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Jasmine Crockett sets sights on top Democratic seat on Oversight Committee: reports

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is looking for support from fellow Democrats with her eyes on a possible run for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight Committee, according to reports.
Although Semafor first reported about Crockett’s plans, Politico also reported that two people familiar with the matter claim the congresswoman has been making calls, sending text messages and having conversations on the floor in search of support for her quest to take the seat held by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
Connolly is reportedly planning to step aside as he fights a resurgence of esophageal cancer, though he has not made an official announcement, Politico reported.
Still, Crockett reportedly told her colleagues she is «made for the moment,» the sources told the publication, referring to the Democratic Party’s desire to resist President Donald Trump in a more forceful way.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight meeting (Screenshot/House Judiciary GOP)
Crockett did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Politico reported that Crockett told the outlet in a text message that even though a vacancy does not currently exist, «knowing that Rep Connolly doesn’t plan to seek re-election & knowing that our oversight powers are broad, I’m ready to shine a light on the very dark things taking place in our country under this administration.»
Crockett, a first-term progressive, has made headlines for several controversial comments this year.
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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during the «We Choose To Fight: Nobody Elected Elon» rally at the U.S. Treasury Feb. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)
Her most recent comments came this week as she expressed sympathy for countries that may be affected by mass deportations from the U.S. after remaining largely silent on millions of migrants pouring into the country under the Biden administration.
«As far as I’m concerned, you randomly kidnapping folk and you throwing them out of the country against their civil rights, against their constitutional rights,» Crockett said in a video posted to her Instagram page, which has 1.3 million followers.
«And, frankly, how would they feel if some other country decided that they were gonna just start throwing people randomly in our country? Like that is absolutely insane.»
Crockett lambasted Republicans who had voted down an amendment to a massive budget bill being hammered out by lawmakers that aims to clarify that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot detain or deport U.S. citizens under any circumstances.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during a Subcommittee on Delivering On Government Efficiency hearing Feb. 26 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Republicans’ actions incensed Crockett, who cited a case last week when a U.S. citizen child was deported with her noncitizen mother. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the child and her siblings were deported because their mothers are not citizens and wanted to take them with them back to Honduras.
Crockett made the comments alongside Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who also panned Republicans.
«Literally they just voted, they being the other ones, not us, because we were all on the right side of history,» Crockett said. «They just voted to give Trump the legal ability to deport U.S. citizens. That is what they voted for. A bunch of elected U.S. representatives, that is how they voted, Am I telling a lie Eric or not?»
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She also made news in March after she called her fellow Texan, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, «Governor Hot Wheels.» She later claimed her words were misunderstood.
Crockett continues her viral media streak with incendiary comments aimed at those on the other side of the aisle, including saying DOGE head Elon Musk should be «taken down» and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, should be «knocked over the head, like, hard.»
Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, Rachel del Guidice, Elizabeth Elkind and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Republican senators move to block Somalia terror funding until allies pay ‘fair share’

FIRST ON FOX : Fox News Digital has learned that the U.S. could withhold funding for the war against Islamist terror in Somalia until Europe, the African Union (A.U.) and the United Nations (U.N.) pay more of their «fair» share toward the cost of striking out and keeping the peace in the conflict-torn country.
These plans to «prohibit» the use of U.S. funds are key details, shown first to Fox News Digital, of a new bill to be introduced by three prominent Republican senators.
In line with President Donald Trump’s administration’s widespread moves to tighten fiscal controls in the U.S. and overseas, Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., are to introduce «the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Funding Restriction Act of 2025.»
This is «to safeguard U.S. taxpayer funds and hold the U.N. and A.U. accountable in African peace operations,» Risch told Fox News Digital.
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Al-Shabab terrorists conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha neighborhood of Somalia on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/ Farah Abdi Warsameh, file)
The bill also seeks to mandate the U.S. to oppose any U.N. Security Council action which enables such funding.
The East African country of Somalia has been wracked for decades by attacks and insurgency from Islamist terrorists, both from ISIS and the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab. In just the past five weeks, U.S. Africa Command reported that it has carried out four airstrikes; three against ISIS terrorists and one against al-Shabaab. At least one of these strikes, the command stated, was against multiple targets.
Chairman Risch told Fox News Digital, «The Trump Administration has taken decisive action to counterterrorist groups across Africa, and I’m very supportive.»
However, officials from the European Union, according to Risch, plan to skew payments for the AUSSOM peacekeeping and stablization operation more toward the U.S.; in other words, make the U.S. pay more than it should, he said.
«At the U.N., our European partners are looking to skirt their financial commitments to AUSSOM in Somalia by switching to a new imbalanced funding mechanism that pushes the burden on Americans,» he stated.
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on April 26, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)
«We can’t let that stand,» Risch continued. «This bill will prohibit U.S. contributions to AUSSOM under this new funding scheme, until the A.U. and the U.N. can prove that they are using the funds they have responsibly, and prevent Americans from being locked into perpetually funding a broken system.»
Risch said, «President Trump has ushered in a new era of American foreign policy where American taxpayer dollars will be used only to secure a safe and prosperous America. For far too long, our allies have taken America for a ride, and profited off of America paying the lion’s share for global security. Europe must continue to shoulder this burden.»
The other two senators sponsoring the bill, Cruz and Scott, also serve on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The U.N. headquarters in New York City. (iStock)
Scott told Fox News Digital, «The United States will not allow our tax dollars to be exploited by the U.N. while our partners refuse to pay their fair share, much less for a mission that fails to spend these dollars responsibly or transparently. I am proud to join my colleagues on the AUSSOM Funding Restriction Act to ensure Americans’ interests are put first, and their tax dollars spent wisely.»
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The specific aims of the bill that have been shown to Fox News Digital are:
- Protect U.S. Taxpayer Funds: Prohibit U.S. financial contributions to AUSSOM under UNSCR 2719 and mandate U.S. opposition to any U.N. Security Council action enabling such funding.
- Ensure Rigorous Oversight: Require the Secretary of State to conduct annual, independent assessments of the A.U.’s compliance with UNSCR 2719 criteria for all A.U.-led peace operations.
- Enhance Transparency and Accountability: Mandate comprehensive reporting to Congress on the assessment findings, AUSSOM’s performance and funding, and any U.S. contributions under UNSCR 2719.
- Strengthen Congressional Consultation: Expand existing State Department briefings to include specific updates on A.U. peace operations funded under UNSCR 2719.
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Se resolvió el misterio de la momia hallada en una iglesia y su asombroso método de embalsamamiento

Los investigadores han desentrañado detalles importantes sobre la momia conocida como el “capellán secando al aire”, un sacerdote del siglo XVIII preservado de manera excepcional en la cripta de la iglesia de St. Thomas am Blasenstein, en Austria.
Este fascinante hallazgo, que había sido objeto de especulación y rumor por más de dos siglos -ya que los primeros documentos datan del 1850-, fue examinado en profundidad tras una intervención motivada por una fuga de agua en la cripta, según informó CNN.
El equipo de expertos utilizó análisis avanzados como tomografías computarizadas, datación por radiocarbono y análisis químicos para desvelar los métodos de embalsamamiento empleados, así como detalles sobre la vida, salud y muerte del sacerdote.
Los estudios determinaron que el cadáver pertenecía a Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg , un aristócrata que sirvió como vicario parroquial en la iglesia antes de su muerte en 1746, a los 37 años, según fechas obtenidas por datación de radiocarbono que sitúan su deceso entre 1734 y 1780.

Frontiers in Medicine, la revista en la que se publicó el estudio, explicó que la conservación asombrosa del cuerpo fue posible gracias a un método de embalsamamiento inusual.
“El abdomen fue rellenado a través del recto con astillas de madera, tela y una solución de cloruro de zinc, lo que absorbió los fluidos corporales y ralentizó la descomposición bacteriana”, indicó Andreas Nerlich, líder de la investigación y profesor de medicina de la Universidad Ludwig-Maximilians de Múnich.
Dentro del cuerpo, los investigadores encontraron una mezcla de materiales sorprendentes: madera de abeto, trozos de lino, cáñamo y textiles bordados. Según el análisis de las muestras, el cloruro de zinc actuó como agente desecante, mientras que otros componentes, como el lino, ayudaron a fijar el agua y contribuyeron al estado conservado del cuerpo.

“Este enfoque no tiene precedentes en la literatura científica y nos ofrece un cumplimiento de métodos de embalsamamiento menos convencionales que podrían haber sido utilizados en Europa en esa época”, afirmó Nerlich en declaraciones proporcionadas por National Geographic .
Además de los métodos aplicados para el embalsamamiento, los análisis isotópicos y químicos permitieron reconstruir algunos aspectos de la vida de Sidler.
“Una dieta rica en carne y cereales de alta calidad concuerda con las provisiones esperadas para un vicario parroquial del siglo XVIII”, señalan los autores del estudio. Sin embargo, durante los últimos meses de su vida, la composición isotópica indicó un posible deterioro en su salud o alimento limitado, posiblemente vinculado con la Guerra de Sucesión Austriaca, que estaba en curso en ese momento.

En el ámbito médico, los hallazgos mostraron que Sidler padeció tuberculosis pulmonar crónica, lo que dejó evidencias visibles en forma de calcificaciones y un pulmón derecho extendido que probablemente experimentó pleuritis.
Este diagnóstico se complementó con el descubrimiento de una quiste pulmonar y lesiones internas consistentes con infecciones activas. “La condición habría provocado una hemorragia pulmonar aguda, que muy probablemente fue la causa de su muerte”, concluyó Nerlich.
El estudio descartó rumores previos sobre un posible envenenamiento, los que se originaron hace más de dos décadas cuando las radiografías iniciales detectaron un cuerpo extraño en la cavidad pélvica.

Este objeto resultó ser una esfera de vidrio hueca con orificios, probablemente parte de un rosario o un bordado, que entró accidentalmente en el cuerpo durante el procedimiento de embalsamamiento. Esta pieza como un elemento común en el arte religioso del siglo XVIII, producida posiblemente en la región del cinturón industrial de vidrio de Europa Central.
El método de conservación destaca por ser completamente diferente a los métodos históricos registrados, como los utilizados en el antiguo Egipto, donde se practicaba la apertura del cuerpo para su tratamiento.
Según Nerlich: “Esta es la primera vez que se documenta el uso de una técnica tan peculiar para momificación, que incluía intervención únicamente a través del recto”. La práctica particular quizás buscaba simplicidad y rapidez, ante la posibilidad de trasladar el cuerpo al monasterio madre de Sidler, situado a 15 kilómetros de St. Thomas.

Como señaló Gino Caspari, arqueólogo y editor de “El libro de las momias”: “El análisis interdisciplinario de las momias nos permite explorar aspectos culturales, médicos y sociales de la historia”.
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