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Iran threatens to halt Red Sea traffic in response to US military blockade of ports
US naval blockade enters third day as Trump signals new talks
Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst and senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich report on the U.S. naval blockade entering its third day in the Strait of Hormuz, halting economic trade into and out of Iran by sea. President Donald Trump believes the conflict is ‘close to over’ and hints at new talks, despite a White House statement denying a formal ceasefire extension.
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An Iranian general warned Wednesday that Tehran could shut down traffic in the Red Sea and other regional shipping lanes if the U.S. military’s blockade of Iranian ports continues.
The remarks from Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, which is Iran’s top military command, were aired by Iranian state television, according to the Middle East Eye.
Aliabadi said if the U.S. blockade continues, it «creates insecurity for Iran’s commercial vessels and oil tankers» and constitutes «a prelude» to violating the ongoing U.S.-Iran ceasefire, the news outlet reported.
«The powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not allow any exports or imports to continue in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and the Red Sea,» Aliabadi reportedly added.
LIVE UPDATES: US MILITARY MAINTAINING BLOCKADE ON IRANIAN PORTS AS PEACE TALKS ARE SET TO BEGIN
Units from Iran and Russia conduct joint naval drills at the Port of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan, Iran, on Feb. 19, 2026. (Iranian Army/Anadolu/Getty Images)
The White House, when asked by Fox News Digital for comment, provided a statement from press secretary Karoline Leavitt that said, «President Trump, Vice President Vance and the negotiating team have made the U.S. redlines very clear.»
«The Iranians’ desperation for a deal will only increase with President Trump’s highly effective Naval blockade now in effect, which is sending oil tankers towards the big, beautiful Gulf of America,» Leavitt said.
U.S. Central Command released a statement Wednesday saying the U.S. stopped nine vessels attempting to break the blockade on Iranian ports. Fox News is told all nine were oil tankers.
A senior U.S. defense official also confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday a report from Reuters that a U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers that were trying to leave Iran on Tuesday.
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U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that «U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are among the assets executing a blockade mission impacting Iranian ports.» (CENTCOM)
A U.S. official told Reuters that the ships left Chabahar port in the Gulf of Oman before being contacted by the U.S. warship through radio communication.
«During the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade on ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, no vessels have made it past U.S. forces,» U.S. Central Command said Wednesday.
A ship is seen passing through the Strait of Hormuz during a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran on April 8, 2026. (Shady Alassar/Anadolu/Getty Images)
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«Additionally, 9 vessels have complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around and return toward an Iranian port or coastal area,» it added.
Fox News’ Liz Friden contributed to this report.
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FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic congressman representing a South Texas district that Donald Trump carried by double digits is emerging as a top Republican target, with the GOP arguing Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s shifting border record has left him politically exposed at home.
Though traditionally a Democratic stronghold, heavily Hispanic South Texas has trended sharply Republican in recent election cycles. Gonzalez narrowly won his 2023 election over former Rep. Mayra Flores by less than three percentage points. Additionally, the Texas redistricting push last year made Gonzalez’s district seven points more Republican. The race is widely considered a toss-up leaning Republican — one of the few pickup opportunities for the GOP in an unfavorable political climate.
Republican National Committee spokesperson Zach Kraft told Fox News Digital that Gonzalez’s record on border security and former President Joe Biden has come back to bite him, leaving him «like a fish out of water» in his district.
Gonzalez, however, dismissed these criticisms as Republicans «grasping at straws.» He emphasized that «If you look at my record, you’ll see I was one of the toughest Democrats in the country on President Biden’s approach to our southern border, and I continue working to fix our broken immigration system, support CBP and Border Patrol, and rid our streets of criminals.»
HOUSE CANDIDATE PREDICTS HISTORIC RISE OF ‘NEW GENERATION’ IN CONGRESS AS PARTIES TARGET KEY DEMOGRAPHIC
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (left), D-Texas, is facing a difficult reelection race against Republican challenger Eric Flores (right). (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Eric Flores campaign)
Under the redrawn Texas congressional map, Gonzalez’s district in the Rio Grande Valley is one that President Donald Trump won by 10 points in 2024, according to the Texas Tribune.
Highly optimistic about the GOP’s chances, Kraft said that South Texans «do not want to go back to the Biden days where cartels controlled the border and endangered the lives of farmers, families, and Border Patrol agents.»
Gonzalez opposed construction of a border wall in 2019, calling it a «4th-century solution to a 21st-century problem,» according to CBS News.
The outlet also quoted Gonzalez denying there was a crisis at the border in 2019, saying, «When people talk about violence streaming across the border, it’s just nonsense.»
During the Biden administration, Gonzalez took a mixed approach to border policy, at times urging the White House to curb «disorderly» crossings while also pushing for expanded asylum pathways and a more «humane process» for migrants. In 2023 he was critical of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to secure the border, accusing him of «grandstanding … about the way he is treating brown people,» according to the Rio Grande Guardian.
DEM CANDIDATE BLASTED BY GOP OPPONENT OVER JOKE ABOUT BANDMATE CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
An aerial image shows migrants waiting along the border wall to surrender to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United Staes on the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Image; Mandel Ngan – Pool/Getty Images)
At the same time, Gonzalez said that by adding additional penalties to crossing illegally after the end of Title 42, Biden and then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas «positively impacted our border,» adding, «and that’s a fact.»
«People could point fingers and say things, but the reality is, undocumented crossings are down by 70 percent,» he said.
Border crossings briefly dropped by roughly 65% to 70% after the end of Title 42, a COVID-era public health order that allowed authorities to quickly expel illegal border crossers. However, crossings climbed to record highs later that year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. Approximately 11 million border encounters occurred over the course of Biden’s four years in office, according to DHS.
In Biden’s final year in office, Gonzalez voted for a House resolution condemning the «national security and public safety crisis» at the southern border, warning that migrants were arriving in «historic numbers.» He has also said the border was «out of control» under the Biden administration.
Since Trump returned to the Oval Office, Gonzalez has also gone on the record, saying, «I’m happy to see that the border is under control,» according to the Rio Grande Guardian.
In an unearthed interview last year, Gonzalez urged Trump to «lighten up» enforcement and «allow people to cross freely» if vetted, arguing such migrants are «a very important part of our economy.»
DEM CANDIDATE’S UNEARTHED ‘WINTER TEXAN’ COMMENT COULD HAUNT CAMPAIGN
A Border Patrol agent apprehends illegal immigrants shortly after they crossed the border from Mexico into the United States on Monday, March 26, 2018 in the Rio Grande Valley Sector near McAllen, Texas. (Loren Elliott/AFP via Getty Images)
During the same interview, Gonzalez asserted, «We need to find a pathway» for illegal immigrants who have been in the country for decades to «be here legally, pay taxes, pay social security and really get them out of the shadows.»
Gonzalez’s Republican opponent, Eric Flores, an Army veteran and former prosecutor, told Fox News Digital that «South Texas has paid the price for his total failure.»
«Vicente Gonzalez built his record on policies that opened the border and tied the hands of the very federal agents sworn to protect us,» he went on. «I’ve worked alongside Border Patrol and law enforcement on the front lines, both as a Soldier and as a federal prosecutor. I will always stand with them.»
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In response, Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that «Eric Flores and the NRCC [National Republican Congressional Committee] are drowning and grasping at straws.»
«If you look at my record, you’ll see I was one of the toughest Democrats in the country on President Biden’s approach to our southern border, and I continue working to fix our broken immigration system, support CBP and Border Patrol, and rid our streets of criminals — something this Administration claims it is doing, but instead let DHS shutdown and fixates on targeting law-abiding individuals and their families,» he said.
«The truth is, Republican voters in South Texas are turning away from the extreme mass deportation policies Rubber Stamp Eric will support. The same ones that have led to American citizens being murdered on our streets and labor shortages that are making housing and other essentials more expensive.»
Fox News Digital also reached out to a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for comment.
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Cómo el hallazgo de una variante genética en perros Retriever puede beneficiar la salud humana
El Retriever de Nueva Escocia es un perro de tamaño mediano, pelaje rojizo y gran energía. Surgió en Canadá, donde se crió para atraer y recuperar patos durante la caza.
Esta raza se hizo conocida por su inteligencia y vitalidad, aunque también mostró una predisposición a enfermedades autoinmunes.
Por esta razón, investigadores de Estados Unidos, Australia, Suecia y Canadá analizaron muestras de ADN de perros de esa raza afectados por la enfermedad de Addison y otros trastornos autoinmunes.
El análisis permitió detectar que una variante en el gen RESF1 está directamente relacionada con el desarrollo de estas enfermedades en animales jóvenes.
Como el gen RESF1 también existe en humanos y cumple funciones parecidas en el sistema inmune, los científicos señalaron en la revista Scientific Reports que su hallazgo en perros podría ayudar a entender y tratar enfermedades autoinmunes en personas.
La investigación fue realizada por un equipo internacional de universidades y empresas. Desde los Estados Unidos participaron investigadores de la Universidad de California en Davis, LabCorp, Genentech, Mars Petcare, Zoetis y el Instituto Broad del MIT y Harvard.
En Australia colaboró la Universidad de Sidney, en Suecia la Universidad de Uppsala y SciLifeLab, y en Canadá la Universidad de la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo.
Enfermedad silenciosa en los retriever jóvenes
La enfermedad de Addison afecta las glándulas suprarrenales, que dejan de producir las hormonas necesarias para el cuerpo.
En los perros Retriever de Nueva Escocia o Toller, los síntomas suelen aparecer antes del año y pueden incluir debilidad, vómitos y pérdida de peso.
Muchos de estos animales enfrentan además otras enfermedades autoinmunes, lo que complica su salud y calidad de vida.
El equipo de investigadores quiso averiguar si este patrón repetido tenía una causa genética.
El objetivo principal fue analizar si la enfermedad de Addison en estos perros en realidad forma parte de un síndrome autoinmune múltiple.
Genética, datos y un avance crucial
Durante doce años, criadores de distintos países enviaron muestras de ADN de perros afectados y de sus familiares. Se recolectaron sesenta muestras, de las cuales cuarenta por ciento correspondía a perros diagnosticados antes del año.
Solo cinco de veinticuatro casos juveniles presentaron Addison como único problema. Diecinueve desarrollaron enfermedades autoinmunes adicionales, lo que refuerza la idea de un síndrome complejo. El equipo informó que “el 41,7% presentaba comorbilidades autoinmunes definidas”.
Las pruebas incluyeron estudios genómicos y secuenciación completa del ADN, lo que permitió detectar una asociación significativa en el cromosoma 27.
Se identificó una variante en RESF1 responsable del cuadro en el 76 por ciento de los perros que la heredaban de ambos padres.
El trabajo utilizó PCR en tiempo real, técnicas de inmunohistoquímica y análisis de tejidos para confirmar la infiltración de células inmunes.
Los perros jóvenes afectados vivieron en promedio solo dos años a pesar del tratamiento. El pronóstico dependió más de las otras enfermedades autoinmunes que del propio Addison, lo que mostró la gravedad del síndrome múltiple.
Después de identificar la variante, la Universidad de California en Davis desarrolló un test genético para criadores. El estudio indicó que “no se han reportado nuevos casos de Addison juvenil en perros de padres testeados”.
Prevención, límites y nuevos caminos
Los investigadores recomendaron usar el test genético en la crianza de los Retrievers de Nueva Escocia para evitar transmitir la variante y así reducir la cantidad de cachorros afectados.
Reconocieron que sus resultados se basan en una muestra limitada y que resulta difícil definir el síndrome autoinmune múltiple en medicina veterinaria.
El hallazgo del rol de RESF1 abre la posibilidad de prevenir enfermedades autoinmunes en animales y sirve como modelo para estudiar trastornos similares en los seres humanos, lo que podría beneficiar tanto a la medicina veterinaria como a la humana.
Ahora, la genética ofrece una esperanza para criar perros más sanos y, en el futuro, ayudar a personas con enfermedades similares.
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Four Democrat-led states that rejected President Donald Trump’s policy of no taxes on tips and overtime pay are getting called out by Republicans for going against efforts to increase affordability.
The governors of the three largest Democrat-run states, California, New York and Illinois, are continuing to tax tips and overtime against Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, while Colorado will require taxpayers to report how much is deducted federally so it can be added back for state taxes in future years.
«Gov. Hochul and Albany Democrats believe your money is their money: They are picking the pockets of waitresses, bartenders, and first responders who work overtime just to make ends meet in a state that already has the highest tax burden in the country,» Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Fox News Digital.
«No wonder working people and jobs continue to flee New York in record numbers, and we’re consistently among the worst in outmigration every year.»
AVERAGE TAX REFUND TOPS $3,700 MIDWAY THROUGH FILING SEASON, TREASURY SAYS
Democrat Govs. JB Pritzker, Jared Polis, Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul were all called out on Tax Day for rejecting President Donald Trump’s efforts to address affordability through no tax on tips or overtime. (Getty Images)
With «affordability» a key political issue, Republicans countered with a Tax Day narrative against the governors of those four blue states that are facing midterm gubernatorial campaigns, including Hochul, who is running for re-election and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who terms out this year.
«California Democrats talk a lot about making life more affordable, but when given the chance to let hardworking Californians keep more of what they earn, Gov. Newsom and the state legislature refused to update the state’s tax code,» Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital.
«No tax on tips or overtime would provide real relief to service workers, first responders, and families across our state, and it’s disappointing to see Sacramento turn its back on them.»
DOORDASH DRIVER HAILS KEY TRUMP POLICY AFTER DELIVERING MCDONALD’S TO WHITE HOUSE: ‘I’M GOING TO ENJOY IT’
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference at San Lorenzo High School as he signs an executive order to expand women’s access to capital and wealth-building opportunities on March 18, 2026, in San Lorenzo, Calif. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu)
Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi says that while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is running for re-election in the nation’s third-largest blue state, he is really positioning himself for a 2028 presidential campaign on the agenda of obstructing Trump.
«Last year, President Trump delivered the largest tax cut in American history, putting millions of dollars back in the pockets of Americans; this commonsense legislation is good for Illinois, but wannabe president, JB Pritzker would rather slam the door shut on opportunity and relief, knowing full well that he supported and empowered Joe Biden’s economic disaster,» Salvi told Fox News Digital.
«The sad truth is that if President Trump is for it, JB Pritzker will always be against it.»
NASHVILLE ARTISTS PRAISE TRUMP’S NO-TAX-ON-TIPS POLICY ONE YEAR INTO PRESIDENCY
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker answers questions at an event at Union Station in Chicago on Dec. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who is termed out and among names potentially running in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, was called out by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., for action to tax overtime pay in future years.
«As a former cop in Colorado, I know firsthand how important overtime pay is to first responders, blue-collar workers, and hardworking families across America — that’s why I was proud to stand with Republicans to deliver no tax on overtime at the federal level,» Evans told Fox News Digital.
«But while we fought to give Coloradans relief, Gov. Polis and state Democrats held a special session to re-tax overtime pay, ensuring families never see the benefits they earned. The contrast couldn’t be clearer.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Hochul, Newsom, Pritzker and Polis for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
SCOOP: HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON’S ALLIES UNLEASH $10M CAMPAIGN TO SPOTLIGHT TRUMP TAX CUTS
Gov. Jared Polis speaks to the National Governors Association at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 25, 2025. (AP)
While the governor’s seats in those four blue states are likely safe due to deep Democratic voter registration advantages, down-ballot races do have a narrative to carry under the Trump banner and the no tax on tips or overtime policy.
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The Senate Finance Committee charted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act «wins» in all 50 states, including those four blocked by Democratic leaders where there still remains a permanent 20% deduction for many small business owners and a $1,500 increase in the standard deduction for millions of families.
- California: More than 3.1 million small business owners and 15.3 million families benefited.
- New York: More than 1.5 million small businesses, nearly 8.6 million families.
- Illinois: More than 1 million small businesses, almost 5.5 million families.
- Colorado: Almost 600K small businesses, nearly 2.6 million families.
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