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EXCLUSIVE: Hours before Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa kicks off a statewide campaign swing as she runs to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, she landed the backing of the top Senate Republican.
«We need conservative fighters in the Senate — and that’s exactly what we’ll get with Ashley Hinson,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune wrote early Friday as he endorsed Hinson.
And Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP, wrote, «Having traveled Iowa with Ashley, I know she is the fighter the Hawkeye State needs to deliver President Trump’s agenda in 2026 and beyond,» as he and the NRSC backed her.
On the eve of the endorsements and Hinson’s campaign event in West Des Moines, where she was born and raised, she highlighted in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview that she’s «proud to stand» with President Donald Trump.
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Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa on Tuesday launched a 2026 campaign in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. (Getty Images)
«We have a common sense approach in Iowa, and I don’t want to see Iowa look like California. I think we need to see the country look more like Iowa,» she said.
«Iowa does things right,» she added.
Iowa was once a top battleground state that former President Barack Obama carried in his 2008 and 2012 White House victories. But the state has shifted to the right in recent election cycles with Trump carrying the state by nine points in 2016, eight points in 2020, and by 13 points last November.
Republicans currently hold both of the state’s Senate seats – Ernst and longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley – and all four of Iowa’s congressional districts, as well as all statewide offices except for state auditor.
And while Democrats in Iowa are energized after flipping two GOP-held state Senate seats in special elections so far this year, Hinson sees her support for the president as a plus as she runs for the Senate.
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«When I look at what message we’re out selling, it’s what exactly they voted for in the last election. Iowans overwhelmingly sent President Trump to the White House,» Hinson noted.
Hinson, who highlighted that she won her own House re-election by 15 points last November, said «we’re executing on what I heard on the campaign trail, which was that they wanted lower taxes.»
«So what did we do? We delivered,» as she pointed to the sweeping GOP domestic policy bill that the president signed into law on July 4, which extends the 2017 tax cuts and includes no tax on tips and overtime for many workers.
President Donald Trump signs sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the «One Big Beautiful Bill Act,» during a picnic with military families to mark Independence Day, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2025. (Reuters/Ken Cedeno)
Hinson said she is looking «forward to the campaign and showing Iowans again why conservative, solid leadership, being a strong ally of President Trump, and making sure we’re going to continue to deliver on those promises, so he has a full four years to do that.»
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) took aim at Hinson after she declared her candidacy.
DSCC communications director Maeve Coyle argued that Hinson «has repeatedly voted to raise costs and make life harder for Iowans by voting to slash Medicaid, cheering on the chaotic tariffs that threaten Iowa’s economy, voting against measures to lower the cost of insulin, and threatening Social Security. In 2026, Iowans will reject Republicans’ efforts to rip away health care and spike costs for hardworking families.»
«I think they’re misinformed at best,» Hinson said in response.
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And she charged that «when I hear the lies and the fearmongering coming out of the left, it’s to only cover up for the fact that they have no message and no real leader other than Bernie and AOC and now Mamdani in New York,» as she referred to Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.
«If that’s the direction they want to take our country, I think Iowans are going to reject that wholeheartedly,» she predicted.
Hinson also highlighted that she’s «been out doing public town halls. I just finished my 46th and 47th public town hall in the district, and talking about what 47 [Trump] is doing to make our country better, cleaning up the mess of 46 [former President Joe Biden].»
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa, who is running in the 2026 race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, sits for a Fox News Digital interview on Sept. 4, 2025 in Washington D.C. (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News )
During some of her town hall meetings in Iowa this spring and summer, Hinson grabbed national attention as she faced disruptions, including jeers, boos, and heated questions from constituents. The backlash was directed at her support for the GOP’s tax and spend bill, which Trump at the time called his One Big Beautiful Bill.
«I think that it is really important to be transparent and accessible, and I will go out and defend our agenda anytime, anywhere, and talk with Iowans,» she said.
But she lamented that «unfortunately, what we’ve seen is, like in my town halls last week, people just wanted to stand there, yell and have a camera in my face to try to get a viral clip. I don’t think that’s productive. That’s why I answered their questions in a cool, calm and collected way, because I’m trying to change that by getting out and answering those questions.»
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Hinson doesn’t have the GOP primary field to herself. Former state Sen. Jim Carlin and veteran Joshua Smith had already entered the primary ahead of Ernst’s announcement.
And five Democrats are already running for Senate in Iowa. Among them are state Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian wheelchair basketball player, state Sen. Zach Wahls, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce executive director Nathan Sage and Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie Norris.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa announced on Tuesday that she wouldn’t seek re-election in the 2026 midterms. (Reuters)
Ernst, who announced on Tuesday that she wouldn’t seek a third six-year term when she’s up for re-election in 2026, first grabbed national attention in 2014 with her «make ‘em squeal» ads as she won the high-profile Senate election in Iowa in the race to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin.
«11 years ago, Iowans elected me as the first female combat veteran to the U.S. Senate, and they did so with a mission in mind – to make Washington squeal. And I’m proud to say we have delivered. We’ve cut waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government.»
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Hinson told Fox News that «Sen. Ernst is my friend. I look up to her, and you know, her efforts in the Senate. I think every Iowan is proud, and Iowa is so much better as a result of her leadership.»
And looking ahead, she said «I absolutely would love to campaign side by side with with Joni.»
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EEUU y China reanudaron en París las negociaciones comerciales para preparar la cumbre entre Trump y Xi Jinping
Las delegaciones de Estados Unidos y China completaron este domingo la primera jornada de una nueva ronda de consultas económicas y comerciales en la sede de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) en París, en un encuentro que continuará el lunes y que busca allanar el terreno para la visita del presidente Donald Trump a Beijing a finales de mes. Las conversaciones arrancaron a las 10:05 hora local y se prolongaron hasta las 18:00.
La cita, que es la sexta del mecanismo bilateral inaugurado en Ginebra en mayo de 2025, reúne al secretario del Tesoro estadounidense, Scott Bessent, y al representante comercial Jamieson Greer, por el lado americano, frente al vicepresidente chino He Lifeng y el principal negociador comercial de Beijing, Li Chenggang. Sobre la mesa figuran los aranceles vigentes, los controles de exportación de tecnología avanzada, el comercio de minerales estratégicos —en particular las tierras raras— y las compras chinas de productos agrícolas estadounidenses.
El contexto en el que se celebra esta ronda es radicalmente distinto al de las cinco anteriores. El 20 de febrero, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos anuló, por seis votos contra tres, los aranceles que Trump había impuesto mediante la Ley de Poderes Económicos de Emergencia Internacional (IEEPA, por sus siglas en inglés), el instrumento jurídico en el que Washington había basado su principal palanca de presión comercial. Trump respondió de inmediato aplicando un arancel global del 15% bajo la Sección 122 de la Ley Arancelaria de 1974, pero ese mecanismo tiene una caducidad legal de 150 días, hasta mediados de julio, lo que limita su alcance y añade incertidumbre al calendario negociador.
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El fallo fortaleció la posición china. Analistas del Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores y del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales señalaron que Beijing llega a París con mayor margen de maniobra, dado que Washington ha perdido su principal herramienta arancelaria de respuesta rápida. China, por su parte, conserva intacto uno de sus instrumentos de presión más eficaces: las restricciones a la exportación de tierras raras, materiales esenciales para la industria aeroespacial y de semiconductores. Empresas del sector en Estados Unidos enfrentan escasez creciente de itrio, un elemento usado en recubrimientos resistentes al calor para motores de reactores.
A esa presión estructural se suma el impacto de la guerra en Medio Oriente. El cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, tras las operaciones militares estadounidenses e israelíes contra Irán, ha interrumpido el paso de aproximadamente el 20% del suministro mundial de petróleo, según Reuters. Para China, la dependencia es aún más pronunciada: cerca del 45% de sus importaciones de crudo transitan por esa vía. La disrupción energética añade urgencia a ambas partes. Para Washington, la guerra también ha intensificado las necesidades de abastecimiento de minerales críticos para uso militar, lo que refuerza el interés en alcanzar acuerdos con Beijing sobre tierras raras.
Bessent dijo el jueves pasado que el diálogo económico entre los dos países “avanza”, en una declaración que el Departamento del Tesoro distribuyó antes del viaje a París. China, por su parte, envió el viernes un comunicado de su ministerio de Comercio en el que indicó que ambas partes abordarán “cuestiones comerciales y económicas de interés mutuo”, fórmula habitual de Beijing para estas citas. La agencia oficial Xinhua publicó un comentario el domingo en el que sostuvo que un progreso “significativo” en la cooperación bilateral podría devolver confianza a una economía global “cada vez más frágil”.
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Las cinco rondas anteriores del mecanismo —celebradas en Ginebra, Londres, Estocolmo, Madrid y Kuala Lumpur entre mayo y octubre de 2025— desembocaron en la tregua comercial de Busan, acordada por Trump y el presidente chino Xi Jinping al margen de la cumbre del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC) en Corea del Sur. En virtud de ese pacto, en vigor por un año, China se comprometió a comprar 12 millones de toneladas métricas de soja estadounidense en la campaña 2025 y 25 millones en la de 2026. Funcionarios del Tesoro han indicado que Beijing ha cumplido hasta ahora con esos compromisos.
Sin embargo, no todo el escenario es de distensión. Esta semana, la administración Trump lanzó una nueva investigación bajo la Sección 301 de la Ley de Comercio contra China por presuntas prácticas comerciales desleales, lo que introduce un factor de tensión adicional en la mesa de París. Las exportaciones chinas a Estados Unidos cayeron un 11% en los dos primeros meses del año frente al mismo período de 2025, aunque las exportaciones totales de China al resto del mundo crecieron cerca de un 22% en ese lapso.
Los analistas son escépticos ante la posibilidad de un avance comercial de calado en esta ronda. Scott Kennedy, experto en economía china del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales, señaló a Reuters que el objetivo mínimo de ambas partes es “mantener las cosas unidas y evitar una ruptura y una reescalada de tensiones”. Trump tiene previsto visitar China entre el 31 de marzo y el 2 de abril, en lo que sería el primer viaje de un presidente estadounidense a ese país desde su primera visita en 2017. Beijing no ha confirmado oficialmente las fechas, práctica habitual en la diplomacia china. Durante aquella visita de Estado, Washington anunció compromisos de inversión por valor de unos 250.000 millones de dólares.
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The United States is left vulnerable even by its own naturalized U.S. citizens from hostile foreign lands, proving a free country can be exposed to security risks by the very freedoms the Constitution endows, an expert warned on Fox News.
«That’s partially because of legal reasons: They can’t just monitor constitutionally protected free speech and opinions after they become a naturalized citizen, indefinitely, just to keep tabs on them,» Mauro Institute president Ryan Mauro told Fox News on Saturday.
«They legally can’t do it, and they also don’t have the resources to do it.»
Just this month alone, the U.S. has experienced four attacks with ties to naturalized citizenship.
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The U.S. has seen four attacks in recent weeks in connection to naturalized citizens. (Fox News)
- March 1 – Austin, Texas, bar shooting
- March 7 – New York City attempted bombing (parents of suspects were naturalized citizens)
- March 12 – Old Dominion University shooting
- March 12 – West Bloomfield, Michigan, synagogue attack
«There’s a bit of a jihad olympics going on, which is where you have the Sunni radicals like ISIS competing with the Shiite radicals of the Iranian regime because they need attention in order to survive and in order settle the argument of who has Allah’s blessing so that they can trigger the apocalypse,» Mauro said.
Surveillance footage shows Ayman Mohamad Ghazali inside a Phantom Fireworks store in Livonia, Michigan, where he purchased more than $2,000 worth of fireworks days before the synagogue attack on March 12. (Obtained by NYPost)
«That’s what they both want to do,» Mauro said.
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Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was identified as the shooter at Old Dominion University on Thursday, March 12. (AP Photo)
The process of citizenship revocation has been a hotly debated topic during the second Trump administration, and the spate of four terror attacks amid the latest Israel-U.S. war on Iran may increase scrutiny on the vetting process.
«A person is subject to revocation of naturalization if the person becomes a member of, or affiliated with, the Communist party, other totalitarian party, or terrorist organization within five years of his or her naturalization,» the U.S. Grounds for Revocation of Naturalization reads.
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Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Pictured is Ibrahim Kayumi family’s home. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York and Greg Wehner for Fox News Digital)
Mauro’s institute is not constrained by federal law in vetting potential terrorist ideology of naturalized citizens like the Justice Department is, he noted.
«That’s why I personally have set up a civilian intelligence team that does do that type of thing,» Mauro said. «And why we’ve been so successful is because whereas the government has to be very careful not to launch investigations based off of just a mere suspicion or an unpopular opinion, civilians are free to comb through social media and just find people and report them.»
U.S. freedoms even protect suspected terrorists, he added.
«If they do come across someone who is expressing support for a terrorist organization, it still gets tricky,» he lamented. «You would think, oh, at that point you can revoke it and just get rid of the people because that would make sense, but the question is membership and affiliation.
The Austin, Texas, bar shooter was an Iran sympathizer and believed to have conducted a terrorist attack in the U.S. to retaliate after Israel killed the Iranian supreme leader. (KTBC)
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«I mean, there’ll be a lot of headaches just over those words. At what point does it go from, oh, I agree with them, versus actually being affiliated with them as like a unit?»
Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department, the FBI and multiple agencies within the Department of Homeland Security for comment on this story. The State Department redirected us to the latter two federal departments.
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