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Spanberger’s ‘unconstitutional’ push to redefine presidential elections makes voters ‘NULL AND VOID’: critics

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One of the Democratic Party’s rising star governors, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, is being slammed for signing a bill to award the state’s presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
The bill signed by Spanberger adds Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact, an interstate agreement between states to award the entirety of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Virginia Republicans railed against the bill, arguing it makes the state’s votes «NULL AND VOID.»
This comes as Spanberger, who was recently selected to deliver the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, has seen her approval ratings plummet. Critics have accused her of abandoning her centrist campaign message to advance far-left policies.
Criticisms of Spanberger erupted anew after news broke that Spanberger had approved the bill. The Virginia Republican Party posted on X that «fake Moderate Spanberger just signed a bill to render Virginians’ vote for president NULL AND VOID!»
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A 4th grader works on an election-themed art project at Heather Hills Elementary School in Bowie, Md., on Oct. 22, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
The GOP said that under the bill, «all of Virginia’s Electoral College votes will go to the winner of the national popular vote — no matter who wins the popular vote in our Commonwealth.»
The party called the move «an unconstitutional assault on our democracy.»
However, Spanberger won praise from groups that oppose the Electoral College. Stand Up America, a progressive voting rights organization, hailed the move, with Executive Director Christina Harvey calling it «an important step forward for representative democracy.»
«Virginia has set another powerful example for other states of how to stand up for representative democracy even as they come under increasing pressure from the Trump administration,» said Harvey, adding, «The presidency should be won by the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide—not just the right combination of battleground states.»
She said, «this brings us one step closer to a system where Americans’ votes for President and Vice President count equally, no matter where they live.»
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact operates on a conditional trigger that keeps the law dormant until it can guarantee a victory for the national popular vote winner. While member states pass the legislation individually, the compact only activates when the total electoral weight of all participating states reaches a majority of the Electoral College, at least 270 electoral votes.
With Virginia officially joining, the compact currently sits at 222 electoral votes, meaning it remains 48 votes short of the threshold.
SPANBERGER DENIES ‘DEAL’ WITH SWING-DISTRICT DEMOCRAT AS GERRYMANDERING CLAIMS ABOUND STATEWIDE

The Virginia State Capitol during the inauguration ceremony of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger in Richmond on Jan. 17. State Democratic lawmakers have introduced more than 50 new tax or tax increases to the legislature for things like dog walking, deliveries and dry cleaning. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)
Until that 270-vote mark is met, the law has no effect, and member states continue to award their electors based on their own internal state results.
National Popular Vote, the organization advancing the compact, also celebrated Virginia being added, saying in a statement that the compact «will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.»
Patrick Rosenstiel, a spokesperson for National Popular Vote, told Fox News Digital he is «grateful» to Spanberger and the Virginia Legislature, saying «their support builds critical momentum for our movement to give 63 percent of American voters what they want, a national popular vote for President.»
«With Virginia’s 13 electoral votes, the National Popular Vote Compact is 48 electoral votes short of reaching the 270 required to activate it,» Rosenstiel noted, adding, «We’ll continue our state-by-state work until the candidate who wins the most popular votes is elected president and every voter is treated equally in every presidential election.»
The group noted that similar bills have been introduced in Wisconsin, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada.
Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, no voter will have their vote cancelled out at the state-level because their choice differed from plurality sentiment in their state. Instead, every voter’s vote will be added directly—without distortion—into the national count for the candidate of their choice. This will ensure that every Virginia voter is relevant in presidential elections moving forward.
Spanberger has also recently been accused by former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin of «illegal and unconstitutional» gerrymandering amid her push to redraw Virginia’s congressional maps.
Virginians will vote April 21 on Spanberger’s redistricting referendum, a move that Youngkin said would give Democrats 10 of the state’s 11 congressional seats.
Spanberger signed hundreds of bills passed by the majority-Democratic legislature on Monday. She also vetoed a few bills relating to unregulated skill-gaming machines and a proposed Fairfax County casino and sent back dozens with proposed amendments.
VIRGINIA DEM ADMITS REDISTRICTING PUSH AIMS TO ‘STOP TRUMP’, NOT ABOUT ‘FAIRNESS’

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger responds to President Donald Trump’s, unseen, State of the Union. (Steve Helber/Reuters)
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Among the bills that Spanberger signaled support for with proposed amendments was a slate of new restrictions on gun ownership, including a ban on «assault weapons,» as well as restricting law enforcement from assisting with immigration enforcement.
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger’s office for comment.
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Todo lo que hay que saber sobre ciclosporiasis, la infección intestinal vinculada a la lechuga contaminada

El brote de ciclosporiasis por lechuga en Estados Unidos ya dejó más de 4.100 casos confirmados y 308 hospitalizaciones, según datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC). Parte de la pesquisa vincula los contagios con lechuga iceberg retirada del mercado, mientras las autoridades mantienen abierta la investigación.
La ciclosporiasis es una enfermedad intestinal causada por el parásito Cyclospora cayetanensis. En este brote en Estados Unidos, los consumidores deben evitar los productos retirados del mercado, vigilar síntomas como diarrea y consultar a un profesional de salud si creen que hubo exposición a las verduras crudas.
Según detalló The New York Times, los casos confirmados se distribuyen en 41 estados y algunos están asociados ala lechuga iceberg servida en locales de Taco Bell. Los datos de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA) muestran que muchos casos se concentran en una región de cinco estados del Medio Oeste. El retiro voluntario alcanzó lechuga distribuida a 27 estados.
“Se han notificado infecciones por Cyclospora en al menos 41 estados este año, pero los investigadores aún trabajan para determinar cuántas forman parte del brote en nueve estados vinculado a la lechuga iceberg rallada suministrada por Taylor Farms y servida en restaurantes Taco Bell, y cuántas representan grupos separados o enfermedades no relacionadas. Las investigaciones incluyen la comparación de los historiales alimentarios de los pacientes, los resultados de laboratorio y los registros de la cadena de suministro”, informó hoy The Washigton Post.
Hasta la semana pasada, los CDC habían registrado más de 11.500 casos sospechosos de ciclosporiasis autóctona en lo que va de la temporada: 4.173 estaban confirmados y otros 7.400 seguían en evaluación, con pruebas y análisis de laboratorio adicionales para establecer si la infección se contrajo en los Estados Unidos.
Los CDC definen la ciclosporiasis como una enfermedad intestinal causada por el parásito microscópico Cyclospora cayetanensis. Las personas pueden contraerla al consumir alimentos o agua que contengan el parásito.
La propagación ocurre por contaminación fecal humana. En Estados Unidos, los brotes se han vinculado a frutas y verduras frescas.
La transmisión directa entre personas es poco probable porque el parásito necesita entre una y dos semanas en el ambiente para volverse infeccioso.
Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez, profesor asociado de seguridad de productos frescos en la Universidad Estatal de Colorado, advirtió que ese lapso dificulta reconstruir qué alimento originó el contagio solo a partir del recuerdo del paciente.

La infección afecta el intestino delgado y suele causar diarrea muy líquida, además de cólicos estomacales y otras molestias intestinales, según los CDC. El periodo de incubación suele ser de alrededor de una semana, aunque puede ir de dos días a dos semanas o más, de acuerdo con el CDC.
Los síntomas principales de la ciclosporiasis incluyen diarrea acuosa, fatiga y pérdida de apetito. También enumeraron calambres, hinchazón, aumento de gases, náuseas, pérdida de peso y fatiga.
En una guía para pacientes, la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chicago explicó que en el intestino delgado hay estructuras llamadas vellosidades que absorben agua y nutrientes, y que si un agente las daña el cuerpo no puede absorber esos componentes de forma adecuada, lo que puede derivar en heces sueltas y acuosas. En el documento, los médicos David Zhang y Joseph Newberg explican que un brote reciente del parásito Cyclospora puede provocar diarrea particularmente intensa.
Los síntomas pueden parecerse a los de otras enfermedades bacterianas, virales, parasitarias o asociadas a toxinas. En muchos casos, los pacientes pueden mejorar y luego muestran una reaparición de síntomas, ya que sin tratamiento la enfermedad puede durar varias semanas o más.

El diagnóstico requiere pruebas específicas en muestras de heces, según el CDC. Esa agencia precisa que a veces hacen falta varias muestras en distintos días porque el parásito Cyclospora puede ser difícil de detectar en análisis rutinarios.
Los CDC señalan como tratamiento los antibióticos trimetoprim con sulfametoxazol. También se aconseja consultar a un profesional de salud si aparecen síntomas tras una posible exposición.
“Con el tiempo, la mayoría de las personas con el sistema inmunitario saludable se recuperan de la ciclosporosis sin tratamiento”, indicaron las autoridades sanitarias de EEUU.
Los especialistas de la Universidad de Chicago apuntaron que, si la persona está sana y puede tolerar líquidos y electrolitos, puede ser conveniente permitir que el cuerpo elimine la causa de manera natural, con hidratación.
Aunque recomiendan consultar con el médico si la diarrea dura más de dos o tres días o si hay más de seis deposiciones por día. Las personas inmunocomprometidas y quienes tienen problemas renales enfrentan un mayor riesgo de complicaciones.
Una revisión publicada en la revista científica Foods señaló que Cyclospora cayetanensis es un protozoo emergente asociado a cuadros de gastroenteritis en distintos países. El trabajo indicó que, en las últimas dos décadas, los brotes de ciclosporiasis se vincularon de manera reiterada con el consumo de frutas y verduras frescas que suelen comerse crudas y son difíciles de limpiar, entre ellas frambuesas, albahaca, cilantro y lechuga.
Durante el brote, especialistas en seguridad alimentaria consultados por la revista Time advirtieron que el parásito Cyclospora puede contaminar diversos productos y vegetales frescos.
En ese contexto, expertos citados por Time coincidieron en que no es necesario dejar de consumir todas las verduras crudas: la estrategia es enfocarse en los productos retirados del mercado o vinculados a la investigación.
Donald Schaffner, profesor de microbiología de alimentos en Rutgers University, dijo: “Comí una ensalada anoche y la noche anterior, y voy a comer una ensalada esta noche, y explicó que se concentra en lo que fue retirado o identificado por las autoridades, en lugar de descartar una categoría completa de alimentos.
En la misma publicación, Barbara Kowalcyk, directora del Instituto de Seguridad Alimentaria y Seguridad Nutricional de la Universidad George Washington, sostuvo que evitar toda la lechuga no es la respuesta y recomendó que cada persona evalúe su nivel de riesgo, con especial atención para niños pequeños, embarazadas, adultos mayores y quienes tienen el sistema inmunitario debilitado.

Las recomendaciones inmediatas pasan por revisar la información oficial sobre retiros del mercado y no consumir los productos alcanzados por esas alertas, según los CDC. El doctor Gutierrez-Rodriguez pidió tomar el brote en serio y prestar atención a la aparición de síntomas.
Los CDC recomendaron tomar medidas para reducir el riesgo de enfermarse por Cyclospora: lavarse las manos y lavar bien todas las frutas y verduras con agua corriente antes de comerlas, cortarlas o cocinarlas.
La agencia también indicó que la cocción puede eliminar el parásito y advirtió que, como lavar los alimentos no garantiza la eliminación de Cyclospora, se deben cocinar los vegetales a una temperatura de al menos 158 °F (70 °C). Además, recomiendan a quienes vivan en los estados donde ocurre el brote, mantenerse informado sobre los alimentos retirados del mercado.
Los CDC indicaron que, si una persona compró lechuga retirada del mercado, debe desecharla o devolverla a la tienda, y que si desconoce el origen de la lechuga debe preguntar en el restaurante. También recomendaron lavar los artículos y superficies que pudieron haber estado en contacto con el producto retirado con agua caliente y jabón o en el lavavajillas.
El brote golpeó el consumo y la confianza de los compradores en Estados Unidos, donde las ventas de lechuga en la cadena Stew Leonard’s bajaron entre 10% y 11%, y las visitas a restaurantes centrados en ensaladas cayeron.
Taco Bell fue una de las cadenas más afectadas, con una caída cercana al 19% en visitas respecto del promedio del año, de acuerdo con datos citados por The New York Times. Ese medio también señaló que las acciones de Sweetgreen, Chipotle y Cava cayeron hasta 24% desde mediados de julio.
La reacción alcanzó a restaurantes pequeños, que retiraron temporalmente la lechuga o cambiaron ensaladas por vegetales cocidos. También creció la desconfianza por avisos de retiro que usaban códigos difíciles de interpretar para consumidores y comercios.
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Is Israel really isolated? Polls and diplomacy point in opposite directions

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President Donald Trump predicted in recent days that additional countries would soon join the Abraham Accords, renewing debate over whether Israel is becoming increasingly isolated or continuing to expand its most important strategic relationships.
«The Abraham Accords have been, I think, a tremendous success,» Trump said during a Tuesday Oval Office meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. «I think you’re going to see a lot of countries joining pretty soon.»
Trump’s prediction underscores a central debate about Israel’s global position: Public support for the country has fallen sharply in the United States and across much of the world, yet Israel continues to build or preserve diplomatic, military, energy and technology relationships with foreign governments.
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President Donald Trump predicted in recent days that additional countries would soon join the Abraham Accords. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Abraham Accords, brokered by the Trump administration in 2020, normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sunday. Trump has made expanding the agreements a central goal of his Middle East strategy.
The dispute depends partly on how isolation is measured. Critics point to worsening public opinion, pressure at international institutions and growing opposition among Democrats and younger voters. Israeli officials and conservative foreign-policy experts argue that government-to-government cooperation remains strong and, in some regions, is expanding.
Trump reinforced that strategy Thursday by saying a U.S. civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia would depend on the kingdom joining the Abraham Accords. The statement showed the administration attempting to use one of Washington’s most valuable offers to Riyadh to secure normalization with Israel, but it did not demonstrate that Saudi Arabia had agreed to do so.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon rejected the contention that Israel had become isolated.
«The claim that Israel is an isolated country is simply not true,» Danon told Fox News Digital. «While the campaign to dismantle the Hamas terrorist organization has drawn international criticism, Israel’s relationships with other countries have not weakened. They have evolved.»
Former White House national security official Richard Goldberg similarly argued that Israel retains strong support among conservatives and that its electoral gains are translating into closer government relations.
«Polling in the United States shows massive support among conservatives and Republicans, including self-described MAGA, for Israel still,» Goldberg told Fox News Digital. «And that’s reflected around the world, particularly among conservative candidates and parties that win elected office right now.»
Goldberg pointed to political changes in Latin America, expanding partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean and Israel’s continuing defense and technology relationships as evidence that public criticism has not translated into comprehensive strategic isolation.
The dispute comes amid polling that shows Israel retaining deep support among Republicans while losing ground across the broader American electorate and much of the world.
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Eighty percent of self-identified MAGA Republicans said Israel’s security matters to U.S. security and prosperity, a Reagan Institute survey released in June found, while 73% supported sending Israel U.S. weapons. Among MAGA Republicans under 30, 63% said Israel’s security matters to the United States and 60% supported sending weapons.
The same survey found that broader support was narrowing. Sixty-five percent of Americans said Israel’s security matters to U.S. security and prosperity, down six percentage points from a year earlier.
The figure fell nine points among Democrats to 57%, compared with 75% of Republicans and 80% of MAGA Republicans.
A Pew Research Center survey published in June found that a median of 67% of adults across 36 countries viewed Israel unfavorably, while 25% viewed it favorably. The findings came from Pew’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey.
In the United States, 60% of adults viewed Israel unfavorably, up from 53% in 2025 and 42% in 2022, according to a separate Pew survey conducted March 23 to March 29. Eighty percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents held an unfavorable view, while negative assessments were also widespread among adults under 50.
Israel no longer held a statistically significant advantage over the Palestinians in Americans’ sympathies, Gallup reported in February. Forty-one percent said they sympathized more with the Palestinians and 36% with the Israelis, although Gallup said the five-point difference was not statistically significant.
In 2023, 54% sympathized more with Israelis and 31% with Palestinians.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel highlighted that erosion during a July 8 speech at Tel Aviv University.
«Support for Israel around the world is declining,» Emanuel said, «The only diplomatic achievement Israel has secured in the past three years is Somaliland.»
THE US-ISRAEL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE – PARTNERSHIP, NOT CHARITY

Anti-Israel activists hold banners that include, «globalize the intifada» during a protest commemorating Nakba Day May 15, 2025, in the Brooklyn, New York. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Emanuel’s conclusion focuses on Israel’s declining public legitimacy and its strained position in traditional diplomatic institutions. Goldberg and Danon argue that it overlooks expanding government-to-government relationships built around defense, intelligence, energy, technology and trade.
Goldberg pointed in particular to Latin America, where he said newly elected conservative governments have made closer ties with Israel an early priority.
«Every time a government in South America right now flips from left wing to right wing, one of the first things they do is reestablish better relations with Israel, withdraw recognition of a Palestinian state and see what else they can do to make Israel a strategic partner,» Goldberg said.
He cited Argentina under President Javier Milei and the proposed «Isaac Accords,» along with political changes in Chile, Colombia and Bolivia, as evidence of a broader realignment.
Goldberg also argued that Israel remains central to emerging partnerships involving energy, defense, intelligence and critical infrastructure.
«If you’re in the Eastern Mediterranean and you’re Greece and you are Cyprus, you’re thinking about how do we work with Israel to make the Eastern Mediterranean partnership even stronger,» he said. «If you’re Armenia and Azerbaijan in a tough neighborhood between Turkey and Iran, you’re talking to Israel, you’re getting closer to Israel.»
Israel, Greece and Cyprus reaffirmed their strategic partnership during a trilateral summit in December 2025, agreeing to expand cooperation in energy, security, emergency preparedness and regional connectivity.
Danon said the diplomatic shift is visible even inside the United Nations, an institution where Israel routinely faces critical resolutions and public condemnation.
«We see this every day in the corridors of the United Nations,» he said. «While many South American countries were once highly critical of Israel in recent years, we are now cooperating with many of them. These discussions are happening in public and behind the scenes.»
«As Israel’s official representative to the United Nations, I regularly meet with ambassadors from around the world, including from Arab countries, to quietly advance initiatives where we share common interests,» Danon said.
Danon went further than Goldberg in assessing Israel’s position since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks and the subsequent war.
«Compared to the period before October 7th, Israel is in a far stronger geostrategic position,» Danon said. «That is reflected not only in regional developments but also in the country’s diplomatic relationships around the world.»
The competing evidence suggests that much of the disagreement depends on how isolation is defined.
Israel may be losing public support and influence in traditional international institutions while simultaneously preserving or expanding government-to-government cooperation in defense, technology, intelligence, energy and agriculture.
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European Union Council President, Charles Michel (center), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meet in January 2020 in West Jerusalem. (PhKobi Gideon / GPO / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Goldberg acknowledged that relationships driven by conservative political victories could become vulnerable when governments change.
But he argued that Israel is increasingly building relationships around durable national interests rather than political ideology alone.
The central risk for Israel is that today’s collapse in public opinion could eventually reshape tomorrow’s government policies. Conservative governments may currently protect and expand strategic ties, but younger voters and left-wing parties could alter those relationships after future elections.
Israel is scheduled to hold national elections Oct. 27, the country’s first since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
Goldberg argued that a change in Israel’s government would provide a test of whether international opposition is directed primarily at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or at Israel itself.
«If there is somebody else who becomes prime minister next, we will have to evaluate,» Goldberg said. «Those very loud detractors of Israel who right now use Netanyahu as their symbol for bashing and say it’s not about Israel, it’s about Netanyahu, they’ll be put to the test very quickly.»
He noted that the boycott movement and anti-Israel campus organizations remained active during the previous government led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, when Netanyahu was not prime minister.
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President Donald Trump predicted in recent days that additional countries would soon join the Abraham Accords, renewing debate over whether Israel is becoming increasingly isolated or continuing to expand its most important strategic relationships.
«Is their hatred and venom really just about Bibi Netanyahu, or is it fundamentally about a Jewish state that they don’t like existing?» Goldberg asked.
For now, both realities appear to be unfolding at once: Israel remains a sought-after military, intelligence and technology partner for a growing group of governments, while its support among the global public has fallen to levels that could eventually threaten those relationships.
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