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Inside the House GOP’s 4-week battle plan to save its majority

FIRST ON FOX: House GOP leaders are quietly laying their battle plans for the final month ahead of the November midterm elections.
A new memo being sent to Republicans across the country, first obtained by Digital, reveals four key topics that the House GOP is focusing on in the final four weeks before the election: the border, fraudulent use of taxpayer dollars, the economy, and public safety.
«I think these are the points that the voters actually care most about,» House GOP Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., who leads Republicans’ messaging strategy, told Digital. «[Democrats] want open borders. They want to defund the police, they want to take more money out of your pocket and give it to somebody else. They believe in bigger government. We believe in people… So those are the things that we’re really hammering home during this election.»
It comes as Republicans fight an uphill battle to keep control of Congress for the latter half of President Donald Trump’s final term.
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A recent poll found Democrats have a wider path to victory than Republicans in the House. Democrats are projected to win 215 seats compared to 201 for the GOP, meaning the left only needs three more victories out of the 19 possible toss-up races to clinch a majority. Republicans would need to win at least 17 of those races.
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Republicans are also seeing political opportunity in the far-left insurgency that’s gripped the Democratic Party during its primary cycle, warning that socialists are pushing the party further left than the majority of Americans.
On the economy, which is a focus of week two in the GOP memo, Republican incumbents and candidates are encouraged to talk about «putting more money back in Americans’ pockets and creating more opportunities to get ahead through hard work, ownership, and economic freedom.»
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The economy, including high grocery and gas prices, has become a central issue in the 2026 election cycle.
Democrats have seized on Americans’ struggle with cost-of-living as a political cudgel against Republicans, particularly using Trump’s tariffs on allies like Canada and his war in Iran as arguments against the GOP.
McClain acknowledged Americans’ concerns, urging Republicans to be forthright with their voters but warning that Democrats’ high-tax policies would worsen the situation. She also pointed to the low poverty rate and Trump’s new trade deals as positives the GOP could highlight.
«What we’re not going to do is gaslight the American people, right? That’s what the Democrats did, and it didn’t work well for them,» she said, referencing former President Joe Biden’s handling of high inflation during his term. «But you have to take a look at the alternative. The alternative is absolutely terrifying.»
«We had a massive hole that we were digging out of under Biden. We have more work to do, of course we do, but do you want our trajectory, or do you want to go back to 9% inflation, open borders, and, and higher taxes? Because I tell everybody, every single Democrat voted to raise your taxes. They want more of your money.»
She echoed Trump’s assurances that gas prices would drop when the conflict with Iran ended, adding, «We also don’t want the number one state sponsor of terror to have a nuclear weapon, and we have to protect Americans from that.»
Meanwhile, Trump’s polling is underwater, with the most recent survey from mid-September finding his disapproval rating at 61%. Trump’s favorability remains a high 79% with Republican voters, however, meaning the GOP could still prevail by turning out the base on Nov. 3.
One of the most decisive issues of his 2024 victory proved to be illegal immigration and the border, a fervor Republicans are hoping they can harness again come November.
The memo encouraged Republicans to discuss «protecting America by stopping illegal immigration, enforcing our laws, and knowing who is entering the country.»
McClain pointed to policies promoted by far-left Democrats like abolishing police — and some mainstream Democrats’ backing of sanctuary jurisdictions — as a contrast point for the election, while arguing Republicans were still supportive of legal immigration.
«They tell you they want to defund the police. They tell you they want sanctuary cities. These are their words, not mine. These are the policies… they want,» McClain said. «The Republicans, we want immigration, we believe in immigration, but we want people to come in the right way, and we darn sure want to make sure we know who’s coming across.»
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Iran vows ‘we will find you’ to 2 US Navy officers the day warship returns from Middle East

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Iran’s embassy in South Africa threatened two U.S. Navy officers with a «We will find you» message online as their warship returned to San Diego on Friday after a historic 357-day deployment that included combat against Iranian forces.
The warning, posted on X on Nov. 13 alongside images identifying the USS Spruance’s commanding officer and executive officer, prompted a regional expert to warn that Iran’s public targeting of American service members should set off alarm bells in Washington.
The embassy identified Cmdr. Leigh R. Tate, commanding officer of the Spruance, and Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey E. York, the ship’s executive officer.
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«We will find you,» the embassy wrote on X.
The embassy had previously singled out the officers in a March 28 post accusing them of ordering Tomahawk missile launches that killed 168 children at an elementary school in Minab, Iran.
«Remember these two criminals,» the earlier post began. «Don’t they have children of their own?» the embassy asked at the time.
Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned that the rhetoric coming out of Tehran should be taken seriously given Iran’s history of plotting attacks against American officials.
«This should be setting off alarm bells in Washington, in the White House, the Pentagon, and even within CENTCOM,» Taleblu told Fox News Digital. «The Islamic Republic has literally identified personnel that they allege are involved in strikes against the regime, and they’re talking about retribution.»
«If indeed there is any plot to go after these individuals, it is critical they’re detected, they are disrupted, they are defeated,» Taleblu warned.
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury. (U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS)
The threat from Iran came a day after President Donald Trump warned Tehran against assassinating senior American officials.
During a Nov. 12 interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump was asked what would happen if Iran killed a senior U.S. official.
«They will not exist very long, any longer,» Trump responded.
His warning also followed reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had relocated from his Washington-area residence to a military base amid Iranian threats against his life.
Bessent confirmed the move during a Friday interview on CNBC, saying he was following Secret Service instructions.
«Why am I going to be afraid when the brave military personnel in the Gulf, President Trump, constantly receive death threats?» Bessent asked.
Bessent described Iran as behaving «like a dangerous cornered animal» and insisted the threats would not derail the administration’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gestures while speaking at the U.S.-China Relations Gala Dinner on Nov. 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior White House official Stephen Miller have also reportedly moved into military or other protected housing amid security concerns.
In another post on X, the Iranian embassy in South Africa went on to mock senior administration officials over their security arrangements.
«Rubio, Bessent, Hegseth, and other U.S. officials live in constant fear, haunted by the crimes committed, and now confined to military bunkers for their own protection,» the embassy wrote, suggesting they should occasionally appear in public.
The threats come as federal authorities have announced developments in alleged Iranian-backed plots targeting Americans.
On Nov. 10, the FBI added Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operative Shahram Poursafi to its Most Wanted Terrorists list over an alleged assassination plot targeting former senior U.S. officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton.
That same day, the Justice Department announced terrorism charges against three men accused of involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States, including an alleged plot targeting a British air base housing American forces.
The developments followed an Oct. 23 U.S. intelligence warning that Iranian efforts to target American personnel abroad had substantially increased, with some plots reaching advanced stages.
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer departed San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025, alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. Its deployment was extended as American forces conducted Operation Epic Fury against Iran. (Sandy HUFFAKER / AFP via Getty Images)
The embassy’s warning coincided with the Spruance’s return to Naval Base San Diego on Nov. 13, ending the longest deployment by a U.S. Navy destroyer since World War II.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer departed San Diego on Nov. 21, 2025, alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. Its deployment was extended as American forces conducted Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
The Spruance traveled more than 88,000 nautical miles during the deployment and launched dozens of Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles against Iranian military targets between February and August 2026, according to a statement released by the Navy.
The ship also destroyed 12 unmanned aerial vehicles and four anti-ship cruise missiles while operating under persistent threats from Iranian drones and missiles.
«Spruance, in particular, as the alternate air defense commander was, I would say, instrumental in defending the carrier, defending the force from those inbound threats,» Tate said Friday in the statement.
CENTCOM COMMANDER TOUTS USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN MENTAL HEALTH RECORD AFTER MORE THAN 260 DAYS WITHOUT PORT CALL

The destroyer also participated in the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. In April, it intercepted the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska after the ship failed to comply with repeated American warnings. (CENTCOM/Handout via REUTERS )
The destroyer also participated in the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. In April, it intercepted the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska after the ship failed to comply with repeated American warnings.
U.S. Central Command said at the time that the Spruance ordered the vessel’s engine room evacuated before firing rounds that disabled the ship.
Tate called commanding the ship during the extended deployment an «honor of a lifetime.»
«Spruance sailors made a difference,» Tate also said in a statement Friday. «They represented their families, their ship and the United States Navy with distinction.»
Meanwhile, Iranian officials have also been threatening U.S. military installations overseas.
On Nov. 11, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran could strike American bases in Europe if the United States resumed attacks on Iran.
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Mohsen Rezaei was named secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. A foremr Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general and member of the Expediency Discernment Council, as well as the secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination and the Iranian government’s Economic Committee, attends a ceremony at Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s shrine in southern Tehran, Iran, on June 4, 2026. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)
«If the Americans make a mistake and attack us, we will not limit ourselves to nearby bases,» Rezaei told Al Mayadeen.
Taleblu described the embassy’s latest statements as part of an escalating pattern of threats against American personnel.
«This is an escalation of the course that we’ve been on,» he said, pointing to threatening rhetoric from Iranian diplomatic accounts and hard-line commentators during and after the war.
«So this is basically incitement and invective from the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism, one which unfortunately has a track record of carrying these things out, even with a delay.»
He pointed to threats against U.S. military personnel following the accidental American shootdown of an Iranian civilian airliner in 1988.
«Something like this is not unprecedented in the 47-year shadow war between the Islamic Republic and America,» Taleblu said, warning that the conflict has increasingly moved from covert operations into open warfare and increasing public threats on social media.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Pentagon and the White House for comment.
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White House calls DC policies ‘insanity’ after 19-year-old gunman gets probation in shooting

EXCLUSIVE – A 19-year-old who authorities say fired more than 20 rounds into a Washington, D.C., neighborhood and wounded a boy playing basketball has been released on probation, prompting the White House to denounce the city’s sentencing policies as «insanity.»
Prosecutors wanted Darius Drew behind bars for five years. Instead, a judge suspended a two-year prison sentence and ordered 18 months of supervised probation under the Youth Rehabilitation Act, a D.C. law U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had previously urged lawmakers to overhaul.
«The case illustrates the insanity of Washington, D.C.’s soft-on-crime policies that allow adults to receive just a slap on the wrist for dangerous crimes like firing twenty rounds of ammunition into the community,» White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Digital.
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«It is remarkable that even with these types of radical policies in place, President Trump’s Safe and Beautiful Task Force has been able to drive down violent crime in our nation’s capital,» Bis added.
Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro granted Drew sentencing treatment under the Youth Rehabilitation Act over the government’s objection, according to federal prosecutors. Drew pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to aggravated assault and carrying a pistol without a license.
CHAOTIC TEEN BRAWL GOES VIRAL AFTER TEEN TERROR PROMPTS US ATTORNEY PIRRO’S PLAN TO PROSECUTE PARENTS
He was released Friday after spending nearly six months in custody following his May 22 arrest. Prosecutors opposed his release as well as the use of the youth sentencing law.
The gunfire that put him there came from two locations in a Northwest Washington neighborhood, according to the government’s evidence.
MARYLAND MAN ACCUSED OF GIRL’S FATAL SHOOTING RELEASED FROM PRISON DAYS BEFORE
On May 11, Drew rode a Lime bike into an alley before surveillance video captured him firing at a parked car, prosecutors said. The ShotSpotter gunfire detection system registered 10 shots.
Seconds later, Drew fired toward a nearby house. A boy playing basketball at a recreation center was struck in the leg.
By the time the shooting stopped, Drew had fired more than 20 rounds into the community, prosecutors said. Investigators later found two firearms, ammunition and large amounts of suspected narcotics and marijuana at his home.
REPEAT OFFENDER ACCUSED OF SHOOTING NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER HAS LENGTHY HISTORY WITH THE LAW, RECORDS SHOW
The probation ruling echoes a warning Pirro delivered to the D.C. Council more than a year earlier. In an Aug. 6, 2025, letter, she urged lawmakers to overhaul the Youth Rehabilitation Act, citing a separate case in which another 19-year-old received probation after shooting someone in the chest aboard a Metrobus.
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The law, which the D.C. Council expanded in 2018, allows eligible offenders who committed crimes before turning 25 to receive sentences below otherwise applicable mandatory minimums and potentially have their convictions set aside, Pirro wrote. Murder and the most serious sexual abuse offenses are excluded.
In that separate case described in the 2025 letter, the 19-year-old pleaded guilty to two offenses carrying five-year mandatory minimums but received probation after four months in jail awaiting trial, according to Pirro’s letter.
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«This sentence was a legal sentence only because he was sentenced under the YRA,» she wrote.
Pirro argued the law needed changes to balance rehabilitation with accountability. Her office said 96% of defendants younger than 25 who received felony sentences in D.C. Superior Court from 2022 through 2024 were eligible for sentencing under the act.
FBI REPORTS 114% JUMP IN VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS UNDER TRUMP COMPARED TO BIDEN’S FINAL MONTHS
The White House pointed to Trump’s Safe and Beautiful Task Force as its response to crime in the capital, saying the operation has made more than 19,000 arrests, including those of murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers and other violent criminals.
Digital reached out to the D.C. Council and Judge Di Toro’s office for comment.
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Finalizó el Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata: todos los ganadores de una edición que reunió a 75 mil espectadores

La 41.ª edición 2026 del Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata concluyó tras diez jornadas con The Night Arezou Disappeared, de Arian Vazirdaftari, como mejor largometraje internacional y una asistencia de 75.000 espectadores.
El único encuentro cinematográfico Clase A de América Latina reunió 235 títulos de 52 países en 500 funciones, además de más de 20 actividades especiales, 1.900 acreditados y 200 voluntarios. Antes de la apertura ya se habían vendido 30.000 entradas y se habían agotado 40 proyecciones, informaron desde la organización.
Realizado por el Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales y el Ente Municipal de Turismo y Cultura del Partido de General Pueyrredon, el festival convocó a directores, realizadores, productores, guionistas, profesionales de la industria audiovisual y público de Mar del Plata y de otras ciudades del país.
Caballo salvaje nueve, de Martin McDonagh, inauguró la programación, mientras que Borges y yo, de Marc Turtletaub, fue la película elegida para la clausura. La dirección artística estuvo a cargo de Jorge Stamadianos y Gabriel Lerman.

Los principales premios de las competencias oficiales
Arian Vazirdaftari obtuvo el Astor Piazzolla al mejor largometraje y a la mejor dirección por The Night Arezou Disappeared. El Premio Especial del Jurado fue para A Professora de Francês, de Ricardo Alves Jr.
Andrew Scott recibió el reconocimiento a la mejor interpretación masculina por Elsinore, dirigida por Simon Stone, y Grace Passô fue distinguida como mejor intérprete femenina por A Professora de Francês. El premio al mejor guion quedó en manos de Muriel d’Ansembourg por Truly Naked.
La competencia latinoamericana premió a El Pez que Fuma, de Luis Fernández, como mejor largometraje. En la sección argentina, Cebar, Frenar, Llorar, de Gerardo Tassan, obtuvo el Astor Piazzolla a la mejor película, mientras que Gustavo Postiglione fue reconocido por la dirección de Chejov en Rosario.

Dernier Printemps, de Mathilde Bédouet, fue elegido mejor cortometraje internacional. El premio al mejor corto latinoamericano correspondió a Faces, de Andrés Molano, y Teatro in Inglish, de Marina Ilari, ganó en la competencia argentina.
El Astor Piazzolla al mejor trabajo en proceso fue para El Tormento, de Mariano Cócolo. El público eligió a Elsinore como mejor largometraje de la competencia internacional.
Las menciones especiales alcanzaron a Marietta Subong por 2 Valid Ids, de Ma-an L. Asuncion-Dagñalan; PLEASE, de Anna Mantzaris; Narciso, de Marcelo Martinessi; Paulina García por Amor es el monstruo, de Neto Villalobos Brenes; Carrinho, de Oriol Barberá; Natalia Santiago por Todavía no es Mañana, de Victoria Meza, y Cotillón París, de Adriano Salgado.
Premios independientes y apoyos a la producción
El Premio SIGNIS, de la Asociación Católica Mundial para la Comunicación, reconoció a Children Untold, de Miwa Nishikawa, por su relato sobre una niña huérfana en el Tokio de la posguerra, atravesado por la supervivencia, la fe y la fortaleza ante la desolación y el individualismo.

La Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de Argentina entregó una mención especial a Fuego amigo, dirigida por Alejandro Magnone, por su mirada sobre la Guerra de Malvinas. También premió a Cebar, Frenar, Llorar, cuya historia plantea un dilema moral construido desde el suspenso.
El premio de la Reunión Especializada de Autoridades Cinematográficas y Audiovisuales del Mercosur fue para Surcromía, de Luis Paris. La misma obra compartió, junto con Las esclavas, de Andrés H. Denegri, el galardón del Fondo Nacional de las Artes al mejor cortometraje argentino.
La Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Cine y Periodistas Cinematográficos distinguió a A Professora de Francês. El premio La Mujer y el Cine fue para Perfume, de Lucía Ruiz y Andrea Testa, documental que recupera materiales de archivo sobre la música María Gabriela Epumer.
Entre los reconocimientos de las empresas patrocinadoras, El Tormento recibió los premios Cinecolor y El Cono del Silencio, destinados a servicios de posproducción de imagen y sonido. El Pez que Fuma obtuvo el premio Alta Definición, que contempla servicios de posproducción 4K.

Banco Galicia otorgó $ 10.500.000 a El Pez que Fuma y a Cebar, Frenar, Llorar, como mejores largometrajes latinoamericano y argentino. El Tormento recibió $ 8.400.000, mientras que Dernier Printemps y Teatro in Inglish fueron premiados con $ 2.800.000 cada uno.
Formación, patrimonio y presencia internacional
Las actividades de formación tuvieron una participación central durante el encuentro. VS Tech organizó 21 conferencias, paneles, talleres y clases magistrales, mientras que VS Tech Lab convocó a más de 400 estudiantes de cine y audiovisual de todo el país.
El programa INCAA Impulsa 2026, desarrollado junto a Málaga Procultura, reunió a 20 finalistas que presentaron sus proyectos. Cinco de ellos participarán en el Hack Málaga 2027.

El festival presentó la segunda edición de Perlas, dedicada a obras destacadas de festivales nacionales y a la producción audiovisual de distintas provincias. El INCAA también relanzó el portal Argentina Film Commission, que reúne locaciones, incentivos y herramientas para producciones nacionales e internacionales.
El Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales firmó además un convenio con el Archivo General de la Nación para crear una sede de la Cinemateca del INCAA. El espacio reunirá los archivos fílmicos de ambas instituciones en un edificio estatal destinado a preservar el patrimonio audiovisual argentino bajo estándares internacionales.
Luis Alberto Scalella, presidente de la Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Productores Cinematográficos, participó junto con Jiao Hongfen, vicepresidente de la entidad y presidente de la China Film Producers’ Association, además de una delegación de la industria cinematográfica china.

El presidente del INCAA, Carlos Pirovano, sostuvo: “El futuro del cine ya está ocupando su lugar. Esta edición nos permitió ver cómo el legado de quienes construyeron nuestra cinematografía se encuentra con el talento, la energía y las nuevas miradas de las generaciones que vienen”.
El presidente del EmturyC, Diego Juarez, afirmó: “Mar del Plata se hizo cargo y creo que fue un verdadero éxito. La ciudad volvió a demostrar lo importante que es tener eventos de esta magnitud”.
Natalia Oreiro, Emilio Kauderer y Alejandro Agresti recibieron los Astor Piazzolla a la trayectoria. Kauderer fue homenajeado el 19 de octubre en el Palacio Libertad; Oreiro, el 6 de noviembre en el Teatro Colón, y Agresti, el 12 de noviembre en la misma sala.
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