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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.
TRUMP HAILS TEXAS REDISTRICTING APPROVAL THAT COULD ADD FIVE GOP CONGRESSIONAL SEATS NATIONWIDE
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.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SIGNS INTO LAW TRUMP-BACKED CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING MAP
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.
VIRGINIA DEM ADMITS REDISTRICTING PUSH AIMS TO ‘STOP TRUMP’, NOT ABOUT ‘FAIRNESS’
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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Elecciones en Perú: Roberto Sánchez, el ex ministro de Pedro Castillo que busca llegar al poder bajo la sombra de su sombrero
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Gobernabilidad y crimen organizado: los dos máximos desafíos que enfrentará el nuevo presidente peruano
El nuevo gobierno del Perú asumirá el 28 de julio próximo bajo el desafío de lograr gobernabilidad en un país de enorme inestabilidad política y combatir la inseguridad creciente bajo la amenaza del crimen organizado.
Mientras se aguardan los resultados oficiales del balotaje de este domingo, los candidatos Keiko Fujimori (derecha) y Roberto Sánchez (izquierda), tienen desafíos comunes, aunque con distinto peso politico a la hora de intentar resolverlos
“El nuevo presidente tendrá el desafío primordial de generar un clima de orden y estabilidad que parta de una política contra la inseguridad ciudadana que funcione. No es una tarea fácil. Esto no solo tiene que ver con la delincuencia, sino también generar predictividad y confianza en el Estado”, dijo a TN la analista política Giovanna Peñaflor, directora de la encuestadora Imasen.
Quien gane el balotaje se convertirá en el noveno presidente de Perú en la última década, algo insostenible para una ciudadanía que observa como asumen y caen gobiernos que duran en promedio un año y dos meses en el poder antes de ser “vacados” (destituidos) por el Congreso.
Cuatro exmandatarios están hoy en la cárcel y otro esta bajo arresto domiciliario. Los demás enfrentan graves cargos judiciales. Esta inédita inestabilidad institucional generó en los últimos años una profunda desconfianza ciudadana en la dirigencia y los partidos políticos.
Es un contexto político difícil. El primer paso para el nuevo gobierno será lograr gobernabilidad a través de pactos en el Congreso.
“Keiko Fujimori, si bien no tiene mayoría absoluta (en ambas cámaras legislativas), tiene mayores posibilidades de manejarse mejor en el Parlamento. Ya lo ha hecho en los últimos años cuando no ha manejado una mayoría y sin embargo ha logrado sacar leyes que responden a sus intereses”, dijo la analista.
Roberto Sánchez, desde la izquierda, “tiene menor capacidad para hacer alianzas” y tendrá un camino más difícil para lograr estabilidad y evitar que el Congreso termine con su eventual gobierno.
La inseguridad en la mira
La economía peruana está hoy fuera del foco de las mayores preocupaciones de la ciudadanía, aunque persisten las enormes desigualdades sociales que atraviesan la sociedad.
El PBI creció 3,4% en 2025 y los economistas esperan que este año lo haga entre 2,7 y 3,2%. La inflación cerró el año pasado en apenas 1,5% interanual.
“La economía funciona bien en la macro. El desafío es que funcione mejor en la micro”, dijo Peñaflor.
Agentes de policía custodian el lugar donde la candidata presidencial Keiko Fujimori, del partido Fuerza Popular, se reúne con sus simpatizantes para desayunar durante la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en Lima, Perú, el domingo 7 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Martin Mejia)
Pero los peruanos están hoy muy preocupados por la ola de inseguridad. Según las últimas estadísticas oficiales, se registran 10,7 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes (frente a 3,7 de la Argentina). Es una cifra inédita para el país.
En ese contexto, surgió una nueva figura en el mapa del delito: el sicario. Además, hay un gran incremento de las extorsiones a transportistas y pequeños negocios, en medio de protestas contra la inseguridad y cuestionamientos a la dirigencia política.
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Algunos choferes de colectivos advierten que está aumentando el uso de chalecos antibala ante el aumento de asaltos y atentados contra quienes se niegan a pagar estas extorsiones a cambio de su “seguridad”.
Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso, fundador y director de Asuntos Públicos del Instituto de Criminología de Perú, dijo a TN que “el desafío principal es el crimen organizado”.
“Hay una línea vinculada a la extorsión o al sicariato, que es un tema muy urgente, muy urbano y por ende muy cercano a la ciuadanía. Esto debe resolverse en el corto y mediano plazo con medidas que apunten contra el fenómeno asociado a este flagelo”, sostuvo el experto.
Además, dijo que el nuevo gobierno debe apuntalar una agenda que incluya una reforma del sistema de seguridad y justicia.
“Está súper pendiente la reforma de la policía y cómo se articula eso a mejoras en el sistema de seguridad y justicia, como el Cuerpo Judicial, etc. Y en ese contexto también cómo se trabaja en el cierre de brechas, para que las instituciones puedan trabajar operativamente bien”, indicó.
Para Peñaflor, otra línea de trabajo que deberá tener en cuenta el nuevo gobierno es “enrumbar al país en un proyecto de desarrollo a largo plazo”.
“Falta pensar un proyecto en que Perú no solo crezca económicamente, sino que tenga posibilidades de desarrollar y encontrar su papel en el mundo”, concluyó.
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Hezbollah’s secret ‘kill, wound and maim’ bomb network exposed as Israel strikes Beirut
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Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites it described as Hezbollah command centers in Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday, hours after Israeli officials said Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel. Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility.
The escalation came days after the U.S., Israel and Lebanon announced a renewed conditional ceasefire framework requiring Hezbollah to halt fire and withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon. It also followed the release of IDF footage that Israel said showed troops dismantling a Hezbollah explosives facility, where an outside expert said components appeared consistent with anti-personnel shrapnel devices designed to wound or kill people on foot.
The strikes mark a major cross-border escalation days after the U.S., Israel and Lebanon announced a renewed conditional ceasefire framework requiring Hezbollah to halt fire and withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the military action was direct retaliation for the group’s violation earlier in the day.
HEZBOLLAH FIRES BARRAGE OF ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL AFTER IDF TARGETS HEZBOLLAH COMMAND CENTERS IN BEIRUT
An explosion erupts from a building following an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, on March 18, 2026. (Hussein Malla/AP Photo)
Concurrently, footage released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) showed troops locating and dismantling a hidden, booby-trapped explosives warehouse.
The multipurpose assembly hub appeared to contain materials that could be used in makeshift shrapnel and propane tanks to create a distributed, lethal network.
Nick Reese, an adjunct professor at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and a former U.S. national security adviser, told Fox News Digital that the captured weapons cache suggests a deliberate emphasis on personnel casualties, which could be military or civilian targets.
«Given the current situation, they probably targeted more military personnel. Shrapnel bombs are intended to hurt and kill people on foot,» Reese said.
«The video cuts between the IDF entering the building and showing the contents. It’s at this moment that they probably cleared any booby traps,» Reese added. «It would be standard practice to look for and disable any booby traps in a facility like this before going inside and before filming anything.»
«It’s possible the booby traps could be using shrapnel methods, but I can’t see evidence of that in the video. It shows what appears to be a shrapnel bomb, but it is not hidden so likely not a booby trap unless the IDF disarmed it off camera,» he said.
HEZBOLLAH ‘HUMAN SHIELD’ STRATEGY BEHIND LEBANON AMBUSH, BOMB DETONATION – MACRON DRAWN IN
Hezbollah worked to build facilities below private residential buildings and houses. (Benoît Durand / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
Among the items found in the raid was a container filled with nails and other sharp objects, which Reese noted are specific indicators of anti-personnel targeting.
«This video shows what appears to be a container with nails or other sharp implements in it,» Reese noted. «This is likely for creating shrapnel bombs intended to kill, wound, and maim targets.»
«Such devices are both effective and cause significant fear among the population, which was likely the intent,» Reese continued. «The method is not particularly sophisticated but shows that they were targeting humans, not simply hardware or infrastructure.»
«Making shrapnel bombs also tends to be cheap, easily concealed, and effective, especially against personnel. These types of bombs would likely have been in significant use.»
«The video shows a variety of materials that could have been used to create bombs, from makeshift shrapnel to what appears to be a propane tank,» Reese explained.
«These components would be used for very different purposes, so the location seems to have been a central general-purpose explosives-making facility.»
«Propane tanks would be used for larger targets like tanks or buildings, while shrapnel would be used against infantry or in public places,» Reese said.
US, ISRAEL ANNOUNCE TARGETED KILLINGS OF TERROR LEADERS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON
Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs following reported strikes amid escalating conflict involving Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, on March 6, 2026. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)
The dismantling of the factory follows a high-profile decapitation strike against the leadership running these hidden networks.
The IDF announced Friday that an airstrike in Lebanon killed Hezbollah’s chief explosives engineer, Abed Harb, the commander of Hezbollah’s engineering unit, after he «attempted to harm» Israeli soldiers.
The military said Harb was a veteran commander responsible for «numerous attacks against IDF soldiers» over the decades.
When considering the expertise required to manage such operations, Reese observed: «Over a 20-year career, this is difficult to say. Given Iran’s well-known funding and support to Hezbollah and its experience fighting the Israelis in multiple conflicts, he likely had a mix of internal and external training combined with combat experience.»
«Harb was targeted as part of an effort to disrupt Hezbollah’s war-making infrastructure and limit its ability to continue to plan and execute large bombing operations against the IDF and civilian targets.»
«The loss of Abed Harb by Hezbollah is not just a loss of leadership but of institutional knowledge,» Reese added.
«His two decades of battlefield experience were significant to Hezbollah not only because of his bomb-making abilities but because of how he understood the IDF, Hezbollah, and the junior ranks.
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«As a member of Hezbollah since 2006, Harb likely had significant skills in making and disguising bombs over a 20-year career, which will be a blow to Hezbollah’s operational capabilities and infrastructure,» Reese said.
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