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Newsom taunts Trump with multiple jabs as Florida redistricting fight ramps up: ‘Beat at his own game’
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes that Florida’s redistricting plan brings with it the end of the «saga» that has led states across the country to try to find untapped partisan advantages in redrawn congressional boundries.
«It’s a predictable outcome, but hopefully it’ll be the end of this era and this saga,» Newsom told Fox News Digital.
«Trump got beat at his own game. It was a terrible mistake he made for the Republican Party. A lot of good Republicans are going to be districted out,» Newsom continued. «They’re going to serve as collateral damage.»
His comments underscore confidence from Democrats that the redistricting push will play into their hands come the November midterms — despite a numbers game that would tip the scales towards Republicans if Florida carries out proposed changes of its own.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Groundbreaking Celebration in Agoura Hills, Calif., on April 22, 2022. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
A Republican National Committee spokesperson fired back at Newsom’s comments, telling Fox News Digital that «Gavin Newsom is attempting to spin fantasies about a ‘blue wave’ after Democrats dumped tens of millions into a gerrymandering scheme to barely crawl across the finish line with a three-point margin in a state Abigail Spanberger won by 15.»
«Meanwhile, California voters are fed up and fleeing in droves due to Gavin Newsom’s deranged quest to drive his state into the ground by sending taxpayer dollars to give sex change surgeries to illegal aliens,» RNC National Press Secretary, Kiersten Pels, continued.
Newsom’s confidence was echoed by Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin.
«Republicans decided to start this and we’re going to finish this for them, right?» Martin said, referring to the first redistricting effort in 2025, spearheaded by Republicans in Texas.
«We’re going to meet them every step of the way. We’re not bringing a pencil to a knife fight anymore,» Martin said.
So far, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Ohio and Virginia have adopted new congressional maps, electing to re-shuffle districts ahead of the 2030 census — the time at which state lawmakers would normally reevaluate areas of representation.
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The Virginia redistricting map was approved narrowly by voters late week in a special election that the Virginia Supreme Court allowed to be held amid a legal fight over the ‘ramming’ through of mid-decade redistricting. (Virginia Legislative Information System)
Republicans expect to gain up to nine seats across redistricting efforts in Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri and Texas.
Democrats hope to net nine of their own from changes in California, Virginia and Utah.
Florida is looking to change the calculus by creating as many as four additional Republican-leaning districts by stretching historically Democratic areas over Republican strongholds.
The change would require the support of Florida’s state legislature, which currently holds a Republican majority in the state House and Senate.
Newsom believes Republicans are creating a liability for themselves by stretching their support too thin in some areas.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the «Networth And Chill With Guest Governor Gavin Newsom Featured Session» at the 2026 SXSW Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 15, 2026. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)
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«They’re going to put a lot at risk, and I think it’s going to be a big blue wave election,» Newsom said. «So, you know, this thing could be — I’m not here to give DeSantis advice on this — it could be a bad mistake.»
Lawmakers are expected to consider the maps in a special session that begins on Tuesday.
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Platner ally Troy Jackson closing in on Democratic Senate nod in key race to face Collins
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Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson appears to be sprinting far ahead of his rivals in the abbreviated race to replace now ex-candidate Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in the high-stakes showdown to face off with longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Delegates aligned with Jackson won the vast majority of the 319 slots that were up for grabs on Saturday as Maine’s 16 counties kicked off two days of delegate selection for next weekend’s nominating convention.
«We’re well on our way to getting the government that we deserve,» Jackson emphasized Saturday night in a video posted to social media, as he addressed supporters. «From the bottom of my heart, thank you.»
Jackson is now in a strong position to secure the nomination and face off in the midterm elections against Collins in what’s expected to be a combative and expensive ballot box battle that’s among a dozen nationwide which will determine if the Democrats can win back the Senate majority. The GOP currently holds the chamber 53-47.
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Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson is running to replace ex-candidate Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. (Sophie Park / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A fifth-generation logger and a one-time conservative Republican who became a Democrat over two decades ago, Jackson came in third place last month in Maine’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
On Saturday, in the race to replace Platner, Jackson-aligned delegates won more than 90% of the slots, including all 149 in Cumberland County, Maine’s most populous county and home to the state’s largest city, Portland.
Along with Platner, Jackson had the support of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont as he ran for governor, and he is currently backed by ‘Our Revolution,’ the group born in 2016 out of Sanders’ first presidential campaign.
MAINE DEMOCRATS RALLY BEHIND PLATNER’S PLATFORM IN SPRINT TO REPLACE HIM
ORONO, MAINE – MAY 24: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stands with Troy Jackson (L), who is running for Governor of Maine, and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner during a «Fighting Oligarchy» tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus on May 24, 2026 in Orono, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat in the general election. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Jackson, similar to Platner, is running on a progressive and populist platform aimed at working-class voters. He backs raising taxes on billionaires, the universal healthcare system known as «Medicare-for-all,» abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he opposes military aid to Israel at a time that Democrats are increasingly divided on support for America’s longtime Middle East ally.
Nirav Shah, a former director the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 2019 to 2023 who later served as principal deputy director of the federal CDC during then-President Joe Biden’s administration, and who came in second in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, secured only a handful of delegates on Saturday.
Shenna Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state, who came in fourth place in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, was even further back in the delegate hunt, as was Jordan Wood, a former congressional staffer for then-Rep. Katie Porter of California who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate as well as the Democratic nomination in the state’s 2nd Congressional District this cycle.
Maine’s eight remaining counties will select 181 delegates on Sunday. The 500 picked this weekend will join 101 delegates coming automatically from the Democratic State Committee. All 601 will vote for the Senate nominee at next Saturday’s convention in Bangor.
Platner, a combat veteran and oyster farmer who was backed by Sanders soon after he launched his bid last August, saw his campaign quickly catch fire. Two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who was heavily recruited by longtime Democratic Senate leader Sen. Chuck Schumer to run for the Senate, suspended her campaign this spring after trailing Platner in fundraising and in the polls.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, seen touring a food bank in Harrison, Maine, on May 5, 2026, is running for re-election this year for a sixth six-year term in the Senate. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
But even as Platner steamrolled the Democratic establishment and crushed the competition last month to capture the nomination, he had already been forced on defense in the wake of a slew of scandals.
Platner dropped out earlier this month, amid calls from top Democrats in Maine and across the country to immediately exit the race following an explosive report containing an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated. Platner denied the report but stepped aside.
While Jackson was among those who quickly called on Platner to end his bid in the wake of the rape allegation, he had previously campaigned alongside Platner and made the case that he was the best candidate to continue the fight for the progressive and populist agenda.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson stand together during a «Fighting Oligarchy» tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono on May 24, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
«This movement is always been bigger than one person. It’s about taking on a system rigged against working people, fighting for ‘Medicare-for-all,’ strong unions, higher wages, reproductive freedom, and an economy where billionaires and corporations finally pay their fair share,» Jackson said last week during a Our Revolution virtual town hall, as he pointed to Platner supporters.
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At last week’s first debate among the replacement candidates, Jackson pointed to Platner and said, «That’s the thing that I think Graham did the best: talked about fighting against the health care industry and the prescription drug industry to make sure that people in this state and this country have affordable, quality health care.»
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Panamá compitió y el arbitraje brilló: La histórica huella de Centroamérica en el Mundial 2026
Mientras los ojos del planeta entero se posan sobre el majestuoso escenario que albergará la gran final de la Copa del Mundo 2026, el istmo centroamericano respira un orgullo profundo que trasciende fronteras.
La rigurosidad táctica del arbitraje centroamericano, junto a la gallardía de la selección de Panamá, quedarán grabadas con letras de oro en las páginas más memorables del deporte rey.
El silbato del salvadoreño Iván Barton ha resonado en este Mundial con la autoridad de quien se sabe dueño de un talento excepcional y de una entereza inquebrantable.
Barton consiguió dirigir nada menos que la semifinal del mundo entre las potencias de Francia y España en el imponente AT&T Stadium. Ese encuentro no fue un compromiso más; fue la consolidación de una carrera meteórica que ha colocado a El Salvador en la vanguardia absoluta del arbitraje de la élite de la FIFA.
Con cuatro apariciones como árbitro central en este torneo, dejando su huella impecable en los partidos de fase de grupos entre Turquía y Paraguay, Japón frente a Suecia, y el volcánico choque de octavos de final entre Suiza y Colombia, Barton se convirtió en el primer salvadoreño en alcanzar tal cifra en una sola edición de un Mundial mayor.
Pero su participación no solo se midió en números, sino en hitos reglamentarios e históricos. Fue el primer réferi en el planeta en aplicar con rigurosidad estricta la nueva directiva de la FIFA la “Ley Vinicus”, (por el ocultamiento de la boca para proferir insultos o conductas antideportivas), expulsando sin titubear al paraguayo Miguel Almirón en un acto de valentía arbitral que sentó un precedente global.
A su lado, su compatriota David Morán, como Árbitro Asistente 1, demostró una agudeza visual y un despliegue físico perfectos, ratificando que el arbitraje salvadoreño está listo para los desafíos de mayor presión del planeta.
Ante este hito sin precedentes, Ernesto Castro, presidente de la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador, mencionó que emitirá una pieza de correspondencia para rendir un homenaje oficial a Iván Barton y hacer extensivo el reconocimiento a David Morán por su destacada participación en el Mundial de Norteamérica 2026. Castro enfatizó que ningún salvadoreño ha llegado tan lejos en la historia del balompié mundial, promoviendo una iniciativa de ley para galardonar formalmente a los silbantes por dejar en lo más alto el nombre de la nación.
El fútbol nicaragüense ha encontrado en sus colegiados a sus mejores embajadores internacionales, liderados por la impecable Tatiana Guzmán. Consagrada como una de las mejores especialistas en videoarbitraje del planeta según elogios del propio Pierluigi Collina, la nicaragüense rompió todos los moldes con una presencia avasalladora en las salas de análisis del VAR.
A lo largo del torneo, Guzmán acumuló un impresionante récord de 14 participaciones en el certamen, interviniendo de manera activa en la fase de grupos, los dieciseisavos de final en el duelo de Alemania contra Paraguay, y en el reñido cruce de octavos entre Brasil y Noruega.
Sin embargo, su coronación absoluta llegó al ser designada para la semifinal entre Inglaterra y Argentina. En un choque con un trasfondo histórico, político y deportivo tan abrumador, el temple de Tatiana en la sala VAR fue determinante para mantener bajo control la justicia del encuentro en momentos de altísima tensión.
Y como premio a su consistencia milimétrica, Guzmán estará presente en el equipo del VAR de la gran final del Mundial entre España y Argentina.
Esta formidable labor estuvo magníficamente complementada por la irrupción de Henry Pupiro (nombrado por FIFA como Antonio Henry Pupiro), quien corrió las bandas como Árbitro Asistente 2 en la semifinal pitada por Barton, consolidando una Copa del Mundo de ensueño para el arbitraje nicaragüense.
La participación del resto del bloque centroamericano no se quedó atrás en términos de mística y trascendencia estadística. La terna hondureña compuesta por el árbitro central Said Martínez y sus asistentes Walter López y Christian Ramírez firmó una página inolvidable en la fase de grupos.
Por primera vez en la historia de los mundiales masculinos mayores, un equipo arbitral compuesto en su totalidad por profesionales de Honduras saltó al campo para impartir justicia en un juego mundialista. Su desempeño, caracterizado por una fluidez impecable, demostró la madurez del arbitraje catracho.
Por su parte, Costa Rica dejó una marca imborrable vinculada a la estadística sagrada del fútbol mundial.
Los silbantes costarricenses Juan Gabriel Calderón y Juan Carlos Mora fueron seleccionados para formar parte del cuerpo arbitral en el vibrante choque entre Túnez y Japón. Aquel encuentro fue registrado formalmente como el partido número 1,000 en la historia de las Copas del Mundo, un hito que enaltece al referato tico.
Mientras los árbitros ponían en alto la justicia del istmo, los futbolistas de la Selección de Panamá saltaban a la cancha bajo la dirección del técnico Thomas Christiansen. “La Sele” acudió a la cita con una generación dorada. El sorteo no fue benévolo y encuadró a los canaleros en el temible Grupo L junto a Ghana, Croacia e Inglaterra.
Aunque los números dicten que Panamá quedó eliminada en la fase de grupos con cero puntos la Sele compitió con una fiereza y dignidad encomiables, perdiendo por la mínima ante colosos mundiales.
La valentía con la que plantaron cara demostró que el fútbol panameño ha alcanzado un orden táctico y una madurez competitiva que infunden respeto.
Centroamérica se despide de este Mundial con la frente en alto. Hoy la FIFA corona al campeón en la cancha, pero el verdadero trofeo ya viaja directo al istmo: el respeto eterno del planeta fútbol.
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Johnson warns America is in ‘battle’ against Marxism, calls for renewed focus on nation’s founding principles
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FIRST ON FOX: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., warned Friday that the United States is engaged in a «battle» against Marxism, arguing the ideology is gaining traction as Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates notch a string of high-profile primary victories this midterm cycle.
Speaking at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Summit in San Diego, Johnson framed the nation’s 250th anniversary as an opportunity to push back against what he described as growing socialist influence and renew appreciation for America’s founding principles.
«We are in a confrontation, in a battle against a very dark philosophy — Marxism, and its deviations, communism and socialism,» Johnson said. «You see, the problem that I tell university students is, this formula that Lincoln later articulated in the Gettysburg Address, we’re dedicated to this proposition that we are one nation under God, and that a government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.»
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit on Friday. (Fox News Digital)
The ADF Summit is an annual conference that brings together leaders in law, government, business, media, education and the Christian community to discuss religious freedom, free speech, and other public policy issues.
In addition to Johnson, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey, who successfully argued and won a Supreme Court case, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, conservative influencer Allie Beth Stuckey and Admiral Brian Christine, who serves as Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also attended.
Johnson went on to describe an illustration he says he often uses while speaking on college campuses, arguing that America’s founders grounded individual rights in God rather than government.
He contended that abandoning that principle leads to socialism, communism and concentrated government power.
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In New York City alone, three far-left congressional candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primaries. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, File)
«The people that amass the power will control and direct the herd, you lose your freedom. It’s a road to tyranny,» Johnson said.
His remarks come as Democratic socialist-backed candidates continue to make gains in primaries, fueling a broader debate over the party’s ideological direction.
In New York City alone, three far-left congressional candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primaries this cycle, including two who defeated incumbent members of Congress.
Johnson suggested those political gains reflect a broader ideological shift that begins in the classroom.
«We have a teachable moment, and I think we’ve got to make this very simple to explain it to the people coming behind,» Johnson said. «Because let’s be honest, they’ve been indoctrinated in so many of these educational institutions. They see America through the wrong lenses.»
Throughout the address, Johnson repeatedly tied America’s constitutional system to religious faith, arguing the nation’s freedoms are inseparable from the biblical principles embraced by the Founding Fathers.
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Johnson argued the nation’s freedoms are inseparable from the biblical principles embraced by the Founding Fathers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images, File)
According to Johnson, the founders rejected the European concept of the divine right of kings by declaring that individual rights come from God rather than government.
«We acknowledge the self-evident truth that our rights do not come from the government,» Johnson said. «They don’t come from a king. They come from the King of Kings. They come from our Creator.»
Johnson also pointed to polling that he said shows fewer Americans expressing pride in the U.S. than in previous decades, arguing the trend reflects a growing disconnect from the nation’s history.
«If we want the next generation to love America, they first have to know America,» Johnson said.
The speaker closed by reflecting on the pressures of leading the House Republican conference with one of the narrowest majorities in modern history, saying his Christian faith has helped keep him grounded through repeated legislative and political battles.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says the United States is engaged in a «battle» against Marxism. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, File)
«People say you don’t seem to get too riled up about all the chaos on Capitol Hill. You seem rather calm in the midst of the storm,» Johnson said.
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Johnson said he has adopted the words of former President John Quincy Adams as his mantra.
«‘Duty is ours. Results are God’s,’» Johnson said, quoting Adams. «I’m not the sovereign. All I’m supposed to do is be faithful every single day and leave it on the field.»
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