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Longtime House Republican weighs run to flip Dem-held Senate seat in key battleground
Longtime Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan says that as soon as Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t seek re-election in the key Great Lakes battleground state in next year’s midterms, «my phone started to ring and it hasn’t stopped ringing.»
Huizenga, who was first elected to the House in 2010 and represents Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, which covers parts of the southwestern part of the state, highlighted that he’s getting «encouragement» to seek the Senate from «grassroots folks,» as well as donors.
«I have been very flattered and honored to have this kind of support emerging,» he said.
The Senate seat in Michigan is a top target for the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections to flip from blue to red, as the party aims to expand its current 53-47 majority in the chamber. And the emerging showdown is expected to be one of the most expensive and bruising battles of the cycle.
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Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan speaks at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Portage, Michigan, on Nov. 1, 2024. (Bill Huizenga campaign)
Huizenga, who is now the vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, pointed to «the connections that I’ve got and have built up over the last now going into my eighth term here» when asked about fundraising.
«It’s donors in Michigan. It’s donors nationally,» he touted. «I’ve got a network of folks that have been very, very helpful in the past, and they’re very interested in helping me out again.»
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But Huizenga isn’t the only Republican making noise about a Senate run.
Former Rep. Mike Rogers announced at the end of January that he was «strongly considering» a second straight Republican run.
And Rogers, a former FBI special agent who later served as chair of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure in Congress, is likely to announce his campaign on Monday.
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers speaks during a Trump/Vance campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, on Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Rogers won the 2024 GOP Senate nomination in Michigan but narrowly lost to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Democrats’ nominee, in last November’s election in the race to succeed longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who retired. Slotkin, who vastly outspent Rogers, edged him by roughly 19,000 votes, or a third of a percentage point.
Asked if a campaign launch by Rogers would affect his decision-making process, Huizenga said «quite honestly, no.»
«I think the question that everyone needs to answer is, who can win? Who can win the state of Michigan, and Michigan politics has shifted, and that’s the reality,» he said.
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Michigan was once part of the Democratic Party’s blue wall states that helped boost the party’s candidates in presidential elections. But President Donald Trump narrowly carried Michigan in his 2016 and 2024 White House victories.
«What we don’t know is whether that Trump coalition of union households, Hispanics, the Arab American population and African Americans, especially males, that came out and supported Donald Trump, along with those independents and Republicans, whether that coalition is going to be held,» Huizenga said.
Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan arrives at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Portage, Michigan, on Nov. 1, 2024. (Bill Huizenga campaign)
And Huizenga pointed to his double-digit re-election margin last year in a competitive House District (his seat is one of 35 House seats Democrats are targeting in next year’s midterms). Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer narrowly won the district in her 2022 re-election victory, and Trump carried the district by six points last November.
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An endorsement by Trump, whose sway over the GOP is stronger than ever, is expected to play a significant role in the Republican Senate primary in Michigan.
And while Trump has yet to weigh in on the race, Rogers earlier this year hired veteran Republican strategist and 2024 Trump co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita as a senior advisor.
Michigan Republican Senate nominee and former Rep. Mike Rogers, right, speaks alongside former President Donald Trump during a campaign event hosted by Trump at the Falk Productions manufacturing facility in Walker, Michigan, on Sept. 27, 2024. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Asked about his relationship with Trump, Huizenga called it «very good» and claimed that «there is one elected official that has spoken at all three of his last rallies [in Michigan], in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and that’s me.»
As for his timetable, Huizenga said: «I’m still going to do my evaluation here, and need to kind of push through on the fundraising and need to make sure that I’m able to get the support that I really need to have to be able to do this kind of run.»
«We’re still more than a year out from the filing deadline, and so there’s a lot of runway here, and so I’m not in a huge hurry,» he added. «It needs to be done soon. But it would seem to me, sometime this summer or right after Labor Day, is more than enough time to make sure that we got the right candidate.»
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And in what appeared to be a comment directed at Rogers, Huizenga added that «it’s better to have the right person at the right time, rather than somebody early on.»
Besides Rogers and Huizenga, business executive, conservative commentator and 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon has said she’s seriously mulling another run for governor, or for the Senate, in 2026.
And Republican businessman and auto dealership executive Kevin Rinke, who ran for governor in 2022, is also thought to be considering another statewide run next year.
Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Michigan state Senator, launched a 2026 campaign for the U.S. Senate in the Great Lakes battleground state earlier this month. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)
Earlier this month, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow launched a campaign for the Democratic Senate nomination.
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Reps. Kristen McDonald Rivet and Haley Stevens are considering a run, as is Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Last month, Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who later served as Transportation Secretary in former President Joe Biden’s administration, ruled out a campaign after seriously considering a bid.
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El gigantesco resort de playa de Corea del Norte para 20 mil personas, con hoteles y cafés: ¿Qué turistas espera Kim Jong-un?
Primero, los turistas nacionales y los rusos después
Kim Jong-un (L), junto a su hija Kim Ju Ae en la playa del nuevo complejo. Foto: EFESe espera la llegada de turistas rusos
Imagen del complejo compartida por el régimen comunista norcoreano. Foto: AP
La ceremonia del martes marcó la finalización de las obras de construcción del complejo.Foto: EFE
El parque acuático del resort bajo la observación de Kim. Foto: ReutersTours surcoreanos y estadounidenses, poco probables
Kim Jong Un y su hija visitan uno de los hoteles. Foto: Reuters¿Cómo es el resort de Wonsan-Kalma, en Corea del Norte?
Kim y su hija vistian las instalaciones. Foto: Reuters
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Ex-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy pleads for civil political discourse, warns ‘democracy is at risk’
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned Thursday that the tone of political discourse and threats to judges are undermining the ability of the U.S. to serve as an example of freedom and democracy around the world.
Kennedy, a Reagan appointee who retired in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term, was speaking during a virtual forum about threats to the rule of law, as he defended the role of judges in a democracy and advocated for the need to protect them and their families from threats.
«Many in the rest of the world look to the United States to see what democracy is, to see what democracy ought to be,» Kennedy said during the «Speak Up for Justice» event, one day before the current Supreme Court justices are set to deliver their final rulings of the current term.
«If they see a hostile, fractious discourse, if they see a discourse that uses identity politics rather than to talk about issues, democracy is at risk. Freedom is at risk,» he continued.
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Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that the «tone of our political discourse» and threats to judges are harming the ability of the U.S. to serve as an example of freedom around the world. (Getty Images)
Kennedy did not mention Trump, even as other participants expressed concern about the barrage of threats and attacks against judges for blocking key parts of the president’s political agenda during his second term, including his immigration policies, firings of federal workers and his implementation of broad-based tariffs.
But Kennedy’s remarks appeared to be sparked, at least in part, by the Trump administration’s repeated attacks against judges who have ruled against him, including some whom he appointed during his first term.
In March, Trump criticized U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg as a «radical left lunatic» and called for his impeachment after he attempted to block the administration from removing alleged Venezuelan gang members from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act, a wartime presidential power Trump invoked.
Last month, Trump attacked «USA-hating» judges as «monsters who want our country to go to hell.»
Trump’s rhetoric has come alongside an uptick in threats against judges, according to POLITICO, although spokespeople for the administration have said the president is against any threats and that they would face prosecution from the Justice Department.
Kennedy, a Reagan appointee, defended the role of judges in a democracy and advocated for the need to protect them and their families from threats. (Getty Images)
Kennedy said «judges must have protection for themselves and their families» and that «judges are best protected when the public and our nation realize how central they are to our discourse.»
«We should be concerned in this country about, as I’ve already indicated, the tone of our political discourse,» he said. «Identity politics are used so that a person is characterized by his or her partisan affiliation. That’s not what democracy and civil discourse is about.»
Other participants at the forum, which featured judges from the U.S. and other countries who warned about how attacks on courts can threaten democracies, also took aim at Trump’s statement denouncing the courts.
Without mentioning Trump by name, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed by a disgruntled lawyer who went to her New Jersey home in 2020, said disinformation about judges was spreading «from the top down,» with jurists attacked as «rogue» and «corrupt.»
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Kennedy’s remarks appeared to be sparked, at least in part, by the Trump administration’s repeated attacks against judges who have ruled against him. (Getty Images)
«Judges are rogue. Sound familiar? Judges are corrupt. Sound familiar? Judges are monsters. … Judges hate America,» Salas said. «We are seeing the spreading of disinformation coming from the top down.»
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Salas warned that the number of threats recorded against judges this year was reaching historic heights in the U.S., noting that the U.S. Marshals Service has tracked more than 400 threats against judges since January, when Trump was inaugurated.
«We’re going to break records, people, and not in a good way,» she said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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EEUU afirmó que la vía diplomática con Irán sigue abierta y que los bombardeos no excluyen un posible acuerdo futuro
La Casa Blanca afirmó este jueves que mantiene abierta la comunicación con Irán y que la relación bilateral continúa en “una vía diplomática”, en medio de tensiones provocadas por recientes bombardeos del ejército estadounidense contra instalaciones nucleares iraníes el pasado fin de semana. Así lo expresó la portavoz Karoline Leavitt durante una rueda de prensa, al referirse a los intentos de Washington de alcanzar acuerdos tras la ofensiva militar.
“El presidente Donald Trump quiere la paz, siempre la ha querido, y ahora mismo estamos en una vía diplomática con Irán. El presidente y su equipo, en particular el enviado especial para Oriente Medio, Steve Witkoff, siguen en comunicación con los iraníes”, afirmó Leavitt frente a periodistas.
El ataque del sábado por la noche tuvo como objetivo las plantas de enriquecimiento de uranio en Isfahan, Natanz y Fordow, según detalló la portavoz, quien subrayó que aunque existe disposición para dialogar, aún es temprano para definir una agenda concreta de contactos con Teherán.
Frente a las declaraciones del presidente estadounidense sobre eventuales acercamientos la próxima semana y la posibilidad de que un acuerdo ya no sea imprescindible tras los daños infligidos al programa atómico de Irán, Leavitt indicó que “acaban de realizar este ataque” y pidió paciencia antes de divulgar plazos oficiales.
Por su parte, el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del régimen iraní, Abbas Araghchi, negó firmemente las especulaciones de que Irán se dispone a reanudar las negociaciones nucleares con Estados Unidos.
“Algunas especulaciones sobre la reanudación de las negociaciones no deben tomarse en serio”, dijo Araghchi en la televisión estatal. “Quiero dejar claro que no se ha llegado a ningún acuerdo, arreglo o conversación para iniciar nuevas negociaciones. Todavía no se ha establecido ningún plan para iniciar negociaciones”.
“No se ha llegado a ningún acuerdo o arreglo para reanudar las negociaciones. No se ha hecho ninguna promesa ni se ha mantenido ninguna discusión al respecto”, declaró Araghchi al canal estatal de noticias iraní IRINN.
“Hemos tenido una experiencia engorrosa con los estadounidenses: que traicionaron las negociaciones en mitad del proceso. Esta experiencia afectará sin duda a nuestras decisiones futuras. Pero esa decisión se tomará en última instancia en función del bienestar del pueblo iraní, no de las emociones ni de ninguna consideración superficial o temporal”, añadió.
Leavitt también informó que ha mantenido conversación “extensa” con Steve Witkoff y aseguró que la diplomacia estadounidense se coordina no solo con las autoridades iraníes, sino también con intermediarios claves como Qatar. Describió a la administración qatarí como un “aliado y socio increíble durante todo este proceso” y recordó que el emirato ha desempeñado un rol central como mediador, junto con Estados Unidos, entre Irán e Israel para propiciar el diálogo y promover un alto el fuego alcanzado el lunes.
Washington mantiene contacto constante con aliados en la región del Golfo Pérsico y el mundo árabe, en línea con los esfuerzos por consolidar “un acuerdo con Irán sobre la alianza con el Estado de Israel”, explicó Leavitt. Aseguró que la relación entre Washington y Tel Aviv “nunca ha sido tan fuerte” y resaltó la expectativa de que más Estados árabes se sumen a los Acuerdos de Abraham, iniciativas de normalización de relaciones diplomáticas con Israel ya adoptadas por Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Sudán, Baréin y Marruecos.
Por otra parte, la portavoz de la Casa Blanca también criticó al líder supremo iraní, el ayatollah Ali Khamenei, porque consideró que ejecuta una estrategia para “salvar las apariencias”, tras sus declaraciones públicas en las que minimizó el impacto de los bombardeos estadounidenses sobre las instalaciones nucleares. “Vimos el video del ayatollah, y cuando se tiene un régimen totalitario, hay que salvar las apariencias”, afirmó Leavitt en referencia a la postura del líder iraní, quien sostuvo que el presidente Trump “exageró” el daño logrado por la ofensiva militar.
El gobierno estadounidense sostiene que, pese a la escalada militar, continúa priorizando el entendimiento diplomático con Teherán y sus aliados regionales, considerando la persistente inestabilidad en el Medio Oriente y la búsqueda de nuevas fórmulas de cooperación.
(Con información de AFP y EFE)
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