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Filipinas y EEUU estrecharon su alianza con maniobras militares en el mar Meridional ante las hostilidades de China
Las fuerzas armadas de Filipinas y Estados Unidos llevaron a cabo este martes ejercicios conjuntos en el mar Meridional, informó este miércoles el ejército filipino, en medio de las crecientes tensiones con Beijing por las disputas territoriales en la región.
Por primera vez, en estas maniobras participaron de forma integrada los guardacostas de ambos países, lo que Manila calificó como un “hito”.
El ejercicio, denominado “maritime cooperative activity” (actividad cooperativa marítima), tuvo lugar en aguas cercanas a las islas de Palawan y Mindoro Occidental, al oeste del archipiélago filipino.
Según el comunicado de las fuerzas armadas, esta operación “reafirma el compromiso” de Filipinas de “modernizar sus capacidades y reforzar las alianzas de defensa para asegurar nuestros intereses marítimos nacionales y regionales”.
La armada filipina destacó que, si bien los guardacostas de ambos países ya habían realizado ejercicios conjuntos anteriormente, esta fue la primera vez que participaron como parte de un ejercicio militar combinado, lo cual, según Manila, subraya el “creciente enfoque de toda la nación hacia la cooperación marítima”.
Durante el operativo, la Guardia Costera de Filipinas desplegó los buques BRP Melchora Aquino, de 97 metros de eslora, y BRP Malapascua, de 44 metros.
Por su parte, la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos participó con el Cutter Stratton. Las unidades fueron acompañadas por recursos de la armada y fuerza aérea filipinas, además de un avión de patrullaje marítimo P-8A Poseidon de la marina estadounidense.
Entre las actividades realizadas se incluyeron verificaciones de comunicación, ejercicios de búsqueda y rescate, y maniobras de táctica de división, según detalló el comunicado militar.
“Mientras Filipinas continúa navegando desafíos marítimos en evolución, actividades conjuntas como esta reafirman el compromiso de nuestras fuerzas armadas con la modernización y el fortalecimiento de las alianzas de defensa”, afirmó el general Romeo Brawner, jefe del Estado Mayor filipino.
Estas maniobras se produjeron pocos días después de la finalización de los ejercicios militares anuales Balikatan, en los que participaron 14.000 soldados filipinos y estadounidenses, y que son considerados una prueba de las capacidades defensivas conjuntas bajo el Tratado de Defensa Mutua entre ambos países.
Además, Filipinas y Estados Unidos tienen previsto iniciar el próximo 26 de mayo una nueva ronda de maniobras militares, conocidas como Kamandag, también celebradas anualmente. En esta edición participarán, además, Japón, Corea del Sur y el Reino Unido.
Los ejercicios conjuntos ocurren en un contexto de creciente disputa territorial en el mar de China Meridional, donde el régimen de China reclama casi la totalidad de las aguas, en contradicción con las zonas económicas exclusivas de 200 millas náuticas que establece el derecho internacional para países como Filipinas, Vietnam y Malasia.
Beijing argumenta sus reclamos en fundamentos históricos, pero en 2016, la Corte Permanente de Arbitraje de La Haya falló a favor de Filipinas en su denuncia contra las reivindicaciones chinas, una decisión que China rechazó y se negó a acatar.
La embajada china en Manila no respondió de inmediato a una solicitud de comentarios de la agencia AFP sobre las maniobras realizadas.
(Con información de EFE y AFP)
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Kamala Harris-endorsed candidate in hot seat for million-dollar DC home hundreds of miles outside district
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FIRST ON FOX: Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick for Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District, Dan Koh, is facing scrutiny for owning a million-dollar home hundreds of miles from the district in Washington, D.C.
Koh, who held several senior roles in former President Joe Biden’s White House, is running in a crowded race to replace Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, who is running for the Senate. He has received the endorsement of Harris, who called him a «fighter» who «knows how to get things done.»
Though running in a suburban Massachusetts district, Koh and his wife own a $1.3 million home in a swanky neighborhood by Capitol Hill, which they purchased in 2022, according to the website for the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue.
The two also own a home in Andover, Massachusetts, which sits within the 6th Congressional District, according to the North Essex Registry of Deeds. The Massachusetts home was purchased in 2019 for $810,000.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed former senior White House official Dan Koh for Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo; Official White House Photo by Stephanie Chasez)
Amy Carnevale, chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, knocked Koh over the home, telling Fox News Digital that «living full-time in D.C. with a no-show house in Massachusetts seems to be a family tradition amongst MassDems.»
She also criticized another Massachusetts Democrat, Sen. Ed Markey, who she said is «known in the Bay State as the ‘Senator from Chevy Chase,’» because he «is rarely seen in his alleged hometown in Massachusetts.»
«Dan Koh is now looking to follow in that tradition. What a shame for actual residents of Massachusetts who deserve better,» added Carnevale.
In response, a spokesperson for Koh’s campaign told Fox News Digital that «Dan lives full-time at his home in Andover, which he and his wife have owned for over 6 years.»
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The spokesperson said that Koh «lived in D.C. during his time as a senior official in the White House during the Biden-Harris administration with his family.»
Tax documents available on the district’s Office of Tax and Revenue’s website show that Koh and his wife still own the D.C. home as of August.
Harris endorsed Koh on Oct. 28, saying: «During our time in the White House, I saw Dan’s steadfast drive to make life better — and more affordable — for working people.»
«He knows how to get things done, will be the fighter you deserve, and is ready on day one,» said Harris, adding, «I’m proud to endorse him and encourage everyone in Massachusetts’ 6th District to support his campaign.»
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Wiltern Theatre on Sept. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Harris is in the midst of a 15-city book tour following the release of her new book «107 Days,» recounting her presidential campaign against President Donald Trump. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A statement by Koh’s campaign said that he is among the first candidates Harris has endorsed in the 2025-26 campaign cycle, which the campaign said demonstrates «the critical importance of electing a strong, effective Democratic leader to represent the 6th District.»
Koh said he is «honored that Vice President Harris has endorsed our campaign for Massachusetts’ 6th District,» adding, «I personally witnessed the Vice President’s tireless dedication to the American people every day in the administration.»
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He added, «I’ll be ready on day one to bring the same brand of leadership to Capitol Hill, getting to work to deliver results for families of our commonwealth and our country.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Harris for contact but did not immediately receive a response.
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Former Rep. Gohmert blasts Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records in J6 probe
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, telling Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that his action «destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.»
Fox News Digital exclusively reported Thursday morning that Smith targeted then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s personal, private phone records, as well as Gohmert’s.
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Fox News Digital exclusively reviewed the document that FBI Director Kash Patel recently shared with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Ron Johnson containing the explosive revelations. Grassley and Johnson have been leading a joint investigation into Smith’s «Arctic Frost» probe.
Former Rep. Louie Gohmert blasted ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly targeting his personal phone records. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
According to the document, Smith, on Jan. 24, 2023, allegedly sought the «toll records for the personal cell phones of U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (AT&T) and U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (Verizon.)»
The information was included as part of a «significant case notification» drafted by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division May 25, 2023.
«It is astounding that Jack ‘Frost’ Smith went on this persecution,» Gohmert told Fox News Digital Thursday. «Apparently, this guy has never read the Fourth Amendment because you have to describe with particularity what it is you’re going after — there should be probable cause, and they had no probable cause. They were going on a witch hunt.»
Smith had sought Gohmert’s personal cellphone records from November 2020 through the end of January 2021.
«They don’t have any regard for the Fourth Amendment,» he said. «It makes Watergate look like school yard folly.»
But Gohmert said it is the «principle.»
Then-Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case cost taxpayers more than $50 million. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
«It is the separation of powers that is the problem,» Gohmert explained. «People and whistleblowers contacted me regularly from within the DOJ and the FBI about overreach within the FBI and DOJ. By grabbing my records, they could stifle reporting of potential crimes by people within the agencies.»
JACK SMITH TRACKED PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS, CALLS OF NEARLY A DOZEN GOP SENATORS DURING J6 PROBE, FBI SAYS
«You can’t just go seize members of Congress’ records even with a warrant because of that separation of powers,» Gohmert said. «There has to be a wall and that’s what troubles me more than anything.»
Gohmert told Fox News Digital that he didn’t remember who he spoke with during the time period Smith sought records, but said that «the last thing I want is for someone who trusted me to keep their name private to have some jack-booted thug like Jack ‘Frost’ Smith grab my records and find out who is tattle tailing on him.»
He added: «It violates and destroys the checks and balances that the founders counted on.»
Gohmert, though, told Fox News Digital that he trusts the current Justice Department and FBI leadership.
«I trust the DOJ and trust the people running the FBI,» he said. «We’ll see if there were any crimes committed and, if following the Constitution, they can be properly prosecuted.»
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Meanwhile, McCarthy said he will take legal action against Smith.
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he will take legal action against Jack Smith. (Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press)
«Jack Smith’s radical and deranged investigation was never about finding the truth,» McCarthy told Fox News Digital. «It was a blatant weaponizing of the Justice Department to attack political opponents of the Biden administration. Perhaps no action underscores this point more than the illegal attempt to access the phone records of sitting members of the House and Senate — including the Speaker of the House.»
«His illegal targeting demands real accountability,» McCarthy continued. «And I am confident Congress will hold hearings and access documents in its investigation into Jack Smith’s own abuses.»
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«At the same time, I will ask my own counsel to pursue all areas of redress so this does not happen to anyone else,» McCarthy said.
The revelations come after Fox News Digital exclusively reported in October that Smith and his «Arctic Frost» team investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots were tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators as part of the probe, including Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and GOP Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania.
An official told Fox News Digital that those records were collected in 2023 by Smith and his team after subpoenaing major telephone providers.
Smith has called his decision to subpoena and track Republican lawmakers’ phone records «entirely proper» and consistent with Justice Department policy.
«As described by various Senators, the toll data collection was narrowly tailored and limited to the four days from January 4, 2021 to January 7, 2021, with a focus on telephonic activity during the period immediately surrounding the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol,» Smith’s lawyers wrote in October to Grassley.
Grassley, R-Iowa, and Johnson, R-Wis., have been investigating the matter.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., have been investigating the matter. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
An FBI official told Fox News Digital that «Arctic Frost» is a «prohibited case,» and that the review required FBI officials to go «above and beyond in order to deliver on this promise of transparency.» The discovery is part of a broader ongoing review, Fox News Digital has learned.
Smith, after months of investigating, charged President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., in his 2020 election case, but after Trump was elected president, Smith sought to dismiss the case. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted that request.
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Smith’s case cost taxpayers more than $50 million.
Smith did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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