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Democrat succeeds her late father in Congress as GOP House majority shrinks

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Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won a special election in battleground Arizona, securing the congressional seat left vacant by her father’s death and further eroding Republicans’ razor-thin House majority.

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The Associated Press reports that Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor, defeated business owner and contractor Daniel Butierez, the Republican nominee, in Tuesday’s election in southern Arizona’s 7th Congressional District.

Grijalva will serve the remaining 15 months of the term of Raul Grijalva, who died in March following complications from cancer treatment.

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Arizona Congressional District 7 special election nominees Republican Daniel Butierez, left, and Democrat Adelita Grijalva participate during a televised debate, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Tucson, Ariz. (Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

The younger Grijalva’s victory was anything but a surprise in the left-leaning district. Democrats enjoy a nearly two-to-one voter registration advantage over Republicans in the Hispanic-majority district, which stretches from Yuma to Tucson and includes almost the entire length of the state’s border with Mexico.

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Republicans currently control the House 219-214, with two vacant seats remaining. 

Besides Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, there’s also a vacancy in Texas 18th Congressional District, a heavily Democrat-dominated district in Houston, following the March death of Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner. The special election to fill the seat will be held on November 4, which is Election Day 2025.

Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, a right-leaning seat where Republican Rep. Mark Green stepped down in July to take a job in the private sector, is also currently vacant. The special election to fill the seat will be held on December 2.

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The late Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, died in March of complications due to cancer treatment. (Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Grijalva, thanks in part to her family name and her support from national progressive rock stars, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, grabbed over 60% of the primary vote this summer in a five-candidate showdown.

Progressive activist and social media influencer Deja Foxx came in a distant second.

Grijalva, who with her victory became Arizona’s first Latina in Congress, targeted President Donald Trump as she campaigned,

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«In Congress, I commit to fight Trump’s cruel agenda, like the Big Ugly Bill that took away coverage from nearly 383,000 Arizonans and 142,000 children,» Grijalva pledged in a social media post, as she took aim at Trump, congressional Republicans, and their sweeping domestic policy measure that they named the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Grijalva had also said that if she won, she would immediately sign a discharge petition by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky. The petition, which is currently just one vote shy of passing, calls on the GOP-controlled House to vote to urge the Justice Department to release the files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Butierez, as he campaigned, had been promoting himself as the change candidate in a district controlled by Democrats since the seat was created over two decades ago.

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«This is your chance to actually get a Representative who will represent everyone. If you vote we win, if you don’t only the radicals will have representation,» he wrote on X.

Butierez, who as the 2024 GOP congressional nominee lost to the elder Grijalva while Trump narrowly carried the southwestern battleground state at the top of the ballot, easily won this summer’s Republican primary in the special election.

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While Trump carried Arizona last year after losing it in 2020, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and then-Vice President Kamala Harris won the district by 23 points. 

Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin, in a statement after the race was called, said that «Rep.-elect Grijalva won a hard-fought race. Now, Arizonans will have a fighter in their corner who will stand up to Trump on behalf of families who want to see real leadership in Washington.»

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UN Ambassador Waltz reveals Trump’s Middle East peace plan is ‘the only way forward’

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the U.N. that President Trump’s historic Middle East peace plan is «the only way forward» as he negotiates a resolution that would codify the Trump administration’s Gaza deal in the international body in a way that is «fully consistent with an America First agenda.»

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Fox News Digital spoke exclusively to Waltz after he convened partners and allies to discuss the United States’ intention to present a resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Gaza.

The resolution will endorse the Board of Peace, set parameters for Gaza’s transitional governance and launch the International Stabilization Force outlined in the president’s 20-point Gaza peace plan.

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«Only President Trump has the ability to bring all sides together, just as he did at Sharm El-Sheik,» Waltz told Fox News Digital. «He’s the only person who can truly bridge the divides between the Israelis, the Palestinians and others in the region.»

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Waltz said the president’s plan is «the best chance for real peace in the Middle East in a generation.»

«And, frankly, it’s a real test for the United Nations — to step up, support the president’s plan and start implementing it,» Waltz told Fox News Digital.

«We’ve seen the death and destruction the war in Gaza caused,» Waltz said. «If we can rally the international community to come together and resolve it using the tools of the U.N., that’s absolutely the right thing to do, and it’s fully consistent with an America First agenda.

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«This process of securing peace in Gaza with a Security Council resolution is really about getting the U.N. back to basics,» Waltz continued. «That’s what we’re calling it — back to basics. It’s about strictly focusing on establishing and keeping peace and, in this case, supporting what the president has already set in motion.»

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World leaders, including President Donald Trump and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, pose for a photo at a world leaders summit on ending the Gaza war, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP)

President Trump’s plan to end the Gaza conflict calls for Gaza to be a de-radicalized, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. It also calls for Gaza to be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza and more.

Under the peace plan, Israeli forces would withdraw from the region, and a temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people of Gaza will be created.

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That government will be under the oversight of a new international transitional body called the «Board of Peace,» chaired by President Trump and other members and heads of state.

The resolution would essentially make the plan international law, a U.N. source said.

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As for timing, a U.N. source told Fox News Digital that negotiations typically take months in the United Nations, but the U.S. Mission is hoping to get this done in «weeks.» 

«We are looking to move quickly,» the source said. «The ceasefire is fragile. We don’t want things to fall apart in any way, shape or form. The sooner we get this resolution done, the sooner countries can begin contributing troops to the stabilization force.»

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U.S. President Donald Trump poses with a signed agreement during a world leaders summit focused on ending the Gaza war in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13. (Suzanne Plunkett/Getty Images)

The source also told Fox News Digital that representatives from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Qatar — not members of the Security Council — presented the resolution with Waltz and the U.S. Mission to the broader Security Council.

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«We think that’s really strong,» the source said. «This is about getting humanitarian aid in, stabilizing, governing and rolling up our sleeves and getting to work and having the international community pay for it.» 

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The source said the resolution would create a mechanism, led by Jared Kushner, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that would ensure «the dollars are going to be used efficiently with a private sector mentality in mind.»

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Rubio has said the Trump administration is «seeing things we never thought we’d see before, like the number of countries willing to participate in this effort, be it through money or personnel, or both or expertise.

«We’ve never seen this sort of international cohesion behind something,» Rubio said.  «So, we have to be pursuing those opportunities because they’re really great, historic and important.» 

Meanwhile, the source said the U.S. is «in the thick of negotiations» but is «moving lightening-fast by U.N. terms.» 

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens to a question as he speaks to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel Oct. 24, 2025. (Getty Images)

«They do not want to be part of opposing the best chance we’ve had for peace in a generation,» the source said. «And they don’t want to play the part of bureaucratizing and then being responsible for the fighting resuming.»

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The president has described the peace plan as «the start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for Israel and all the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent region.»

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«I believe that so strongly,» Trump said of the plan. «This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.» 

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Canadian spy chief warns of alarming rise in teen terror suspects, ‘potentially lethal’ threats by Iran

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Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Daniel Rogers, during a rare public appearance Thursday, said nearly one in 10 of the agency’s terrorism investigations include at least one person under the age of 18, an alarming trend driven by online extremism.

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Since 2014, there have been nearly two dozen violent extremist attacks in Canada resulting in 29 deaths and at least 60 injuries, according to Rogers.

Worryingly, he said, nearly one in ten terrorism investigations at CSIS, the country’s domestic spy agency, include at least one «subject of investigation» under the age of 18.

In August, a minor was arrested in Montreal for allegedly planning an attack on behalf of the terrorist group Daesh, according to Rogers.

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Dan Rogers, a national security and intelligence advisor, made a rare speech Thursday. (Reuters/Blair Gable/File Photo)

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Just a few months earlier, a 15-year-old Edmonton-area minor was charged with a terrorism-related offense, after Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigators feared the teen would commit serious violence related to COM/764, a transnational violent online network that manipulates children and youth across widely accessible online platforms.

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Rogers also noted two 15-year-olds were arrested in Ottawa for allegedly conspiring to conduct a mass casualty attack targeting the Jewish community in Canada’s capital in late 2023 and early 2024.

«Clearly, radicalized youth can cause the same harms as radicalized adults, but the societal supports for youth may help us catch radicalization early and prevent it,» Rogers said. «These tragic numbers would have been higher if not for disruptive actions taken by CSIS and our law enforcement partners.»

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Multiple attacks over the last year were intercepted by Canadian authorities, officials said. (Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)

The CSIS joined the RCMP and intelligence partners from the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in releasing a joint public report in December, highlighting the evolving issue of young people and violent extremism. 

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The report provides advice to parents, guardians and others with information to help them identify early concerns and address youth radicalization before it’s too late. 

«Since 2022, CSIS has been involved in the disruption of no fewer than 24 violent extremist actions, each resulting in arrests or terrorism peace bond charges,» Rogers said. «In 2024, CSIS played an integral role in the disruption of two Daesh-inspired plots. 

«In one case, a father and son were allegedly in the advanced stages of planning an attack in the Toronto area. In another, an individual was arrested before allegedly attempting to illegally enter the United States to attack members of the Jewish community in New York. In these examples, and in many others I can’t discuss publicly, our counter-terrorism teams have partnered with law enforcement and saved lives.»

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Canadian officials said they also blocked potentially ‘lethal threats’ by Iran. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu Agency)

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He attributed the radicalization to «eroding social cohesion, increasing polarization and significant global events,» which he said «provide fertile ground for radicalization.»

«Many who turn to violence radicalize exclusively online, often without direction from others,» Rogers said. «They use technology to do so secretly and anonymously, seriously challenging the ability of our investigators to keep pace and to identify and prevent acts of violence.»

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Rogers also noted the CSIS collects intelligence and defends against transnational repression, previously focusing on transnational repression by the People’s Republic of China, India and others. 

«In particularly alarming cases over the last year, we’ve had to reprioritize our operations to counter the actions of Iranian intelligence services and their proxies who have targeted individuals they perceive as threats to their regime,» he said. «In more than one case, this involved detecting, investigating and disrupting potentially lethal threats against individuals in Canada.»

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Tensión entre israelíes y palestinos: el asalto a una mezquita, la última muestra de la creciente violencia colona en Cisjordania

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El asalto a la mezquita Hajja Hamida, durante el cual un grupo de colonos israelíes quemaron la entrada del recinto sagrado y pintaron eslóganes racistas en sus paredes, es la última muestra de la creciente violencia de colonos israelíes en Cisjordania, donde en octubre se contabilizaron más de 500 ataques.

Los colonos vertieron durante la madrugada de este jueves materiales inflamables en la entrada de la mezquita, ubicada entre las localidades de Deir Istiya y Kafr Haris, en la gobernación de Nablus (Cisjordania ocupada), según contó el activista Nazmi al Salman a la agencia palestina Wafa.

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La rápida intervención de los residentes evitó que el fuego se expendiera por todo el edificio, donde los colonos también pintaron eslóganes con mensajes racistas contra árabes y musulmanes.

Al igual que en los últimos días, los ataques se repitieron en distintas localidades. En Turmus Ayya (centro) los colonos arrancaron de raíz los olivos de Abdullah Awad, según denunció este mismo en WhatsApp. También residentes de la ciudad de Faraata (noroeste de Cisjordania) aseguraron que los colonos arrancaron sus árboles.

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El asalto a esta mezquita se suma a una serie de ataques de gran escala que han marcado el último mes en Cisjordania, coincidiendo con la temporada de recolección de la aceituna, un período que históricamente ha sido un foco de altercados.

El asalto a esta mezquita se suma a una serie de ataques de gran escala que han marcado el último mes en Cisjordania. Foto EFE

Justamente ayer otro grupo de colonos lanzó un ataque masivo contra instalaciones industriales y agrícolas cerca de la ciudad de Beit Lid, al norte de Cisjordania, dejando a su paso incendios e hiriendo a varios palestinos.

El martes, colonos también quemaron al menos cuatro camiones e hirieron a varias personas al este de la ciudad cisjordana de Tulkarem. Además, en días anteriores se registraron ataques contra varias aldeas de la castigada comunidad de Masafer Yatta, al sur de Hebrón.

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Octubre fue el mes más violento desde 2013, ya que se registraron, según cifras de la ONU, 536 agresiones, incluidas ataques físicos, quema de campos, destrucción de olivos y restricciones de acceso a los olivares.

Los agresores son a menudo los mismos colonos uniformados, muchos de ellos reservistas del Ejército que viven en los asentamientos ilegales, quienes atacan a las poblaciones palestinas sin que haya intervención del Ejército o la policía israelí que, por el contrario, se ponen habitualmente del lado de estos colonos, según el relato de palestinos y activistas,

Además, este nuevo ataque se produce después de que el jefe del Estado Mayor israelí, Eyal Zamir, asegurara ayer que el Ejército está decidido a «detener» los ataques de colonos israelíes a civiles palestinos, activistas, periodistas y paramédicos, que se han intensificado en diferentes puntos de la Cisjordania ocupada.

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Un hombre observa los daños causados ​​a la mezquita Al-Hajja Hamida tras un ataque de colonos israelíes en la aldea de Der Estya, cerca de Salfitt, Cisjordania. Foto EFEUn hombre observa los daños causados ​​a la mezquita Al-Hajja Hamida tras un ataque de colonos israelíes en la aldea de Der Estya, cerca de Salfitt, Cisjordania. Foto EFE

«Estos actos contradicen nuestros valores, traspasan una línea roja y desvían la atención de nuestras tropas de su misión: defender a las comunidades y llevar a cabo operaciones. Estamos decididos a detener este fenómeno y actuaremos con firmeza hasta que se haga justicia», dijo Zamir tras visitar Cisjordania ayer.

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El comandante del Ejército israelí a cargo de Cisjordania, Avi Bluth, pidió a los soldados que intervengan e intenten prevenir «cualquier acto de delincuencia nacionalista».

Sin embargo, en septiembre se filtraron a la prensa declaraciones de Bluth en las que supuestamente decía que cada vez que un palestino atacase o hiriese a un colono, su aldea sería castigada, una afirmación que pone en entredicho el enfoque del alto mando en ocasiones.

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El ataque a la mezquita ha provocado la condena desde la izquierda israelí, y el líder del Partido Demócrata, Yair Golan, calificó los hechos como «una escalada del terrorismo judío».

Golan denunció la actitud «indulgente y permisiva» con los colonos de los ministros radicales de Seguridad Nacional, Itamar Ben Gvir, y de Finanzas, Bezalel Smotrich, ambos colonos, e instó al Shin Bet (agencia de seguridad interna) y a la policía a «actuar con firmeza contra los criminales y llevarlos ante la justicia».

Hamas denunció también el asalto apuntando que el ataque «revela, una vez más, el sadismo y el racismo de la ocupación contra nuestro pueblo» y lo calificó como «un crimen atroz y un ataque flagrante contra los sentimientos de los musulmanes y la libertad de culto».

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El Ministerio de Exteriores de la Autoridad Palestina condenó el «crimen odioso» cometido por los colonos contra la mezquita de Deir Istiya, e hizo al Gobierno israelí responsable de la «peligrosa escalada y la ola de creciente terrorismo colono».

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