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Outside spending in Montana’s 2026 legislative races is dominated by four PACs. Who’s behind them, and what do they want? The post Who’s spending big to define ‘Republican’ in the 2027 Legislature? appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Au Niger, les forces armées ont reçu ce mardi 26 mai 2026 une livraison de matériel militaire en provenance des États Unis. L'ambassade américaine a annoncé ce vendredi que des uniformes, des équipements de protection, des fournitures médicales et des kits de sauvetage ont été fournis à Niamey. La livraison, d'un total de 2,3 millions de dollars, intervient dans un contexte de réchauffement entre lesdeux pays.

(The Center Square) - Despite growing federal limitations on abortion, Colorado citizens will soon have better access to abortion pills. Gov. Jared Polis signed off on a law this week to require universities keep abortion pills on supply at student health centers amid the raging national battle over abortion access. “Colorado stands for freedom,” Polis told The Center Square, answering a question by email. “While politicians in other states are working to take away options and insert government into personal healthcare decisions, we are doing the opposite. Colorado is leading in protecting freedom, privacy, and expanding access to healthcare – not taking it away.” Through the Abortion Medication Access on College Campuses law, House Bill 26-1335, colleges and universities in Colorado will be required to maintain a supply of abortion medications, except for under a few exceptions including “sincerely held religious beliefs or practices.” Colleges or universities with student health centers will be required to provide abortion medication to all enrolled students starting August 2027. Schools with on-site pharmacies or other prescription outlets will keep a stock of abortion medications, and those without will keep the medication at an off-site pharmacy partner. The law also bans universities from sharing personal identifiable information about student patient records if requested by another state, unless required by federal law or a court order. The cross-state data sharing detail comes as some abortion-banning states have attempted to prosecute people for receiving abortion operations in other states. A February 2025 federal ruling told Alabama state leaders they could not enforce threats of felonies at women leaving the state for access to abortions. Colorado’s new law also allows universities to back out of the abortion medication requirement if it would "jeopardize an institution’s federal grant participation.” “Governor Polis has worked to protect abortion access throughout his Administration,” a spokesperson for the Governor’s Office told The Center Square. The spokesperson named a 2022 executive order the Governor signed that strengthened abortion access protections in Colorado and his membership in the Reproductive Freedom Alliance since 2023. While the political and social argument over access to abortions is nothing new to the American public, the issue has gone through a whirlwind of change in recent years. The 2022 Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which made abortion access a constitutional right, has flipped the debate on its head. Today, 13 states have implemented total abortion bans, with 10 more states enforcing shortened abortion access timelines, according to health policy research group the KFF. More recently, the battle over abortion medications has taken the national stage as some states where abortion is now banned have argued the pills’ existence has threatened local bans, with telehealth and mailed medication expanding access. As of today, a temporary federal court order is in place to allow continued access to abortion medications, despite ongoing legal cases. “Despite the Trump administration’s attempts to outlaw abortion entirely, Colorado remains a beacon for safe, legal and protected reproductive healthcare,” said bill sponsor Rep. Lorena García, D-Adams County, in a press release. García did not immediately respond to questions from The Center Square about the law’s passage. The two abortion medications are mifepristone and misoprostol, which are pills often used together to end a pregnancy, according to Planned Parenthood. Medical abortions are generally effective up to 84 days after the first day of a woman’s last period, and are between 87% and 99% effective, depending on the number of doses and how soon after pregnancy the pills are taken. Responding to The Center Square, Planned Parenthood’s Rocky Mountains chapter said it was unable to comment on the law’s passage in time for this story.

“No estamos reunidos acá para celebrar una fiesta, estamos recordando un momento sangriento y doloroso, esta historia de Panzós nunca se borrará”, expresaron los sobrevivientes de la masacre en Panzós, Alta Verapaz. Hace 48 años, el 29 de mayo de 1978, el ejército disparó contra pobladores Q’eqchi’ que ese día protestaban en la plaza del ... Read more The post Sobrevivientes de la masacre de Panzós denuncian que siguen siendo víctimas de violencia y desalojos appeared first on Prensa Comunitaria.

Le patron de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) est arrivé en RDC jeudi 28 mai pour apporter son soutien à la population congolaise. Il a appelé à la solidarité internationale. Le ministre congolais de la Santé était lui vendredi dans la province de l'Ituri, dans l'est du pays, où a été déclarée l'épidémie il y a deux semaines, assurant que « la riposte » contre Ebola « est en train de se mettre en place ».

Two long-debated topics on Smith Hill, a millionaire’s tax and a state inspector general, were cemented in the revised fiscal 2027 budget given first passage by House lawmakers Friday night. The record $15.2 billion budget — even higher than the $14.9 billion tax-and-spend plan Gov. Dan McKee unveiled in January thanks to an extra $228 […]

Tenants of 1605 Bath St. were given three days' notice that part of the property would be converted to luxury apartments The post Bath Street residents upset over noticing, construction of new ADUs on parking lot appeared first on Santa Barbara News-Press.

O assessor especial da presidência brasileira, Celso Amorim, participou do Fórum Internacional de Segurança de 2026 em Moscou nesta semana. Além de ter se reunido com algumas das principais autoridades do governo russo, Amorim concedeu uma entrevista exclusiva ao Brasil de Fato na qual comentou os conflitos atuais e questões de soberania brasileira. O tema […] Fonte

All departments/programs at the White River National Forest have seen reductions in the workforce, except the forest leadership team, which has been able to fill positions with Forest Service employees who have left other roles within the agency. Recreation, engineering and specialist roles have been particularly hard-hit. The post  ‘Where’s our bench?’  appeared first on Aspen Journalism.

(The Center Square) - King County Regional Homeless Authority officials are admitting that its internal failures led the agency to lose track of how it spent millions of dollars in funds, but they also blame the two key funders, the city of Seattle and King County, for some of its funding troubles. The May 22 response from the Authority comes after a forensic audit last month found that its bookkeeping practices were so disorganized that it couldn’t fully document how $13 million in funds were spent, including $8 million for which there was no record at all. Forensic auditors also found that the agency overspent its administrative budget by $4 million, commingled restricted funds and relied on casual bookkeeping practices, such as using shared Excel spreadsheets that anyone could edit. The agency’s negative cash balance recently ballooned to $63 million. While KCRHA leaders admit to these internal failures in their response report, they argue that they cannot fix the system alone. The agency relies primarily on the City of Seattle and King County for its $200 million in annual funding. KCRHA, under the current setup, must pay service providers first and then wait to be reimbursed by the city and county. Officials blame this waiting period for the massive deficit, claiming it forces them to take out constant loans just to keep operating. While agency officials promised to overhaul its internal rules and tighten its financial controls, authority leaders insist that a true fix will require the city and county to completely restructure how they distribute money. "KCRHA accepts responsibility for correcting its internal deficiencies. At the same time, several of the highest-priority issues — including reimbursement timing, fund advances, KCIP exposure, backend funding adjustments, invoice review workflows, and administrative funding structure — cross organizational boundaries," the report reads. "Durable resolution will require active partnership by KCRHA, the City of Seattle, and King County. KCRHA owns its internal failures; the region must jointly fix the shared operating model." Requests by The Center Square to interview Authority CEO, Kelly Kinnison, were not acknowledged by the agency spokeswoman Lisa Edge. Kinnison took office in mid-2024, the fifth CEO since the agency was established in 2019. In an interview on KUOW's Soundside program, Kinnison said she realized that after several months on the job, something wasn’t right with the agency's practices. Kinnison said accounting practices were inadequate and she reported the fact to city and county officials. “I was very surprised by what I found at KCHRA,” she said. Kinnison said the agency has begun implementing reforms, but she has asked King County and Seattle to let her hire an accountant to find $8 million that is missing. She said the agency currently lacks the accounting sophistication to track its full spending on homeless services. Kellison said after a couple of months on the job, it became clear something wasn't right with how the agency monitored its finances. Kinnison said the homeless agency is worth saving and said she was glad the audit brought the full dimensions of the agency’s problems to light. But she wasn’t asked, and she did not address the auditor’s findings that she was missing in action during meetings held as the audit progressed. Kinnison didn’t show up for most of the twice-weekly KCRHA board meetings held concurrently with the audit period, said fraud investigator Mike Nurse in the audit report. “For a meeting whose purpose was solely to inform executive leadership on issues in progress, it surprised us from an ownership oversight and urgency perspective that she did not participate in these meetings,” Nurse told the authority board. Both the Seattle City Council and the King County Metropolitan Council have passed resolutions calling on their respective executive leaders, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, to decide by Aug. 1 whether the homeless authority should be dissolved. Either Zahilay or Wilson could end the regional homeless effort within a year of giving notice. Neither had indicated which decision they were leaning towards, but dissolving the commission would require both King County and Seattle to run homeless intervention programs on their own. In a statement to The Center Square, Zahilay didn’t show his cards. "King County has received the corrective action plan from KCRHA and we are carefully reviewing it to ensure it addresses the serious issues raised in the forensic evaluation report," the statement said. Wilson’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Pasa den astean, bi letter jaso beharrean, mezu bat jaso nuen Linkedin-en. Ez ezagutzeko zortea dutenentzat, Linkedin sare sozial bat da, non batzuek lana bilatzen duten (dugun!) eta beste batzuek psikopata batzuk direla erakusten diguten. Esaten dutenez, psikopaten Facebook-a da eta nik uste dut egia dela.  Ez zait maiz gertatzen ezezagunen batek idaztea Linkedinen. Bere profilean agertzen den informazioaren arabera, New Yorken kokatua dago pertsona hau. Indiako unibertsitate batean ikasi zuen 2011 eta 2015 urteen artean, eta bi lan baino ez ditu izan. “Senior Talent Sourcer” eta “Lead Talent Sourcer (Team Lead)”. Giza-baliabide arloan goi-mailako edo eskarmentu handikoa bata, eta giza baliabideetako talde bateko burua azken hiru urtetan. Kontxo. Bere profileko argazkian, Indiako emakume gazte bat. Mezua ingelesez da, Indiako jendeak batzuetan erabiltzen duten eta Adimen Artifizialak errepikatzea maite duen estilo gainkargatu, enpalagoso horrekin. Dena delakoagatik. “Zure eguna zoragarria izatea espero dut! Zure profilarekin topo egin nuen, eta txundituta geratu nintzen zure aurrekariekin. Badirudi zure esperientzia eta hizkuntza-gaitasuna bat datozela une honetan kontratatzen ari garen proiektu zirraragarri baterako”. Txundituta, aizue. Txundituta ni ere bai. “Gure enpresa euskarazko espezialista baten bila dabilelako idazten dizut:  “Freelance AI Trainer Project”. Urruneko kontratuaren rola da hau, eta zure profilarekin ondo lerrokatzen dela uste dut. Ez da Adimen Artifizialekin aldez aurreko esperientziarik behar: axola duena euskara idatzi eta ahozko bikaina, xehetasunarekiko arreta zorrotza eta testua berridazteko gaitasuna da, argitasun eta zehaztasunagatik. Ohiko zereginen artean daude, besteak beste, modeloak “prompt” desberdinekin probatzea, euskarazko arrazoiketa probatzea, itzulpenak berrikustea, erantzun naturalak lantzea, gramatika eta tonua zuzentzea eta testuinguru kulturala gehitzea, beraz, sortutako testua jatorra eta naturala sentiaraztea”. Baina xehetasun bitxiak ez dira oraindik amaitu. “Eskaera bidali ondoren, mesedez erantzun InMail honi (mezu honi) erantzuteko zure interesa baieztatzeko: honek zure berrikuspena lehenesten eta edozein galderari erantzuten laguntzen dit. Ez jarraitzea nahiago baduzu, ez dago arazorik. Mesedez, baztertu InMail hau, eta gure zeregin honetarako zabaltzeko zerrendetatik kenduko zaitugu”. Non dago gizakia, benetako pertsona bat, prozesu honetan guztian ba? Pantailaren aurrean eserita, mezuak irakurtzen eta bidaltzen? Lan-eskaintzan interesa dutenek betetzen eta bidaltzen dituzten formularioak prozesatuz? Edo ez dago ez leku batean ez bestean? 90eko hamarkadan lan-elkarrizketa bat egin nuen Madrilen, Microsoft jende bila zebilelako Microsoft Officeko laguntzak euskaratzeko. Seguru dakidana da ez zutela edonor kontratatzen ni kontratatu ez nindutelako. Kontua ez da lan ona egin ahal izan nuela, baina ea noiz izan den hori arazo bat batzuentzat. Office-eko laguntza desastre hutsa zen dagoeneko, baina nolabait bere funtzioa bete zuen. Inork ez zuen erabiltzen, inork ez duelako dokumentazioa irakurtzen, baina ziur nago batzuk aberastu egin zirela. Eta beste gutxi batzuk, sikiera hilabete batzuetan, lana izan zuten. Ohar garrantzitsua: nik ez dut itzulpen lanik egiten, ezta AAak entrenatze lanik ere. Euskara aipatzen dut nire profilean (noski) eta pantaila baten aurrean lan egin dut urte askotan. Eta kito. Nortzuk aberastuko dira honekin? Zer hondamendi berri ikusiko ditugu garatuko dizkiguten produktuekin? Nork eta nondik egingo digute hurrengo txerrikeria? Gauza batzuk egiten dituzu, edo egiten dizkizute. Ez bakarrik politika. Baina baita ere. Vicente "Bixen" Carrasco

Sergei Karaganov irakaslea Kanpo Politikako eta Defentsako Kontseiluko presidentea da eta atzerri politikan eragin handiena duen akademiko errusiarretako bat. Brezhnev, Gorbatxov, Jeltsin eta Vladimir Putinen aholkularia izana da. Errusiako doktrina nuklearra aldatzearen defendatzaile nagusietako bat izan zen eta Putin presidenteak bere proposamen asko onartu zuen. Jarraian irakurriko dituzuenak Glenn Diesen akademiko norvegiarrak egin zion elkarrizketa batean plazaratutakoak dira. "Denbora luzez aritu naiz gobernuan dauden nire kideak kritikatzen Mendebaldearen erasoak toleratzeagatik, irtenbide bat aurkitu ahal izanen genuelakoan. Baina irtenbide hori ez da inoiz agertu. Beraz, 2023tik proposatzen ari naizenera itzuliko naiz. Errusia erabateko gerra pairatzen ari da eta gerra hau irabazi egin behar dugu. Gerra honek onura asko ekarri dio Errusiari. Geldotasunetik atera gara, geure arima eta ohorea berreskuratu ditugu eta geure gizartean benetan baliotsuak diren elite meritokratikoak baloratzen hasi gara, akademikoak, medikuak, ofizialak… Herrialdea indartsuago eta osasuntsuago bihurtzen ari da. Baina bizitza gehiegi ordaintzen ari gara. Beraz, nire gobernuari Europako gerra honi amaiera eman diezaion aholkatzen diot, koska bat gora eginez. Lehenik eta behin, Europako zenbait puntu sinboliko eta logistikori arma konbentzionalekin erasoz. Eta amore ematen ez badute, eraso nuklearrekin jarraituz. Amore ematen ez badute, Europako herrialde batzuk hil egin beharko dira. Hori da nire iradokizuna, nahiz eta Jainkoari eskatzen diodan –ni fededuna naiz– horrelakorik ez gertatzea. Duela hiru urte ni gutxiengo baten ahotsa nintzen. Orain gehiengo ikaragarri baten ahotsa naiz, bai arlo militarrean bai zirkulu politikoetan eta gizartean ere. Elkarrekiko jokabidearen zenbait arauren inguruan estatubatuarrak eta errusiarrak ados jar daitezen espero dut. Hori bai, europarrak ez dira joko horren parte izanen". Nuklearren aurretik, arma konbentzionalak "Europan gauzak muturreraino eramaten ari dira. Gure etsaiak eskala handian zigortzen hasi beharko dugun puntura iristen ari gara. Nahiago nuke erabateko gerra nuklearra piztu gabe. Baina aurretik, egin dituzten krimenak zigortu egin behar dira. Egiteko modu asko daude eta prestatzen ari gara. Lehenik eta behin, Europan bertan garrantzitsuak diren helburuei eraso eginez. Baina hori baino lehen, Kieveko erregimena suntsitu beharko dugu, eskalada nuklearrera igo gabe. Nire herrikideei ematen diedan aholkua eskalatzea da, lehenik arma konbentzionalekin helburu sinboliko, logistiko edo militarrak erasoz. Eta gero, gelditzen ez badira, bonba nuklearrak erabiliz. Nekatuta gaude gure gizonik onenak Europa horretan galduta. Ahalmen ekonomiko, teknologiko eta demografikoan gure gainetik dauden herrialde-talde batek eraso egiten badigu, eskubidea ez ezik beharra ere badugu arma nuklearrak erabiltzeko. Planteatu dut, halaber, komandante-buruak bere boterearen zati bat Europa eremuko komandante-buruarengan delegatzea. Jeneral horrek eskarmentu handiko ofizialen babesa du, eta berak hartuko luke bere gain erantzukizuna eta baloratuko luke baliabide guztiak erabiltzeko aukera edo beharra, baita arma nuklearrak ere, Errusiaren aurkako gerra oldarkorra piztu duten Europako herrialdeen aurka. Neure herrikideei gogorarazten diet Europa dela gerra guztien, genozidio guztien, giza historiako gauzarik txarrenen iturria. Espero dut, guztion onerako, gai izanen garela hori saihesteko. Baina europarrek beren herrialdeak amildegira eramaten ari direla ulertu behar dute". Europak zigortua izan behar du "Orain garrantzitsuena Europako eliteek erasorako duten borondatea haustea da. Eraso bat egiten ari dira eta horregatik zigortuak izan behar dute. Gure barne eztabaidetan nire gobernua kritikatzen ari naiz pirateria ekintzekin bigunegia izateagatik. Behar izanez gero, Danimarkako kanalak itxiko balira, adibidez, ez litzateke Danimarkarik geratuko. Serio hartu behar dugu ergel horiek zentzutasuna berreskura dezaten. Eraso nuklear mugatu batek zakur amorratu horiei zentzua itzuliko balie, gizateriaren salbatzailea izanen litzateke. Kapitalismo modernoa gizakiari gizatasuna kentzen ari zaio. Munduan izan zuen nagusitasuna berreskuratu nahian dihardu bera arpilatzea ahalbidetu zion Mendebaldeak. Baina hori ez da berriro gertatuko. Nahiago nuke bideko punturen batean elkarren arteko errespetuan oinarritutako mundu multipolarra eraiki ahal izatea, mundu askoz baketsuagoa. Baina gutxienez hogei urteko gerrak ditugu zain". Joan Mari Beloki Kortexarena

وەزیری دەرەوەی ئەمەریکا ڕایگەیاند کۆتایی بە ئەرکی تۆم باراک هاتووە وەک نێردەی تایبەتی سەرۆکی ئەمەریکا بۆ سوریا. ئێوارەی هەینی بە کاتی واشنتن، وەزیری دەرەوە مارکۆ روبیۆ ڕایگەیاند، "باڵیۆز مارکۆ روبیۆ ڕۆڵێکی زۆر گرنگی گێڕاوە وەکو نوێنەری تایبەتمان بۆ سوریا." روبیۆ ئاماژەی دا، "لە کاتێکدا ئەو پۆستەی بەسەر دەچێت، بەردەوام دەبێت لە گێڕانی ڕۆڵێکی پێشەنگ بۆ ئیدارەی ترامپ لە هەردوو وڵاتی سوریا و عێراق، وە لەوێ شارەزایی و پەیوەندییەکانی و تێگەیشتنی لە کارنامەی 'ئەمەریکا بەر لە هەمووان' بەردەوام...

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Ресей мен Ауғанстанның “Талибан” үкіметі әскери ынтымақтастық туралы келісімге қол қойды. Ресейлік БАҚ-тың хабарлауынша, келісімге 27 мамырда Мәскеу маңындағы қауіпсіздік форумы кезінде Ресей Қауіпсіздік кеңесінің хатшысы Сергей Шойгу мен “Талибанның” қорғаныс министрі Мұхаммед Жақып қол қойған. Дегенмен тараптар әскери ынтымақтастық туралы келісімнің мәтінін әлі жариялаған жоқ және ол жөнінде толымды ақпарат жоқ. Сондықтан, бұл құжат әскери ынтымақтастықтағы елеулі өзгеріс пе, әлде саяси...

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(The Center Square) – As state track and field championships commenced Friday at Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., protesters set up across the street to take aim at transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports. Those who spoke at the press conference in central California criticized the California Interscholastic Federation’s 13-year-old policy to allow transgender athletes born as boys to compete as girls in the statewide organization’s track and field championship events. The CIF policy that allows transgender athletes to compete as the sex they identify as, while it is now a years-old policy, is no less unpopular among the families and community members of Clovis, which is widely known as a conservative, historically agricultural city. “Throughout this month alone, Californians have watched three different male athletes compete in girls’ CIF track and field events,” said Sophia Laurie, outreach director for the California Family Council. “Today, at the CIF state championships, once again, a male athlete is expected to take a top spot in three girls events. The message being sent to female athletes is clear: Your opportunities, your records, your placements and hard work comes second to males.” Laurie and other speakers at the press conference across the street from the state track and field championships said that not only do female athletes compete against other athletes who were born male, but oftentimes also share locker rooms with them. “CIF continues to allow boys to compete against our girls,” Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diana Pearce said at the press conference. “When our girls express how uncomfortable they are with boys in their locker rooms and in their sports, they are told they are the problem, and are bullied into silence and humiliated.” The now 13-year-old policy, Policy 300D, allows transgender athletes to compete in sports consistent with their gender identity. The policy was adopted by the California Interscholastic Federation in 2013, according to an CIF document. “Biological males do not belong in girls’ sports,” Sonja Shaw, chair of the Chino Unified School District board and candidate for California superintendent of public Instruction, said at the press conference. “The fact that male athletes are here at CIF state championships in the girls events is a disgrace. It’s diabolical.” According to a 2023 study from the City University of New York, while there are noted differences between male and female athletes, there are also wide physiological variations in athletes of the same sex. The paper takes the position that excluding transgender athletes from sports and competition in their gender identity undermines the skill and talent of all athletes, whether they are transgender or not. No one from the California Interscholastic Federation was available to speak to The Center Square on Friday. The Clovis Unified School District, which Buchanan High School is part of, did not respond to The Center Square's request for comment. LGBTQ+ organizations also did not respond to The Center Square. Earlier in May, the California Family Council led a protest outside Yorba Linda High School in Yorba Linda, ahead of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Track and Field Preliminary meet. The Center Square reported on the Southern California protest.

The Florida Legislature signed off on a $114.5 billion budget Friday afternoon, even as some legislators worried it falls short of doing enough for schools, healthcare, and the environment. A handful of Democrats also sharply criticized a nearly $300 million tax cut package that they said does more to help special interests than everyday Floridians. […]