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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.
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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 AG pick hangs by a thread as key GOP senators refuse to commit

Acting AG Todd Blanche faces tough confirmation hearing questions
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces intense scrutiny from the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing. Senators probe Blanche on the Justice Department’s independence from the White House, the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and election fraud complaints. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo offers insights into the contentious session, highlighting the historical context of attorney general appointments and executive power.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is headed for a second straight day of grilling in the Senate, and his path to confirmation still remains cluttered with two key Republicans keeping tight-lipped on whether they’ll support him.
Blanche’s first day was fraught with questions about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of millions of documents related to the late, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, known as the Epstein Files, the now-defunct anti-weaponization fund and whether he would operate the DOJ as a tool of retribution for President Donald Trump.
Two Republicans on the committee hold the key to Blanche’s success, Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and so far, neither has committed to voting for him.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is sworn in during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Cornyn, who has taken issue with the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund and the underlying settlement reached by Trump and his family and the IRS, which Blanche acknowledged was still «enforceable» but was not moving forward, was noncommittal on how he would vote.
Cornyn, who has taken issue with the nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, created under Trump’s IRS settlement to compensate people who claimed they were victims of government «weaponization,» which Blanche acknowledged was still «enforceable» but not moving forward, was noncommittal on how he would vote.
«Well, I don’t know what other information’s gonna be coming in,» Cornyn said. «The hearing is not even halfway done. And so, you know, I don’t have to make a decision now, so I’m not.»
Blanche received heat throughout the hearing for being Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, and quickly corrected himself when asked by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., if he considered himself the president’s friend.
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«I’m his lawyer — was his lawyer, and now I’m the deputy attorney general,» Blanche said.
When asked about the slip-up, Cornyn said, «I think he’s trying to walk the line.»
«I think he’s trying to walk a very difficult line,» he said.
Tillis’ primary concern, similar to Cornyn’s, is the anti-weaponization fund and whether it is truly dead and gone.
He declined to say whether he would support Blanche, but noted that when asked if he was willing to work on legislation to put a permanent end to the fund, Blanche said, «Yes.»
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, departs a meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images)
«I think that’s a pretty strong indication that he and the administration are OK with [it],» Tillis said. «Does anybody really believe that the nominee for attorney general would answer that question if he didn’t think that he had the support of the president to end this?»
Meanwhile, Senate Democrats on the panel are dug in against him.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top-ranking Democrat on the committee, browbeat Blanche for his handling of the Epstein Files release and whether he would actually meet with Epstein survivors.
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«Anyone who can represent a known pathological liar like Donald Trump can have no integrity,» Durbin said. «You can’t have integrity if you represent Donald Trump, because he is such an inveterate liar. And that person, of course, should never, never, never be attorney general.»
And Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., admitted that Blanche was, «qualified … as someone who has been a prosecutor.»
«But given his legal experience, he should have known better than to be willing to tolerate or support the weaponization of the department,» Coons said. «Using it as a tool not to follow the facts and the law, to pursue justice, but to carry out a retribution agenda by President Trump.»
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El Parlamento de Francia da el primer paso para aprobar el derecho a la muerte asistida

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Guerra en Medio Oriente EN VIVO: Pakistán instó a Irán y EEUU a reanudar las conversaciones de paz para frenar la guerra en Medio Oriente

El régimen de Irán lanzó una nueva ola de ataques con misiles contra países del Golfo Pérsico que albergan instalaciones militares estadounidenses. Jordania, Kuwait e Irak informaron la interceptación de varios proyectiles y repudiaron los bombardeos iraníes durante la madrugada de este jueves.
A última hora del miércoles, Estados Unidos completó una nueva ronda de ataques contra territorio iraní, con el objetivo de reducir la capacidad de Teherán para “amenazar a los marineros inocentes que tripulan buques comerciales que transitan por el estrecho de Ormuz”.
La nueva ofensiva ocurrió después de que Washington confirmara el restablecimiento del bloqueo naval sobre los puertos y costas iraníes, además del desvío de dos buques comerciales que, según el Pentágono, intentaron evadir las restricciones impuestas por Estados Unidos.
El presidente Donald Trump endureció su postura frente a Teherán y advirtió que la campaña militar en Medio Oriente podría ampliarse en los próximos días si el régimen iraní no acepta regresar a la mesa de negociaciones. “La próxima semana la situación será muy mala para ellos”, afirmó.
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El vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, JD Vance, afirmó que Washington avanza “en la dirección correcta” respecto a Irán, aunque advirtió que alcanzar una solución duradera “será complicado” y sostuvo que requiere un acuerdo.
El régimen de Irán advirtió este jueves que atacará “toda la infraestructura” que permanezca en la región si Estados Unidos cumple la amenaza del presidente Donald Trump de atacar la infraestructura iraní. Además, sostuvo que no permitirá “bajo ninguna circunstancia” una intervención estadounidense en el estrecho de Ormuz y calificó esa zona como una “línea roja invencible”.
Pakistán instó a Irán y EEUU a reanudar las conversaciones de paz para frenar la guerra en Medio Oriente

Pakistán anunció este jueves que alentará a Estados Unidos e Irán a detener la violencia y reanudar el diálogo en el marco del memorando de entendimiento (MdE) que ayudó a mediar el mes pasado.
“Si bien la implementación del Memorando de Entendimiento enfrenta desafíos, Pakistán continuará alentando a todas las partes a poner fin a la violencia y reanudar las conversaciones a nivel técnico de conformidad con el Memorando de Entendimiento”, declaró Tahir Andrabi, portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, ante la prensa en Islamabad.
“Expresamos nuestra esperanza de que la situación en el estrecho de Ormuz se normalice pronto y subrayamos la importancia de garantizar la seguridad y la libertad de la navegación marítima”, añadió.
Bajan los precios del petróleo

Los precios del petróleo registraron un descenso en las primeras horas del jueves, aunque se mantienen en niveles elevados en un contexto de intensificación de los ataques de Estados Unidos contra Irán y ofensivas iraníes con misiles y drones contra Kuwait y Bahréin.
El crudo Brent, referencia internacional, cayó un 0,5% y se ubicó en 84,57 dólares por barril. A finales de febrero, antes del inicio del conflicto, cotizaba cerca de 72 dólares por barril. El precio de referencia del crudo estadounidense descendió un 0,2%, hasta 79,43 dólares por barril.
El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) advirtió que el flujo mundial de petróleo podría tardar entre dos y tres meses en normalizarse una vez que el estrecho de Ormuz se reabra completamente a la navegación finalice el bloqueo anunciado por el régimen de Irán días atrás en medio de una nueva escalada de la guerra en Medio Oriente.
Teherán amenazó la infraestructura regional si Estados Unidos ataca a Irán

Teherán amenazó este jueves que atacará la infraestructura regional de los países aliados a Estados Unidos si Washington cumple con sus advertencias de atacar instalaciones iraníes.
El portavoz del cuartel general militar de Irán afirmó que, de concretarse esos avisos, “toda la infraestructura de la región sería aplastada bajo los golpes de acero de las fuerzas armadas iraníes”.
Israel le comunicó al Pentágono que mantendrá tropas en “zonas de seguridad” en Líbano, Siria y Gaza
El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Israel Katz, comunicó a su homólogo estadounidense, Pete Hegseth, que el Ejército israelí mantendrá sus fuerzas en las “zonas de seguridad” establecidas dentro de Líbano, Siria y la Franja de Gaza.
Según un comunicado difundido este jueves, ambos funcionarios conversaron durante la noche y Katz “enfatizó la determinación de Israel de permanecer en las zonas de seguridad en Siria, Gaza y Líbano para proteger sus fronteras y las comunidades cercanas de las amenazas de fuerzas yihadistas”.
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Jordania interceptó ocho misiles iraníes durante la noche
Los sistemas de defensa aérea de Jordania interceptaron y destruyeron ocho misiles iraníes dirigidos al país en la madrugada del jueves, según informó el ejército jordano. No se reportaron víctimas ni daños materiales. Equipos de ingenieros aseguraron las zonas donde cayeron los restos, y las fuerzas armadas permanecen en alerta máxima ante posibles nuevas amenazas.
Por su parte, el ejército iraní afirmó que sus drones atacaron sistemas de comunicación, depósitos de combustible y una estación de radar fija en la base aérea de Al Azraq, en Jordania, identificada como una base militar estadounidense. El comunicado, difundido por medios oficiales iraníes, precisó que la ofensiva corresponde a la novena fase de la “Operación Saeqeh” (Relámpago) y fue lanzada en respuesta a los recientes ataques estadounidenses contra Irán, incluido un bombardeo a un cuartel militar en la provincia de Sistán y Baluchistán que, según Teherán, causó la muerte de siete militares.
Irán afirmó este jueves que atacó instalaciones y tropas de Estados Unidos en Jordania, Kuwait e Irak, según comunicados difundidos por medios estatales iraníes. Hasta el momento, el Pentágono, el Comando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM) y las autoridades de jordanas no respondieron a esas afirmaciones.
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