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The push to forcibly remove multiple scandal-ridden members of Congress is picking up steam with several potential expulsion votes on deck this week.
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, are expected to face an immediate expulsion threat when the House returns from a two-week recess on Tuesday.
Swalwell, who dropped out of California’s 2026 gubernatorial race Sunday, is facing multiple sexual assault and misconduct allegations, including at least one involving a former staffer. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has also opened a criminal investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in New York City.
Swalwell has repeatedly characterized the allegations as «false,» though he acknowledged a lack of judgment on Sunday. He has pledged to vigorously defend himself.
Reps. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., are expected to face expulsion votes this week over sexual misconduct allegations if they do not resign. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.; Win McNamee/Getty Images )
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Gonzales, who has admitted to having an affair with a staff member who later died by setting herself on fire, dropped his re-election bid in March after House GOP leadership called on him to suspend his campaign. He is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said over the weekend that she would introduce a resolution to expel Swalwell from the chamber if he does not resign. Meanwhile, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., is vowing to draft a measure that would expel Gonzales.
The female lawmakers have said they support expelling both men from the House of Representatives. A growing share of lawmakers in both parties appear to share that view.
«That vote comes to the floor, I will be voting yes on both measures,» Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said on NBC’s «Meet the Press» on Sunday. «These allegations are despicable, and they demean the integrity of Congress. These things are just completely unacceptable. And as far as I’m concerned, both gentlemen need to go home.»
«I think that this is very important that we believe women and that we show people across the Capitol and across the country that we will not accept this kind of behavior,» Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., also said.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna departed the U.S. Capitol following a series of House votes on March 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Expelling a member of Congress is an incredibly high bar, and it is currently unclear whether both expulsion resolutions can obtain the two-thirds majority required to pass. To be successful, a significant portion of lawmakers will have to vote in favor of removing a member of their own party.
Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was removed from the House in 2023, is the most recent member to be expelled. President Donald Trump pardoned Santos in 2025 after he was convicted of wire fraud and identity theft and sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
Both House Republican and Democratic leadership have yet to comment on rank-and-file efforts to expel Swalwell and Gonzales.
Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Cory Mills, R-Fla., could also become potential targets of expulsion resolutions, though just a handful of members have thus far signaled they would support the removal of the lawmaker from their own party.
«They should resign IMMEDIATELY. If they don’t, we should expel all of them,» Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wrote on social media Sunday, referring to Swalwell and Gonzales, too.
Cherfilus-McCormick is facing more than five decades in prison after allegedly funneling more than $5 million in disaster relief money to fund her congressional campaign and personal lifestyle.
A House Ethics adjudicatory subcommittee in March found her guilty of more than two dozen violations as part of an investigation separate from the federal criminal indictment. The panel is expected to formally recommend its suggested punishment later this month, which could be as severe as expulsion.
House Democratic leadership has indicated they will withhold judgment on Cherfilus-McCormick until the ethics panel announces its decision.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormic was indicted by a Miami grand jury for allegedly stealing $5M FEMA funds on Wed, Nov. 18, according to the Department of Justice. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)
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Mills, a former Army combat veteran, has faced myriad controversies, including allegedly misrepresenting his military service, domestic violence and threatening to release sexually explicit photos of a former girlfriend, and abusing his committee assignments to benefit defense contracting firms he owns. He is also the target of a House Ethics Committee investigation.
Both lawmakers have denied any wrongdoing and are running for re-election.
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Elecciones en Colombia: quién es Iván Cepeda, el heredero de Gustavo Petro que busca extender el proyecto izquierdista

El histórico dirigente de la izquierda Iván Cepeda, heredero político del presidente Gustavo Petro, lidera las encuestas a una semana de las elecciones en Colombia del 31 de mayo, aunque todo indica que deberá enfrentar a la derecha tradicional en un balotaje el 21 de junio.
Cepeda, de 63 años, es el candidato del oficialista Pacto Histórico que buscará extender por otros cuatro años la gestión del primer gobierno izquierdista de la historia del país.
Pero una gran atomización electoral, con un total de 14 candidatos, vaticina una cerrada lucha por el poder. Petro está fuera de juego. La Constitución colombiana impide la reelección inmediata.
La última encuesta de la Corporación Miguel Maldonado Manjarrez, divulgada en los últimos días, dio a Cepeda el 35,3% de las intenciones de voto, seguido por la candidata del Centro Democrático, Paloma Valencia, con un 25,7%. El tercer postulante en disputa, el ultraderechista Abelardo de la Espriella, obtiene un 20,4%.
Pero otra encuesta de Guarumo y Ecoanalítica da en segundo lugar a de la Espriella con el 27,5% detrás de Cepeda que alcanza el 37,1%. Valencia reúne el 21,7%
Para ganar en primera vuelta, es necesario alcanzar la mitad más uno de los votos válidos.
Quién es Iván Cepeda
Cepeda es un reconocido dirigente de la izquierda colombiana y militante de derechos humanos. Además, ha sido un activo impulsor de los acuerdos de paz con los movimientos guerrilleros que azotaron el país en las útimas décadas.
Nacido en Bogotá el 24 de octubre de 1962, es hijo del histórico dirigente comunista Manuel Cepeda Vargas, asesinado por agentes del Estado en complicidad con paramilitares el 9 de agosto de 1994.
“Ha hecho su carrera política sobre el tema de la defensa de las víctimas de los crímenes de Estado y eso le ha dado una gran notoriedad”, dijo a TN el analista político Yann Basset, profesor de la Universidad de Rosario, de Bogotá. Iván Cepeda, candidato del Pacto Histórico y heredero político de Gustavo Petro. (Foto: REUTERS/Sergio Acero)
Exiliado en varias ocasiones, se graduó en filosofía en la Universidad de Sofía, en Bulgaria. A su regreso a Colombia, lideró el Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes del Estado (Movice).
Su activa militancia en el campo de los derechos humanos lo hizo llegar a la política. Entre 2010 y 2014 fue diputado y se desempeñó como facilitador del Acuerdo de Paz entre el gobierno y las irregulares Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) en 2016. También participó en el diálogo con el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). Actualmente es senador nacional.
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“Cepeda se alejó un poco a lo largo de su carrera de la ortodoxia comunista de su padre para pasar a una izquierda quizás un poco más populista que representa Petro. Es un militante de izquierda muy clásico en su estilo”, dijo Basset.
Según el analista, el candidato presidencial “es alguien mucho más discreto, más serio en su forma de trabajar, pero menos elocuente y carismático que Petro“.
“Esto significa que es un heredero que tiene una gran continuidad a nivel del programa, a nivel de las ideas y de las medidas que defiende, pero con un contraste bastante importante en su estilo”, indicó.
Sus detractores ponen en duda su estado de salud para llevar adelante una eventual gestión presidencial. En los últimos años superó, con cirugías y tratamientos de quimioterapia, un diagnóstico de cáncer de colon y una lesión cancerígena en el hígado.
Qué propone Iván Cepeda
En campaña, Cepeda centró sus promesas en un plan de siete programas sociales contra la pobreza y la desigualdad que serían financiadas con acuerdos impositivos con el sector privado.
Estos planes incluyen kits escolares para estudiantes de zonas rurales y periferias urbanas, la ampliación de ayudas para personas con discapacidad, créditos flexibles para microempresas familiares y apoyo financiero a líderes sociales amenazados.
También propuso que el Estado adquiera productos en forma directa a campesinos y asociaciones rurales para eliminar intermediarios y abaratar costos. Además, dijo que buscará promover una “economía productiva, diversificada y socialmente incluyente”.
“Se da por descontado que estará en la segunda vuelta. Es el candidato que ha logrado agrupar a la izquierda gracias al apoyo de Petro y a la constitución de un partido unificado que lo eligió como su candidato en una primaria celebrada en octubre”, dijo Basset.
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Agitators united by Chinese money, hate for America target data centers, experts warn

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In 2024, climate activists in New York City protested alongside anti-Israel protesters at a rally headlined «Climate Justice Means Free Palestine.» Last year, climate change celebrity icon Greta Thunberg tried to storm Israel by sea on a flotilla protesting the country’s war in Gaza, yelling «Free! Free! Palestine!» when she was refused entry.
And, last week, activists from CodePink, a far-left feminist activist group that has received funds from an American expatriate, Neville Roy Singham, living in Shanghai, took a break from their rallies supporting the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Cuba Communist Party to circulate a video on Instagram, attacking a Utah data center project backed by investor Kevin O’Leary.
What connects these causes?
Climate activists, anti-Israel protesters and other activist movements with very different agendas have become strange bedfellows united by a shared disdain for America and funding from China, according to experts who warn the trend is weakening the United States amid a rapidly accelerating AI race.
Critics say the same activist ecosystem is now targeting America’s AI infrastructure and industrial power, in a development that experts warn could undermine the United States in its technological competition with China.
The growing convergence increasingly includes communist and Islamist activist movements, and it recently extended into campaigns targeting America’s artificial intelligence data centers, with activist and environmental groups helping delay or block dozens of such projects worth billions of dollars over concerns about energy use, water consumption and environmental impact amid rising power demand.
Fox News Digital has observed many of the movements protesting side-by-side at demonstrations across the country despite their otherwise stark ideological differences.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, while wearing a keffiyeh scarf, speaks alongside pro-Palestinian activists in Catania, Italy, ahead of a Gaza flotilla-related event. (The Associated Press/Salvatore Cavalli))
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«What all of these protests have in common — the protests against AI data centers or the environmental protests or the protest against Israel — is that anti-American trend within them,» Hudson Institute fellow Zineb Riboua told Fox News Digital.
«Climate change was also one of those very trendy causes to protest for or against, and now there’s always this quest to find what is the next thing to revolutionize,» Riboua added. «And this revolution against the United States is always welcome, no matter what type of forms and shapes it takes.»
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Fox News Digital has previously reported that Singham, a U.S.-born tech tycoon living in Shanghai, funneled roughly $285 million into six activist nonprofits accused by lawmakers and analysts of promoting pro-China narratives and anti-American protest movements.
O’Leary accused local groups opposing the Utah project of being tied to China-linked funding networks and argued the backlash reflected a broader nationwide trend of activist campaigns targeting AI infrastructure, though Fox News Digital has not independently verified the Utah-related allegations.

Protesters react as the Box Elder County Commission approves a large AI data center project in Tremonton, Utah, on May 4, 2026. Activists opposed the proposed 40,000-acre development over concerns about water use, energy demand and environmental impact. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)
‘Red-green-green alliance’
Riboua, who specializes in anti-West ideological movements and China’s influence in the Middle East, warned that the overlap between climate activists, anti-Israel protesters, communists and Islamists is being driven by a broader anti-American worldview she described as «Third Worldism,» an ideology that divides the world into «oppressors» and «oppressed» and casts the United States and the West as the primary source of global problems.
The ideology unites otherwise unrelated activist causes under a shared anti-Western framework, she said.
«Third Worldism drives anti-Americanism because the goal of Third Worldism is basically dismantling a cohesive Western society or Western country,» Riboua said.
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Energy expert Brenda Shaffer, a research faculty member at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, described the broader activist convergence as part of a «red-green-green alliance,» an ideological overlap between three elements: communist movements, characterized by the color red; Islamist activism, described as green; and environmental protest groups, symbolized as green.
They increasingly unite around anti-West and anti-American causes, she said.
Riboua said the alliance has become increasingly visible as activist groups move rapidly from one issue to another — from climate protests to anti-Israel demonstrations and now toward campaigns targeting AI infrastructure and data centers.
The overlap has also become increasingly visible on the streets. At a 2024 «Climate Justice Means Free Palestine» rally in New York City, climate activists and pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested side-by-side.
«There’s always this quest to find what is the next thing to revolutionize,» she said.

People participate in a «Climate Justice Means Free Palestine» rally outside Citibank headquarters in New York City on June 18, 2024. Protesters carried pro-Palestinian signs and climate justice messaging during the demonstration. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Riboua pointed to Thunberg’s evolution into a vocal anti-Israel activist as an example of the growing ideological overlap between climate activism and broader anti-West protest movements.
«Greta is not an Islamist, and I think that she never read Karl Marx, but she has all the good instincts of a revolutionary against the evil oppressor, Westerner, and the United States,» Riboua said.
China, energy and the AI race
Shaffer warned the growing convergence is increasingly affecting industries critical to America’s economic and technological competition with China.
«Energy is crucial to the AI race, to the data centers,» Shaffer told Fox News Digital via a Zoom interview.
Shaffer argued that while activist groups in the West target fossil fuels, AI infrastructure and industrial development, China continues rapidly expanding coal production, manufacturing capacity and energy generation.
«So we’re truly by adopting international climate policies, we’re weakening the West,» Shaffer said.
«China really benefits from these policies that we adopt and we just let them keep forging ahead with coal.»
Shaffer compared the trend to Soviet-backed anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War, arguing that adversarial powers have historically benefited from anti-energy movements in the West.

Racks of servers with colorful wires are seen in a data center as AI expansion strains the power grid, prompting a proposal for tech firms to fund their own energy needs. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)
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«You saw traditionally the Soviet Union funding movements against nuclear energy in Europe so that Europe would remain dependent on Soviet and later Russian gas,» Shaffer said.
She also warned that increasing Western dependence on Chinese renewable-energy supply chains could create new strategic vulnerabilities because China dominates major parts of the global solar and inverter market.
Shaffer argued many activist campaigns focus on delaying or blocking energy and infrastructure projects in the United States while China rapidly expands coal consumption and industrial production.
Riboua added that many ordinary protesters are not necessarily driven by ideology, but by simplified narratives amplified through social media clickbait and activist messaging.
«Some people are generally good people and they want to have a moral position,» she said. «They know headlines … there’s a lot of ignorance.»
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Shaffer warned that artificial intelligence infrastructure requires enormous amounts of reliable electricity and said the West risks falling behind China if energy costs continue rising and infrastructure projects continue facing activist opposition.
«You can’t have an arms industry built on solar energy,» she said.
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Crece la expectativa por un acuerdo de paz en Medio Oriente entre Estados Unidos e Irán tras el anuncio de Trump

Estados Unidos e Irán buscan este domingo cerrar un acuerdo tras anunciar avances en las negociaciones para poner fin a la guerra, en un proceso que el presidente Donald Trump describió como “en gran medida negociado”. El mandatario confirmó que entre otros elementos del pacto, se contempla la reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz, paso clave para el comercio global de hidrocarburos, aunque el programa nuclear iraní quedaría reservado para negociaciones futuras.
Este domingo, el secretario de Estado de EEUU, Marco Rubio, dialogó con periodistas en Nueva Delhi y anunció que “existe la posibilidad de que en las próximas horas el mundo reciba buenas noticias” respecto a la guerra en Medio Oriente.
El acuerdo también daría inicio a un “proceso que, en última instancia, nos puede llevar a donde el presidente (Trump) quiere que estemos, y ese es un mundo que ya no tiene que temer ni preocuparse por un arma nuclear iraní”, especificó el canciller.
El jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense sentenció: “Cuando comenzó este conflicto con Irán, los objetivos estaban claros, eran muy sencillos y muy precisos: íbamos a destruir su Armada, y eso se logró. Esos eran los objetivos de Epic Fury. Y esos objetivos se lograron”.
Desde Teherán, el portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores iraní afirmó el sábado que el país persa se encuentra en “fase de finalización” de un memorando de entendimiento con Washington. “Eso no significa necesariamente que Irán y Estados Unidos vayan a llegar a un acuerdo sobre las cuestiones importantes”, aclaró Esmaïl Baghaï, y precisó que el expediente nuclear no forma parte “en esta etapa” de los diálogos.
Según CBS News, citando fuentes cercanas al proceso, señaló que la última propuesta incluye el desbloqueo de activos iraníes en el extranjero y la extensión de las conversaciones durante 30 días adicionales, plazo confirmado también por The Wall Street Journal. Según The New York Times, el acuerdo no resuelve de momento el destino del uranio enriquecido en poder de Irán, tema que quedaría pendiente para un próximo ciclo de negociaciones.
En cambio, sí se negocian el levantamiento del bloqueo naval impuesto por Estados Unidos a los puertos iraníes y la finalización del cierre ilegal del régimen iraní al estrecho de Ormuz, cerrado de facto desde el inicio de la guerra iniciada por Washington y Tel Aviv el 28 de febrero.
El primer ministro de Pakistán, Shehbaz Sharif, mediador en el proceso, anunció su intención de albergar una nueva ronda de conversaciones en breve. “Esperamos albergar la próxima ronda de conversaciones muy pronto”, publicó Sharif en X.
El presidente Trump detalló en Truth Social que el acuerdo, “pendiente de ser finalizado”, incluye la reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz, tras contactos telefónicos con líderes de Estados del Golfo, Turquía, Egipto, Jordania y Pakistán. El inquilino de la Casa Blanca también mantuvo una llamada separada con el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Medios estadounidenses destacaron las diferencias de enfoque entre Trump, favorable a una solución diplomática, y Netanyahu, partidario de reanudar los combates.
El sábado, Trump estimó en “50-50” las probabilidades de lograr un “buen” acuerdo o de que se reanude la guerra, según declaraciones a Axios. Ese mismo día, el principal negociador iraní y presidente del Parlamento de Irán, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, prometió una respuesta “aplastante” si Estados Unidos retoma la ofensiva.
Desde el 8 de abril rige un alto el fuego entre ambos países en conflicto, tras más de un mes de guerra que dejó miles de muertos y afectó la economía global, con números récord en Wall Street.

Los diplomáticos en el Golfo Pérsico intentan consolidar un acuerdo para evitar la reanudación de los ataques. Durante una llamada con Trump, el emir de Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, instó a “dar prioridad a las soluciones pacíficas”. Qatar y otras monarquías del Golfo, aliadas de Estados Unidos, fueron blanco de represalias iraníes en los primeros días del conflicto.
En una entrevista con la cadena CBS, el presidente estadounidense advirtió que, si no se logra un acuerdo, “nos encontraremos ante una situación en la que ningún país habrá sufrido jamás un golpe tan duro como el que están a punto de recibir”.
Rubio declaró el sábado en Nueva Delhi que existe una posibilidad real de que Irán y Estados Unidos alcancen un acuerdo en los próximos días, en medio del incremento de gestiones diplomáticas para contener la escalada en Medio Oriente.
“Hay una chance de que, ya sea más tarde hoy (sábado), mañana (domingo) o en un par de días, tengamos algo para anunciar”, expresó el secretario de Estado estadounidense ante la prensa. Rubio manifestó su esperanza de recibir “buenas noticias”.
En el frente libanés, pese al alto el fuego vigente desde el 17 de abril, el ejército israelí mantiene incursiones y llamados a evacuaciones en el sur de Líbano en su ofensiva contra los terroristas de Hezbollah. El sábado, Israel perdió a su vigésimo segundo soldado desde el inicio de la guerra con el grupo respaldado por Irán.
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