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GOP Rep Massie joins Democrats in opposition to US Iran strikes
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One of President Donald Trump’s longtime Republican critics, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined Gang of Eight Democrats in opposition to Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets.
Trump has not sought congressional approval for an attack on Iran, Massie wrote on X, rebuking «acts of war unauthorized by Congress.»
«I am opposed to this War,» Massie added in a second X post Saturday morning. «This is not ‘America First.’
«When Congress reconvenes, I will work with @RepRoKhanna to force a Congressional vote on war with Iran. The Constitution requires a vote, and your Representative needs to be on record as opposing or supporting this war.»
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly met earlier this week with the Gang of Eight, and a spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News Digital that Rubio called the speaker before the overnight strikes were carried out in Iran.
Notably, Trump has reminded the world that Iran’s regime had targeted him, including fomenting assassination talk in retaliation of his first administration’s taking out Islamic Republican Guard QUDs force commander Qasem Soleimani Jan. 3, 2020.
«I was the hunted, now I am the hunter,» Trump said on the White House lawn before the Operation Midnight Hammer strikes and amid past warnings to Iranian leaders.
Article I of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to declare war, but a U.S. official told Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin that Trump’s U.S. military armada in the Middle East, working in concert with Israel, is targeting military targets and ballistic missile sites that pose an «imminent threat.»
The U.S. military is not targeting Iran’s leadership, but Israel is, the official added.
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Alerting Congress was a topic of contention during the stealth operation to extract Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, when Trump and Rubio said they did not alert the Gang of Eight in advance, fearing leaks and putting U.S. troops at risk before the operation.
The Gang of Eight consists of the four Republican and Democrat leaders of Congress and four other members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees.
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, is part of the group.
«Everything I have heard from the administration before and after these strikes on Iran confirms this is a war of choice with no strategic endgame,» Himes wrote in a statement. «As I expressed to Secretary Rubio when he briefed the Gang of Eight, military action in this region almost never ends well for the United States, and conflict with Iran can easily spiral and escalate in ways we cannot anticipate. It does not appear that Donald Trump has learned the lessons of history.
«The president’s own statement acknowledges this is war, and the Constitution requires the administration to come to Congress for authorization, something it has not done. Next week, the House will vote on a war powers resolution, and I will support that resolution. In the meantime, I will be praying for the safety of our service members and all civilians who are in harm’s way.»
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke out against Trump’s Operation Epic Fury action.
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«Iran’s leadership has long supported terrorism across the region, undermined regional stability, continued to advance its nuclear ambitions and brutally repressed its own people, but acknowledging those realities does not relieve any president of the responsibility to act within the law, with a clear strategy, and with Congress,» Warner wrote in a statement.
«The American people have seen this playbook before — claims of urgency, misrepresented intelligence and military action that pulls the United States into regime change and prolonged, costly nation-building. We owe it to our service members, and to every American family, to ensure that we are not repeating the mistakes of the past.»
Warner added a call for Trump to give the «country clear answers: What is the objective? What is the strategy to prevent escalation? And how does this make Americans safer?»
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«The president moved forward without seeking congressional authorization,» Warner’s statement concluded. «The Constitution is clear: The decision to take this nation to war rests with Congress, and launching large-scale military operations — particularly in the absence of an imminent threat to the United States — raises serious legal and constitutional concerns.
«Congress must be fully briefed, and the administration must come forward with a clear legal justification, a defined end state and a plan that avoids dragging the United States into yet another costly and unnecessary war.»
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, noted Trump gave «Iran plenty of opportunities to take the diplomatic route.»
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«Prior to the initiation of this action, in earnest diplomatic engagements with Iran, President Trump was very clear about his red line from the start and his expectations of Iran during these negotiations,» Crawford wrote in a statement. «Iran absolutely cannot be allowed to maintain a nuclear weapon or capabilities. The safety and security of Americans and our allies are on the line.»
Crawford’s statement stressed concern for American forces conducting the operation versus Democrats’ concerns over Trump’s authority as commander in chief.
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«The United States of America has the most premier military in the world, and I am confident it will successfully carry out the very clearly stated goals of this operation,» Crawford wrote. «As the operations continue, we pray for the safety of the U.S. military forces involved, Americans in the region, and our allies.
«I would strongly advise the Iranian regime heed President Trump’s warning.»
Trump warned in his State of the Union earlier this week that he will hold to his longtime vow that «Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,» saying in his Truth Social video overnight to explain the strikes that Iran was attempting to reconstitute its designs on a nuclear arsenal.
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«One thing is certain, I will never allow the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon,» Trump said in the State of the Union. «Can’t let that happen.»
Senate Armed Forces Committee Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., praised the «decisive action» against «the world’s leading proliferator of terrorism.»
«This is a pivotal and necessary operation to protect Americans and American interests,» Wicker wrote in a statement. «The president has stated the operation’s goals clearly: thwart permanently the ayatollahs’ desire to create a nuclear weapon, degrade their ballistic missile force and their production capacity, and destroy their naval and terrorism capabilities.
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«These are the hardest decisions that face any American commander-in-chief, and I appreciate that President Trump and his team conducted a comprehensive strategy using all tools of national power and a well-orchestrated military planning process.»
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, echoed the long-time Trump position against «regime-change wars.»
«Has President Trump learned nothing from decades of U.S. meddling in Iran and forever wars in the Middle East?» Kaine wrote in a statement.
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«For months, I have raised hell about the fact that the American people want lower prices, not more war — especially wars that aren’t authorized by Congress, as required by the Constitution, and don’t have a clear objective.
«These strikes are a colossal mistake, and I pray they do not cost our sons and daughters in uniform and at embassies throughout the region their lives,» Kaine said. «The Senate should immediately return to session and vote on my War Powers Resolution to block the use of U.S. forces in hostilities against Iran.
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«Every single senator needs to go on the record about this dangerous, unnecessary, and idiotic action,» Kaine added.
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., echoed the call to vote on Kaine’s war powers resolution.
«Americans don’t want to go to war with Iran,» Kim wrote in a statement. «By launching strikes, President Trump has made the same dangerous and foolish decision President Bush did a generation ago. He put Americans in harm’s way without clearly showing there’s an imminent threat to our national security. He put the Iranian people in harm’s way by calling on them to rise up without a broad coalition of partners to assist in their protection.
«And Trump once again started a cycle of violence that has already escalated and could spiral out of control,» he continued. «This is unacceptable. The Senate should vote on Senator Kaine’s War Powers Resolution immediately.
«I stand ready to do so today.»
Fox News Digital’s Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
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Trump le dio 48 horas a Irán para liberar el estrecho de Ormuz y amenazó con «arrasar» sus centrales eléctricas
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, amenazó este sábado por la noche con arrasar las centrales eléctricas de Irán si el estrecho de Ormuz, un paso clave para el suministro del petróleo mundial, no es reabierto por el régimen iraní en 48 horas.
«Si Irán no abre totalmente, sin amenazas, el estrecho de Ormuz en un plazo de 48 HORAS a partir de este preciso momento, Estados Unidos atacará y arrasará con sus diversas centrales eléctricas, ¡empezando por la más grande!», escribió el mandatario en su red Truth Social.
Trump no mencionó ninguna planta específica. El mayor complejo hidroeléctrico del río Karun aparecería como el candidato más evidente por tamaño. Pero la mayor central eléctrica de Irán es la Central Nuclear de Bushehr, situada en el Golfo Pérsico, en el suroeste de Irán. Esta última tendría mayor peso simbólico, pero implicaría un riesgo de escalada mucho más amplio, lo que hace más probable que cualquier acción real se concentre en plantas térmicas estratégicas del sur del país.
Días atrás, Israel atacó el gigantesco yacimiento de gas de South Pars en Irán, horas después de que las fuerzas israelíes mataran al ministro de inteligencia del régimen y lanzaran algunos de los ataques aéreos más intensos en Beirut en décadas. El ataque a esta central gasífera, que Irán comparte con Qatar, llevó a Teherán a advertir a los estados vecinos que su infraestructura energética podría ser atacada «en cuestión de horas», y provocó furiosas reprimendas de Qatar y otras naciones de la región.
Trump aparece frustrado por la prolongación del conflicto y con la resistencia de Irán, que este sábado lanzó fuertes ataques contra Arad y Dimona, una ciudad que es sede del mayor centro nuclear israelí, provocando más de 120 heridos, en total.
Además, la base estadounidense Diego García, ubicada en el Océano Indico, fue atacada con misiles balísticos iraníes, luego de que Trump hubiera dicho que Irán no tenía la capacidad para llegar atacar tan lejos.
El estrecho de Ormuz ha estado prácticamente cerrado a la mayor parte del tráfico marítimo por las fuerzas militares iraníes desde que comenzó la guerra hace tres semanas. Esta vía fluvial, crucial y crucial, es responsable del movimiento de aproximadamente el 20% del petróleo mundial, y su cierre ha provocado un aumento en los precios del gas.
La última amenaza de Trump llega después de que dijera en una publicación de Truth Social el viernes que Estados Unidos está considerando “reducir” o desescalar la ofensiva militar en Oriente Medio. También el viernes había desestimado las preguntas sobre el plan de la Casa Banca para reestablecer el tráfico en el Estrecho de Ormuz, diciendo que «en cierto momento, se abrirá solo.»
Trump les ha pedido concretamente ayuda a los aliados de la OTAN para que los ayude a liberar el Estrecho y estos se han negado a enviar fuerzas militares a ese paso estratégico, no solo porque no desean escalar el conflicto, sino que además nunca fueron consultados por Estados Unidos antes de lanzar la ofensiva.
Luego del rechazo, Trump atacó a los líderes atlánticos llamándolos “cobardes” y les dijo que “¡Sin EE.UU., la OTAN es un tigre de papel!”.
Los precios del petróleo han escalado dramáticamente desde el inicio del conflicto, con el barril llegando a rozar los 120 dólares, lo que ha provocado temores de que aumente la inflación global, más allá de la incertidumbre que provoca la guerra y la posibilidad de que se prolongue.
Pero a medida que los precios del combustible vienen subiendo en el mundo y particularmente en Estados Unidos (donde ya subió un dólar el galón desde el inicio de la ofensiva el 28 de febrero), los funcionarios estadounidenses han estado intentando frenéticamente evitar un posible cierre del estrecho prolongado, reconociendo en privado que reabrir la vía fluvial clave es un problema sin una solución clara.
Antes de publicar este posteo, Trump había dicho que quiere llegar a un acuerdo con Irán, pero no lo hace porque ya ha cumplido sus objetivos «semanas antes de lo previsto» y que Estados Unidos ha «desplazado a Irán del mapa.»
«Su liderazgo ha desaparecido, su marina y fuerza aérea están muertas, no tienen absolutamente ninguna defensa y quieren llegar a un acuerdo. ¡No lo hago!» Trump dijo en Truth Social.
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Mamdani ignites social media outrage after photo-op at notorious NYC jail: ‘F—ing ridiculous’
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As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been embracing his Muslim faith amid Ramadan, he decided to break his religious fast with inmates who share his faith, in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail, calling it «one of the most meaningful evenings» he’s had as mayor.
Although Mamdani has visited Rikers Island in the past as a state legislator, this marked his first visit as mayor of New York City.
Shortly before arriving, he reiterated his pledge to shut down the jail and have the city absorb the incarcerated population into its borough-based jails. He also hinted at plans to hire a facilitator to expedite those plans.
«This is me just being a Muslim New Yorker,» Mamdani said during the visit to Rikers, according to NPR. «There are some for whom that is a political act.»
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Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani next to Dylan Contreras, a high school student who was recently released from federal custody, speaks during a press conference at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City on March 19, 2026. (Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images)
Mamdani was joined during the visit by Yusef Salaam, a member of the so-called «Central Park Five» who were exonerated of a 1989 rape and assault. Salaam currently serves as a member of the New York City Council.
Social media erupted after Mamdani’s X post, with many critics questioning his decision to visit inmates at Rikers, which is notorious for its violent criminals.
Mystery novelist Daniel Friedman, who, according to his bio on Macmillan Publishers’ website, lives in New York City, noted, «You have to be an absolute monster to be sent to Rikers Island these days.»
«Offenders on Rikers all have long histories of doing things so horrible that even the woke, pro-crime judges and prosecutors in NYC don’t want to be responsible for what they’ll do if they let them go,» Friedman added.
Moshe Hill, a long-time Long Island resident and candidate for the Nassau County legislature, agreed with Friedman.
«Criminals in prison are just ‘New Yorkers in custody,’ according to Mamdani. Why are they in custody? You don’t go to Rikers Island for nothing!» Hill quipped.
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A view of Rikers Island on a winter morning, as seen from a passenger flight leaving LaGuardia Airport, January 31, 2026, in the borough of Queens, New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
«Mayor likes to hang out with the people who victimize us. F—ing ridiculous,» Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt posted on X.
Meanwhile, Emmy-Award winning producer and columnist Daniella Greenbaum Davis made her own post, asking the New York City mayor whether he had also visited the victims of the inmates he was meeting with.
«Visiting people in jail is admirable but just wondering if you’ve also visited their victims / the families of their victims?» she questioned. «Seems like there is a bizarre progressive determination to invert victimization I can’t quite understand.»
Among Mamdani’s celebrations during Ramadan was an iftar, or a daily fast-breaking, at the Museum of the City of New York. That also triggered some responses, including from a former college football coach and lawmaker, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.,
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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) speaks to reporters as he returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol on February 10, 2026, in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Tuberville shared a photo of Mamdani at the iftar alongside a photo of the Twin Towers on fire after planes hit them on Sept. 11, 2001. «The enemy is inside the gates,» Tuberville captioned the post.
Tuberville has faced backlash over the post, but the GOP senator stood firm and defended his social media post.
«I just go by his rhetoric,» Tuberville said.
«He’s made a lot of statements about his stance with Islam and radical Islam, all the things that go along with what he preaches every day. And I’m just kind of repeating what he’s saying,» the senator told D.C. News Now’s Reshad Hudson.
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«We don’t need a division in this country. We need everybody to go with the Constitution, understand we have moral values. And if we all stick with those — I don’t care if you’re Muslim or Catholic or Baptist, it makes no difference,» he continued.
He added, «We need to make the country better; we don’t need to divide it. That’s what he’s doing in New York.»
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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El dengue en Panamá muestra un comportamiento que comienza a encender alertas en la población más joven. Según el último informe del Ministerio de Salud (Minsa), el grupo de 10 a 14 años es actualmente el más afectado, con una tasa de incidencia de 32.4 casos por cada 100,000 habitantes, superando al resto de los rangos etarios.
Este dato refleja una tendencia que preocupa a las autoridades sanitarias, ya que evidencia una mayor exposición de los menores de edad a entornos donde prolifera el mosquito Aedes aegypti.
En términos generales, el país acumula 1,232 casos de dengue hasta la semana epidemiológica No. 8 de 2026. De ese total, 1,081 corresponden a casos sin signos de alarma, mientras que 146 presentan signos de alarma y 5 han sido clasificados como dengue grave, lo que mantiene la vigilancia activa del sistema de salud.
Las cifras evidencian que, aunque la mayoría de los contagios son leves, existe un grupo de pacientes que puede evolucionar hacia formas más complejas de la enfermedad.
El informe también detalla el impacto en el sistema hospitalario, con un total de 149 personas hospitalizadas a nivel nacional. Además, se han registrado 4 defunciones, correspondientes a Bocas del Toro, con tres casos, y Coclé, con uno.
Estas cifras, aunque contenidas en comparación con otros países de la región, reflejan que el dengue sigue siendo una enfermedad con potencial letal si no se detecta y atiende a tiempo.
A nivel territorial, la distribución de los casos confirma que el virus mantiene una circulación activa en distintas zonas del país. La Región Metropolitana encabeza la lista con 337 casos, seguida por Colón, Bocas del Toro, San Miguelito y Panamá Oeste, que concentran una parte importante de los contagios.
También destacan áreas como Panamá Este, Herrera y Panamá Norte, lo que evidencia que la transmisión no está focalizada, sino extendida en múltiples regiones.
Entre los principales síntomas del dengue, las autoridades mencionan la fiebre, el dolor de cabeza, el malestar general, los dolores musculares y el dolor ocular.
Ante la presencia de estos signos, el Minsa insiste en la importancia de no automedicarse y acudir de forma oportuna a un centro de salud. La detección temprana es clave para evitar complicaciones, especialmente en pacientes que pueden desarrollar signos de alarma como sangrados o dolor abdominal intenso.
En el contexto regional, la situación del dengue en las Américas muestra un comportamiento mixto. De acuerdo con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), hasta la semana epidemiológica 7 de 2026 se han reportado 299,210 casos sospechosos, de los cuales 66,690 han sido confirmados, además de 458 casos graves y 47 muertes .
Aunque estas cifras representan una disminución frente a 2025, las autoridades mantienen la alerta debido a la circulación simultánea de varios serotipos del virus.
La OPS también ha advertido que el dengue sigue siendo una de las enfermedades vectoriales más relevantes en la región, con capacidad de generar brotes explosivos cuando las condiciones climáticas y ambientales favorecen la reproducción del mosquito.
Factores como el aumento de temperaturas, la acumulación de agua y el crecimiento urbano desordenado continúan impulsando la expansión del virus en países de América Latina.
En Panamá, las autoridades sanitarias han reiterado que el control del dengue depende en gran medida de la participación ciudadana. El Minsa ha intensificado los operativos a través del equipo de Control de Vectores, pero insiste en que la eliminación de criaderos en viviendas y comunidades es fundamental para reducir los casos.
Recipientes como latas, botellas, neumáticos y cualquier objeto que acumule agua representan un riesgo directo.
El comportamiento del dengue en 2026, tanto a nivel nacional como regional, confirma que la enfermedad sigue siendo un desafío constante para los sistemas de salud.
Aunque las cifras actuales muestran cierta contención en comparación con años anteriores, la presencia de casos graves, defunciones y el impacto en población joven obligan a mantener las estrategias de vigilancia, prevención y respuesta activa en todo el país.
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