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Bernie Sanders’ plans to schmooze with top Beijing AI experts ignite backlash: ‘Holy s—‘
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is drawing scrutiny for cozying up to Chinese AI governance officials while championing policies that critics say would hamper America’s ability to compete with Beijing in the global artificial intelligence arms race.
Sanders, who caucuses with Senate Democrats and is a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, is expected to be speaking at a panel discussion on Capitol Hill Wednesday alongside Xue Lan, a professor at the CCP-funded Tsinghua University and chairman of the Ministry of Science and Technology-backed New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Committee.
In attendance will also be Zeng Yi, who is the Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance and is also tied to the New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional Committee chaired by Lan. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Max Tegmark, who will also be speaking at the event, indicated the event will focus on «AI existential risk and international cooperation.»
Critics from the White House, the data center industry, and major tech-policy think tanks have argued Sanders is proposing policies that would slow the construction of the very infrastructure needed to keep the United States ahead in the race for AI dominance. Now, Sanders is facing more heat for holding an event on Capitol Hill with two Chinese Ministry of Science-linked officials who support China’s preferred AI governance model.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on the impact of artificial intelligence on workers at the Hart Senate Office Building on April 16, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
«I think Senator Sanders’ concerns about AI are overstated, but I respect them. We should be asking questions about child safety, community impact, and economic displacement,» China policy expert at the Hudson Institute, Michael Sobolik, said. «What we shouldn’t do is partner with foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party in those discussions.»
Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., pointed out that Tsinghua University is «one of China’s top universities with direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party.»
«This is the same China that just blocked Meta’s $2 billion deal to acquire Manus AI, a startup whose founders had already moved to Singapore and whose deal was already done and closed. Beijing decided it did not matter. They stepped in, killed the deal, and restricted the founders from leaving the country while it was under review,» Harrigan wrote in a Monday post on X ahead of the slated panel discussion on Capitol Hill.
«China is aggressively locking down their most powerful AI assets and shutting American companies out,» he continued. «Bernie Sanders wants to hand them a seat at the table to help decide how America handles the same technology.»
«Holy sh–,» Ruthless Podcast co-host Comfortably Smug posted on X.
«It’s a bit on the nose that communist Bernie Sanders is looking to the Chinese Communist Party for their ‘leadership’ on AI,» conservative commentator Steve Guest posted on X.
Fox News Digital reached out to Sanders’ office but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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In March, Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would impose an immediate federal ban on the construction or upgrading of new AI data centers until Congress passes a broader regulatory framework. Sanders’ own office said the bill is designed to «slow down the development of AI,» and Sanders has separately argued that AI threatens jobs, privacy, democracy, the environment and «maybe the human race.»
U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a press conference to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act at the US Capitol on March 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Even Democrats have balked at the policy proposal, with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., calling the moratorium «idiocy» at an artificial intelligence summit in D.C. last month, warning it would give China an edge in the AI race.
Cy McNeill, the senior director of federal affairs at the Data Center Coalition, a pro-industry group, said a freeze would risk «rationing access to digital services,» impair U.S. competitiveness and hit Americans’ daily lives. The Center for Data Innovation, a tech-policy think tank, similarly argued the bill relies on «well-worn anxieties» and does not justify halting data-center construction.
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Lan, as chair of China’s national expert committee for AI governance, and Li, who told TIME last year that he is «highly involved in policymaking through national governance committees» in China, both have championed governance models that would expand China’s role in writing global AI rules that clash with a freer, more competition-driven U.S. strategy.
Yi has argued that China and the world need mandatory safety and ethics frameworks and more international cooperation, according to comments he made to TIME. He also helped develop UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, the first-ever global standard on AI ethics.
Lan, meanwhile, helped establish a CCP-backed national AI safety body to help «bridge» the gap between technical experts and policymakers, according to TIME.
«China has chosen the path of top-down government control to drive its AI industry. While this strategy affords the CCP some advantages, the American model of bottom-up, free-market capitalism has long been the engine of innovation for the world, and it is more efficient in the long run,» House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie wrote in a February policy review for the Hatch Center.
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A processor chip featuring the flags of the United States and China is shown on a motherboard with a world map background in a 3D render. (Kritsapong Jieantaratip/Getty Images)
«The stakes couldn’t be higher,» Guthrie continues. «China already deploys next-generation technologies to advance many of the regime’s most sinister goals focused on enhancing the power of its Orwellian surveillance state utilizing advanced computing. Even more concerning to the American public is the threat of an adversary’s technology stack serving as the building blocks for future advancements or as a strategic chokehold.»
«The way to beat China in the AI race is to outrace them in innovation, not saddle AI developers with European-style regulations,» Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has also said. Growth and development of new AI technologies will bolster our national security, create new jobs, and stimulate economic growth»
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Zelensky contó que el magnate ruso Roman Abramovich viajó a Kiev para ofrecerse como mediador con Putin
El presidente de Ucrania, Volodimir Zelensky, confirmó este domingo que el empresario ruso Roman Abramovich viajó a Kiev en mayo para actuar como intermediario entre los gobiernos ucraniano y ruso, y que le encomendó transmitir a Vladímir Putin un mensaje inequívoco: Ucrania no abandonará el Donbás ni bajo presión militar ni bajo presión diplomática.
Zelensky hizo la revelación durante una entrevista con la cadena británica Sky News, concedida en el marco de su visita a Londres para reunirse con los líderes del llamado E3 —Reino Unido, Francia y Alemania— en plenas negociaciones multilaterales para poner fin a la guerra. Fue la primera vez que el mandatario ucraniano reconoció públicamente la visita de Abramovich a la capital ucraniana y su participación en los contactos diplomáticos informales.
Según Zelensky, Abramovich se presentó en Kiev con un encargo del Kremlin: sondear qué estaba dispuesta a ceder Ucrania para avanzar hacia un acuerdo. “Llegó y dijo que tenía un mensaje directo para mí y que quería llevarse un mensaje mío para dárselo a Putin”, relató el presidente ucraniano. Abramovich insistió en que el intercambio debía mantenerse en estricta reserva, sin declaraciones públicas. Zelensky accedió, pero con una condición: la respuesta que envió a Moscú no dejaba margen a la interpretación. “No vamos a abandonar nuestro territorio. No les daremos una victoria de esa forma. Y no la van a obtener”, dijo.
Zelensky precisó, además, que durante ese encuentro planteó su disposición a reunirse directamente con Putin, aunque descartó de antemano las ciudades de Moscú y Minsk como sede de un eventual cara a cara.
La confirmación de Zelensky llegó días después de que el propio Putin aludiera públicamente a la visita de “un oligarca ruso” a Kiev sin mencionar su nombre, en respuesta a una carta abierta que el presidente ucraniano le había enviado proponiéndole una cumbre bilateral. Según fuentes citadas por el Financial Times, Putin rechazó la propuesta y acusó a Zelensky de haber sido irrespetuoso en la misiva. El mensaje enviado a través de Abramovich habría sido de tono algo más moderado que la carta pública, aunque con idéntico contenido de fondo.
Roman Abramovich, empresario nacido en Rusia y durante años propietario del Chelsea Football Club inglés, lleva más de una década entre los hombres de negocios más cercanos al Kremlin. Desde la invasión rusa a gran escala de febrero de 2022, está sujeto a sanciones económicas impuestas por la Unión Europea, el Reino Unido y Ucrania, que congelaron sus activos en Occidente y lo forzaron a vender el club londinense. Pese a ello, su nombre apareció desde las primeras semanas de la guerra como el de un intermediario tolerado por ambas partes.
En la primavera de 2022, Abramovich participó activamente en las negociaciones de paz que se celebraron en Turquía e Israel entre delegaciones ucraniana y rusa. Kiev llegó incluso a posponer la entrada en vigor de sus propias sanciones contra él en reconocimiento a ese papel. Más tarde intervino en las gestiones que hicieron posible la Iniciativa de Granos del Mar Negro, el acuerdo negociado por la ONU y Turquía en julio de 2022 que permitió la exportación de cereales ucranianos durante más de un año, hasta que Rusia lo abandonó en julio de 2023. Su perfil se fue diluyendo a medida que las negociaciones pasaron a involucrar directamente a Washington, sobre todo tras el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca.
Fuentes cercanas a Abramovich citadas por el Financial Times describieron su utilidad con una frase escueta: es la única persona rusa que los ucranianos toleran porque se lleva bien con todos. Esa singularidad —la de ser aceptado por Kiev como interlocutor válido pese a sus vínculos con el Kremlin— explica que siga siendo convocado cuando los canales formales se atascan.
El regreso de Abramovich a la primera línea de los contactos informales refleja el estado actual de un proceso negociador que avanza a trompicones. Las conversaciones directas entre Rusia y Ucrania celebradas a principios de 2026 concluyeron sin acuerdo, y Zelensky acusó a Moscú de alargar deliberadamente las negociaciones para consolidar posiciones sobre el terreno. La pregunta que queda abierta es si Putin, que hasta ahora ha evitado comprometerse con una hoja de ruta concreta, está dispuesto a responder a través del mismo canal con algo más que silencio.
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Iran admits extraordinary new detail in Khamenei strike, Trump offered ‘way out’: expert
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New details from Iran’s top diplomat about the strike that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei provide some of the clearest evidence yet of the precision and strategy behind the joint U.S.-Israeli operation that launched Operation Epic Fury, counterterrorism experts said Sunday.
The account, revealed by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a new television interview, also highlights what analysts describe as a defining feature of President Donald Trump’s national security doctrine: using a decapitation strike against a hostile regime while simultaneously creating an off-ramp to end the conflict.
«Well, the building we were sitting in was targeted, but the wing we were in remained intact while the other wing of the building was destroyed,» Araghchi said in an interview that aired June 4 on the Lebanon-based, Hezbollah-backed Al Mayadeen television network.
While Araghchi survived the Feb. 28 strike because he was in a different wing of Khamenei’s compound when the attack occurred, he went on to detail how Khamenei was in his office and how others survived.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives at the government palace to meet Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Beirut on Jan. 9, 2026. (Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images)
Reviewing the original segment, counterterrorism expert Dr. Omar Mohammed told Fox News Digital that Araghchi’s account confirms the operation targeted a specific section of the complex rather than flattening the entire site.
«In the Arabic version, Araghchi says he was in a different wing of the compound, briefing another official, and his wing survived while the leader’s office was destroyed,» Mohammed explained.
Araghchi also told the interviewer that he had an appointment that day with an official at the compound regarding the Geneva negotiations and that, based on the usual workflow, Khamenei «had to be present in his office.»
Mohammed, director of the Antisemitism Research Initiative at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, added that if Araghchi’s account is accurate, this was Iran’s glaring acknowledgment of U.S. strategic capabilities.
«They did not flatten a building; they took one wing and left the one next to it standing. That is President Trump’s whole doctrine in a single strike — he does not want a war of occupation, he wants to show the United States can reach the center of a hostile regime with precision and then offer it a way out,» Mohammed said.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a state television broadcast in Tehran on June 18, 2025. (Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran/Getty Images)
The daylight strike on elder Khamenei’s compound was carried out by Israeli jets targeting the site with 30 precision munitions alongside Sparrow air-launched ballistic missiles.
Military officials confirmed that a precise strike sequence killed Khamenei, 86, alongside Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh, IRGC Commander Mohammed Pakpour and multiple top security leaders.
Trump confirmed U.S. involvement in Khamenei’s killing in a post on social media at the time.
«He was unable to avoid our intelligence and highly sophisticated tracking systems, and, working closely with Israel, there was not a thing he or the other leaders killed alongside him could do,» the president wrote.
«Iran was handed the clearest message an adversary can get — we can reach your leader in his own office, and here is the off-ramp,» Mohammed noted. «A rational state takes the exit. Tehran did the opposite. It fired on Israel, killed a civilian in Bahrain, struck Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and closed the Strait of Hormuz, setting off a global energy crisis. The surgical strike was American. The months-long war that followed was Iran’s choice.»
Following the leadership transition, Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, became Iran’s new supreme leader.
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In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, walks along a street in Tehran on May 31, 2019. (Hamid FOROUTAN / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images)
He has since been involved in back-channel discussions with the U.S. while maintaining a confrontational public stance.
«In Arabic, Araghchi calls the new leader ‘the young Khamenei in place of the elderly Khamenei.’ That is the language of a monarchy, not a republic of clerics,» Mohammed observed. «They are rewriting the theology on air to fit a son who lacks the religious rank, who was wounded in the same strike and who then vanished for weeks. A revolution that came to power by ending a monarchy is handing the throne from father to son.»
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«The real story is not that Iran is strong,» Mohammed continued. «It was shown the precision of American power and the door was held open, and it chose to widen the war instead.»
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