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NYC voters embrace democratic socialism as AOC, Sanders stump for Mamdani
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Several New York City voters, who spoke to Fox News Digital at a Sunday rally, said New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are the future of the Democratic Party.
Thousands of voters gathered at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on Sunday for the «New York is Not for Sale» rally in support of Mamdani, the 34-year-old self-identified democratic socialist and frontrunner in the race for Gracie Mansion. Flanked by Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the trio of democratic socialists rallied the large crowd on the first weekend of early voting in the city.
«There’s going to be no party unless they are the future,» Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo, an immigration lawyer who lives in Ocasio-Cortez’s district in Jackson Heights, Queens, told Fox News Digital.
When asked if she identifies as a democratic socialist, like Mamdani, Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders, O’Doherty-Naranjo said, «DSA all the way.»
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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., react on stage during a «New York is Not for Sale» rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on Oct. 26, 2025. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
Mamdani is a member of New York City’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA has endorsed his candidacy and some of its members delivered remarks during the star-studded rally on Sunday.
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Hallie, who lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, said she supports Mamdani for the «obvious reasons,» including representing «every New Yorker» with his commitment to affordability and safety.
She said that Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez are «absolutely» the future of the Democratic Party and that his candidacy gives her hope.
«I feel like that’s very clear with the turnout for this election, for the primaries, and just like seeing the people that are here filling a stadium just to support him, I think that’s a big indication of the future,» Hallie said.
More than 10,000 supporters packed into Forest Hills Stadium on Sunday, according to the Mamdani campaign.
New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, during an election rally on Oct. 26, 2025, at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. (Andres Kudacki/Getty Images)
«To me, socialism just means that there’s more advocacy and more attention being paid to the working class, the people who are actually uplifting society and working to make it what it is,» Hallie said, explaining that, to her, socialism is about everyone paying their fair share.
«I speak the language of democratic socialism only because he spoke it first,» Mamdani said of Sanders as the crowd joined him in declaring, «New York is not for sale» on Sunday.
The trio has invigorated the Democratic Party’s progressive base at a time when Democrats are still grappling with devastating losses in 2024 as growing discontent with President Donald Trump’s sweeping, second-term agenda.
A slew of state and local leaders also joined the rally, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., who endorsed Mamdani last month and has since campaigned for him.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on stage during a campaign rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on Oct. 26, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Hochul was heckled by attendees several times during her remarks, who chanted, «Tax the rich!»
Mamdani’s plan to raise taxes on corporations and the top 1% of New Yorkers to pay for his campaign promises, like free childcare, free buses and city-run grocery stores, would require Hochul’s approval, and the governor has ruled out raising taxes.
«I hear ya,» Hochul responded as the stadium erupted with pleas to «tax the rich!»
«I love everything Zoran is bringing to the table as far as giving a new sort of energy and enthusiasm to New York City politics, actually caring about the citizens of New York City, finding life to be affordable and enjoyable and healthy for all of us. I don’t see how anybody couldn’t get behind that,» Matt Ransdell, who lives in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, told Fox News Digital.
Ransdell said Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez «could be» the future of the Democratic Party, adding that the democratic socialist movement of Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani is «so fresh and encouraging.»
«There’s something incredibly communal about it,» Ransdell said. «The way I feel actually bonded, even here at this rally, it’s insane. The energy is infectious,» he said.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on Oct. 26, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
«The voice of the younger generation is speaking as loud as it can, and if the older generation isn’t willing to listen, we’re going to have a problem,» Randsell added.
Lane, another New Yorker who attended Sunday’s rally, said he hopes they are the future.
«Look, not everyone’s going to support him,» Lane said. «He’s got maybe a brand that’s a little bit further ahead of what some people’s tastes are, but I certainly support him. I certainly hope that that’s the direction that the party goes in.»
Lane said he «absolutely» identifies as a democratic socialist, «maybe even further if that’s possible.»
Jessica, who lives in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and works for Voters of Tomorrow, a Gen Z-led progressive political action group, said Mamdani’s campaign has «energized a lot of young people,» inspiring them to get out and vote.
She said Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez «both understand the affordability crisis that young people face right now and are both actually proposing policies to fight that and make young adults’ lives better.»
«Young people are the future of the Democratic Party,» Jessica said. «I think it’s young voters who are canvassing, getting out there, making their voices heard, that’s who’s shaping it,» she said.
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The latest Fox News survey, conducted Oct. 10-14, ahead of the first general election debate last week, revealed that Mamdani has a substantial lead in the race.
According to the poll, Mamdani has a 21-point lead among New York City registered voters with 49% of voters backing Mamdani, while 28% go for Cuomo and 13% favor Sliwa.
Mamdani also rose above the 50% threshold among likely voters, garnering 52% support, while Cuomo picked up 28%, and Sliwa received just 14%.
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En un discurso por TV, Trump afirmó que aplastó a Irán y que está «muy cerca» de terminar la guerra
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Republican leaders are rallying around President Donald Trump’s new approach to end the 47-day Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse — a plan that could make the agency shutdown-proof for the rest of Trump’s term.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday that DHS will be funded along «two parallel tracks,» meaning that the president’s immigration and border security agenda will receive an influx of money through a party-line reconciliation bill. The rest of DHS is funded through the normal appropriations process.
«We operated under a belief that while our country is in the midst of an international armed conflict, Democrats might finally come to their senses and understand that defunding our homeland security agencies is beyond reckless and very dangerous,» Johnson and Thune wrote in a joint statement. «We cannot allow Democrats to any longer put the safety of the American public at risk through their open border policies, so we are taking that off the table.»
The GOP leaders added that a forthcoming budget reconciliation package will include three years of immigration enforcement and border security funding. That move could prevent Democrats from using the appropriations process as leverage over the president’s immigration agenda for the remainder of his term.
Congressional Republicans are eying their own fixes to Obamacare subsidies, but the Senate and House are diverging in their approaches. Ultimately, President Donald Trump will be the deciding factor. (Getty Images)
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES ERUPT OVER SENATE GOP, WHITE HOUSE DEAL AMID SAVE ACT FIGHT
The GOP leaders’ budget reconciliation push comes as Republican efforts to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through regular order have stalled in the Senate due to widespread opposition from Democrats.
With the Senate’s 60-vote legislative threshold in place, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., effectively has veto power over DHS appropriations if he keeps his caucus in line.
To end the stalemate, Trump asked Republicans Wednesday to draft a budget reconciliation package funding immigration enforcement and border security that could pass both chambers without any Democratic support.
«We are going to work as fast, and as focused, as possible to replenish funding for our Border and ICE Agents, and the Radical Left Democrats won’t be able to stop us,» Trump wrote on Truth Social. «We will not allow them to hurt the families of these Great Patriots by defunding them.»
The president added that he wants the legislation on his desk by June 1.
The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to steer around Democratic opposition and pass a DHS funding bill at a simple majority threshold. Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act using reconciliation in June 2025 after months of intraparty squabbling.
Though ICE and the Border Patrol received an unprecedented infusion of money through Trump’s «big, beautiful» bill, certain support staff employed by both agencies have not been paid during the seven-week shutdown.
The U.S. Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Secret Service have seen a more significant lapse in appropriations, though Trump took executive action to provide back pay to TSA agents reporting to work during the funding lapse.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PASS RIVAL DHS PLAN, SETTING UP SENATE FIGHT AS SHUTDOWN SET TO BECOME LONGEST IN HISTORY
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., indicated to reporters Monday that Trump would ultimately get behind the Senate’s preferred approach.
«The Democrats can’t create another shutdown like they did this time,» Hoeven said, if the DHS budget reconciliation bill were to be signed into law.
The North Dakota lawmaker also disputed that a reconciliation package would take several months to put together.
«We’ll get it done as quick as you can,» Hoeven said. «I hope it’s certainly not months.»
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Republicans are considering a budget reconciliation package making Immigration and Customs Enforcement shutdown-proof. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo)
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A second reconciliation package could prove more difficult in an election year when lawmakers will have to identify spending cuts to pay for the border security and immigration funding. The strategy could also extend the funding lapse for ICE and the Border Patrol for several more months.
Amid both chambers’ planned two-week recesses, Trump told the New York Post on Tuesday he is considering calling Congress back to Washington to find a solution to the DHS shutdown.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told CNBC’s «Squawk Box» on Wednesday that a «skinny reconciliation bill» funding the department would pass both chambers once Congress resumes session in mid-April if a deal has not been reached.
House GOP leadership has previously voiced skepticism about funding immigration enforcement through a budget reconciliation package. Some conservatives have also complained about the precedent of letting Democrats decide which agencies receive funding through the normal appropriations process.
«The problem is that what they’re doing is they’re placing the burden on the Republican Party entirely to make sure that we have border security funding and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, because they’re going to try to force it into a reconciliation bill,» House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Friday. «That’s a very difficult task. It is a high risk gamble for us to assume that we could do that.»
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Una universidad en pánico, un tiroteo letal y 32 muertos: el caso de la masacre de Virginia Tech
El 16 de abril de 2007 comenzó como cualquier otro día en el campus del Virginia Tech, una universidad ubicada en la ciudad estadounidense de Blacksburg. Por la mañana, los estudiantes se preparaban para irse a clase, repasaban apuntes o salían de sus residencias en camino a las aulas.
Nada hacía parecer que, en cuestión de minutos, ese espacio cotidiano se transformaría en el escenario del peor ataque armado en la historia de una universidad en Estados Unidos.
Las primeras señales de alarma llegaron temprano. A las 7:15 de la mañana, un llamado al 911 alertó sobre disparos dentro de una residencia estudiantil. Dos personas habían sido atacadas en el edificio West Ambler Johnston Hall.
En ese momento, las autoridades creyeron que se trataba de un hecho aislado, posiblemente vinculado a una situación personal, por lo que el campus no fue evacuado y las clases siguieron con normalidad.
Esa decisión, que luego sería duramente cuestionada, marcó el inicio de una tragedia que terminaría dejando 32 víctimas fatales, además del propio atacante.
La masacre
El autor de los disparos fue identificado como Seung-Hui Cho, un estudiante de 23 años que seguía la carrera de literatura inglesa. Había nacido en Corea del Sur, pero vivía desde hacía años en Estados Unidos y vivía dentro del campus universitario.
El primer ataque ocurrió en la residencia estudiantil. Allí fueron asesinados Emily Hilscher, una joven de 19 años, y Ryan Clark, de 22, quien intentó intervenir al escuchar los disparos. Tras ese episodio, el agresor se retiró del lugar sin ser detenido. Así trasladaron a una de las víctimas de la masacre de Virginia Tech. (Foto: AP)
Durante las siguientes dos horas, Cho permaneció en un punto aún no completamente esclarecido por los investigadores. En ese lapso, regresó a su habitación, se cambió de ropa, cargó armas y dejó una nota. Además hizo algo que luego resultaría clave para la investigación: envió un paquete a la cadena NBC News en Nueva York, que contenía un manifesto, fotos y videos en los que expresaba su odio hacia la sociedad.
Cerca de las 9:30 de la mañana, el atacante ingresó al edificio Norris Hall, donde se cursaban carreras de ingeniería. Allí ejecutó la fase más letal del ataque. Antes de comenzar a disparar, encadenó las puertas desde el interior para impedir la huida de estudiantes y profesores.
Armado con una pistola Glock 19 y una Walther P22, recorrió aulas y pasillos disparando de manera sistemática. En apenas nueve minutos, mató a 32 personas y dejó decenas de heridos. En total, 61 personas fueron alcanzadas por disparos durante toda la jornada.
La policía redujo a varios estudiantes en busca del tirador. (Foto: AP)
Algunos estudiantes lograron sobrevivir escondiéndose o improvisando “barricadas” para protegerse. Otros, en un intento desesperado por escapar, se tiraron por las ventanas. También hubo actos de heroísmo: el profesor Liviu Librescu, sobreviviente del Holocausto, bloqueó la puerta de su aula con su propio cuerpo para impedir que las balas impactaran contra sus alumnos.
Cuando la policía logró ingresar al edificio, tras romper las cadenas de las puertas, el silencio ya se había instalado. A las 9:51, los disparos cesaron: Cho se había suicidado de un tiro en la cabeza.
La investigación
La magnitud del ataque obligó a desplegar un operativo sin precedentes. En un primer momento, incluso se consideró la posibilidad de que hubiera más de un tirador, debido a la distancia y el tiempo entre los dos ataques. Sin embargo, rápidamente se confirmó que todo había sido obra de una sola persona.
Los investigadores determinaron que Cho había planificado el ataque con antelación. Había comprado las armas semanas antes y acumulado municiones. Según el FBI, no se trató de un acto impulsivo, sino de un plan cuidadosamente pensado.
El contenido enviado a la NBC resultó clave para comprender su estado mental. En los videos, Cho se mostraba frente a cámara, armado y pronunciaba mensajes cargados de resentimiento. Se presentaba como una víctima de la sociedad y justificaba su accionar como una forma de respuesta a supuestas injusticias. Una de las imágenes que envió el tirador, Seung-Hui Cho, a la cadena NBC News. (Foto: NBC News)
También salieron a la luz antecedentes preocupantes. Compañeros y docentes habían advertido sobre su comportamiento aislado, su dificultad para relacionarse y su escritura, considerada violenta y perturbadora. Incluso había sido derivado a instancias de evaluación psicológica tiempo antes del ataque.
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Un antes y un después
Tras la masacre, los estudiantes del Virginia Tech quedaron paralizados. Las clases fueron suspendidas durante el resto de la semana y el edificio Norris Hall permaneció cerrado por el resto del semestre. Se organizaron vigilias, homenajes y espacios de contención para estudiantes y docentes.
El entonces presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, participó de actos conmemorativos y expresó el duelo nacional. La Cruz Roja y equipos de salud mental se instalaron en la zona para asistir a los sobrevivientes.
El expresidente George W. Bush en el santuario de las víctimas que murieron en la masacre de Virginia Tech. (Foto: Archivo de la Casa Blanca)
Sin embargo, junto con el dolor, muchos estudiantes cuestionaron por qué no se evacuó el campus tras el primer tiroteo. Las autoridades universitarias admitieron que inicialmente interpretaron ese episodio como un hecho aislado, lo que retrasó la respuesta ante la segunda fase del ataque.
En 2008, el estado de Virginia alcanzó un acuerdo con los familiares de las víctimas, que incluyó indemnizaciones millonarias.
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