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Dems suggest GOP redistricting has forced them to play partisan politics, Republicans argue nothing’s changed

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Amid the fight in Texas over Republicans’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps, leaders of the Democratic Party have expressed the need to meet what they have described as partisan tactics, with more partisan tactics.
But GOP elections experts argue Democrats have always been partisan in their congressional map drawing, despite an effort to frame the newly aggressive tactics as a reversal.
One example is former Obama wingman and U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, who did an interview with the New York Times about how he has «reversed course on gerrymandering.»
In 2017, Holder founded the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), to lead the Democratic Party’s «comprehensive redistricting strategy» focused on drawing congressional maps «in a fair manner.» This week, Axios reported Holder would be meeting with House Democrats to discuss their redistricting battle going forward, which comes after Holder told the Times that GOP efforts in Texas must be «met in the moment.»
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST SAYS PARTY LACKS ‘MORAL AUTHORITY’ ON TEXAS REDISTRICTING FIGHT
«Everything should be on the table. We’ve got to put pressure on Republicans and make sure they understand that there’s a price that they might have to pay in 2026,» Holder told the Times earlier this month. «Whatever it is that might forestall this truly anti-democracy, authoritarian move that they’re trying to pull in Texas has to be brought.»
Fprmer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) takes questions as Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery (R) looks on during a news conference to make a major financial fraud announcement February 3, 2015 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. In 2017, alongside other officials fro the Obama administration, Holder debuted the National Democratic Redistricting Committtee to help lead the party’s redistricting efforts across the country. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
«Nothing has changed except the donors funding his losing redistricting efforts now want Democrats to ignore their state constitutions, violate state and federal law, and gerrymander harder,» said Adam Kincaid, the founder of the competing GOP group set up in 2017 to challenge the NDRC.
The Republican redistricting efforts in Texas have resulted in Democrats fleeing the state – in many cases to Democrat-led havens that critics argue are highly gerrymandered themselves – to halt the GOP effort from going forward. These state-level challenges subsequently spurred nationwide resistance, including from Democratic Party governors around the country who have announced plans to retaliate by redrawing maps of their own, citing Trump and Republicans as their motivation.
«If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice,» said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has announced plans to try and redraw New York’s congressional maps in response to Trump and Republicans. Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the redistricting push by Trump and Republicans has inevitably «forced» him to consider leading an effort to redraw California’s congressional maps «to offset the rigging of maps in red states.»
NETWORKS POUNCE ON REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING. THEY DIDN’T CARE WHEN DEMOCRATS DID IT

Democrats have signaled retaliation in response to Republican redistricting efforts across the country, particularly in Texas. (Getty Images)
Kincaid’s group, the National Republican Redistricting Trust (NRRT), pointed Fox News Digital to an early 2018 NDRC’s tax form, indicating the Democratic Party redistricting group’s «organizational mission» and «most significant activities» are to «favorably position Democrats for the redistricting process.»
«Democrats like Eric Holder, Gavin Newsom, and Kathy Hochul have never cared about ‘fairness’ when it comes to redistricting; they have shown that they are willing to abandon their principles as long as it means more seats in Congress for Democrats,» said Mason Di Palma, Communications Director at the Republican State Leadership Committee. «The American people can see right through their hypocritical power grab and will not let them off the hook.»
Meanwhile, conservative election law expert Hans von Spakovsky, said the idea that Holder has been against political gerrymandering as the head of the NDRC is «laughable.»
«They keep telling Trump that he needs to stop what’s going on in Texas … Texas has to fix those districts, because the Fifth Circuit said,» Spakovsky said in response to questions about partisanship in the ongoing redistricting fight.
He argued that Trump can’t just «ignore the law.»
OBAMA LABELS TEXAS REDISTRICTING PUSH ‘A POWER GRAB THAT UNDERMINES OUR DEMOCRACY’
Meanwhile, Spakovsky pointed out that Newsom’s suggestion to lead an effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps would mean getting rid of legislation aimed at making congressional map drawing less partisan, through independent redistricting committees.

Democrats have signaled retaliation in response to Republican redistricting efforts across the country, particularly in Texas. (Getty Images)
In Newsom’s letter to Trump announcing his proposed retaliation, the governor concedes that he believes congressional maps should be drawn by «independent, citizen-led efforts,» but insists that if the president does not «stand-down» he will have to go to lead his own effort.
«We tried to play by a higher set of standards and rules with our independent redistricting, and we believe in that. And we are not talking about eliminating that commission,» Newsom said during a press conference discussing his potential retaliatory efforts. «We are talking about emergency measures to respond to what’s happening in Texas, and we will nullify what happens in Texas.»
However, even with California’s independent redistricting commission, Spakovsky says the California redistricting process has still been laden with partisanship, pointing to how after the 2024 election, Republicans statewide in California got about 40% of the vote, but they only have 17% of the congressional seats, or 9 out of 52 seats.
«California’s gerrymandered,» Trump said last week during an interview on CNBC. «We should have many more seats in Congress in California.» The week prior, Vice President J.D. Vance called gerrymandering in California «outrageous.»
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Many of the Democrats who fled Texas have been criticized for fleeing to states that critics say have their own highly partisan congressional maps favoring Democrats, such as Illinois.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has been at the forefront of efforts to force Democrats to return to their state, slammed Democrats involved in this redistricting fight from these Democrat-gerrymandered states as «completely out of control.»
«They’ve been engaged in gerrymandering for decades in California, Illinois, New York, and elsewhere, and what they have lost touch with is the people,» Abbott said.
Newsom’s office challenged the assertions that California, and the governor, have a track record of engaging in partisan redistricting, insisting that Newsom actually «has a long history of supporting independent redistricting, both at the state and national level, a principle many Republicans have voiced opposition to over the years.»
Neither Holder, Hochul, nor representatives for the pair returned Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
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Una presentadora generada por Inteligencia Artificial condujo un documental en un canal británico: «No existo», dijo al final

Este lunes por la tarde, la cadena pública británica Channel 4 emitió una provocadora demostración del futuro laboral al poner al aire un documental bajo la conducción de una presentadora generada íntegramente por inteligencia artificial (IA). Este audaz experimento, parte del programa de investigación Dispatches, reabrió el debate global sobre el impacto ético y económico de la IA en el periodismo.
La presentadora virtual, llamada Aisha Gaban, una mujer morena de cabello hasta los hombros y aspecto hiperrealista, abrió el programa, titulado «¿Me quitará la IA mi trabajo?», con un mensaje directo a la audiencia: «La IA afectará la vida de todos en los próximos años. Y a algunos, les hará perder sus trabajos». Y, en un giro meta-narrativo, se incluyó a sí misma: «¿Empleados de call center? ¿Agentes de servicio al cliente? Quizás incluso presentadoras de televisión, como yo».
Solo al final del documental, que exploró las transformaciones del trabajo en sectores como el derecho, la música, la moda y la medicina, Gaban reveló su naturaleza digital. «No existo», dijo simplemente, afirmando ser la primera presentadora generada por IA en la televisión británica. «No estuve en los lugares para cubrir la noticia. Mi imagen y mi voz se generaron mediante inteligencia artificial», explicó, a pesar de haber aparecido en diversas locaciones a lo largo del metraje.
El experimento de Channel 4, si bien fue un truco concebido para alertar sobre la disrupción tecnológica, generó un comunicado de la jefa de noticias del canal, Louisa Compton, que subraya la postura crítica de los medios tradicionales. Compton aseguró que «usar un presentador generado por IA no es algo que vayamos a adoptar regularmente en Channel 4″.
«Al contrario, nuestra prioridad sigue siendo un periodismo de calidad, verificado, imparcial y digno de confianza, algo que la IA no es capaz de ofrecer», añadió Compton. La cadena reconoció que la experiencia es un «útil recordatorio del potencial disruptivo de la IA y de la facilidad con la que puede engañar a la audiencia con contenido que no tiene forma de verificar». Esta preocupación ética es central en la industria, donde la mayoría de las audiencias, según encuestas recientes, desconfía de las noticias generadas principalmente por algoritmos sin intervención humana.
El uso de la IA en la televisión como presentador visible no es completamente nuevo, aunque sigue siendo minoritario. Desde 2018, la agencia de noticias oficial china, Xinhua, ha utilizado versiones digitales de sus presentadores habituales para emitir noticias las 24 horas del día. Más recientemente, figuras de IA han debutado en noticieros de India, Kuwait, Tailandia y otras naciones de Asia, a menudo con el argumento de optimizar costos y ofrecer transmisiones ininterrumpidas.
Sin embargo, en el periodismo, la IA se emplea mayoritariamente “detrás de escena”.
Generación de contenido rápido: Sistemas automatizados, como el utilizado por Los Angeles Times para informar instantáneamente sobre terremotos (Quakepot), o el Cyborg de Bloomberg News para analizar informes financieros y redactar notas basadas en hechos y cifras.
Verificación y fact-checking: Herramientas de IA que ayudan a los periodistas a verificar informaciones, detectar noticias falsas y diferenciar discursos de odio, un uso respaldado por organismos como la UNESCO.
Tareas de soporte: Uso de software de IA como asistente editorial para revisar gramática, generar emails y realizar borradores, optimizando el tiempo del reportero.
La controversia, sin embargo, se profundiza no solo con los presentadores virtuales, sino con la generación de contenido engañoso (deepfakes) y la sustitución de escritores humanos. La misma tecnología que creó a Aisha Gaban fue la que en septiembre generó indignación en Hollywood con la aparición de Tilly Norwood, una actriz creada por IA con la ambición de ser «la próxima Scarlett Johansson o Natalie Portman», lo que plantea serios desafíos para la propiedad intelectual y los puestos de trabajo creativos.
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SCOOP: Trump-backed former Navy SEAL launches GOP primary challenge against Massie

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FIRST ON FOX – A former longtime Navy SEAL and fifth-generation Kentucky farmer who is backed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared his candidacy in the state’s 4th Congressional District, as he challenges Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in next year’s GOP primary.
«I’ve dedicated my life to serving my country, and I’m ready to answer the call again,» Ed Gallrein said in a statement shared first with Fox News Digital.
And pointing to Massie, a frequent GOP critic of the president during his second term in the White House, Gallrein emphasized, «This district is Trump Country. The President doesn’t need obstacles in Congress – he needs backup. I’ll defeat Thomas Massie, stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump, and deliver the America First results Kentuckians voted for.»
The campaign launch comes four days after Trump took to social media to praise Gallrein, urge him to run, and blast Massie.
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Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, arrives for a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump argued that Massie was a «Third Rate Congressman,» a «Weak and Pathetic RINO,» and a «totally ineffective LOSER who has failed us so badly.»
And the president applauded Gallrein, calling him a «Brave Combat Veteran» and a «very successful Businessman» who, if elected to Congress, would «fight tirelessly to Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment.»
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Trump’s social media post included a photo of himself and Gallrein holding red MAGA hats in the Oval Office.
Gallrein served three decades in uniform, rising to the rank of Captain. According to his campaign bio, he served multiple times on SEAL Team SIX, deploying to Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and earned four Bronze Stars and two Presidential Unit Citations.

Ed Gallrein, left, seen with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, on Tuesday launched a congressional bid to primary challenge Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Gallrein’s campaign launch comes four days after Trump backed him and urged him to run. (Ed Gallrein congressional campaign)
His campaign release also highlighted that «Gallrein’s roots run deep in Kentucky.» He was born and raised in the state. And his family, which has farmed for over a century, built Kentucky’s largest dairy farm and Gallrein Grain Farms, one of the state’s largest grain operations.
Massie took aim at Gallrein following Trump’s social media endorsement, calling him a «failed candidate and establishment hack,» as he pointed to Gallrein’s unsuccessful run last year for the state Senate.
MASSIE FIRES BACK AFTER JOHNSON CALLS HIS EPSTEIN RECORDS PUSH ‘MEANINGLESS’
«After having been rejected by every elected official in the 4th District, Trump’s consultants clearly pushed the panic button with their choice of failed candidate and establishment hack Ed Gallrein,» Massie said in a statement to Politico. «Ed’s been begging them to pick him for over three months now.»
Trump started targeting Massie for ouster earlier this year over the seven-term lawmaker’s opposition to the «One Big Beautiful Bill,» which passed the GOP-controlled Congress early in the summer nearly entirely along party lines. The sweeping GOP megalaw is the president’s major legislative achievement since returning to the White House.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) during a news conference with alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on September 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Massie is also leading the push, along with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, in forcing a House floor vote to urge the release of the Justice Department’s files on the late convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a move the White House and House GOP leaders have aimed to counter. Massie is on the verge of reaching the needed 218 signatures to force the vote.
Two top Trump political advisers — 2024 co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita and pollster Tony Fabrizio — in June launched a super PAC that aims to defeat Massie. Nearly $2 million has been spent already to run TV ads targeting Massie.
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But Massie has used the attacks from Trump and his allies to boost fundraising, hauling in more than $750,000 the past three months, which was the best fundraising quarter of his congressional career.
Massie’s district, in the northeastern part of the state, includes Louisville’s eastern suburbs and Cincinnati’s Kentucky suburbs.
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La Unión Europea acordó adelantar al 2028 la desconexión de las importaciones de hidrocarburos rusos

Los países de la Unión Europea respaldaron el lunes, con la oposición de Eslovaquia y Hungría, la propuesta de la Comisión Europea para adelantar a 2028 la desconexión de la UE de las importaciones de hidrocarburos rusos, normativa que aún tendrá que negociarse con el Parlamento Europeo, que quiere acelerar un año más.
«Se trata de una decisión muy importante“, dijo tras el acuerdo entre los ministros de Energía de los Veintisiete el comisario europeo de Energía y Vivienda, Dan Jørgensen, quien aseguró que el Ejecutivo ayudará en la transición “a todos los Estados miembros, incluidos aquellos que no apoyan la legislación”.
Los Estados miembros, con amplio apoyo y algunas reservas específicas, secundaron la propuesta de la Comisión Europea que, presionada por Estados Unidos, planteó que la UE acabe con los contratos de gas ruso a corto plazo en 2027, y un año después con los acuerdos a largo plazo, tanto por gasoducto como por barco.
El Consejo plantea que las modificaciones de los contratos solo se permitan por razones operativas sin aumentar volúmenes, con algunas flexibilidades para los países sin acceso al mar, y propone simplificar las obligaciones aduaneras con un sistema de autorización previa y exenciones para determinados orígenes.
Las capitales deben negociar ahora con el Parlamento Europeo, que quiere adelantar un año el calendario, con la intención de cerrar el texto antes de fin de año.
Desde la invasión de Ucrania, la UE ha prohibido las compras a Rusia de carbón y de casi todo el petróleo, pero no del gas. No obstante, antes de la guerra la Unión compraba a Moscú el 45% del gas que consumía y ha rebajado ese volumen hasta niveles que actualmente rondan el 13%.
El nuevo paso supone la ruptura total y más rápida de lo previsto, lo que genera inquietud. Grecia apoyó “completamente” la desconexión, pero pidió “medidas para corregir las perturbaciones del mercado”.
En cambio, Eslovaquia, uno de los mayores aliados de Rusia en la UE, votó en contra, argumentando que comprometería su seguridad energética. Lo mismo hizo Hungría, que sostuvo que el petróleo que podría recibir a través de Croacia no sería suficiente y dejaría a Budapest sujeta al “monopolio” de una sola vía de suministro y un tránsito con tasas elevadas, según dijo el titular húngaro Péter Szijjártó.
La posición de Hungría recibió críticas de otros socios, como Croacia, que garantizó que tiene “plena capacidad” de abastecer a Budapest, y Letonia, que cuestionó si hace falta otra “tragedia” para acabar con la dependencia energética de Moscú. Polonia agregó: “No estamos aquí para hablar de matemáticas ni números, aunque sean importantes, sino de valores”.
Otros países, como la presidencia danesa de turno del Consejo, celebraron que el bloque comunitario vaya a “dejar de financiar la máquina de guerra de Rusia” y subrayaron que “la energía que consumimos tiene que alejarse de los combustibles fósiles”.
El acuerdo es “el principio de una transición” hacia una economía descarbonizada, afirmó el ministro de Clima y Energía de Dinamarca, Lars Aagaard. En la misma línea se posicionó España, a través del secretario de Estado de Energía, Joan Groizard, quien destacó que “la energía no puede ser un arma de guerra” y mostró su apoyo al texto porque es “de alcance europeo” y contiene medidas “jurídicamente solventes”.
Groizard agregó que no basta con sustituir la dependencia energética de Rusia por otra: «No se puede dejar que un tercer país esté en disposición de chantajear a Europa en términos energéticos“.
La presidencia danesa señaló que la solución a la dependencia energética llegará a largo plazo con energía renovable autogenerada en la UE, y Jørgensen respaldó esa postura, asegurando que trabajan “muy, muy duro con los Estados miembros para ayudarles de forma que no haya ningún problema de seguridad de suministro ni subidas de precio”.
(Con información de EFE)
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