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Karine Jean-Pierre abandons Dems after years fiercely defending Biden policies

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Former Biden-era White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly left the Democratic Party in her rear-view mirror, announcing in June that she had become an Independent after spending more than two years as President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson and defender.
«Our country has become obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system. In her new book, timed for publication just one year after the 2024 election, Karine Jean-Pierre shares why Americans must begin to look beyond party lines and why she chose to embrace life as an Independent,» a press release announcing Jean-Pierre’s upcoming book, «Independent,» stated while revealing that the former spox had ditched the Democratic Party.
«Jean-Pierre didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly, she has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden. . . . She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden’s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision,» the press release continued.
Fox News Digital took a look back at Jean-Pierre’s history as press secretary – which spanned from May 13, 2022, until January 20, 2025 – including the most partisan stances and statements she made in defense of the administration as the immigration crisis spiraled to new highs, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the administration embraced transgender issues, and the White House’s heated rhetoric aimed at President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
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Former President Joe Biden, accompanied by former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre before she left the Democratic Party. ( (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
«We are not finishing a wall. We are cleaning up the mess that the prior administration made. We are trying to save lives. This is what the prior administration left behind that we are now cleaning up,» Jean-Pierre declared from the White House briefing room’s podium in July of 2022, as the Biden administration said it would not continue work on the Trump administration’s border wall.
«A border wall is an ineffective use of taxpayer dollars, so it’s ineffective,» she added.
Months later, as Title 42, a Trump-era policy that allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border because of health concerns was set to expire, Jean-Pierre argued, «It would be wrong to think that the border is open. It is not open.»
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Migrants attempting to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico are detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border on August 20, 2022, in San Luis, Arizona. (Nick Ut/Getty Images)
Critics at the time slammed the press secretary over the comment, calling the comment a «bold-faced lie» as migrants were seen coming across the border with little consequences.
The Biden administration was in power when the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision effectively ending the recognition of abortion as a constitutional right in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June of 2022, with Jean-Pierre calling the ruling «extreme.»
«When the Supreme Court made that extreme decision on Dobbs, it really put a lot of families and women’s lives at risk,» she said during a press conference in July of 2022.
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The Biden White House frequently celebrated LGBTQ holidays during its four years, including fiercely defending transgender issues and policies that the Trump administration has since ended.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
«Tomorrow is Trans Visibility Day,» Jean-Pierre said during a March 2023 press conference slamming Republicans who put forth legislation that aimed to keep biological boys out of girls’ sports and end transgender surgeries for minors. «On a day that we should be lifting up our trans kids and our trans youth and making sure that they feel seen, we’re seen more and more of these hateful, hateful bills.»
«We’ve been very clear about these anti-LGBTQ bills that we’re seeing in state legislatures across the country, in particular these anti-trans bills, as they attack trans kids, as they attack trans parents. It is shameful, and it is unacceptable,» she added.
In the months leading up to Election Day, Trump faced two separate assassination attempts, including one in Butler, Pennsylvania, during a campaign rally in July that left him with an injury to the side of his head after a bullet whizzed towards him, and another in September when a man attempted to kill Trump while he played golf in Florida.

President Trump survived an assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania in July. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
«It’s been only two days since somebody allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump again, and you’re here at the podium in the White House briefing room calling him a threat,» Fox News’ Peter Doocy pressed during a news conference in September of 2024. «How many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the president and the vice president and you pick a different word to describe Trump other than ‘threat’?»
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden had both repeatedly claimed that «Democracy is on the ballot» last year amid Trump’s re-election campaign. While the White House, Biden and Harris additionally described Trump as a «threat» to democracy, Fox Digital previously extensively reported.
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President Joe Biden speaks at an event just days before his administration ended. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Jean-Pierre exhaled in a sign of disapproval before answering: «Peter, if anything, from this administration, I actually completely disagree with the premise of your question, the question that you’re asking. It is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you are asking it, because American people are watching. And to say that, when you start bringing political rhetoric. . . . That is not okay.»
«There are people watching at home who might miss the part where you say, let’s lower the temperature. And there are mentally unstable people who are attempting to kill political candidates, attempting to kill Donald Trump. And they are still hearing this White House refer to him as a threat. Is there no concern?» Doocy continued in the press conference.
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«We’re using examples. We’re not just saying that just to say it,» Jean-Pierre responded.
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Las potencias nucleares modernizan su arsenal y le abren la puerta a una nueva carrera armamentista atómica

En medio de las guerras en curso entre Israel e Irán, Gaza y Ucrania, los principales países dotados de armas nucleares, en especial Estados Unidos y Rusia, modernizaron sus arsenales el año pasado y abrieron la vía a una nueva carrera armamentística atómica.
La advertencia fue hecha por el Instituto Internacional de Investigación para la Paz de Estocolmo (SIPRI).
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Las potencias nucleares, lideradas por Washington y Moscú, que representan alrededor del 90% de las reservas mundiales, emprendieron “la modernización de las armas existentes y agregan nuevas versiones” a su arsenal atómico, reveló el organismo en un comunicado.
Del inventario total estimado en enero pasado de 12.241 ojivas, unas 9614 se encontraban en arsenales militares para uso potencial; 3912 de ellas están desplegadas con misiles y aviones; y unas 2100, en estado de alerta máxima en misiles balísticos.
“El número de ojivas nucleares comienza a aumentar”
Desde el fin de la guerra fría, las antiguas ojivas por lo regular fueron desmanteladas más rápido que el despliegue de las nuevas. Esto llevó a una disminución de su número total en el mundo.
Pero esta tendencia puede invertirse en los próximos años.
El hongo nuclear que siguió tras la bomba de Hiroshima (Foto de archivo: AFP)
“Lo que constatamos hoy de antemano es que el número de ojivas nucleares operativas comienza a aumentar”, declaró Dan Smith, director del SIPRI.
China suma 100 nuevas ojivas cada año
Ese es el caso de China que, según los cálculos del instituto, posee unas 600 ojivas nucleares, tras agregar 100 nuevas cada año en 2023 y 2024.
“China aumenta con regularidad su fuerza nuclear”, dijo Smith. Es “posible que alcance 1000 ojivas de aquí a siete u ocho años”, agregó.
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A su vez, Rusia y Estados Unidos disponen de “vastos programas de modernización y reemplazo de sus ojivas nucleares”, indicó el informe.
El SIPRI recordó que el Tratado de Reducción de Armas Estratégicas (START III) expira en febrero de 2026. Además, alertó que, si no se alcanza un nuevo acuerdo bilateral, es probable un aumento del número de ojivas desplegadas.
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Reino Unido no habría aumentado su número de ojivas en 2024.
Sin embargo, prosiguió el reporte, dada la decisión tomada por Londres en 2021 de aumentar el límite del número de ojivas de 225 a 260, es probable que ese número aumente en el futuro.
Aunque el arsenal de Francia permanece estable en unas 290 ojivas, “su programa de modernización nuclear avanzó en 2024”.
Asia: el caso de India y Pakistán
En tanto, India y Pakistán, dos enemigos históricos, “siguieron desarrollando nuevos tipos de vectores de armas nucleares en 2024”.
A inicios de 2025, India disponía de una “reserva creciente” de unas 180 armas nucleares, mientras el arsenal pakistaní sigue estable en unas 170 ojivas.
El programa de armas nucleares de Corea del Norte está en “el corazón de su estrategia de seguridad nacional”, según el informe, que calcula en unas 50 ojivas su arsenal, que puede llegar a un total “de 90 ojivas” en un futuro.
Israel, un país nuclear no reconocido
Israel, que no reconoce la posesión de armas nucleares y enfrenta varios frentes de guerra con Irán y en Gaza en primer plano, también estaría modernizando su arsenal.
Según el SIPRI, su poderío atómico se estimaba en unas 90 ojivas a comienzos del año.
La nube con forma de hongo tras el impacto de la bomba atómica lanzada en Hiroshima el 6 de agosto de 1945 (Fuente: EFE).
La carrera armamentística nuclear que se avecina no sólo concierne “el número de ojivas”, advirtió Smith.
“Será altamente tecnológica” y tendrá lugar tanto “en el espacio como en el ciberespacio”, ya que los programas para controlar y guiar las armas nucleares serán también un sector competitivo, añade el experto.
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El rápido desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial jugará probablemente un papel, primero como complemento de los humanos.
“La siguiente etapa sería pasar a la automatización total. Ese es un paso que nunca se debe dar”, afirmó Smith.
(Con información de AFP y EFE)
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Seguidores de Evo Morales suspendieron los bloqueos de carreteras tras los violentos enfrentamientos que dejaron seis muertos en Bolivia

Los sectores afines al ex presidente de Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019) decidieron este domingo hacer una “pausa humanitaria” en los bloqueos de vías que sostienen desde hace dos semanas para forzar la candidatura del ex gobernante en las elecciones nacionales del 17 de agosto.
“Determinamos una pausa humanitaria en la movilización nacional en carreteras, mientras se realice una investigación internacional exhaustiva, transparente e independiente de todos los hechos provocados por la intervención policial y militar instruida por el Gobierno de Luis Arce”, dicta su pronunciamiento.
Asimismo, indicaron que mantendrán “otras medidas de presión” hasta lograr que “renuncie” el Gobierno de Luis Arce.
Los seguidores del ex mandatario iniciaron hace dos semanas un bloqueo de carreteras en varias regiones de Bolivia en pos de conseguir la habilitación del ex mandatario como candidato en las próximas elecciones nacionales, a lo que se suman exigencias para que el Ejecutivo resuelva la falta de dólares y combustibles.
El miércoles, tres policías fallecieron por heridas de bala mientras intentaban llegar a la localidad de Llallagua, en el norte del departamento de Potosí, donde manifestantes atacaron a pobladores que trataban de despejar las vías.
Otro agente murió en la central región de Cochabamba tras ser retenido por los bloqueadores, quienes supuestamente activaron un explosivo en su cuerpo.
A esto se suma el deceso de un civil, presuntamente seguidor del ex presidente, que manipuló mal un explosivo, y el de un joven universitario que fue golpeado hasta morir acusado de ser “informante de la Policía”.
Sin embargo, Morales (2006-2019) dijo esta mañana, durante su programa en la emisora cocalera Kawsachun Coca, que lo ocurrido en Llallagua fue algo “bien montado” por el Gobierno para culpar al movimiento campesino.

También señaló que, presuntamente, en la acción militar y policial de desbloqueo en Llallagua hubo varios manifestantes muertos de los que “no se comunica nada”, aunque no dio nombres ni detalles al respecto.
En su pronunciamiento, los sectores afines al ex mandatario boliviano declaran un “duelo nacional” por las muertes que consideran resultado de los enfrentamientos entre bloqueadores y fuerzas de seguridad.
Además, se pide a los organismos internacionales “la conformación inmediata de una Comisión Internacional para la investigación exhaustiva y transparente” de esos hechos en los que presuntamente ocurrieron vulneraciones a los derechos humanos, entre otros puntos.
Los seguidores del ex gobernante comenzaron a finales de mayo algunas movilizaciones reducidas en La Paz para exigir que el ente electoral inscriba a Morales como candidato a la Presidencia, pese a que no cuenta con un partido político propio e intenta postularse con una agrupación que perdió su personalidad jurídica.
Luego, las organizaciones leales a Morales iniciaron los bloqueos de vías que se concentraron en la central Cochabamba, principal bastión político y sindical del expresidente, y en otras regiones desconectando el occidente con el oriente del país.

El presidente Luis Arce ordenó esta semana la intervención de la Policía y el Ejército para desbloquear las vías, ante lo que consideró un intento por habilitar la candidatura “inconstitucional” de Morales y el efecto de la protesta en el encarecimiento de los alimentos.
Morales insiste en ser candidato pese a que el Tribunal Constitucional ratificó recientemente que la reelección solo está permitida “por una única vez de forma continua”, sin posibilidad de un tercer mandato, por lo que Morales no puede ser candidato al haber gobernado Bolivia en tres periodos.
El ex gobernante, que renunció al oficialista Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) después de casi 30 años, está distanciado de Arce desde finales de 2021 por las decisiones de gobierno, el control del partido y la candidatura presidencial.
(Con información de EFE)
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Israel’s strikes damaged Iranian deterrence in the region, former IDF official says

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Israel’s preemptive attack on Iran not only marked a major milestone for the 77-year-old nation, but also a turning point for the Middle East. According to a former IDF spokesperson, as Jerusalem grapples with the ongoing war in Gaza, it’s clear Israel has its eyes set on one major goal: ensuring that Tehran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus, former IDF Spokesperson, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and co-founder of «BottomLine Media,» told Fox News Digital that Israel is working to eradicate what it sees as an existential threat.
In the early hours of Friday morning local time, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes and covert operations to take out Iranian infrastructure and senior leadership. The IDF on Saturday said it had killed more than 20 Iranian commanders, including the head of the country’s Intelligence Directorate and the commander of Iran’s surface-to-surface missile array.
Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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«To be frank, a nuclear program like that means it’s personnel before it is infrastructure. And if we’re serious about it — to have a meaningful lasting impact on the Iranian nuclear weapons program means that Israel has to work quite long and quite hard and it means a lot of knowledge has to be deleted,» Conricus said.
While Iran’s infrastructure and leadership have taken major hits in Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, Tehran’s influence over the Middle East, including its proxies, has been damaged. Conricus told Fox News Digital that the crumbling of what he calls «Iran’s ring of fire around Israel» began with Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacres.
«It’s not totally done yet, but Hamas and Hezbollah are very weak compared to what they were on October the 7th, and Iran itself is, I think, the weakest that I’ve ever seen it, militarily and politically,» Conricus said.
«So, I think that with the benefit of hindsight, Iranian strategic planners, when they were thinking about this multi-front assault on Israel from Gaza, from Lebanon, from Syria, maybe from other places, and they had these pipe dreams that that would somehow eradicate the State of Israel — with the benefits of hindsight — may not have been such a brilliant idea.»

Spokesman of Israeli army Jonathan Conricus speaks on the operation as Israeli army’s military operation, which has been launched to expose and thwart cross-border tunnels allegedly dug by Hezbollah along the border with Lebanon, continues at the northern Israeli town of Metula in Israel on December 5, 2018. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Iran’s nuclear program has been the subject of policy debates and a source of regional tension for decades, as many Arab nations quietly oppose the regime. Following Israel’s attacks, several countries, including France and the U.K., reaffirmed their opposition to Tehran gaining a nuclear weapon, even while criticizing Jerusalem for its operation.
«Many countries behind the scenes are very positive and cheering on Israel and even sending messages of support and wishing us the best of luck against the Iranians because it would suit their strategic goals, and they’re happy that someone is standing up to the regional bully, which is Iran,» Conricus said.
The former IDF spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Israel dealt a significant blow to Iranian deterrence in the Middle East, which could change how other countries in the region respond to Tehran’s demands.

A building stands damaged in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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«Before you know, 48 hours ago, I think if the Iranians threatened people then the level of fear and deterrence would have been reasonably high. Today, after the very humiliating defeats that the Iranians have suffered at the hands of Mossad and Israeli Air Force and special forces, I’m quite confident that Iranian deterrence has taken quite a significant hit and that the countries who perhaps before were very much deterred by the Iranians probably are less so today,» Conricus told Fox News Digital.
However, he noted that those countries still have an opportunity to assert themselves.
Conricus also believes that while «it’s too early in the game» to predict what this could mean for Iran domestically, there is a chance that the Iranian regime could be at stake. The country was already dealing with internal unrest prior to Israel’s attack as the population revolted against the regime’s quashing of basic rights and freedoms.
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