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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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Fox News Digital reached out to Sinclair and Smith for additional comment on Friday.
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Military vet sees opening for GOP in blue state amid ‘embarrassment’ of ‘stolen valor Walz’
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EXCLUSIVE: A former Navy SEAL and Marine veteran running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota sees an opening for a statewide GOP victory this election cycle, saying citizens are widely embarrassed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s «stolen valor» handling of the massive fraud scandal in the state.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Adam Schwarze, one of about half a dozen running for the GOP’s Senate nomination in Minnesota, said that with the Democratic Party embracing socialist policies in the state and across the country, «the stakes cannot be higher.» Without an incumbent to contend with, Schwarze said Republicans have a «20-year opportunity» to flip a seat that could determine which party controls the upper chamber.
He juxtaposed himself with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, the No. 2 leader in Minnesota and the current Democratic frontrunner for her party’s Senate nomination. Schwarze posited that Flanagan has been marred by her association with Walz and the still-unfolding fraud crisis that has rocked Minnesota.
«Everybody outside of Minneapolis is angered and embarrassed that Minnesota is internationally known [for] fraud. You can’t even go outside the country and say your state anymore because people are like, ‘What is wrong with your crazy state?’» he said, adding, «That’s going to really have a large effect in the voting in November.»
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Republican Senate candidate and military veteran Adam Schwarze (left) is ripping «stolen valor Walz» for claiming credit for cracking down on the rampant fraud in Minnesota while he says the Walz administration has mishandled the abuse. (Courtesy of the Campaign for Adam Schwarze for U.S. Senate; Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Though he has yet to receive the GOP nomination, Schwarze said that with 10 years as an infantry Marine and 11 years as a Navy SEAL officer, he would be a surefire candidate in a general election faceoff with Flanagan.
«Navy SEALs are seven for seven in general elections,» he said. «We don’t miss the target.»
Meanwhile, he accused Flanagan of «openly running as a socialist.»
Flanagan, who is running a progressive, anti-Trump campaign, has been endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. She recently appeared alongside Sanders at one of his «Fighting Oligarchy» tour stops in Rochester, Minnesota.
At the rally, Flanagan cast the current political moment as a «fight for who this country belongs to, billionaires and corporations or the rest of us.» She used much of her time onstage to rip the President Donald Trump-backed «one, big, beautiful bill,» U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the conflict in Iran and the proposed White House ballroom.
Flanagan asserted, «They don’t give a damn about you,» saying of the Trump administration, «This is just straight up corruption, period, full stop.»
Schwarze said that Flanagan’s rhetoric encapsulates the state of the Democratic Party right now.
«What’s the Democrat agenda nationally right now? It’s anti-Trump, pro-socialism,» he said. «Now, they’re going to run an open socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate. And I don’t think it’s going to work in Minnesota.»
He posited that «nobody outside Minneapolis is going to vote for socialism.»
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Minnesota GOP Senate candidate Adam Schwarze calls on Gov. Tim Walz’s Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to suspend her Senate campaign. (Courtesy of Campaign for Adam Schwarze for U.S. Senate)
But Schwarze said that while Minnesotans’ distaste for socialism will keep them from voting Democratic this year, he believes the fraud issue will drive voters to seek change at the ballot box.
«Fraud is everything. That’s going to be the thing that takes back our state for people like me who are just patriotic people,» he explained.
While on the campaign trail, Schwarze said he has seen as much as twice the normal number of people registering support for Republicans at local caucuses throughout Minnesota. He said he has also seen support in cities that are typically Democratic strongholds.
«Minnesotans are a really proud people. We’re farmers. We’re laborers. We have businesses,» he said. «What is throughout and known is just the anger and the embarrassment of being a Minnesotan in this time.»
Meanwhile, he ripped the Walz administration, saying, «They’re still trying to cover it up, or try to press for a different narrative on the story, take credit, which is what Walz does, right? Stolen Valor Walz, he loves to take credit, but not actually do the work.»
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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks at the United Center on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Schwarze said that Flanagan, too, shares in the blame.
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«We don’t know how many billions it truly is. But there’s still been zero people fired from the Walz administration,» he said. «And at the same time that Walz is now finally getting pushed aside by the establishment Democrats, they’re also trying to elevate Peggy Flanagan to the United States Senate.»
He accused Flanagan of being «right there for the $9 to $19 billion in fraud,» while adding, «Being a military guy my whole life, you don’t fail a mission and then get promoted.»
Fox News Digital reached out to Walz and Flanagan for comment.
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Vladimir Putin dijo que la guerra con Ucrania “está llegando a su fin”, pero no cede en sus términos
Una cosa parecía evidente tras la apagada conmemoración en Moscú, este fin de semana, de la victoria soviética sobre la Alemania nazi durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial: el presidente Vladimir Putin siente la presión.
Parte de ella viene de manera directa de Ucrania, a medida que Kiev incrementa sus ataques en territorio ruso y mantiene a las fuerzas de Putin prácticamente estancadas en el frente. Pero otra parte también procede del frente interno, con el aumento del descontento entre los rusos por las restricciones de internet y los problemas económicos.
Por eso, cuando Putin subió al podio ante un grupo de periodistas tras finalizar los festejos del sábado, el dirigente ruso pareció sentir la necesidad de enviar el mensaje de que no estaba librando una guerra eterna.
“Creo que el asunto está llegando a su fin”, dijo Putin.
Ese comentario fue el que generó titulares. Pero otras frases de Putin distaban mucho de ser una capitulación y mostraban el delicado equilibrio que intenta lograr mientras prosigue una guerra en la que muchos de sus principales objetivos siguen sin cumplirse.
El equipo militar ruso se mantuvo alejado de la plaza Roja el sábado, no solo por razones de seguridad, sino también porque las fuerzas rusas “deben centrar su atención en la derrota final del enemigo”, dijo Putin durante la conferencia de prensa. También arremetió contra las élites occidentales por no tener en cuenta los intereses de Moscú, por lo que llamó provocar el conflicto en primer lugar y por esperar erróneamente el colapso de Rusia. No dio indicios de que fuera a modificar sus exigencias con la intención de poner fin a la guerra.
“Quiere enviar un mensaje: ‘Entiendo que esta guerra tiene que terminar pronto, pero tiene que terminar bajo mis condiciones’”, dijo Stefan Meister, analista de Rusia en el Consejo Alemán de Relaciones Exteriores.
Aunque los índices de aprobación de Putin han descendido recientemente, siguen siendo bastante más altos que los de los años anteriores a que lanzara su invasión a gran escala de Ucrania en 2022, según el Centro Levada, un encuestador independiente. (Los sondeos de aprobación tienen limitaciones obvias en un sistema autoritario).
“No es que este régimen se esté desmoronando de repente y ya no haya apoyo”, dijo Meister. “Creo que lo que entendemos ahora es que está bajo presión. Y la presión funciona. Tiene que reaccionar de alguna manera ante ella”.
Para muchos rusos, el año ha traído aumentos de impuestos e incómodas restricciones a internet, ambos claros subproductos de la guerra, así como frustraciones derivadas de una economía tambaleante que ha provocado el cierre de empresas y el incremento de los precios de los alimentos y las facturas domésticas. Aunque el conflicto en Irán ha hecho subir el precio del petróleo, Rusia todavía no ha notado del todo los beneficios.
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Las conversaciones de paz canalizaron en su momento las esperanzas públicas de poner fin a la guerra. Pero han desaparecido de las noticias a medida que el gobierno de Donald Trump ha centrado su atención en Medio Oriente. Dos veteranos de guerra, uno de ellos herido, en Moscú, el 30 de abril de 2026. El presidente Vladimir Putin se encuentra en una situación delicada: reconoce el descontento público, pero no da ninguna señal de que vaya a renunciar a sus exigencias respecto a Ucrania. (Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)
Boris Nadezhdin, un político de la oposición que intentó presentarse a las elecciones presidenciales contra Putin en 2024 con una plataforma antibélica, pero fue excluido de la carrera, se ha estado preparando para presentarse a las elecciones parlamentarias previstas para otoño. Como parte del proceso, ha estado organizando grupos de discusión. Dijo que no había visto a los rusos tan enfadados con el gobierno desde la década de 1990.
“De alguna manera, las cosas han empeorado mucho desde principios de año”, dijo Nadezhdin en una entrevista telefónica.
El descontento, dijo, se divide en tres grupos principales: las personas mayores, molestas por sus bajos ingresos y el aumento del costo de vida; los jóvenes, descontentos por los nuevos cortes de internet y la limitación de las aplicaciones; y un amplio sector de la sociedad, frustrado por una guerra que cumple cinco años.
La gente tiende a culpar al gobierno en general o a las autoridades locales, más que al propio dirigente ruso, de los diversos problemas, dijo Nadezhdin.
“De momento, la opinión predominante es ‘el zar es bueno, los boyardos son malos’”, dijo Nadezhdin, al repetir un dicho común en Rusia que se refiere a los líderes supuestamente benévolos engañados por sus asesores.
Aunque Putin no se enfrenta a ninguna amenaza electoral, Nadezhdin dijo que el pueblo ruso se encuentra en la “primera etapa del despertar”.
Recientemente, Putin se ha mostrado inusualmente vulnerable. Según los analistas, los asesinatos de los principales dirigentes iraníes por parte de Estados Unidos e Israel avivaron los temores del líder ruso sobre su propia seguridad y dieron una justificación para limitar de forma más drástica el acceso a internet. Al mismo tiempo, Kiev ha intensificado los ataques de largo alcance contra Rusia con nuevos misiles de crucero y aviones no tripulados de fabricación nacional.
El período previo al desfile del Día de la Victoria del sábado estuvo dominado por un frenesí de especulaciones sobre la posibilidad de que Ucrania atacara las festividades, tal vez con drones guiados por internet móvil. Eso dio lugar a medidas de seguridad muy estrictas y a amenazas serias de Rusia de lanzar un contraataque devastador.
Antes de los acontecimientos, un envalentonado presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski, emitió una declaración en la que “permitía” el desfile y prometía no atacar la plaza Roja. El Kremlin dijo que no necesitaba permiso de nadie para celebrar el acto.
*Por Paul Sonne, corresponsal internacional que se enfoca en Rusia y las diversas repercusiones de la política interior y exterior del presidente Vladimir Putin, con especial atención a la guerra contra Ucrania. Alina Lobzina colaboró con reportería desde Londres.
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