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Earle-Sears comes out swinging in heated debate as Spanberger dodges Jay Jones questions
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NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears came out swinging against what she called former Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s dodges on calls for fellow Democrat Jay Jones to drop out of the attorney general contest after texts envisioning the murder of a Republican leader came to light.
Throughout the debate, Spanberger mostly declined to make eye contact with Earle-Sears and ignored her when she was interrupted.
Earle-Sears repeatedly addressed Spanberger directly during both women’s answers but did not receive any direct responses in return.
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Early on, Earle-Sears interrupted Spanberger, asking her to give a direct answer. The Democrat told the moderators she was «aware of these messages» and that they were «absolutely abhorrent.»
«I denounced them when I learned of them and I will denounce them every chance I get,» Spanberger said, as Earle-Sears interjected once more to attempt to press for a straight answer.
«I didn’t hear an answer on [the Jones] question,» co-moderator Deanna Albrittin told Spanberger.
Since Earle-Sears had already called for Jones to drop out, the moderators asked her instead about President Donald Trump’s stated «hate» for political opponents after the murder of Charlie Kirk.
Earle-Sears later turned to Spanberger and admonished her for refusing to give a yes-or-no answer on Jones, asking whether it would take Jones «pulling the trigger» to actually condemn what he had said about then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah.
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The Republican was later asked whether she needs Trump’s endorsement, as he has explicitly endorsed lieutenant governor candidate John Reid but offered more muted comments for Earle-Sears during the span of the race.
Earle-Sears also criticized Spanberger for purportedly waiting several days before condemning a left-wing protester’s racist sign at an Arlington anti-transgender-sports demonstration headlined by the Republican candidate.
The sign said that Earle-Sears should not be able to share water fountains (as a Black woman) if transgender students cannot share bathrooms.
In the latter regard, moderator Tom Schaad asked Spanberger whether transgender girls born male should be able to use female bathrooms and be on co-ed sports teams.
«Nothing is more important to me than their safety and their experience in schools,» Spanberger said, before offering a lengthier answer that also cited her experience as a former federal agent investigating crimes against children.
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«That work, in part, has earned me the endorsement of the Police Benevolent Association,» she said.
Schaad reiterated the question, saying there had been no direct answer, and later attempted to ask whether Spanberger would rescind an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin laying out a bathroom policy along biological lines.
«My opponent will not answer the question because she voted for men nude in girls’ locker rooms,» Earle-Sears later said.
Later, both candidates were asked whether they would continue or undo any specific policies from Youngkin – whom the moderators reported enjoys high approval ratings as he closes out his last three months of his term.
Earle-Sears said she would not disclose private conversations with Youngkin but that she would not undo their progress.
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Spanberger said she would continue Youngkin’s efforts to grow advanced nuclear power in the commonwealth.
After the event, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Jr., D-Portsmouth, spoke to reporters as a surrogate for Spanberger.
Scott said there is a «double standard» in pressuring Spanberger to call for Jones to drop out, claiming Earle-Sears has not denounced violent rhetoric from Trump.
The speaker, who represents the area just south of the debate site, claimed Earle-Sears did not as vociferously condemn Trump for a remark he made in 2024 when discussing neoconservatism, and former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s aisle-crossing endorsement of Kamala Harris.
«Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK? Let’s see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face,» Trump said as a rebuttal to people in the political establishment who are war «hawks» or support proverbial forever-wars.
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The Trump campaign noted at the time that the president did not call for Cheney to be executed and that the press covered the remark «disgracefully,» while fact-checker PolitiFact deemed the comment illustrative of a «combat zone» situation rather than a call for murder.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Earle-Sears campaign for comment on the debate, including the way the candidates comported themselves on stage.
«If you’re wondering who’s capable of leading Virginia, this was the debate to watch,» Earle-Sears spokesperson Peyton Vogel told Fox News Digital.
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«Abigail Spanberger couldn’t even look Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears in the eye and confirmed she will not stand up to Jay Jones’ threat-laced, murderous rhetoric.»
«If she can’t lead her own ticket, she can’t lead the Commonwealth,» Vogel said.
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Trump threatens ‘consequences’ after 6 House Republicans voted to reverse his Canada tariffs
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President Donald Trump is threatening to back election challengers against the six House Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to reverse his tariffs on Canada.
The president sent out an ominous warning to GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate just before his agenda suffered a blow on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening.
«Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!» Trump posted on Truth Social.
He argued that the trade deficit was reduced significantly while U.S. financial markets hit significant high points because of his tariff policies.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
«In addition, TARIFFS have given us Great National Security because the mere mention of the word has Countries agreeing to our strongest wishes,» Trump continued.
«TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege.»
Democrats successfully got a vote on a measure to reverse Trump’s national emergency at the northern border using a mechanism for forcing votes over the objections of House majority leadership called a privileged resolution.
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The six Republicans who voted in favor of the measure were Reps. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.; Kevin Kiley, R-Calif.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; Jeff Hurd, R-Colo.; and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.
One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted with the majority of Republicans on the matter. It passed 219-211.
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington July 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
It’s not clear how much impact Trump’s threat will have, however.
Neither Newhouse nor Bacon is running for re-election in the 2026 midterms, and Trump is already endorsing a primary challenger against Massie.
Kiley, whose district was heavily altered by California Democrats’ new congressional map, has not yet said whether he will run for re-election or where he will do it.
He told Fox News Digital when asked for a response to Trump, «This was a resolution regarding the emergency declared by the president over fentanyl from Canada. Congress has an obligation under the National Emergencies Act to evaluate every six months if the emergency still exists. Canada has now significantly cracked down on fentanyl, so there’s no basis to extend the emergency another six months.»
Fitzpatrick and Hurd are both well-liked incumbents in their districts, which are top targets for Democrats come November.
Hurd told Fox News Digital his constituents were «directly affected by these policies.»
«Today’s vote is grounded first and foremost in the Constitution. Article I gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and to levy tariffs. Over time, Congress has delegated limited authority to the executive branch, particularly in matters involving national emergencies. But those delegations were never intended to serve as a permanent vehicle for sweeping, long-term trade policy,» he added.
«If we normalize broad emergency trade powers today, we should expect that a future president — of either party — will rely on the same authority in ways many of us would strongly oppose. Institutional consistency matters. The Constitution does not shift depending on who occupies the White House. My responsibility is to defend the separation of powers regardless of political convenience.»
Trump signed an executive order in February 2025, enacting an additional 25% tariff on most goods from Canada and Mexico. Energy from Canada was subject to an additional 15% tariff.
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks in Quebec City, Quebec, Jan. 22, 2026, after his participation at the World Economic Forum in Davos. (Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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At the time, the White House said it was punishment for those countries’ unwillingness to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs into the U.S.
Opponents of Trump’s tariff strategy have criticized his moves against Canada in particular, arguing it was unjustly harming one of the closest allies and trading partners of the U.S. to the detriment of Americans.
But Republicans who voted against the legislation pointed out that Trump said the fentanyl crisis was the reason for issuing the emergency in the first place, adding the drug was still killing Americans.
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have voted to rebuke Trump’s tariff strategy in the past despite similar warnings from the president.
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Además de Huawei, se informa que la República Popular China ha aprovechado la presencia de su observador en el Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN), con sede en Ciudad de Guatemala, para facilitar las visitas regulares de su embajador en Costa Rica a Guatemala y así interactuar con políticos, funcionarios locales y empresarios costarricenses, incluyendo viajes pagados a China. Según informes, dicho viaje en 2025 incluyó a Luis Aguirre de CABAL, Cristian Álvarez y José Pablo Mendoza de Creo, Luis Rodríguez de VAMOS y Cornelio García de TODOS, entre otros. Según quienes monitorean estos asuntos en Guatemala, se está considerando otro viaje similar para el primer semestre de 2026.
Además de los viajes a la República Popular China, los agentes del país también han llevado a congresistas guatemaltecos al Parlamento de América Latina y el Caribe (PARLATINO), con influencia de la República Popular China, entre ellos Andrea Villagrán de Semilla y Duay Martínez de Vamos. La República Popular de China también ha recurrido a grupos de presión para forjar relaciones con funcionarios guatemaltecos, como Lina Chen, quien se reunió en septiembre de 2025 con el presidente de la Asamblea Legislativa guatemalteca, Neri Ramos, entre otros.
Además del PARLACEN, se informa que la República Popular de China también está intentando, con menos éxito, obtener representación en el Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) y el Banco de Integración Centroamericana (BCIE).
En el ámbito comercial, la importación de productos chinos se ha convertido en un negocio lucrativo para importadores guatemaltecos como Cofiño Stahl, Grupo de los Tres, Grupo Q y Siekavizza en los sectores automotriz y de motocicletas. Grandes puntos de venta de productos chinos, como China Mall, China City y China Depot, se han expandido significativamente en el país, perjudicando a las tiendas minoristas y productores locales. El empresario guatemalteco Luis Pedro Barnoya, importador de productos chinos de nivel medio y organizador de viajes de negocios a la República Popular de China, ha establecido un pequeño consejo para promover dichas actividades. Las actividades semiencubiertas de facilitación comercial de la República Popular China en la Ciudad de Guatemala son objeto de chismes públicos, incluyendo su organización de promoción comercial, CCPIT, que durante un tiempo celebró reuniones en el hotel Barceló, y su uso del restaurante Tamarindo en la Quinta Avenida para organizar reuniones con ejecutivos visitantes de la República Popular China.
En el sector de las telecomunicaciones, además de las iniciativas ya mencionadas de Huawei, los dispositivos de la compañía, así como los de ZTE, se ofrecen a través de los dos principales proveedores de telecomunicaciones, Claro y Tigo. Las empresas chinas Xiaomi y Honor también tienen presencia en el país.
La empresa Hytera, con sede en Shenzhen, condenada por robo de propiedad intelectual de Motorola, habría suministrado radios digitales a las fuerzas de seguridad guatemaltecas.
En el sector de la seguridad, una importante compra de 1000 vehículos Isuzu de fabricación china para la policía guatemalteca, bajo la dirección del primer ministro del Interior del presidente Arévalo, Francisco Jiménez, fue cancelada debido a preocupaciones sobre corrupción. Se informa que operadores portuarios privados del país, como APM y Chiquita Brands, utilizan grúas, escáneres y otros equipos digitales de la marca ZPMC china. Hikvision, empresa china de equipos de vigilancia, desempeña un papel importante en el mercado guatemalteco de seguridad comercial y personal. Durante administraciones anteriores, empresas chinas intentaron, sin éxito, adquirir terrenos tanto en el Atlántico como en el Pacífico para construir instalaciones portuarias.
En el ámbito delictivo, empresarios chinos también han estado involucrados en lavado de dinero y otras actividades ilícitas. Entre ellos se encuentra Wenshen “Alex” Xu, quien fue arrestado en julio de 2025 por importar precursores químicos para drogas sintéticas a través de Guatemala y extraditado a Estados Unidos.
En el ámbito periodístico, personas como Claudia Méndez, de Con Criterio, y el reconocido bloguero Ben Kei Chin, han sido llevadas por agentes chinos a la República Popular China y a otros destinos en múltiples ocasiones y se han convertido en reconocidos defensores públicos del cambio en las relaciones diplomáticas del país.
A medida que la República Popular China y sus agentes han avanzado en Guatemala, Taiwán ha buscado proteger al país contra tales esfuerzos, siendo un buen socio en múltiples ámbitos, como la seguridad, el desarrollo, la educación y el comercio. En agosto de 2025, Taiwán donó 252 motocicletas a la policía guatemalteca y 50 vehículos al Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (MDS) de Guatemala. También construyó un hospital en Chimaltenango, inaugurado en febrero de 2023, y un centro neonatal en San Juan de Dios, Ciudad de Guatemala, en abril de 2024. Taiwán también financia y supervisa regularmente proyectos de infraestructura de transporte guatemaltecos, en particular las mejoras a una carretera que conecta Ciudad de Guatemala con la costa atlántica del país. En educación, Taiwán ha otorgado 600 becas en las últimas dos décadas, incluyendo 66 tan solo en 2025.
En comercio, en las últimas tres décadas, Taiwán ha importado aproximadamente mil millones de dólares en productos guatemaltecos, incluyendo 90 millones de dólares en azúcar guatemalteca tan solo el año pasado, así como café y otros productos.
A pesar de estas actividades, Taiwán tiene un perfil relativamente bajo entre los guatemaltecos como un importante proveedor de beneficios para el país. Algunos consultados para este trabajo expresaron su frustración por la falta de proyectos de mayor visibilidad en Taiwán, como un estadio. Si bien las empresas taiwanesas Lakymen y Diforza son importantes empleadores en Guatemala, algunos consultados para este trabajo perciben que las empresas taiwanesas podrían invertir más en el país para generar empleos de alta calidad.
Si bien algunos miembros del gobierno guatemalteco, según se informa, simpatizan ideológicamente con el establecimiento de relaciones con la República Popular China, prácticamente todos los consultados para este trabajo creían que el presidente Arévalo no abandonará a Taiwán. Sin embargo, los guatemaltecos entrevistados para este trabajo ya están concentrados en las próximas elecciones nacionales de julio de 2027. La República Popular China ha cortejado a líderes de prácticamente todos sus principales partidos. Quien prevalezca podría calcular que los beneficios materiales de abandonar a Taiwán superan los riesgos de ofender a Estados Unidos. Washington y Taipéi, sin duda, seguirán de cerca esta posibilidad.
* El Dr. Evan Ellis es investigador del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales (CSIS, por sus siglas en inglés).
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Transgender ex-student identified as alleged suspect in Canada school mass shooting that left at least 9 dead
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At least nine people were killed in connection to a mass shooting Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, officials said Wednesday. Police identified the suspect, reportedly also found dead, as an 18-year-old transgender woman who allegedly killed two of their family members at home before opening fire at the school.
The Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital that officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the school at 1:20 p.m. local time Tuesday. While searching the school, officers found six victims dead from gunshot wounds and the alleged shooter, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury.
Authorities said Van Rootselaar had attended the school before dropping out roughly four years ago. Van Rootselaar, who identified as female but was assigned male at birth, began transitioning six years ago.
Van Rootselaar reportedly had a history of mental health–related contact with police and may have had access to weapons stored at home. Police said officials visited the residence multiple times in recent years for mental health calls, during which weapons were briefly seized under the Criminal Code but later returned following a petition by the lawful owner.
Police tape surrounds the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and other buildings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting there. (Jesse Boily /The Canadian Press via AP)
Two firearms, a long gun and a modified handgun, were recovered inside the school by the police, RCMP said. Neither weapon was registered to Van Rootselaar, who previously had a firearms license, but expired in 2024.
The six victims found at the school were identified as a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13.
During the investigation, police identified a secondary location believed to be connected to the incident. Two additional victims were found dead inside a residence and were identified as the suspect’s 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old step-brother.
Officials added that two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. One of the wounded, a woman previously believed to have died, is now alive, lowering the death toll from the initially reported 10 to nine.
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A screengrab from a video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday. (Jordon Kosik via AP)
Approximately 25 others with non-life-threatening injuries were taken for assessment at the local medical center, police said.
«This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response,» Superintendent Ken Floyd, North District Commander, said in a statement. «Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident. This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation.»
All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated from the school, police said.
Police do not believe there are any additional suspects or ongoing threat to the public.
Floyd confirmed the shooter was the same individual described in a police alert issued earlier in the day as a «female in a dress with brown hair.»
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A map showing the location of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. (The Associated Press)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was devastated by the horrific shootings.
«My prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence. I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Our ability to come together in crisis is the best of our country — our empathy, our unity, and our compassion for each other,» he wrote on X.
The RCMP initially confirmed an active shooter incident Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, with at least one suspect found dead.
Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.
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In a message posted to its website, the Peace River South School District said it was «aware of a lockdown and secure and hold at Tumbler Ridge Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Elementary schools.»
«We are asking people to have patience as we work with the RCMP,» school officials wrote.
Larry Neufeld, who represents Peace River South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, released a statement on social media noting he was heading to the scene.
«I am aware of the active shooter situation currently unfolding in Tumbler Ridge, and my thoughts are with residents as this situation continues to develop,» Neufeld wrote. «I have been in direct contact with the Solicitor General to receive updates and to ensure all necessary provincial resources are being made available to support local law enforcement and emergency responders.
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«Public safety is the absolute priority. I urge everyone in the area to follow RCMP instructions, remain sheltered, and rely only on official updates,» he continued. «I am leaving Victoria immediately to return to my riding to be on the ground and available to support the community in any way needed. I will continue to stay closely engaged as this situation evolves.»
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