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The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm’s way, then made him a martyr

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The skirmish that led to Saturday’s fatal shooting of an agitator by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and the response that followed were driven by a complex network of far-left organizations with a wide range of causes, a Fox News Digital investigation found.

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A coordinated web of encrypted chats, street alerts and tracking of ICE «Abductors» in a sophisticated database reviewed by Fox News Digital shows that agitators were already mobilized at the scene where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed minutes before any shots were fired. ICE and Border Patrol agents were there to arrest an illegal immigrant criminal, and Pretti and others were there, outside a donut shop, to meet them as part of a strategic pattern of organized interference with law enforcement operations.

Over the following hours, a national network of socialist, communist and Marxist-Leninist cells in the United States leveraged the tragic fatality into a nationwide protest operation. While grief and outrage over Pretti’s death is genuine, the network’s real-time rapid response, using short sensational video clips and emojis as weapons of propaganda, offers a window into the disciplined logistics, messaging and coordination of far-left warriors fomenting insurgency-like confrontation with authorities.

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«Rapid Responders» swarmed to the site of Glam Doll Donuts before the shooting occurred and afterward, documenting alleged ICE vehicles in the area in a sophisticated tracking database. The times in this database are Central Time, one hour behind Eastern Time.

«This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis. It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities,» Vice President JD Vance observed in a Sunday post on X.

The encrypted Signal messages obtained by Fox News Digital in real time show that anti-ICE «rapid responders» were actively tracking, broadcasting and summoning «backup» around federal agents outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue, where the shooting occurred. Local «rapid responders» made at least 26 entries into a database called «MN ICE Plates» in the critical hours before and after the killing, documenting the license plate numbers and details of alleged ICE vehicles they claimed to see around Nicollet Avenue.

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The entry at row 344 read, «At the nicollet [sic] murder,» chronicling a black Jeep Wagoneer at the location with agents allegedly «involved in shooting.» Row 338 had a «Glam Doll Donuts» entry, tracking a black Ford Taurus. 

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Members of an ICE Watch "Rapid Response" team tracked federal agents to the street, calling on more protesters to come to the street, where an anti-ICE demonstrator was killed minutes later. 

Members of an ICE Watch «Rapid Response» team tracked federal agents to the street, calling on more protesters to come to the street, where an anti-ICE demonstrator was killed minutes later. 

At 9:50 a.m. ET, just before the killing, a user identified as «Willow» shared a 22-second video on an encrypted Signal chat for anti-ICE «rapid responders.»

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«26and 3rd,» wrote «Willow,» quickly following up with, «Outside Glam Doll.»

The video showed two agents, one wearing a vest marked «POLICE,» studying the front door of Glam Doll before walking away, past a sign in the window that read, «ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA.»

As the camera rolled, the person filming yelled, «No!»

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The camera followed the agents as they returned to a maroon Dodge Durango, passing another sign in the window that read, «ALL WELCOME HERE.»

In the video, someone shouted, «Get out of here!»

Just three minutes later, at 9:53 a.m. ET, a second Signal user, «Salacious B. Crumb,» escalated the alert, summoning additional responders and citing the same vehicle and agents.

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«Backup needed at the Black Forest Inn parking lot on Nicollet Ave just south of 26th Street,» the message read.

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«Multiple vehicles with many agents appear to be staging there,» the alert continued. «One confirmed ICE vehicle seen was a maroon Dodge Durango [plate number], but it has driven away northbound on Nicollet.» Fox News Digital has redacted the Florida license plate number included in the original message.

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ICE Assistant Director Marcos Charles said Sunday that the violence on the streets was «not a coincidence,» considering the «chaos and mayhem» that agitators are fomenting in Minneapolis. At the same press conference, Customs and Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino confirmed that Pretti was «on the scene several minutes» before the fatal shooting.

Video of the scene shows that as Pretti stepped into the middle of Nicolle Street to direct traffic, fellow agitators could be heard blowing whistles to alert locals that ICE officers were around. Soon after, Pretti ended up in a street confrontation with Customs and Border Patrol agents, across the street from Glam Doll Donuts outside a worn storefront marked «NEW AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER,» a nonprofit focused on immigration entry programs for Somalis.

Within minutes, at about 10:05 a.m. ET, at least one Customs and Border Patrol agent shot Pretti, killing him.

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At 10:18 a.m. ET, the Signal network erupted.

Using a red phone emoji to signal an all-points alert, a message blasted out: «☎️ easy. URGENT: observers urgently requested at glam doll donuts @ 26th & nicollet [sic],» the alert continued. «an observer has been shot by ice, unknown condition, emts [emergency medical technicians] present, please be safe. EDIT: medics requested to join perimeter in case agents start gassing. be aware there are many agents and mpd [Minneapolis Police Department] officers present.»

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Within minutes, far-left activists descended on Nicollet Avenue. Soon after, a video showed corrugated boxes of supplies apparently lined up on a Minneapolis sidewalk for protesters, including boxes marked «DESINER MASKS» [sic] and «FREE WINTER HATS,» next to piles of bottled water.

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Within hours, socialist leaders turbocharged their «rapid responders» in Minneapolis and mobilized street protesters from New York City to Los Angeles. 

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Media outlets, including CNN and MSNOW, described «angry protesters» but failed to identify the ideological networks behind the mobilization, even as protesters flashed their signs with their logos and names, touting socialism, communism and Marxism, on camera.

The Minneapolis activation marked the beginning of an almost instantaneous weekend surge by far-left organizations, including hardened socialist and communist groups operating in an ecosystem that national security experts describe as an insurgent-style operation designed to exploit tragedy to wage a domestic political war.

The strategy mirrors past mobilizations, including the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in May 2020, and exploits well-intentioned public sympathy by rapidly framing Pretti — an intensive care unit nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital — as a symbol of resistance, much like Renee Good, the first victim of an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

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Just as they responded in real-time to mobilize «comrades» to march on the streets within 12 hours of the U.S. arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicholas Maduro in early January, socialist, communist and Marxist-Leninist groups now frame their activation as an action within the «belly of the beast» against the «hyperimperialism» of the United States.

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Socialist and communist groups sprang to action with protests after a killing in Minneapolis.

Propagandists for socialist groups, including BreakThrough News, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sprang to action to demonize federal officials after a killing in Minneapolis. (BreakThrough News/X, Party for Socialism and Liberation/X, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, X)

Based on a digital analysis of scores of rapid-response messages following the killing on Saturday, a hub of communist and socialist nonprofit organizations emerged as key organizers of the protests, many of them funded by an American-born billionaire Neville Roy Singham, a self-declared Marxist-Leninist living in Shanghai, and offshoots of the People’s Forum Inc., a nonprofit hub Singham has funded in New York City since 2017 as an «incubator» for socialist and communist groups. The People’s Forum has declined requests for comment.

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At 10:48 a.m. ET, BreakThrough News, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and propaganda arm of the People’s Forum, broke the news widely of the killing, sharing a video recorded from inside the Glam Doll Donut shot of the tussle outside, punctuated by gun shots and frantic narration, «Holy s**t. What the f***!…Did they f***ing kill that guy? F***ing kidding me, dude.»

BreakThrough News put a dramatic black-and-white caption over the video: «BREAKING: Another CPB Shooting in Minneapolis.» By Sunday afternoon, the video had 4.1 million views, alongside the outlet’s calls to support the People’s Republic of China, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and the communist revolution in Cuba.

Before the video cuts off, someone can be heard saying, «Yo, we need people on site!»

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Party for Socialism and Liberation immediately published protest graphics

The Party for Socialism and Liberation turned Alex Pretti into a poster boy for its protests.in quick graphics for its anti-ICE efforts. (Party for Socialism and Liberation/X)

At 11:40 a.m., BreakThrough News broadcast a 39-second video showing Minnesota National Guard soldiers charging across a street with batons, some falling as clouds of breath rose in the cold air. 

Soon after, at 12:24 p.m., the Party for Socialism and Liberation – a political wing of the movement, working with shared leadership at the People’s Forum – published a quickly-made graphic, «CPB MURDERS ANOTHER IN MINNEAPOLIS,» and the message, «EXPAND THE GENERAL STRIKE!»

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The call for a «general strike,» a classic communist tactic, refers to coordinated mass work stoppages aimed at paralyzing civil society to force political – and economic – outcomes.

At 12:33 p.m., the People’s Forum blasted out a bold red-and-white poster to followers, calling for an «EMERGENCY PROTEST» at 4 p.m. ET at Union Square in midtown Manhattan, with the message, «STOP ICE TERROR.»

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Democratic Socialists of America, People's Forum and other groups that identify as Marxist-Leninist activated foot soldiers to protest the U.S. Political operative Linda Sarsour yelled at a protest, "We will bring this country to a halt!"

Democratic Socialists of America, People’s Forum and other groups that identify as Marxist-Leninist activated foot soldiers to protest the U.S. Political operative Linda Sarsour yelled at a protest, «We will bring this country to a halt!» (Democratic Socialists of America/X, People’s Forum/X, Defend 512/Instagram)

In lockstep, at 12:57 p.m., Democratic Socialists of America, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, posted a stark black-and-white graphic on X, calling the killing an «execution» and demanding, «ABOLISH ICE NOW.»

At the protest, Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian political operative who has led virulently anti-Israel protests with socialist organizations after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel by Hamas terrorists, rallied the crowd at the 4 p.m. protest, yelling, «We will bring this country to a halt!» The People’s Forum shared the 22-second video clip with the caption: «🚨HAPPENING NOW IN NYC.»

Other groups mobilized simultaneously, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a self-described Marxist-Leninist group that has waved its red flag with its acronym, «FRSO,» in the middle of the protests since Good’s killing.

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Also active: the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, which has led many of the rapid-response efforts and Black Lives Matter chapters, which led the recent stampede through a local Christian church.

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By early evening, the narrative had coalesced into a chorus of voices within the far-left propaganda apparatus, adopting charged historical language to brand federal officials as Nazi-like figures. At 4:12 p.m. ET, Calla Walsh, a controversial communist activist filmed this past summer in Iran shouting, «Death to America! Death to Israel!» shared a 32-second video showing barricades built with Republic Services dumpsters.

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She wrote, «People of Minneapolis build barricades, trapping ICE Gestapo at the scene of their latest murder in broad daylight. Not far from where they killed Renee Good a couple weeks ago, not far from where George Floyd was killed in 2020.»

By evening, CNN was reporting from the 4 p.m. protest in New York City but did not identify the ideological affiliations of the organizers, even as activists openly carried signs from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, with the group’s full name printed across the bottom.

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Another CNN segment from Minneapolis interviewed Chris Gray, describing him only as Pretti’s «next-door neighbor.» Gray spoke about Pretti while delivering a well-scripted appeal for a general strike to dismantle the «Trump regime» and promote «non-violent resistance.» The segment did not disclose that Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative, the U.S. affiliate of the International Socialist Alternative, a «global fighting organization of workers, young people, and all those oppressed by capitalism and imperialism,» seeking to create a «socialist world.»

Soon after, however, Socialist Alternative shared the interview proudly on Instagram, noting, «Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative member and next-door neighbor of Alex Pretti, speaks out.»

By evening’s end, at 9:44 p.m. ET, Gloria La Riva, a co-founder of the Party for Socialism and Liberation who has described herself as «a communist,» posted a message on X, using the inflammatory language now normalized: «Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood, everyone knows that. 10 shots in his back. All of Trump’s, Noem’s, Bovino’s lies cannot cover it up. The people’s struggle will only grow!»

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"Rapid Response" teams track ICE agents in Minnesota and upload details about their movements into a database.

«Rapid Responders» in Minneapolis track the vehicles they suspect belong to federal officials, including ICE agents, and upload details about their alleged vehicles in a database, «MN ICE PLATES AIRTABLE DATABASE,» labeling alleged ICE agents as «Abductors.» («MN ICE PLATES AIRTABLE DATABASE»)

The maroon Dodge Durango in the early Signal alerts from Saturday morning is Entry No. 2069 in the publicly shared database, «MN ICE PLATES,» publicly shared for any user with the link. It included a gallery of photos of alleged ICE vehicles.

At last count on Sunday, the database has 4,626 records of license plate numbers organized as «Highly Suspected ICE,» «Confirmed ICE,» «Suspected ICE,» «Cleared – Not ICE» and «Unknown.»

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The total number of «Confirmed ICE» entries is 2,933 records. The total number of records labeled «Abductors» is 455.

A fine-print disclaimer states that the data is «for informational purposes only» and that its organizers «do not condone its use to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede or interfere with the official duties of any officer or employee of the United States, or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government, while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties.»

"Rapid Responders" create an inventory of alleged ICE vehicles.

Alleged ICE vehicles outside the shooting were included in a database compiled by Minneapolis citizens who have joined a «Rapid Response» team to track the movements of federal officials. They had swarmed the street minutes before the shooting occurred Saturday morning.

One guide, «Best Practices Guide for Neighborhood or Area Patrol / Monitors: 612,» includes a key to emojis and the jobs they represent for rapid responders:

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«🚗💨= Mobile Patrol / Commuter – In a vehicle driving around, looking for agents» 

«🚗📍= Stationary Patrol/Monitor – In a vehicle positioned at key places in the area, looking for agents»

«🏃🏻‍♀️= Foot Patrol – On foot, looking for agents»

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«☎️ = Dispatch – Live on the Monitor / Patrol group call»

«📟 = Hyper-local group messenger – Ready to pass on word to individual neighborhoods and blocks»

‘🦺 = School / event safety spotters – Assigned and connected to a specific school or event»

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«🍽️  = License plate checker – Ready to check a plate against the list of known license plates’; 

«⛑️ = Medic – Ready to offer medical care»

«❤️‍🩹 = Aftercare provider – Available to connect with responders after an event»

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The maroon Dodge Durango that was allegedly outside Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Avenue is listed with three prior sightings: Jan. 11 at 3 p.m. at the Whipple federal detention facility, Jan. 13 at 1:15 p.m. and a final sighting at Powderhorn Park parking lot on 35th Street and 14th Avenue.

It’s listed with the tags, «Seen in a convoy, Tinted/blacked-out windows, ICE agent(s) seen in vehicle,» and a final verdict: «Confirmed ICE.»

As socialist organizations continued to dispatch their foot soldiers to Nicollet Avenue on Sunday evening, the Signal groups were as active as ever on Sunday, an alert going out at 4:37 p.m. ET, with rapid responders now chasing a black Dodge Durango around town.

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«2 confirmed ICE vehicles,» the alert read, «…at least 2 agents in each vehicle.»



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En una carta pública, el presidente de Irán dijo que Netanyahu manipula a Trump en la guerra y lanzó una advertencia a EE.UU.

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Mientras se cruzan las versiones por un alto al fuego entre Washington y Teherán, este miércoles por la tarde el presidente iraní publicó una carta abierta en la que dijo dirigirse «al pueblo de los Estados Unidos». Masoud Pezeshkian cuestionó la «guerra de desinformación», deslizó que Donald Trump puede estar siendo manipulado por Benjamin Netanyahu y cerró con una fuerte advertencia: «A lo largo de su milenaria y orgullosa historia, Irán se sobrepuso a muchos agresores. Lo que queda de ellos sólo son nombres manchados en la historia».

Se trata de una misiva de cuatro carillas publicada en los perfiles oficiales de redes sociales de Pezeshkian, presidente de Irán, este miércoles por la noche, hora local. Llegó apenas horas después de que Donald Trump afirmara en Truth Social que «el nuevo presidente del régimen iraní acababa de pedirle un alto al fuego», lo cual sería considerado por Washington sólo después de que se liberara el estrecho de Ormuz.

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En su carta, Pezeshkian no se pronuncia explícitamente sobre el posible cese al fuego, pero señala: «Hoy el mundo está en una encrucijada. Seguir por el camino de la confrontación es más caro y fútil que nunca. La elección entre confrontación y compromiso es real y consecuente; su resultado moldeará el futuro de las generaciones venideras».

Tampoco aclara si la carta fue escrita con aprobación del líder supremo, Mojtaba Khamenei, de mayor poder que el presidencial.

«Al pueblo de los Estados Unidos de América y a todos aquellos que, en medio de un caudal de distorsiones y relatos fabricados, continúan buscando la verdad y aspira a llevar una vida mejor. Irán –en su nombre, carácter e identidad– es una de las civilizaciones más antiguas en la historia. Pero además de sus ventajas históricas y geográficas a lo largo de los tiempos, Irán nunca ha elegido, en su historia moderna, el camino de la agresión, expansión, colonialismo o la dominación», comienza la carta del presidente iraní.

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Y continúa: «Incluso ante la ocupación, invasión y de la presión sostenida de las potencias globales –y a pesar de tener superioridad militar sobre varios de sus vecinos–, Irán nunca inició una guerra. En cambio, resolvió y repelió valientemente a aquellos que lo atacaron (…) Por eso, retratar a Irán como una amenaza no es ni consistente con la realidad histórica ni la moderna; y esa percepción responde a la necesidad de justificar la presión, mantener superioridad militar y la industria bélica (…) En ese contexto, si no hay una amenaza, se la inventa».

También señala a Estados Unidos por concentrar «sus más numerosas fuerzas y capacidades militares alrededor de Irán». «Lo que Irán ha sostenido es una respuesta mesurada en legítima defensa, lo cual no significa la iniciación de guerra o agresión alguna», amplía Pezeshkian en su carta abierta.

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Además, dice -en referencia a las negociaciones por el programa nuclear, previas al estallido de la guerra- que «Irán buscó negociar, alcanzó un acuerdo y cumplió con sus compromisos».

«La decisión de salir de ese acuerdo, escalar el conflicto y lanzar dos ataques en medio de las negociaciones fueron dos decisiones destructivas del gobierno estadounidenses. Haber atacado infraestructura crucial de Irán –instalaciones energéticas e industriales– atentó directamente contra su pueblo», sigue.

Luego desliza acusaciones sobre el rol de Benjamin Netanyahu y su influencia sobre Trump: «¿Acaso los Estados Unidos no entraron en el conflicto arrastrados como un proxy de Israel, manipulados por su régimen? ¿Acaso no es evidente que Israel busca confrontar contra Irán hasta la vida del último soldado norteamericano y del último dolar de impuestos de cada estadounidense? ¿Es realmente ‘Primero EE.UU.’ la prioridad del gobierno norteamericano?».

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«A lo largo de su historia y orgullosa historia, Irán se sobrepuso a numerosos agresores. Lo único que queda de ellos son nombres manchados en la historia, mientras que Irán persiste, resiliente, digno y orgulloso«, concluyó el presidente iraní.

Más temprano este miércoles, Trump publicó en su propia red social, Truth, un mensaje para anunciar que el régimen de Teherán había pedido un alto al fuego. «El nuevo presidente del régimen iraní, mucho menos radicalizado y mucho más inteligente que sus precesores, ¡acaba de pedir un alto al fuego a los EE. UU.! Lo consideraremos cuando el estrecho de Ormuz esté abierto, libre y despejado», comenzó el mandatario norteamericano.

De lo contrario, aseguró, Estados Unidos continuará «bombardeando Irán hasta la aniquilación o, como dicen algunos, hasta que regrese a la Edad de Piedra».

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No tardó en llegar la respuesta desde Teherán: el portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Esmaeil Baqaei, dijo que «la afirmación de Trump es falsa e infundada».

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Fox News Poll: Broad anxiety about AI doesn’t extend to jobs

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As artificial intelligence continues to expand into homes and the workplace, voters are less concerned about it taking their jobs and more worried about its overall influence.

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The latest Fox News Poll finds 66% of registered voters are concerned about artificial intelligence, up from 63% in December and 56% in 2023 (the first time the question was asked). 

The increase in concern is across the board, with the biggest jumps happening among women, voters without a college degree, Democrats and liberal voters.

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Yet when it comes to how AI will affect the workforce, voters aren’t concerned about their own jobs even though most think it will eliminate more positions (59%) than it will create (7%) over the next 5 years.

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Seven in 10 (69%) employed voters are unconcerned their job will be cut in the next five years, while three in 10 are worried (31%). This matches where sentiment was in November.

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The lack of concern may reflect broader attitudes toward AI in the workplace: Seven in 10 say it is not important to their career that they learn how to use AI, including six in 10 employed voters. 

Another three in 10 say it is important, and that jumps to roughly  in 10 among workers, voters with graduate degrees, and those living in households with an annual income of $100,000 or higher. Those most likely to feel learning AI is a career priority are men under age 45 (48%). 

But if they must tech up, a majority of voters feel comfortable adopting and using new technology (60% comfortable vs. 40% not comfortable).

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The highest numbers saying they’re comfortable are voters under age 45, particularly younger men (81%) and younger Republicans (82%).

Artificial intelligence and the military…

As the Iran conflict enters its fifth week, nearly two-thirds of voters are uncomfortable with the military using autonomous weapons systems (AWS). About four in 10 feel comfortable.

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The partisan divide on this issue is wide: 52% of Republicans are comfortable with AWS vs. 27% of Democrats. Fifty-eight percent of MAGA Republicans are comfortable vs. 40% of non-MAGA Republicans.

There is also a prominent gender gap with men (43%) more comfortable than women (31%).

Still, nearly all voters say that when the military is considering a strike that could kill people, a human should be required to make the final decision: 93% feel that way vs. 7% saying AI systems alone should have the final say. 

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This is a bipartisan belief, with at least nine in 10 Democrats, Republicans and independents agreeing a human needs to make the decision.

More than half of voters who have served in the military are uncomfortable with the use of AWS systems (54% not comfortable vs. 45% comfortable), and an overwhelming majority thinks a human should be making the choice between life and death (90%).

One more thing…

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While concern about AI is up among voters, it’s far from the top worry with inflation (86% extremely/very concerned), healthcare (81%), gas prices (80%), political divisions (80%), unemployment (73%), attacks by Islamic (73%) and non-Islamic terrorists (70%), ability to pay bills (70%) and gun violence (69%) ranking higher.

Concern about Iran getting a nuclear bomb ties with concern over AI (66% extremely/very) while antisemitism (63%) and detentions by ICE (62%) rank lower.

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Conducted March 20-23, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,001 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (641) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (256). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday touted new momentum toward ending the country’s war with Russia after a high-level call with President Donald Trump’s envoys, pointing to progress on a U.S.-backed security deal.

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Zelenskyy announced in an X post that he and his officials had a «positive» conversation with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with talks centered around forging a «dignified peace.»

«We agreed to strengthen security guarantees, and I have already instructed our team to promptly update the documents so that the security guarantees for Ukraine are strong, the prospects for post-war reconstruction are real, and everything is doable,» Zelenskyy wrote.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (@ZelenskyyUa via X)

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He emphasized Ukraine needs clear agreements so that its citizens understand exactly how international partners will respond to deter any renewed Russian aggression.

«We need strong, shared positions, and Ukraine’s contribution to this strength is unquestionable,» Zelenskyy wrote. «… I expect that the teams will work substantively in the coming days so that we can all feel progress. A trilateral format — a leaders’ format — all of this is necessary.»

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Leaders meet to discuss the Ukraine-Russia war.

Ukranian leaders at a meeting discussing the Ukraine-Russia war Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (@ZelenskyyUa via X)

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In a subsequent video, Zelenskyy reported Russia launched a massive wave of more than 700 drones Wednesday, including «shaheds,» targeting Ukraine’s energy sites, food warehouses and residential buildings across multiple regions.

Although Ukrainian forces intercepted roughly 90% of the incoming drones, Zelenskyy condemned the bombardment as Russia’s direct response to Ukraine’s proposal for an Easter ceasefire.

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Leaders meet to discuss the Ukraine-Russia war Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (@ZelenskyyUa via X)

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He noted that a halt in fighting during the holidays was intended to be a signal that diplomacy could be successful.

Beyond the U.S. and Europe, Zelenskyy said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is working to secure long-term defense contracts with several Middle Eastern nations, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain and Turkey. 

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