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GOP challenger Joe Kaufman to run in Florida’s 25th district; will face either Moskowitz or Wasserman Schultz
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Joe Kaufman knows what it’s like to lose a close race in a historically Democratic District. In fact, in the 2024 election cycle, Kaufman ran in the closest congressional race in the state, narrowly losing in the 23rd district to incumbent Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., a two-term congressman who has sought to build a moderate profile.
Florida has just completed its redistricting process, and this time around, Kaufman is confident that he can win, despite the Republicans facing headwinds.
Kaufman confirmed to Fox News Digital that in 2026, he will be running in the new 25th District, although it remains unclear exactly who his opponent will be or if he faces a primary challenger.
Moskowitz said on Monday that if he runs, it will be in the 25th District, while it appears that incumbent Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who would be seeking her 12th term in Congress, is also weighing running in the same district.
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Joe Kaufman is running as a Republican candidate in the newly formed 25th District in Florida. (Joe Kaufman)
Kaufman brings a battle-tested strategy and message to the race, on the heels of his near-victory in 2024:
«Yes, we had 48% of the vote. It was the closest race in all of Florida and the highest percentage of any Republican to ever run for that seat. But back then, I got in very late in the game and this time around our numbers are much better, and we’ve been able to form those coalitions that we needed to last time. We’ve done that now, and I will win this seat this time.»
Kaufman bills himself as a «terrorist hunter» and brings strong foreign policy credentials to the table.
«I do counter-terrorism research, writing and lectures.» He says he’s been involved in «the shutdown of terrorist charities and the imprisonment of terror-related individuals. Recently, I led the shutdown of a pro-Hamas conference that was to take place in Coral Springs, and the organizers, including CAIR and the South Florida Muslim Federation, they were upset, so they sued me and the Marriott Corporation in federal court. They sued us not once, but twice and I’m proud to say that we won not once, but twice.»
«He says in regard to foreign policy, «I’ve been very involved these past few years in what’s been taking place. 17 years ago, I was honored to co-found a group called Cyrus Force with his majesty, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who we believe is going to be soon to be a future leader of Iran.»
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaks during a press conference on new legislation to support Holocaust education nationwide at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Despite being a foreign policy hawk, Kaufman is opposed to putting troops on the ground in Iran.
«No, I don’t support ground troops, at least not from the United States. I don’t want to see what took place in wars past happen here with seeing Americans come back in body bags. I feel the same way about our friends in Israel.
«But there are third parties that want to get involved, and I say, give them the green light to do so. So, if there’s any ground troops…they shouldn’t be from America or Israel. It should be from these third parties.»
Kaufman is a strong advocate for vocational training in high school, and a critic of the Affordable Care Act.
«Well, for one thing, I support putting vocational training in all of the high schools in America. And it’s a project I want to initiate as a congressman. Too many kids today are staying home with their parents after they graduate high school. They need to have real job skills so they could make money, get out of their parents’ homes, be able to have their own families, and eventually, purchase their own house of their own.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) speaks during a press conference. Moskowitz currently represents the 23rd district of Florida. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Integrity Project)
«Also, I don’t like the Affordable Care Act. It was never affordable. It’s been taking hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, thanks to the Democrats. And I think we need a new health care system that costs the American government less and costs the American taxpayer less and better quality. And I think we could have that without Obamacare.»
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Historically, the party of the incumbent president loses seats in midterm elections the vast majority of the time. In what is widely believed to be a difficult year ahead for Republicans, Kaufman acknowledges the current engagement in Iran and the lingering effects of Biden-era inflation as challenges.
«Well, a lot of it has to do with the war overseas, but I believe that that’s going to be short term. I think that’s, that’s going to end soon. Also, with regards to inflation, we’re still dealing with the Biden years where Joe Biden initiated very heavy inflation for our country.
Donald Trump (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
«And thank you, President Trump, for doing the things that would bring inflation down. So I’m looking forward to low inflation, better affordability and very soon an end to the war, and results overseas that allow us to have peace in the Middle East and more peace in world.»
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Kaufman says the Democratic Party is fundamentally broken, and Republicans can win on messaging in 2026.
«Well, the Democrats, they’ve allowed people, an untold amount of people, to cross our borders, some of which have been terrorists and members of terror cells. They’ve hurt the values in the United States. They’ve destroyed our healthcare system with an Affordable Care Act that was never affordable. They’ve done everything possible to destroy our nation, and we need to make that change.»
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Federal appeals court rejects Trump bid to enforce mail ballot order ahead of midterm elections
Federal judge blocks Trump’s voter verification database
Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan discuss a federal judge’s decision blocking President Donald Trump’s voter verification database. Jordan criticizes the ruling, arguing it impedes election integrity by allowing non-citizens on voter rolls and goes against common sense. The segment highlights ongoing concerns about election security and judicial activism, particularly regarding voter ID laws.
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A federal appeals court on Saturday refused to let the Trump administration enforce key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states, a setback that could send the administration to the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
In a 2-1 decision, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to pause a June ruling blocking several provisions of Trump’s March executive order while the administration appeals.
The DOJ previously told the court it could seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court if it did not prevail.
The administration argued the lawsuit was premature because federal agencies had not finalized the policies needed to implement the executive order. But the appeals court found the plaintiff states were already facing looming election deadlines and had begun preparing for potential changes.
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A federal appeals court has refused to let the Trump administration enforce key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Image, File)
«As the district court reasoned, the (executive order) lays out a clear set of rapidly approaching deadlines by which states must coordinate with federal officials and comply with new voting procedures,» the majority wrote. «The Plaintiff States have no practical choice but to respond to the (order) now.»
Trump signed Executive Order 14399 in March as part of his election integrity agenda.
The order directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote and provide them to states, instructs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to establish new standards for mail-in ballots and directs the Justice Department to prioritize investigations into state and local election officials who issue federal ballots to people deemed ineligible to vote.
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An elections office employee scans mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. (Fox News, File)
The lawsuit was brought by 23 states, and the District of Columbia, led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington. The states argue the Constitution gives them primary responsibility for administering federal elections and that the president exceeded his authority by directing federal agencies to impose new voting requirements.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani agreed in June, ruling that several provisions of the executive order likely exceeded the president’s authority and blocking federal agencies from implementing them in the plaintiff states through the Nov. 3 federal elections.
Ballots are received, sorted and verified at the Los Angeles County ballot processing facility in Industry, Calif. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
Saturday’s ruling does not resolve the underlying legal challenge, but leaves Talwani’s injunction in place while the appeal proceeds.
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The White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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Brasil negó las visas a funcionarios de Estados Unidos que planeaban ir a cuestionar el sistema de voto electrónico
El gobierno de Donald Trump tenía previsto enviar a Brasilia a dos altos funcionarios del Departamento de Estado con el objetivo de cuestionar la confiabilidad del sistema de voto electrónico brasileño, cuando se lanzó de lleno la campaña para las elecciones presidenciales del 4 de octubre. Pero el Ejecutivo de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva les negó las visas y no podrán entrar al país.
La cancillería de Brasil negó las solicitudes de visado presentadas por los diplomáticos Riley M. Barnes, secretario adjunto, y Samuel Samson, subsecretario adjunto del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, informó el sitio de noticias G1, de la red Globo, este sábado.
En un artículo publicado por The Washington Post, se mencionó a ambos como responsables de una estrategia para cuestionar la integridad y la fiabilidad del sistema electoral brasileño.
El viaje estaba programado para unas semanas antes de las elecciones presidenciales del país, previstas para el 4 de octubre. Según la información obtenida por G1, el gobierno brasileño fue informado de la naturaleza «inusual» de la misión de los dos funcionarios y decidió denegarles las visas.
Según fuentes diplomáticas, Brasil tiene la tradición de recibir observadores internacionales durante las elecciones, pero se considera que los estadounidenses no eran observadores; de hecho, tenían «otro papel».
Según The Washington Post, los funcionarios estadounidenses tenían previsto reunirse con referentes críticos del sistema de urnas electrónicas y recopilar información para elaborar un informe destinado a poner en duda la fiabilidad del mecanismo de votación utilizado en Brasil. Justamente, el candidato opositor Flávio Bolsonaro, hijo del ex presidente de ultraderecha Jair Bolsonaro, es uno de los críticos del sistema de urnas electrónicas, igual que su padre.
La solicitud de los funcionarios del Departamento de Estado fue presentada poco después de que el senador y candidato presidencial Flávio Bolsonaro afirmara sin presentar pruebas que las urnas electrónicas brasileñas fueron fabricadas por la empresa venezolana Smartmatic, durante una reunión con representantes de cerca de 40 países celebrada esta semana en Brasilia.
El Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE) desmintió esa afirmación y aseguró que esa empresa nunca suministró urnas electrónicas ni programas utilizados en el sistema electoral brasileño.
La reunión se produjo bajo la sombra del antecedente sentado por el padre del senador cuatro años atrás.
El 18 de julio de 2022, el entonces presidente Jair Bolsonaro -hoy preso por golpismo- utilizó la residencia oficial del Palacio de la Alvorada y los medios de comunicación del Estado para convocar a decenas de embajadores extranjeros. En esa cita, Bolsonaro atacó la seguridad del voto electrónico y sembró sospechas de fraude.
Aquel episodio tuvo severas consecuencias judiciales: en junio de 2023, el TSE condenó a Jair Bolsonaro por abuso de poder político y uso indebido de los medios públicos, y lo declaró inelegible hasta 2030.
El gobierno de Lula da Silva considera la iniciativa como un intento de interferencia en el proceso electoral y aseguró que actuará para impedir cualquier efecto sobre los comicios. Dos altos diplomáticos brasileños calificaron la misión como «completamente incompatible con la democracia brasileña» y afirmaron que el Ejecutivo protegerá la integridad del proceso.
El Departamento de Estado confirmó el viaje de los funcionarios, pero evitó responder sobre el objetivo de la misión o sobre eventuales cuestionamientos a la integridad del sistema electoral brasileño.
La iniciativa se produce en un contexto de creciente tensión entre Washington y Brasilia, marcado por los recientes aranceles impuestos por Estados Unidos a productos brasileños y por el proceso judicial contra el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro por el presunto intento de impedir la asunción de Lula tras las elecciones de 2022.
La campaña electoral en Brasil está dominada por la polarización, las disputas sobre la transparencia del proceso electoral y las investigaciones judiciales que mantienen inhabilitado políticamente a Jair Bolsonaro, mientras el sistema de voto electrónico continúa siendo respaldado por el TSE y por observadores internacionales, que hasta ahora no han detectado evidencias de fraude en los comicios.
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German authorities on Saturday canceled a popular pride festival after numerous people were injured and one killed when a white van rammed the festivities in Berlin.
«We are currently deployed with numerous police forces as well as rescue units from the Berlin Fire Department in the Großer Tiergarten,» Berlin Police said in a translated X post, after telling festivalgoers to leave the area.
Police said the injured were being treated by rescue personnel.
The incident occurred during the European city’s annual Christopher Street Day festival, an LGBTQ+ pride event.
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Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin on Saturday. (Fabian Sommer/DPA via AP)
«We are conducting an intensive manhunt for suspects,» police added, later clarifying that it could be one or more suspects.
Authorities haven’t released a possible motive.
Emergency personnel gather in Berlin, early Sunday, July 26, 2026, following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day festivities. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
In an update, the police said several of those injured have life-threatening injuries.
Crowds are seen at the Christopher Street Day festival in Berlin, which was canceled after police say several people were injured when a van rammed the festivities Saturday. (Fabian Sommer/DPA via AP)
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Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the event, which included a parade and ended Saturday evening with a show at Tiergarten park near Brandenberg Gate.
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