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Long-lost Pan Am crash wreckage found decades after deadly disaster that reshaped airline safety
Wreckage was found from a Pan Am flight that ditched in the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, a crash that killed 52 people and helped lead to mandatory passenger safety briefings on commercial flights.
Searchers recently found the wreckage of the DC-4 by using an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with high-resolution sonar to locate the fuselage and separated tail in nearly 2,000 feet of water.
The Clipper Endeavor aircraft made a hard landing in the ocean after losing engine power shortly after departure from San Juan, Puerto Rico, en route to New York City.
The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts. The plane sank within minutes.
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The Civil Aeronautics Board attributed the accident to inadequate maintenance that contributed to the engine failure and to the captain’s handling of the aircraft after power was lost.
The panic from the occupants struggling to grab floatation devices helped spur aviation-safety reforms, including mandatory preflight passenger briefings and improvements involving flotation equipment.
The crash first drew the attention of Air/Sea Heritage Foundation President Russ Matthews in 2019 when he heard about a luggage tag from the flight washing ashore in Florida and began to dig deeper.
This led to years of combing through the Pan Am and Coast Guard archives in search of clues about the location of the plane's wreckage. Reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board, which preceded the Federal Aviation Administration, also aided the search.
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However, the key to the wreckage discovery was found in records in Puerto Rico from a hearing held on the crash and a map estimating the site of the crash that was made by Air Force pilots who witnessed the accident because they were in the area on a training flight.
Bad weather disrupted a previous attempt two years ago to find the wreckage with a towed sonar array. Matthews said he and his volunteers wanted a second attempt to locate it before next year's 75th anniversary of the crash with a newer advanced drone that was originally created for military uses such as finding undersea mines.
Tony Romeo, the CEO of the undersea exploration firm Deep Sea Vision, had been speaking to Matthews for some time about the possibility of helping to find the aircraft if one of his ships was ever in the area. Then in April, one of the company’s ships was passing Puerto Rico between two other jobs while carrying an advanced underwater drone with the right sensors to find the plane.
"There we were, and everything kind of came together at the moment: good weather, the right team, and the right equipment and ship. So we took a shot at it," said Romeo, whose father was a mechanic and pilot for Pan Am.
Deep Sea Vision previously led an unsuccessful six-month mission in search of Amelia Earhart's plane.
All the research Matthews' group had conducted, along with weather data from the time of the crash, was synthesized to develop a map of the most likely location and a search area of 10 square nautical miles. The drone located the wreckage on its first pass over that area, but searchers were unaware until it returned to the surface with images.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
$290M cocaine haul found ‘skillfully concealed’ in massive banana shipment
Italian authorities seized roughly 1,700 pounds of cocaine hidden among pallets of bananas at a major port, officials said Tuesday.
The drugs were divided into 650 packages and "skillfully concealed" inside a refrigerated shipping container that arrived at the port of Vado Ligure from one of Ecuador’s main ports, according to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza.
A field test conducted during the inspection determined the substance was "extremely pure cocaine," officials said.
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Authorities said the bust was one of the largest anti-drug operations carried out at the port in recent years.
The shipment could have generated an estimated 250 million euros, or nearly $290 million, if it had reached the street market.
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The seizure followed an extensive analysis of commercial shipping routes linking South America with Vado Ligure, an important gateway for goods entering Europe — and an "attractive" target for international drug traffickers, according to officials.
"The operation forms part of an ongoing and targeted effort to combat the international trafficking of narcotics, including efforts to protect the most vulnerable segments of the population, who are often exposed to the harmful effects of this type of criminal activity," Guardia di Finanza said.
The seizure comes weeks after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine hidden in a commercial tractor-trailer carrying cabbage at the Pharr Port of Entry in Texas.
A canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan alerted officers to the concealed load, CBP said. A physical search of the trailer uncovered 477 packages containing 1,173 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of nearly $10.8 million.
Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.
House narrowly backs allowing troops, Pentagon workers to carry personal guns on military bases
The House voted 215-214 Tuesday night to make approval the default when qualified service members and Pentagon civilian employees ask commanders for permission to carry personal firearms on military installations.
Three Democrats joined most Republicans to approve the measure, while three Republicans and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley of California opposed it.
The amendment from Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., would not automatically authorize personnel to carry firearms on military property. It would establish a presumption that installation commanders approve requests from qualified service members and civilian employees.
The vote came less than a year after an Army sergeant allegedly used a personal handgun to shoot five fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia, in August 2025. Other soldiers tackled and disarmed him, and all five victims survived. Personal firearms were prohibited on post at the time, military officials said.
The National Defense Authorization Act has become law every year for more than six decades and is traditionally one of Congress’ most bipartisan major bills, but the firearms and transgender-policy provisions adopted Tuesday threatened to erode Democratic support, potentially forcing Republican leaders to rely on their narrow majority for final passage and creating new sticking points in eventual negotiations with the Senate.
Lawmakers approved an amendment from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., prohibiting TRICARE from covering transition-related hormones, puberty blockers and surgeries for service members and military dependents.
The provision passed 219-208, with five Democrats voting yes and one Republican voting no. It would broaden existing Trump administration restrictions and write the prohibition into federal law.
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The House also voted 221-203 to approve a second Mace amendment barring transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at Department of Defense Education Activity schools serving military families.
But lawmakers rejected a separate amendment from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., that would have codified President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order barring transgender troops from military service and requiring personnel to serve according to their biological sex.
The amendment failed 217-212, with four Republicans joining all voting Democrats in opposition.
Lawmakers also rejected an effort from Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., to largely eliminate funding for the Pentagon’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. The amendment would have permitted funding only for security at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.
Seventy-six Republicans supported the proposal, highlighting continued opposition within the GOP conference to military assistance for Ukraine.
The House rejected another proposal that would have barred foreign nationals from attending U.S. military academies in a 360-61 vote. The amendment would have ended longstanding programs that train officers from allied and partner nations at institutions including West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy.
Among other amendments, lawmakers voted to eliminate a proposed pilot program that would have used voice-based risk-assessment technology to identify service members for drug testing.
The House also narrowly approved language intended to ensure the continued operation of California’s Santa Ynez Pipeline System, which transports crude oil to refineries supplying military installations. That measure passed 215-214.
The votes came as lawmakers began working through amendments to the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. The House made 320 amendments eligible for consideration, eight more than were included in the procedural package that collapsed last month amid a Republican revolt over the SAVE America Act.
Amendment debate is expected to resume Wednesday, with a vote on final passage after lawmakers finish considering the remaining proposals.
The underlying bill would authorize roughly $1.15 trillion for national defense, about $252 billion more than Congress appropriated for defense programs in fiscal year 2026. It would provide pay raises ranging from 5% to 7% for service members, expand weapons and munitions production and accelerate investment in missile defense, autonomous systems, hypersonics and other emerging technologies.
The NDAA sets defense policy and authorizes spending levels, but it does not provide the money itself. Congress must separately pass defense appropriations legislation to fund the programs and priorities included in the bill.
The legislation would also formally change the Department of Defense’s name to the Department of War, deeming references to the defense secretary and department in federal law to mean the secretary and Department of War.
Consideration of the legislation had been delayed for three weeks by a separate Republican fight over the SAVE America Act, Trump’s election legislation requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and identification to cast a ballot in federal elections.
The House approved the SAVE America Act in February by a 218-213 vote, but the measure stalled in the Senate, where Republicans lacked the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster.
Republican leaders initially sought to revive the election legislation by directing the House clerk to merge it with the NDAA after the defense bill passed but before the combined package was sent to the Senate. That approach would transmit the two measures as a single bill without making the SAVE America Act part of the NDAA text debated on the floor.
But the procedural rule authorizing that plan failed 198-224 on June 30, when 13 Republican holdouts joined Democrats in opposition. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., also voted against the rule for procedural reasons.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., argued that attaching the election measure through the procedural maneuver would make it easier for the Senate to remove and demanded that lawmakers add it directly to the NDAA.
Luna later accepted the original approach after Speaker Mike Johnson committed to attaching the SAVE America Act to appropriations and other must-pass legislation.
The House approved a replacement rule Tuesday that again directed the clerk to merge the election legislation with the NDAA before sending it to the Senate while expanding the number of defense amendments eligible for consideration from 312 to 320.
The SAVE America Act was still expected to face opposition in the Senate and could be removed when lawmakers reconcile the House and Senate versions of the defense bill.
The Senate’s NDAA has faced problems of its own. Senate Democrats blocked consideration of their chamber’s defense bill last week in protest of the Trump administration’s war with Iran, leaving both chambers with work to do before they can negotiate a final package.
The debate comes as the Pentagon seeks additional money to cover the Iran war and replenish weapons stockpiles. The White House has requested an $87.6 billion supplemental package, including $67.1 billion for defense needs.
House Republicans are also considering a new reconciliation package that could provide $60 billion through the Armed Services Committee and $13 billion for intelligence programs. Reconciliation would allow the package to bypass a Senate filibuster and pass without Democratic support, but the proposal still faces resistance from GOP fiscal hawks and an uncertain path through Congress.
Progressive wave crashes in Sun Belt battleground as moderate holds his seat
After socialists won a series of Democratic primaries in New York, Colorado and Washington, D.C., the party’s moderate wing has secured what appears to be an increasingly rare victory in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District.
Incumbent Rep. Greg Stanton fended off progressive challenger Kai Newkirk on Tuesday night after months of bitter primary sparring. On the campaign trail, Newkirk accused Stanton of being too pro-business and too pro-Israel — accusations similar to those leveraged by socialists in New York who went on to dethrone establishment Democrats.
While those angles worked in New York, they fell flat in Arizona, allowing Stanton to advance to November’s general election, where he is a strong favorite to win a fifth term in the House of Representatives.
Stanton’s long-running support for Israel was a major flashpoint in the campaign.
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"He has refused to do anything to try to hold the extremist Israeli government accountable for its genocide in Gaza, for the war crimes around the region," Newkirk said of Stanton.
The progressive specifically criticized Stanton for voting to send aid to Israel, for opposing the Biden administration’s efforts to restrict arms sales to the country and for voting to sanction the International Criminal Court for pursuing cases against Israeli leaders.
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Stanton, who receives support from AIPAC, has called for ceasefires and backed a two-state solution to end the war.
The incumbent congressman’s relationship with business interests was another sore spot for Newkirk.
"It's always been clear to me that he's a corporate Democrat who's never going to fight for the kinds of changes that we need to really shift from oligarchy in our country to a real democracy that puts working-class people first," Newkirk told Axios early in the campaign.
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Stanton is a member of the New Democrat Coalition, a center-left caucus within the House of Representatives that takes relatively pro-business stances when crafting policy. Newkirk, meanwhile, is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Newkirk became a DSA member just days after requesting their endorsement, a local DSA member told the Arizona Republic earlier in July.
Newkirk also went after Stanton for his stances on immigration, specifically his support for the Laken Riley Act.
According to Newkirk, Stanton’s support for the Laken Riley Act "gave Trump a green light for his authoritarian mass deportation campaign and began this erosion of due process."
The law, which was passed in 2025 after 46 House Democrats crossed party lines to support it, requires that federal immigration enforcement detain illegal immigrants who have been charged with serious crimes.
While Stanton voted for the Laken Riley Act and criticized the Biden administration for its handling of the border, he has also called for greater oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and criticized the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
The final stretch of the election was marred by controversy for Newkirk as a number of local activists and party organizations retracted their endorsements in July after former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault, ultimately dooming his campaign.
A blog post from 2019, which Newkirk has called defamatory, accused him of "grooming" young female political activists. One of the post’s authors later denounced it, saying that it fell short of journalistic standards.
Despite this, the Young Democrats of Arizona pulled their endorsement of Newkirk on July 9, claiming that they were "recently made aware of some concerning patterns of behavior" from the candidate. A leader within the Democratic Socialists of America's Phoenix chapter also rescinded his endorsement of Newkirk around that time, though declined to comment on the specific reasoning behind the decision.
Ex-NFL star backed by Trump wins battleground state primary: 'True America First Conservative'
Former NFL kicker Jay Feely won the Republican primary for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, giving the GOP a Trump-backed nominee in a competitive open-seat race that will help determine which party controls the House.
Feely, who received President Donald Trump’s "complete and total endorsement" in the final stretch of the race, defeated former state lawmaker Joseph Chaplik and businessman John Trobough in the GOP contest to replace Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., who is running for governor but lost in his primary Tuesday night.
Arizona’s 1st Congressional District is a Phoenix-area battleground that both parties see as competitive heading into November. The district includes northeastern Maricopa County and large parts of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Fountain Hills, according to Arizona PBS’ candidate forum.
Trump endorsed Feely in a video message days before the primary, calling him a "true America First conservative" and urging voters to support him in the July 21 election. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) also placed Feely in its "MAGA Majority" program, which the committee says is aimed at supporting America First candidates in battleground districts.
The GOP primary became increasingly personal in its final weeks when Chaplik accused Feely on X of having "imported Haitians," a remark Feely described as racist and directed at Haitian men he considers family, according to Axios Phoenix.
"This tweet had NOTHING to do with your two family members and everything to do with your history of bringing large numbers of Haitian migrants to NGOs in an attempt to get amnesty here," Chaplik shot back on X. "You have a history of opposing Trump on TPS for Haiti."
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Feely, who has spent years doing nonprofit relief work in Haiti after a devastating 2010 earthquake there, has defended his work as humanitarian, not political, telling Axios Phoenix that he helped two young Haitian men — a translator he worked with and the translator’s brother — come to the U.S. Feely said he considers them members of his family and has also tried to assist several of their relatives in relocating.
Feely will advance to a general election in one of the most closely watched House races in the country, as Republicans try to hold Schweikert’s seat and Democrats look to capitalize on an open race in a district that has remained competitive in recent cycles.
The Democrat candidates for Arizona's 1st Congressional District include former state lawmaker Amish Shah and former television news anchor Marlene Galán-Woods, the two leading Democrats in the race, along with Rick McCartney and Jonathan Treble.
Los Angeles Angels fired advance scout nicknamed 'Baseball Spy' after he was caught filming Rockies
If you're going to torch your baseball career, at least do it spying on a team worth spying on.
As first reported by The Athletic, the Los Angeles Angels fired advance scout Justin Prinstein after he was caught filming the Colorado Rockies' coaching staff from the stands during their June series at Coors Field.
This story somehow gets even funnier once you learn the details.
Prinstein unironically referred to himself as "The Baseball Spy" on social media, and, to reiterate, he threw away his entire professional career spying on the Colorado Rockies.
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Think about that for a second. This wasn't the Dodgers. It wasn't the Yankees. It's a squad more than 20 games behind the division lead.
It was the Rockies, a franchise so bad that whatever he filmed probably hurt the Angels more than it helped. Imagine burning down your life's work just to gain an insider edge against a team that barely knows how to play fundamental baseball.
According to The Athletic, Prinstein sat in the designated scout section in Denver, pulled out his smartphone, and started recording Rockies coaches in broad daylight.
He wasn't using covert equipment à la Conor Stalions. The "spy" was just holding up a cellphone in the middle of a packed ballpark, making him perhaps the least subtle sleuth in baseball history. Someone in the stadium spotted him, notified MLB, and the league office quickly alerted Anaheim.
Since the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, MLB strictly bans using personal electronics to record coaches or decode signals.
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Former GM Perry Minasian, who was fired in late June, acted fast and fired Prinstein on the spot.
Minasian then had to make one of the most embarrassing phone calls of his life, reaching out to Rockies management to apologize for trying to steal secrets from a team that has no secrets worth stealing.
MLB concluded Prinstein acted alone, sparing the Angels any fines or lost draft picks.
To top it all off, the stolen intel did not even work.
The awful Rockies still went out and won two out of three games in the series anyway.
Risking your entire career to break MLB rules while spying on Colorado, getting caught immediately, and still losing the series ... the only secret he uncovered was how fast you can get fired.
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Ex-sheriff backed by Trump storms to victory in race to replace longtime GOP firebrand
Mark Lamb, a sheriff with the backing of President Donald Trump, won a GOP primary on Tuesday evening to fill the seat of outgoing Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., in the Grand Canyon State’s fifth congressional district.
The victory puts Lamb on a trajectory to win the seat in November which, in the past, has heavily leaned Republican.
Lamb has framed his race as part of a larger effort to protect the cultural fabric of the country, championing "God, family freedom."
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"That’s why I’m running for Congress. We gotta make sure our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren have the same freedoms that we have," Lamb said in a campaign video.
The seat came open when Biggs, R-Ariz., announced he would run for governor last year.
"Arizona has a bright future, but we will need strong leadership to reach its full potential," Biggs said in a press release. "I have been honored to serve Arizona at the state and federal levels and will bring my experience home to my native state to help fulfill its tremendous capacity."
The seat is one of the state’s most reliably Republican — and became more so after the state’s redistricting in 2022. Biggs last won reelection in 2024 in a 60.4% to 39.6% victory over Democratic challenger Katrina Schaffner.
During his time in office, Biggs was one of Trump’s most prominent backers, pushing for aggressive conservative stances on areas like federal spending and border enforcement.
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For his own part, Lamb has echoed many of Biggs’ priorities.
"The Joe Biden administration came in, and immediately, overnight, we started seeing hundreds of thousands of people — the majority of these men were military-age men from all over the world. Many of them didn’t love America," Lamb said in a campaign video.
"We stood by as our government not only allowed them to come in but rolled out the red carpet for people that broke our law."
Lamb’s campaign came under scrutiny earlier this year when an Arizona investigation found that Lamb allegedly had a track record of sending sexual images to women outside of his marriage.
Janel Lamb, Mark Lamb’s wife, has called the accusations a political stunt.
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"Politics can be dark and ugly, but if you know us, you know that’s not how we roll. The only way to dispel darkness is not with more darkness, only light. After all we’ve been through, a massive smear campaign is certainly not going to stop us from doing what we know is right," Janel Lamb said in a post to Facebook.
Having cleared the primary, Lamb will head to the general election on Nov. 3.
Trump-backed firebrand wins Arizona GOP governor primary, setting up high-stakes showdown
President Donald Trump's kingmaker status in Republican primaries was on the line Tuesday in Arizona's GOP gubernatorial nomination showdown – and the president easily passed the test.
Rep. Andy Biggs, a former House Freedom Caucus chair who landed the president's endorsement, captured the GOP nomination for Arizona governor with more than 70% of the vote, the Associated Press announced Tuesday night with just under 50% of the votes counted. Biggs was beating his nearest competitor by more than 50% at that point.
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Biggs' nearest competitor was Republican Rep. David Schweikert, who had 17% of the vote when AP called the race with just under 50% of the total counted.
Contractor Scott Neely, who was making his second straight run for governor, had just 7% when the race was called, while business owner Ken Miceli had only 5.4%.
Biggs will now face off in the general election with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, a former Arizona Secretary of State who narrowly defeated then-GOP nominee Kari Lake four years ago. Hobbs was unopposed as she ran for re-nomination in the southwestern battleground.
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The Republican primary turned combative and expensive.
Schweikert earlier this year went up with campaign mailers accusing Biggs of associating with white supremacist and antisemitic groups. Responding, the Biggs campaign labeled the move as "a desperate tactic by our opponent."
Biggs, who was also backed by the political wing of the conservative powerhouse Turning Point USA, mostly ignored his rivals and only joined them on the stage at one of the multiple debates.
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Trump's endorsements in a handful of key races, including in a top swing congressional district, could impact the midterm battles for the House majority and control of governors' offices.
Vulnerable Republican wins GOP primary in Arizona toss-up district Dems aim to flip blue
Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., clinched the GOP primary nomination in a battleground district Democrats see as key to retaking the House.
Ciscomani, a moderate Republican seeking a third House term, ran unopposed with President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
The southeastern Arizona district, which spans Tucson's suburbs and stretches to the U.S.-Mexico border, is one of the most hotly contested House races in the country. Trump carried the swing seat by less than 1 percentage point in 2024 after losing it by roughly the same margin in 2020.
JoAnna Mendoza, a Marine veteran and political consultant, also ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. She has faced several scandals that could undermine her House bid heading into November.
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The Democrat hopeful has come under recent scrutiny for following several OnlyFans models and self-described witches on her official campaign Instagram account.
The sexually explicit accounts included one belonging to a transgender socialist activist who posted pictures in BDSM gear, the New York Post first reported.
Mendoza, who is openly bisexual, has also faced GOP attacks after remarks resurfaced from 2020 in which she said she would decriminalize prostitution in response to a question from Equality Arizona, an LGBTQ advocacy group, about the struggles of "trans women of color."
"It’s important to ensure that there’s access to the resources, the support networks, the social services, access to healthcare," Mendoza said in the interview, adding, "We need to stop criminalizing people for their situations."
"Far-left lobbyist Mendoza is a risk working Arizonans literally cannot afford," NRCC spokesman Ben Petersen said in a statement.
Democrats view Mendoza as a strong recruit and have added the political newcomer to their flagship "Red to Blue" candidate program.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates Ciscomani’s re-election bid as a "toss-up."
Ciscomani, who previously served as a senior advisor to former Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, is likely to highlight his bipartisan credentials as he seeks a third House term.
He is a member of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus and the Main Street Caucus, which identifies as "pragmatic" conservatives.
Ciscomani defeated former state Sen. Kirsten Engel, D-Ariz., by more than 3 percentage points in a 2024 rematch. He first won the seat in 2022, defeating Engel by fewer than 6,000 votes and becoming the first naturalized citizen from Mexico elected to Congress.
EXCLUSIVE: Franklin Graham visits emergency hospital treating Venezuela earthquake victims
FIRST ON FOX: Rev. Franklin Graham visited a Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Venezuela, where doctors and nurses are performing life-saving surgeries and praying with earthquake survivors who have endured unimaginable loss.
Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, traveled with his daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, to encourage relief teams and comfort people who lost loved ones, homes and nearly everything they owned.
Lynch, senior advisor and spokesperson for Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said one encounter with a local pastor stayed with her throughout the visit.
"Today, I saw both the immense suffering and the incredible strength of the Venezuelan people," Lynch told Fox News Digital. "I was deeply impacted by the story of a pastor who lost several members of his congregation in the earthquakes and is still serving his community. He said it all when he told us, 'I am here to serve and win souls for Christ.' I thank God for that faithful pastor and for the opportunity that we have to encourage and support him as he shares the hope of Jesus Christ in Venezuela."
"These people are surrounded by so much death and destruction. We want to bring the light of Jesus Christ into these places of pain," Franklin Graham told Fox News Digital.
"I'm thankful for our incredible teams who are doing just that. They are providing medical care, clean water, tents for shelter, and many other emergency supplies," he continued. "As they do this in Jesus' Name, they are comforting these families and praying with them during this time of intense grief and loss."
At the emergency field hospital in La Guaira, medical teams have treated more than 2,500 patients. The hospital includes two operating rooms, a pharmacy and a laboratory, while doctors continue performing orthopedic surgeries and treating infections and other conditions left untreated in the aftermath of the disaster.
Two powerful earthquakes measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela just 37 seconds apart on June 24, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The earthquakes killed more than 5,000 people and injured more than 16,000, according to figures announced by Venezuelan authorities. La Guaira was among the areas hardest hit.
More than 170 Samaritans Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team members are serving in some of the hardest-hit areas, including La Guaira, Playa Grande and Caraballeda, while aid is also being delivered through church partners in Caracas.
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Six Boeing 767 airlifts have carried 295 tons of relief supplies into the country. Samaritan's Purse said its aircraft were the first non-military flights to arrive in Venezuela following the earthquakes.
More than 10,200 families have received emergency supplies, including tents, tarps, solar lights, blankets, hygiene kits, cooking sets and Spanish Bibles.
The organization has also installed four emergency clinic modules for local healthcare facilities, with a fifth expected to open soon. The clinics are stocked with medical supplies and generators to help restore healthcare in communities devastated by the earthquakes.
Two desalination units have also produced more than 154,000 liters of clean water.
Samaritan's Purse said nearly every patient treated at its field hospital has lost a family member or close friend.
Among them was a father who injured his leg while rescuing another person's child from a collapsed 14-story building.
"It was terrifying," he said. "I thought a plane had crashed."
Another survivor was buried beneath the rubble after his apartment building collapsed, falling six floors and remaining trapped for two days without food, water or light before rescuers spent six hours pulling him to safety.
"I lose everything, I don't have anything," he said. "A nurse here made me paper shoes, I feel so happy for that."
For the survivor, the compassion and prayer he received proved just as meaningful as the medical care.
"The doctors pray with me," he said. "That's beautiful when they get on their knees and pray with me. I love that. Nobody do that for me."