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日本首相高市早苗周五表示，推進日中戰略互惠關係想法不變，在台灣問題上的立場沒有改變。不過，北京當局堅持要求高市早苗“立即收回錯誤言論”。

日本首相高市早苗周五表示，推进日中战略互惠关系想法不变，在台湾问题上的立场没有改变。不过，北京当局坚持要求高市早苗“立即收回错误言论”。

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma law affecting transgender students’ use of public school bathrooms came before a three-judge panel Thursday in the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Senate Bill 615, signed into law in 2022, requires individuals to use multi-stall school bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their biological sex, not their gender […]

رئیس جمهوری آمریکا به زهران ممدانی بابت پیروزی در انتخابات شهرداری نیویورک تبریک گفت و افزود ممدانی کارزار انتخاباتی خوبی را اداره کرد و «با افراد بسیار باهوشی رقابت کرد و به آسانی‌ بر آن‌ها پیروز شد.»

A group of eight media organizations, including the Texas Newsroom and The Texas Tribune, asked that the divorce records be unsealed.

أقيمت الليلة الأولى من مراسم العزاء بذكرى استشهاد السيدة فاطمة الزهراء (س) مساء الجمعة بحضور قائد الثورة الإسلامية وآلاف المواطنين من مختلف شرائح المجتمع في حسينية "الإمام الخميني (رض)".

A Polícia Federal informou nesta sexta-feira (21) que fechou duas empresas clandestinas de vigilância patrimonial e segurança que atuavam em áreas oficiais e espaços temáticos ligados à 30ª Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (COP30). Segundo a PF, fiscalizações realizadas nas últimas semanas identificaram casos de profissionais de apoio desempenhando funções exclusivas de vigilantes, prática irregular conforme a legislação vigente. Notícias relacionadas: COP30: trabalhos seguem normalmente nesta sexta, após incêndio. Presidente da COP30 prevê prolongamento das negociações após incêndio. “As equipes constatam desde a ausência de comunicações obrigatórias das empresas à Polícia Federal — que devem informar, com antecedência mínima de 24 horas, a escala e os dados dos vigilantes atuantes — até a identificação de empresas clandestinas realizando vigilância patrimonial e segurança de evento sem autorização”, disse a PF, em nota. A legislação determina que a prestação de serviços de segurança privada no Brasil depende de autorização prévia da PF, à qual compete exclusivamente o controle e a fiscalização do setor. Ao todo, mais de 700 profissionais de segurança privada foram fiscalizados durante o período da COP30. As apurações foram realizadas nas áreas da Zona Azul, Zona Verde, Agrizone, Enzone, Freezone, Polo Museu Emílio Goeldi/Chico Mendes, Casa BNDES, Complexo Mercedários/UFPA, Estação das Docas, Aldeia da COP, Espaço Cúpula dos Povos/UFPA, entre outros locais. A PF também fiscalizou um hotel-barco ancorado no Porto de Belém, utilizado para hospedagem de participantes da conferência. Durante as fiscalizações, foram lavrados quatro autos de infração por descumprimento das normas do Estatuto da Segurança Privada, como definição do efetivo mínimo de vigilantes em grande eventos, análise de risco e controle de acesso ao público.  Com as empresas fechadas, os policiais encontraram detectores de metais e rádios de comunicação utilizados indevidamente por essas empresas e expediram orientações e notificações de adequação às normas do novo estatuto de segurança privada. “O acompanhamento realizado durante a COP30 assegurou o cumprimento das normas, elevou o padrão de segurança nos locais fiscalizados e contribuiu para a proteção de participantes, autoridades e visitantes”, disse a PF. Incêndio Ontem, após o incêndio que atingiu os pavilhões dos países na Zona Azul. A PF realizou uma vistoria, junto com o Corpo de Bombeiros, antes de liberar o espaço para a retomada das atividades. A Zona Azul foi devolvida à UNFCCC (órgão da ONU que trata de mudanças climáticas) e voltou a funcionar às 20h40. Em nota, o Ministério da Saúde informou que, pelo menos, 27 pessoas receberam atendimento por inalação de fumaça ou crise de ansiedade. Desse total, 21 já foram liberadas. Os demais estão recebendo assistência adequada nos serviços de saúde de Belém. Não há registro de casos de pessoas feridas com queimaduras.

Michigan's Public Service Commission is hosting a virtual public hearing on DTE Energy's fast-track proposal to power a massive new data center in Saline Township. The plan has sparked backlash from the attorney general and environmental groups, who argue it lacks transparency and could affect ratepayers.

Gary Humble, who founded the grassroots conservative group Tennessee Stands, has dropped out of the 2026 race for Tennessee Senate District 27, ending visions he could overcome a small deficit from four years ago.  In a press release, Humble said his personal life “is in a season of significant transition,” citing business opportunities and family […]

With increasing disasters, and an expected decrease in federal funding, the state's emergency response agency is on the cusp of an exodus of "institutional knowledge."

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Dear Friend of Press Freedom, Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 241 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like. Read on for more about the federal government targeting noncitizen journalists for what they write, say and think. Journalist-hating president kisses up to journalist-killing crown prince President Donald Trump shamefully welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House this week. He brushed aside questions about Crown Prince Mohammed’s role in the gruesome 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, commenting that “things happen” and “You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.” Freedom of the Press foundation (FPF) Director of Advocacy Seth Stern remarked: “Somehow calling a female reporter ‘piggy’ was only the second-most offensive anti-press utterance to come out of the president’s mouth in recent days. And somehow Biden’s infamous fist bump is now only the second-most disgusting public display of flattery by a U.S. president to journalist-murderer Mohammed bin Salman.” Read his full statement. DHS targets journalists for speaking out about Gaza Texas journalist Ya’akub Ira Vijandre and British journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi are the two latest examples of the Department of Homeland Security targeting journalists. Hamdi self-deported to England after 18 days enduring inhumane conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Vijandre, a Filipino American Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who has lived in the U.S. since 2021, remains in custody as he awaits deportation proceedings. Hamdi and his wife, Soumaya, joined us for an online event this week alongside attorneys and friends of both Hamdi and Vijandre. As Hamdi said, “If the American public finds out the realities of what’s happening, ICE will be dismantled in an instant.” Watch the discussion here A $50 lesson in press freedom Prosecutors in Kentucky have finally dropped charges against journalist Madeline Fening, who was arrested while covering a July protest on the Roebling Bridge for CityBeat. But, as Stern wrote in an op-ed for CityBeat, the damage is already done. Kenton County drew condemnation from civil liberties advocates across the country and sacrificed any credibility it had when it came respecting First Amendment rights — and all to recover a combined grand total of $50 from Fening and her colleague, Lucas Griffith. Read the op-ed. Journalists targeted at Oregon protests You’ve probably seen the inflatable frogs, the dance parties, the naked bike ride. Maybe you’ve also seen the darker images: a federal officer aiming a weapon at protesters, or federal agents hurling tear gas and flash bangs into peaceful demonstrations at a Portland, Oregon, immigration facility. FPF Senior Adviser Caitlin Vogus writes about how journalists in Portland have been attacked for bringing images like these to the world. Read more here. Court suspends journalist injunction in Chicago A judicial order won by Chicago area journalists that limited protest policing tactics by federal law enforcement was put on hold this week, with a federal appellate court calling the order overbroad. As Stern told FPF’s U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, “It is difficult to understand how it is overbroad to ‘enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch’ when the president, who last I checked runs the executive branch, expressly demands that those under him brutalize, censor and arrest activists and journalists who interfere with their narrative — the exact conduct restricted by the injunction.” Read more here. Immigration agents claim routine reporting violates federal law Independent news outlet Status Coup reported Wednesday that federal immigration agents threatened its reporter, Jon Farina, with arrest for following and filming them, despite well-established First Amendment protections. Stern said in a statement, “It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction. The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses. … If they’re too thin-skinned for the public scrutiny that comes with being a part of that, they can go find a job that doesn’t involve abducting people for an authoritarian regime.” Read the full statement. What we’re reading The secrecy surrounding the Trump’s immigration agenda (NPR). FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy joined NPR’s “1A” to talk about the shroud of secrecy at virtually every level of the immigration system. Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’ (The Hill). This is exhibit “A” for why the National Security Council should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks (The Guardian). So the president went from feigning outrage about allegedly biased public media to making deals with centibillionaire friends to make corporate media more biased. Got it. After Donald Trump’s attack on correspondent Mary Bruce, White House goes after ABC again with ‘fake news’ press release (Deadline). It looks like $16 million – the amount ABC paid to settle Trump’s frivolous lawsuit last year – only buys you so much protection these days. Will Trump destroy the BBC? (Unherd). “So I presume by the name of your organization that you’re not very keen on sitting presidents suing news organizations.” That’s correct! Listen to our interview with Unherd about Trump’s lawsuit threat against BBC. The SLAPP Back Initiative (First Amendment Watch). Congratulations to First Amendment Watch at New York University for launching the first database in the U.S. documenting alleged strategic lawsuits against public participation.

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Medical and occupational safety experts warn that current regulations won’t protect hundreds of workers.

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi last week, Michigan Republicans asked the federal government to provide “comprehensive oversight” of the state’s 2026 election. But the letter doesn’t specify what “comprehensive oversight” means. And it’s not clear that the people who signed the letter agree on the meaning either. A total of 22 Republican state legislators from both the Senate and the House signed on to the letter, including Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, Sen. Ruth Johnson — a former Michigan secretary of state — and Rep. Rachelle Smit, who leads the House Election Integrity Committee. The letter asks the U.S. Justice Department to “deploy official election monitors and provide comprehensive oversight for Michigan’s 2026 primary and general elections.” It cites a number of concerns about Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s administration of the election, from the fact that she is running for governor in the 2026 election to her alleged violations of election law. It is not unusual for secretaries of state to oversee elections they are candidates in. Benson ran the 2022 election that won her a second term, for instance, and Johnson oversaw two separate elections as secretary in which she was also on the ballot. In Michigan, while the secretary of state sets rules and regulations, it is local clerks who typically work with voters more directly, creating a layer of separation between the state’s highest election official and the voters who may or may not be supporting them. It’s not clear if the Justice Department will take the matter on, but Johnson told Votebeat on Thursday that department officials were already meeting on the request. She said she didn’t know who specifically was involved, and a spokesperson for the department did not respond to a request for comment. Nebulous views of ‘oversight’ The first part of the Republicans’ request — federal election monitors — isn’t unusual. Monitors watch polling places and vote-counting centers to ensure workers are following processes appropriately. Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department sent monitors to 27 states in the 2024 general election, including Michigan, and sent monitors for Michigan’s primary election as well. Under President Donald Trump, it sent monitors to California and New Jersey earlier this month after similar requests from members of the GOP in both states, but those monitors were uninvasive and may not have visited certain jurisdictions at all. “Comprehensive oversight,” though, is a more abstract idea. To Johnson, oversight in 2026 would be “something that has to be worked out, because you always have to balance everything.” In an interview with Votebeat, she did not go into specifics about what type of intervention she might welcome in Michigan, although she offered one example of something she hopes federal involvement could accomplish: ensuring people don’t vote twice. That’s already rare in Michigan. Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, pursued charges against several people in an investigation of double voting last year. Charges were dropped against most, while one was sentenced to probation this year. But a 2022 statewide audit found that, out of more than 11.7 million votes cast from May 2019 to March 2021, 99.99% were not duplicate votes. Nesbitt didn’t offer much detail about what federal oversight could look like, either. “We aren’t leaving any options off the table,” he said in an emailed statement. “The level of federal intervention in Michigan’s election is going to depend entirely on Jocelyn Benson’s willingness to cooperate with the DOJ and follow the law. I’m confident the DOJ will do whatever is necessary to ensure our next election is free of any manipulation.” Nesbitt said that Benson “should welcome DOJ oversight” if elections are as secure as she claims. Johnson, meanwhile, said she would primarily like to see oversight from someone independent. Johnson argued that circumstances are different from when she was secretary of state and administering elections in 2014 and 2018. “I was nonpartisan in every single way,” she said. “I got in trouble with some people in my own party because of it.” Benson, she said, has not been the same. The Michigan Department of State argues that isn’t true. Elections in Michigan “are among the most transparent, secure and accessible in the nation,” Angela Benander, a spokesperson for MDOS, said after the letter was released last week. “Next year’s election will be no different,” Benander continued. “Yet by pouring gasoline on our democracy and asking the DOJ to light a match, these lawmakers ignore these truths. They instead use dangerous, false rhetoric to encourage President Trump to illegally interfere in our state’s ability to hold fair and free elections.” Federal intervention has few precedents Experts say the federal government’s ability to intervene in elections is limited. The Constitution is very clear, for example, that states get to establish “the times, places and manner” of elections. Historically, when the federal government has gotten involved in elections, it has usually been through legislation. During Reconstruction, for instance, Congress passed a series of Enforcement Acts that made it a federal crime to interfere with elections. However, that was at a time when Ku Klux Klan members were using violence to prevent Black voters from casting ballots — a radically different circumstance than the ongoing lawsuits and alleged conflicts of interest Benson faces today. The timing of the letter is also unusual, said David Becker, an election lawyer who worked in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and now leads the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research — the general election is nearly a full year away. “I don’t know of a single instance in all of DOJ history where a jurisdiction that wasn’t previously monitored had monitors assigned more than a few weeks before,” he said. Hayley Harding is a reporter for Votebeat based in Michigan. Contact Hayley at hharding@votebeat.org.

The new additions include big donors, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.

The Senate’s plan to address the school choice voucher system’s shortfalls was made public Friday.  “A myriad of accountability problems” went on display this week when two legislative committees reacted to an independent audit showing “funding did not follow the child” to private schools or homeschool. Now, Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Crestview, has put out his […]

Palantir ya no es ficción distópica: es el sistema operativo del poder global. Bajo el discurso de seguridad y libertad, la empresa de Peter Thiel ha levantado una maquinaria de vigilancia y guerra algorítmica sin precedentes. No hace falta un chip en la nuca: el control total ya cabe en una base de datos.

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