The Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has opened an investigation into a New York City coffee shop after it blasted Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in a social media post, saying it should not have served him, and he should never come back due to his support of Israel. 

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ has opened an investigation into the Poetica Coffee Shop in Brooklyn.

Dhillon says the department is aware of the «denial of service taunts» directed at Goldman and says federal law prohibits public accommodations, including coffee shops, from discriminating against patrons based on race, religion, or national origin. Dhillon says the alleged denial of service could violate federal anti-discrimination law and says enforcement action is possible.

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Poetica Coffee said it issued a refund to Goldman after learning that he had stopped by the location with his young daughter. The shop added that it would have simply turned Goldman away if staff had recognized him at the time.

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«Hey Congressman Dan Goldman, we see that you stopped by our shop today for a coffee. Do you see how it doesn’t taste like genocide juice? Or are you still having a hard time telling the difference?» the post stated, referring to Goldman’s support for Israel and accusations that the Jewish state has committed genocide against Palestinians during the war in Gaza.

«See, here at Poetica, we don’t serve racists, fascists, homophobes, genocide enablers, or anyone in between,» the post continued. «Too bad we didn’t recognize you right away, or we would have turned you away. We issued you a refund—we don’t need your money (it’s probably coming from AIPAC anyways). Enjoy your loss on Tuesday. Don’t ever come to Poetica.»

A Brooklyn, N.Y., coffee shop refunded a purchase made by Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., over the weekend over his support for Israel, saying the company doesn’t serve «genocide enablers.» (Getty Images; Google Maps)

In a statement on social media, Goldman said he was disappointed by the shop’s remarks.

«I’m sorry to see this post,» he said. «The barista could not have been nicer to my 7-year-old daughter and me—allowing her to use the bathroom even though we had not purchased anything. I made sure to buy a coffee in return for her kindness. I hope you at least make sure she gets the tip that she deserved.»

In response, the shop said it was the barista’s idea to refund Goldman’s purchase. The poster added that they will be voting against Goldman, who faces a Democratic primary challenge from former city Comptroller Brad Lander.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Goldman and the coffee shop, as well as the offices of New York State Attorney General Letitia James and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

«No comment. We stand against genocide,» a staffer told the New York Post.

The shop’s social media post was quickly criticized online.

Mark Treyger, the CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, said the incident warrants a review under city and state human rights laws.

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Poetica Coffee in Brooklyn, N.Y., criticized Rep. Dan Goldman, N.Y., over his support for Israel.  (Dan Goldman)

«Turning a cup of coffee into a Jewish identity litmus test is an affront to the law, our values, and every New Yorker who rejects discrimination,» he wrote on X. «If an identifiable Jewish customer walks into a coffee shop wearing a kippah or Magen David, are they expected to first disclose their views on Middle East policy before being served?»

The incident appears to contradict the opening statement on Poetica Coffee’s website by its owner, Parviz Mukhamadkulov, an Uzbek immigrant who opened his first location in 2020.

«In practice, it looks like a café where the door doesn’t close on anyone, where tea gets poured before anyone asks who you are,» the website states. «The guest is sacred because the act of welcoming is how a community keeps itself intact.»

Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., stands outside the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey, on May 28, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital.)

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The shop also claims on its site that «whoever walks through the door is treated with unconditional dignity.»

«Not as a customer. Not as a transaction. As someone who arrived and deserves to be welcomed,» the site reads.

No es el récord de Perú que tendrá nueve presidentes en los últimos diez años, pero se acerca. El renunciante Keir Starmer se convirtió este lunes en el sexto primer ministro británico en anunciar su salida del cargo en una década marcada por una sucesión de crisis políticas.

El premier laborista duró solo dos años en el número 10 de Downing Street. Una economía estancada y algunos escándalos sacudieron su gobierno de mayorías y lo llevaron a una dimisión esperada y anunciada el domingo por el mismísimo Donald Trump.

“Cada decisión que he tomado ha sido para anteponer al país que amo. Por eso dimitiré como líder del Partido Laborista”, dijo Starmer, de 63 años, emocionado, en su anuncio oficial.

Ahora comienza un período de transición. Andy Burnham, el exalcalde del bastión industrial de Manchester y flamante diputado del ala izquierda del partido, es el gran favorito para sucederlo. La maquinaria laborista debe echar andar ahora el sistema de sucesión. Hasta entonces, Starmer seguirá en el poder, aunque sin poder alguno.

Por qué renunció el premier británico

Starmer asumió el cargo el 5 de julio de 2024 cuando puso fin a 14 años de gobiernos conservadores.

El laborismo había ganado entonces, en forma contundente, las primeras elecciones celebradas después del Brexit, la salida del Reino Unido de la Unión Europea. La mayoría legislativa alcanzada auguraba un gobierno sin contratiempos.

Pero pasaron cosas.

“Durante la campaña que lo llevó a obtener mayoría absoluta, Starmer se presentó como la persona que podía llevar al Reino Unido a la tranquilidad y equilibrio que tanto el Brexit como el gobierno de (el conservador) Boris Johnson la habían privado», dijo a TN el analista argentino Gastón Fornés, profesor de Negocios Internacionales de la Universidad de Bristol, en Inglaterra.

Pero nada de eso ocurrió.

“En estos dos años no fue capaz de fijar y transmitir una idea y visión claras de lo que su gobierno quería hacer. Esto sumado a varios escándalos internos y cambios de dirección en algunas políticas clave, hicieron que ese apoyo mayoritario se fuera erosionando hasta llegar a la renuncia», indicó.

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El mayor escándalo fue el polémico nombramiento de Peter Mandelson como embajador en Washington en 2024. Fue sin dudas un tsunami político que tapó a su gobierno.

¿La causa? El diplomático estaba vinculado con el financista y pedófilo estadounidense Jeffrey Epstein, que murió en 2019 en la cárcel. Según los archivos de la investigación, Mandelson había transmitido a Epstein informaciones susceptibles de influir en los mercados, especialmente cuando era ministro en el gobierno de Gordon Brown (2008-2010).

Finalmente, fue arrestado el 23 de febrero pasado. El daño al gobierno laborista fue irreparable. En mayo, las elecciones locales fueron un cachetazo a la estabilidad política. El laborismo sufrió una dura derrota en todo el país. Nada volvió a ser igual.

La economía hizo el resto. Los británicos sufren una preocupante inestabilidad con un incierto panorama. El Brexit fue un duro golpe del que todavía no han logrado recuperarse. Se estima que el PIB perdió un 8% de su riqueza en comparación con un escenario de permanencia en la UE.

Hoy, las pymes denuncian barreras comerciales y mayores costos, mientras la inflación sigue siendo un problema. La economía crece, pero en forma lenta. En 2025, ese crecimiento fue de 1,3%.

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En el Reino Unido, la caída de un premier no se resuelve con nuevas elecciones generales. Es el partido en el gobierno quien elige al sucesor.

El comité ejecutivo nacional del laborismo prevé la apertura de las candidaturas para suceder a Starmer para el 9 de julio. Si hay un consenso, el “elegido” podría asumir entre el 17 o 18 de julio, según las previsiones de la prensa británica. Pero si hay varios postulantes, el proceso podría resolverse recién en septiembre con la convocatoria a un congreso del partido.

El gran favorito es el flamante diputado y exalcalde del Gran Manchester, Andy Burnham, de 56 años. Sin perder tiempo, ya anunció que será candidato.

Burnham, referente del ala izquierda del laborismo, fue electo diputado la semana pasada al ganar unas difíciles elecciones parciales ante la derecha radical en Makerfield. Su llegada al Parlamento este mismo lunes lo colocó en la línea de sucesión.

Se trata de un veterano político conocido como “el rey del Norte”. La prensa local lo considera el político más popular del país. Su llegada al número 10 de Downing Street parece cuestión de tiempo. Contaría con un respaldo suficiente en las filas del partido.

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Los dos únicos dirigentes que se perfilan como eventuales postulantes son la exvice de Starmer, Angela Rayner, que renunció en septiembre, y Al Carns, que dimitió la semana pasada como ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas. Pero por ahora ambos se mantienen en silencio.

La oposición conservadora y la derecha radical deberán esperar para dar el zarpazo. Las próximas elecciones generales no están previstas para antes de 2029. Hasta entonces, el laborismo mantendrá su actual mayoría parlamentaria.

President Donald Trump congratulated conservative attorney and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella on becoming president of Colombia Monday at the White House. Yet while he holds a slim lead and is the favorite to win over left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda, authorities have yet to officially certify the result.

With 99.9% of votes counted, de la Espriella led with 49.7% to Cepeda’s 48.7%. De la Espriella, known to his supporters as «El Tigre,» dominated in the country’s mountainous interior and the vote-rich state of Antioquia, while Cepeda won in the capital Bogotá and performed well in coastal regions, following trends of recent presidential elections.

Cepeda has challenged the results, citing irregularities at thousands of polling stations. Nonetheless, overturning the election would be unprecedented in Colombian history.

If de la Espriella does hold out, it will mirror a continent-wide rightward shift seen in recent electoral results in Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru, where conservative Keiko Fujimori appears poised to win the presidency.

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Donald Trump congratulated de la Espriella during a signing at the White House on Monday. Trump told reporters that, «He called me last night, and he thanked me for the endorsement. He won. He won the election.» In response to a question on relations between the U.S. and Colombia, Trump asserted that things would be «Much better. It’ll be better. He’s going to be a great president.»

The election featured two candidates representing polar opposites of the Colombian political spectrum. De la Espriella, known as ‘El Tigre’ by his supporters, has enjoyed the enthusiastic backing of Donald Trump, promised a return to the law-and-order approach of former President Alvaro Uribe, and pledged an aggressive military campaign against guerrilla groups and criminal organizations, while Cepeda vowed to continue the negotiation-based strategy of Petro, a longtime political ally.

Ivan Cepeda is a longtime figure on the Colombian left, and served as senator for 12 years, following a four-year stint in the Chamber of Representatives. His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia’s internal conflict.

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Colombia’s presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria party, speaks behind bulletproof glass during his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia on May 24, 2026. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31.  (Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP Via Getty Images)

The first round of the election, held on May 31, saw de la Espriella win 43.7% of the vote, to Cepeda’s 40.9%, with right-wing Senator Paloma Valencia placing a distant third, at 6.9%.

On Sunday evening, Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated de la Espriella on the result, saying, «The Trump Administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States.»

Ivan Cepeda speaks during a campaign rally in Cali, Colombia, on June 6, 2026. The leftist candidate is set to face conservative attorney Abelardo De La Espriella in Colombia’s June 21 presidential runoff election. (AFP via Getty Images)

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While the issues driving American and Colombian politics remain considerably distinct, de la Espriella’s insurgent outsider campaign emulated Trump’s in many ways, particularly in the sense that neither held elected nor appointed office prior to winning the presidency, launching successful campaigns almost entirely outside the existing party structure.

The defining safety and security issue set de la Espriella on a winning course, as he honed something of a strongman image to forcefully critique the Petro administration’s policy of peace through negotiation with armed groups in opposition to the Colombian government.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, left, and President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Trump said Petro will «be next» amid escalating tensions over U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and drug trafficking operations. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images; Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It is widely believed that Petro’s negotiation-based approach and restraint with respect to military action has allowed such groups as the ELN (National Liberation Army), and various dissident elements of the FARC to regroup, boost recruitment and regain control of key territory and drug trafficking routes.

De la Espriella promised a return to an aggressive military campaign to reclaim territory from terrorist groups and cartels, and pledged to build «mega-prisons», citing the policies of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele as a model for eradicating criminal groups.

A de la Espriella administration will also likely mark a return to free-market economics, decreased governmental intervention in the economy, and a renewed push to lower taxes.

A strengthened U.S.-Colombia relationship is also a certainty, following an era of considerable tensions between Petro and Trump, which led to a series of acrimonious social media exchanges. Historically, Colombia was the U.S.’ strongest ally in the region, but the relationship has weakened considerably under the tenure of Petro.

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Political analysts will also be closely watching the dynamic between Colombia and Venezuela.  De la Espriella is likely to follow the Trump administration’s lead in Bogotá’s approach to the new Delcy Rodriguez administration, demanding a timeline for free and fair elections, and calling on the Venezuelan government to aggressively pursue the ELN Marxist guerrilla group in border regions where it has long sought refuge, and had an allegedly close relationship with former dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.