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بعد از جلوگیری از ورود مهدی تاج به کانادا، حالا رئیس فدراسیون فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی مدعی است از فیفا خواسته تضمین بدهد که به سپاه پاسداران «بی‌احترامی» نشود

УСС-УКИМ соопшти дека студентите сместени во студентскиот дом „Пелагонија“ сè уште не ги добиле средствата за ослободување од партиципација. Од студентското собрание реагираат дека доцнењето укажува на можни пропусти во управувањето со домот бараат исплатата дасе реализира во рок од 14 дена

دەوڵەت باخچەلی، سەرۆکی مەهەپە ڕایگەیاند، پێویستە پێگەی عەبدوڵڵا ئۆجەلان، دیاریبکرێت و پڕۆسەکە ناوی بنرێت “هەماهەنگی سیاسی پرۆسەی ئاشتی”. وە هاوسەرۆکی پارتی دیموکرات پشتگیری لە قسەکانی باخچەلی دەکات، بەڵام تا ئێستا بۆچوونی ڕەجەب تەیب ئەردۆغان، سەرۆک کۆماری تورکیا نادیارە.

Ted Turner, who died on May 6th, liked to present himself as a businessman who had simply applied the same habits to a larger subject. First he bought a struggling billboard company and made it work. Then he built a television empire, beginning with CNN in 1980. After that, he turned much of his attention […]

Российский режиссер Александр Сокуров не выступит на Венецианской биеннале, где он должен был принимать участие в закрытой дискуссии «Инакомыслие и мир» («Il dissenso e la pace»). Об отмене его приезда сообщило «Агентство». Сам Сокуров заявил изданию, что не смог прилететь в Венецию «по независящим от него причинам». Позднее режиссер уточнил, что онлайн-выступление также не состоится: «Уже нет. Ничего страшного, выступающих всегда много… Освободил место».

כשהממסד הדמוקרטי מתייצב נגד המשך החימוש וטראמפ מבין שנתניהו הוא נכס רעיל, ישראל נשארת לבד במערכה – רגע לפני שהברז האמריקאי נסגר סופית The post משבר יחסי ישראל ארה"ב: כך איבדה ממשלת נתניהו את הבית הלבן appeared first on המקום הכי חם בגיהנום.

Almost immediately after earning a degree in fire science, the North Park resident ditched fighting flames in lieu of crafting sushi.

В Берлине с утра 8 мая до вечера 9 мая вблизи воинских мемориалов запретят использование советской и российской символики. Соответствующее постановление 6 мая опубликовала полиция города, сообщает Deutsche Welle.

Amid the disruptions caused by the conflict in West Asia and the accompanying risk that climate action will be pushed down the global agenda, India has reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals by updating its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). In March 2026, the Union Cabinet approved NDC 3.0 for submission to the United Nations Framework […]

(The Center Square) – Gov. Tim Walz announced a leadership restructuring at the Minnesota Department of Human Services this week, framing the move as necessary to protect the state’s Medicaid program, while Republicans criticized it as an attempt to avoid scrutiny over fraud. Walz said the changes are aimed at strengthening oversight and ensuring stability as federal uncertainty looms over Medicaid funding. “While President Trump and Dr. Oz play politics with Minnesotans’ healthcare, we are focused on stability and results,” Walz said in a statement. “We’ve made significant progress to strengthen programs and root out fraud.” Under the new structure, John Connolly will serve as temporary DHS commissioner. Shireen Gandhi, the former commissioner, was demoted to a deputy role overseeing Medicaid. DHS General Counsel Andrew Johnson will also step into a deputy commissioner position. Walz said this leadership will “ensure stability” and reinforce accountability for the program, which serves more than 1 million Minnesotans. Connolly said his focus will be maintaining continuity and safeguarding public funds. “My priority is to continue transforming a human services system Minnesotans can trust, where program integrity and impact go hand in hand,” he said. Gandhi said she accepted the shift back to deputy commissioner to continue the “aggressive and proactive work” of protecting funding to Medicaid. Republicans, however, sharply criticized the move, noting it came just before the scheduled confirmation hearing for Gandhi. House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, accused the administration of failing to address fraud. “Recycling the same failed staff will not root out fraud – only wholesale change will,” Demuth said. “Fraud will continue until the Walz administration takes the problem seriously.” The firestorm of Minnesota fraud first broke following the release of reports in late November which alleged that millions of taxpayer dollars had been fraudulently stolen from the Minnesota welfare system and then sent to the Somali-based terror group Al-Shabaab. Independent and federal investigators now estimate the potential value of fraud schemes could range between $9 billion and $20 billion throughout the state's taxpayer-funded programs. House Floor Leader Harry Niska, R-Ramsey, called out Walz’ timing. “For the second time in under a year, the day before a Walz employee is set to face tough questions over the DHS response to fraud, they’re removed from their position,” Niska said. “This is a pathetic attempt to dodge real accountability on fraud, and Minnesotans can see right through it. Keeping the same staff who have overseen the fraud explosion will only allow the fraud to keep growing unchecked.” Gandhi was just nominated by Walz to become the permanent commissioner in February, after more than a year as the interim commissioner. In a different Republican perspective, state Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Maple Grove and chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, said she sees this restructuring as an opportunity for real change. “DHS is in need of real leadership that will stop the fraud, hold employees accountable for doing basic internal controls and reward, not retaliate against, whistleblowers,” Robbins said. “This is an important opportunity to change course.”

New survey data speaks to a future without a strong Voting Rights Act. How many Americans support Jim Crow-era voting restrictions? New survey data speaks to a future without a strong Voting Rights Act. The post How many Americans support Jim Crow-era voting restrictions? appeared first on Good Authority.

(The Center Square) – More than 213,000 long-dormant voter registrations were removed from Michigan’s Qualified Voter File over the past year, according to a preliminary analysis released Tuesday by the Michigan Fair Elections Institute. The report points to a 38.2% drop in “active non-voter” registrations – those showing no voting activity or address updates for six or more years – falling from 558,627 in September 2025 to 345,263 as of April 1. “The numbers are encouraging,” said Mark Vaeth, the analyst who conducted the review using Freedom of Information Act data from the Michigan Secretary of State’s office. “They do suggest real progress is being made on the long-inactive registrations we have been tracking.” The analysis comes as concerns over election integrity remain central in Michigan and nationally. The registrations flagged in the report had remained listed as “active” despite years, or decades, of inactivity. According to the MFEI, some records dated back to the George W. Bush administration, including entries with no updates for more than 15 years. In a sample of 384 long-inactive registrants, 139 showed no activity since 2009 or earlier. Of those, 122 (or 87.8%) are now coded as challenged, pending or removed. Based on that rate, the report estimates roughly 187,000 pre-2010 registrations have been cleared statewide. MFEI founder and chairperson Patrice Johnson told The Center Square in an exclusive interview that the analysis was prompted by a lack of independent data on the condition of the state’s voter rolls. “The short answer is that nobody else was doing it,” Johnson said. “If the state won’t produce rigorous, independent data on the condition of the voter rolls, we will.” The report highlighted the need for ongoing list maintenance. While 213,364 registrations were removed, 50,738 new registrants entered the monitored inactive pool during the same period, bringing the total to 396,001. “The structural problem that allowed this backlog to accumulate in the first place is still embedded in Michigan’s administrative rules,” Johnson explained. “Cleaner rolls today do not guarantee cleaner rolls tomorrow without permanent audit authority.” A full audit of the voter rolls is not expected until 2027. State Rep. Rachelle Smit, R-Shelbyville, applauded the MFEI but said the state needs to take on more responsibility. “No citizen organizations should have to submit FOIA requests, analyze half a million registrations, and run a legislative correspondence campaign to get the state to do what federal law already requires,” Smit said. “That is what MFEI and PIME did – and the 38.2% reduction in ghost registrations is proof it mattered.” Despite the reduction, 345,263 registrations from the originally flagged group remain active. Johnson said the removals represent progress ahead of the 2026 election cycle but do not resolve underlying issues. “Accurate voter rolls are the foundation of election integrity. Every ineligible registration that remains on the file is a potential vector for error or manipulation—an absentee ballot that can be requested, a name that can be checked in at the polls,” she said. “Removing 213,000 long-inactive registrations, particularly the pre-2010 records that had survived 15 years of election cycles untouched, meaningfully reduces that risk heading into November 2026. But I want to be precise: this is progress, not completion.”

La presentación del dossier especial de 'La Marea' se celebró en el Teatro del Barrio, en Madrid, horas después de la ampliación de la Lopivi en el Consejo de Ministros. «Las cifras son insoportables», señaló Sira Rego sobre la cantidad de agresiones sexuales a niños, niñas y adolescentes. La entrada La ministra Rego, víctimas y especialistas piden mirar de frente a la pederastia en el acto de ‘La Marea’ se publicó primero en lamarea.com.

New Mexico Mining Watch members discuss the need for environmental justice to play a role in decisions about mining in the state.

خط فقر در ایران به بیش از ۷۰ میلیون تومان رسیده است؛ گفت‌وگو با رضا غیبی

No passenger or freight trains will be operating during the closure, but test trains, construction vehicles, and equipment, will be active.

Үзәк бүлге хәрби мәхкәмәсе Марат Гыйлмановны Русия армиясе турында "ялган мәгълүмат тарату", "экстремизмга чакыру" һәм "террорчылыкны аклау" маддәләре нигезендә гаепле дип тапкан һәм алты елга гомуми тәртипле колониягә хөкем иткән. Бу хакта "ОВД-Инфо" хәбәр итә. (https://t.me/ovdinfolive/40359)) Шулай ук Гыйлмановка өч ел дәвамында интернетта сайтлар һәм каналлар алып бару тыелган. Элегрәк массакүләм мәгълүмат чаралары язуынча, Маратка гаепләү "террорчылыкны аклау" маддәсе Русия хәрбиләре,...

(The Center Square) – While those supporting sales tax breaks for data center projects say they believe the breaks are necessary to compete for projects amongst the 38 states that currently offer the incentives, a growing number of state Legislatures are considering whether the tax breaks are worth the benefits. Wisconsin congressman and candidate for governor Tom Tiffany has declared that he intends to end data center tax breaks if elected. A recent report from Wisconsin’s Legislative Audit Bureau shows that the state will forego $1.5 billion in sales tax to four data center projects in initially construction and then $369 million more annually once the projects are completed. Wisconsin’s exemption, enacted in the 2023-25 budget, applies to everything from property purchases to computer servers and energy systems at the site to electricity and cooling systems. The exemptions apply to Microsoft’s $20.6 billion in data centers in Wisconsin along with OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers’ $15 billion in data center investments in Port Washington. Epic Hosting’s $347 million project in Verona and Meta’s $1 billion project in Beaver Dam are also included. Virginia sales tax breaks, estimated to be worth $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion annually, are currently at the center of budget discussions in the state while a new Pennsylvania bill would end the sales tax breaks in the state, expected to reach $517.2 million annually in 2030-31. Minnesota ended its sales tax exemption on electricity for data centers last year while other states, such as North Carolina, are considering an end to the exemptions. “If all planned data centers in North Carolina are built, developers would receive an estimated $450 million in sales tax exemptions each and every year,” Gov. Josh Stern wrote on social media last month. “And with the state’s impending fiscal cliff and the federal government retreating on longstanding commitments, state revenue is especially precious. “We should spend taxpayer dollars only when it adds value to our people. And do we really want to subsidize energy consumption by data centers when they are making everyone else’s power bills go up? It doesn’t make much sense to me.” Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce President Dale Kooyenga has advocated for the continued use of data center sales tax exemptions in Wisconsin, saying that construction workers on the projects are paying income and property taxes that exceed the value of the sales tax exemptions and the projects would not come to the state without the sales tax break. “As a CPA, it is not a ‘cost’ if you never had the revenue or expense,” Kooyenga wrote. “There is no hole in the budget; in fact, there are more state resources because the policy brought economic activity to WI, and an existing funding stream or expenditure didn't have to be cut. “Ratepayers will not subsidize electrical rates, property taxpayers do not subsidize TIFs and a sales tax exemption does not mean that this is ‘costing’ WI taxpayers.”

Presidenti amerikan, Donald Trump, e ka paralajmëruar Iranin se do të përballet me sulme të “një niveli dhe intensiteti shumë më të lartë”, nëse nuk pajtohet me një marrëveshje paqeje, për të cilën raportohet se të dyja palët janë afër.

Glasnogovornica Specijalnog suda Angela Griep rekla je u srijedu za Radio Slobodna Evropa da je sudski panel odlučio odgoditi izricanje presude do 20. jula "zbog složenosti slučaja".