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Final faceoff: Democrat, Republican nominees in key race for governor blast each other on debate stage
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — With under one month to go until Election Day in New Jersey’s competitive and combustible race for governor, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli battled over Sherrill’s military record, Ciattarelli’s business career, and support for President Donald Trump during their second and final debate.
The showdown in New Jersey in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, which turned increasingly bitter in recent weeks, played out at Wednesday’s acrimonious debate.
In one heated exchange, Sherrill accused Ciattarelli of profiting off the opioid crisis, claiming that he «killed tens of thousands of people» through his ties to pharmaceutical industry-backed training materials.
And Ciattarelli fired back that Sherrill «broke the law,» as he pointed to a fine she paid four years ago for failing to timely disclose stock trades, as members of Congress are required to do under federal conflict-of-interest law.
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New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill, right, and Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli on the stage at the start of their second and final debate on Oct. 8, 2025 in New Brunswick, N.J. (Fox News Digital/Paul Steinhauser )
New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states to hold gubernatorial contests the year after a presidential election, which means the races traditionally grab outsized national attention.
And this year’s ballot box showdowns are viewed as crucial early tests of Trump’s popularity and second-term agenda, and are considered key barometers ahead of next year’s midterm elections for the U.S. House and Senate.
The two candidates took shots at each other over key issues, including New Jersey’s sky-high energy costs, property taxes, immigration, and the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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And while he isn’t on the ballot, Trump loomed large over the debate.
Ciattarelli, who cruised to the GOP nomination earlier this year after landing Trump’s endorsement, was asked where he disagrees with the president.
«I disagree with the president on the Empire Wind Farm for Long Island,» the Republican nominee answered.
Moments later, Sherrill charged that her GOP rival had «shown zero signs of standing up to this president. In fact, the president himself called Jack 100% MAGA, and he’s shown every sign of being that.»
New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill, on the stage moments at the start of their second and final debate, on Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (Fox News Digital/Paul Steinhauser )
Ciattarelli shot back that «in times of need, it’s best to have a relationship with whoever occupies the White House, and I will.»
Asked to grade the president’s performance so far during his second term, Ciattarelli said, «I’d certainly give the president an A. I think he’s right about everything that he’s doing.»
«I think that tells us all we need to know about who Jack Ciattarelli’s supporting. I give him an F right now,» Sherrill responded, as she pointed to New Jersey’s high cost of living.
Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker and a certified public accountant who started a medical publishing company before getting into politics and winning election as a state lawmaker, is making his third straight run for New Jersey governor. And four years ago, he grabbed national attention as he came close to upsetting Murphy.
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It was during the 2021 campaign that Ciattarelli’s connection to opioid manufacturers first surfaced. Ciattarelli sold his company, which published content promoting the use of opioids as a low-risk treatment for chronic pain, in 2017.
«You’re trying to divert from the fact you killed tens of thousands of people by printing your misinformation, your propaganda,» Sherrill charged. «I think our kids deserve better. I think the people you got addicted and died deserve better than you.»
Ciattarelli responded, saying, «With regard to everything she just said about my professional career, which provided for my family, it’s a lie. I’m proud of my career.»
«Shame on you,» Ciattarelli added.
Sherrill shot back, «Shame on you, sir.»
Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli on the stage at the start of their second and final debate on Oct. 8, 2025 in New Brunswick, N.J. (Fox News Digital/Paul Steinhauser )
Cittarrelli then blamed the fentanyl crisis on former President Joe Biden’s «open border» policies.
And at a post-debate news conference, he claimed the attack by Sherrill was «a desperate tactic by a desperate campaign on behalf of a desperate candidate.»
Sherrill, asked after the debate if she had proof directly linking Ciattarelli to the opioid deaths, told reporters, «I guess he’s not really expressed anything about this. I think there’s a lot we don’t know. I think he continues to not be very transparent about it.»
Ciattarelli, during the debate, fired back at Sherrill, saying, «I got to walk at my college graduation,» as he referred to the controversy surrounding Sherrill’s military records.
The race was rocked two weeks ago after a New Jersey Globe report revealed that Sherrill’s military records indicated that the United States Naval Academy blocked her from taking part in her 1994 graduation amid the cheating scandal.
Sherrill has claimed that Ciattarelli was going on a «witch hunt» over her improperly released military records, which raised questions about her possible involvement in a cheating scandal that rocked the U.S. Naval Academy three decades ago.
Ciattarelli and his campaign have repeatedly called on Sherrill, who went on to pilot helicopters during her military career after graduating from the Naval Academy, to release her military records to explain why she was prevented from attending her graduation ceremony.
But a separate report from CBS News revealed that the National Personnel Records Center, which is a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, mistakenly released Sherrill’s improperly redacted military personnel files, which included private information like her Social Security number, to a Ciattarelli ally.
The National Archives, in a letter two weeks ago, apologized to Sherrill, saying the improper release was due to a government worker’s error over a legal records request.
Following the breach of the records, Sherrill’s campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to the National Archives and to Ciattarelli’s campaign, as well as to Russell and Nicholas De Gregorio, who is described by Sherrill’s team as «an agent of the campaign working at the direction of» Russell.
The Sherrill campaign also launched a digital ad taking aim at Ciattarelli.
«They broke the law to attack a veteran,» the narrator in the spot charged.
Sherrill, asked why she didn’t attend her graduation, said at the debate, «I didn’t turn in some of my classmates, so I didn’t walk at graduation because I come from an incredibly accountable place. But I went on to graduate. I was commissioned an officer in the United States Navy.»
And she reiterated that she does not want to give Ciattarelli and his campaign access to the records of her Naval Academy classmates.
And she asked, «Why my opponent still won’t take accountability for the release of those records. It’s under federal investigation that a member of his team, someone he vetted to be his lieutenant governor, actually got access to those records, said he was shocked and disgusted, and yet nevertheless shopped them out to reporters when he was asked about it, he acted as if he had no idea what his campaign was doing.»
«So either he’s really incompetent or he’s lying,» she argued.
Ciattarelli quickly responded, calling on Sherrill to release her records.
«We know for a fact that she wasn’t allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony. We know for a fact that her name was not listed in the commencement exercise program. She says it’s because she didn’t turn in classmates. That’s the honor code at West Point. That’s not the honor code at the Naval Academy. You don’t get punished for that. I think she was punished for something else,» he argued.
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While Democrats have long dominated federal and state legislative elections in blue-leaning New Jersey, Republicans are very competitive in gubernatorial contests, winning five out of the past ten elections.
And in the 2025 race, political history favors both parties.
The party that wins the White House tends to lose the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections the following year, which favors the Democrats. But Democrats in New Jersey are also trying to buck history — it’s been over six decades since a party won three straight Garden State gubernatorial elections.
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El papa León XIV visitó Mónaco y denunció que la ostentación de la fuerza y la prevaricación amenazan la paz
El papa León XIV denunció que en este momento histórico “la ostentación de la fuerza y la lógica de la prevaricación perjudican al mundo y amenazan la paz”, en el discurso a las autoridades durante su breve viaje de este sábado al pequeño principado de Mónaco.
En su primer discurso asomado al balcón del palacio del Príncipe tras haberse reunido con Alberto II, León XIV afirmó que este país ubicado “entre los países fundadores de la unidad europea, posee en su independencia una vocación de encuentro y cuidado de la amistad social” que hoy en día “están amenazados por un ambiente generalizado de cerrazón y autosuficiencia”.
Y en este pequeño Estado, donde pasará apenas 9 horas, afirmó, hablando en francés, que “una herencia espiritual viva” debe comprometer su riqueza al servicio del derecho y de la justicia, “especialmente en un momento histórico en el que la ostentación de la fuerza y la lógica de la prevaricación perjudican al mundo y amenazan la paz”.
En el balcón, junto con Alberto II y Charlene, vestida de blanco y mantilla por el privilegio dado a las soberanas católicas, León XIV no obvió que en Mónaco viven una mayoría de ciudadanos procedentes de otros países y que muchos de ellos “ocupan cargos de considerable influencia en el ámbito económico y financiero”.
Añadió que habitar en este país “representa para algunos un privilegio y, para todos, una llamada específica a interrogarse sobre su lugar en el mundo”.
Mónaco es el país con mayor concentración de millonarios del mundo; más de un tercio de sus 39.000 habitantes tienen un patrimonio neto superior a 1 millón de dólares. Es considerado paraíso fiscal sin impuesto sobre la renta y con un PIB per cápita medio de 267.522 euros que hacen de sus habitantes los más ricos del planeta.
Y en este país, el papa afirmó que “cada talento, cada oportunidad, cada bien depositado en nuestras manos tiene un destino universal, una exigencia intrínseca de no ser retenido, sino redistribuido, para que la vida de todos sea mejor”.
Y por ello habló de la necesidad de compartir y recordó la necesidad de poner a los pobres en el centro.
Recordó que Mónaco es uno de los pocos países del mundo que tienen la fe católica como religión de estado y aseguró que esto “no aplasta, sino que libera; que no separa, sino que une”.
También elogió el compromiso del principado y Alberto II por la ecología integral.
Tras este discurso, el papa firmará el Libro de Honor en el Salón de los Espejos y, tras la presentación de la familia en la Sala de la Guardia, el príncipe mostrará los dos frescos de la fachada que representan la visita de Pablo III en 1538 y el paso del féretro del Papa Pío VI en 1802. Finalmente, ambos entrarán en la capilla para un momento de recogimiento.
El papa León XIV y el príncipe Alberto II saludaron a los varios cientos de habitantes del principado desde el balcón del Palacio tras haber mantenido una reunión privada, durante la breve visita que el pontífice estadounidense está realizando este sábado.
León XIV llegó en helicóptero al pequeño Estado y se trasladó al palacio del Príncipe donde fue recibido con todos los honores por Alberto II y su esposa Charlene, que estaban también acompañados por sus hijos mellizos Jacques y Gabriela, vestida de blanco como su madre.
En el patio del palacio también se encontraban en la tribuna de las autoridades Carolina y Estefanía de Mónaco.
Tras visitar el palacio y reunirse con Alberto II en el Salón de Famille tuvo lugar el encuentro privado, seguido del intercambio de regalos y de las fotos.
Se trata de su segundo viaje apostólico internacional, el primero de un papa en la época moderna ya que sólo se tiene constancia de que en 1538, Pablo III pasó por ese territorio de regreso del Congreso de Niza.
(Con información de EFE)
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz insists that President Donald Trump will be «impeached over and over and over again» if the Democrats win back control of the House in this year’s midterm elections.
And the conservative firebrand and three-term senator from Texas, in a sit-down interview this week with Fox News Digital, argued that if Democrats win both the House and Senate majorities in the midterms, «they will do whatever they can to burn it down,» as he pointed to the agenda passed by Trump and Republicans in Congress.
As they fight to hold their slim majorities in both the House and Senate, Republicans are battling stiff political headwinds as the party in power in the nation’s capital traditionally loses seats in the midterms. And they also face a rough political climate fueled by economic concerns over persistent inflation, an unpopular war with Iran and Trump’s underwater approval ratings.
«I think these midterm elections are unbelievably consequential,» said Cruz, who won re-election in 2024 and isn’t on the ballot this year.
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An exterior view of the House side of the U.S. Capitol, on Jan. 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
And the senator pledged, «I am all in fighting for us to win in the midterms, fighting for us to hold the House, fighting for us to hold the Senate and, ideally, grow our majorities in both houses.»
«If the Democrats take the House, no meaningful legislation will pass for the next two years, and we will see the president impeached over and over and over again. And by the way, it won’t matter what for. They will impeach President Trump just because they hate him, because he is Donald Trump,» Cruz claimed.
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And he argued, «We will see investigations attacking the administration in every House committee if they take the House.»
Cruz said implications for Trump and the GOP are even worse if Democrats also win back the Senate.
President Donald Trump speaks with the media before boarding Air Force One, Monday, March 23, 2026, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
«If they take the Senate, we would see an almost complete halt of Senate confirmations — Cabinet members. I think these radical Democrats would leave cabinet offices empty, leave them vacant, rather than confirm President Trump’s nominees. I think judicial nominations. If the Democrats took the Senate, they would essentially halt judicial nominations,» he claimed.
And he charged, «I think Chuck Schumer and the radicals are so extreme that if they get a majority, they will do whatever they can to burn it down.»
But Democrats argue it’s President Trump who’s lighting the match due to what Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York called Trump’s «hurtful and harmful agenda.»
«President Trump is creating a toxic agenda that’s harming people, and they’re looking for Democratic leadership to take them out of this nightmare,» Gillibrand argued in an interview last month with Fox News Digital.
And Democratic National Committee Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer told Fox News Digital: «If Democrats take Congress, the Republicans won’t be able to give massive tax breaks to billionaires, shutter nursing homes and rural hospitals, bomb foreign countries instead of feeding kids, or turn a blind eye to Trump’s open and egregious corruption.»
Cruz heads back home to Texas this weekend, where he’ll address the crowd Saturday in Dallas at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, better known by its acronym CPAC.
But it’s a stop on May 1 in Iowa — the state whose caucuses for half a century have kicked off the race for the Republican presidential nomination — that’s sparking speculation that Cruz is gearing up for a second White House run.
Cruz was runner-up to Trump in the combustible 2016 GOP presidential primaries, and he took a look at making another run in the 2024 cycle before deciding to seek re-election to the Senate.
«There will be plenty of time to make those decisions. I don’t have an announcement for you today,» Cruz answered when asked by Fox News Digital if seriously considering another White House campaign.
Then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speaks during the Road to Majority 2015 convention in the nation’s capitol, on June 18, 2015. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
But he appears to be laying the groundwork for a possible bid, as he positions himself as a conservative alternative to Vice President JD Vance, who is currently the odds on favorite to be Trump’s MAGA and America First heir.
Cruz has grabbed plenty of attention with his clashes with far-right figures, such as Tucker Carlson, and he’s enhanced already strong standing among conservative leaders and donors. And he’s bolstered his grassroots outreach with his popular and widely downloaded podcast, ‘Verdict with Ted Cruz.’
In his Fox Digital interview, Cruz also shared what seemed to be the beginnings of a possible 2028 stump speech.
«I look back to the last year with President Trump in the White House and with a Republican Senate in the house, we have accomplished more in the last year than I’ve seen Congress and the president accomplish in the preceding 13 years that I was here. It is an incredible record of success that we’ve been able to produce. And so my focus is, number one, keep delivering results, keep delivering big wins for the American people,» Cruz said.
Cruz spotlighted that he was «the author of no tax on tips. I wrote that law.» The cuts were one of the tax provisions in the GOP’s massive domestic policy bill that was passed nearly entirely along party lines last summer.
The senator also pointed to the so-called «school choice» provisions in the measure, as well as the Trump Accounts, tax-advantaged, IRA-style investment accounts for children under 18 that were also included in the law.
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«Both of those provisions I wrote, both of them are in the bill,» he noted.
And Cruz predicted that in «10, 20, 30 years from now, those two provisions, school choice and the Trump accounts, will be, by an order of magnitude, the most consequential provisions in the entire bill. So we’ve got a record of wins, of victories for the American people to run on.»
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A un mes del inicio de la guerra en Medio Oriente, Israel detectó el primer ataque con misiles desde Yemen
Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) informaron a primera hora de la mañana la detección de un misil lanzado hacia su territorio desde Yemen, en el primer ataque de este tipo en el contexto de la guerra entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irán, la cual cumple un mes este sábado.
“Los sistemas de defensa aérea están operativos para interceptar la amenaza”, señaló el mensaje publicado en el canal de Telegram de las FDI, que pidió a la población seguir las directrices oficiales. Unos quince minutos después, las autoridades actualizaron que, tras su evaluación, se permitió salir de las zonas protegidas en todo el país.
Los hutíes de Yemen, aliados de Irán, declararon el viernes por la noche estar listos para involucrarse en el conflicto con una intervención militar directa si nuevos actores se suman a Estados Unidos e Israel en la ofensiva contra Irán, o si el mar Rojo es utilizado para ataques contra Teherán.
En un pronunciamiento televisado, el portavoz militar hutí, Yahya Sarea, afirmó que las fuerzas del grupo tienen “las manos en el gatillo” y están preparadas para intervenir bajo esas condiciones específicas, lo que ampliaría la guerra en la región. Sarea indicó que estas condiciones incluyen “la llegada de cualquier nueva alianza con Estados Unidos e Israel contra la República Islámica de Irán” y “el uso del mar Rojo para operaciones hostiles” contra el régimen iraní o cualquier país musulmán.
Estas declaraciones se producen a un mes de los ataques aéreos de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán, bastión del llamado “Eje de la resistencia”, que incluye a los hutíes y otros grupos armados de Medio Oriente.
Durante la guerra en Gaza, los hutíes lanzaron más de 1.800 ataques contra Israel, utilizando misiles balísticos, de crucero, hipersónicos, drones y barcos, según cifras de los insurgentes yemeníes. La mayoría de estos ataques han sido interceptados por Israel sin causar víctimas ni daños.
Por otra parte, las hostilidades entre Tel Aviv y Teherán alcanzaron una nueva fase de hostilidades tras un mes de combates continuos. Los ataques mutuos mantienen en vilo a toda la región, mientras la población civil enfrenta las peores consecuencias y el mercado energético internacional experimenta un impacto directo.
Durante la madrugada del sábado, varias explosiones sacudieron el este de la capital iraní, donde columnas de humo negro se elevaron tras bombardeos israelíes dirigidos contra lo que denominaron “objetivos del régimen terrorista”.
En paralelo, el Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) confirmó que Irán reportó un nuevo ataque a su central nuclear de Bushehr, el tercero en la misma instalación en solo diez días.
La confrontación también ha alcanzado el territorio israelí. Un misil lanzado desde Irán impactó en un edificio residencial de Tel Aviv, provocando la muerte de una persona y dejando dos heridos. El jefe del comando interno del ejército israelí, Miki David, detalló que el proyectil contenía munición de racimo y provocó “destrucciones considerables”, ya que atravesó varios pisos antes de detonar en el interior del inmueble.
Las municiones de racimo, que dispersan múltiples explosivos en el área de impacto y suelen dejar restos peligrosos para civiles a largo plazo, están prohibidas por una convención internacional de 2008 suscrita por más de cien países, entre los que no figura Irán.
El conflicto iniciado el 28 de febrero con ataques estadounidenses e israelíes sobre territorio iraní ha afectado de forma severa a la población civil de Medio Oriente. Además, la guerra ha provocado importantes perturbaciones en el suministro de gas y petróleo, generando una ola de inestabilidad en la economía mundial.
Desde Estados Unidos, el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, expresó el viernes desde París su expectativa de que los objetivos militares en Irán se logren en un plazo de dos semanas y aseguró que el país persa quedará “más debilitado de lo que ha estado en la historia reciente”.
Por su parte, el vicepresidente iraní, Esmail Saqab Esfahani, advirtió que una incursión estadounidense terrestre tendría consecuencias inmediatas en el precio del crudo, llegando a afirmar que el valor del Brent no bajaría de USD 150 el barril. El viernes, el precio ya superaba los USD 112.
En medio de estas tensiones, el emisario estadounidense Steve Witkoff manifestó en un foro empresarial su esperanza de iniciar conversaciones con Irán en los próximos días.
El alcance de la guerra traspasó las fronteras de Israel e Irán. La madrugada del sábado, un ataque iraní contra la base aérea Príncipe Sultán en Arabia Saudita dejó al menos 12 soldados estadounidenses heridos y dañó dos aviones cisterna. Arabia Saudita y Emiratos Árabes Unidos también informaron ataques con misiles y drones desde territorio iraní.
El régimen iraní advirtió a la población civil a evitar cualquier contacto o proximidad con fuerzas estadounidenses en la región, especialmente en hoteles donde se alojan militares extranjeros. Este llamado se produjo tras el aplazamiento, por parte del presidente Donald Trump, del ultimátum para destruir centrales eléctricas iraníes si no se reabría el estratégico estrecho de Ormuz.
El territorio libanés también se ha visto arrastrado al conflicto desde el 2 de marzo, cuando el grupo terrorista Hezbollah, respaldado por la república islámica, comenzó a lanzar cohetes contra Israel en represalia por la muerte del líder supremo iraní Ali Khamenei.
La aviación israelí respondió con bombardeos en el sur y el este de Líbano, así como en los suburbios de Beirut, zonas consideradas bastiones de la organización terrorista. El grupo armado afirmó haber atacado un avión de combate israelí y reportó enfrentamientos directos en el sur del país. Israel, en tanto, persiste en su objetivo de establecer una zona de amortiguación en la frontera.
(Con información de AFP)
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