El estallido de un paquete bomba en la entrada de un edificio residencial de Mónaco dejó tres personas heridas de gravedad, entre ellas el empresario ucraniano Vadim Irmolaiev, según informaron medios franceses y ucranianos, mientras las autoridades del principado y de Francia buscan al presunto autor, que cruzó la frontera francesa tras el ataque. El hecho ocurrió el lunes por la noche cerca del límite entre ambos países y las autoridades investigan el móvil del atentado.

La explosión se produjo alrededor de las 21:00 hora local (19:00 GMT) en el vestíbulo de un edificio situado cerca de la frontera con Francia. El gobierno monegasco informó inicialmente que dos adultos, una pareja de entre 50 y 60 años, sufrieron heridas graves y que un adolescente de 13 años también resultó lesionado, aunque en un primer momento no reveló la identidad de las víctimas.

Más tarde, una fuente cercana a la investigación confirmó a AFP una información difundida por la cadena BFMTV según la cual uno de los heridos es Vadim Irmolaiev, un magnate ucraniano de la construcción que reside en Mónaco. La identidad de las víctimas, sin embargo, todavía no recibió confirmación oficial por parte de las autoridades del principado.

El ministro de Estado de Mónaco, Christophe Mirmand, informó que el sospechoso escapó a pie hacia Francia después de la explosión. Según explicó, las cámaras de videovigilancia permitieron identificar su recorrido tanto en Mónaco como en la localidad francesa de Beausoleil, situada junto al principado.

Las fuerzas de seguridad de ambos países participan en el operativo para localizar al presunto responsable. Un funcionario de la Policía Nacional francesa confirmó que las autoridades francesas colaboran con la investigación y mantienen la búsqueda del sospechoso, aunque evitó ofrecer detalles adicionales sobre el caso.

El fiscal general de Mónaco, Stéphane Thibault, explicó a la AFP que el artefacto explosivo se encontraba dentro de una bolsa o paquete que una persona dejó en el vestíbulo del edificio antes de retirarse del lugar.

En un mensaje publicado en la red social X, el gobierno monegasco señaló: “Esta noche, poco antes de las 21H00, se escuchó en el Principado una violenta explosión relacionada con un paquete bomba, no muy lejos de la Place des Moulins”.

Mirmand calificó el episodio como un hecho sin precedentes para el país. “Es la primera vez en la historia, que yo sepa, que se produce un acto de este tipo en el Principado”, afirmó durante una comparecencia ante la prensa.

Tras el atentado, las autoridades reforzaron el dispositivo de seguridad en el microestado, que ya cuenta con una importante presencia policial. Mirmand indicó que todos los servicios del Estado permanecen movilizados mientras continúa la investigación para determinar el motivo del ataque.

Los tres heridos fueron trasladados a hospitales de la ciudad francesa de Niza, ubicada a unos 20 kilómetros de Mónaco, donde recibieron atención médica.

El príncipe Alberto II de Mónaco condenó el atentado mediante un comunicado oficial y expresó el respaldo de las instituciones del principado a la investigación. El jefe de Estado calificó el episodio como “un crimen atroz” y sostuvo que representa “un golpe para toda la comunidad monegasca”.

Además, el soberano reafirmó la prioridad que el país asigna a la seguridad y aseguró que “la seguridad” del microestado europeo “siempre ha sido una prioridad” y “lo seguirá siendo más que nunca, sean cuales sean las amenazas”.

El ministro Mirmand también confirmó que el fiscal general Stéphane Thibault ofrecerá una rueda de prensa para informar sobre el avance de las investigaciones y las actuaciones judiciales.

Medios franceses y el sitio ucraniano Ukrainska Pravda identificaron al empresario herido como Vadim Irmolaiev, quien desde diciembre de 2023 figura bajo sanciones impuestas por el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad de Ucrania mediante una decisión promulgada por el presidente Volodimir Zelensky.

Según diversos medios que citan a los servicios de seguridad ucranianos, esas sanciones responden a la decisión del multimillonario de mantener actividades vinculadas al comercio de alcohol en la península de Crimea, territorio bajo ocupación rusa.

Las autoridades de Mónaco señalaron que la investigación continúa abierta para establecer el motivo del ataque y determinar la responsabilidad del autor, mientras los equipos de seguridad de Mónaco y Francia mantienen el operativo de búsqueda del sospechoso.

(Con información de AP y EFE)

Lindsay James, a state legislator and Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa, missed over half of her votes in the state’s House of Representatives this past year, records show.

In 2026, James missed 177 of 342 votes, according to the legislature’s records, accounting for 51.7% of the whole.

The absences clash with assurances James made about how her campaign might impact her legislative duties and has opened her up to Republican-led criticisms that she has prioritized her potential role instead of the one she has now.

«Lindsay James promised Iowans that campaigning wouldn’t distract her from the job she was elected to do. That didn’t last long,» Emily Tuttle, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said.

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«James chose her own political ambitions over showing up for work, proving that when given the choice between serving constituents and serving herself, she puts herself first,» Tuttle continued.

James’ campaign said that she has a track record of representing constituents well.

«Lindsay has always fought for Iowa families, taking on corporate greed and predatory landlords and writing the bill to cap the cost of insulin,» Jackson Smith, a spokesperson for the campaign, said in a statement to Fox. 

«While Lindsay listens to and works for the Iowans making impossible economic choices caused by Joe Mitchell and his Washington allies, Mitchell has been using his campaign cash to party with Washington insiders and will be a rubber stamp for the policies raising Iowa families’ costs,» Smith said, referring to Joe Mitchell, a former state representative and a Republican candidate for the seat.

At the outset of her campaign, James told viewers in an interview that she would continue to prioritize her work in the House of Representatives despite intentions to campaign «full-time.»

«Full-time campaigning and, of course, fulfilling my important work in the Iowa legislature,» James said when asked whether she would also continue working as a minister.

«You know me, I have a pretty strong work ethic at the capitol, early, very late, providing for my constituents. That will never stop. That’s just who I am and how I’m wired,» James said.

Even so, James, who first joined the Iowa House in 2019, has missed several key votes in the chamber.

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The Iowa State Capitol building is seen in Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 9, 2019, ahead of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses scheduled for Feb. 3, 2020. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Instead of voting on a bill to limit screen time for students in schools, she held a campaign event in Cedar Rapids on April 20, roughly two hours from Des Moines.

Just ten days later, James also missed a vote on whether to make animal torture a felony on April 30 to host a meet-and-greet at a brewery in Decorah, Iowa.

In a third case, she also skipped the chamber’s consideration of whether to lower property taxes in order to host another candidate activity in Dubuque — a three-hour drive from the capitol.

James recently won a Democratic primary earlier this month as she wages a campaign to fill the seat currently held by Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa.

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Rep. Ashley Hinson speaks to guests during her Ashley’s BBQ Bash fundraiser in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Aug. 23, 2025. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Hinson, who has represented the district since 2021, announced she would not seek reelection as she pursues a Senate seat to replace outgoing Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

President Donald Trump on Monday blasted a Supreme Court opinion upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.

The ruling in Watson v. RNC pitted Trump against some of the justices he appointed and dealt a blow to his push for stricter election rules by upholding Mississippi’s practice of counting late-arriving mail-in ballots. The decision also prompted a rebuke from one of the Republican senators Trump singled out in a scathing response, after the senator noted he already supports legislation requiring ballots to be received by Election Day.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, rebuked Republicans’ arguments in the case, writing that as long as Election Day is the statutorily required date on which a vote is submitted and that «election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt.»

Trump fired back hours later on Truth Social, calling the case a «tremendous loss» for voters’ rights and saying the ruling means Congress must moot it immediately by passing the SAVE America Act.

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The bill, led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, in the House and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate, would require nationwide voter ID and essentially ban no-excuse mail-in balloting.

«It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE America Act,» he said.

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«There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements,» he said, citing voter-ID, proof-of-citizenship, and only distributing mail-in ballots to military members, the sick and disabled and those voters traveling away from their home precinct on Election Day.

«There is only one reason to oppose — cheating,» he said, adding that the House approved the SAVE Act in three different iterations.

«In a time when there is a powerful Communist movement taking place in our country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or Sept. 11, all Dumocrats (sic) and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to save our country.»

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People with signs supporting the SAVE act at Upper Senate Park. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Senate leaders John Thune, R-S.D., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as well as each of the senators Trump mentioned.

Cassidy incredulously replied that the president may need to fact-check his missive, as the Louisiana Republican is a co-sponsor of the SAVE Act.

«I don’t know which staffer misled you, but thank you for your attention to this matter,» Cassidy said, mimicking Trump’s signature statement-closer.

Trump and Cassidy have sparred in other respects, but the two appear in agreement on the bill’s contents. However, Cassidy added that it is «irresponsible» to postpone a now-paused Housing bill signing until the SAVE Act is passed because people deserve «relief… for the high cost of housing.»

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Thune’s office declined further comment, while McConnell’s acknowledged receipt and said the former majority leader would share any comment if he has one in the interim.

While Trump grouped all Democrats in opposition, one maverick member of the minority has signaled he would support a pared-down version that would require voter ID.

«If the GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE,» Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said in a recent statement.

«Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote. Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail.»

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If the Senate were to approve the House-passed version of the SAVE Act, it could upend or at least moot parts of the Supreme Court’s Watson decision.

Calls for the SAVE America Act’s passage mounted in the weeks before the decision as critics pointed to California’s ballot tabulation process after actor Spencer Pratt was overtaken by socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman, D-Los Feliz, and eliminated from the runoff. Critics also cited the slow pace at which Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton were declared general election candidates for governor after a crowded primary.