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GOP gubernatorial hopeful’s pro-Trump pitch to voters clashes with paper trail inside his own company
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FIRST ON FOX: A billionaire gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, who has said there is «no bigger supporter of Trump right now than I am,» is facing questions after a healthcare company within his business empire criticized President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Rick Jackson has spent months trying to cast himself as the race’s most pro-Trump candidate who will be Trump’s «favorite governor» despite Trump’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. However, one of his companies has repeatedly criticized the OBBBA, a landmark GOP legislative package that Trump endorsed and signed into law last year.
Jackson Physician Search, a subsidiary of Jackson Healthcare, said on its website in September 2025 that the bill’s «sweeping cuts to Medicaid and ACA programs raise serious concerns about access, equity, and sustainability,» and warned that some hospitals may need to «adapt or close their doors.»
In a February 2026 recruitment report, the company also said the law was projected to cause «between 10 and 15 million people» to lose health coverage, while Medicare and Medicaid cuts were creating «significant financial pressure» across healthcare organizations and considerable «fear and uncertainty» about what lies ahead.
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Rick Jackson is running for governor in Georgia, promising to eliminate DEI policies. (Rick Jackson for governor/YouTube screenshot)
«Rick supports the Big Beautiful Bill. Period,» Mike Schrimpf, a spokesperson for Jackson’s campaign told Fox News Digital. «Growing up in the projects, Rick believes in the dignity of work and is a strong proponent of work requirements for that reason. He has long opposed Obamacare and regularly touts President Trump’s healthcare policies, like TrumpRx, on the campaign trail. That’s why Rick Jackson will be Donald Trump’s favorite governor.»
Schrimpf added that «for months» Democrats have been attacking Jackson for his support of the OBBBA, noting «this attack makes about as much sense as accusing a pilot of hating to fly.»
At a campaign event last month in Thomasville, Georgia, Jackson told constituents that he thought there were «many parts» of the OBBBA that were «great,» and said he would be paying «40 percent more in taxes» if it had not passed, and defended work requirements in the bill by saying they motivate people to be productive and get off Medicaid.
«The worst thing that we can do is tell people — is get people relying on government where they have no incentive to work,» Jackson told constituents.
«It’s the most dehumanizing thing that you can do,» he continued. «God made us to be productive.»
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Jackson has also drawn himself closer to Trump by praising his tariff policies. «I believe in fairness,» Jackson said in March. «Don’t want somebody to take advantage of us in a business transaction. That’s what he’s trying to do. So I support.»
Meanwhile, Jackson, who reportedly modeled his campaign launch after Trump with a celebratory elevator descent, said he can’t name a single White House policy he disagreed with, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
Republican candidate for Georgia governor Rick Jackson is pictured next to President Donald Trump. (Rick Jackson/Getty Images)
But, despite these assertions from Jackson on the campaign trail, his remarks stand at stark odds with his physician search firm warning in a February white paper about «considerable fear and uncertainty» for what is to come as the result of the OBBBA.
«The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is projected to cause between 10 and 15 million people to lose health coverage,» the white paper notes, citing new public healthcare work requirements implemented by the OBBBA. «Medicare and Medicaid cuts are creating significant financial pressure across healthcare organizations,» it continues.
The same report, which includes comments from the firm’s senior leadership and other content on the search firm’s website, also slammed H-1B visa provisions in the OBBBA aimed at restoring integrity to the immigration program that has reportedly been rife with fraud, arguing it would be a net negative for the healthcare industry.
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The materials and resources also said OBBBA would promote physician burnout, would likely force rural hospitals to shut down, would discourage hopeful physicians from going to school, thus exacerbating the existing doctor shortage, and briefly emphasized the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs on physician recruitment.
«My team works with clients throughout the Midwest who are facing department closures if they can’t hire a physician or advanced practice provider. For proof, just look at the number of labor and delivery departments forced to close in the past few years,» said Senior Vice President of Recruiting at Jackson Physician Search, Tara Osseck. «Now, recent policy changes — including provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and increased fees affecting international visas — are adding new layers of complexity to an already challenging physician recruitment environment.»
«The implications are significant,» Osseck adds. «Coverage losses can lead to increases in uncompensated care, placing additional strain on already thin operating margins. When financial pressure mounts, healthcare organizations may delay service expansions, reduce hiring plans, or freeze recruitment altogether.»
Medicaid protesters hold signs challenging Republican reforms to the federal health insurance program near the U.S. Capitol building. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)
The OBBBA, a wide-ranging bill, included reforms to the federal student loan program aimed at making education more affordable. However, Regional Vice President of Recruiting at Jackson Physician Search, Tonya Hamlin, warned the reforms will actually make it harder for hopeful physicians to get to college.
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«These reforms could force students to absorb the difference through private loans or personal resources,» Hamlin wrote in a blog post on the search firm’s website. «They could also cause lower-income students to reconsider attendance altogether.»
Hamlin went on to warn that with less people able to go to medical school, the shortage of physicians will only get worse for hospitals and clinics.
«Despite these additional hurdles, clinicians and trainees must not be deterred,» Hamlin encouraged. «Stay focused on the higher purpose of your calling while staying informed, planning ahead financially, and engaging in ongoing advocacy.»
The Republican primary race for Georgia governor has been a messy one between Jackson and other frontrunner candidates, including Jones, Attorney General Chris Carr, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. In particular, Jones and Jackson, have been sparring over who is more aligned with Trump.
«This Primary Election is very simple,» Jones says on his campaign website. «There is one authentic conservative who has fought for President Trump.»
GOP candidates for Georgia governor, Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, are pictured with President Donald Trump as they campaign as Trump loyalists. (Rick Jackson/Getty Images)
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Jackson, meanwhile, donated $1 million to the president’s political action committee, MAGA Inc. less than two months before he jumped into the race in February and has faced backlash for cutting 6-figure checks to the presidential campaigns of Trump’s former GOP rivals during the 2024 Republican primary.
Jackson also reportedly ran an ad against Raffenspeger portraying him as the Biblical character Judas in an attempt to portray him as a traitor for defying Trump’s efforts to challenge Georgia’s 2020 election results.
The Republican primary to see who will move on to the general election in Georgia’s gubernatorial fight will take place on May 19. The first and only debate between the candidates is scheduled for Monday.
Fox News Digital reached out to Jackson Physician Search.
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Maryland ballot blunder triggers GOP push for federal review of blue state’s voter rolls
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Harmeet Dhillon, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, discusses the DOJ’s investigation into voter fraud in Michigan’s Wayne County, citing instances of fraudulent voting and non-compliance with the Help America Vote Act.
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A Maryland primary ballot mix-up has renewed Republican calls for a federal review of the state’s voter rolls after some of the 400,000 primary voters requesting a mall-in ballot received the ballot of the wrong party this weekend.
Maryland’s conservative Freedom Caucus is demanding that state elections officials release Maryland’s voter rolls to the federal government for an audit after a vendor error forced the state to resend thousands of mail-in primary ballots.
«The Maryland Freedom Caucus is calling on Secretary of the Election Board, Jared DeMarinis, to immediately release Maryland’s voter rolls to the federal government so a proper audit can be conducted to determine the sources of the mistake,» the caucus wrote in a statement. «We caution against reissuing another 400,000 ballots and we demand to know how the state intends to differentiate between the first and second printing of these ballots.»
«The citizens have a right to know the exact process by which ballots will be scrutinized,» the statement continued. «With 400,000 double ballots in circulation, we need to be absolutely sure that there is one vote, one person.»
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Sample ballots from North Macedonia, Azerbaijan and Armenia hang on the wall in the office of Jared DeMarinis, Maryland’s elections administrator, after he collected them during trips overseas. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service)
The group claimed that he mistake undermines confidence in the June 23 primary, pointing the finger at Democrats and the State Board of Elections.
«The Maryland Democrats and the bureaucrats over at the Board of Elections have proven once again that they are the biggest purveyors of voter suppression tactics in the state of Maryland,» the statement read.
«After it was brought to light that roughly 400,000 mail-in ballots were sent out incorrectly, voters who received these flawed ballots will now receive a second ballot, according to the state. Many people’s mail-in votes could be erroneously submitted using the old ballot and their vote suppressed because of the negligence of the Maryland Board of Elections and the Maryland Democrats.»
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Maryland State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis said Friday that the state was «diligently working» to eliminate doubts over the accuracy of the process.
«Mail-in voting is an integral facet of the electoral process,» DeMarinis wrote in a statement. «With over 500,000 voters requesting mail-in ballots, we want to eliminate any doubt in its integrity or accuracy; that is why I have arranged the sending of replacement ballots.»
«Please be assured that we are actively answering phones and responding to emails and will remain transparent as we navigate through this situation,» he added. «We will make every effort to ensure that everyone affected knows the situation and how to cast their ballot. Every vote matters, your voice will be heard, and our elections will remain verified, open, transparent, and secure.»
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Taylor Print & Visual Impressions (TPVI), Inc., the vendor, admitted the error and apologized.
«A portion of voters received ballot packets intended for a different voter segment,» the TPVI Election Services Team wrote in a statement. «We understand the seriousness of this matter and the importance of accuracy and trust in all election-related communications.»
Notably, «all ballots will be remailed by 5/29/2026,» according to the vendor, which is leaving it up to the recipients to destroy the first ballot they received: «Voters should securely discard or destroy the original ballot materials they received and use only the replacement ballot sent in the new mailing.»
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«There is no risk of duplicate voting as a result of this issue,» TPVI added in a statement. «Election officials have safeguards in place to ensure that only the corrected ballots included in the replacement mailing will be accepted and counted.»
The error affected ballots requested and mailed before May 14, more than a month before the June 16 deadline for voters who want a ballot mailed to them. Voters who requested web-delivered ballots — which can be downloaded, printed and mailed — were not affected.
This latest issue only increases Republicans’ election integrity scrutiny in the state. The Republican National Committee had already been active in pursuing the state’s voter rolls, suing in December for Maryland failing to properly maintain voter rolls and comply with federal transparency requirements, pointing to registration figures the plaintiffs say are implausibly high.
«Marylanders deserve to have confidence in their elections and to know that their state is properly maintaining its voter rolls,» RNC Chair Joe Gruters wrote in a statement. «The State Board of Elections has failed to do its job and remove ineligible or deceased voters from its rolls. Marylanders have a right to accurate voter rolls, which is why the RNC is suing today.»
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The complaint also alleged that at least two of Maryland’s most populous counties have more registered voters than adult citizens over 18, while other counties report registration rates above 95%, despite Census data showing Maryland’s statewide registration rate at about 75.6%.
The RNC argued that federal law requires states to update voter rolls, remove ineligible registrations and allow public inspection of voter list maintenance records, alleging that Maryland has repeatedly fallen short. The suit followed similar action in Hawaii and New Jersey and public records requests sent last year to nearly every state.
Fox News reached out to the RNC’s election integrity unit for comment.
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La muerte de Carmen Teresa Navas debería estremecer a toda América Latina. Y especialmente a la Argentina.
No murió dentro de una cárcel. No fue ejecutada frente a cámaras. No apareció en una lista oficial de víctimas. Pero su muerte también es consecuencia directa de la barbarie chavista. De un aparato de poder que destruye familias enteras, administra el dolor y convierte la incertidumbre en un mecanismo de tortura.
Carmen Teresa Navas murió apenas diez días después de enterarse de que su hijo, Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, había muerto bajo custodia del régimen venezolano. Durante meses lo buscó desesperadamente. Recorrió centros de detención, tribunales y organismos del Estado exigiendo una fe de vida mientras quienes ocupan el poder ya sabían que él estaba muerto. Y aun así la hicieron seguir buscando por meses, mientras ocultaban que su hijo ya había sido enterrado en una fosa. Fue crueldad deliberada.
Lo ocurrido con esta madre venezolana es parte de un patrón.
En enero murió Omaira Navas, apenas quince días después de la liberación de su hijo Ramón. También murió Yarelis Salas esperando la liberación de su hijo Kevin, quien fue excarcelado apenas cuatro días después de su fallecimiento. Ahora murió Carmen Teresa Navas. Y hace pocos días también falleció Carlos Giuliani, padre del abogado argentino Germán Giuliani, secuestrado por la dictadura chavista desde hace casi un año.
Carlos murió esperando volver a abrazar a su hijo.
Y esto es importante decirlo en Argentina, porque muchas veces el horror venezolano se observa desde lejos, como si fuera una tragedia ajena, como si se tratara de una crisis política abstracta y no de una maquinaria humana de destrucción. Pero hoy hay un ciudadano argentino secuestrado en Venezuela, como lo estuvieron varios durante mucho tiempo.
Germán Giuliani tiene medidas cautelares otorgadas por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Tiene incluso una boleta de excarcelación desde febrero. Y aun así continúa preso. Injustamente preso. Separado de su familia. Sin garantías. Sin debido proceso. Convertido en rehén político de una estructura criminal que utiliza seres humanos como fichas de negociación y mecanismos de terror.
Su padre murió esperando verlo libre.
¿Cuántas familias más tienen que ser destruidas para que algunos reaccionen?
Porque también hay un silencio que se ha vuelto insoportable. El silencio de quienes todavía relativizan lo que ocurre en Venezuela. El de quienes siguen hablando de “tensiones”, “polarización” o “problemas institucionales” frente a un sistema que desaparece personas, tortura presos políticos y deja morir madres consumidas por el dolor.
Hay demasiada gente cómoda mirando hacia otro lado.
Demasiados dirigentes, intelectuales, activistas y referentes internacionales que encuentran siempre una excusa para callar. Porque denunciar ciertas dictaduras pareciera incomodar más que denunciar otras. Porque todavía hay quienes intentan maquillar esta barbarie bajo discursos ideológicos, geopolíticos o partidistas.
Pero no hay narrativa capaz de justificar que una madre recorra cárceles buscando a un hijo que ya estaba muerto. No hay relato político capaz de explicar que un padre argentino muera sin poder abrazar nuevamente a su hijo secuestrado. No hay causa revolucionaria, antiimperialista o progresista que pueda limpiar semejante degradación humana.
Lo que existe hoy en Venezuela es una estructura de poder profundamente deshumanizada. Un sistema que utiliza el miedo, la desaparición forzada, la prisión política y el sufrimiento familiar como herramientas de control social. Y por eso el silencio también termina siendo una forma de complicidad.
La muerte de Carmen Teresa Navas no puede convertirse en otra noticia fugaz dentro de la tragedia venezolana. Tiene que convertirse en memoria. En denuncia. En conciencia.
Y algún día, debe haber justicia. Judicial, histórica y moral. Un día cercano. Para Víctor Hugo Quero Navas. Para Germán Giuliani. Para Carlos Giuliani. Para Carmen Teresa Navas. Para todas las familias destruidas por esta maquinaria de crueldad.
Y también para quienes hoy siguen esperando, en silencio, que alguien los ayude a volver a abrazar a sus hijos.
¡LIBERTAD PARA TODOS LOS PRESOS POLÍTICOS EN VENEZUELA!
* La autora es defensora de derechos humanos. Secretaria General Foro Argentino para la Defensa de la Democracia (FADD) y miembro fundadora del Foro Argentino contra el Antisemitismo (FACA).-
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Cuba denuncia que 100.000 pacientes esperan una cirugía por el bloqueo energético de Estados Unidos
El ministro de Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, denunció que unos 100.000 pacientes de la isla, incluidos 12.000 niños, permanecen en lista de espera quirúrgica por el bloqueo energético de Estados Unidos.
«La tasa de supervivencia de los niños con cáncer descendió del 85 % al 65 %. Alrededor de 100.000 pacientes, entre ellos 12.000 niños, están a la espera de ser operados», precisó el jefe de la diplomacia cubana en una rueda de prensa durante su visita a Nueva Delhi con motivo de la reunión ministerial de los BRICS.
El ministro aseguró que «provocar la escasez, las privaciones y la asfixia total para crear una situación social que condujera al derrocamiento de la Revolución Cubana» ha sido siempre el verdadero objetivo de la política de «estabilidad y progreso de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba».
El canciller explicó que el endurecimiento de este cerco comercial provocó que la tasa de mortalidad infantil en la isla se duplicara al cierre del año 2025, situándose en 9,9 muertes por cada mil nacidos vivos debido a la falta de medicamentos e insumos médicos esenciales.
Rodríguez calificó también de acto de guerra la persecución petrolera de la Casa Blanca, que impone aranceles de represalia a los países que exportan combustible a la isla. Esta situación mantiene al país caribeño sumido en una profunda crisis energética, con apagones que esta misma semana llegaron a dejar sin luz simultáneamente al 63 % del territorio.
Frente a la escasez, el ministro agradeció el apoyo y las campañas de recaudación de fondos organizadas desde diferentes regiones de la India. Además, aseguró que La Habana mantiene su disposición a un diálogo respetuoso y responsable con el Gobierno estadounidense para resolver las diferencias bilaterales, siempre que no se condicione la soberanía nacional.
Cuba tendrá este domingo otra jornada de prolongados apagones, cuando el mayor corte eléctrico desconecte a la vez el 65 % de la isla en el horario de mayor demanda, según datos de la estatal Unión Eléctrica (UNE) elaborados por EFE.
La afectación sería la segunda más elevada de esta semana, después de que el jueves marcó un nuevo récord con el 70 % del territorio cubano simultáneamente en apagones en la hora «pico» (hora punta), el de la tarde-noche.
Además, un día antes una desconexión parcial de la red eléctrica, provocó un apagón masivo desde las provincias de Ciego de Ávila (centro-este) hasta Guantánamo (extremo este).
El Gobierno cubano reconoció a mediados de la semana que la situación del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional (SEN) de la isla es «aguda», «crítica» y «extremadamente tensa», lo que ha generado que en La Habana los apagones superen las 22 horas en los últimos días.
Cuba vive una grave crisis energética desde mediados de 2024, agudizada desde enero por el asedio petrolero de EE.UU., medida que el Ejecutivo de La Habana ha calificado de «genocida» y por la que culpa a la Administración de Washington de estar «asfixiando» a la isla.
La UNE, dependiente del Ministerio de Energía y Minas (Minem), prevé para el horario de mayor demanda una capacidad de generación de 1.147 megavatios (MW) y una demanda máxima de 3.200 MW.
Así, el déficit -la diferencia entre oferta y demanda- será de 2.053 MW y la afectación estimada -lo que se desconectará realmente para evitar apagones desordenados- alcanzará los 2.083 MW.
En esta jornada, ocho de las 16 unidades de generación termoeléctrica del país no están operativas por averías o trabajos de mantenimiento. Esta fuente responsable del 40 % de la combinación de fuentes energéticas se nutre de crudo nacional y no está afectada por el bloqueo petrolero.
Otro 40 % del mix estaba a cargo de los motores de generación, pero esta fuente de energía precisa diésel y fueloil importado, pero la presión de EE.UU. obligó a pararlos por falta de materia prima.
El 20 % restante del mix energético cubano se obtiene de gas y fuentes renovables, especialmente con el reciente impulso a la solar con apoyo chino.
Cuba precisa unos 100.000 barriles de petróleo diarios para cubrir sus necesidades energéticas, de los que 40.000 provienen de su producción nacional.
Expertos independientes indicaron que la crisis energética cubana responde a una combinación de infrafinanciación crónica del sector, un sistema energético obsoleto, y el cerco petrolero de Washington.
Diversos estudios independientes estiman que harían falta entre 8.000 y 10.000 millones de dólares para reflotar el sistema energético cubano.
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