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Republican senators move to block Somalia funding until allies pay ‘fair share’
FIRST ON FOX : Fox News Digital has learned that the U.S. could withhold funding for the war against Islamist terror in Somalia until Europe, the African Union (A.U.) and the United Nations (U.N.) pay more of their «fair» share toward the cost of striking out and keeping the peace in the conflict-torn country.
These plans to «prohibit» the use of U.S. funds are key details, shown first to Fox News Digital, of a new bill to be introduced by three prominent Republican senators.
In line with President Donald Trump’s administration’s widespread moves to tighten fiscal controls in the U.S. and overseas, Sens. Jim Risch, R-Idaho., Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., are to introduce «the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Funding Restriction Act of 2025.»
This is «to safeguard U.S. taxpayer funds and hold the U.N. and A.U. accountable in African peace operations,» Risch told Fox News Digital.
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Al-Shabab terrorists conduct military exercises in northern Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha neighborhood of Somalia on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/ Farah Abdi Warsameh, file)
The bill also seeks to mandate the U.S. to oppose any U.N. Security Council action which enables such funding.
The East African country of Somalia has been wracked for decades by attacks and insurgency from Islamist terrorists, both from ISIS and the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab. In just the past five weeks, U.S. Africa Command reported that it has carried out four airstrikes; three against ISIS terrorists and one against al-Shabaab. At least one of these strikes, the command stated, was against multiple targets.
Chairman Risch told Fox News Digital, «The Trump Administration has taken decisive action to counterterrorist groups across Africa, and I’m very supportive.»
However, officials from the European Union, according to Risch, plan to skew payments for the AUSSOM peacekeeping and stablization operation more toward the U.S.; in other words, make the U.S. pay more than it should, he said.
«At the U.N., our European partners are looking to skirt their financial commitments to AUSSOM in Somalia by switching to a new imbalanced funding mechanism that pushes the burden on Americans,» he stated.
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on April 26, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)
«We can’t let that stand,» Risch continued. «This bill will prohibit U.S. contributions to AUSSOM under this new funding scheme, until the A.U. and the U.N. can prove that they are using the funds they have responsibly, and prevent Americans from being locked into perpetually funding a broken system.»
Risch said, «President Trump has ushered in a new era of American foreign policy where American taxpayer dollars will be used only to secure a safe and prosperous America. For far too long, our allies have taken America for a ride, and profited off of America paying the lion’s share for global security. Europe must continue to shoulder this burden.»
The other two senators sponsoring the bill, Cruz and Scott, also serve on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The U.N. headquarters in New York City. (iStock)
Scott told Fox News Digital, «The United States will not allow our tax dollars to be exploited by the U.N. while our partners refuse to pay their fair share, much less for a mission that fails to spend these dollars responsibly or transparently. I am proud to join my colleagues on the AUSSOM Funding Restriction Act to ensure Americans’ interests are put first, and their tax dollars spent wisely.»
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The specific aims of the bill that have been shown to Fox News Digital are:
- Protect U.S. Taxpayer Funds: Prohibit U.S. financial contributions to AUSSOM under UNSCR 2719 and mandate U.S. opposition to any U.N. Security Council action enabling such funding.
- Ensure Rigorous Oversight: Require the Secretary of State to conduct annual, independent assessments of the A.U.’s compliance with UNSCR 2719 criteria for all A.U.-led peace operations.
- Enhance Transparency and Accountability: Mandate comprehensive reporting to Congress on the assessment findings, AUSSOM’s performance and funding, and any U.S. contributions under UNSCR 2719.
- Strengthen Congressional Consultation: Expand existing State Department briefings to include specific updates on A.U. peace operations funded under UNSCR 2719.
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Cronología de las treguas en Gaza: dos altos el fuego quebrados y “pausas tácticas” que no frenaron la guerra
El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, aceptó este lunes en una comparecencia en la Casa Blanca la última propuesta estadounidense de alto el fuego en Gaza, sobre la que aún se tiene que pronunciar el grupo islamista Hamás y que supone un nuevo intento de conseguir la paz, a una semana de cumplirse el segundo aniversario de los ataques del 7 de octubre.
La esperanza de alcanzar un alto el fuego ha pasado desde 2023 por distintas fases. Entre los principales escollos han figurado tradicionalmente la petición del grupo terrorista Hamas de una tregua que suponga el fin definitivo de la guerra, el desarme del grupo islamista, así como la insistencia israelí en mantener su presencia en la Franja de Gaza.
Durante casi dos años de ofensiva, se han producido hasta el momento dos treguas, la primera de ellas, de seis días, en noviembre de 2023, que supuso la liberación de 105 rehenes de Hamas en Gaza y 205 presos palestinos en Israel, y la segunda, de casi dos meses, en enero de 2025.
Este último alto el fuego supuso la liberación de 33 rehenes mientras Israel emprendía la retirada progresiva de sus tropas, así como la puesta en libertad de presos palestinos, unos 1.900 en total.
Duró hasta que el 18 de marzo Israel lo rompió de forma unilateral y volvió a su ofensiva en Gaza, donde se han producido hasta el momento 66.000 muertes por el fuego israelí e Israel ha ocupado un 80 % de su territorio.
A continuación, las fechas destacadas en las negociaciones en la que media Egipto, Qatar y EEUU:
23 noviembre: Egipto confirma un acuerdo de tregua temporal de cuatro días que incluye la liberación de rehenes a cambio de presos. Al día siguiente, Hamas libera a 24 rehenes e Israel excarcela a 39 palestinos.
27 noviembre: La tregua se extiende dos días más. En total, 105 rehenes fueron liberados —24 de ellos extranjeros— a cambio de la excarcelación de 240 presos palestinos.
9 abril: Tras una ronda de conversaciones en El Cairo, Hamas recibe una propuesta de tregua que permitiría la liberación de 40 rehenes en Gaza a cambio de un alto el fuego temporal y la puesta en libertad de cientos de presos palestinos.
1 junio: Joe Biden presenta un plan de tres partes que comenzaría con un alto el fuego de seis semanas en el que Israel se retiraría de Gaza, un “aumento” de ayuda humanitaria y un intercambio de rehenes por prisioneros palestinos.
11 junio: Hamas acepta la resolución de alto el fuego adoptada el día anterior por la ONU y dice estar dispuesto a negociar.
19 agosto: EEUU asegura que Netanyahu ha aceptado su última propuesta e insta a Hamas a hacer lo mismo.
9 noviembre: Qatar anuncia que suspende su mediación por los escasos avances.
6 diciembre: Hamas se muestra con “esperanza de alcanzar un acuerdo” que ponga fin a la guerra.
15 enero: Acuerdo de alto el fuego por el que Hamas liberará a 33 rehenes vivos o muertos —en tres fases de 42 días cada una— e Israel emprenderá la retirada progresiva de sus tropas y la puesta en libertad de presos palestinos (en total unos 1.900).
17 enero: El Gobierno israelí vota el alto el fuego para que entre en vigor el domingo a las 12:15 horas.
2 marzo: Israel bloquea la entrada de ayuda humanitaria al enclave, después de que Hamas rechazara la extensión de la primera fase del alto el fuego en lugar de pasar a la segunda, tal y como recogía el acuerdo.
18 marzo: Israel termina con el alto el fuego y vuelve a su ofensiva en Gaza. Mata en un día a más de 400 civiles, en una oleada de ataques aéreos.
1 julio: Trump anuncia que Israel habría aceptado una propuesta de alto el fuego de 60 días a cambio de que Hamas libere a 10 rehenes con vida y entregue los cuerpos de otros 15.
27 julio: En medio de muertes que se multiplican por desnutrición, Israel anuncia una “pausa táctica” diaria de diez horas en su actividad militar en tres zonas del enclave para permitir la distribución de ayuda humanitaria.
29 julio: Pese a la “pausa táctica”, 20 gazatíes mueren por disparos israelíes en dos puntos de distribución de comida, unas muertes que se repiten casi cada día.
8 agosto: El Gabinete de Seguridad del Gobierno de Israel da luz verde a un plan militar para ocupar la ciudad de Gaza, capital del enclave palestino.
18 agosto: Hamas acepta una propuesta de alto el fuego temporal de 60 días de Egipto y Qatar, que incluye congelar sus actividades militares en la Franja de Gaza. Israel no responde oficialmente a esa propuesta.
(Con información de EFE)
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Blogger arrested for sharing anti-Hamas meme online, claims cops didn’t know about October 7th horrors
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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing a meme on social media that read «F— Hamas.»
Pete North, 47, filmed officers arriving at his Yorkshire home in the U.K. on Sept. 25 and telling him he was being detained because he had «posted something on the internet» that a member of their hate crime team «didn’t appreciate.»
The shocking footage shows an officer explaining that North was being arrested «on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred.»
The post in question had been shared by North on X in August and featured a Palestinian flag with the words: «F— Palestine. F— Hamas. F— Islam. Want to protest? F— off to Muslim country and protest.»
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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing an anti-Hamas meme on social media.
North confirmed to The Telegraph that although the meme contained offensive references to Palestine and Islam, officers in the interview at the station appeared preoccupied with the part directed at Hamas.
«The officer in the interview said, ‘Well, firstly, let’s start with the meme. You posted a meme that said f— Hamas,’» North recalled to the British outlet.
«I said, ‘yeah, I did post a meme that said f— Hamas, because Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organisation internationally, including in Britain’.»
He added: «I then asked him, ‘Just so we’re on the same page, you do know who Hamas are?’ And he just… shook his head. He looked totally blank. If you’re going to arrest people for memes, you probably need to pay more attention to current affairs.»
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Two North Yorkshire officers came to arrest Pete North at home and took him to Harrogate police station.
North told The Telegraph he pressed the officer on whether he was aware of Hamas’s atrocities, including the murder of civilians on October 7. «He was totally oblivious,» North claimed.
After being questioned for several hours, North was released without charge.
«I feel quite strongly that what political cartoons and memes I post on social media is none of the police’s business,» North said.
«Nobody should be facing police inquiries for posting memes on Twitter. The whole point of this exercise is not to win convictions. It’s to terrorize people like me into thinking twice about posting spicy memes,» he added.
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North Yorkshire Police confirmed the arrest, telling UK media: «A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred. He has been released under investigation while inquiries continue.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yorkshire Police for comment.
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After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.
According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.
Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan explained that there is nothing in Maryland law allowing for non-citizens to be registered to vote in federal or state elections even if Roberts were still a legal resident.
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Ian Roberts, head of Des Moines Public Schools, was arrested by immigration authorities on Friday after a brief chase, Roberts was living in the United States illegally, authorities said. (Getty Images; ICE)
Now, the House Freedom Caucus is demanding answers from the Maryland State Board of Elections about «gaping holes» in the state’s election integrity systems.
In a letter sent to the elections board on Monday, the Freedom Caucus also demanded answers on why the board has been «obstructing a valid request by the Department of Justice to ensure compliance with federal election laws, citing immigration enforcement as a primary concern.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government that data would be used for «used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.»
Commenting on the letter, Morgan asked, «If illegal aliens are not allowed to vote, why would they be on the voter rolls in the first place? And how would that enhance immigration enforcement? I don’t know, but that’s the excuse that they wrote to the DOJ.»
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The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. (Getty)
«It’s ridiculous,» he went on, adding that «everyone reasonable wants a safe and secure election.»
Before his arrest by ICE, Roberts headed the Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, despite not being legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, according to authorities.
He was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant last week. ICE agents arrested Roberts after he attempted to flee and was found hiding in brush. The vehicle Roberts was driving was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, ICE said.
Roberts also had illegal weapons possession charges from 2020 and was given a final order of removal in 2024.
The state of Iowa revoked Roberts’ education license on Sunday, triggering the Des Moines School Board to place him on unpaid leave.
«We were notified that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked Doctor Roberts’ license to practice as a superintendent in the state of Iowa. Without such a license, Doctor Roberts is not in compliance with his contract,» said Jackie Norris, chair of the school board.
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Authorities said a handgun was found in a vehicle used by Ian Roberts to flee from pursuing ICE agents. (ICE)
Morgan said that though Roberts’ case is baffling, he fears he may just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegal aliens registered to vote in Maryland.
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«We have no idea how widespread this is. We hear rumors, but we have no idea,» he said.
«This is uncharted territory,» he added.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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