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Harris wanted Buttigieg as running mate
Former Biden press chief Yemisi Egbewole and former NRSC press secretary T.W. Arrighi discuss Kamala Harris’ first choice for a running mate and the future of the Democratic and Republican Parties ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ highly anticipated book recapping the 2024 election cycle gives a nod to former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg that could open doors to a potential 2028 presidential run, DNC Vice Chair Shasti Conrad told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
«I think that Pete Buttigieg is one of our absolute best communicators, and you know, we’re seeing that now. … I think her saying that, hopefully opens up a door for Pete to run again for president, and you know, we’ll see where all that lands, and whether the country, you know, is ready to have him lead us,» Conrad told Fox News Digital in a Thursday interview.
Conrad, who underscored the book also sets up Harris for potentially launching another presidential run of her own, spoke to Fox News Digital ahead of the memoir’s official Tuesday release. Only a handful of excerpts of the book, «107 Days,» so far have been released to the public, including The Atlantic most recently reporting that Harris initially wanted Buttigieg as her running mate before ultimately choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Buttigieg «would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man,» Harris wrote in the upcoming book, according to The Atlantic.
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Pete Buttigieg «would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man,» Kamala Harris wrote in the upcoming book, according to The Atlantic. (Yuri Gripas/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let’s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk,» the excerpt of the book continued, referring to tapping a gay man for the ticket as risky.
«And I think Pete also knew that—to our mutual sadness.»
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Media pundits and D.C. insiders took issue with Walz serving as her running mate following the November 2024 election loss to President Donald Trump, as they argued popular Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro or Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly or others could have better served the campaign against Trump.
For Conrad, the excerpt gives a nod to Buttigieg as a «national leader» who could throw his hat in the presidential contender ring in the next cycle. Buttigieg previously ran for president in 2020 before dropping out and endorsing President Joe Biden to succeed Trump in the Oval Office.
Sophia Danenberg, Shasti Conrad and Junelle Cavero attend «Our Future, Our Freedom» a DNC celebration concert in Chicago in 2024. (Jeff Schear/Getty Images )
«We won’t know whether if she had added Pete as her running mate, if that would have changed anything,» Conrad said. «I don’t think it would have. But I think that it’s a, you know, a good sort of nod towards Pete that he is a national leader that we should be looking towards as potentially being someone that could … that could win the nomination in 2028.»
The DNC vice chair, who is also chair of the Washington State Democratic Party, defended Walz as a «happy warrior» who «could speak the language of the working class.»
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«There’s a lot of calculations and amount of time about what we would need for a winning ticket,» she said. «Personally, I thought that, you know, Gov. Walz was a fantastic running mate for her. And when I met him last year, I told him, I jokingly said that we’d grown him in a lab, because he really felt to me like perfect for the moment.»
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, are pictured during a campaign event at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., US, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In response to the excerpts, Buttigieg told the media Thursday that he believes in «giving Americans more credit» than basing their votes on «categories.»
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«My experience in politics has been that the way that you earn trust with voters is based mostly on what they think you’re going to do for their lives, not on categories,» Buttigieg told Politico during a ribbon cutting ceremony at a Democratic Party office in Indiana.
The book allows Harris to «speak her truth» on the wild 2024 election cycle, Conrad added, which includes excerpts acknowledging Biden «got tired» while on the campaign trail but denied any «big conspiracy at the White House to hide Joe Biden’s infirmity.»
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It’s «good that she’s sort of getting an opportunity to tell her version of events and be able to be more fully herself,» Conrad said. «That’s what I’ve been seeing from these excerpts. Is, you know, a real sense that she, I think, felt very managed and very kind of controlled for much of her time, both as VP and as a candidate. And this is sort of her opportunity to just … speak her truth.»
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Buttigieg and Harris, but did not immediately receive replies.
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Nuevos datos sobre el explosivo hallado en la frontera colombo-ecuatoriana: era una Mark85 y pudo afectar 580 metros a la redonda
Un explosivo sin detonar en la frontera Colombia-Ecuador fue hallado por campesinos en una finca del departamento del Putumayo, en el sur de Colombia.
El hallazgo se volvió noticia internacional luego de que, durante el Consejo de Ministros llevado a cabo el 16 de marzo, el presidente Gustavo Petro lo expusiera en televisión nacional.
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Pese a eso, según el mismo mandatario, este hecho lo conoció desde el 13 de marzo. Aunque no explicó como se enteró, se conoció que un equipo periodístico de The New York Times fue el primero en alertar formalmente al gobierno colombiano sobre la presencia de la bomba aérea Mark-82, de 500 libras, según el fotógrafo Federico Rios Escobar, quien hace parte de ese quipo.
“The New York Times entrevistó testigos, fotografió la munición y, preocupado por la seguridad de los residentes, alertó al gobierno colombiano el lunes por la noche”, explicó Rios Escobar, en su cuenta oficial de Facebook.
El explosivo, identificado como bomba Mark-82, de 500 libras, fue hallado a comienzos de marzo. De acuerdo con los datos divulgados por The New York Times, su detonación habría generado una onda expansiva peligrosa hasta 580 metros a la redonda, lo que significaba un riesgo grave para la vida de los residentes y para las comunidades próximas al río San Miguel.
Los periodistas de The New York Times, guiados por campesinos de la zona, accedieron a la finca donde vivía la familia Toro, una familia campesina de la zona.
En ese lugar encontraron, junto a los cultivos de coca y banano, el artefacto oxidado, de casi dos metros de longitud y color verde oliva. Como relataron al medio, dieron aviso inmediato a las autoridades tras constatar la proximidad con la menor Daisy Toro y su madre Rosa Toro.
El hallazgo coincidió con operativos aéreos del ejército ecuatoriano reportados el 3 de marzo, según testigos y la niña Daisy Toro, de trece años, quien relató al medio internacional ya citado haber visto dos aviones sobrevolar la finca esa mañana.
Su madre, Rosa Toro, manifestó que el área permanece bajo control de un grupo narcotraficante conocido como Comandos de la Frontera.
Sin embargo, en la publicación del fotorreportero colombiano, varios comentarios señalan una posible oxidación de esta bomba, lo que bajo esa lógica, sugieren que no es actual.
A esto se le suma las declaraciones del general retirado ecuatoriano Wagner Bravo en conversaciones con el medio colombiano Caracol Radio, en dónde explico que a su parecer “parece muy vieja” y que aunque no cree que sea del bloque soviético, por su antigüedad, sí podría ser de los años ochenta.
En horas de la mañana del 18 de marzo, Gustavo Petro, presidente Colombiano, afirmó que la bomba no estaba oxidada y que: “La bomba se embarró con el lodo rojo que aparece en la foto al arrastrarse durante varias decenas de metros. Está a unos pocos metros de Ecuador dónde bombardeo en su territorio una casa. El que la bomba se haya arrastrado significa que se disparó desde un avión a baja altura. El peso de la bomba no permite que haya sido arrastrada por campesinos del lugar atravesando el río Tomo que es fronterizo».
Especialistas consultados por The New York Times reconocieron el arma como una bomba de 500 libras de fabricación estadounidense, utilizada habitualmente en guerras aéreas modernas.
De hecho, Infobae Colombia pudo revisar archivos del Museo de Armamento de la Fuerza Aérea, de Florida, Estados Unidos, en dónde se afirma que este tipo de bombas fueron desarrolladas por el país norte americano a mediados de la década de 1950 y seis años después usadas de forma activa por su ejército.
El artefacto presentaba marcas en sistema métrico y su pintura, deslucida por la intemperie, estaba oxidada. La bomba conservaba el cable de armado y restos del detonador, lo que elevó la preocupación de los técnicos.
Los expertos detallaron que la bomba tenía una potencia equivalente a 192 libras de explosivo TNT. Su fragmentación sería letal hasta 230 metros, y la onda de choque podría afectar gravemente fuera del radio de 580 metros. Agricultores de la zona expresaron temor a que existan otros explosivos similares cercanos a los cultivos.
El artefacto fue descrito con aletas de metal destinadas a estabilizarlo en el aire, componentes que en este caso se hallaban muy dañados tras el impacto. Los técnicos advirtieron que sólo una brigada militar especializada está capacitada para retirar el dispositivo de forma segura, dado que contenía explosivo activo en su interior.
Tras la alerta emitida por The New York Times, el presidente de Colombia Gustavo Petro declaró en televisión nacional: “La bomba está activa. Es peligrosa”, y sugirió que el artefacto habría sido arrojado desde territorio ecuatoriano.
Petro también subrayó la necesidad de investigar a fondo, y encomendó al ejército colombiano la neutralización del explosivo.
El presidente de Ecuador Daniel Noboa respondió públicamente el día siguiente, rechazando cualquier responsabilidad. “Estamos actuando en nuestro territorio, no en el suyo”, sostuvo Noboa, desmintiendo las afirmaciones previas de Petro y descartando incursiones de sus fuerzas sobre suelo colombiano.
Persisten interrogantes sobre el verdadero origen de la bomba Mark-82. Las inscripciones métricas en el artefacto no coinciden con las fabricadas exclusivamente en Estados Unidos; el modelo es producido también en otros países, según la investigación publicada por The New York Times.
El analista militar ecuatoriano César Gabriel Cedeño, consultado por el periódico, advirtió sobre los graves riesgos que representa dejar una munición de este tipo en la zona.
El 18 de marzo del 2026, el fotógrafo Federico Rios Escobar, en diálogo con Caracol Radio aclaró y relató, precisamente, estos nuevos datos sobre la bomba encontrada en la frontera colombo-ecuatoriana.
Mientras los testimonios recogidos por el equipo periodístico al que pertenece Rios Escobar apuntan al 3 de marzo como momento exacto en que fue lanzada la bomba, la versión del presidente Gustavo Petro difiere: según lo publicado por el mandatario en redes sociales, los hechos habrían ocurrido el 6 de marzo. Consultado por esta discrepancia, Rios Escobar señaló que “lo que diga el presidente es lo que dice el presidente”.
El reportaje no incluye información sobre posibles víctimas fatales asociadas a este hallazgo, una diferencia importante frente a las cifras dispares difundidas por autoridades nacionales: el presidente Petro mencionó 27 muertos, mientras que el ministro de Defensa indicó que serían 14 en la zona de Nariño, aunque estos datos corresponden a eventos anteriores, entre enero y febrero, y no al caso investigado por el equipo del The New York Times. “En nuestro artículo no mencionamos eso porque de ese tema nosotros desconocemos completamente”, añadió Rios.
Según explicó Rios Escobar a Caracol Radio, la bomba es de tipo MK 82, un modelo fabricado por múltiples países: “Las bombas tienen un número de serie… Con ese número de serie se podría esclarecer si es una bomba reciente, si es una bomba antigua, si fue lanzada el 3 de marzo o en otro momento”.
Debido a que el equipo periodístico no manipuló el artefacto, no pudo acceder al número de serie, pero considera que su estado y el impacto reciente en el terreno refuerzan la versión local de una caída reciente: “Yo vi el cráter fresco, vi la cola fresca, veo la gente que está muy nerviosa y yo creo que no estarían tan nerviosos con una bomba que lleve ahí bastante tiempo”.
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Israel killed Iran’s Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib in a precision strike overnight, a senior Israeli official told Fox News Wednesday.
The official said the strike was enabled by a joint U.S.-Israeli intelligence effort and described Khatib as a central player in plots targeting American officials.
«This man had American blood on his hands. His network specifically targeted current and former U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump,» the official added.
Khatib had previously survived a sweeping strike on Iran’s senior leadership at the «Defense Council» compound in Tehran during the opening phase of Operation Epic Fury, where more than 40 Iranian leaders were killed in roughly 40 seconds, according to the official.
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Iran’s Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib (center) sits with President Masoud Pezeshkian (center right) before a speech to members of parliament in Tehran on Aug. 17, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
He was reportedly the only person to survive the initial attack.
«Today, he met the fate of his combatant comrades,» the official told Fox News.
Israel has targeted and killed several senior Iranian leaders since the start of the war, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Gen. Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Basij unit, and Mohammad Pakpour, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The Israel Defense Forces said Khatib played a central role in directing crackdowns on protesters, including arrests and killings during recent unrest and the nationwide demonstrations sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini.
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People attend a protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic’s notorious «morality police.» (Markus Schreiber/ AP Photo)
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Khatib in 2022 for his role in leading Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which U.S. officials said was responsible for cyberattacks against the United States and its allies.
Treasury said the ministry oversaw global cyber operations targeting government and private-sector organizations, including disruptive attacks on critical infrastructure.
United Against Nuclear Iran, a non-partisan advocacy group, said Khatib enlisted in the IRGC at the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War in 1980 and studied under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.
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Hossein Amir Abdollahian, (right) and Esmaeil Khatib (left) attend a vote of confidence in the cabinet of President Ebrahim Raisi at the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Tehran, Iran, on Aug. 25, 2021. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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He joined MOIS in 1985 or 1986 after it was established in 1983.
The State Department’s Rewards for Justice program last week offered up to $10 million for information on senior Iranian security figures tied to the IRGC and its networks, including Khatib.
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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is on a glide path to the U.S. Senate.
But Stratton, who captured the Democratic Senate nomination in blue-leaning Illinois by winning Tuesday’s primary, has made it clear that if she makes it to Capitol Hill, she won’t be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democrats’ longtime leader in the chamber.
And Stratton — who if victorious in November would become only the fifth Black woman in the nation’s history to win election to the Senate — is part of a sizable list of Democratic Senate candidates who are highlighting their opposition to Schumer continuing as the leader of their party in the chamber.
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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton waves during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/AP Photo)
Stratton topped Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, her two leading rivals among a crowded field of contenders, in a contentious and extremely expensive Democratic Senate primary. Stratton was boosted by the support and deep pockets of her boss, billionaire Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, who was unopposed as he landed re-nomination for a third term as governor.
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Schumer, along with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, congratulated Stratton immediately after her victory was called.
«Juliana’s commitment to standing up for working families runs deep — and now, she’s taking that fight to the U.S. Senate. We are proud to congratulate Juliana on her history-making campaign, and we are excited to welcome her as the next U.S. Senator from Illinois in November,» Schumer and Gillibrand wrote in a statement.
Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, longtime Democratic Senate leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York has increasingly faced opposition to his leadership. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
But Stratton, during her primary campaign, made her stance on Schumer crystal clear.
«I’m the only person on this stage that has said so,» Stratton said during a recent debate, as she highlighted that she would not back Schumer as Democratic leader.
«I’m the only candidate in this race that has made it clear I’m not going to support Chuck Schumer to lead the Democratic caucus, Senate caucus, because that’s not what people are looking for right now,» Stratton said in a recent NBC News interview. «They want someone who’s going to fight, and we need fighters and not folders.»
And further explaining why she wouldn’t back Schumer, Stratton told progressive Gen Z political commentator Jack Cocchiarella, «What I’m hearing from voters all across the state of Illinois is that they’re fed up. They’re fed up with what’s happening in Washington. They»re fed up with business as usual and the status quo.»
Stratton is far from the only Democratic Senate candidate to argue that the party needs younger and more aggressive leadership in the chamber to fight back against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second-term agenda.
Democratic Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. (Sophie Park/Getty Images)
Among them are Graham Platner, the U.S. Marine and Army veteran and oyster farmer from Maine who has the backing of progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont as he battles for the Democratic Senate nomination against two-term Gov. Janet Mills, who has Schumer’s tacit support.
Also on the list is Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, one of three frontrunners battling for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination in the Great Lakes battleground.
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