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Meet the Trump-picked lawmakers giving Speaker Johnson a full House GOP conference

House Republicans will finally begin this week with a full conference for the first time this year.
Newly minted representatives Randy Fine, R-Fla., and Jimmy Patronis, R-Fla., won special elections in the Sunshine State’s 6th and 1st congressional districts, respectively, Tuesday night.
It’s going to give some much-needed wiggle room to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has been wrestling with a one- to two-vote margin since the 119th Congress began at the beginning of January.
In separate interviews with Fox News Digital this week, both lawmakers signaled they would be team players focused on advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda, likely welcome news for House GOP leaders as they navigate a conference that’s been deeply fractured on key issues like government spending.
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Representatives Randy Fine, left, and Jimmy Patronis, right, won special elections Tuesday after President Donald Trump endorsed them both early on. (Getty)
«We do not need the team to fight within itself. Everyone’s got to keep their eye on the prize,» Fine said. «How do we make Speaker Johnson successful? And when we do that, how do we make President Trump successful? My focus is helping the team be successful. That will help my constituents. That will help Florida. That will help the country.»
Patronis told Fox News Digital some of his top priorities would be the military and veterans and advancing Trump’s policies on government efficiency, the border crisis and fentanyl trafficking.
The military is particularly important to Patronis, who until recently was the chief financial officer of Florida. The 1st Congressional District, which had been represented by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., maintains a heavy military presence in multiple branches of the armed forces.
Patronis pledged his office would be «doing everything we can» to help the military installations continue to «protect our nation.»
On veterans’ care, the new Florida congressman lauded Trump’s first administration for backing reforms aimed at enabling veterans to seek care outside of VA hospitals but said it was «mothballed» under the Biden administration.
«It’s really allowed those vets to seek services in their own community instead of traveling out of state,» he said, pledging to work to get it back on track.
While he did not mention the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) specifically, Patronis signaled he aligned with its goals of transparency in federal spending.
«I’m a big believer that the citizens of the state of Florida spend their money better, a heck of a lot better, than Washington, D.C., does,» Patronis said. «I like being a watchdog. … I like to ensure that that transparency is the norm, that we have, you know, a public that is informed and aware how their tax dollars are being used.»
Fine, when asked about his agenda items, deferred largely to the president.
«The big agenda item for me is gonna make sure we get President Trump’s agenda passed. Look, it’s a narrow majority, and you have to support the team captain,» Fine said.
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He pointed out that Florida’s Republican majority grew significantly during his tenure in both houses of the state legislature.
«It didn’t get there overnight. It’s because Republicans showed that we knew how to govern, and we hit singles and doubles and triples every day. And the voters rewarded us,» Fine said. «The goal needs to be go from a five-vote majority to a 15, to a 25, to a 35, and you do that by governing and putting points on the board every day.»
Both Republicans made clear, however, that their principles would follow them from the Sunshine State to the nation’s capital.

Newly elected members of Congress are giving much-needed flexibility to House Speaker Mike Johnson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Patronis said he was looking at starting work on insurance reform, a critical issue in Florida, a state that regularly deals with natural disasters.
«When you’ve got high insurance rates, when you’ve got inflation the way it is, home ownership is more of a dream than a reality,» he said. «We rolled out several solutions when I was CFO.»
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Among the initiatives he mentioned was legislation to create a tax-free savings account to help homeowners during national disasters, a bill that was introduced by Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., a fellow delegation member.
Fine maintained to Fox News Digital that he «can’t give carte blanche» guarantees to House GOP leaders but said he foresaw few if any future points of contention.
«I was the only Republican Jew in the Florida legislature for eight years. I got this crazy nickname, the ‘Hebrew hammer,’ which I finally decided to embrace,» Fine said. «If, God forbid, they were going to do something that stood in the way of [fighting antisemitism], that would be an example where my principals would override, and I wouldn’t be able to be with the team.»
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Crisis política en Francia: Emmanuel Macron nombrará un nuevo primer ministro en las próximas 48 horas y no disolverá la Asamblea Nacional

Un premier sin ambiciones presidenciales
Proyecto de presupuesto el lunes
El debate de la reforma de jubilaciones
¿Y ahora?
Un gobierno de corta duración
Le pen censurará todo hasta la disolución
Los verdes no quieren a Cazeneuve
¿Un premier de izquierda?
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Anti-Hamas Gaza militias reject terror group, declare support for Trump’s peace plan

Anti-Hamas militias in Gaza endorse Trump peace plan
Exclusive video from the Center for Peace Communications shows anti-Hamas militia leaders in Gaza expressing support for Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan to end the conflict. (Video: The Center for Peace Communications.)
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JERUSALEM — As negotiations continue in Egypt on the U.S. roadmap for peace, Fox News Digital obtained video from the U.S.-based Center for Peace Communications (CPC), revealing that anti-Hamas militias have endorsed President Donald Trump’s peace plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages.
This comes amid reports of heavy fighting last week between an anti-Hamas clan and terrorists from the jihadi Hamas movement in a neighborhood in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip that could mark a sea change in local governance in the war-ravaged area.
Yaser Abu Shabab, who leads an anti-Hamas militia in Gaza, said «We see in President Trump’s plan a path to halt the bloodshed and bring peace to the Middle East.» (The Center for Peace Communications)
The full-throttle support from the anti-Hamas militias for Trump’s plan could potentially mean more trouble for the terrorist movement that has ruled Gaza with an iron fist for the last 17 years.
Three of the anti-Hamas militias publicly endorsed Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, according to the CPC video. Yasser Abu Shabab, the head of the Popular Forces militia in Rafah, said, «We see in President Trump’s plan a path to halt the bloodshed and bring peace to the Middle East.»
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Palestinians demonstrate in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City against Hamas rule and call for an end to the war. Gaza City, Mar 26, 2025. (TPS-IL)
Ashraf Al-Mansi, leader of the Popular Northern Forces, said, «We, in the People’s Army, Northern Forces in the Gaza Strip, extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to U.S. President Donald Trump.»
Rami Hillis, the leader of the Popular Defense Forces, said his organization and the honorable clans in the Gaza Strip «will exert our utmost efforts and our capabilities to ensure the success of this proposal.» Two years ago, on Oct. 7, the Hamas terrorist movement invaded Israel and slaughtered roughly 1,200 people, including more than 40 American citizens.

Hamas terrorists emerge in a show of strength escorting Red Cross vehicles carrying 3 Israeli hostages to be released as part of the cease-fire deal. (TPS-IL)
«This marks the first time that anti-Hamas militias have proven on the ground their ability to challenge Hamas in open combat and to expel them from their areas. We have seen minor clashes before, but this seems to mark a major escalation,» said Michael Nahum from CPC.
The CPC, along with an American news organization, the Free Press, posted footage on X about the deadly clashes on Friday that reportedly resulted in the killing of 20 Hamas terrorists, including a commander.
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According to the CPC, the infamous Hamas «Sahm Unit,» which is «known for brutally suppressing Gazan dissident voices, went to Khan Younis» with the goal of arresting local Palestinians and «transferring them to a hospital for interrogation and possible execution.»
On the same day as the clashes, Israel Defense Forces disclosed that Hamas had built sophisticated terrorist tunnels on the compounds of two hospitals — the Jordanian Field Hospital and Hamad Hospital — in the Gaza Strip. The tunnel adjacent to the Jordanian hospital contained a workshop for the production of missiles. The use of hospitals and medical facilities as weapons areas by Hamas is considered a war crime under the Geneva Convention.

Yaser Abu Shabab seen with members of his militia. Shabab is standing, second to the right. (Center for Peace Communications)
Hamas claims it entered Khan Younis to detain Palestinians who are collaborating with Israel. The al-Mujaida clan in southern Gaza resisted the Hamas assault of roughly 50 Hamas terrorists aboard five pickup trucks armed to the teeth, including with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Hamas reportedly murdered five members of the large al-Mujaida family.
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The anti-Hamas militias have reportedly received support from Israel. Nahum said they are growing, and there are now four and probably as many as 10 militias across the Gaza Strip. «For the first time in a generation, we really might be looking at the end of Hamas rule in Gaza,» said Nahum.
There are an estimated 20,000 Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to some assessments.
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“Una voz que incomode de verdad”: quién debería ganar el Nobel de Literatura según la Inteligencia Artificial

En Estocolmo todavía no amanece y ya se respira la conspiración. Cada octubre, un puñado de académicos suecos decide —en silencio y detrás de puertas acolchadas— quién representará la conciencia literaria del mundo. Afuera, el planeta especula. En los cafés de París, en los portales de Seúl, en los grupos de WhatsApp de traductores latinoamericanos, se cruzan las mismas apuestas: ¿será por fin Murakami?, ¿se atreverán con Krasznahorkai?, ¿darán el salto hacia África o América Latina?
El Nobel de Literatura no elige solo un escritor: elige un relato del mundo. Y ese relato, cada año, dice algo sobre el clima político, sobre la sensibilidad estética del tiempo y sobre quiénes —todavía— tienen derecho a decir la verdad.
Este año consultamos con ChatGPT -esa IA que viene escribiendo tanto- sobre las posibilidades de triunfo de los distintos candidatos. Le pedimos que analizara los premiados anteriores y el contexto político y literario actual. A continuación, su respuesta
El premio mayor y por qué
En 2023 fue Jon Fosse, con su lenguaje mínimo y espiritual, quien representó la búsqueda de lo esencial. En 2024, Han Kang llevó el premio a Corea del Sur con una literatura que mira de frente el trauma y el cuerpo. La Academia parece moverse entre lo introspectivo y lo histórico, entre el susurro poético y la denuncia.
Ahora, en 2025, la pregunta vuelve a encenderse: ¿será el año de una voz que incomode de verdad?
Porque el nombre que resuena con más fuerza —y que podría darle al premio su giro más arriesgado en años— es el de Can Xue (残雪), la escritora china que ha hecho del delirio, la opacidad y la belleza fragmentada una forma de rebelión.
La concesión del Nobel de Literatura combina méritos estéticos y resonancia ética. En el contexto actual, la obra de Can Xue ofrece tres aportes decisivos: 1) un desafío a la lógica del realismo narrativo, 2) una exploración del trauma sin moralismos ni melodrama, y 3) una apertura del canon literario más allá de los centros tradicionales. Su nombre figura entre los favoritos de las principales casas de apuestas y en las quinielas críticas de medios europeos y asiáticos.

Frente a nombres previsibles como László Krasznahorkai o Haruki Murakami, Can Xue encarna algo distinto: la posibilidad de que el Nobel premie no solo lo universal, sino lo indómito. Su literatura, hecha de símbolos, sueños y desplazamientos, emerge de un contexto donde la censura y el control cultural son parte del aire cotidiano. Premiarla no sería un gesto diplomático, sino un acto de afirmación estética: reconocer que la disidencia también puede escribirse desde lo irracional y lo poético.
El Nobel, conviene recordarlo, es siempre un espejo político. Después de su crisis institucional de 2018, la Academia ha intentado redibujar su autoridad, diversificando lenguas y geografías. Un premio a Can Xue colocaría en el centro a una autora que no milita, no se exilia, no traduce su experiencia a la gramática occidental del sufrimiento, sino que inventa su propio lenguaje para habitar la incomodidad.
Su escritura desarma al lector. No explica: sugiere. No cuenta: evoca. En un tiempo saturado de narrativas previsibles y de autoficciones terapéuticas, Can Xue representa otra forma de riesgo: el de la oscuridad. La de no ofrecer sentido inmediato, sino forzarlo a nacer.

Por eso su eventual Nobel no sería un premio más. Sería una toma de posición. Frente al confort del mercado y la previsibilidad del gusto, la elección de Can Xue recordaría que la literatura no está para calmar, sino para inquietar.
La Academia anunciará su decisión este jueves 9 de octubre de 2025, según informó NobelPrize.org. Hasta entonces, el rumor seguirá ardiendo: entre quienes esperan justicia geográfica y quienes desean un salto estético real.
Si el Nobel busca una voz que refleje el desorden del siglo XXI —una literatura que no consuele, sino que desestabilice—, Can Xue es la respuesta. Porque hay veces en que el mundo no necesita claridad. Necesita una grieta.
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