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Trump’s endorsement fails to save MAGA candidate as billionaire advances in key governor race
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ATLANTA, Ga. — President Donald Trump’s endorsement wasn’t enough to boost Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to victory Tuesday night in the ballot-box showdown for the southeastern battleground state’s Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Jones was defeated by billionaire businessman Rick Jackson in the GOP runoff election for Georgia governor, the Associated Press reports, in the race to succeed term-limited conservative Gov. Brian Kemp.
Jackson, who shelled out over $100 million of his own money on his bid, will now face former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who served in the Biden administration, in this autumn’s general election. Bottoms avoided a runoff by winning a majority of the vote as she topped six other candidates in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
«When I announced my campaign, I said the political class protects itself….it’s a cartel and I said I’m coming to break it up. Well, tonight, we shattered it,» said Jackson, who launched his campaign in February, in his victory speech.
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«I’m the only candidate who doesn’t owe a thing to the political establishment,» Jackson emphasized. «I can’t be bought, and I’m not going to back down…. Tonight we did more than win a runoff. Tonight we proved that the people of Georgia are in charge.»
Jackson was unknown to Georgia voters a few months ago, but thanks to an avalanche of ads, his story of building a business empire despite growing up in foster care and not being able to afford college became well known in the Peach State.
«I know what it’s like to feel like nobody sees you, especially the elite and the powerful,» Jackson said in his speech a hundreds of supporters. «When you grow up the way I did, you never forget where you came from. You never forget the families who are working harder than ever, but still falling behind.»
Jackson was also boosted in the final stretch ahead of the runoff election by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the conservative firebrand from Texas.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, right, and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speak with Fox News Digital, after Cruz headlined a Jackson campaign event in Alpharetta, Georgia, on June 15, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News )
Throughout his campaign, Jackson has said that Trump inspired him to run.
«I just thought, you know, if you had somebody doing business solutions for the state of Georgia, just like Trump is for the United States, I just felt like I would have a major impact on the state of Georgia, and so that was one of the reasons I wanted to get in. I was inspired by President Trump,» Jackson told Fox News Digital last month.
And he repeatedly highlighted that, like Trump, he’s an outsider and businessman. «I’m going to be Trump’s favorite governor because we’re just alike on the way that we handle business and handle problems, and I want to do exactly in Georgia what he’s doing at the federal government,» he reiterated in a Fox News Digital interview Sunday.
And Jackson spotlighted his outsider credentials, saying that voters could «see somebody that’s actually like Trump, not just endorsed. And from that standpoint, I think having an outsider is what our people want.»
Cruz joined Jackson on the campaign trail for a runoff eve rally.
«Rick has an extraordinary record, an extraordinary life story. And I also think he’s positioned to win. And the stakes are too high. This election is a battleground all across the country. We can’t afford to lose Georgia,» Cruz told Fox News Digital.
When Cruz endorsed Jackson on Friday, he also supported South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is facing off in a week against Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.
Asked if he’s trying to put some daylight between himself and the president on the campaign trail, Cruz quickly responded, «No. Not remotely….The president and I agree on the vast majority of races. What I try to do in every race is endorse the strongest conservative who can win. And typically I get in races late in the race at a time where my support might be able to make a difference and be helpful.»
Jones, on the eve of the Cruz visit, took aim at Jackson.
«He keeps on bringing in these out-of-state senators, and I would much rather have the president’s endorsement,» he said. «He’s having to go out of state to get his support. We’re keeping all our stuff in state.»
And Jones repeatedly questioned his rival’s support for the president, pointing to Jackson’s past donations to Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans as evidence that he was out of step with the MAGA wing of the party.
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones highlighted support from President Donald Trump as he ran for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the key southeastern battleground state. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«He’s been dishonest about who he is. He’s been dishonest about who he’s supported in the background,» Jones charged. «He’s actually, you know, portraying himself as something that he’s not.»
Jackson pushed back, saying the attacks on him were «just lies.»
Jones and Jackson were the top two finishers in last month’s crowded and competitive GOP gubernatorial primary, which also included state Attorney General Chris Carr and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Because no candidate topped 50%, Jones and Jackson advanced to the runoff.
Jones, a former captain of the University of Georgia football team, an oil executive and heir to the Jones Petroleum Company, served as a state senator before winning election in 2022 as lieutenant governor. A major Trump supporter, he was endorsed by the president last August.
«He and I have a long-standing relationship — friendship — and I’ve always been a big supporter of his, and he’s a very big supporter of mine, as well,» Jones said last month in a Fox News Digital interview as he pointed to Trump.
And he repeatedly showcased the president’s endorsement during the primary and runoff campaigns.
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Kemp made a last-minute endorsement on Sunday, backing Jones. And at an event Monday morning, Kemp explained that his mission is «to make sure that we have the best folks at the top of the ticket that can win in November and you know, that’s why I’m supporting Burt Jones for governor.»
«When you think about the direction of the state, the great things that we’ve been able to do, I think he’s best suited to move the state forward,» Kemp said. And he warned of the «consequences of not winning, like we’ll be going the way of Virginia, New York, California, we just cannot afford to do that.»
Term-limited GOP Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, right, endorses Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the Republican gubernatorial runoff, in Atlanta, Georgia on June 15, 2026. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Jackson, looking to the general election battle with Bottoms, told Fox News Digital that when it comes to his spending, «I’ll put in whatever is necessary. We cannot have somebody that doesn’t know how to run the city that now wants to run the state. So, from that standpoint, I’ll do whatever is necessary to win in November.»
Bottoms, in a statement, took aim at Jackson.
«Rick Jackson is focused on enriching himself as Georgians are losing their health care coverage and are forced to pay soaring costs. Jackson has made more than a billion dollars off of a no-bid state contract for his health care company, but he opposes Medicaid expansion to lower the cost of health care,» Bottoms argued in a statement. «Georgians deserve a governor who is focused on ensuring they have every opportunity to thrive and who will fight for them when Donald Trump’s reckless policies hurt Georgia – that’s what I will do as governor.»
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, walks with her son Langston Bottoms, right, to vote early in the Georgia Primary Election, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Atlanta (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
While he wasn’t on the ballot, Trump’s immense clout over the GOP was facing another key test in Georgia.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past six weeks, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped two weeks ago when his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
Trump rebounded last week, as the candidate he endorsed in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination.
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Meanwhile, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.
Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.
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¿Vacaciones de invierno en Europa? Entrar y salir de la UE puede ser un «vía crucis» para los no europeos
Este verano europeo puede convertirse en una pesadilla para quienes tengan que entrar o salir del espacio Schengen de libre circulación que comparten la mayoría de los 27 países de la Unión Europea.
La entrada en vigor del Sistema Europeo de Entrada y Salida (EES, en sus siglas en inglés), basado en un registro biométrico de los viajeros extra-comunitarios como medida de seguridad pero sobre todo para luchar contra la inmigración irregular, está provocando importantes retrasos en muchos aeropuertos europeos justo cuando empieza la temporada alta de turismo estival.
Quienes durante años entraron con un trámite más o menos rápido, británicos, estadounidenses, canadienses, japoneses, australianos, buena parte de latinoamericanos, entran ahora después de pasar horas en la fila.
Los aeropuertos y las líneas aéreas protestan, pero por ahora la Comisión Europea y los gobiernos nacionales no se mueven y aseguran que ha habido tiempo de sobra para prepararse.
En algunos aeropuertos, los más concurridos de países como España, Portugal, Italia, Grecia y Bélgica, las colas son de horas en la fila de los viajeros que no residen dentro del espacio Schengen. Algunos viajeros han pasado hasta cinco horas esperando por el control. Los aeropuertos más señalados por ahora son Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife Sur, Lisboa, Roma y Bruselas.
El EES es un sistema que sustituye al tradicional sellado manual del pasaporte por un registro digital que guarda la fotografía de la cara, las huellas dactilares y los datos del documento con el que viaje cualquier ciudadano no residente legal en la Unión Europea que vaya a pasar hasta 90 días en el espacio Schengen.
Más allá de 90 días es necesario un permiso de residencia. El sistema busca alimentar una base de datos común para los países participantes.
El problema en los aeropuertos es que el proceso de copiar de forma digital todos los datos es más lento que el antiguo proceso de sellar el pasaporte y la eventual visa para quien la necesitara. Sobre todo si es el primer viaje del pasajero en cuestión y nunca había sido registrado en Europa.
En ese caso se lo debe fotografiar y tomar las huellas dactilares para ser digitalizadas. Si por alguna razón no funciona, hay que pasar a un control manual que ralentiza aún más el proceso.
Las aerolíneas llevan meses advirtiendo a la Comisión Europea que el sistema no estaba preparado para entrar ya en vigor. Alegan que falta personal y que en los quioscos de registro automáticos hay continuamente problemas técnicos.
La Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (AITA, la gran asociación mundial de aerolíneas) pidió incluso a la Comisión Europea que aplazara la entrada en vigor del nuevo sistema o que permitiera suspender temporalmente los controles cuando las filas de pasajeros son demasiado largas.
El viajero puede completar parte del registro en su celular antes de llegar al control, pero a debe detenerse igual porque necesita hacerse una fotografía y verificar sus huellas dactilares.
La Comisión Europea sigue rechazando la suspensión. El brazo ejecutivo de la Unión Europea asegura que no habrá suspensión generalizada y que el EES es un instrumento esencial para la seguridad europea.
Además, recuerda que ya se registraron más de 100 millones de movimientos fronterizos y se detectaron varias decenas de casos de incumplimiento de las normas de estancia.
La inmensa mayoría son casos de personas que pasaron más de los 90 días de estancia máxima para turistas. La Comisión sí reconoce que en unos 20 pasos fronterizos hay problemas mayores, pero recuerda que el sistema ya permite excepciones específicas en algunos casos.
Además de en los aeropuertos, hay problemas en algunos puertos, como el británico de Dover para registrarse para viajar hacia el continente europeo. Y en el Eurotúnel, el tren que cruza bajo tierra el Canal de la Mancha entre la ciudad francesa de Calais y la inglesa de Folkestone.
Los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea no están sujetos a estos registros, por lo que las filas son sólo para quien no tiene residencia legal en la Unión Europea.
La Comisión Europea pide tiempo. Fuentes comunitarias explican que los problemas se irán solucionando en cuanto los sistemas informáticos se corrijan y el personal en los puestos fronterizos vaya tomando experiencia con el nuevo sistema de control.
Mientras tanto, la recomendación es ir al control fronterizo varias horas antes de lo habitual y chequear la información que publican en sus sitios webs los aeropuertos.
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WATCH: Surfaced videos of Dem Senate candidate backing ‘defund the police’ contradict recent denials
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The front-runner in Michigan’s messy Democratic primary has repeatedly said he never called for defunding the police, but unearthed interviews and video from years earlier tell a different story.
Abdul El-Sayed, who is running for the Democratic nomination in Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., has been adamant throughout his push for the Senate that he never wanted to strip tax dollars from police departments, going so far as to say he deleted old tweets embracing the ideology.
But in a video for the University of Michigan published five years ago titled, «Systemic Racism as a Public Health Issue,» El-Sayed argued that funding police and their use of force was a facet of systemic racism and constituted a public health issue.
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Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed has spent his campaign denying that he wanted to defund the police, but in an unearthed clip, he asked, «Do police really need to use guns?» (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
«Why are we investing so much in people with guns and less in people with the means of being able to invest in young folks, empower folks through their livelihoods, and empower them to live their best lives?» El-Sayed questioned.
«Do police really need to use guns? Do we need as much of a police force?» he continued. «And so, if we ask ourselves about how we spend money in the public, where that money goes, where it comes from, we need to make a lot better decisions about investing in the things that root out poverty, rather than investing in policing poverty.»
The video follows a report from CNN that found during the height of the «defund the police» movement in 2020, El-Sayed leaned into it.
During an interview with Detroit Public Radio from June 2020, El-Sayed argued that he never directly called to «defund the police,» but he contended that the principles behind the movement were difficult to express online in a tweet.
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«So, you’ll note, I didn’t say ‘defund the police,’ I just described what needed to be done,» El-Sayed said. «And I do think we need to be really focused on describing or explaining rather than sort of hedging on one side or the other behind a hashtag.»
«Defunding the police is disinvesting in the means of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets and investing more in the means of educating and empowering and engaging communities with the means of being able to take on systemic poverty that we’ve allowed to fester in too many communities.»
El-Sayed tried to pitch his stance as «refunding» the police to ensure taxpayer dollars don’t flow to «buy war materiel to wage war in our streets.»
«What we call that is, to me, less important than what we do on the problems on the ground,» he said at the time.
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Chicago police officers patrol downtown on Aug. 26, 2025, in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Roxie Richner, a campaign spokesperson for El-Sayed, said in a statement to Fox News Digital that he worked closely with law enforcement during his time as director of Health, Human, and Veterans Services for Wayne County, Michigan, and that «as hands-on experience always allows, his perspective has become more nuanced.»
«One simple word has never been enough to fully explain the reforms we need for a challenge as complex as our criminal legal system,» she said.
«Just as he did in Wayne County in 2023, Abdul believes we need to improve law enforcement recruitment, retention, and retirement funding so that law enforcement officers come from the communities they serve,» Richner continued. «He also believes we must reject militarized policing, pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and opt for community violence intervention, behavioral health response, and improvements in public health to reduce violence and protect the lives of communities and law enforcement alike.»
Still, El-Sayed has sought to clean up his position on the matter as he runs ahead in one of the most consequential races of the 2026 midterm cycle.
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He and Stevens are vying to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., for a seat Republicans are hungry to flip.
And more broadly, El-Sayed is part of the progressive wave that is flooding into the Democratic Party, sporting endorsements from progressive heavyweights like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
The candidate, however, can’t seem to shake off his posts and interviews from years ago despite this support.
Just last week during an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt, El-Sayed was pressed on his old posts and shot back that he «deleted all the tweets, because I didn’t want them to be taken out of context like this.»
He chalked up the issue to «clickbait in D.C.»
«I think this debate about 2020 and the ways that tweets are going to play are really nice on CNN if you want to get clicks,» El-Sayed said. «They’re not that effective, and nobody really asks me about them on the streets or in communities in Michigan.»
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Sube el petróleo y caen los mercados tras la nueva escalada entre Estados Unidos e Irán en Medio Oriente
Los precios mundiales del petróleo se dispararon más de 6% este miércoles después de que el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, afirmara que el acuerdo de cese el fuego con Irán “se terminó”, tras una nueva escalada de ataques en Medio Oriente que reavivó el temor a una crisis energética global.
El barril de referencia internacional Brent avanzó 7%, hasta los USD 79,35, mientras que el contrato estadounidense West Texas Intermediate (WTI) subió 6,5%, hasta los USD 75,04 por barril. Ambos contratos habían retrocedido en las últimas semanas desde picos que superaron los USD 100, a niveles cercanos a los previos al estallido de la guerra con Irán, a fines de febrero.
Estados Unidos lanzó una ofensiva contra el régimen de Teherán luego de que fuerzas iraníes atacaran tres embarcaciones en el estrecho de Ormuz, la vía marítima por la que transita cerca de una quinta parte del petróleo y gas natural que se comercializa a nivel mundial.
“Para mí, creo que se terminó”, respondió Trump al ser consultado sobre el estado del cese el fuego, al margen de la cumbre de la OTAN que se celebra en Ankara, Turquía, aunque aclaró que permitirá que continúen las negociaciones. “Es solo una pérdida de tiempo tratar con ellos”, agregó el mandatario.
Los principales índices de Wall Street recortaban parte de sus pérdidas respecto de la apertura, aunque se mantenían en terreno negativo. El Dow Jones cedía 1,19%, hasta los 52.295,99 puntos. El S&P 500 retrocedía 0,49%, hasta los 7.467,28 puntos, mientras que el Nasdaq Composite, de fuerte peso tecnológico, perdía 0,26%, a 25.750,64 puntos. El índice de volatilidad VIX saltaba 8,5%, hasta los 17,50 puntos.
El repunte del crudo también presionó al mercado de bonos: el rendimiento de los Treasury a 10 años avanzaba 1,32%, hasta 4,589%, mientras que el bono a 30 años subía a 5,08%. Analistas advirtieron que los inventarios estadounidenses en la Reserva Estratégica de Petróleo cayeron a su nivel más bajo desde 1983, lo que deja a los mercados más expuestos ante eventuales shocks de oferta.
La atención de los inversores también se centra en la publicación, esta tarde, de las minutas de la última reunión de la Reserva Federal, la primera bajo la presidencia de Kevin Warsh. Según datos de futuros de tasas, los operadores elevaron a 85% las probabilidades de una suba de tasas para diciembre, frente al 80% del martes, mientras que las apuestas para una suba en la reunión de octubre pasaron de 70% a 75%.
En Europa, las pérdidas se profundizaron respecto de la apertura. El DAX alemán perdía 2,21%, hasta los 24.901,24 puntos, y el CAC 40 de París caía 2,26%, a 8.245,52 unidades. El FTSE 100 británico bajaba 1,67%, hasta los 10.487,89 puntos, y el EURO STOXX 50 retrocedía 1,87%.
En la región asiática, el Nikkei 225 de Tokio se hundía 2,1%, hasta los 66.819,05 puntos, mientras que el Kospi surcoreano se desplomaba 5,4%, a 7.246,79 unidades, arrastrado por la venta masiva de acciones tecnológicas vinculadas a la inteligencia artificial, como Samsung Electronics y SK Hynix. Samsung caía 6,3% este miércoles, tras retroceder cerca de 7% la jornada anterior, pese a haber proyectado un salto de más de 1.800% en su beneficio operativo por la demanda de chips de IA. SK Hynix, por su parte, perdía 5,7%.
En contraste, la Bolsa de Hong Kong subía 3%, hasta los 24.199,46 puntos, impulsada en parte por un salto de más de 13% en las acciones de la firma china de inteligencia artificial Zhipu. El índice Shanghai Composite cedía 0,5%, a 3.970,88 puntos, y el Taiex de Taiwán avanzaba 0,6%.
Analistas del mercado señalaron que la escalada geopolítica se combina con una creciente preocupación por las valuaciones del sector tecnológico y de inteligencia artificial, que en las últimas semanas venía concentrando la atención de los inversores. En el mercado cambiario, el dólar se fortaleció frente al euro y se mantuvo cerca de mínimos de 40 años frente al yen japonés.
En el marco del acuerdo provisional para poner fin a la guerra, Irán y Estados Unidos habían pactado permitir el paso de buques por el estrecho sin cobro de tasas durante 60 días. Sin embargo, Teherán insistió en controlar las rutas de navegación y advirtió que más adelante cobraría tarifas de tránsito, lo que alteraría décadas de prácticas establecidas en la vía marítima.
Los buques atacados el martes navegaban por una ruta cercana a la costa de Omán, distinta de la autorizada por el régimen iraní. Según el Centro de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo del Reino Unido, un petrolero resultó alcanzado y se incendió frente a las costas omaníes; la televisión estatal iraní sostuvo que el buque de gas natural licuado fue atacado tras ignorar advertencias, sin reivindicar el hecho de manera directa. Otras dos embarcaciones sufrieron daños menores y continuaron navegando. El vocero de la Cancillería de Qatar, Majed al-Ansari, calificó de “acto inaceptable” el ataque al petrolero qatarí Al Rekayyat y responsabilizó legalmente a Irán.
(Con información de AFP, AP y Reuters)
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