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Wes Moore preemptively unloads on Baltimore Sun ahead of expose, as spox beefs with ‘right wing’ ownership
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Before The Baltimore Sun published a word of its reported investigation into Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s record, the Democrat state leader and his team were already blasting the paper’s new ownership as «right-wing» and cozy with President Donald Trump.
The Baltimore Sun, which was purchased by Sinclair executive chairman David D. Smith in 2024, is reportedly examining Moore’s military record, scholastic sports tenure and other parts of his background, Semafor reported earlier this week, citing the Sun has brought on investigative reporters from sister outlets under the Sinclair umbrella.
«It’s actually a very sad day because the Baltimore Sun used to be our paper of record. It’s now become the paper of the right wing,» Moore told former Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki in a recent interview, after Psaki noted the Sun was purchased in 2024 by Smith.
Moore, who has downplayed talks of a 2028 presidential bid, has previously faced scrutiny for listing a Bronze Star on a Bush-era White House fellowship application before he received the award, as well as questions about the depth of his Baltimore roots during his 2022 race against then-Gov. Larry Hogan. Moore ultimately received the Bronze Star in 2024.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO David Smith is seen in 1998. (Gordon Chibroski/Getty Images)
«[Y]ou’ve had a MAGA billionaire who is now currying favor for [President Donald Trump] and utilizing what used to be a prized paper for our region and now turning it to something that is not much more than right-wing drivel,» Moore said.
The governor added that Army members he served with don’t question his integrity in the same way and that Smith is the «canary in the coalmine» for wealthy conservatives trying to use their resources to please Trump, including using the media.
The interview elicited a lengthy rebuttal from the managing editor of the Smith-linked outlet investigating Moore: Spotlight on Maryland. The outlet is a collaboration between the Sinclair-owned FOX affiliate in Baltimore, ABC affiliate in Washington and the Sun.
«Democrats sure are putting in a lot of work to discredit a series before it’s even started running. That alone should raise a question: why?,» Spotlight on Maryland managing editor Candy Woodall tweeted, captioning Moore’s interview.
Woodall claimed Moore’s office threatened to disseminate files to «every media reporter» to try to discredit her investigation.
«We saw the same playbook in 2022 when a FOX-45 reporter asked why Moore allowed claims that he had received a Bronze Star that he didn’t have at the time. His team accused the reporter and media outlet of bias and a smear campaign,» she wrote.
«Two years later, after the New York Times wrote about the Bronze Star Moore hadn’t received, the narrative changed, and the governor said it was ‘an honest mistake’. In an August 2024 statement on his military record, Moore acknowledged he knew before leaving Afghanistan that he had not received the award.»
In that statement, Moore said his deputy brigade commander encouraged him to apply for a White House fellowship and simultaneously recommended him for a Bronze Star and told him to include that on his application.
Wes Moore, governor of Maryland, during an announcement in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg)
He added that in his officer evaluation, his superiors ranked him in the top 1% of Operation Enduring Freedom officers and called him «the best lieutenant I’ve encountered…» before later noting he «sincerely wish[ed he] had gone back to correct the note on my application.»
Woodall pushed back again in her tweet, saying that her journalists’ loyalties aren’t to officials but to Marylanders and that her team sent «hundreds» of questions to Moore and his staff to scant responses.
She claimed a Moore official admitted Spotlight doesn’t deserve to be treated like a news outlet and «nothing that comes out of Sinclair should be taken seriously.»
«If you want to know more, keep reading The Baltimore Sun, a 200-year-old newspaper that has survived many governors,» she quipped.
When asked for a response, Moore press secretary Ammar Moussa told Fox News Digital that «in light of revelations that Sinclair owner and Trump-donor David Smith is personally involved in Spotlight on Maryland’s reporting, what is the extent of Sinclair owner and Donald Trump ally David Smith’s influence in the FOX-45 and Baltimore Sun newsrooms?»
He also said Spotlight reporter Gary Collins is «not a journalist,» directing Fox News Digital to an X response to Collins, criticizing him as a former Maryland Republican Party official «working at the direction of your Trump-supporting boss.»
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«I will continue to report facts, just like my colleagues do,» Collins said.
Collins had also published a March 26 report on a roundtable Moore participated in near a Washington County warehouse rumored to be destined as an ICE facility.
Collins’ piece noted Moore’s complaint about the feds’ «lack of transparency» and contrasted it with what he said was a similar dynamic in Annapolis.
«[Moore’s] administration has yet to release full documentation tied to his military record, academic history, and prior credentials — records Spotlight On Maryland has requested for months,» Collins wrote, going on to scribe that Sun co-owner and Moore friend Armstrong Williams penned a column calling on the governor to «tell the truth and release the facts.»
Moussa also took aim at Woodall, asking her if Smith was behind her lengthy tweet.
«Did your Trump-supporting boss write this? Or does he only monitor your emails?» Moussa said.
Smith previously ruffled feathers on the left when Sinclair pulled «Jimmy Kimmel Live!» from its lineup following the controversial comic’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder. Sinclair is reportedly the largest owner of affiliates of ABC – the network that employs Kimmel.
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Christian farming communities under siege as US report names Fulani militants Nigeria’s deadliest threat
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JOHANNESBURG — An estimated 30,000 mostly Muslim Fulani militants are operating in Nigeria, causing «worsening insecurity and religious freedom violations,» according to an influential new report.
The report, by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), states «violence by Fulani militants caused the highest number of deaths among all religious communities in Nigeria over the last year, as compared to attacks by organized insurgent groups and criminal gangs.»
The Fulanis, so-called herders of livestock, have, according to the USCIRF report, «targeted Christian (farming) communities in the Middle Belt and, increasingly, the South, burning homes and churches as well as kidnapping, raping, and murdering.»
CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN SYSTEMATIC KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN IN NIGERIA BY JIHADI HERDSMEN, EXPERTS SAY
Funerals were held for about 27 Christians reportedly killed by Islamist Fulani tribesmen in Bindi village, Plateau State, Nigeria, on July 28, 2025. (Christian Solidarity International)
But a former counterterrorism expert at the State Department told Fox News Digital that the kind of strikes the U.S., working with Nigerian government forces, have recently carried out in Nigeria’s North against Islamist terrorist organizations such as Boko Haram and Islamic State, wouldn’t work against the Fulanis in the predominantly Christian central areas of the country.
Sterling Tilley, former acting director within the Bureau of Counterterrorism, who has worked in Nigeria for the State Department, said that the U.S. «militarily dealing with the farmer-herder conflict is not advisable because it is likely to bring more instability in the country.» Tilley, now director of the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship at Howard University, added, «There are some steps that can be taken to quell the violence, but there must be Nigerian political will to do so.»
Young people protest against the killings following a deadly attack by Fulani militants on Christian-majority villages in Benue state, that left 218 people dead and 6,000 displaced. The protest took place in Benue state in June 2025. (Open Doors UK)
This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commented on the recent strikes ordered by President Donald Trump on Nigeria, saying, «Maybe a year ago, [the president] heard the call of Nigerian Christians who were being targeted and killed by ISIS. And he said, ‘Pete, I want the War Department to focus on ensuring that we do everything we can to protect those Christians.’»
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Christians make up approximately 48% of Nigeria’s population. Fulani militants, the USCIRF report stated, «have often carried out operations during Christian holidays such as Christmas or Easter to further maximize the psychological impact, terrifying those communities from gathering to celebrate or worship. During attacks, assailants sometimes utter slogans with religious connotations, such as «Allahu Akbar« (Arabic for «God is great»).
But, according to the report, Muslims are being attacked too. «Fulani assailants have not spared Muslims, raiding herders’ cattle and violently attacking non-Fulani Muslim communities,» the report added.
Coffins arrive at Ibrahim Babanginda Square in Makurdi, Benue State, on Jan. 11, 2018, during a funeral service for victims of clashes between Fulani herdsmen and natives of Guma and Logo districts. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP)
«Violence at the hands of militants from the Fulani tribe far outnumbers violence from all other militant groups such as Boko Haram or ISWAP (Islamic State West African Province),» Henrietta Blyth, CEO of Open Doors UK & Ireland, an organization that highlights the persecution of Christians, told Fox News Digital.
While her organization was not part of the report, she said, «My heart has been broken as I have heard stories from women and men who have seen their beloved family members butchered in front of them or carried off into a life of slavery.»
AFRICAN UNION CHIEF DENIES GENOCIDE CLAIMS AGAINST CHRISTIANS AS CRUZ WARNS NIGERIAN OFFICIALS
Fulani Muslim men pray in Masallacin Shehu Mosque, Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria, on April 24, 2019. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)
Blyth added: «The situation is complicated, and as the report concludes, it is too simplistic to say all perpetrators are religiously motivated. What is undisputable is that Christians are highly vulnerable and often the victims, paying the price in blood. They desperately need protection and, for hundreds of thousands driven from their homes, the chance to heal and rebuild their lives.»
The USCIRF report also stated, «Criticism of responses to Fulani militant violence from federal and state authorities has often described their responses as unsatisfactory at best and complicit at worst.»
Tilley told Fox News Digital that elections are to be held in Nigeria next year, and «the Fulani do have considerable political influence as a voting bloc. Thus, the Nigerian government seems reluctant to take actions necessary to quell the violence for fear that they could lose their base of support in the North and Middle Belt.»
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Nigerian government for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.
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EN VIVO: Mientras Estados Unidos negocia con Irán, Hezbollah lanzó varios ataques contra el norte de Israel
Estados Unidos e Irán están cerca de firmar un acuerdo preliminar esta semana para reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz e iniciar conversaciones nucleares, aunque la Casa Blanca aún no ha emitido una determinación definitiva. El presidente Donald Trump convocó una reunión en la Sala de Situación de la Casa Blanca para tomar lo que describió como una “determinación final” sobre el pacto.
Irán y Estados Unidos llegaron a un entendimiento tentativo que contempla la apertura del estrecho de Ormuz, una de las vías marítimas de mayor tráfico de hidrocarburos del mundo, y el inicio de negociaciones sobre el programa nuclear iraní. La naturaleza provisional del acuerdo quedó en evidencia ante la ausencia de confirmación por parte del líder supremo iraní Mojtaba Khamenei, cuyo aval no ha sido anunciado oficialmente.
El negociador jefe de Irán advirtió que “no se dará ningún paso antes de que la otra parte actúe”, una señal de que Teherán espera un movimiento concreto de la administración estadounidense antes de avanzar en los compromisos adquiridos. La declaración refleja la desconfianza mutua que rodea las negociaciones.
La postura iraní sitúa al gobierno de Trump ante la presión de dar el primer paso para desbloquear el proceso. Hasta el momento, ninguna de las dos partes ha detallado públicamente los términos específicos del acuerdo tentativo.
En paralelo a las gestiones diplomáticas, la armada del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán informó haber disparado tiros de advertencia contra cuatro embarcaciones que intentaban cruzar el estrecho de Ormuz sin la coordinación o autorización previa requerida. El incidente fue comunicado a través de una cuenta de Telegram afiliada al cuerpo castrense.
A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:
Los precios del petróleo registraron su mayor caída semanal desde abril
El desplome se produce en medio de crecientes expectativas sobre una posible tregua entre Estados Unidos e Irán, que permitiría la reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz y aliviaría restricciones clave en el mercado energético global
Los precios del petróleo registraron su mayor caída semanal en siete semanas este viernes, arrastrados por las expectativas de un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos e Irán que pondría fin a tres meses de guerra y desbloquearía el estrecho de Ormuz. El crudo Brent del Mar del Norte, referencia en Europa, cerró en 92,05 dólares por barril, un descenso del 1,77% en la jornada y de más del 11% en la semana.
Hezbollah reivindica varios ataques contra el norte de Israel
Hezbollah, grupo respaldado por Irán, anunció el viernes haber lanzado una serie de ataques contra objetivos militares en el norte de Israel, cerca de la frontera con el Líbano, mientras delegaciones de ambos países mantenían conversaciones de seguridad en Washington.
El grupo armado afirmó en una serie de comunicados que atacó con drones concentraciones de soldados cerca de una localidad del norte de Israel, así como a otro grupo en un campamento militar en Galilea y a un cuartel.
Dron destruido cerca de la isla iraní de Qeshm
Las agencias de noticias semioficiales iraníes Tasnim y Mehr informan que un dron hostil fue detectado por el sistema de defensa aérea del ejército y destruido cerca de la isla de Qeshm.
La isla, ubicada en el estrecho de Ormuz, es la principal plataforma del poder naval de Irán.
La reunión del presidente Trump en la Sala de Crisis duró aproximadamente dos horas, pero el presidente no llegó a ninguna decisión sobre un nuevo acuerdo con Irán, según un alto funcionario de la administración que habló con The New York Times bajo condición de anonimato para referirse a las deliberaciones internas.
La administración cree estar cerca de un acuerdo, pero aún quedan ciertos asuntos en debate, como el desbloqueo de fondos para Irán, añadió el funcionario.
La UE anuncia la ampliación de las sanciones contra Hamas y la Yihad Islámica
“La UE ha decidido ampliar el alcance de sus medidas restrictivas contra Hamas y la Yihad Islámica Palestina para incluir también a los miembros del Buró Político de Hamás (Politburó), que promueven, defienden y justifican actos violentos. La UE también ha incluido en la lista a 10 miembros del Politburó”, añade en un comunicado.
Esta medida se produce un día después de que la UE impusiera sanciones contra algunos colonos israelíes.
Irán afirma que no hay negociaciones sobre el tema nuclear
El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán declaró el viernes que no se están llevando a cabo negociaciones sobre su programa nuclear, luego de que el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump sugiriera que Irán renunciaría a su uranio enriquecido en virtud de un acuerdo para poner fin a la guerra en Oriente Medio.
“En este momento, estamos centrados en terminar la guerra y no hay negociaciones sobre el tema nuclear”, declaró el portavoz del ministerio, Esmaeil Baqaei, a la televisión estatal.
Cancillería iraní afirma que aún no hay un “acuerdo final” con EEUU
La cancillería iraní afirmó este viernes que no hay ningún “acuerdo final” con Estados Unidos para poner fin a la guerra en Oriente Medio, después de que el presidente estadounidense dijera que se aprestaba a tomar una “decisión final” sobre un potencial pacto.
“Respecto al entendimiento, como les dije cuando hablé con ustedes, continúan los intercambios de mensajes pero aún no se ha alcanzado ningún acuerdo final”, dijo el portavoz del Ministerio iraní de Relaciones Exteriores, Esmail Baqai, a la prensa estatal.
Kazajistán ofreció custodiar el uranio iraní en caso de acuerdo nuclear entre Estados Unidos y el régimen de Teherán
Las autoridades del país centroasiático manifestaron su disposición para albergar material sensible si Estados Unidos y el régimen de Irán logran un entendimiento que aborde la situación del arsenal enriquecido al 60 por ciento
Kazajistán, Irán, uranio, AIEA y acuerdo quedaron unidos en una nueva propuesta sobre uno de los puntos más sensibles de las negociaciones entre Washington y Teherán: el director general del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica, Rafael Grossi, dijo a Financial Times que el país centroasiático está dispuesto a recibir las reservas iraníes de uranio enriquecido cerca de grado militar si ambas partes cierran un pacto sobre el programa nuclear de la república islámica.
Irán afirma que aún no se ha cerrado ningún acuerdo con Estados Unidos y que las negociaciones se centran en poner fin a la guerra, no en el programa nuclear.
El portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores iraní, Esmaeil Baghaei, declaró a la televisión estatal que, hasta el viernes por la noche, no se había cerrado ningún acuerdo con Estados Unidos, y añadió que la gestión del estrecho de Ormuz debe ser decidida entre Irán y Omán.
Baghaei también afirmó que Irán se centra actualmente en poner fin a la guerra con Estados Unidos y que «no estamos negociando sobre el programa nuclear iraní».
Marco Rubio se reunió con el mediador paquistaní antes de que Trump tome una “decisión final” sobre Irán
El secretario de Estado norteamericano recibió en Washington a Ishaq Dar, al que le agradeció el “papel constructivo” de su país
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, se reunió este viernes en Washington con el ministro de Exteriores de Pakistán, Ishaq Dar, mediador en las negociaciones con Irán, antes de que el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, tome su decisión sobre el acuerdo con Teherán.
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Anti-ICE agitator screams ‘I’ll kill your whole f- family’ day after Dem gov praises ‘peaceful protesting’
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A day after Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill praised «lots of peaceful protesting» happening outside a New Jersey ICE facility this week, the Department of Justice announced it is searching for an agitator who threatened to kill a federal agent and his wife and children.
Sherrill responded to the threats by calling on «everyone — especially members of federal, state, and local government» to «lower the temperature.»
The anti-ICE agitator was caught on camera on Wednesday night shouting to federal law enforcement, «I’ll kill your whole f—— family, your whole f—— is dead. Your children, your wife, all dead.» The agitator added, «I have your face, motherf—–, you’re dead, dead.»
Speaking with Fox News, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said, «That’s a federal crime, and not only threatening the ICE officer but think about how disgusting this individual is, threatening his family and his children with death.»
«What is this man doing? He’s just doing his job, standing there,» he continued. «We see his face, and I promise you, we will find him, and when we find him, we will arrest him, because it is a crime not only to threaten law enforcement but not surprisingly to threaten their family as well.»
WATCH: POLICE ABSENT FROM DELANEY HALL CHAOS AS AGITATORS BLOCK ICE VEHICLES AND AGENTS USE PEPPER SPRAY
ICE agents aside from New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Governor Mikie Sherrill)
After days of confrontations between anti-ICE agitators and federal officials outside Newark’s Delaney Hall, Sherrill said before the incident that «over the last couple of days» there has been «a lot of peaceful protesting going on, which, we’re going to continue to support.»
At the same time, Sherrill went on to say, «What seems to really be inciting a lot of this are really the ICE agents.»
«The ICE agents really need to stay out of there,» she continued, adding, «That seems to really be inciting a lot of this right now.»
In response to the man’s threats to agents, Sherrill told Fox News Digital that «threats of violence are unacceptable.»
She added, «I am a military veteran who has taken oaths to protect the Constitution with everything up to and including my life — and we are ensuring that people can protest peacefully as we share concerns about the horrific conditions inside Delaney Hall.»
«I am calling on everyone — especially members of federal, state, and local government — to keep people safe, de-escalate the situation, and lower the temperature,» Sherrill told Fox News Digital.
ANTI-ICE AGITATORS CLASH WITH FEDERAL AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS TENSIONS ESCALATE
ICE agents clash with protesters outside Delaney Hall east of downtown Newark, N.J. on Thursday May 28, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Demonstrations have been ongoing for days after detainees in the facility wrote an open letter claiming they were not being fed, not receiving proper medical care and not being allowed to speak to their families.
The demonstrations have turned violent at several points. On Wednesday night, keffiyeh-clad agitators clashed with ICE, hurling objects across a barrier as tensions continued to escalate. The agitators, protesting allegedly poor conditions for illegal immigrants held at the detention center, wielded mattresses and large traffic cones as makeshift shields.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows agitators shouting, «kill yourself, bro!» and «how do you live with yourself?» while tossing mattresses and other objects at agents.
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Protestors, politicians, and ICE agents gather outside Delaney Hall, an immigration facility in Newark, N.J., on May 27, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi/Fox News Digital)
The ICE agents deployed batons, pepper spray and threw objects back, in one instance tossing a wooden pallet at an agitator after yanking it away, according to video from the scene.
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Sherrill has called for the closure of Delaney Hall. She attempted to access the facility on Memorial Day, though she was denied entry by officials. Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., was granted access to conduct congressional oversight, though Sherrill was not. Kim detailed his entry into the facility in a series of X posts, calling the conditions «unacceptable» and citing a carton of milk he saw that was set to expire the next day.
Fox News Digital reached out to Sherrill for additional comment.
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