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Alertan que la violencia contra las mujeres en Honduras deja miles de víctimas
La violencia contra las mujeres en Honduras continúa en niveles críticos y, según el Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CONADEH), uno de los principales desafíos sigue siendo evitar que las señales de riesgo terminen en hechos irreparables.
El encuentro puso en discusión la capacidad de las instituciones hondureñas para prevenir la violencia, investigar las agresiones y garantizar que las mujeres puedan acceder a la justicia antes de que los casos lleguen a su expresión más extrema.
El delegado adjunto del organismo de derechos humanos, Ricardo López, señaló que entre 2016 y 2025 más de 3.000 mujeres fallecieron de manera violenta en Honduras.
El funcionario mencionó entre los casos que marcaron al país los de Keyla Martínez y las muertes de mujeres privadas de libertad ocurridas en la Penitenciaría Nacional Femenina de Adaptación Social (PNFAS).
Para el CONADEH, esas cifras evidencian la necesidad de fortalecer las acciones de prevención y no limitar la respuesta institucional a investigar los hechos una vez que ya ocurrió una muerte.
Víctimas de violencia
López sostuvo que es necesario visibilizar con mayor fuerza la prevención de la violencia contra las mujeres y generar propuestas que permitan a las autoridades tomar decisiones orientadas a proteger sus derechos.
Del mismo modo explicó que continuarán acompañando a las organizaciones de mujeres en sus esfuerzos para evitar nuevas vulneraciones de derechos humanos.
Uno de los principales planteamientos del foro fue que los casos de violencia extrema no aparecen de manera aislada.
María José Gálvez, gerente de defensoría del derecho del Conadeh, explicó que antes de que una mujer sea víctima de un homicidio pueden existir otras manifestaciones de violencia y señales que permiten identificar situaciones de riesgo: amenazas, agresiones, denuncias, desplazamientos y otros episodios previos.
El planteamiento busca cambiar la manera en que se observa el problema. “La violencia contra las mujeres no empieza con homicidios”, dijo Gálvez. En lugar de esperar a que ocurra un crimen para activar la respuesta estatal, las instituciones deberían identificar y atender las señales previas.
Los registros del organismo muestran una dimensión más amplia del problema. Entre 2016 y 2025, el CONADEH recibió 15.858 quejas relacionadas con vulneraciones a los derechos a la vida, integridad personal y acceso a la justicia.
La cifra incluye diferentes situaciones y no equivale directamente al número de mujeres asesinadas, pero para el organismo constituye un indicador de las dificultades que enfrentan las personas cuando buscan protección y respuesta institucional.
Gálvez subrayó que detrás de cada registro existen historias individuales y familiares que no pueden reducirse a una estadística: “Detrás de cada cifra hay una historia de una mujer, familia, comunidad o un país”.
El Conadeh considera que una de las prioridades debe ser fortalecer la capacidad del Estado para responder de manera temprana a las situaciones de riesgo.
Gálvez planteó la necesidad de una respuesta estatal oportuna, articulada y con debida diligencia reforzada, de manera que las instituciones involucradas actúen de forma coordinada frente a las denuncias.
Esto implica que una mujer que informa amenazas o agresiones no quede atrapada entre diferentes instituciones sin recibir una respuesta efectiva. También supone mejorar los mecanismos para identificar riesgos, dar seguimiento a las denuncias.
No se trata de estadísticas
El foro se desarrolló mientras la Comisión Interinstitucional de Seguimiento a las Investigaciones de Muertes Violentas de Mujeres y Femicidios conmemoraba su décimo aniversario. La existencia de ese espacio refleja el esfuerzo institucional por dar seguimiento a las investigaciones y abordar de manera coordinada los casos de violencia extrema contra las mujeres.
Los datos presentados durante el encuentro muestran, sin embargo, que el desafío continúa siendo amplio. Las más de 3.000 muertes violentas registradas en el período y las 15.858 quejas relacionadas con derechos fundamentales plantean la necesidad de que las instituciones no solo reaccionen frente a los casos consumados, sino que fortalezcan las herramientas de prevención.
Para el CONADEH, las amenazas, las agresiones y las denuncias pueden constituir señales de advertencia que requieren atención institucional, en particular cuando existen antecedentes que indiquen un riesgo creciente.
La institución lanzó esta alerta durante el foro “Diálogo sobre Transparencia e Integridad para Prevenir la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Honduras”, realizado en el marco del décimo aniversario de la Comisión Interinstitucional de Seguimiento a las Investigaciones de Muertes Violentas de Mujeres y Femicidios.
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US visa clash exposes Sudan’s forgotten war as foreign powers compete for strategic foothold
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UNITED NATIONS — Sudan’s military leader is openly defying a U.S.-backed ceasefire push after Washington withheld his visa to attend the U.N. General Assembly, exposing a widening rift over a war that has become not only one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, but also a regional struggle for influence stretching to the Red Sea.
Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s armed forces and de facto leader, had been expected in New York during UNGA before the Trump administration withheld his visa amid a dispute over a proposed 90-day humanitarian truce. Days later, Burhan struck a defiant tone from Khartoum.
«We will keep our heads high. We will not accept bargaining, sell ourselves cheaply to anyone or bow to anyone,» Burhan said Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. «We do not need a visa to any country or anyone’s permission.»
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Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gestures to soldiers inside the presidential palace after the Sudanese army said it had taken control of the building, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan March 26, 2025. (Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council/Handout via Reuters)
The State Department has accused both Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, of failing to make serious commitments to an immediate truce.
«Neither the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, nor their respective leaders, represent legitimate, constitutional governance for Sudan,» State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Sept. 22, adding that the conduct of both leaders renders them «ineligible to govern the country.»
The State Department said both sides had instead intensified combat operations and drone strikes that killed civilians and said Washington had repeatedly asked them to accept a humanitarian truce «without preconditions» and commit to an inclusive political dialogue leading to civilian government.
But a senior advisor to Burhan disputed Washington’s account in an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital on the sidelines of UNGA.
SUDAN’S FORGOTTEN WAR LEAVES MILLIONS HUNGRY AS GLOBAL ATTENTION REMAINS ELSEWHERE
Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military parade as part of religious commemorations by Muslim devotees of the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Mohamed in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Aug. 23, 2025 (Ebrahim Hamid AFP via Getty Images)
Dr. Amjad Farid Al-Tayyib, the foreign affairs advisor to Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, said Sudan never rejected the American ceasefire proposal and instead submitted technical comments on it.
«We never rejected this proposal,» Farid said. «The Sudanese government wants war with no one.»
Farid said a negotiating team had intended to accompany Burhan and accused Washington of undermining the very diplomatic process it was seeking to advance by preventing the delegation from traveling.
The State Department declined to comment on Burhan’s specific visa case, citing its policy of not discussing individual visa decisions. A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital on background that Washington is instead focused on a broader diplomatic framework with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE through the Quad, linking a humanitarian truce and sustained aid access to a permanent ceasefire, civilian transition and reconstruction.
«We are working with our partners to encourage the parties to agree to the humanitarian truce and guarantee humanitarian access, and to also ensure external military or financial support to the warring parties is cut off,» the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that the Quad supports the Quintet-led civilian political track and rejects parallel diplomatic processes that could fragment negotiations.
The United Nations also challenged Washington over the visa decision. «We immediately raised with the U.S. authorities the issue regarding the denial of visa to the President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Sudan, who was scheduled to address the General Assembly this week,» U.N. Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told Fox News Digital.
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Cameron Hudson, a former director for African affairs on the National Security Council who also served as chief of staff to successive U.S. presidential special envoys for Sudan, said his understanding was that Washington had asked the Sudanese to send a delegation both to the U.N. and to Washington for talks on a ceasefire.
He said the Sudanese were preparing to do so before Washington, in his understanding, made Burhan’s visa contingent on signing the ceasefire agreement before traveling.
«It doesn’t fully make sense why the United States took this decision at the last minute,» Hudson told Fox News Digital.
Armed men salute the governor of Sudan’s Red Sea State Mustafa Mahmud in Port Sudan in the war-torn country on July 24, 2024. Sudan has been gripped by war since April 2023, when fighting erupted between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF led by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The conflict in the country of 48 million has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. (AFP via Getty Images)
Farid said the central dispute is whether the RSF would be required to withdraw from civilian areas it controls. He argued that freezing current lines of control risks turning a temporary ceasefire into a de facto partition of Sudan.
The dispute comes against the backdrop of a brutal civil war that erupted in April 2023 following a power struggle between Burhan and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti.
Both sides have been accused of serious violations, but Hudson told Fox News Digital that treating their records as interchangeable obscures an important distinction.
«The RSF is committing war crimes on a scale and with an intention that the army does not,» Hudson said.
Hudson said SAF has struck civilian targets and committed war crimes, including through drone attacks, but said the RSF’s record goes significantly further.
«They have committed mass rape, mass killing, torture, sexual enslavement,» Hudson said, arguing that Western descriptions of «both sides» can create the impression that the two forces are committing the same crimes «on the same scale or with the same intention.»
U.N. investigators have also drawn distinctions while documenting abuses by both forces.
AS WORLD FIXATES ON OTHER WARS, SUDAN SEES 12 MILLION FORCIBLY DISPLACED IN DEVASTATING CONFLICT
Members of Sudanese Armed Popular Resistance Force take part in a military parade for fresh graduates, in Al-Qadarif state, in eastern Sudan on May 20, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)
A U.N. fact-finding mission reported in September 2025 that both SAF and RSF were responsible for direct, large-scale attacks against civilians and the destruction of critical civilian infrastructure. But it found that the RSF, particularly during its siege of El Fasher and surrounding areas, committed crimes against humanity including murder, torture, enslavement, rape, sexual slavery, forced displacement and persecution on ethnic, gender and political grounds.
A separate U.N. Human Rights Office report released in February documented more than 6,000 killings during the first three days of the RSF’s final offensive on El Fasher and found that the violations could amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.
Farid nevertheless accused the U.N. and Western governments of creating what he called a ‘false equivalence’ between Sudan’s military and the RSF.
«The U.N. is not staying neutral,» he told Fox News Digital, arguing that international institutions have documented RSF atrocities without taking sufficient action against the group or those supporting it.
Farid nevertheless accused the U.N. and Western governments of creating what he called a false equivalence between Sudan’s military and the RSF.
U.N. Secretary-General spokesman Stéphane Dujarric rejected the allegation that the organization was equating the two sides. «This is not about equating two sides,» Dujarric told Fox News Digital. «We focus on the facts, the violations that have been documented, and above all, the devastating toll this war has taken on civilians since 15 April 2023.»
Dujarric said both the RSF and SAF have used explosive weapons in densely populated areas and that the U.N. Human Rights Office has documented attacks affecting schools, hospitals, markets and religious sites.
He pointed specifically to what he described as «particularly grave violations» by the RSF and affiliated forces in Darfur, including mass killings, sexual violence, torture, abductions and forced displacement, while noting that serious abuses have also been documented in SAF-controlled areas, including arbitrary detention, torture, ill-treatment and summary executions.
The war, meanwhile, increasingly extends beyond Sudan’s borders.
Foreign backing has become a central feature of the conflict. A July 2026 UK government assessment, drawing on U.N. and other reporting, said the RSF had benefited from support networks involving the UAE and neighboring countries, while SAF had received backing from states including Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. The UAE has repeatedly denied providing military support to the RSF.
Fox News Digital reached out to the UAE Embassy in Washington and the UAE mission to the U.N. but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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A Sudanese refugee father from Al-Fashir rides on a motorized cart with his family travelling between Chad and Sudan amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, at the Tine border post in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
Hudson said the RSF’s foreign relationships are only part of a much larger regional competition.
He said Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Qatar have supported the army to varying degrees, while outside powers pursue their own strategic interests in Sudan.
That competition increasingly centers on Sudan’s Red Sea coastline. «There is a regional battle of influence among neighboring states and regional states who want to be able to control Sudan’s Red Sea coastline,» Hudson said, pointing to potential military, port and economic access.
«Superimposed on top of the conflict inside Sudan is a regional proxy conflict for influence in Sudan and in the wider Horn of Africa, Red Sea region,» he said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also said foreign powers are central to prolonging the war. «What’s happening in Sudan would not be happening were it not for external actors supporting one side or the other,» Rubio told reporters during UNGA week, describing U.S. efforts to secure even limited humanitarian agreements as «very frustrating.»
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks at the start of a ministerial meeting on political violence, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Rubio said the parties have repeatedly agreed to commitments only to abandon them when one side believes it is gaining the upper hand. «There are external actors. I’m not going to single them out. You know who they are,» Rubio said. «That war and that conflict and that crisis would not be happening were it not for the active participation of external actors that are feeding one side of that conflict or another.»
He said meaningful progress would depend on those states pressuring their respective partners in Sudan.
«Until those external actors are prepared to use influence and pressure their respective proxies to live up to the commitments that they’re making, we’re not going to make progress,» Rubio said.
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Mona Mohamed, 33, a Sudanese refugee who fled Al-Fashir, reacts during an interview with Reuters, amid ongoing conflict in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of the town of Iriba, in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 27, 2025. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
Sudan’s strategic value goes beyond geography. The country has significant gold, agricultural and livestock resources and sits at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. The World Bank has described Sudan as rich in fertile land, water and minerals, while noting its substantial gold production and agricultural potential.
Sudan also controls critical infrastructure used to transport South Sudanese crude oil to the Red Sea. A World Bank assessment says South Sudan’s oil has historically traveled through pipelines across Sudan to Port Sudan, its key export route.
Hudson said that broader regional competition helps explain why Washington has struggled to force Sudan’s outside backers to pull away.
«The United States is not going to use the limited political capital that it has with Saudi Arabia or Egypt or Turkey or UAE to get them to control their support to one side or the other in this conflict,» he said.
Hudson also questioned Washington’s diplomatic strategy, arguing that pressure on Burhan has not been matched by sufficient direct engagement inside Sudan.
He said Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Arab and African affairs, has never traveled to Sudan while attempting to mediate the conflict.
Massad Boulos, senior advisor to President Donald Trump, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the United States’ embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Amr Nabil/AP Photo)
«He’s trying to mediate peace in a country that he’s never been to,» Hudson said, arguing that Washington needs more «personal diplomacy» and less reliance on public statements and social media.
«If we want these people to sign a ceasefire deal, then they have to trust us,» Hudson said. «And right now we’ve given them no reason to do so.»
Patients are pictured in one of the rooms of the Saudi hospital in Khartoum’s twin-city Omdurman on March 20, 2025 as most hospitals and schools no longer function in the Sudanese capital and its environs due to the ongoing war which broke out in April 2023. Since April 2023, the conflict has pitted army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, leaving thousands dead and uprooting more than 11 million, according to U.N. figures, with many living in makeshift camps and over 3.5 million fleeing across the country’s borders. (Ebrahim Hamid / AFP via Getty Images)
The U.N. acknowledged that international efforts have so far failed to stop the fighting. «Unfortunately, we are not seeing the war abating,» Dujarric said, reiterating the U.N. position that «there is no military solution to the conflict,» and noting Washington’s diplomatic role as the US and African Union co-chaired a Sept. 23 meeting bringing together the Quad and Quintet diplomatic groupings.
«The immediate priority is to stop the killing and secure a cessation of hostilities, while creating the conditions for a credible political process,» he said.
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Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ignited backlash from conservatives Monday after releasing a campaign ad depicting a young White man as the face of welfare abuse, with critics arguing the portrayal was misleading.
The ad, released as Huckabee Sanders runs for reelection on new welfare work requirements, follows a fictional character named «Brad,» who is portrayed as an able-bodied White man spending his days playing video games, lounging on the couch and avoiding work while relying on taxpayer-funded benefits. Huckabee Sanders argues her proposal would require able-bodied adults without dependents to work, train for a job or volunteer in order to continue receiving assistance.
«Meet Brad,» Huckabee Sanders starts the ad. «Brad has turned relaxing into a full-time profession. But you – you actually work hard. You pay taxes to cover welfare for guys like Brad who just choose not to work.»
Huckabee Sanders faced backlash from conservatives who slammed the campaign’s execution, arguing the decision to depict a young White man as the face of welfare abuse did not reflect reality.
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«Great policy,» Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist Sean Davis argued. «Terrible ad that is so dishonest and insulting that it will entirely overshadow the genuinely great policy.»
«This is a massive own goal, [Sarah Huckabee Sanders], and you should fire the consultants who made this ad,» Will Chamberlain, the Article III Project senior counsel, posted on X. «Do not portray your core voting bloc as losers, period. «
«White males are the Republican Party’s voting base and yet they are the group the Republican Party sh—s on at every possible opportunity,» responded Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh. «Meanwhile, back in reality, women are significantly more likely to be on welfare than men. And black people are astronomically more likely to be on welfare than white people. So the number of single young white male ‘Brads’ abusing the welfare system is minuscule.»
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«Attacking white (specifically Christian) young men is the most acceptable political tactic in America thanks to the evils of liberalism,» said the American Principles Project’s Caleb Pascoe. «It’s staggering how much even the majority of GOP politicians feel safe attacking white young men, instead of communicating the truth of welfare, because they might get called ‘racist’ or whatever.»
«Always a white male villain in these ads,» another conservative account wrote. «I hate the GOP so much it’s unreal.»
After the initial post got millions of views, Huckabee Sanders followed up with an X post that said, «Some critics online don’t like my welfare work requirement ad. Next thing you know they’ll say I should have used cookies instead of cheese balls.»
«If you are able-bodied you should not collect welfare simply because you choose not to work. Period. WATCH->» she continued, which invited conservatives to attack the video again.
«Your ad targeted and mocked the one demographic—young white men—that is least likely to be on welfare and yet the most likely to be illegally locked out of the job market,» Davis added in a follow-up post. «Why?»
«Is this an op?» another account wrote.
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The unusual backlash from the right also attracted attention from critics on the left, who seized on the intra-conservative dispute over the ad.
Among them was left-wing commentator Keith Olbermann, who mocked what he called the «White Power GOP Party» for turning on Huckabee Sanders over the ad’s depiction of a white welfare recipient.
«Huck puts out the first honest TV ad by a republican in 75 years and the White Power GOP Party is big mad that the welfare leech shown is a white guy named Brad,» Olbermann said amid the backlash.
«Republicans are insanely mad this Sarah Huckabee Sanders ad portrays a white gamer guy as the face of welfare,» Will Sommer, a senior reporter for The Bulwark, posted on X.
«Republicans in the comments are furious that Sarah Huckabee Sanders dared to depict a white man on welfare and are blaming «jews,» far-left media company MeidasTouch posted on X. «The Republican Party has a massive racism and antisemitism problem.»
Digital reached out to Huckabee Sanders’ team for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
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Largest-ever US steel plant is coming to a key red state as Trump unveils $15B investment
President Donald Trump is unveiling Monday plans for a massive steel plant in Iowa that the White House says will be the largest in American history and promises to bring 1,750 permanent jobs to the state.
The roughly $15 billion steel plant is touted as a major new investment and evidence that Trump’s economic agenda is bringing heavy manufacturing back to the U.S. with just over a month until the midterms. It will create between 5,000 and 6,000 construction jobs during its first phase.
Trump is expected to make the announcement from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. alongside executives from Mesabi Metallics, a White House official told Digital. The company plans to build the facility using iron ore from its newly constructed mine in Minnesota.
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The Iowa plant is expected to produce 7.5 million tons of steel annually in its first phase before eventually reaching 10 million tons per year, according to the White House. The administration says that would make it the largest steel plant ever built in the U.S.
If completed as planned, the project would represent a significant expansion of American steel-making capacity. At its planned 10 million tons of annual production, the Iowa plant alone would have output equivalent to roughly one-tenth of what the entire U.S. steel industry produced last year.
The project would also create a fully domestic supply chain, according to the White House, using iron ore mined at Mesabi’s Minnesota operation to produce finished steel in Iowa.
But the scale of Monday’s announcement also comes with a long timeline: Mesabi does not expect the Iowa facility to produce its first steel until 2030.
Trump has frequently highlighted large investment commitments as evidence that his tariffs and other economic policies are encouraging companies to build in the United States rather than invest abroad. The administration has announced hundreds of billions of dollars in planned investments from foreign governments and corporations, many of which are designed to unfold over several years.
Mesabi’s Minnesota operation also illustrates the challenges that can accompany large industrial projects. The project traces back nearly two decades and encountered years of financing problems and missed deadlines before Essar Steel Minnesota filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016. It later emerged from bankruptcy as Mesabi Metallics, and Essar eventually regained control.
The project has since made substantial progress. Mesabi has begun mining and commissioning work at the Minnesota operation, although commercial pellet production has not yet begun. A recent SEC filing by a company that holds a royalty interest in the project said initial DR-grade pellet production is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026, followed by an eight- to 12-month ramp-up to commercial production.
The White House says the Minnesota operation will ultimately produce 7.5 million tons annually and create roughly 350 permanent jobs.
The administration is also emphasizing the national security implications of the Iowa project. The new plant will be capable of producing high-grade steel used to meet defense-sector requirements, according to the White House, as Washington seeks to strengthen domestic supply chains for materials used by the military and critical infrastructure.
«President Trump is delivering on his promise to rebuild American industry, reshore manufacturing, and create new jobs,» White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Digital.
«Today’s announcement underscores the President’s historic efforts to revitalize the U.S. steel industry—supporting local communities, strengthening supply chains, and protecting our national security,» Rogers said. «After decades of decline, this President is restoring America’s industrial competitiveness and securing trillions of dollars in new investment.»
The announcement comes as Trump points to tariffs as a tool for encouraging companies to manufacture in the United States. Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50% last year, arguing that protecting domestic producers from cheaper foreign competition would rebuild an industry critical to the economy and national security.
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The policy has also increased costs for companies that consume steel. S&P Global reported that federal data showed prices for iron and steel rose 10.4% between April 2025 and April 2026, while the steel mill products index climbed 13.3%, even as domestic steel production increased.
Unlike many newer U.S. steel facilities, which are smaller electric arc furnace plants, the Iowa project will be a large-scale integrated steel facility. The White House says it will be the first new «mega-steel» plant built in the United States since the 1960s.
The first phase of the steel plant and the Minnesota mine together represent nearly $18 billion in investment, according to the administration. The White House estimates the first phase will generate approximately $95 billion in economic activity during construction and the plant’s first decade of operation.
Trump is expected to be joined for Monday’s announcement by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, National Energy Dominance Council Executive Director Jarrod Agen and Export-Import Bank Chairman John Jovanovic, along with Mesabi Metallics Chairman Rewant Ruia, board member Prashant Ruia and CEO Joe Broking.
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