House Democrats are staying far away from questions about whether former Vice President Kamala Harris should run for president again in 2028.

«I have no idea,» Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., the former House majority whip, told Fox News Digital.

«I have no idea who’s running, and we’ll focus on 2028 after 2026,» Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., answered, referring to the November midterms.

Although the slate of presidential candidates has ample time to settle, the responses hint at party uncertainty about whether Harris is the strongest figure who could represent the party in 2028 and underscore reluctance from lawmakers to project what their party might look like two years down the road.

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«I won’t comment until I know whether she really actually is or not,» Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., said.

Democrats suffered a blistering defeat in 2024, losing the popular vote nationally as Republicans stormed to a governing trifecta across the White House, Senate and House of Representatives.

Harris, who did not outperform former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election performance in any county across the U.S., raised eyebrows when she passed up an opportunity to run for governor of California, freeing her up for another shot at the White House.

«In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their Governor,» Harris said in a statement posted to Instagram last July.

«I love this state, its people and its promise. It is my home. However, after careful reflection, I’ve decided not to run for Governor in this election.»

But — even if Harris decides to throw her name in the ring — she likely won’t be the only candidate with a national profile looking to flip Democratic fortunes in 2028.

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Vice President Kamala Harris introduces President Joe Biden during a campaign rally at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pa., on May 29, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Alongside Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are all names being floated as potential presidential contenders, each of whom has made a name for themselves by opposing President Donald Trump.

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., believes that Democrats will have choices — and not just among governors either.

«I think that’s her decision,» Larson said of Harris. «But I believe there should be a wide-open Democratic primary, and I think there’ll be a lot of contenders; you know, governors, senators. But I also think people outside of government will be interested in running too.»

«It’ll be a healthy experience, and that anyone who’s interested ought to run,» Larson added.

Larson did not list any specific names he would support or expect to be a frontrunner in that picture.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, center, speaks with patrons during a stop at Crave restaurant ahead of a South Carolina Democratic Party fundraiser on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Greenville, S.C (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)

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Although he declined to definitively say whether he believes Harris ought to lead the Democratic ticket, at least one Democrat, Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., said he wouldn’t rule Harris out.

«I think there’s definitely a lot of support still out there for her. And she seemed real sharp on the issues still. So, we’ll see how it goes. But there’s gonna be a lot of people jumping in that one,» Ivey said.

El Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos anunció el viernes sanciones contra diez personas y empresas, incluidas varias con sede en China e Irán, acusadas de colaborar con el régimen persa en la obtención de armamento y materias primas para la fabricación de drones Shahed y misiles balísticos. La nueva medida surgió en medio de la incertidumbre

La medida ocurre en la antesala de un viaje del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump a China para reunirse con Xi Jinping y en un contexto de estancamiento en los esfuerzos para poner fin a la guerra con Irán, mientras el inquilino de la Casa Blanca aguarda la respuesta del régimen a su propuesta para la paz.

En un comunicado, el Tesoro aseguró que continuará adoptando acciones económicas dirigidas a la base industrial militar iraní para impedir que Teherán recupere su capacidad productiva.

La cartera advirtió que también está dispuesta a actuar contra cualquier empresa extranjera que respalde el comercio ilícito de Irán, incluidas aerolíneas, y que podría imponer sanciones secundarias a instituciones financieras que colaboren con los esfuerzos iraníes, entre ellas aquellas vinculadas a las refinerías de petróleo chinas independientes conocidas como “refinerías de té”.

Entre las empresas que se enfrentarán a las sanciones emitidas por la administración de Trump se encuentran la empresa china Yushita Shanghai International Trade Co. Ltd, la cual facilitó los esfuerzos de adquisición de armas para que Irán las comprara a China, y Elite Energy FZCO, con sede en Dubái, fue sancionada por transferir millones de dólares a una empresa de Hong Kong para facilitar el proceso de adquisición.

A su vez, HK Hesin Industry Co. Ltd, con sede en Hong Kong, y a Armory Alliance LLC, con sede en Bielorrusia, fueron las compañías que trabajaron como intermediarios en las adquisiciones y recibieron el revés económico de EEUU.

La empresa Mustad Ltd, con su central en Hong Kong, según la información del gobierno estadounidense, fue contratada para facilitar la adquisición de arsenal por parte del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán y también resultó sancionada.

En los detalles del informe, también se conoció que Pishgam Electronic Safeh Co., con sede en Irán, se encargó del suministro de motores utilizados en drones, mientras que Hitex Insulation Ningbo Co. Ltd, con sede en China, suministró materiales utilizados en misiles balísticos.

Irán, uno de los principales fabricantes de drones, cuenta con capacidad industrial para producir cerca de 10.000 unidades mensuales, según el Centro para la Resiliencia de la Información, financiado por el gobierno británico.

Brett Erickson, director gerente de Obsidian Risk Advisors, explicó que las sanciones buscan frenar la capacidad de Irán para amenazar el tráfico marítimo en el estrecho de Ormuz y a sus aliados regionales. El régimen persa cerró esta vía estratégica, por la que circula una quinta parte del petróleo crudo y gas natural licuado mundial, tras los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel a objetivos iraníes el 28 de febrero. El transporte marítimo en la zona se paralizó desde el inicio de la guerra, lo que provocó un fuerte aumento en los precios de la energía a nivel internacional.

Erickson señaló que las sanciones estadounidenses siguen centradas en objetivos específicos, lo que permite a Irán adaptarse y buscar nuevos proveedores, y remarcó que el Tesoro aún no ha actuado contra los bancos chinos que sostienen la economía iraní.

Por otra parte, las autoridades estadounidenses informaron en el documento del Tesoro que ampliaron las medidas contra Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd., empresa china previamente señalada por riesgos asociados a sanciones vinculadas a Rusia y que ahora también figura bajo restricciones relacionadas con el programa armamentístico iraní.

La cartera a cargo del secretario Scott Bessent revisó la información sobre el llamado Centro de Exportación del Ministerio de Defensa iraní, conocido como “MINDEX” o “MODLEX”, entidad acusada por Washington de participar en actividades de exportación vinculadas al sector de defensa de Irán.

La Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros (OFAC) advirtió que varias de las personas y empresas incluidas en esta nueva ronda de sanciones quedan expuestas a sanciones secundarias, una medida que puede afectar también a terceros que mantengan relaciones comerciales con ellas.

(Con información de Reuters)

EXCLUSIVE: Alabama Republicans are moving to force through a new congressional map that could reduce Democratic representation amid a narrow national GOP House majority, while rebuking Yankee Democrats traveling to the Yellowhammer State to gin up opposition.

State leaders argue the new Supreme Court ruling limiting the use of race in redistricting has changed the legal landscape, giving Alabama grounds to revisit and undo a court-imposed map that recently reshaped its congressional districts to help minority voters.

As attention shifted from Louisiana to Alabama after the high bench tossed the Pelican State’s map last week, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., traveled south to stump in Birmingham with fellow Democrats bemoaning legislators’ attempts to force the high bench to reconsider a partially conflicting order from three years prior.

«Well, I’m probably guessing that’s first time Cory Booker’s ever been in Alabama,» Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainville, told Fox News Digital.

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«The thing about it is the people that we represent have lived here most of all of their lives and they’re the ones that ask us to do something for them — not the Cory Bookers,» Ledbetter said. «And he can nationalize it all he wants to, but it’s not going to change facts.»

Booker joined Rep. Terri Sewell of Birmingham, the state’s lone Democrat, until the court-mandated redraw produced a Democratic flip by Rep. Shomari Figures of Mobile.

«We are in a storm right now — the question is, where will you stand, will you hold up your light,» Booker addressed a redistricting town hall in Birmingham, where he declared voting rights are on the ballot, according to the Alabama Reporter.

The Yankee Democrat said he came south out of obligation to recognize that the Supreme Court upended decades of progress made by Alabamians, according to the city’s NBC affiliate.

Late last month, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s 2-Democrat congressional map, in which Reps. Cleo Fields and Troy Carter’s Democratic districts were drawn with race as a significant factor.

Alabama faced a similar fight after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan forced the state to redraw its map, leading to a court-imposed plan that shifted its delegation from a 6-1 Republican split to 5-2 after Republicans created but were rebuked for the so-called «Livingston map» that gave minorities districts with 55% and 40% representation respectively.

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The interceding Livingston map, so named for Sen. Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, should be revisited and upheld by the Supreme Court in line with its more recent ruling, Ledbetter argued.

In passing the map, Ledbetter said he expects the Supreme Court will be forced to weigh in, via a new legal challenge or otherwise, and that the Louisiana ruling gives Alabama the precedent it needs to undo the high court’s prior ruling and imposed map.

Hendrick Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and William Byron lead the field at the YellaWood 500 — one of Alabama’s premier sporting events — at Talladega Superspeedway. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

«Once that happens, it gives the governor opportunity to call a special election.»

While any action taken by Ledbetter’s legislature would likely spur court action, he suggested quick passage is needed as Alabama’s primaries approach on May 19.

«If we did nothing, we had no shot, and doing this gives us the opportunity to have a ball in the air in case they do overturn [Milligan].»

Gov. Kay Ivey called the legislature to special session Monday to create plans for potential adjustment of upcoming primary elections, if the state is able to force the redistricting issue upon the Supreme Court.

Ledbetter said the Livingston map was fair, and attempted to follow the will of the court originally — adding that he plans to force the issue this week during the special session.

«Our goal is to pass the Livingston map and give the governor the opportunity if the 14th Amendment [provision] is removed; that gives us the opportunity to go forward with it,» he said, arguing the earlier ruling relied on legal standards that may now be affected by the court’s more recent decision.

«That’s really the only shot we got to be able to do this before the November elections is that map that’s existing,» he said.

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Pushing back again on Booker and critics of Alabama’s prior attempt to redraw, Ledbetter said the Livingston map, under today’s population footprint, actually gives all voting blocs a better shot.

A Fair Maps Rally was held in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. The rally coincides with the U.S. Supreme Court hearings in landmark redistricting cases out of North Carolina and Maryland. The activists sent the message the the Court should declare gerrymandering unconstitutional now. (Sarah Voisin/Getty Images)

«When that was redistricted that was a 50-50 seat,» he said of one of the Democrat-friendly districts on the map. «It gives everybody a shot and it’s got all seven seats open.»

He criticized national Democrats for descending on other states like Virginia to try to tip the scale of their own redistricting, noting that Alabamians elected a Republican supermajority in Montgomery and want to reflect that in Congress.

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«I don’t think it’s right for the courts to overstep their boundary and try to do legislation.»

Families play in the water at Orange Beach, Ala., a popular tourist destination in the Yellowhammer State (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ivey said in a statement the state has been battling «federal courts and activist groups who think they know Alabama better than Alabama» since the 2020 census.

«By calling the Legislature into a special session, I am ensuring Alabama is prepared should the courts act quickly enough to allow Alabama’s previously drawn congressional and state Senate maps to be used during this election cycle,» she said.

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With Ledbetter and his partners on the Senate side primed to repass the Livingston map, the Supreme Court would have about a week to step in ahead of the May 19 primary, while Secretary of State Wes Allen told the Montgomery Advertiser that no matter the result of the special session, that date is set in stone — setting up a reason for national attention to turn toward the Yellowhammer State.

Fox News Digital reached out to Booker and Ivey for additional comment.