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A campaign consultant advising U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in her bid for the U.S. Senate was recently let go from the campaign due to her side work consulting for Big Tech and surveillance company Palantir, co-founded by controversial technologist Peter Thiel. Cailin Legacki, of Legacki Consulting and formerly one of Stevens’ key spokespeople during […]

"I’ve seen how Brooklyn has grown in prosperity and desirability, and I’ve also seen that access to opportunity—the hallmark of a just and healthy society—has not kept pace." The post Opinion: Aspiration and Hardship in NYC’s Hottest Borough appeared first on City Limits.

The American decision to sign a deal granting Saudi Arabia a pathway toward a civilian nuclear program is a terrible development for Israel — not just because Riyadh could one day turn nuclear infrastructure developed with the United States into a weapons capability. The agreement reflects the collapse of Israeli strategy under Prime Minister Benjamin... The post Trump’s messy new deal with Saudi Arabia shows how far Israel has fallen appeared first on The Forward.

Jewish Harvard students are still trying to make sense of a baffling turn of events, after Hillel International weighed in on the university’s lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking restoration of federal funding withheld over alleged campus antisemitism — and then just as suddenly withdrew its brief from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the... The post Harvard students have questions after Hillel withdraws its brief against Trump appeared first on The Forward.

Fundraising for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library has eclipsed $500 million, exceeding the $450 million goal of the project that opened its doors July 4. The library marks the fundraising milestone as its CEO announced his upcoming departure from his position, but likely not completely from the library. The total fundraising includes about $79 million […]

ڕۆژی پێنجشەممە دۆناڵد ترامپ هاوشان لەگەڵ وەزیری وزەی حکوومەتەکەی پرۆژەیەکی بۆ پاراستنی هاووڵاتییان لە زیادبوونی تێچووی کارەبا بەهۆی ژیریی دەستکردەوە ڕاگەیاند. سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا جگە لە دڵنیاییدان بە هاووڵاتیان، هەروەها جەختی کردەوە لەسەر پێویستی پێشەنگی ئەمەریکا لە بواری ژیری دەستکرددا، بەو پێیەی، "دەکرێت بوترێت ژیریی دەستکرد گەورەترین شتە کە بینرابێت و هەر لایەنێک لەو پێشبڕکێیەدا بباتەوە، پێشەنگ دەبێت." لەگەڵ فراوانبوونی بەکارهێنانی ژیریی دەستکرد و هاندانی حکومەت لەمبارەوە، کۆمپانیاکان...

Президент України Володимир Зеленський подякував американській оборонній компанії Raytheon за готовність виробляти спільно з Україною ракети для систем Patriot. «Raytheon – дуже сильна оборонна компанія, і Україна вже давно використовує її техніку для захисту наших людей від жорстоких російських атак. Я вдячний за готовність компанії вивести наше партнерство на ще вищий рівень, коли Україна вироблятиме спільно з Raytheon одні з найважливіших засобів ППО – перехоплювачі для Patriot. Про це...

Caracas, July 23, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores returned to court on Wednesday for a brief hearing in which Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein approved a schedule for proceedings that will see their trial begin on June 1, 2027. The calendar was jointly proposed by US Justice Department prosecutors... The post Venezuela: Maduro and Flores Trial to Begin in June 2027 appeared first on Venezuelanalysis.

Experts say the question isn’t simply whether New York has enough food—it’s whether the city’s web of farms, distributors, nonprofits, public agencies and transportation systems can continue moving what already exists should one piece of the network break down. Building that resilience happens long before the next emergency arrives. The post NYC’s Food Lifelines: Building a System That Can Withstand Crisis appeared first on City Limits.

A federal judge has dismissed a case from the U.S. Department of Justice against Kentucky election officials that sought to gain access to voter registration data, including sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers.  In an opinion released Thursday, District Judge Claria Horn Boom cited a recent ruling regarding Michigan voter data […]

တပ်ချုပ်သစ် ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ရဲဝင်းဦးက ဒါဟာ နှစ်နိုင်ငံစစ်တပ်အကြားပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မှုကို ပိုနက်ရှိုင်းစေတယ်လို့ဆို။

Officials with New Mexico’s Administrative Office of the Courts on Thursday told a panel of state lawmakers that they’re seeing encouraging preliminary results from a 2025 law that expanded judges’ abilities to order defendants to undergo treatment if they’re found not competent to stand trial.

Criado em Goiânia em 1999, o evento chega à edição de 2026 com mais de 100 atrações e amplia sua atuação internacional O post Bananada: a história de um festival que virou movimento apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

دونالد ترامپ، رئیس‌جمهوری آمریکا، روز پنجشنبه ۱ تیر با اشاره به جمهوری اسلامی گفت: «ما نمی‌توانیم اجازه دهیم این افراد، بسیار خشن، به آنچه می‌خواهند، یعنی سلاح هسته‌ای، دست پیدا کنند.»

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York.Sign up for their newsletter here.This September, a new elementary school is set to open in the South Bronx that will operate year-round, seven days a week, and 12 hours a day to accommodate working parents. But the state teachers union is suing to block it.Strive Charter School was proposed by Eva Moskowitz, CEO of Success Academy, the state’s largest charter school network, and her husband Eric Grannis. The union contends that opening it would violate a state law that limits the number of charter schools statewide; Moskowitz and Grannis argue it would instead be transforming an existing charter school.The dispute is the latest salvo in a long-running battle in Albany over who should approve and regulate charter schools: the legislature-elected Board of Regents, which is housed under the state education agency, or the governor-appointed State University of New York trustees.State law allows both bodies to approve new charter schools, but it also gives SUNY the power to overrule objections by the Board of Regents — as it did with Strive.SUNY approved the Bronx school even though state education officials warned it could violate state law and recommended abandoning the project. A New York Focus analysis of state charter school decisions found that since 2017, the Board of Regents has rejected 58 SUNY-approved charter actions. In at least 51 of those cases, SUNY resubmitted the application without making any modifications, permitting dozens of charter schools to open, expand, relocate, merge, or receive early renewal against the guidance of the state’s top education policymaking body.To advocates for traditional public schools, including teachers unions, that discrepancy indicates that SUNY simply rubber-stamps charter school proposals, even those that the state education officials find lacking.Charter school proponents say the system is working as intended. “It’s a feature, not a bug,” wrote Grannis, Strive’s executive director, in an op-ed for the New York Post about the lawsuit.Funding caps and the core charter debateCharter schools, funded with tax dollars but run by independent organizations, have been the source of fierce debate since New York enacted its first charter school law in 1998.New York law requires school districts to pay charter schools for every local student enrolled — on average, about $16,600 per student — which decreases the budget available for traditional schools. Public school districts also pay for charter school transportation, along with health and welfare services. This past school year, for example, Buffalo Public Schools budgeted $195 million for payments to 22 area charter schools educating over 10,000 local students.State law limits the number of charters to maintain quality control, to manage the financial burden on local school districts, and to allow public school administrators to have some predictability in their budgets.Proponents see charter schools as a free, high-quality alternative to low-performing schools, particularly in low-income neighborhoods. But opponents say they drain resources from traditional public schools without the same level of oversight and accountability as public schools.Teachers unions have traditionally opposed charter schools because they are not typically unionized and receive public funding while operating under different rules than traditional public school districts, with greater autonomy over staffing and governance. In New York, the teachers union has opposed efforts to lift the state’s charter cap, while pushing for bills to tighten oversight, increase transparency, require community engagement, and ultimately eliminate SUNY’s charter-authorizing power.The conflict between SUNY and the Board of Regents is an extension of that debate. Under state law, proposals for charter schools may be submitted to either the Board of Regents or SUNY. The Board of Regents must review charter proposals submitted to SUNY, but SUNY has the final word on whether they are approved. Of the roughly 352 operating charter schools statewide, 220 were authorized by SUNY, while 92 were authorized by the Board of Regents. (The remaining were granted by NYC DOE or the Buffalo Board of Education.)Under state law, New York City is at its charter school cap, with around 285 currently in operation. To create a new school without exceeding the cap, Success Academy asked SUNY to transfer the charter of one of its existing schools to a newly created entity led by Grannis, Moskowitz’s husband. In the application, Moskowitz wrote that the school would operate independently of Success Academy with a separate board and distinct mission.Last October, SUNY approved the transfer and forwarded it to the Board of Regents for review. In January, the Board of Regents voted to send the request back to SUNY and urged trustees to withdraw the approval, warning that it could violate state law. They argued that the request amounted to the creation of a new school without going through the proper approval process, circumventing the state’s charter cap.“It seems like they just ignore what we have to say,” said Shino Tanikawa, a member of the Board of Regents. “We have educators and school leaders on the board, we are the educational management entity for the state, we know what we’re doing and we know when something isn’t right.”Joseph Belluck, chair of SUNY’s Charter Schools Committee, said the committee always reviews the board’s comment, “but most of the time, it’s completely lacking in merit.”He and Grannis maintain that Strive does not violate the law because they are not increasing the number of charter schools in the city; they are simply taking over an existing charter school and operating in the same building.“We are trying to make it easier for people who want a good quality charter school education to get it by being more flexible,” he told New York Focus.The school will open this fall with grades K–4. Grannis said the school has received about 270 applications and plans eventually to serve 540 students. It will operate on a year-round, flexible schedule from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week, with classes from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays from September to June and the extended hours offered as an option for families who want them.Grannis said the school is already fully staffed with lead teachers, who will work weekdays year-round, and teaching assistants, who are not required to have a bachelor’s degree and will work roughly 50 hours per week to cover the extended schedule. The program is free for students, supported by funds from the city Department of Education for the school day and private philanthropy for the extended hours.Union lawsuits and heated exchangesIn its lawsuit, filed last month, New York State United Teachers argues that SUNY’s approval of Strive Charter “disregards the plain purpose of the cap” and “wreaks havoc” on the city’s budget for traditional public schools. “We’ve tried to change the law, and now we’re going to the courts,” said NYSUT President Melinda Person.Belluck, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee chair, said the lawsuit and the union’s push to take away SUNY’s authority over charter schools are an attempt to put “charter schools in New York out of business.”“I don’t know if charter schools can save the educational system, but what I do know is that it’s grossly unfair to say to families and kids who have a shot at a free education that might be transformative for them and their families that they’re now not going to get that opportunity,” Belluck said.Last month, a coalition of the state’s most powerful charter school founders and CEOs, including Moskowitz, sent a letter to State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa expressing concern about “the increasingly adversarial posture NYSED and the Board of Regents have taken” toward SUNY’s role as an independent charter school authorizer.The letter boasted that SUNY-authorized schools consistently outperform both traditional public schools and charter schools authorized by the Board of Regents, and urged the state to recognize its “extraordinary record.”In a June 29 response, NYSED counsel Daniel Morton-Bentley said the Regents only return applications for reconsideration when they raise concerns about potential legal issues. He also attached an appendix outlining concerns about the charter schools and networks that signed the letter, including high rates of student suspensions, persistent under-enrollment, a lack of certified teachers, and inadequate services for children with disabilities and English language learners.Local school officials in the Hudson Valley and Long Island have also weighed in.The Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, which represents leaders of 78 school districts, has proposed an amendment to the state education law that would give the Board of Regents final authority to approve charter schools. It would also ensure that the fiscal impact on affected school districts is a critical consideration.“Public schools are the absolute engine of a thriving democracy,” said Louis Wool, president of the organization and superintendent of Westchester County’s Harrison Central School District.On Long Island, some local officials complain the growth of charters has strained the budget of traditional public schools.In January, the teacher’s union joined local education and community partners in suing over SUNY’s approval of three new charter schools that the Board of Regents had objected to: The Academy Charter School Brentwood Elementary, The Academy Charter School Brentwood Middle, and the Academy Charter School Central Islip Regional High. The lawsuit, which is pending in Albany County Supreme Court, claims applications failed to address strong community opposition.At a town hall last June hosted by Brentwood Union Free School District to discuss the new schools, former Hempstead school board president Victor Pratt said the district’s payments to charter schools grew from $9 million in 2009, when the area’s first Academy Charter School opened, to more than $107 million during the 2024–25 school year. The funding loss has left the district unable to address needs like air conditioning upgrades, he said. (Charter school advocates contend that per-pupil funding should follow the student rather than stay with the institution the student is no longer enrolled in.)“Charter schools do not coexist with public schools, they operate at the expense of public schools” said Pratt.State Assemblymember Phil Ramos, who represents Brentwood and Central Islip, called SUNY a “backdoor approval system” for charter schools that ignores overwhelming community opposition. He previously sponsored unsuccessful legislation that would have removed SUNY as an authorizer. This year, he introduced a bill that would require hearings and, outside New York City, a local vote before a charter school can be established, expanded, or renewed.NYSUT supports the bill, which was also sponsored by Senate Education Chair Shelley Mayer but failed to advance out of committee in either chamber. Despite previous challenges passing charter school reform legislation, Mayer said she is optimistic that the state will heed public educators’ calls to strengthen communities’ ability to challenge charter school proposals because “there’s a serious movement of legislators who are very troubled by this process.”“I think the pressure is on, and we’re moving toward some meaningful change,” she said.

Personal especializado de la SEBV de Carabineros descubrió un punto de acopio clandestino entre cerros y quebradas en la Ruta B-26, logrando la recuperación de cuatro vehículos robados en el sector norte de Antofagasta. Por los años de fabricación de los móviles (entre 1994 y 2010), la policía presume que no iban hacia la frontera, sino que estaban destinados al desarme y la venta ilegal de repuestos. Este artículo VIDEO | Punto de acopio en el desierto: Carabineros halla cuatro vehículos robados ocultos entre cerros de la región de Antofagasta fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.A second school has closed permanently because of a law change aimed at a group some Colorado lawmakers believed was exploiting legal loopholes to authorize public schools and programs statewide. Pueblo Classical Academy, which enrolled 260 K-12 students, won’t reopen in August, school leaders announced on social media in mid-July, after declining for weeks to comment on the school’s fate. Another school, Riverstone Academy, which backers called “Colorado’s first public Christian school,” closed in May.Both schools were authorized by a Monument-based group called Education reEnvisioned Board of Cooperative Educational Services, or ERBOCES. Such co-ops are allowed to authorize schools, but most don’t. Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ closes permanentlyIt’s not often a state law change prompts such swift school closures, but lawmakers felt a sense of urgency in reining in ERBOCES because of controversy surrounding Riverstone and the many publicly funded homeschool enrichment programs the co-op authorized in recent years. State lawmakers passed strict limits on the authorizing power of such co-ops in the last days of the legislative session. The decision meant Pueblo Classical School, Riverstone, and one other school, Ascend College Prep, had to find new authorizers to stay open. Only Ascend, a small school for students in grades 10 to 12, was successful, becoming a charter school authorized by the Charter School Institute, a statewide charter authorizer.Pueblo Classical sought to become a charter school authorized by Pueblo School District 60, but the district’s school board voted it down. The school has a history of switching authorizers, flip-flopping between being a BOCES-authorized school and a charter school. It opened in 2021 with ERBOCES as its authorizer. In 2022, it became a charter school authorized by District 70. But in 2024, the district revoked its charter because of financial breaches and its failure to report an employee’s arrest, among other concerns. At that point, the school returned to ERBOCES.Pueblo Classical was part of a three-school network in Pueblo County. The other two schools are charters authorized by the Pueblo 60 district and will remain open. Fulton Heights Charter Academy has about 200 K-8 students, Jones Charter Academy has about 370 K-8 students. Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.

At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Two people from Upshur County are unaccounted for after storms and flooding hit North Central West Virginia this week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey told reporters on Thursday. Officials have located an overturned vehicle that’s believed to be connected with the missing people, but have not been able to access it due to debris surrounding it, Morrisey said.

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