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‘Genocide can’t be ignored’: GOP lawmaker backs Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria
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Republican Rep. Riley Moore said the United States could take a range of actions — including sanctions and «even kinetic military action» — in response to what he called the «genocide» of Christians in Nigeria.
Trump designated Moore, a member of the Appropriations Committee from West Virginia, along with Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., to lead an investigation into the killing of Christians by Islamist militants in the African nation.
Frustrations with the matter boiled out into the open when Trump this week designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern and ordered the Pentagon to prepare to intervene militarily.
In a video on Truth Social this week, Trump threatened to «do things to Nigeria that Nigeria is not going to be happy about» and «go into that now-disgraced country guns-a-blazing.»
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Nigerians watch funeral procession of victims of a Boko Haram attack in Yobe Nigeria in 2024. (Stringer/Reuters)
Moore told Fox News Digital the designation unlocks «15 different levers» the administration can use against Nigeria, including halting arms sales, freezing aid and sanctioning officials or institutions accused of ignoring or enabling religious killings.
«All options are on the table here for this, even kinetic military action,» Moore said. «That could mean targeted, strategic counterterrorism strikes to get rid of some of the top leadership if that’s what it takes to stop the killing.»
«We’ve been providing security assistance to this country since at least 2009 – billions of dollars worth of arm sales, training and equipment that they’ve received. And it’s a question of prioritization in what’s important to them. And clearly this has not been one of the most important things.»
The West Virginia Republican said he has been working with the House Appropriations Committee and the State Department to identify what he called «legislative levers» that could support the administration’s response. Moore said he’s also consulting with NGOs and Christian organizations «on the ground» in Nigeria to document the scale of the violence.
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Solomon Maina, father of Debora, one of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory by Boko Haram Islamist militants in 2014, reacts as he speaks during an interview at his home in Chibok, Nigeria April 7, 2024. (Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)
He described the attacks as a «genocide,» claiming Christians are being killed at a rate of five to one compared with non-Christians. Moore accused Nigeria’s government of «looking the other way» despite receiving billions in U.S. security aid since 2009.
«They’re not taking this seriously,» he said. «We had a pastor warn the government about an impending attack — they called it fake news. Within 24 hours, that pastor and 20 of his congregants were murdered.»
The Nigerian government denies a genocide is taking place. «Portraying Nigeria’s security challenges as a targeted campaign against a single religious group is a gross misrepresentation of reality. Terrorists attack all who reject their murderous ideology — Muslims, Christians, and those of no faith alike,» the office of the presidency wrote on X.
Moore said he and House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., plan to meet with Nigerian officials in Washington this month as part of the investigation, and may even send delegations to the nation. He added that the U.S. could still work with Nigeria’s government if it shows a willingness to confront extremist groups.
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«It’s not all sticks here — there are some carrots in this,» Moore said. «If they’re willing to work with us, this could actually lead to a stronger relationship between our countries.»
The Nigerian government has denied that the killings amount to religious persecution, arguing that extremist and criminal groups target civilians of all faiths.
With a population of more than 230 million, Nigeria’s vibrant and often turbulent cities and villages are home to people of strikingly diverse backgrounds. The country’s more than 500 languages and mix of Islam, Christianity, and traditional indigenous faiths have long been marred by tension.
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Nigeria’s faith communities remain sharply divided, with Muslims dominating the northern regions and Christians concentrated in the south.
Christianity took firm root in the 19th century, when freed slaves educated in Sierra Leone returned home as teachers and missionaries — establishing schools, churches, and early congregations that continue to shape southern Nigeria’s identity today.
Despite vast oil and mineral wealth, decades of corruption and mismanagement have left much of the nation impoverished.
Nigeria’s growing cache of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other rare minerals has drawn quiet U.S. attention as Washington looks to counter China’s dominance in Africa’s critical-minerals market. The Commerce Department and U.S. International Development Finance Corp. have eyed investment opportunities in Nigeria’s nascent lithium industry, but persistent insecurity in mining regions threatens Western access and future development.
For over a decade, Nigeria’s Christians fleeing the nation’s northern half have been subject to the violence of Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group known for its terrorist spectacles. Churches and homes burned, communities vanishing in the group’s night raids.
Numbers are difficult to verify, but the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law reports at least 52,000 Christians have been killed, some 18,500 abducted and unlikely to have survived, and 20,000 churches and Christian schools attacked between 2009 and 2023.
In 2014, Boko Haram famously kidnapped and enslaved 276 teenage girls in a raid on a high school dormitory. The group regularly arms children as suicide bombers and holds slave markets in captured territories.
Injured victims of a suicide bomb attack receive treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Joshua Omiri)
But a direct U.S. military campaign would prove difficult with current U.S. assets in the nation and is unlikely, one defense official told Fox News Digital.
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The United States currently has no permanent military base in Nigeria, though small teams of U.S. advisors and special operations trainers work periodically with Nigerian forces under AFRICOM programs.
Washington approved about $600 million in security aid to Nigeria over the past decade, mostly focused on counterterrorism in the northeast.
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Trump admin announces big step toward ‘energy dominance’ with massive Alaska LNG project alliance
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FIRST ON FOX: An expansive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the Arctic took a big step forward this week while officials at the Energy and Interior Departments heralded it as key to President Donald Trump’s «American energy dominance» agenda.
Alaska LNG, a branch of the New York City and Anchorage-based Glenfarne energy company, and energy technology giant BakerHughes announced an alliance that will bring to reality and accelerate plans for a nearly 1,000-mile, 42-inch LNG pipeline down the middle of the Last Frontier, and a corresponding terminal on the Kenai peninsula.
The 807-mile pipeline is projected to begin near Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean and run down to Nikiski – a village halfway between Anchorage and Homer.
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced the agreement, with Glenfarne CEO Brendan Duval saying that BakerHughes’ partnership on the project is a big deal due to the company’s expertise in LNG compression technology.
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Duval said the deal reflects an increased momentum toward the mega-project’s future realization and praised the project’s ability to attract «global partners [in order] to achieve national and state energy objectives.»
«Alaska LNG has the potential to be one of the most significant energy infrastructure projects in our nation’s history,» Wright said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«Today’s investment announcement is an important step forward for the project, prosperity in Alaska, and the energy security of America and our allies. The Trump administration remains committed to unleashing Alaska’s energy potential, including by supporting Alaska LNG.»
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum added that U.S. LNG is «not just an energy source [but] a strategic asset that powers our economy.»
Burgum, who chairs the National Energy Dominance Council, added that Glenfarne and BakerHughes working together will undoubtedly bear fruit in terms of new energy infrastructure that will create long-term affordable power for Americans that is based in America.
BakerHughes chairman Lorenzo Simonelli said in a statement that natural gas provides secure and reliable energy at an affordable rate to consumers. Simonelli also touted its lower carbon output than other fuels.
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According to reports, the project will include a carbon-capture plant on Alaska’s remote North Slope that will have the capacity to remove seven million tons of carbon dioxide from the project annually.
Alaska’s energy potential has been repeatedly touted by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who previously told Fox News Digital he is interested in an all-of-the-above approach devoid of politics that instead focuses on what will work and what will keep energy jobs in Alaska and the U.S. writ large versus overseas.
Dunleavy and Alaska officials battled the Biden administration over what they called intentional roadblocks against natural resources exploration in places like Ambler and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Section 1002; commonly dubbed ANWR.
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Outside the Last Frontier’s ubiquitous natural gas and oil prowess, Dunleavy previously told Fox News Digital he would also be open to exploring the power-generating potential of tides in Cook Inlet – said to be the second-strongest lunar-powered ebb and flow in the world.
«That basin in Cook Inlet is the most energy-rich basin on the planet: onshore wind, offshore wind, coalfields, oil, gas, tidal, geothermal — all right there,» he said, noting a separate wind farm on Anchorage’s Fire Island is easily visible from planes taking off at Ted Stevens International Airport.
He said, however, the major issue surrounding any green project is energy-storage capability, pointing to Germany as an example of where that problem has come up.
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«You have to have something; a baseline power, which should be gas.»
«What people need to know is that Alaska’s got this enormous renewable potential that we’re going to capitalize on – but you also have to be able to pay for the capital projects in renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, and the storage — whether that’s going to be pumped-hydro up here or some other way to store the energy — but you need to have oil and gas to help pay for that,» Dunleavy said.
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Revelaron mails en los que Jeffrey Epstein afirma que Trump pasaba horas en su casa con una de las víctimas
Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes publicaron correos electrónicos en los que Jeffrey Epstein asegura que Donald Trump pasaba horas en su casa con una de sus víctimas.
Los mails expuestos este mismo miércoles también sugerían que Epstein sabía que el presidente de Estados Unidos sabía más sobre los abusos de lo que reconoció públicamente.
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Desde el inicio del caso Epstein, Trump negó cualquier participación o conocimiento de la operación de tráfico sexual. El líder de la Casa Blanca afirmó hace tiempo que había sido amigo de él, pero que se habían distanciado.
Sin embargo, los demócratas del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes dijeron que los correos electrónicos planteaban nuevos interrogantes sobre la verdadera relación entre ambos.
En uno de los mensajes divulgados este miércoles, Epstein afirmó rotundamente que “Trump sabía de las chicas”, muchas de las cuales eran menores de edad, según se descubrió posteriormente.
En otro mail, el condenado reflexionaba sobre cómo abordar las preguntas de los medios de comunicación sobre su relación a medida que Trump se convertía en una figura política nacional. Jeffrey Epstein se suicidó en 2019, antes de enfrentar el juicio por abuso sexual. (Foto: prensa Netflix)
Los tres intercambios de correos electrónicos separados publicados el miércoles datan de después del acuerdo de culpabilidad de Epstein en 2008 en Florida por cargos estatales de solicitar prostitución, en el que los fiscales federales acordaron no presentar cargos.
Ocurrieron años después de que Trump y Epstein tuvieran un supuesto distanciamiento a principios de la década de 2000. Uno estaba dirigido a la confidente de larga data de Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, mientras que dos eran con el autor Michael Wolff.
En un correo electrónico de abril de 2011, Epstein le dijo a Maxwell, quien posteriormente fue condenada por cargos relacionados con facilitar sus delitos: “Quiero que te des cuenta de que ese perro que no ha ladrado es Trump”.
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En ese mismo mensaje agregó que una víctima no identificada “pasó horas en mi casa con él, y nunca se lo ha mencionado”. “He estado pensando en eso”, respondió Maxwell.
En otro correo electrónico de enero de 2019, Epstein le escribió a Wolff sobre Trump: “Por supuesto que sabía de las chicas, ya que le pidió a Ghislaine que parara”.
Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes, citando a un denunciante anónimo, dijeron esta semana que Maxwell se estaba preparando para pedirle formalmente a Trump que conmutara su sentencia de prisión federal. El príncipe de 65 años volvió a insistir en su inocencia frente a las denuncias por agresión sexual y por sus presuntos vínculos con el empresario estadounidense Jeffrey Epstein. (Foto: Reuters)
Los correos electrónicos se proporcionaron al Comité de Supervisión junto con un lote mayor de documentos del patrimonio de Epstein que el panel solicitó como parte de su investigación sobre el financista y Maxwell, que cumple una condena de 20 años por cargos de tráfico sexual.
La Cámara de Representantes tiene previsto regresar el miércoles para aprobar la legislación que ponga fin al cierre del gobierno y es probable que en ese contexto la atención vuelva al caso Epstein.
“Estos últimos correos electrónicos y correspondencia plantean preguntas evidentes sobre qué más está ocultando la Casa Blanca y la naturaleza de la relación entre Epstein y el presidente”, dijo en un comunicado el representante Robert García de California, el principal demócrata del Comité de Supervisión.
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Trump ha condenado las continuas preguntas sobre su manejo del caso como un “engaño” perpetrado por los demócratas. Ha llamado a Epstein un “repugnante” y ha insistido en que nunca participó en ninguna irregularidad con él ni con Maxwell.
A principios de este año, la administración Trump publicó la transcripción de una entrevista en el juzgado con Maxwell, que reconoció que Trump y Epstein habían tenido una relación social, pero negó cualquier conexión entre Trump y la red de tráfico sexual.
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