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Speculation swirls as AOC is rumored to harbor 2028 aspirations: ‘Savvy politician’

AOC mulls Senate, presidential run: Report
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Rumors have swirled about «Squad» Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political future since she joined Sen. Bernie Sanders’ high-profile «Fighting Oligarchy» tour earlier this year.
The youngest woman ever elected to Congress has become a leading progressive voice in the Democratic Party, amassing millions of social media followers and sparking speculation about a potential U.S. Senate run or White House bid in 2028. Her rise to the national stage comes as Democrats look for fresh leadership after losing up and down the ballot last year.
Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff and campaign manager are both alumni of the Sanders campaign. Mike Casca, her chief of staff, was formerly Sanders’ deputy chief of staff and a fixture of Sanders’ political operation, both on the presidential campaign trail and back on Capitol Hill.
Her campaign manager, Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben, has worked in politics for over a decade. Prior to joining Ocasio-Cortez’s team in 2023, Hidalgo-Wohlleben was the political director of Sanders’ super PAC, Friends of Bernie Sanders, according to his LinkedIn.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., arrives at a «Fighting Oligarchy» tour event at Arizona State University, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Hidalgo-Wohlleben also worked on Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign before joining former President Joe Biden’s campaign in Iowa, Hidalgo-Wohlleben’s LinkedIn profile revealed.
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«AOC is a pretty savvy politician with a strong operation,» Democratic strategist Mike Nellis told Fox News Digital. «No matter what she decides to do, they’re setting her up for the future.»
A Sanders alumnus himself, Nellis cautioned against placing too much weight on what it means for former Sanders staffers to lead Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign.
«I think that’s just who she knows and who she trusts,» Nellis, a former adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, said, adding that Ocasio-Cortez has a «really good team around her.»
«It’s strategic in the sense that they have a lot of relationships already,» Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff said, while emphasizing that it can be a «mistake to keep the old guard» when you are trying to build something new.
«I don’t know that somebody is going to inherit the legacy of Bernie Sanders,» Shroff added.
Axios recently reported that, according to people familiar with Ocasio-Cortez’s political operation, her team is positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a rally in New York City on May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Schumer is up for re-election in 2028. By then, he will have served 47 years in Congress.
«AOC doesn’t need the Senate,» Republican strategist Matt Gorman told Fox News Digital. «The Senate, at this point, is too small for her. I would expect her to run for president 2028.»
Whether she chooses to run for president or the Senate, Nellis said Ocasio-Cortez has the potential to attract voters who don’t typically engage in the political process, much like the coalition President Donald Trump has built.
«When you are an unconventional candidate outside the mainstream, outside the establishment, you can get a lot of people who will tune in and engage that maybe otherwise wouldn’t because you’re giving voice to them in a meaningful way,» Nellis said.
But Shroff said that Ocasio-Cortez isn’t ready for a presidential campaign.
«She absolutely should not run for president,» Shroff said. «It would be way too soon. I don’t think she’s really achieved enough to justify that.»
«For the Senate, I see that as more realistic, especially in a state like New York, that’s obviously more liberal,» Shroff added, arguing that «some very loyal base Democrats have lost their patience» with Schumer, so his vulnerability could boost Ocasio-Cortez’s chances of securing the Senate seat.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., greeted the crowd together during a «Fighting Oligarchy» tour event at Arizona State University, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Tempe, Arizona. (Ross D. Franklin)
Shroff said Ocasio-Cortez’s «media profile and personality and charisma» aren’t enough to win the presidency, especially when running against figures like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long considered to harbor presidential aspirations.
The New Yorker sparked more campaign buzz this month for participating in an advertisement directly challenging Trump and advocating in favor of California redistricting.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have both endorsed and campaigned this year for New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist.
If Mamdani wins the mayoral election in November, Shroff said it could be a litmus test for the modern progressive branch of the Democratic Party.
«It will be challenging for him because I don’t think he can do a lot of the things that he said, and so how soon will that leftist ideology be debunked on a national level? The sooner that happens, the worse it is for AOC,» Shroff said.
In April, Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign account posted a video on X that drove rumors she could be mulling a presidential run as the four-term Democrat from New York City and the progressive leader proclaimed, «We are one.»
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When asked later that month if she was harboring any presidential ambitions, the young Democrat did not rule out 2028 presidential aspirations to Fox News Digital.
«Bernie and AOC, one thing they understand is that Democrats need to be more than just anti-Trump,» Gorman said, before adding, «I certainly disagree with Bernie and AOC’s strategy of how to lead the party and where to take America, but at least they have one. That’s more than just, ‘I hate Trump.’»
The Republican strategist said the Democratic Party’s «establishment is not going to be able to stop a united, far-left wing of the party this time,» Gorman said.
Ocasio-Cortez’s and Schumer’s campaigns did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Netanyahu condenó el atentado en Mánchester: “Sólo la fuerza y la unidad pueden derrotar al terrorismo”

Un hombre embistió con un automóvil a varias personas congregadas frente a una sinagoga ortodoxa en un barrio suburbano de Manchester el jueves y luego apuñaló a los presentes, dejando un saldo de dos muertos y cuatro heridos de gravedad en lo que la policía calificó como un ataque terrorista durante Yom Kippur, la jornada más sagrada del calendario judío. Según declaró el Metropolitan Police en Londres, responsable de las operaciones de lucha antiterrorista, los agentes abatieron al sospechoso en las afueras de la ciudad. Aunque inicialmente se retrasó la confirmación de su muerte porque el individuo portaba un chaleco que simulaba contener explosivos, más tarde las autoridades confirmaron que no llevaba ningún artefacto.
El Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, de la unidad de operaciones antiterroristas, afirmó en una comparecencia pública que se detuvo a otras dos personas vinculadas al ataque, pero no ofreció detalles sobre dichas detenciones, y precisó que la policía cree conocer la identidad del autor material, aunque esta todavía no ha sido verificada oficialmente.
Las autoridades confirmaron que las dos víctimas fatales pertenecían a la comunidad judía. El ataque tuvo lugar mientras numerosos fieles se encontraban reunidos en el templo para conmemorar el Día del Perdón.
Todas las novedades del ataque terrorista:
Burnham elogia la “ejemplar respuesta”
El alcalde del Gran Manchester, Andy Burnham, comienza agradeciendo a la policía, el servicio de ambulancias, los bomberos y los voluntarios por su ayuda y valentía.
“Esta fue una respuesta ejemplar a la luz azul”, declara. El alcalde afirma que se trató de un “horrible ataque antisemita contra nuestros amigos judíos”.
“Siempre nos mantendremos unidos”, añade, afirmando que Manchester “nunca permitirá que triunfen los actos diseñados para causar odio, división y violencia”.
“No dejen que triunfen”, dice el alcalde, y finaliza instando a todos a acercarse a sus vecinos y a la comunidad “en estos tiempos difíciles”.
Meloni lamenta el “vil” ataque en la sinagoga de Mánchester y denuncia el antisemitismo
La primera ministra italiana, Giorgia Meloni, ha lamentado el “vil” atentado en la sinagoga de la ciudad británica de Manchester, en el que han muerto dos personas, además del agresor, y ha avisado de que el antisemitismo “no puede tener espacio alguno” en Europa.
“Estoy profundamente conmocionada por el vil y atroz ataque contra una sinagoga de Mánchester perpetrado en el día sagrado de Yom Kippur”, denunció la mandataria en un comunicado.
Y agregó: “Estoy cerca de las familias de las víctimas, de la comunidad judía y de toda la nación británica. El antisemitismo no puede tener, y no tendrá, ningún espacio en Europa”.
Mahmood se compromete a hacer todo lo necesario para mantener la seguridad de la comunidad judía
La ministra del Interior, Shabana Mahmood, se declara horrorizada por el ataque antisemita a la sinagoga.
Afirma que sus oraciones están con las víctimas y agradece a los servicios de emergencia por su labor.
Mahmood afirma que hará todo lo necesario para mantener la seguridad de la comunidad judía.
Añadió que responderá a las preguntas lo antes posible, pero que tomará un tiempo.
Netanyahu condenó el atentado
El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, declaró: “Israel se une al dolor de la comunidad judía del Reino Unido tras el brutal atentado terrorista en Manchester”.
“Nuestros corazones están con las familias de los asesinados y oramos por la pronta recuperación de los heridos. Como advertí en la ONU: la debilidad ante el terrorismo solo trae más terrorismo. Solo la fuerza y la unidad pueden derrotarlo”.
El primer ministro Keir Starmer dijo que Reino Unido debe “derrotar el odio creciente”
El primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, advirtió el jueves que el “odio” contra los judíos está aumentando y que Gran Bretaña debe trabajar para vencerlo tras el ataque a una sinagoga de Manchester que dejó dos muertos.
“Si bien este no es un odio nuevo, es algo con lo que los judíos siempre han convivido”, declaró Starmer en un discurso por vídeo tras un ataque con coche y arma blanca en la ciudad del noroeste.
“Debemos ser claros: es un odio que está aumentando una vez más, y Gran Bretaña debe vencerlo una vez más”.
Qué se sabe hasta ahora
Dos miembros de la comunidad judía han fallecido, según la policía.
Otros cuatro se encuentran hospitalizados tras sufrir diversas lesiones graves.
El atacante fue abatido a tiros por la policía.
Las autoridades afirman que creen conocer su identidad, pero no pueden confirmarla por “razones de seguridad en el lugar”.
- Lo que dijeron las autoridades
La “valentía inmediata” del personal de seguridad y los fieles ayudó a impedir que el atacante entrara en la sinagoga.
Un dispositivo que llevaba el sospechoso “no era viable”.
La Operación Platón, una respuesta de los servicios de emergencia a incidentes a gran escala, ha sido suspendida.
Se mantiene el “estado de incidente grave”.
El primer ministro Keir Starmer se reunió con altos mandos policiales y miembros del gabinete en Downing Street para una reunión de emergencia. Posteriormente, afirmó que Gran Bretaña “debe derrotar” el creciente odio antisemita.
Qué se sabe del autor del ataque terrorista a una sinagoga en Manchester en Yom Kippur
El atentado durante la fecha más importante del calendario judío dejó víctimas mortales y sembró el pánico. La policía investiga conexiones y refuerza la seguridad en todo el Reino Unido

La investigación sobre el ataque frente a la Sinagoga de la Congregación Hebrea de Heaton Park en Mánchester, que el jueves dejó dos muertos y tres personas gravemente heridas durante la celebración de Yom Kippur, ha revelado nuevos elementos sobre la identidad y el modus operandi del perpetrador.
La Policía confirmó dos detenidos tras el atentado terrorista a la sinagoga en Mánchester
Las autoridades dijeron que encontraron un “dispositivo suicida” el cuerpo del perpetrador, cuya identidad no ha sido confirmada por razones de seguridad. IMÁGENES SENSIBLES
La Policía británica confirmó este jueves la detención de dos personas en relación con el ataque a una sinagoga en Mánchester (noroeste de Inglaterra), en el que hubo dos muertos (más el atacante) y al menos tres heridos y que ha sido declarado atentado terrorista.
La embajada de Israel y líderes mundiales condenaron el ataque terrorista en la sinagoga de Mánchester
La ONU, líderes europeos, la realeza británica y organizaciones religiosas, incluidas comunidades musulmanas y cristianas, condenaron el ataque que dejó dos muertos durante Yom Kippur
La embajada de Israel en Reino Unido condenó el ataque terrorista en una sinagoga de Mánchester que dejó dos muertos y al menos tres heridos, calificándolo de “odioso y profundamente perturbador”, mientras líderes mundiales y organizaciones religiosas expresaban su consternación por el incidente ocurrido durante Yom Kippur, el día más sagrado del calendario judío.
El momento en que la Policía abatió al terrorista que atacó la sinagoga de Manchester
Dos personas murieron y tres resultaron gravemente heridas en las afueras de un templo judío, donde la policía respondió al ataque con disparos y activó protocolos de emergencia. IMÁGENES SENSIBLES
Un video publicado en la red social X recoge los momentos posteriores al ataque frente a la Sinagoga de la Congregación Hebrea de Heaton Park, en el barrio de Crumpsall, al norte de Mánchester, mientras se celebraba Yom Kippur. En las imágenes, dos agentes de policía rodean al presunto atacante, que permanece herido en el suelo junto a la entrada del templo. Los policías, visiblemente tensos y con armas en mano, ordenan a los presentes que se retiren: “Atrás, atrás”, insisten una y otra vez para despejar la zona ante el riesgo que perciben.
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Trump must triple severely outdated nuke arsenal to outpace China and Russia, report warns

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FIRST ON FOX: A new report warns the U.S. nuclear arsenal is dangerously outdated and too small to confront growing global threats — and recommends nearly tripling the number of deployed American warheads by 2050.
The report, first obtained by Fox News Digital, argues that America’s current force of about 1,750 deployed nuclear weapons leaves the nation vulnerable in an era when Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang are all expanding their arsenals at breakneck speed.
China alone is building 100 new nuclear weapons a year, according to the Pentagon, and is on track to reach strategic parity with the U.S. by the mid-2030s.
«The newest warhead that we have was built in 1989,» Robert Peters, author of the Heritage report, told Fox News Digital.
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Russian military launches a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile during drills at an airfield in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
«The force size that we have now … That was a force design that came up when President Obama was in office in 2010, and the assumptions were in 2010 that there would be no more real competition between the United States and Russia, and China was not even a real player on the nuclear field.»
The report, authored by Robert Peters of Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security, proposes that Washington expand its force to roughly 4,625 operationally deployed nuclear weapons by 2050.
That number would include about 3,500 strategic warheads — carried by intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ballistic missile submarines, and bombers — and about 1,125 non-strategic weapons, such as gravity bombs and theater-range missiles.
It comes amid warnings that Moscow maintains thousands of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe, outnumbering U.S. stocks by as much as ten to one, while China races to deploy stealth bombers, submarine-based missiles and even orbital strike systems. North Korea already possesses about 90 warheads and continues testing missiles that can reach the U.S. homeland.
«We’ve got an arsenal today that is decades beyond its planned life cycle, and a force construct that was designed for a very benign world.»
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Peters’ proposal envisions a modernized force including new Sentinel ICBMs, Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, nuclear-capable B-21 stealth bombers, long-range cruise missiles, and theater-range hypersonic weapons. The plan would still keep U.S. forces below Cold War levels but significantly above today’s posture.
It lays out a plan for regional nuclear allocations in each theater, with the largest number of assets, 3,200 warheads, being placed under Northern Command and focused on homeland defense. Some 750 warheads would be placed in Europe and 675 in the Indo-Pacific region.
It calls for Sentinel ICBMs to replace Minuteman III and B-21 and B-52 jets with new long-range standoff cruise missiles.
During the Cold War, the U.S. fielded tens of thousands of warheads, deployed in Europe, Asia and at home. The new 2050 arsenal would still be far smaller than Cold War levels.
«A U.S. President with some regional nuclear options but only token damage-limiting capacity would quickly be confronted during a limited nuclear conflict with two unpalatable options: surrender or threaten widespread attacks on the adversary homeland, thus inviting an in-kind response, meaning suicide,» the report warns.
Skeptics often ask why nations need thousands of nuclear weapons when a single warhead can level a city. Peters argues that this is a misconception rooted in Cold War imagery of mushroom clouds over Manhattan.

North Korea possesses around 90 nuclear warheads. ( KCNA via REUTERS)
In reality, most modern nuclear warheads are not designed for «city busting» but for striking enemy nuclear forces — silos, missile fields, and command-and-control centers. China, for example, is building up to 500 hardened ICBM silos in remote deserts. Military planners assume it could take at least two U.S. warheads to guarantee destruction of each site.
As Peters puts it, «the goal is never to get to this point. That’s why you have nuclear weapons, to make sure you never get to this point.»
It’s unclear whether the current political leadership would heed Peters’ recommendations. President Donald Trump has proposed «denuclearization» talks with U.S. adversaries.
«Trump very understandably doesn’t like nuclear weapons,» Peters said.
But, he added, «we tried [denuclearizing] under President Obama in 2009 and 2012 and no one followed.»
«Tremendous amounts of money are being spent on nuclear, and the destructive capacity is something we don’t even want to talk about today, because you don’t want to hear it,» Trump mused in remarks to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, in February.
«I want to see if we can denuclearize, and I think it’s very possible,» suggesting talks on the issue between the U.S., Russia and China.
President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would suspend its participation in the New START treaty in 2023 over U.S. support for Ukraine. Russia had frequently been caught violating the terms of the deal. But China has never engaged in negotiations with the U.S. over arms reduction.
North Korea has rejected any suggestion of denuclearizing from the U.S.
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In September, Russia proposed a one-year extension of the New START treaty, which technically expires in 2026, but the White House has yet to respond to that proposal.
Expanding the arsenal won’t be cheap. But at around $56 billion, the U.S. only spends around seven percent of the defense budget on nuclear weapons, Peters argues.
The report also calls for nuclear capabilities to be deployed forward to Finland and Poland, a proposal that is certain to rattle the Kremlin and would cut strike times down from hours to minutes.
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Nuclear weapons are currently hosted in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, — bases chosen in the Cold War when they sat just 150 miles from the Soviet front line. But Russia’s front line has now moved 800 miles east.
He made a similar call for nuclear capabilities to be placed in South Korea. Washington periodically deploys US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear planning operations in exchange for an agreement from Seoul not to develop its own nuclear weapons.
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