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Klobuchar takes first steps towards Minnesota governor bid in race to replace embattled Walz
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Longtime Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Thursday made her first move ahead of likely launching a 2026 race for governor in her home state of Minnesota.
The senator’s first steps came a couple of weeks after the stunning announcement by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to end his re-election bid amid political fallout from the blue-leaning state’s massive fraud scandal.
Klobuchar, who less than 15 months ago was handily re-elected to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate, filed preliminary paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board.
«This is a preliminary step necessary for any candidate considering a run. The senator will make an announcement of her plans in the coming days,» a source close to Klobuchar told Fox News Digital.
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Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is launching a campaign for governor in the 2026 race to succeed Gov. Tim Walz, a fellow Democrat. (David Swanson/REUTERS)
Since Walz’s announcement earlier this month that he was scrapping his bid for an unprecedented third term as Minnesota governor, Klobuchar had been receiving calls urging her to run, Democratic sources confirmed.
And sources also confirmed that the senator met with Walz, who was the Democratic Party’s 2024 vice presidential nominee, on the eve of his announcement to discuss his decision to drop his re-election effort.
Klobuchar didn’t weigh in on her future political plans in the hours after Walz’ blockbuster news. But she said the governor «made the difficult decision to focus on his job and the challenges facing our state rather than campaigning and running for re-election.»
A day later, Klobuchar emphasized to CNN, «I love my job, I love my state, and I’m seriously considering it.»
The senator has won all four of her Senate elections by healthy margins, including a nearly 16-point re-election in 2024.
But Klobuchar, who is currently number three in Senate Democratic leadership, faces hurdles to rise higher in party leadership in the chamber.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is the top Democrat in the upper chamber and isn’t expected to leave his post.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, the number two Democrat in the chamber, is retiring from Congress, leaving an opening to fill in the leadership pecking order. But Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii is the expected heir apparent for that position.
Before serving in the Senate, Klobuchar was elected twice as county attorney in Hennepin County, Minnesota’s most populous.
She also ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. And a trip by Klobuchar last summer to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire sparked speculation that Klobuchar may be mulling another White House run in 2028.
Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is interviewed by Fox News Digital in Gilsum, New Hampshire, on July 11, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Walz launched his re-election bid in September, but the past couple of months had been facing a barrage of incoming political fire from President Donald Trump and Republicans, and some Democrats, over the large-scale theft, under his watch as governor, in a state that has long prided itself on good governance.
More than 90 people — most from Minnesota’s large Somali community — have been charged since 2022 in what has been described as the nation’s largest COVID-era scheme. How much money has been stolen through alleged money laundering operations involving fraudulent meal and housing programs, daycare centers and Medicaid services is still being tabulated. But the U.S. attorney in Minnesota said the scope of the fraud could exceed $1 billion and rise to as high as $9 billion.
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Prosecutors said some of the dozens that have already pleaded guilty in the case used the money to buy luxury cars, real estate, jewelry and international vacations, with some of the funds also sent overseas and potentially into the hands of Islamic terrorists.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
«This is on my watch, I am accountable for this and, more importantly, I am the one that will fix it,» Walz told reporters last month, as he took responsibility for the scandal.
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But the fraud scandal was eclipsed earlier this month by the fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent of Renee Good, a Minnesota woman and mother of three, who was protesting an ICE operation.
Video of the shooting went viral, sparking protests and a national debate over the agency’s efforts to carry out Trump’s push for the mass deportation of millions of undocumented migrants. And with a massive deployment this month of ICE agents to Minnesota, it’s made the state ground zero in the political battle over the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to combat illegal immigration.
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Russia reportedly slams Trump’s Golden Dome as ‘provocative’ as trillion-dollar shield takes shape
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Russia criticized the U.S.’ proposed Golden Dome missile defense system Monday, warning it could destabilize global nuclear deterrence, according to reports.
According to TASS, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told Kommersant newspaper that the ambitious project is extremely «provocative.»
«Problems in the strategic sphere resulting from destabilizing U.S. actions only continue to grow. It is enough to recall the highly provocative anti-missile project ‘Golden Dome for America,’» he said, TASS reported.
«It fundamentally contradicts the assertion of the inseparable interrelationship between offensive and defensive strategic arms, which, by the way, was enshrined in the preamble of New START,» Medvedev added, citing the treaty that protects U.S. national security by placing limits on Russia’s deployed intercontinental nuclear weapons.
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Deputy head of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an interview with Russian media at a residence outside Moscow, Russia, March 23, 2023. (Sputnik/Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
A defense expert says Russia’s reaction underscores the Golden Dome’s power as a geopolitical signal to the world.
«Even before it has been built, the dome is military focused and politically focused and an incredible bargaining chip with U.S. adversaries,» defense expert Cameron Chell told Fox News Digital.
«In this case, it is Russia and China in particular, in terms of how the U.S. postures for negotiating peace terms, treaty terms and whether the U.S. will be negating their already existing arsenal,» the Draganfly CEO claimed.
The Golden Dome is a long-term missile defense concept aimed at protecting North America from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missile threats.
Chell spoke after the Pentagon released its National Defense Strategy on Jan. 23, outlining a renewed focus on homeland defense, expanded missile defense, counter-drone systems, cyber capabilities and long-range strike forces.
The planned Golden Dome missile defense shield is designed to defeat «large missile barrages and other advanced aerial attacks,» the strategy said, while also hardening military and key civilian infrastructure against cyber strikes as Russia and China continue expanding their hypersonic weapons programs.
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President Donald Trump announced his proposal for a «Golden Dome» missile defense system in the United States on May 20, 2025. (Leah Millis/Reuters/File Photo; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, China has also pushed back against the Golden Dome missile defense initiative, accusing Washington of undermining global strategic stability and risking the weaponization of outer space.
«There’s big value in the talk and the build-out of Golden Dome, even long before it gets built, not to mention the research and technology development that comes out of it,» Chell said.
«The posturing and the economic benefits of building something like this are also factored into why the dome is so important.»
The project’s sheer scale is expected to drive its strategic impact but could also come with an enormous price tag.
«The dome is going to take trillions to build and is the largest military project, probably the largest engineering and technology project ever attempted, so there are going to be challenges getting it done,» Chell explained.
«The U.S. has ten years of planning, including where they are going to have communication links, radar systems, and early warning systems.» That planning, Chell noted, is shifting focus north.
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The Golden Dome will need space-based radar capabilities. (Lockheed Martin )
«In order to protect the U.S., you want to take things down before they get over the top of the country,» Chell said.
«Places like Canada, or even further north, become the dropping ground. You want to get these threats as soon as possible.»
Canada and Greenland are viewed by U.S. defense planners as critical for radar coverage, space tracking and early-warning infrastructure.
«The idea is something being shot down from space, but to do that you need very detailed landscape data of the entire North and you need access to the North,» Chell said.
President Trump has long argued the U.S. must control Greenland for national security reasons, citing its strategic Arctic location and natural resources.
«There needs to be infrastructure and oversight in the far north, in Canada, in Greenland, and places like that,» Chell said. «All that planning has to be done well ahead of time, before we have anything operational.»
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Chell also pointed to the potential role of drones in supporting the Golden Dome’s broader mission.
«Drones could be part of informing the Golden Dome as reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence tools,» he said, adding that the «entire military complex is integrated.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of War for comment.
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El gobierno español busca regularizar a medio millón de inmigrantes sin papeles: qué pasa con los argentinos
El Consejo de Ministros español se apresta a aprobar este martes el inicio de la tramitación de un real decreto para regularizar a alrededor de medio millón de inmigrantes que llegaron antes del 31 de diciembre pasado y que demuestren al menos cinco meses de residencia en el país.
La medida fue pactada entre el oficialista Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) del jefe de gobierno Pedro Sánchez y el partido izquierdista Podemos.
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El Ejecutivo comunicó esa iniciativa después de que la secretaria política y eurodiputada de Podemos, Irene Montero, anunció el acuerdo con el PSOE con el objetivo de regularizar a alrededor de medio millón de personas.
Según datos oficiales, unos 415.000 argentinos residen en España en forma legal. El 44% de ellos tiene doble nacionalidad. Pero se desconoce cuántos viven en ese país sin documentos, aunque son una minoría con relación a otras nacionalidades latinoamericanas.
Qué implica el proyecto de regularización de inmigrantes
Al tramitarse como un real decreto, el gobierno español no requiere de su convalidación parlamentaria y puede esquivar así la falta de apoyos que los socios del ejecutivo encontraron en materia migratoria.
Según Montero, la medida implica “que tendrán papeles todas las personas que estuvieran en España antes del 31 de diciembre del año 2025 y que puedan demostrar al menos cinco meses de residencia”.
Podrán hacerlo con el empadronamiento municipal, pero también con otros medios como un informe médico, un contrato de suministro eléctrico o un certificado de envío de dinero, algo muy demandado por las entidades sociales debido a las dificultades que muchas veces enfrentan las personas en situación de irregularidad para acceder al padrón.
Pedro Sánchez busca regularización a medio millón de inmigrantes sin papeles (Foto: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)
La admisión a trámite de la solicitud ya dará una autorización de residencia y trabajo por un año y suspenderá automáticamente los procedimientos de retorno o las órdenes de expulsión por motivos administrativos o por trabajar sin permiso que pesaran sobre la persona.
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Al término de ese año podrá solicitarse una autorización ordinaria conforme al reglamento de extranjería.
Fuentes del Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones precisaron que este real decreto tiene como objetivo garantizar derechos y dar seguridad jurídica a una realidad social existente.
Gobiernos liderados tanto por el PSOE como por el conservador Partido Popular (PP) aprobaron desde los años 80 hasta ocho procesos extraordinarios de regularización de inmigrantes con los que intentaron reducir el creciente número de inmigrantes extranjeros sin derechos y luchar también contra la economía informal.
Más de 840.000 inmigrantes viven en España en situación irregular
El centro de análisis Funcas (Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros) informó este lunes que la cifra de migrantes que viven en España en situación administrativa irregular sigue creciendo y ya se sitúa en 840.000 personas.
Por origen, destacan las nacionalidades del continente americano (760.000), que representan el 91 % del total de la inmigración irregular, y en especial la colombiana (cerca de 290.000), la peruana (casi 110.000) y la hondureña (90.000).
Las nacionalidades africanas (50.000), asiáticas (15.000) y europeas (14.000) se encuentran a bastante distancia.
Los datos son anteriores a la última reforma del reglamento de extranjería español, que entró en vigor en mayo de 2025 e introduce cambios para flexibilizar el acceso a la regularización por arraigo. Por eso se estima que la cifra es menor y se situaría en medio millón de personas.
Fuertes cuestionamientos de la oposición
El líder del PP, el conservador Alberto Núñez Feijóo, dijo que la política migratoria del jefe del Ejecutivo español “es tan disparatada como la ferroviaria”, tras los accidentes de tren de la última semana.
En un mensaje en la red social X, Núñez Feijóo escribió: “Hasta 46 muertos. Cientos de heridos. Ninguna dimisión. Y la primera respuesta de Sánchez es una regularización masiva para desviar la atención, aumentar el efecto llamada y desbordar nuestros servicios públicos”.
Por su parte, el líder del partido ultraderechista Vox, Santiago Abascal, tildó de “tirano” a Sánchez por impulsar esta regularización que, a su juicio, promoverá “el efecto llamada para acelerar la invasión”. “¡500.000 ilegales!”, escribió Abascal en un mensaje en X, en el que afirmó que Sánchez “odia al pueblo español” y “quiere sustituirlo”.
(Con información de EFE)
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