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Socialist mayor-elect reveals why she embraced her parents giving her money as a 43-year-old
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Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, 43, said now that she has been elected mayor and is earning more money as a result, she no longer needs to ask her parents for help to pay the bills.
Wilson, who recently told CNN she thought embracing the help she got from her parents made her more «relatable» to Seattle voters, quipped on social media that, «after much deliberation and a grueling interview process,» she was «pleased» to announce that her higher salary as mayor will mean she no longer needs financial support from her parents.
During Wilson’s campaign, she credited her parents’ financial support for allowing her to run.
«My opponent’s campaign and the corporate PAC that tried to stop my election certainly cast it as a negative thing,» Wilson responded when asked whether she thought people in Seattle saw her parents’ financial support as a negative or a positive.
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«Campaigning for office is stressful,» Wilson continued. «Seattle is one of the most expensive cities in the country, our childcare is off-the-charts expensive and, honestly, I think that a lot of people of my generation, and younger and older, found it very relatable that during this stressful campaign my parents chipped in to help pay for the cost of their granddaughter’s daycare.»
Katie Wilson, 46, says she has plans to «Trump-proof» the city of Seattle as mayor. (Katie Wilson for Seattle)
Wilson added that it isn’t unusual for parents to help their children with money but also noted she recognized her «privilege.»
«You know, families help each other out, and I certainly acknowledge that I’m lucky to be in a position where my parents were able to do that. Not all families have that privilege,» Wilson said. «And that’s why I’m going to fight for affordable childcare and affordable housing for every family in this city.»
Wilson said during her campaign that the cost of childcare was about $2,200 per month for her and her reportedly unemployed husband. Wilson did not share precisely how much her parents contributed during the campaign, pointing out that she does not keep track. However, when pressed for more details, Wilson reportedly said the money comes in every few months.
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Seattle city skyline (Reuters/Chris Helgren)
Prior to moving to Seattle in 2004, Wilson lived in upstate New York. After graduating from high school in Binghamton, Wilson studied physics and philosophy at Oxford University, thanks to financial assistance from her parents living in New York. Wilson left Oxford debt-free, which she credits to her parents. However, she also left without a degree, dropping out just six weeks before her graduation.
Prior to earning her new mayoral salary, Wilson was getting paid by the nonprofit she founded in 2011, the Transit Riders Union. She began collecting paychecks from the group in 2019. Before that, Wilson worked a series of odd jobs, including barista, boatyard worker, apartment manager, lab technician, baker, construction worker and legal assistant.
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson, left, defeated incumbent Bruce Harrell, right, to become Seattle’s next mayor. (Katie Wilson Campaign/Getty Images)
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Tax records show that Wilson brought in $72,669 in 2022 as the president of the Transit Riders Union. There are no records of Wilson’s salary for 2023 or 2024, reportedly due to the fact the nonprofit changed tax preparers recently, according to PubliCola.
The IRS does not require nonprofits to disclose salaries of employees making under $100,000 per year.
Wilson reported earning between $60,000 and $99,000 in a financial statement to the city upon declaring her candidacy for mayor. Wilson also reported income «less than $30,000» from PubliCola, The Urbanist and The Stranger, respectively, for work as a «columnist» for the left-wing online news outlets.
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Reino Unido inició misiones aéreas defensivas en apoyo de los Emiratos Árabes y derribó drones iraníes en varias zonas de Medio Oriente
Aviones de combate del Reino Unido iniciaron misiones aéreas defensivas en apoyo de Emiratos Árabes Unidos y derribaron drones en distintas zonas de Medio Oriente en medio de la guerra regional, informó el lunes el Ministerio de Defensa británico.
El ministro de Defensa, John Healey, confirmó ante el Parlamento la participación de cazas británicos en operaciones de defensa aérea. “El Reino Unido está realizando misiones aéreas defensivas en apoyo de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos”, declaró el funcionario.
Healey indicó que aviones Typhoon interceptaron y destruyeron dos drones durante las operaciones. “Los tifones derribaron con éxito dos drones, uno sobre Jordania y el segundo en dirección a Bahréin”, afirmó.
El anuncio coincidió con la llegada de más bombarderos estadounidenses B-52 a la base aérea británica de Fairford, en el suroeste de Inglaterra. Periodistas de AFP observaron el lunes el aterrizaje de nuevos aparatos, después de que el primero llegara el viernes.
La base de Fairford constituye uno de los puntos clave que el Reino Unido puso a disposición de Estados Unidos para operaciones vinculadas al conflicto. La otra instalación es la base de Diego García, situada en el océano Índico.
Según explicó Healey, el gobierno británico autorizó el uso de ambas instalaciones para misiones concretas de carácter defensivo. El ministro señaló que estas operaciones tienen como objetivo neutralizar misiles iraníes en su punto de lanzamiento.
Mientras Londres refuerza su actividad militar en la región, el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores anunció medidas de seguridad para su personal diplomático en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. La cancillería comunicó que retirará temporalmente a los familiares del personal de la embajada.
El organismo explicó que la decisión responde a una medida preventiva en medio de la escalada regional. A pesar de esa medida, el gobierno británico informó que sus representaciones diplomáticas en el país continuarán funcionando con normalidad.
Las dos embajadas británicas en Emiratos, ubicadas en Abu Dhabi y Dubái, mantendrán sus operaciones. Las autoridades no anunciaron la suspensión de servicios consulares.
El conflicto también generó problemas de transporte para ciudadanos británicos en la región. Se estima que miles de personas del Reino Unido permanecen en Emiratos Árabes Unidos debido a la interrupción de vuelos comerciales provocada por la guerra.
El ministro Healey informó al Parlamento que más de 170.000 personas registraron su presencia en Medio Oriente ante el gobierno británico. El registro forma parte del sistema de asistencia a ciudadanos en zonas de crisis. El funcionario indicó además que tres vuelos chárter despegaron hasta ahora para evacuar personas desde la región.
El Reino Unido también envió medios militares adicionales al Mediterráneo oriental. Helicópteros Wildcat y Merlin llegaron a Chipre como parte de las medidas de refuerzo adoptadas por Londres.
Healey anunció además el despliegue de un buque de guerra con capacidad de defensa aérea. El HMS Dragon zarpará hacia el Mediterráneo oriental “en los próximos días”, afirmó el ministro. La decisión surgió tras críticas del gobierno chipriota, que cuestionó la velocidad de la respuesta británica para reforzar la defensa de la isla.
En paralelo, el gobierno británico negó que exista una decisión para desplegar un portaaviones en la región. Downing Street rechazó versiones sobre el envío del HMS Prince of Wales al escenario del conflicto.
Un portavoz del primer ministro Keir Starmer señaló que el buque permanece en estado de alerta. “El HMS Prince of Wales siempre ha estado en máxima alerta”, declaró.
El funcionario explicó que el Ministerio de Defensa tomó medidas para aumentar la preparación del portaaviones. “El Ministerio de Defensa está aumentando la preparación del portaaviones, reduciendo el tiempo que tardaría en zarpar para cualquier despliegue, pero no se ha tomado ninguna decisión sobre su despliegue”, afirmó.
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FBI subpoenas 2020 Arizona voting docs as federal push into election administration widens
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An Arizona state lawmaker revealed Monday that federal authorities subpoenaed him for records related to the 2020 election, marking the second publicly confirmed jurisdiction the Department of Justice is investigating over the matter.
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, said in a social media post he received the subpoena for material related to the state Senate’s 2020 audit last week and complied with it.
«Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa County,» Petersen wrote. «The FBI has the records. Any other report is fake news.»
The request represents an expansion of a federal probe tied to 2020 after the DOJ initially targeted Fulton County, Georgia. The development also comes as President Donald Trump has grown increasingly outspoken about election security in the lead-up to the 2026 midterms, renewing his attention on disputes stemming from the last presidential race.
FBI AGENTS SEARCH ELECTION HUB IN FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
An election worker removes a ballot from an envelope to count and inspect the pages inside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Petersen made the revelation after President Donald Trump shared a Just the News report about the subpoena on Truth Social, writing, «Great!!! FBI secretly seizes election records from Arizona’s largest county as voting probe expands.»
Multiple U.S. officials confirmed the election probe to Fox News, saying the DOJ is looking at a large tranche of Arizona data from 2020 and 2024.
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The White House directed Fox News Digital to the FBI on Monday when asked for comment. The FBI declined to comment.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, an elected Democrat, said the new investigation was based on claims that courts and state investigators have proven wrong.
«What the Trump administration appears to be pursuing now is not a legitimate law enforcement inquiry,» Mayes said in a statement. «It is the weaponization of federal law enforcement in service of crackpots and lies.»
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The subpoena comes as the president increasingly focuses on election security ahead of the 2026 midterms, telling Congress in a social media post on Sunday that he will not sign any legislation into law until it passes the SAVE America Act.
The bill’s primary purpose is to require voters nationwide to show physical identification to prove citizenship to vote in federal elections. The version of the bill Trump is pushing would also ban mail-in ballots except for the military and in other extenuating circumstances.
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Maricopa, Arizona’s most populous county, was a hotbed for accusations of voter fraud in 2020. Fulton County, Georgia, faced similar accusations, with the DOJ launching a separate investigation into the 2020 election earlier this year.
Trump lost Arizona in 2020 by about 0.3 percentage points. The president refused to concede, and his legal team brought a series of lawsuits alleging vote-counting irregularities, but none were successful.
Fox News’ David Spunt and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.
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