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Conservatives flip script on Swalwell pal’s family man image with reminder on pregnant ex-wife

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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., was immediately reminded of how he served his 9-month pregnant wife with divorce papers in 2016 as he now attempts to fend off campaign finance scrutiny with family-friendly characterizations.

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«My daughter Isla was born right in the middle of my Senate campaign. One of the most competitive races in the country. And instead of staying out there campaigning, I took two months off,» Gallego said in a video he posted on social media.

«My wife had just been through an unplanned C-section. I wanted to be there for her, and for our newborn because being a husband and a father matters more to me than any campaign, or any job,» he continued. 

Conservatives and a former Jill Biden spokesperson quickly fired back on his portrayal, which comes amid a whirlwind of questions around whether he used donor cash as a personal slush fund, and comes as Gallego is reportedly eyeing a presidential 2028 bid.

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Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego speaks at a Harris-Walz ‘Fighting for Reproductive Freedom’ bus tour stop at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 4, 2024. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

«He’s either terribly arrogant or has zero self awareness,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said on X. «Probably both. And who’s running his comms operation that thought this post would go over well? 

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«Just unbelievably bad instincts to post this given what everybody knows about his history. The ratio was entirely predictable and now even more people will learn about his behavior,» GOP consultant Matt Wolking said on X.

«Do you think people are unaware that you left your first wife when she was about to deliver your baby?» Matt Whitlock, a former adviser to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said on X. 

The campaign account for Kari Lake, once a Republican challenger to Gallego, also fired back.

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«To clarify: this child is from your second marriage, after you left your first wife nine months pregnant to be with your lobbyist mistress — correct?» the account said in a post. 

Gallego’s controversial divorce was exposed after the Washington Free Beacon spent almost a year in court to get his divorce records unsealed. Court records reveal that Gallego’s then-wife was «likely to give birth any day» when he served the divorce papers.

«You literally gave your wife divorce papers when she was 9 months pregnant. You think people are just not gonna call you on that???» Matt Van Swol, a former nuclear scientist at the Department of Energy, said on X.

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Katie Miller, the wife of White House policy advisor Stephen Miller, also chimed in.

«Ruben Gallego served his wife divorce papers when she was nine months pregnant. He then entered into a relationship with a 25-year-old lobbyist,» Miller said.

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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., walks out of the Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025, after two opposing health care bills intended to curb rising premiums failed. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Shortly after Fox News Digital reached out to Gallego’s office Wednesday, Gallego’s current wife, Sydney Gallego, told Miller on X to «Check your facts.» 

«Ruben & I didn’t even meet until years later. Our whole family has a strong relationship. Wish I was surprised that Katie Miller’s lying about us. But these are the same sick people who want ICE ripping families apart. It’s not about family at all.»

«Thanks Katie for providing that clarification that Ruben and I met over a year and a half after his divorce, not while he was still married. Maybe once and for all the lies about the origin of our relationship will subside. Appreciate your help making that happen,» Gallego’s wife wrote in a separate post.

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In addition to conservatives, former Jill Biden spokesperson Michael Larosa ripped Gallego on X.

«Yes, Ruben Gallego was so vital to his wife’s maternal health that when she was pregnant, he didn’t take time off to support her—he served her with divorce papers ahead of delivery,» he said. «What man doesn’t do that to improve his wife’s recovery?»

Gallego has fended off allegations of donor-funded travel and luxury purchases by arguing that he is a regular parent who sometimes brings his kids and family to fundraising functions.

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«Are these at nice venues? Yes, it’s where the donors are and it’s part of campaigning,» Gallego wrote online on Monday.

But observers noted that recent reporting from Politico suggested Gallego used campaign funds for family travel, Disneyland and Super Bowl tickets — items that don’t seem to fall neatly under campaign activities.

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Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., talks to reporters as he heads for a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Jun. 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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«The Super Bowl was in Arizona, I represent Arizona,» Gallego told Fox News Digital. «We threw a Super Bowl fundraiser in Arizona where we raised money for my election in 2023. That’s what you do.» 

«You have to go where the money is to raise money,» Gallego added.

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Federal judge acknowledges Supreme Court ruling clearing path for Trump to end Haiti TPS

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday notched a major immigration victory after a federal judge acknowledged that the court order blocking the administration from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is no longer in effect after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe.

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The ruling marks the culmination of a yearslong legal battle over the Biden administration’s expansion of Haiti’s TPS designation and delivers a significant immigration victory for Trump, who repeatedly campaigned on ending the Biden administration’s expanded TPS protections for Haitians.

The issue became a centerpiece of the 2024 election after Trump and running mate JD Vance blamed the Biden administration’s Haiti TPS policies for the influx of Haitian migrants into Springfield, Ohio, where residents raised concerns about traffic safety, strained public services and cultural clashes.

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A federal judge acknowledged that the court order blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is no longer in effect. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images, File)

The controversy later exploded onto the national stage after Trump referenced residents’ claims that migrants were taking ducks and geese from parks and eating household pets.

The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment by publication time.

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U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote Wednesday that her earlier order staying the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) termination of Haiti’s TPS designation «is no longer in effect» after the Supreme Court’s decision and the D.C. Circuit’s subsequent mandate.

While the underlying lawsuit will continue, the administration is no longer barred by the injunction from moving forward with ending TPS protections for an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. 

The remaining litigation centers on whether the administration acted with unconstitutional racial animus in terminating the designation.

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The Supreme Court ruling in Mullin v. Doe ended TPS for Haitian migrants. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images, File)

The Supreme Court ruled in June that the TPS statute bars judicial review of the administration’s non-constitutional decisions to terminate TPS designations and found the plaintiffs’ equal protection challenge was unlikely to succeed. The court reversed the lower courts and remanded the case for further proceedings.

DHS General Counsel James Percival pushed back on reports suggesting Wednesday’s order itself ended Haiti’s TPS designation, arguing the protections effectively expired when the Supreme Court’s mandate was issued July 27 and that Reyes’ order merely acknowledged that legal reality.

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«Haiti TPS ended when the Supreme Court mandate issued on July 27,» Percival wrote on X. «I will give Judge Reyes kudos though for taking the L with grace and not doing something bonkers like many of her colleagues.»

Haiti first received TPS after the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake, but the designation remained in place for 16 years through multiple administrations. The Biden administration later expanded and extended protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians already living in the U.S.

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Temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants was lifted late last month. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo, File)

After reviewing conditions in Haiti, former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem determined the country no longer met the statutory requirements for TPS and announced the administration’s decision to terminate the designation, arguing the humanitarian program had been extended well beyond its intended temporary purpose. The move triggered the legal challenge that ultimately reached the Supreme Court.

After the SCOTUS decision, the DHS announced Haiti’s TPS designation would be terminated, effective July 27, and that employment authorization documents issued under the designation were no longer valid. The department instructed employers to reverify the work authorization of affected employees.

The State Department maintains a Level 4 «Do Not Travel» advisory for Haiti because of widespread gang violence, kidnappings and civil unrest.

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Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace and Michael Lee contributed to this report.

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Rusia y Ucrania luchan ahora por el control del espacio aéreo: el futuro de la guerra se juega en el cielo

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Mientras el frente en Ucrania se solidifica en un sangriento punto muerto, la trayectoria futura de la guerra se va definiendo en los cielos.

Esta guerra aérea es una contienda que lo abarca todo, desde unos pocos metros por encima de las líneas de árboles calcinadas hasta satélites en órbita terrestre baja. Su impacto físico queda grabado en el paisaje con el fuego que lanzan misiles y drones, aunque gran parte de la lucha permanece oculta, en la carrera por desplegar inteligencia artificial y controlar un amplio espectro de ondas de radio.

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Ucrania está utilizando drones explosivos para atacar instalaciones petroleras rusas desde Siberia hasta San Petersburgo y puertos rusos desde el Mar Báltico hasta el Mar Negro. Día tras día, los almacenes del mayor minorista en línea de Rusia arden en llamas, y Crimea, ocupada por Rusia, se sume en la oscuridad . Ucrania ataca a Rusia con mucha más frecuencia que al principio de la guerra, incluyendo ataques con misiles de crucero contra objetivos militares a cientos de kilómetros del frente.

Al mismo tiempo, Rusia está batiendo récords mensuales con sus propios ataques aéreos, aprovechando las deficiencias de las debilitadas defensas aéreas ucranianas con resultados letales.

En julio, Moscú lanzó al menos 126 misiles balísticos, la cifra más alta en tiempos de guerra, según un análisis del New York Times basado en datos de la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana. Alrededor de 400 civiles murieron el mes pasado en los ataques rusos, que incluyeron misiles de crucero y drones, convirtiéndolo en el mes más mortífero desde abril de 2022.

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Antes del amanecer del miércoles, al menos 17 personas más murieron en Kiev, la capital ucraniana, en un ataque que incluyó 24 misiles balísticos y cuatro misiles hipersónicos. Según la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana, ninguno de esos misiles fue derribado.

Más allá del costo humano, los ataques rusos han obligado a Ucrania a suspender envíos vitales de cereales y acero desde sus puertos marítimos. Los ataques también han devastado una infraestructura ya maltrecha, lo que ha generado temores de que el país se enfrente a otro invierno con escasez de calefacción y electricidad.

El conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania es, en esencia, dos guerras en una.

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Una de las guerras se libra sin descanso entre soldados de infantería y operadores de drones desde escondites a lo largo de los 1287 kilómetros del frente. Rusia sigue intentando capturar territorio ucraniano, a costa de la vida de decenas de miles de soldados cada mes, y avanza lentamente en la región oriental del Donbás. Ucrania, por su parte, sigue defendiendo su territorio con un ejército inferior en número e intenta recuperar terreno donde puede, incluso en el sur.

La otra guerra llega en oleadas desde el cielo. Va dirigida contra ciudades lejanas y emplazamientos militares en ambos países, a menudo en la oscuridad de la noche, y se ha vuelto más letal tanto para ucranianos como para rusos.

Los objetivos de estos ataques aéreos van más allá de lo puramente militar. Kiev busca agravar el impacto económico del Kremlin, hacer que la guerra afecte directamente a los rusos y obligar al presidente Vladimir Putin a aceptar un alto el fuego en condiciones que él no imponga. Para Moscú, se trata de la continuación de una campaña que lleva años intentando minar la resistencia ucraniana y hacer que las ciudades sean inhabitables.

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La batalla aérea se está intensificando a medida que ambos bandos producen armas cada vez más innovadoras y a mayor escala.

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Rusia está equipando drones económicos, inspirados en el Shahed iraní, con motores a reacción; lanzando una constelación de satélites para guiar sus armas; y desplegando misiles de crucero de bajo costo que cubren la brecha entre los drones de ataque lentos y los misiles estratégicos avanzados. Aviones de combate rusos disparan bombas planeadoras guiadas por satélite que arrasan sistemáticamente pueblos y ciudades.

Ucrania está desarrollando un arsenal en constante evolución de drones e híbridos de misiles y drones con sistemas avanzados de navegación y comunicación que les permiten atacar con mayor precisión en todo el territorio ruso. El presidente Volodímir Zelenski se ha comprometido a acelerar los ataques aéreos mientras Ucrania prueba sus primeros misiles balísticos de fabricación nacional.

Ambos países están utilizando nuevos métodos para resistir las interferencias electrónicas y empleando sistemas autónomos que dirigen las armas hacia sus objetivos sin intervención humana.

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A medida que Rusia y Ucrania amplían sus arsenales ofensivos, sus defensas aéreas tienen dificultades para mantenerse al día.

Ucrania se enfrenta a una grave escasez de misiles interceptores Patriot de diseño estadounidense, la única defensa del país contra los misiles balísticos rusos.

Un bombero trabaja en el lugar de una zona residencial afectada por ataques con drones y misiles rusos, en la región de Lviv, Ucrania. Foto Reuters

Zelenski ha instruido a sus diplomáticos para que presionen con mayor ahínco a los aliados para que suministren más misiles Patriot. Sin embargo, la disminución de las reservas mundiales, consecuencia de la guerra en Irán, ha dificultado la tarea, y el presidente Trump ha dado marcha atrás en su promesa de permitir que Ucrania produzca misiles Patriot en los próximos años.

Para Rusia, uno de los principales desafíos es defender un vasto territorio que fue una ventaja en guerras pasadas, pero que ahora se ha convertido en una desventaja debido a la producción masiva de drones de ataque de largo alcance por parte de Ucrania. Al adaptar software, hardware y tácticas, Kiev ha abierto brechas en la que fuera la red de defensa aérea más robusta del mundo.

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Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, oficial de la reserva de la Fuerza Aérea Ucraniana y analista militar, afirmó que antes de que los rusos lanzaran su invasión a gran escala en 2022, confiaban en la disuasión que les proporcionaba su arsenal nuclear. Según él, las defensas aéreas «solo podían cubrir alrededor del 40 por ciento de sus instalaciones militares estratégicas».

Cuando la invasión se estancó y Rusia no logró establecer la superioridad aérea, los comandantes rusos se apresuraron a acercar sistemas defensivos como el Pantsir y el Tor a Ucrania. Si bien esto protegió la línea del frente, dejó sin protección a las bases militares y los centros industriales del interior de Rusia.

Según los analistas, ahora cada lanzador y sistema de radar destruido obliga a Moscú a elegir entre salvaguardar el frente o defender el interior del país.

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«El desafío de Rusia es fundamentalmente geográfico», afirmó Justin Bronk, investigador sénior del Royal United Services Institute, un centro de estudios sobre seguridad con sede en Londres. «Cuando Ucrania obliga a Rusia a retirar sus sistemas del frente para proteger ciudades o refinerías en la retaguardia, se crean brechas por todas partes».

Si bien Rusia aún cuenta con una sólida protección aérea, la presión ha fracturado el escudo del país en defensas aisladas, lo que Ucrania está aprovechando con ataques tanto en el interior de Rusia como más cerca del frente para socavar la logística rusa.

El ataque a la refinería central de petróleo de Moscú en junio, que provocó una densa columna de humo negro sobre la capital rusa, demostró que incluso el principal bastión del Kremlin podía ser vulnerado.

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Según los analistas, Kiev amplió recientemente sus objetivos para incluir los almacenes del mayor minorista en línea de Rusia, Wildberries, lo que obligó a Moscú a replantearse nuevamente la forma en que distribuye sus defensas.

Para tapar las brechas que van surgiendo, Rusia ha recurrido a soluciones provisionales como la instalación de baterías Pantsir en edificios altos para obtener un mejor campo de visión y el despliegue de buques de guerra para proteger regiones del norte como Murmansk.

Los comandantes ucranianos también señalaron un cambio en su propia doctrina. En lugar de esperar la aprobación centralizada, los pilotos están autorizados a desviarse de los objetivos de la misión planificada si detectan una oportunidad para atacar un objetivo prioritario, como un radar o un lanzador ruso.

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Donde Ucrania no puede competir con Rusia es en su escala industrial. Moscú produce miles de drones de ataque estandarizados, señuelos y misiles de crucero. Los servicios de inteligencia ucranianos estiman que Rusia produce alrededor de 120 misiles balísticos al mes, superando la producción total de interceptores Patriot de Estados Unidos.

El arsenal ruso está siendo reforzado con misiles procedentes de Corea del Norte, según afirmaron funcionarios ucranianos, citando como prueba los restos recogidos tras un ataque perpetrado el jueves pasado en la ciudad central de Kryvyi Rih, en el que murió una familia de 10 personas.

Moscú también está desarrollando sus propios drones interceptores, que Ucrania ha utilizado con gran eficacia, y aún mantiene en servicio un número significativo de sofisticadas baterías de defensa aérea S-400 y S-300.

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Fundamentalmente, el sector industrial de defensa de Rusia cuenta con el respaldo de cadenas de suministro que han resistido las sanciones, aprovechando la microelectrónica extranjera y la tecnología china de doble uso para adaptar rápidamente sus sistemas.

La estrategia de Rusia se basa en un cálculo frío: que puede agotar las defensas de Ucrania antes de que su propia red colapse.

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Crowded Russian beach descends into chaos after alleged Ukrainian drone incident kills 7, including 4 children

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Vacationers were sent scrambling for safety Monday after a projectile struck a crowded beach in a Russian Black Sea resort town, killing seven people, including four children, and injuring dozens more, officials said.

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Video footage captured the incident in the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, where the beach was packed with visitors at the time of the strike.

The Russian Mission in Geneva said in a post on X that the «bloody attack» was carried out by a drone launched by Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of targeting civilians.

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A projectile flies overhead near Arkhipo-Osipovka, Russia, on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)

«The attack targeted civilian infrastructure. Emergency and special services are working at the crash site,» regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram.

«What happened today is a targeted attack by the Kyiv regime against civilians who have no connection to the military infrastructure. This cynical and inhumane terrorist attack against children cannot be justified.» 

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A fiery explosion rocks a Black Sea beach resort in Russia on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)

Andriy Kovalenko, an officer with Ukraine’s Defense Forces, disputed Russia’s account, saying the deaths were directly caused by Russian air defenses that intercepted a drone, sending debris onto the beach.

«Russian air defense shot down a drone over people lying on the beach,» Kovalenko said on Telegram.

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In the video, sounds resembling gunfire were heard just seconds before a drone struck the beach, causing a fireball explosion that sent bystanders screaming. As the gunfire was heard, the drone appeared to veer sharply before diving toward the beach.

Preliminary Russian reports also found that several of the deaths were caused by «falling drone debris,» Kondratyev said.

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In another Telegram post, Kovalenko indicated that Ukraine uses its weapons against Russian military-industrial infrastructure to affect Moscow’s ability to finance the war.

He further accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of creating an «illusion» that Russia would remain safe from the war by downplaying daily explosions as falling debris, limiting air raid warnings, and positioning air defenses near populated areas such as the Black Sea resort.

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Smoke rises after a deadly blast along a Russian resort beach on Monday. (Social media via Reuters)

«Putin deliberately killed these people. Because if he had not started the war and struck Ukraine, they would be alive,» Kovalenko said.

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«It was Putin, his air defense, who killed these Russians. His decisions in response to their decisions launched a chain of death for Russians.»



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