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Former Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
Dick Cheney dead at 84
Former Vice President Dick Cheney died at 84 surrounded by his family following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
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Former U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney, who went from the plains of Casper, Wyoming to a decades-long public career as a Republican congressman, defense secretary, White House chief of staff and one of the most powerful American vice presidents ever, has died at age 84, his family announced Tuesday.
«Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025. He was 84 years old. His beloved wife of 61 years, Lynne, his daughters, Liz and Mary, and other family members were with him as he passed,» his family said in a statement obtained by Fox News. «The former Vice President died due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.»
«For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,» the statement continued.
«Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing,» his family said. «We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.»
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Vice President Dick Cheney in his West Wing office at the White House, Jan. 25, 2007, in Washington, D.C. (Charles Ommanney/Getty Images)
Cheney had a long history of cardiac problems, including five heart attacks. He received a heart transplant on March 24, 2012, at a Virginia hospital after nearly 21 months on a waiting list.
Cheney, who served as vice president for two terms under President George W. Bush, was one of the most powerful and controversial men ever to hold that position. He was a driving force behind America’s «war on terror,» including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also known for his penchant for secrecy. A hero to hawkish conservatives, he was a villain to liberals and Democrats. Hillary Clinton once compared him to Darth Vader.
Vice President Dick Cheney makes remarks to 4,000 Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division returning from duty in Iraq during a «Welcome Home Rally,» Oct. 16, 2006, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he never expressed doubt about his support for indefinite detention for alleged terrorist prisoners or even about waterboarding.
«I feel very good about what we did,» he told Fox News in 2008. «If I was faced with those circumstances again, I’d do exactly the same thing.»
In May 2011, after the death of Osama bin Laden, Cheney called it a «very good day» for the U.S. but warned the country was «still at war» with terrorists and should not «let down our vigilance.»
After the election of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008, Cheney, still a face of his party, became one of the new president’s most prominent critics, attacking his foreign policy and accusing him of being soft on terrorism.
In addition to his decades-long political career, Cheney also worked in the oil industry as chairman and chief executive officer of the Halliburton Company, from 1995 until he returned to politics in 2000.
A son of the American West, Richard Bruce Cheney was born January 30, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and grew up in Casper, Wyoming, where he was captain of his high school football team and his future wife was a cheerleader. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wyoming.
In 1968, he moved to Washington as a congressional fellow and in 1969 became a staff assistant in the Richard Nixon administration. From 1975 to 1977, he served as chief of staff for Gerald Ford, Nixon’s successor.
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Former President George W. Bush, right, shakes hands with former Vice President Dick Cheney after Cheney introduced Bush during the groundbreaking ceremony for the President George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)
In 1978, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Wyoming and served six two-year terms, rising to become minority whip. Cheney was popular in Congress, noted for his integrity and civility.
He next became Secretary of Defense under President George H. W. Bush, with the Senate confirming him unanimously, and served in this role from 1989 to 1993.
After Bush failed to win re-election, Cheney went to the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and then to Halliburton.
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Colin Powell, huddle prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Thursday, Feb. 21,1991, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/John Duricka, file)
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He was elected vice president in 2000 and 2004 on the ticket with George W. Bush and flourished as one of Bush’s inner circle of advisers on defense and foreign policy.
He also actively promoted expanding the powers of the presidency. In August 2011, he released a memoir, «In My Time.»
He is survived by Lynne Vincent, two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, and seven grandchildren.
Fox News’ Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
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Un misil iraní alcanzó una refinería estratégica en Israel y provocó cortes eléctricos en el norte del país
Un misil disparado por fuerzas iraníes alcanzó este jueves la refinería de Haifa, principal centro de procesamiento de petróleo en el norte de Israel.
El Ministerio de Energía confirmó que el ataque causó una interrupción en el suministro eléctrico en parte de la ciudad portuaria, aunque destacó que no hubo daños estructurales graves ni víctimas.
“El daño a la red eléctrica en el norte es localizado y no significativo”, declaró el ministro Eli Cohen, quien aseguró que la electricidad fue restablecida a casi todos los afectados en menos de una hora.
La ofensiva fue reivindicada por la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní, que aseguró haber lanzado misiles de precisión contra la instalación energética y otras infraestructuras estratégicas en Israel, incluyendo la ciudad de Ashdod y centros militares.
Equipos de bomberos y especialistas en explosivos acudieron a distintos puntos del área metropolitana de Haifa para evaluar la presencia de fragmentos interceptados y posibles riesgos por materiales peligrosos.
La policía local señaló que no se registraron heridos y que la situación estaba bajo control tras el operativo de emergencia.
El ataque ocurre en un contexto de escalada regional, donde la infraestructura energética se ha convertido en objetivo prioritario tanto para Irán como para sus rivales.
La refinería de Haifa ya había sido alcanzada en episodios anteriores, como en junio de 2025, cuando un misil iraní provocó la muerte de tres personas y suspendió temporalmente las operaciones. Desde entonces, la instalación ha reforzado sus protocolos de seguridad, pero la amenaza de nuevos ataques se mantiene alta, especialmente ante la intensificación de bombardeos en la zona norte de Israel por parte del grupo terrorista Hezbollah.
En los últimos días, esta organización extremista ha incrementado sus ataques contra comunidades fronterizas, obligando a las autoridades locales a reforzar la presencia militar y a mantener protocolos de alerta permanente para la población civil.
En paralelo, la campaña de ataques contra infraestructuras energéticas se ha extendido a otras partes del Golfo. Misiles y drones iraníes causaron incendios en la mayor planta de gas natural licuado de Qatar, así como en refinerías de Arabia Saudita y Kuwait.
El gobierno de Doha denunció “daños extensos” en la zona industrial de Ras Laffan, mientras que Riad y Kuwait reportaron incendios en instalaciones clave para la exportación de crudo.
Las autoridades saudíes advirtieron que se reservan el derecho a responder militarmente, mientras la comunidad internacional sigue con preocupación el impacto de los ataques sobre el suministro energético global.
El precio del petróleo experimentó una fuerte volatilidad tras los incidentes, con el crudo Brent llegando a cotizar por encima de los 110 dólares por barril, antes de estabilizarse. Los mercados de gas en Europa también registraron subidas de hasta 35%, reflejo del temor a una interrupción prolongada del flujo de hidrocarburos a raíz de la escalada militar.
Las reacciones políticas tampoco se hicieron esperar. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sostuvo que no existe un plazo definido para el fin de la guerra y advirtió que su gobierno responderá “con furia” si Irán continúa atacando infraestructuras energéticas en el Golfo.
“Obviamente, toma dinero matar a los malos”, señaló el secretario de Defensa estadounidense, aludiendo al posible aumento del presupuesto militar para sostener la campaña.
Por su parte, las principales potencias europeas manifestaron su preocupación ante el riesgo de una crisis energética global y se comprometieron a reforzar la protección del tráfico marítimo en el estrecho de Ormuz.
Francia, Reino Unido, Alemania, Italia, Japón y los Países Bajos anunciaron su disposición a participar en una misión conjunta para garantizar el paso seguro de los buques, en un contexto donde el cierre parcial del estrecho por Irán ya ha provocado largas filas en las estaciones de servicio en Asia y un aumento de los costos de transporte a nivel mundial.
(Con información de EFE, AFP y Reuters)
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Denmark prepared to sabotage Greenland’s airstrips using explosives and flew in blood supplies amid fears of a potential U.S. invasion earlier this year, according to a new report by Danish public broadcaster DR.
The measures were said to be part of a contingency plan that included deploying troops to the island in January with explosives for possible runway demolition, aimed at preventing U.S. aircraft from landing, EuroNews said.
The measures were outlined in a Danish military operations order dated Jan. 13, which DR said it had reviewed.
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The Greenlandic flag flies in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 20, 2026. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
The preparations came as tensions escalated over President Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. should control Greenland for national security reasons.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeatedly rejected Trump’s demands to acquire the island.
DR said it based its report on 12 sources within the highest levels of the Danish government and military, as well as sources among Denmark’s allies in France and Germany, the BBC said.
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More Danish soldiers land at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Jan. 19, 2026. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS)
«When Trump says all the time that he wants to buy Greenland … we had to take all possible scenarios seriously,» an unnamed Danish military official told DR.
Denmark and several European allies also deployed troops to Greenland under what was a NATO exercise called Arctic Endurance.
In reality, according to the sources cited by DR, the deployment was operational.
Soldiers arrived equipped not only with standard military gear but also with the medical supplies and the explosives, the report said. France, Germany and Sweden also took part in the January deployment.
Despite the preparations, Danish authorities sought to avoid escalation with Washington.
Trump announced a vague «framework» agreement on Greenland with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Jan. 21, though details remain unclear.
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President Donald Trump said from Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21 that the U.S. is the only nation that is able to control and secure Greenland. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
At the World Economic forum in Davos Trump said: «I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.»
On March 17, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Gen. Gregory Guillot, said, «We are working with Denmark through the Department of State to expand some of the authorities that are in the 1951 treaty to give increased access to different bases across Greenland.»
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«As we look at the increasing threat and the strategic importance of Greenland. But everything that we’re doing through NORTHCOM is through Greenland and through Denmark,» he added at the House Armed Services hearing on U.S. military posture and national security challenges in North and South America.
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Nuclear fusion originates in our sun and other stars. Immense pressure and high temperatures in the core create a reaction, ultimately preventing it from collapsing under the force of gravity.
«The fusion here on Earth has a lot of corollaries to how we understand how the stars work in things like astrophysics. They both rely on studying plasma, the fourth state of matter. They both have the same types of reactions, and we use some of what we learn in how the stars work to inform how to build better fusion machines on Earth,» Commonwealth Fusion Systems CEO Bob Mumgaard said.
The company is working to replicate the sun’s fusion energy here on earth, a quest that has been long in the making.
«When it first started out, it was as much a science experiment as fission was. The question at that time was, is this possible?» said Adam Stein, director of nuclear energy innovation at the Breakthrough Institute. «There was more scientific curiosity than optimism, this would ever become a source of power for the world.»
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to have a viable nuclear fusion reactor by the early 2030s. (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
The quest for nuclear power began in the 1950s when scientists started designing machines to conduct their experiments. More than 70 years later, scientists have not been able to make fusion power viable for electricity.
«The biggest misconception is thinking that fusion is right around the corner. Or that people think, on the other hand, that it’s a total failure. And it’s neither. It’s real progress combined with real uncertainty,» Stein said.
As the demand for energy continues to rise, fusion scientists believe fusion power plants could help ease some of the strain.
«We need every electron on this system. And if and when fusion becomes commercially viable, it should also be in that equation because it’s that important,» Exelon CEO Calvin Butler said. «If you increase the supply and the demand is there, costs will go down. And I think fusion being in that equation is a good.»
To create nuclear fusion on earth, a lot of power is needed to generate plasmas which reach temperatures hotter than the sun. Scientists have spent decades developing the right environment for fusion reactions but building materials that can endure the intense heat, while keeping the plasma stable are among the many challenges.
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The National Ignition Facility’s preamplifier module increases the laser energy as it travels to the Target Chamber in an undated photograph at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo)
«Right now, the machines consume more energy than they produce. So that’s not a power plant. You don’t want to build that as a power plant. That’s a power user. But the output of that is learning, right? And we’re getting better and better at it,» Mumgaard said.
Critics say fusion power has been 20-30 years away for decades now but Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to change that timeline, saying they could have a viable reactor by the early 2030s.
«We’ve learned a lot about what it takes to make these machines,» Mumgaard said. «The scientific advance has happened. And we’re now at the stage where we have confidence in that science, that you know, fusion is turning more to an engineering problem.»
In 2022, the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory demonstrated fusion could generate more energy than it used, but it was just a small amount, about enough power to keep a small LED Light Bulb on for 20 hours. Scientists also estimate it takes about 100 times more energy to run the facility than the amount used in the experiment.
«NIF (National Ignition Facility) put in enough energy to power roughly a thousand homes and got enough out to power an LED. Because the overall system has inefficiency,» Stein said.
Fusion and other energy sources have seen advancements in the past decade thanks to artificial intelligence.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to have a viable nuclear fusion reactor by the early 2030s. (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
«I think A.I. in and of itself is a good thing. Economic developments, growth, all good things. What we have to do is get the policy right,» Butler said. «We’ve also learned a lot from our technology partners in how to use technology to deliver energy more efficiently. Are we using grid enhancing technology to increase the capacity of the transmission system? What are we doing to serve our customers more intuitively? All of that is coming with the advent of A.I. and the technology, and we need to utilize that as energy companies.»
At Commonwealth Fusion Systems, NVIDIA software monitors and maps fusion plants in real time. Google Deepmind’s technology helps better control plasma.
«Whether that’s to make the computer simulations run faster or to make the control systems for the plasma able to react faster, gain insights in how to build the machines. And so you see that in our company but in fusion labs around the world that A.I. is having an accelerating factor in this whole field,» Mumgaard said.
The fusion industry has seen increased interest and funding. Companies raised $2.6 billion in private and public funding in the 12 months leading to July 2025. But that is just a fraction of the amount invested in energy already on the grid. In 2025, spending on nuclear was estimated at $70 billion. Solar was expected to reach $450 billion.
«Fusion isn’t a near-term energy solution. It’s not science fiction either, but it’s a long-horizon, high-risk, high-reward option with unavoidable uncertainty,» Stein said. «The near-term solution is fission and other energy sources that we already know how to build. But that does not mean that we shouldn’t pursue fusion for mid to long-term energy needs.»
Some fusion critics have speculated that the energy source could never be viable for the electric grid. Elon Musk has called the effort a «pet science project» and called for further investments in solar energy. But some energy companies, lawmakers in both parties and the Trump administration are expressing optimism.
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Elon Musk speaks at the Viva Technology conference focused on innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
«Definitely in the next several years, we’re gonna see at scale much more energy come out than goes in in fusion devices. It’s a little bit of time after that to make it commercial and machines and all that, but it’s coming,» Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at Semafor’s World Economy Summit in April 2025. «It’s not a maybe someday always 20 years away thing. Watch the news. Fusion energy in the next four years can be very exciting.»
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