND DESCRIBED MOTIVE, AGENT TESTIFIES
Robinson allegedly fled the rooftop, ditched his rifle in a wooded area across the street from the UVU campus, and fled the scene. A statewide manhunt persisted until the following night at around 10 p.m. when Robinson surrendered to authorities in St. George, Utah, about four hours south of the UVU campus.
The American Airlines Center, as preparations are underway for the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, on September 7, 2026. (Jessica Koscielniak, Reuters)
His parents reportedly convinced him to turn himself in.
Pre-trial proceedings in Robinson’s case are ongoing after a protracted battle regarding media access to the courtroom, and motions attempting to remove the death penalty as a possible sentence should Robinson be convicted.
Alex Stone of Missouri said young people are looking for a leader to fill Kirk’s shoes, though his memory remains.
«Since Charlie’s assassination, people have been lost,» he said. «People have been looking for a voice or a leader to lead them in the right direction, and so we need people who are going to stand up and rise up and say, ‘this is what is good, this is what is true, this what is beautiful.’ And ‘this is wrong, and here’s what we should do in the face of it.’»
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