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Republican Dooley jumps into Georgia’s Senate race while touting support for Trump and taking aim at Ossoff

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There’s a new Republican candidate jumping into one of the most crucial Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections.
Former longtime football coach Derek Dooley highlighted his outsider credentials, took aim at Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, and showcased his support for President Donald Trump as he declared his candidacy on Monday.
«I’m running because our state needs new leadership in Washington D.C., and professional politicians like Jon Ossoff are the problem,» Dooley said in a statement and video as he launched his campaign.
Dooley argued that «our state doesn’t have a voice in the U.S. Senate who reflects Georgia values because Ossoff is more concerned with protecting his own political future, opposing everything the Trump administration is working to accomplish, and repeatedly voting with the extreme left.»
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And he pledged that if elected to the Senate, «I’ll work with President Trump to implement his agenda, support his Administration, and move our country forward.»
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The Senate race in Georgia is crucial for Republicans aiming to expand their current 53-47 Senate majority, as they view Ossoff, who is running for re-election in a battleground state that Trump narrowly carried in last year’s presidential contest, as the most vulnerable Democrat on the ballot in next year’s midterms.
Republicans view Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat running for re-election in the 2026 midterm elections. (AP)
Dooley, who is the son of the late, legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, was a college football player who later served as a head coach at Louisiana Tech University and the University of Tennessee as well as an assistant coach in the National Football League.
While this is his first run for public office, Republican sources confirm to Fox News that he’s expected to have the endorsement of Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia’s popular two-term conservative Republican governor.
Dooley becomes the third major Republican candidate currently in Georgia’s Senate race.

Derek Dooley, a former longtime college and professional football coach, on Monday declared his candidacy for the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia. (Derek Dooley campaign)
Two-term Rep. Mike Collins, a businessman who founded a trucking company who represents a large swath of urban, suburban, and rural areas between Atlanta and Augusta, announced his candidacy a week ago. Collins, a Trump ally and supporter in the House, showcased his support for the president in his campaign launch.
And Rep. Buddy Carter, who for a decade has represented a district in coastal Georgia, launched a Senate campaign in the spring. He is also courting the president’s support.
Dooley appeared to take a jab at his two rivals for the nomination, saying «I’m not part of the political establishment, and I haven’t spent my life climbing the D.C. political ladder.»
He pledged that he’s «running to put Georgia First and bring common sense to D.C. Georgians know biological men shouldn’t be playing in women’s sports, hardworking people should keep more of their money, and opening our borders makes us less safe.»
Dooley is a longtime friend of Kemp, and two of the governor’s top political advisers are helping Dooley with his Senate run.
The term-limited Kemp, who was heavily recruited by national Republicans to take on Ossoff but who earlier this year passed on launching his own Senate campaign in 2026, has made it clear in recent days that he would be backing Dooley, sources familiar confirmed to Fox News.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is interviewed by Fox News Digital at a Republican Governors Association meeting in Washington D.C. on Feb. 20, 2025. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Meanwhile, sources in Trump’s political orbit and Republican sources in Georgia confirmed to Fox News that there was an agreement between the president’s political operation and Kemp’s political team that they would work together to find a candidate that they could all unify behind to take on Ossoff in the Senate race.
Those sources also confirmed that Kemp and Trump – the ultimate kingmaker in GOP politics – met last month to discuss the Senate race in Georgia.
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But when the governor floated the name of former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, a source close to the president’s political team said «they were told to stand down, because Trump’s team wasn’t ready to move forward on anybody.»

Donald Trump shakes hands with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp after speaking at a temporary relief shelter as he visits areas impacted by Hurricane Helene, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Evans, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
And when Kemp and his team did move forward with Dooley, it upset Trump’s advisers, who, according to sources, were «already pretty annoyed» that Kemp had passed earlier this year on taking on Ossoff in the Senate race.
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«We had a deal to work together,» a top political source in the Trump orbit told Fox News recently. «Kemp went out on his own – which has frustrated and pissed off Trump orbit.»
But a source close to the governor told Fox News that it’s factually not true that they were told to stand down on Dooley. And the source added that Kemp meant what he said that he wants to work with the president and his team and remains that way.
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Space-based missile-killing Golden Dome tech aims for crucial test before Trump leaves office: Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is designing a space-based missile interceptor and aims to test the technology for potential integration into President Donald Trump’s «Golden Dome» defense shield within the next three years.
The defense contractor revealed this week that it hopes to test a satellite defensive weapon capable of destroying hypersonic missiles by 2028.
If successful, this would mark the first time in history the United States has deployed interceptors in space to destroy enemy missiles before they reach the homeland. Lockheed is still weighing different technologies, ranging from lasers to kinetic satellites that could maneuver and strike high-speed targets in flight.
«We have missile warning and tracking satellites made by Lockheed Martin in orbit today that provide timely detection and warning of missile threats,» said Amanda Pound, mission strategy and advanced capabilities director at Lockheed Martin Space, told Fox News Digital.
«We are committed to making space-based interceptors for missile defense a reality, leveraging our decades of experience, investments, and industry partnerships, to be ready for on orbit testing in 2028.»
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Lockheed Martin is designing a space-based missile interceptor and aims to test the technology for potential integration into former President Donald Trump’s «Golden Dome» defense shield within the next three years. (Lockheed Martin )
Lockheed’s space interceptor project directly supports Trump’s «Golden Dome for America» initiative, first unveiled in May 2025. The ambitious missile defense concept calls for a global constellation of satellites armed with sensors and interceptors, designed to detect, track and eliminate advanced missile threats – including hypersonic and ballistic weapons – before they can strike U.S. soil.
The idea echoes President Ronald Reagan’s 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative, often dubbed «Star Wars,» which was dismissed at the time as science fiction. But today, the technologies once seen as far-fetched are rapidly advancing, according to defense leaders.
Gen. Michael Guetlein, appointed by the Trump administration to head Golden Dome, emphasized that key components of the system already exist, expressing confidence in achieving a test-ready platform by 2028. Still, it’s no easy feat.
«Intercepting a missile in orbit is a pretty wicked hard problem physics‑wise,» said Jeff Schrader, vice president of Lockheed’s space division. «But not impossible,» he added, noting breakthroughs in maneuverability and guidance systems.
Analysts caution that to make the Golden Dome vision a reality, the U.S. may need to launch thousands of interceptors into orbit. Some have compared it to the Cold War–era «Brilliant Pebbles» program, which proposed a similar space-based missile shield but was eventually shelved due to skyrocketing costs and technical hurdles.

The Trump administration wants Golden Dome to be completed before the president leaves office. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Golden Dome is currently projected to cost $175 billion, with $25 billion already approved by Congress. But long-term estimates range anywhere from $161 billion to over $830 billion over two decades – raising questions about the program’s affordability and long-term sustainability.
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Meanwhile, Lockheed is bolstering ground-based missile defense systems to complement the orbital layer. In March 2025, the company’s Aegis Combat System aboard the USS Pinckney successfully simulated the interception of hypersonic medium-range missiles during the FTX-40 exercise, codenamed Stellar Banshee.
The company is also advancing infrared seeker technology for interceptors, which would enhance the tracking and targeting of fast-moving missiles in their terminal phase.

Lockheed hopes to incorporate space-based missile interceptors into Golden Dome. (Lockheed Martin)
Lockheed remains a central player in the Pentagon’s broader missile defense and hypersonic weapons development effort. It is the prime contractor for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), which is targeting an initial operating capability by the end of fiscal year 2028.
Simultaneously, the company is fulfilling Navy contracts for its Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapons system. Sea-based deployment of CPS is expected to begin between 2027 and 2028.
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President Trump has publicly stated he wants Golden Dome operational by the end of his term. But industry officials warn that supply chain limitations and the Pentagon’s slow-moving procurement system make full deployment by 2029 unlikely.
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US journalist missing in Norway after backpacking trip, family says

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A search is underway for an American journalist who went missing on a Norwegian glacier at Folgefonna National Park while on a solo backpacking trip, according to his family.
Alec Luhn, 38, was reported missing on Monday to the Norwegian authorities when he did not show up for his flight home to England after leaving for a hike on July 31 in Odda, in southwestern Norway, according to his wife, Veronika Silchenko, who posted on social media urging anyone who may have seen him to get in touch.
Luhn, an award-winning American climate journalist, was on vacation with his family before he left for the hike and shared his location, according to CBS News.
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Alec Luhn, 38, was reported missing on Monday to the Norwegian authorities. (Getty Images)
His family was not worried since he is an experienced outdoorsman, according to the outlet. His family expected he might not have cell service, but when he did not show up for his flight back home on Monday night, they called the police.
Silchenko, an Emmy-winning TV journalist, said her husband sent a picture from his last known location in Odda on Thursday, saying «that was the last time I heard from him.»

Alex Luhn was headed to Odda, Norway on a solo backpacking trip. (Facebook via Veronika Silchenko)
«Alec is basically obsessed with the Arctic,» Silchenko told CBS News. «He loves glaciers and snow, and he loves explorers, and he’s a climate journalist, so for him it is always that story that now because of the climate change they’re all shrinking, and he’s trying his best to go to the coldest countries.»

Alec Luhn was on vacation with his family before he left for the hike. (Getty Images)
Luhn lives with his wife in London, but he is from Wisconsin.
He has reported for various outlets, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, TIME, CBS News Radio and VICE News TV.
Bad weather had forced a search operation with a helicopter to be suspended on Monday night, police said.
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Alec Luhn lives with his wife in London, but he is from Wisconsin. (Getty Images)
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«The weather started to get really bad around midnight. At that time, it was not reasonable to continue the search up in the mountains,» Tatjana Knappen of the Western Police District told Norway’s public broadcaster NRK.
A volunteer search and rescue team, police, sniffer dogs and drones renewed the search on Tuesday before it was again suspended due to weather conditions.
The Norwegian Red Cross said search operations had been ongoing throughout Tuesday. It said the search teams were local and familiar with the terrain, but called it particularly challenging due to difficult conditions and demanding weather.
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La historia detrás del “Monstruo de Los Andes”, el asesino serial que mató a más de 300 nenas y desapareció sin dejar rastro

A Pedro Alonso López se lo considera uno de los asesinos seriales más letales de América Latina. Se trata de un hombre que confesó haber masacrado a más de 300 nenas con un modus operandi escalofriante en Colombia, Ecuador y Perú.
“El Monstruo de Los Andes”, como lo apodó la prensa posteriormente, fue condenado por sus crímenes en 1983, pero lo liberaron 15 años después por buena conducta.
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El 22 de septiembre de 1999, López fue visto en público en la ciudad de Bogotá. En ese momento, tenía 51 años y había ido al Registro Nacional para realizar el trámite de renovación de documento. Esa fue la última vez se supo de él, por lo que el misterio de su paradero aún inquieta a la sociedad colombiana.
Una mente criminal
Pedro Alonso López nació el 8 de octubre de 1948 en la localidad colombiana de Venadillo, en Tolima. Fue el séptimo hijo de trece hermanos y creció en un contexto violento: su madre, Benilda López, era agresiva y los torturaba cada vez que tenía un episodio.
Sin embargo, años después de que se descubrieran los crímenes de su hijo, la mujer dio su versión de los hechos y aseguró que Pedro intentó abusar de una de sus hermanas menores, motivo por el cual lo echó de su casa. “Él es un hijo malo y yo no tengo la culpa de que haya salido así”, mencionó en diálogo con El Tiempo.
La primera vez que López estuvo en la cárcel fue cuando tenía 21 por una causa de robo de autos. En 1969, fue condenado a 7 años de prisión y, durante su estadía en el penal, fue abusado sexualmente en reiteradas ocasiones por tres presos. Posteriormente, Pedro asesinó a estos hombres, lo cual provocó que su pena aumentara a dos años más. Pedro Alonso López fue a la cárcel por primera vez cuando tenía 21 años. (Foto: El Tiempo)
En 1978, Pedro salió de la cárcel y comenzó a vivir una vida nómade en las montañas de la Cordillera de los Andes hasta llegar a Perú. Sin embargo, lejos de optar por una vida tranquila y alejada de la violencia, fue el momento en el que comenzó a desarrollar un modus operandi macabro.
En esa época, empezó a ganarse la confianza de nenas de entre 8 y 12 años que pertenecían a tribus indígenas de la región de Ayacucho, en el sur de Perú. Según detalla la investigación, López las llevaba a un lugar solitario con la excusa de que les iba a dar un regalo y, en su lugar, las golpeaba y las violaba. Luego de ello, las estrangulaba.
Durante años, el homicida llevó a cabo cientos de crímenes similares en la región, hasta que fue descubierto cuando intentaba secuestrar a una menor de 9 años. En ese momento, las autoridades lo deportaron a Ecuador, lugar en donde quedó libre y siguió cometiendo los asesinatos.
Una confesión escalofriante
La segunda vez que Pedro Alonso fue a la cárcel tenía 32 años. La policía lo detuvo luego de que lo descubrieran -nuevamente- en medio de un intento de secuestro.
En esta ocasión, el hombre decidió confesar todo a los investigadores: había asesinado a más de 300 nenas en su recorrido entre los tres países. “El momento de la muerte es apasionante y excitante. Algún día, cuando esté en libertad, sentiré ese momento de nuevo. Estaré encantado de volver a matar. Es mi misión”, admitió en ese entonces. López confesó más de 300 crímenes cuando fue detenido en Ecuador mientras intentaba secuestrar a una nena. (Foto: El Tiempo)
Durante sus confesiones, el criminal indicó a la policía la fosa en donde había enterrado los cadáveres de 57 de sus víctimas. Además, dijo que en Ecuador había masacrado a al menos 110 menores de edad. En cuanto a Colombia y Perú, los homicidios subieron a 200.
En 1983, Pedro Alonso López fue condenado a la máxima condena de Ecuador: 16 años. En 1994, fue extraditado a Colombia, donde fue considerado “inimputable” debido a que una pericia psicológica puso en evidencia sus trastornos mentales. Cuatro años más tarde, fue liberado del centro psiquiátrico en el cual estuvo sometido bajo tratamiento.
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En octubre de 2002, Colombia emitió a la Interpol un pedido de captura internacional porque se sospechaba que el múltiple homicida estaba detrás del crimen de una menor. Sin embargo, su paradero hasta el día de hoy es un misterio.
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