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Trump nominees squeezed between ‘blue slips’ and blue obstruction

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President Donald Trump has attacked the Senate for blocking his preferred nominees from being confirmed to key positions, but lawmakers and people familiar with the process say the Senate is not necessarily to blame.

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Trump has faulted the Senate’s «blue slip» tradition, an unwritten rule requiring nominees for judge, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal to obtain home state senators’ approval prior to being confirmed.

He said blue state senators will only greenlight «Democrats or maybe weak Republicans.» The president called on Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to abolish the practice, and he threatened to sue over it.

But Grassley and other Republicans are unbudging in their position that blue slips are an indispensable part of the confirmation process. Blue slips have been used for more than a century. Past presidents have gotten many nominees confirmed under the system, suggesting other factors are contributing to Trump’s struggle to secure blue slips from Democrats.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley is seen in the U.S. Capitol after a Senate luncheon. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump threatens to sue over ‘gentlemen’s agreement’

Trump and his allies escalated attacks on the blue slip process this week, accusing Grassley of blocking nominees by maintaining it.

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«This is because of an old and outdated ‘custom’ known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn,» Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The president threatened to sue over what he said was a «gentlemen’s agreement,» though it is unclear whom the government would sue and on what grounds.

«It’s not based on law, and I think it’s unconstitutional, and I’ll probably be filing a suit on that pretty soon,» Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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Asked about the possible lawsuit and why Trump’s nominees in blue states are struggling with confirmation, the White House told Fox News Digital in a statement the holdup must be addressed.

«Senate Democrats have led a campaign of historic obstruction against President Trump and his nominees,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said. «The left’s partisan, obstructionist agenda is only hurting the American people and it must end.»

‘Troubling’ pattern of circumventing Senate

Trump appointed his former personal defense lawyer Alina Habba as «interim» U.S. attorney, which carries a 120-day term limit that federal judges have the ability to extend under federal vacancy laws if no one has been confirmed by the Senate to the position by then.

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Judges have opted to extend Trump’s nominees, like in Jay Clayton’s case in the Southern District of New York. But in an unusual move, the federal judges of New Jersey rejected Habba.

The judges selected someone else, whom Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi promptly fired. Trump and Bondi then used a series of legal maneuvers to reinstall Habba to another temporary term, but a federal judge ruled the moves unconstitutional. The Trump administration is appealing that decision in a case that could now make its way to the Supreme Court and force the justices to weigh in on what has become a pattern of Trump end-running around the Senate.

ALINA HABBA SAYS SHE ‘WON’T BE INTIMIDATED’ AFTER SENATE CUSTOM HINDERS US ATTORNEY NOMINATION

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Acting US Attorney Alina Habba of New Jersey

Alina Habba speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

John Sarcone in the Northern District of New York faced a situation similar to Habba’s, and he is now serving as «acting» U.S. attorney. Bill Essayli in the Central District of California, who has taken on a vocal pro-Trump stance amid high-profile deportation cases in his district, has also transitioned from «interim» to «acting» U.S. attorney. Acting U.S. attorneys also carry a temporary term of 210 days. It is unclear how Trump will proceed once those terms expire.

Carl Tobias, University of Richmond law professor, said the workarounds defy the spirit of the Constitution, which says nominees must be confirmed «with the advice and consent» of the Senate.

«It’s good to have that scrutiny from the Judiciary Committee and then on the floor, and so hopefully they could return to something like that, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen, and so I think it is troubling,» Tobias told Fox News Digital.

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How to get a blue slip from the other party

The administration must engage with the Senate during the nomination process, including by consulting early on with home state senators about possible nominees.

Former President Joe Biden secured blue slips from opposing parties for 49 nominees, including 27 U.S. attorneys, while Trump’s first administration was able to secure confirmations for nearly all the U.S. attorneys the president nominated.

The blue slip, to senators, is a crucial negotiating tool, one that Article III Project founder Mike Davis said is not going away, despite Trump’s intensifying objections to it. Davis, a staunch Trump supporter, served as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and oversaw nominations under Grassley in the prior Trump administration.

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«It’s not going away. Why would it? Why would senators give up their power? They’re not going to do it,» Davis told Fox News Digital, adding that blue slips to the Senate are «the sacred china that’s never going to get broken.»

Cory Booker, Democratic Senator from New Jersey

Habba has blamed Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., (not pictured) for refusing to give blue slip approval to her nomination to (Fox News)

The vetting process

Nominees must also provide the Senate Judiciary Committee with a questionnaire, an FBI background check and financial disclosures. A source familiar with the process told Fox News Digital the committee did not receive Habba’s paperwork to begin vetting her. 

Habba has said she could not begin the process because Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim of New Jersey, would not give blue slip approval. It is unclear if and when the Trump administration approached the pair of senators about Habba. 

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Habba, like Trump, blamed Grassley.

«The blue slip TRADITION prevents a nominee from getting to the point of making that case to the committee and Senate floor. You know who can get rid of it? YOU @ChuckGrassley,» Habba wrote on X.

She told Grassley «this is a time for leadership, not deflection» and that the chairman should not be «doing the dirty work of Thom Tillis, Corey Booker and Andy Kim.»

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Booker’s and Kim’s offices did not respond to a request for comment.

Grassley defends bipartisanship

Grassley went on a tear on social media this week, defending his decision to maintain blue slips, which the committee chair has discretion over.

«U.S. Atty/district judge nominee without a blue slip does not hv the votes to get confirmed on the Senate floor & they don’t hv the votes to get out of cmte,» the 91-year-old senator wrote. «As chairman I set Pres Trump noms up for SUCCESS NOT FAILURE.»

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 22, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who is among several Republicans who will not vote for a nominee who has not been approved by home state senators, pointed to a statement on social media when asked for comment by Fox News Digital.

«Chairman Grassley is a principled conservative who wants to keep radical liberals off the bench. Getting rid of the blue slip is a terrible, short-sighted ploy that paves the path for Democrats to ram through extremist liberal judges in red states over the long-term,» Tillis wrote on X.

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Are Democrats to blame?

Trump has thus far secured opposing party blue slips for four nominees. Davis said Trump is facing a unique level of obstruction from Democrats.

«Every White House does what it can to engage the opposition party, but Democrats have made it clear they’re not interested in working with President Trump, so it’s understandable that his focus has been elsewhere for now,» Davis said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for instance, has refused to give a blue slip to Clayton, the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman. But Clayton’s ability to win the vote of the federal judges in the Southern District of New York has allowed him to serve as U.S. attorney without confirmation.

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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member, has further complicated the confirmation process by putting a hold on U.S. attorney nominees, which drastically slows, but does not fully block, the process.

Vice President J.D. Vance, then a senator, did the same for Biden’s nominees toward the end of the last administration.

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Trump’s fight with the upper chamber is likely to evolve, especially as higher courts weigh in on Habba’s nomination, which is currently invalid, according to the district court judge’s decision this month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has set a briefing schedule in the case that stretches through October, but eventually the Supreme Court could also chime in on whether Trump’s manner of sidestepping the Senate is constitutional. 

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De qué murió Dick Cheney, el poderoso exvicepresidente de George W. Bush

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Murió Dick Cheney, el poderoso exvicepresidente de George W. Bush y uno de los artífices de la guerra de Estados Unidos con Irak.

Cheney, de 84 años, murió este martes a causa de una neumonía y luego de sufrir complicaciones con enfermedades cardíacas que padecía hace tiempo.

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Conocido por su gran influencia en la política interna de Estados Unidos, se consagró como el 46° vicepresidente estadounidense en 2001 y acompañó a Bush en sus dos mandatos.

Si bien su carrera política comenzó casi dos décadas antes, el camino de Cheney dentro de la Casa Blanca inició en 1989, cuando fue nombrado secretario de Defensa por George Bush padre.

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Bajo ese rol es que dirigió el Pentágono durante la guerra del Golfo de 1990-91, donde el ejército estadounidense expulsó a las tropas de Irak de Kuwait.

Cuando Bush hijo comenzó su carrera presidencial, buscó su ayuda para encontrar un candidato a la vicepresidencia. Luego de algunos vaivenes, George W. Bush se inclinó por Cheney como compañero de fórmula.

ARCHIVO – El ex vicepresidente de Estados Unidos Dick Cheney se dirige a un mitin de campaña para Gus Bilirakis, un republicano que se presenta por el distrito de Tampa Bay que deja su padre en Tampa, Florida, el 21 de julio de 2006. (AP Foto/Steve Nesius, Archivo)

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Desde el principio de ese mandato, Cheney y Bush hicieron un pacto tácito en el que el flamante vicepresidente dejaría de lado las ambiciones por ser el jefe de la Casa Blanca, y, en paralelo, mantenía un poder comparable en algunos aspectos al de la presidencia misma.

En el Capitolio, Cheney trabajó por los proyectos del presidente en los pasillos que había recorrido como congresista conservador y como el número dos de la Cámara de Representantes.

Durante su tiempo en el cargo, la vicepresidencia dejó de ser un puesto ceremonial. Lo convirtió en una red de canales secundarios desde los cuales podía influir en la política sobre Irak, el terrorismo, los poderes presidenciales, la energía y otros pilares de una agenda conservadora.

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Durante los meses posteriores al atentado a las Torres Gemelas, Cheney operó desde ubicaciones no reveladas, separado de Bush para asegurar que uno u otro sobreviviera a cualquier ataque posterior contra el liderazgo del país.

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Con Bush fuera de la ciudad en ese fatídico día, Cheney fue una presencia constante en la Casa Blanca, al menos hasta que los agentes del Servicio Secreto se lo llevaron.

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Pero bien entrado el segundo mandato de Bush, la influencia de Cheney disminuyó, cercada por los tribunales o las realidades políticas cambiantes.

Años después de dejar el cargo, se convirtió en un objetivo del presidente Donald Trump, especialmente después de que su hija, Liz Cheney, se alzara como la principal crítica y examinadora republicana de los desesperados intentos de Trump por mantenerse en el poder después de su derrota electoral y sus acciones en el motín del 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio.

En un anuncio televisivo para su hija, Cheney afirmó que “en los 246 años de historia de nuestra nación, nunca ha habido un individuo que representara una mayor amenaza» para la república “que Donald Trump”.

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FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush waves with his newly named vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney as they left Casper, Wyoming July 26, 2000.  REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush waves with his newly named vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney as they left Casper, Wyoming July 26, 2000. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo

También dijo que Trump “intentó robar la última elección usando mentiras y violencia para mantenerse en el poder después de que los votantes lo rechazaran” y que era “un cobarde”.

En un giro que los demócratas de su época nunca podrían haber imaginado, Dick Cheney dijo el año pasado que votaría por su candidata, Kamala Harris, en las elecciones presidenciales contra Trump.

Sobreviviente de cinco ataques cardíacos, Cheney pensó durante mucho tiempo que vivía con tiempo prestado y declaró en 2013 que ahora se despertaba cada mañana “con una sonrisa en mi rostro, agradecido por el regalo de otro día”, una imagen extraña para una figura que siempre parecía estar en las barricadas.

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Tiempo antes reveló que había desactivado la función inalámbrica de su desfibrilador por temor a que los terroristas enviaran remotamente a su corazón una descarga fatal.

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“Durante décadas, Dick Cheney sirvió a nuestra nación, desempeñando cargos como Jefe de Gabinete de la Casa Blanca, Congresista por Wyoming, Secretario de Defensa y Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos”, señaló un comunicado de su familia.

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En el mismo, sus familiares agregaron: “Dick Cheney fue un gran hombre que enseñó a sus hijos y nietos a amar a nuestro país y a vivir con valentía, honor, amor, bondad y a disfrutar de la pesca con mosca”.

“Le estamos profundamente agradecidos por todo lo que hizo por nuestra nación. Y nos sentimos inmensamente afortunados de haber amado y haber sido amados por este noble e imponente hombre”, cerraron.

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Key takeaways from the 2025 elections

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After last year’s stunning electoral setbacks, Democrats needed a big night on Tuesday.

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And they got it.

«Democrats Sweep Election Night, Fueling Momentum Going Into 2026 Midterms,» screamed the headline from a Democratic National Committee (DNC) email late in the evening, as the party pointed to double-digit victories in the gubernatorial elections in blue-leaning New Jersey and Virginia, and convincing victories in crucial ballot box showdowns in Democrat-dominated California and battleground Pennsylvania.

In arguably the most closely watched election this autumn, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani made history as the first Muslim and first Millennial elected New York City mayor.

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New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill speaks during an election night party in East Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

While Mamdani’s victory in the nation’s most populous city is a shot in the arm for the rise of the socialist movement, it also appears to be a political gift for Republicans.

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Here are three key takeaways from Election Night 2025.

1. The Mamdani factor

Since Mamdani’s Democratic mayoral primary victory in June, Republicans have repeatedly aimed to make the now-34-year-old Ugandan-born state lawmaker from New York City the new face of the Democratic Party, as they work to characterize Democrats as far-left socialists.

And as Mamdani was on his way to a roughly 9-point win in Tuesday’s general election over former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was running as an independent, the GOP struck again.

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«Democrats have officially handed New York City over to a self-proclaimed Communist, and hardworking families will be the ones paying the price,» Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Joe Gruters claimed in a statement. «His election is proof that the Democrat Party has abandoned common sense and tied themselves to extremism.»

National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokesman Mike Marinella charged that «the Democrat Party has surrendered to radical socialist Zohran Mamdani and the far-left mob who are now running the show.»

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Socialist Zohran Mamdani won his New York City mayoral race over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

And as Fox News Digital first reported on Wednesday morning, the NRCC immediately launched ads linking Mamdani to House Democrats who face challenging re-elections in next year’s midterms, when the GOP aims to defend its fragile majority in the chamber.

Longtime Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital that Democrats «are now going to have an ascendant and emboldened Mayor-elect Mamdani dominating the national spotlight.»

WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 ELECTIONS MAY MEAN FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS

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But veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo, pointing to the gubernatorial victories by moderate Democrats Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, emphasized «tonight proved that the Democrats’ pathway back to majorities in both chambers and the White House runs directly through the idea of building a big enough tent to encompass moderates and progressives.»

2. Did Democrats get their mojo back?

Democrats lost control of the White House and Senate and failed to win back the House majority in last year’s elections, as Republicans made major gains with key parts of the Democratic Party base, including minorities and younger voters.

And Democrats have been mostly powerless to blunt President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and explosive second-term agenda.

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But Democrats see Tuesday’s impressive victories as the first step in a political rebound, and an affirmation of the party’s campaign trail emphasis this year on the issue of affordability.

«American voters just delivered a Democratic resurgence. A Republican reckoning. A Blue Sweep. And it happened because our Democratic candidates, no matter where they are, no matter how they fit into our big tent party, are meeting voters at the kitchen table, not the gilded ballroom,» DNC chair Ken Martin highlighted.

And Martin argued, «To all the Republicans who have bowed a cowardly knee to Trump all year, consider this: We’re coming after your jobs next.»

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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger celebrates as she takes the stage during her election night rally at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Nov. 04, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Caiazzo said that the Democrats’ ballot box victories show that «voters are hungry for candidates that speak to their concerns and offer to unite, not divide.»

But Reed countered that «Democrat candidates winning in blue parts of the country isn’t unexpected. The fact that there was any suspense at all heading into the evening was the more surprising development.»

And he pointed out that «the battle for next year’s midterms is taking place in friendlier terrain.»

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3. No MAGA momentum

While he lost both New Jersey and Virginia in last year’s presidential election, Trump made major gains in both states.

And a big question heading into the 2025 elections was whether MAGA supporters, who tend to be low-propensity voters, would cast ballots in an off-election year when Trump wasn’t on the ballot.

Many didn’t.

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The president, in a quote on social media that he attributed to «pollsters,» said that «TRUMP WASN’T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT.»

Veteran Republican strategist Chris LaCivita, who served as a co-campaign manager of Trump’s 2024 White House bid, highlighted, «Candidate quality matters. Tonight was a great lesson for the Republican Party: running squishy Rs who are lukewarm on Trump and MAGA, even in «purple» states, doesn’t work.»

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears greets supporters on Election Night in Leesburg, Virginia. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

LaCivita specifically called out Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP gubernatorial nominee who lost to Spanberger by 15 points.

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And he warned that «Republicans must get smart and run only MAGA candidates moving forward; otherwise, there will be massive turnout problems when @realDonaldTrump is not on the ballot!»

Reed emphasized that for the GOP, «the task remains re-assembling the winning Trump coalition without his name on the ballot. The good news for the Republican side is the deep bench of talented and proven leaders to carry that flag into battle.»

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Japón despliega tropas en Akita ante ola de ataques de osos

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Imagen de un oso pardo enjaulado en Sunagawa, prefectura de Hokkaido, Japón. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami

El Ministerio de Defensa de Japón envió tropas el miércoles a la prefectura norteña de Akita para ayudar a contener una oleada de ataques de osos que han horrorizado a los residentes de la región montañosa.

Se han avistado osos cerca de escuelas, estaciones de tren, supermercados e incluso un balneario de aguas termales, y se reportan ataques de estos animales casi a diario en todo Japón, principalmente en el norte.

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Desde abril, más de 100 personas han resultado heridas y al menos 12 han muerto en ataques de osos en todo Japón, según estadísticas del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente a finales de octubre.

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Miembros de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón (JSDF) instalan una trampa para osos en Kazuno, prefectura de Akita, Japón, en esta fotografía tomada por Kyodo el 5 de noviembre de 2025. Kyodo/vía REUTERS

“Cada día, los osos invaden zonas residenciales de la región y su impacto va en aumento”, declaró a la prensa el vicesecretario jefe del Gabinete, Fumitoshi Sato. “Es urgente dar respuesta al problema de los osos”.

El Ministerio de Defensa y la prefectura de Akita firmaron el miércoles por la tarde un acuerdo sobre el despliegue de tropas, que autoriza a los soldados a colocar trampas con comida, transportar cazadores locales y ayudar en la eliminación de osos muertos. Los soldados no utilizarán armas de fuego para abatir a los osos, según informaron las autoridades.

El gobernador de Akita, Kenta Suzuki, dijo que las autoridades locales estaban “desesperadas” debido a la falta de personal en medio de informes diarios de ataques de osos.

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Un miembro de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa de Japón (JSDF) sostiene un escudo durante un ejercicio de colocación de una trampa para osos en Kazuno, prefectura de Akita, Japón, el 5 de noviembre de 2025. REUTERS/Tom Bateman

El ministro de Defensa, Shinjiro Koizumi, declaró el martes que la misión contra el oso tiene como objetivo contribuir a la seguridad de la población, pero que la misión principal de los miembros de las Fuerzas de Autodefensa es la defensa nacional y que no pueden brindar apoyo ilimitado para la respuesta ante el oso. Las Fuerzas de Autodefensa japonesas ya cuentan con personal insuficiente.

Hasta el momento, el ministerio no ha recibido otras solicitudes de asistencia militar por el tema de los osos, dijo.

En la prefectura de Akita, con una población de aproximadamente 880.000 habitantes, los osos han atacado a más de 50 personas desde mayo, causando la muerte de al menos cuatro, según el gobierno local. Los expertos afirman que el 70% de los ataques se han producido en zonas residenciales.

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Los osos han atacado a más de 50 personas desde mayo, causando la muerte de al menos cuatro.

Una anciana que buscaba setas en el bosque fue hallada muerta el fin de semana en la ciudad de Yuzawa, en la prefectura homónima, tras un aparente ataque de oso. Otra anciana, residente en la ciudad de Akita, murió a finales de octubre tras ser atacada por un oso mientras trabajaba en una granja. Asimismo, un repartidor de periódicos resultó herido tras ser atacado por un oso en la misma ciudad el martes.

Los expertos afirman que el envejecimiento y el descenso de la población en las zonas rurales de Japón son algunas de las razones del creciente problema de los osos en los últimos años.

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Los barrios abandonados y las tierras de cultivo con árboles de caqui o castaño suelen atraer osos a las zonas residenciales. Una vez que los osos encuentran comida y le cogen el gusto, siguen regresando, según los expertos.

Imagen de un oso en
Imagen de un oso en medio de una zona urbana.

Los cazadores locales también son mayores y no están acostumbrados a la caza del oso. Los expertos afirman que la policía y otras autoridades deberían recibir formación como «cazadores del gobierno» para ayudar a controlar la población de estos animales.

La semana pasada, el gobierno creó un grupo de trabajo para elaborar un plan oficial de respuesta ante la presencia de osos para mediados de noviembre. Las autoridades están considerando realizar censos de la población de osos, utilizar dispositivos de comunicación para emitir alertas sobre su presencia y revisar las normas de caza. También recomiendan capacitar a expertos en caza y ecología.

La falta de medidas preventivas en las regiones del norte, despobladas y envejecidas, también ha provocado un aumento de las poblaciones de osos pardos y osos negros asiáticos, según informó el ministerio.

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(con información de AP)



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