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Dem Senate candidate pushing water affordability agenda racked up unpaid bills on $1.28M home
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Democrat Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow accrued nearly a year’s worth of unpaid utility charges on her million-dollar home while campaigning on affordability.
Until Friday, McMorrow and her husband, former Gawker executive Ray Wert, had not paid water or sewer charges on their home in Royal Oak, Mich., since June 2025, according to records reviewed by Fox News Digital. The property had accrued $3,000.37 in unpaid bills and late fees.
The debt was paid shortly after Fox News Digital reached out for comment.
«The bills in question have been paid,» the spokesperson said. «We respect the commitment to covering anything other than the fact that every single American’s bills – from gas to groceries to electricity – are going way up because of Donald Trump and his enablers like Mike Rogers.»
Mallory McMorrow campaigns at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Detroit on April 19, 2026. (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group)
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McMorrow, a state legislator vying for the Democratic nomination in one of the country’s top Senate races, has repeatedly fallen behind on payments in recent years.
Records show the couple has been fined 10 times totaling more than $400 in late fees for nonpayment since late 2021, when they purchased a $1.28 million home in the Detroit suburb. A report in the Detroit Metro Times that year described the property — with a pool and outside courtyard — as a home «to marvel at.»
McMorrow and Wert also let overdue water bills pile up on the home in the latter half of 2024, when they went five months without making a payment. When the couple finally paid $917 in January 2025, records showed an unpaid balance of $45 in late fees.
Royal Oak Township sends water bills quarterly and assesses a 5% late fee on unpaid balances. If McMorrow had failed to pay the balance by June 1, another 5% penalty would have been added, according to a billing notice.
Under Royal Oak policy, unpaid water and sewer bills can eventually be added to the couple’s property tax bill and prolonged nonpayment can result in water shutoff.
The delinquent payments come as recent disclosures show McMorrow and her husband may be millionaires.
She estimated her net worth between $588,041 and $1.87 million last year, Michigan Advance reported. Up to $1.15 million was reported under her name or as a joint asset with her husband, according to a financial disclosure filed last year.
McMorrow earned $101,554 from her state senator salary, according to the filing. She also reported just over $106,000 in royalties.
Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago on August 19, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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While McMorrow was falling behind on payments, she championed «affordability» legislation that would end water shutoffs for not paying city bills.
McMorrow cosponsored a measure last year that would cap water bills for qualifying low-income residents and offer debt forgiveness for overdue balances. The program would be funded through a regular surcharge on most Michigan water customers.
She has also backed the Human Right to Water Act, which would recognize access to affordable drinking water as a right and direct the state government to develop «affordability criteria.»
In a March 2021 Facebook post, she advocated for legislation that would «end water shutoffs.»
«Let’s be clear, access to water is a human right, even when there’s not a pandemic,» she wrote.
McMorrow’s delinquent water bills come as she is running in a combative three-way Democratic primary to succeed Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who is retiring.
The swing seat is a must-win race for Democrats hoping to retake Senate control, but Republicans also view the contest as a top flip opportunity. Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., cleared the field last year with President Donald Trump’s backing while the Democratic candidates continue to duke it out ahead of the August primary.
McMorrow is campaigning on a progressive platform that includes calling on the wealthy to pay their «fair share» in taxes. Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders-backed Abdul El-Sayed is running to her left, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a candidate with support from the party’s establishment swing, has espoused more centrist views.
Controversial streamer Hasan Piker and Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, take a selfie with young fans after a campaign event at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on April 7, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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Progressive Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., have endorsed McMorrow’s campaign.
She recently faced scrutiny for deleting thousands of old social media posts prior to her Senate campaign launch that denigrated «Middle America» and associated Trump and his base with Nazi Germany. CNN first reported on the trove of since-deleted posts.
The Senate hopeful largely defended her posts in an interview with the network, arguing she «tweeted normal things like a normal person.»
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Trump discutió con Xi Jinping sobre la venta de armas a Taiwán y evitó definir si EE.UU. defendería a la isla en caso de un ataque chino
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aseguró este viernes que discutió con su par chino, Xi Jinping, la situación de Taiwan y la posible venta de armas estadounidenses a la isla durante la cumbre bilateral celebrada en Beijing, aunque aclaró que no asumió “ningún compromiso” frente a las demandas de China.
Las declaraciones fueron realizadas a bordo del Air Force One, mientras Trump regresaba a Washington tras una visita de menos de 48 horas a Beijing, marcada por negociaciones comerciales y discusiones sobre asuntos geopolíticos sensibles como Irán y Taiwán.
“El presidente Xi y yo hablamos mucho sobre Taiwán”, afirmó Trump ante los periodistas. Según explicó, el mandatario chino expresó su preocupación por los movimientos independentistas en la isla y dejó en claro que Beijing rechaza cualquier escenario que derive en una declaración formal de independencia.
“Él no quiere ver una lucha por la independencia”, señaló Trump. “Lo escuché. No hice ningún comentario al respecto”.
El líder de la Casa Blanca reveló además que Xi le preguntó directamente si Estados Unidos defendería militarmente a Taiwán en caso de un ataque chino, aunque evitó responder. “Solo hay una persona que lo sabe, y esa soy yo”, dijo Trump. “Esa pregunta me la hizo hoy el presidente Xi. Le dije: ‘No hablo de eso’”.
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, camina junto al presidente chino, Xi Jinping, al terminar una visita al jardín de Zhongnanhai en Beijing, China, este 15 de mayo de 2026. (Foto: Evan Vucci/REUTERS)
Poco antes de abandonar China, en una entrevista grabada con Fox News, Trump también había endurecido su mensaje hacia los sectores independentistas taiwaneses y que una mala gestión de la cuestión podía derivar en un “conflicto” entre las dos mayores economías del mundo.
“No tengo ganas de que alguien declare la independencia y, ya saben, luego se supone que debemos recorrer 15.000 kilómetros para ir a la guerra”, sostuvo. “No queremos que alguien piense: proclamemos la independencia porque Estados Unidos nos apoya”, insistió.
Las conversaciones vuelven a poner en el centro una de las principales fuentes de tensión entre Washington y Beijing. China considera a Taiwán una “provincia rebelde” y sostiene que la isla forma parte inseparable de su territorio, mientras que Estados Unidos, aunque reconoce oficialmente a Beijing como único gobierno chino, mantiene vínculos no diplomáticos con Taipei y está obligado por ley a proporcionarle medios de defensa.
Trump indicó que tomará una decisión “en un período relativamente corto” respecto a nuevas ventas de armamento a Taiwán y adelantó que conversará con el presidente taiwanés, William Lai.
Antes de viajar a China, el mandatario estadounidense había anticipado que discutiría el tema de las armas con Xi, una postura que se aparta de la tradición diplomática estadounidense de no consultar con Beijing sobre las operaciones militares vinculadas a Taiwán.
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Durante la visita, Trump también abordó con Xi la situación de Iran y aseguró que ambos comparten la necesidad de impedir que Teherán desarrolle armas nucleares. Según afirmó, coincidieron además en la importancia de mantener abierto el estrecho de Ormuz, un corredor estratégico para el comercio mundial de petróleo y especialmente relevante para China, principal socio comercial iraní.
Por su parte, el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, afirmó desde Beijing que la política de Washington respecto a Taiwán “permanece inalterada”.
En paralelo, la cancillería china anunció que Xi realizará una visita de Estado a Estados Unidos durante el otoño boreal de este año (entre septiembre y diciembre), a invitación de Trump. El anuncio fue realizado por el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores chino, Wang Yi, y difundido por la agencia estatal Xinhua.
Wang también informó que ambas potencias acordaron continuar implementando los consensos comerciales alcanzados en reuniones previas y crear nuevos consejos bilaterales de comercio e inversiones, en un intento por estabilizar la relación entre las dos mayores economías del mundo pese a las crecientes disputas estratégicas sobre seguridad, tecnología y Asia-Pacífico.
(Con información de AFP, EFE y Reuters)
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Iowa Dem admits being ‘uncomfortable’ with whiteness as she seeks to flip competitive House seat
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FIRST ON FOX — A Democrat running for Congress in Iowa admitted to feeling «uncomfortable» by the whiteness of her hometown in Minnesota after returning from a stay in New Mexico years ago.
Sarah Trone Garriott, 47, who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country, is coming under fire for her comments as she seeks to unseat incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa.
«Yeah, I remember the first time I came back to northern Minnesota to visit, and I was kind of shocked at how many white people there were,» Trone Garriott recalled of the area of the U.S. where she grew up in a resurfaced podcast episode released nearly a decade ago.
«The feeling was very different. I was like ‘whoa,’ and again I was uncomfortable in a different way,» she added.
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State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat from Iowa and U.S. congressional candidate, works behind the counter at the West Des Moines United Methodist stand during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Scott Morgan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
About 78% of Iowa’s third congressional district that Trone Garriott wants to represent in Congress is white, according to a breakdown by DataUSA.
Republicans argue the candidate’s past and recent comments are out of step with the district’s demographics.
«Every time Sarah Trone Garriott’s handlers let her loose, the wicked witch of woke finds a new way to insult Iowans,» Zach Kraft, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, said.
«We haven’t even reached the general election yet, and she has already managed to call nearly every person in the state racist, sexist, and bigoted,» he added.
Trone Garriott’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment on previous remarks. Nunn’s campaign also did not respond when reached about his competitor’s comments.
According to the Cook Political Report, Iowa’s 3rd congressional district is among the 16 «toss-up» races in the 2026 midterms, with a slight R+2 lean.
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State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat from Iowa and U.S. congressional candidate, right, greets attendees at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2025. (Scott Morgan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Nine years after Trone Garriott recorded the podcast interview, her comments highlight a wariness of homogeneity and underscore the candidate’s belief that representation should be tied to demographics.
In a separate interview with the University of Iowa in 2022, Trone Garriott hinted at support for demographic mandates and quotas for positions within the government, like those she learned about after meeting with legislators from Kosovo.
«They actually have quotas, and I know that’s a dirty word for some people, but they have requirements of how many people from different ethnic backgrounds, religious minorities — and gender balance is part of their structure,» Trone Garriott said of the Balkan nation.
«And so, there’s kind of a preference for those folks that are underrepresented to be in government. Which I think is really important to bring those voices out,» she added.
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State Sen. and candidate for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district Sarah Trone Garriott speaks during the Polk County Democrats’ spring dinner on April 7, 2026, in Des Moines. (Cody Scanlan/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Trone Garriott was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After earning her undergraduate degree in Duluth, Minnesota, she went on to obtain a Master of Theological Studies from the Harvard Divinity School, and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
She worked as a volunteer with the anti-poverty program under AmeriCorps VISTA in New Mexico — where she was apparently awoken to the ‘whiteness’ of her Minnesotan hometown.
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Trone Garriott began her career as an ordained minister for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), spending time in ministry in Pennsylvania, Chicago, Virginia and finally Iowa.
From there, Trone Garriott embarked on a political career in the Iowa State Senate, where she has served since 2021. She announced a bid last year to unseat Rep. Nunn in the state’s third congressional district.
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