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Former GOP senator running to flip key swing state seat says he wants to ‘work with President Trump’
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EXCLUSIVE: RYE, N.H. — It’s been 15 years since Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in swing state New Hampshire.
But former Sen. John E. Sununu is confident he can break his party’s losing streak.
«This is a race I know I can win,» Sununu told Fox News Digital last month.
Sununu launched his 2026 GOP Senate campaign earlier this week, and on Friday explained why he’s the right person to flip the seat currently held by longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who’s retiring after next year.
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Former Republican Sen. John E. Sununu of New Hampshire, who is running in 2026 to return to the Senate, is interviewed by Fox News Digital in Rye, N.H., on Oct. 24, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«It’s the right message, the right set of issues, and also the right person,» Sununu told Fox News Digital, in his first national interview after declaring his candidacy.
Sununu is a former three-term representative who defeated then-Gov. Shaheen in New Hampshire’s 2002 Senate election. But the senator lost to Shaheen in their 2008 rematch.
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Shaheen announced earlier this year that she wouldn’t seek re-election in next year’s midterms and Republicans are working to flip the seat as they aim to not only defend but expand their 53-47 Senate majority.
Now, after nearly two decades in the private sector, Sununu is returning to the campaign trail in New England’s only swing state.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., seen speaking at a policy event in Concord, New Hampshire on Oct. 22, 2024, is not seeking re-election next year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Sununu, in his launch video, said that nowadays «Congress just seems loud, dysfunctional, even angry,» and that he wants to «return to the Senate to help calm the waters.»
Asked if that’s the kind of message that the Republican base wants to hear, the former senator said: «They want to win. I think they want to have someone who advocates for New Hampshire and gets things done. Someone like me, who can walk into the Oval Office and work to keep taxes low for New Hampshire, work with the administration, work with President Trump.»
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Sununu’s said his «priorities are, affordability, keep taxes low, give our state just a strong, clear voice in Washington,» and that he’s «carrying that message across the state, meeting with activists, meeting with businesses, talking to them about their needs.»
«There are three things I’ve spent my life doing: standing up for New Hampshire, solving tough problems and working with people to get things done for New Hampshire. That’s exactly what I’ll do as senator,» he said.
Sununu is a brand name in New Hampshire politics. The former senator’s father, John H. Sununu, is a former governor who later served as chief of staff in then-President George H.W. Bush’s White House. And one of his younger brothers is former Gov. Chris Sununu, who won election and re-election to four two-year terms steering the Granite State.
But Sununu won’t have a glide path to the GOP nomination.
Former Sen. Scott Brown, who launched a Republican Senate campaign in New Hampshire in June, is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on July 4, 2025, in Exeter, N.H. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News )
Former ambassador and former Sen. Scott Brown, who was elected and served three years in the Senate in neighboring Massachusetts, and who, as the 2014 GOP Senate nominee in New Hampshire, narrowly lost to Shaheen during her first re-election, jumped into the race in late June.
«Our campaign will have the necessary resources for the long haul, and allow me to campaign the only way I know how: relentless hard work and a focus on retail politics that Granite State voters expect,» Brown said after Fox News first reported a couple of weeks ago that he hauled in roughly $1.2 million in fundraising the past three months.
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Brown has repeatedly taken aim at Sununu the past month over the former senator’s lack of past support for Trump, who holds immense clout over the GOP.
Sununu served as national co-chair on the 2016 Republican presidential campaign of then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who declined to support Trump as the party’s nominee.
And Sununu, along with then-Gov. Chris Sununu, endorsed former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, as she battled Trump for the nomination.
Former Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, center, is joined by then-New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, right, as they visit a polling location to greet voters casting ballots in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, on Jan. 23, 2024, in Hampton, New Hampshire. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
And on the eve of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, the former senator wrote an opinion piece titled, «Donald Trump is a loser,» that ran in the New Hampshire Union Leader, the state’s largest daily newspaper.
Brown endorsed Trump ahead of his 2016 New Hampshire primary victory, which launched him toward the GOP presidential nomination and ultimately the White House. Brown later served as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand during Trump’s first term.
«Anyone who thinks that a never Trump, corporate lobbyist who hasn’t won an election in a quarter century, will resonate with today’s GOP primary voters is living in a different universe. While John was supporting John Kasich in 2016, I was campaigning with Donald Trump,» Brown charged in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Asked about the criticism, Sununu said: «This race is about who is going to do the best job for New Hampshire, and I absolutely can work with the Trump administration on issues important to New Hampshire.»
Brown, pointing to Sununu’s past decade and a half in the private sector, argued that «while John was fighting for special interests, I was serving in the first Trump administration.»
And the New Hampshire Democratic Party also blasted the former senator over his private sector tenure.
«John Sununu went to Washington almost 30 years ago, then cashed in, making millions selling out to corporations and working for Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Wall Street while the people of New Hampshire paid the price,» longtime state party chair Ray Buckley argued in a statement. «The only reason Sununu wants to go back to Washington now is to sell out New Hampshire to the same corporations and special interests that have lined his pockets for years. Granite Staters won’t let him sell us out again.»
Sununu, pushing back, said: «I have never lobbied any member of Congress on any issue for any business. My work has been in technology in the private sector.»
«We need that background of business and private sector experience in Washington. We don’t want a bunch of lawyers making all the decisions in Washington,» Sununu added, in a jab at Brown, an attorney who served as dean of New England Law Boston after returning to the U.S. at the end of the Trump administration.
Trump, whose endorsement in Republican primaries is extremely influential, has remained neutral to date.
President Donald Trump, seen celebrating in Nashua, New Hampshire on Jan. 23, 2024 after winning the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, remains neutral to date in the 2026 Senate primary in the Granite State. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
But the president may be willing to overlook Sununu’s past jabs.
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Trump ally and chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, announced hours after Sununu’s launch that the Senate GOP’s campaign arm would back the former senator’s bid.
And the Senate Leadership Fund, the top super PAC supporting Senate Republicans — which is aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and steered by Trump world veterans — praised Sununu.
Sununu told Fox News Digital he «would certainly like to have his [Trump’s] endorsement, and it would be, I think, helpful in the primary.»
«But the more support and endorsements you can have, the stronger your overall campaign is going to be,» he added as he listed a number of top New Hampshire Republicans who are now backing him, including Steve Stepanek, a longtime top Trump Granite State ally who chaired the president’s 2016 campaign in New Hampshire and served as senior adviser on last year’s campaign.
«They’ve all sort of joined this effort because they know I will be the best and most effective senator for the state of New Hampshire,» he touted.
Democratic Senate candidate in New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas is interviewed by Fox News Digital, on July 4, 2025, in Portsmouth, N.H. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)
If he clears next September’s primary, Sununu would likely face off against four-term Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas.
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Pappas, who launched his Senate campaign in early April, is the clear frontrunner for his party’s nomination.
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Ex-Victoria’s Secret CEO’s lawyer caught on hot mic jokingly threatening to ‘kill’ him at Epstein deposition
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Ex-Victoria’s Secret mogul Les Wexner’s lawyer was caught on a hot mic jokingly threatening to «kill» him if he continued giving long answers to questions during his deposition on Jeffrey Epstein by the House Oversight Committee.
The moment was caught after the committee released its full, nearly five-hour deposition of 88-year-old Wexner as part of its ongoing probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s network.
Several hours into the deposition, while Wexner was giving a particularly long-winded answer, Wexner’s attorney leaned over to him and whispered in his ear, «I’m going to f—ing kill you if you answer another question with more than five words, okay?»
Both Wexner and his attorney laughed after this statement, indicating Wexner understood it as a joke. The lawyer proceeded to instruct Wexner to «answer the question,» laughing more.
Shortly before this exchange, the attorney had urged Wexner to «answer the question,» saying, «I’m sure we all appreciate the stories, we’re just trying to answer questions that they actually want answered,» referring to the House committee.
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Leslie Wexner, founder of Victoria’s Secret and other fashion brands, is named numerous times in the DOJ’s files on Jeffrey Epstein. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret; Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The Oversight Committee heard from Wexner, a billionaire fashion mogul best known for his work in revolutionizing the Victoria’s Secret store chain, about his involvement with Epstein, whom Wexner characterized as strictly a business associate rather than a close friend.
Despite being named a co-conspirator in a recently uncovered FBI document from 2019, Wexner said that he has never been directly contacted by either the FBI or the Department of Justice. He maintained his total innocence during the deposition, saying, «I was naïve, foolish, and gullible to put any trust in Jeffrey Epstein. He was a con man. And while I was conned, I have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide. I completely and irrevocably cut ties with Epstein nearly twenty years ago when I learned that he was an abuser, a crook, and a liar.»
The committee stated it was releasing the full deposition with «no spin,» saying, «The American people deserve to see the testimony for themselves—transparency matters.»
Wexner is the founder of L Brands, formerly called The Limited, through which he acquired well-known companies Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Express, and Abercrombie & Fitch, among others. He is no longer associated with Victoria’s Secret. He was one of Epstein’s first major clients as a financial advisor, with Epstein being granted power of attorney over Wexner’s vast wealth. Wexner also sold his Manhattan townhouse to Epstein, which was later discovered to be one of the locations where federal authorities accused Epstein of abusing young women and girls under 18.
Despite this, Wexner stated that he always kept his relationship with Epstein as strictly professional, saying, «I don’t think I ever went to lunch, or dinner, a movie or had a cup of coffee with Jeffrey,» adding, «My focus was on my business and on community.»
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L Brands founder and former CEO Les Wexner speaks during the company’s investor day at the retailer’s headquarters in New Albany, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 2017. (Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Wexner said he severed ties with Epstein in 2007 after learning of an investigation and discovering that Epstein had misappropriated funds from him and his family. He said a substantial amount of the money was returned.
Wexner also testified that he was not aware of Epstein ever staying at a guesthouse on his New Albany, Ohio, estate, where Maria Farmer is said to have been abused by Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell. He maintained that he only had knowledge of Epstein staying at a nearby neighbor’s residence. Pressed on whether he denies Farmer’s testimony that she was abused on his property, he stated, «I never met her, didn’t know she was here, didn’t know she was abused.»
He categorically denied any knowledge of either Epstein or Maxwell arranging women for prominent individuals. He also categorically denied ever having a sexual encounter with anyone introduced by Maxwell and Epstein or having any sexual relationship with Epstein himself.
He further denied any sexual contact or knowledge of another prominent Epstein victim, Virginia Giuffre.
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Jeffrey Epstein beside Ghislaine Maxwell. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Wexner was also asked about his knowledge of Epstein and President Donald Trump’s relationship. He said that he does not think they were friends, but said Epstein «held him out as a friend.»
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Committee members also questioned Wexner on a note he wrote in a birthday book to Epstein in which he drew breasts with the caption, «Dear Jeffrey, I wanted to get you what you want, so here it is … Your friend, Leslie.»
Wexner confirmed that he wrote the note but dismissed it, saying, «He was a bachelor, so I drew a pair of boobs as kind of a joke, offhandedly, I would say.»
Wexner is the fourth person appearing before the House Oversight Committee in its Epstein probe.
Fox News Digital’s Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
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La mujer que a los 81 años comenzó a hacer CrossFit y hoy sigue levantando pesas a los 96
A los 96 años, Jean Stewart vive en Arizona y realiza ejercicios de fuerza dos veces por semana en un gimnasio local. Decidió asistir a clases de entrenamiento cuando tenía 81 años, tras notar dificultades para realizar tareas cotidianas. Buscaba una solución para recuperar la independencia en su rutina diaria y mejorar su salud física.
La motivación de Stewart surgió al experimentar debilidad y notar que acciones simples, como podar sus rosas, se volvían imposibles. Al cumplir 81 años, leyó sobre un gimnasio especializado en CrossFit para adultos mayores y decidió solicitar ayuda. Ese fue el inicio de una rutina que mantiene hasta hoy y que modificó su vida diaria de manera significativa.
El entrenamiento de fuerza permitió a Stewart volver a tareas que había dejado de hacer. También logró aumentar su capacidad física y mejorar su confianza. Estos cambios le devolvieron la autonomía perdida.
De acuerdo con The Guardian, Stewart tenía experiencia en deportes durante su juventud. Jugó hockey y sóftbol en la escuela, y trabajó para las Girl Scouts durante varios años. Sin embargo, al envejecer, notó cómo su fuerza disminuía y las actividades diarias resultaban cada vez más demandantes.
Según Stewart, la frustración creció al notar que quienes la rodeaban la trataban como una persona incapaz. Por eso, buscó clases que no solo le brindaran actividad física, sino también un espacio para recuperar la confianza. En su primer día en el gimnasio, experimentó nervios y emoción frente a los nuevos desafíos.
Cheryl Cohen, entrenadora y propietaria del gimnasio, diseñó un plan enfocado en movimientos útiles para la vida diaria, como levantarse del suelo o caminar con pesas ligeras. El progreso de Stewart fue gradual, pero constante. En poco tiempo, podía realizar flexiones completas y mantener una plancha el tiempo suficiente para escuchar una historia corta.
El camino para Stewart no estuvo libre de obstáculos. Según la misma fuente, durante estos años enfrentó problemas de salud severos, como una infección por MRSA y las consecuencias de un accidente automovilístico. Estas situaciones la obligaron a interrumpir su rutina y pasar por rehabilitación.
A los 91 años, Stewart sufrió una caída al pasear a su perro y necesitó cirugía por una fractura de cadera. A pesar de estos contratiempos, nunca abandonó el ejercicio. La constancia en su entrenamiento le permitió recuperar la movilidad y la fuerza tras cada incidente.
Cohen, su entrenadora, relató que Stewart mantiene su determinación incluso cuando le ofrecen ayuda en el supermercado. Prefiere cargar por sí misma objetos pesados, como baldes de arena para gatos, para demostrar su independencia.
Actualmente, según contó The Guardian, Stewart no puede realizar levantamientos de peso muerto debido a una condición en la columna, pero sigue entrenando con ejercicios adaptados. Su rutina incluye flexiones elevadas, sentadillas con pesas rusas y el empuje de un trineo con peso. Este entrenamiento le permite continuar con actividades cotidianas, como podar plantas o levantarse del suelo sin asistencia.
Para Stewart, esta rutina resulta esencial para su bienestar. En sus palabras: “Sin el entrenamiento de fuerza no estaría viva”. Ella transmite su entusiasmo por el ejercicio a otras personas mayores y aconseja a los jóvenes que dediquen tiempo a cuidar su salud física.
Stewart es integrante del Desert Fitness Collective, un gimnasio que ofrece clases adaptadas a adultos mayores. Su caso demuestra que el ejercicio regular puede mejorar la calidad de vida, incluso en edades avanzadas.
El ejemplo de Stewart ha inspirado a su entorno y a otras personas mayores que buscan mantener la autonomía. Su historia muestra que la edad avanzada no impide comenzar una rutina física ni recuperar habilidades perdidas con el tiempo. La constancia y la adaptación resultan claves en el proceso de envejecimiento activo.
Según The Guardian, la demanda de clases de entrenamiento para adultos mayores crece en Estados Unidos. Los profesionales del sector observan que el ejercicio no solo mejora la fuerza, sino que también contribuye a la autoestima y la independencia.
La experiencia de Jean Stewart evidencia la importancia de mantenerse activo para conservar la autonomía y la calidad de vida. Su historia confirma que la perseverancia y el entrenamiento de fuerza pueden marcar la diferencia en la vejez.
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El peor momento de la monarquía británica en 400 años: menos mal que la reina Isabel no llegó a ver a su hijo preso por el caso Epstein
La reina Isabel se fue a la tumba con su mantra intacto: “Nunca quejarse, nunca explicar”. Andrés, su hijo favorito, rompió hoy 400 años de historia cuando fue detenido en Wood Farm, una casa del palacio de Sandringham, propiedad del rey Carlos, para explicar inicialmente por qué filtró al pedófilo Jeffrey Epstein documentos de Estado, cuando era enviado de negocios del gobierno británico.
Andrés, quien pasará su 66 cumpleaños bajo custodia, contaba con la confianza absoluta de su madre. La reina, aun enferma, almorzaba o tomaba diariamente el té con su hijo, que vivía a pasos del castillo de Windsor, en el Royal Lodge junto a Fergie, su ex esposa. Ella caminaba con los perros corgis junto a la soberana por los jardines de Frogmore Cottage, frente a la entonces casa del príncipe Harry.
Poco después del desayuno en el día de su cumpleaños, Andrés recibió un golpe en la puerta que esperaba que nunca se produjera. Era la policía británica.
Podrían haberlo convocado a asistir, pero eligieron este método porque tenían pruebas suficientes para incriminarlo y, con él detenido, podrían allanar sus casas en busca de más documentación. Por eso allanaron el Royal Lodge, donde la reina Isabel vivió y pasó su infancia en Windsor y luego vivió la reina madre, y su casa en Wood Farm en Sandringham. En ambos lados recogieron documentación.
El hijo de Isabel II, hermano del rey, fue trasladado en un coche patrulla sin distintivos, preparándose para afrontar las primeras preguntas serias de su vida. Fue arrestado por la Policía del Valle del Támesis bajo sospecha de mala conducta en un cargo público, tras la publicación de archivos que, aparentemente, demostraban que entregó documentos confidenciales a Jeffrey Epstein durante su periodo como enviado comercial británico.
Andrés ya ha sufrido la desgracia de perder su cargo público, su título y su residencia real. No es descabellado pensar que podría enfrentarse a la cárcel y no solo declarar ante el congreso norteamericano sobre Epstein.
Es el peor momento de la monarquía en casi 400 años. Ningún divorcio, ninguna separación, ninguna aventura extramatrimonial de los hijos de la reina se le parece. Incluso la abdicación, tan escandalosa en su día, palidece ante la visión de un hombre nacido príncipe y ahora en una comisaría británica.
Con la confianza de su madre, parcialmente protegido hasta hace poco por su hermano mayor, Andrés ahora se enfrenta a horas solitarias en compañía de la Policía del Valle del Támesis.
Los monárquicos de todo el país habrán tenido la misma idea: menos mal que la reina no está aquí para verlo.
Será un cumpleaños extraño y solitario. Andrés, quien en su día fue un héroe de la Guerra de las Malvinas y un símbolo de los príncipes, habrá escuchado las mismas palabras que cualquier otra persona arrestada: «No tiene que decir nada. Pero podría perjudicar su defensa si no menciona, cuando se le interroga, algo en lo que luego se basará en el tribunal». Tendrá derecho a un abogado de oficio; la policía podrá tomar fotografías y huellas dactilares.
Por primera vez desde su desafortunada entrevista en Newsnight, se enfrentará a preguntas sobre su relación con Epstein y la información que este compartió por correo electrónico. En aquel entonces, la entrevista se realizó en el Palacio de Buckingham. Ahora, será en una comisaría.
Ni el rey ni el palacio fueron informados previamente sobre la detención. La policía de Thames llamó al Ministerio del Interior para avisar antes de la detención y así se filtró a la prensa, que esperaba el allanamiento.
El rey asistió al Fashion Show de Londres y no respondió preguntas sobre su hermano. Lo mismo hizo la reina Camila en Westminster.
El plazo máximo para una detención es de 24 horas, excepto en investigaciones de delitos graves, como asesinato o terrorismo.
Los sospechosos pueden ser puestos en libertad bajo diferentes mecanismos. La «libertad bajo investigación» significa que pueden continuar en libertad a la espera de nuevas investigaciones sin condiciones.
Como alternativa, la policía puede conceder dos tipos de fianza. La «fianza incondicional» puede establecerse con una fecha y hora específicas en las que el sospechoso debe ponerse a disposición. La «fianza condicional» puede añadir requisitos adicionales, como residir en un domicilio específico o presentarse regularmente en una comisaría.
Las directrices establecen que «las condiciones no deben ser irrazonables, excesivamente restrictivas ni punitivas».
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