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California security guards earn low pay and have dangerous jobs. Legislative Democrats are pressuring companies to unionize.

4月17日，圍繞霍爾木茲海峽問題，志同道合國家舉行了 “關於霍爾木茲海峽航行自由的首腦線上會議”，有50多個國家和機構參加，並就清除霍爾木茲海峽的水雷等問題進行了討論,目前沒有跡象表明日本首相高市早苗參加了這次線上會議， 日本官房長官木原稔在20日上午的記者會上證實了高市早苗首相沒有參加17日的首腦線上會議，日本方面由國家安全保障局長市川惠一出席，高市首相發表了書面致辭，但是他迴避了回答高市早苗首相沒有參加首腦線上會議的具體原因。

4月17日，围绕霍尔木兹海峡问题，志同道合国家举行了 “关于霍尔木兹海峡航行自由的首脑线上会议”，有50多个国家和机构参加，并就清除霍尔木兹海峡的水雷等问题进行了讨论,目前没有迹象表明日本首相高市早苗参加了这次线上会议， 日本官房长官木原稔在20日上午的记者会上证实了高市早苗首相没有参加17日的首脑线上会议，日本方面由国家安全保障局长市川惠一出席，高市首相发表了书面致辞，但是他回避了回答高市早苗首相没有参加首脑线上会议的具体原因。

Не менее 40 граждан Израиля были задержаны в московском аэропорту Домодедово 19 апреля по прилету в Россию, сообщает "Медиазона" со ссылкой на источник. В Министерстве иностранных дел Израиля подтвердили эту информацию: дипведомство сообщило, что общалось на эту тему с российскими коллегами. По информации "Медиазоны", израильтяне прилетели в Москву рейсом из Тель-Авива. Среди них были как те, у кого в дополнение к израильскому было российское гражданство, так и граждане только Израиля...

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.The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding that Wayne County — Michigan’s most populous county and the home of Detroit — turn over all ballots, receipts, and envelopes from the 2024 election.It’s the latest push by the Trump administration to assert federal oversight over how elections are administered in a critical swing state. It’s also the first known instance of the Justice Department demanding ballots and other materials from the 2024 election, which President Donald Trump won. It highlights the continued interest in Detroit, a city Trump has repeatedly said saw massive fraud during the 2020, though such claims have been repeatedly debunked.But there are some key questions that remain to be answered. For one, the Justice Department is demanding the ballots from the county, which doesn’t have them. In Michigan, it is local officials — not the county — who administer elections and maintain custody of the ballots afterward. To support the request, the Justice Department’s letter cites three cases, all from after the 2020 election, in which Wayne County voters were accused of fraud. It also cites a lawsuit from 2020 that accused Wayne County and Detroit of allowing election workers to commit fraud by counting ballots from voters who weren’t on the rolls, instructing poll workers to backdate absentee ballots, and to process ballots that came in late. However, that suit was dismissed quickly, with a judge writing that the “plaintiffs’ interpretation of events is incorrect and not credible.”The Justice Department’s letter, dated April 14 and signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, asks the records be produced “based on this history of fraud convictions and other allegations concerning the election procedures in Wayne County.” None of the examples given were from 2024, the election being probed. The letter instructed the county to produce the records within 14 days, and said if it does not, the administration could seek a court order for them. The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment, and a spokesperson for Wayne County declined to comment Monday morning. But Michigan officials — including the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, all Democrats — released both the letter from the DOJ and statements of their own.Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the Justice Department demand a “poorly disguised attempt to justify more doubt and misinformation about our elections.” Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who ran both the 2020 and 2024 elections as the state’s top election official, called it “the Trump administration’s latest attempt to interfere in our elections.”Attorney General Dana Nessel sent her own letter back to Dhillon, saying that “Michigan stands ready to defend against these claims and any attempt to interfere in Michigan’s elections.” People have analyzed Michigan’s elections relentlessly, she said, including ongoing efforts from a number of conservative-leaning organizations — and “it is more than likely that any alleged errors will be based on previously debunked theories and provide no credible grounds for further questioning of Detroit’s election.”“Even if your letter sufficiently states a demand, which it does not, the records are in possession of the 43 local clerks in Wayne County,” she wrote. “The scant and localized facts you cite do not merit a demand to all 43 jurisdictions.”She goes on to say that clerks are preparing for future elections and don’t have the time to produce the records.“These records could have been requested at almost any time in 2025,” she writes. “There is no reasonable explanation for your delay given the demand is not based on recent events but rather those occurring in 2020 or shortly thereafter.”This is not the federal government’s first attempt to involve itself in Michigan’s elections. The DOJ last year asked the state for its voter roll, and when the state shared only the redacted, publicly available version, the federal government sued the state. That case is working its way through an appeal, with arguments scheduled for May. The Justice Department has so far filed similar lawsuits against 30 states and the District of Columbia, So far, federal courts have ruled against them in five of the lawsuits, with decisions pending in the others. Republicans in the state Legislature have signed on to a resolution asking for Michigan’s rolls to be released in full. Some Republicans also asked the Justice Department last year to provide “comprehensive oversight” of the state’s 2026 elections, although it remains unclear what such oversight might look like.Trump, for his part, has suggested that the federal government should “nationalize” voting, naming Detroit as one of the places he would like to “take over.” Michigan is the third state in which the DOJ has attempted to obtain records from past elections. The FBI seized hundreds of boxes of ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia — home of Atlanta — in a raid in January, and in March the FBI subpoenaed records from a partisan review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona — a major swing county that is home to Phoenix. FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that the DOJ was continuing to probe past elections and could soon make arrests.Hayley Harding is a reporter for Votebeat based in Michigan. Contact Hayley at hharding@votebeat.org.

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Last Updated on April 20, 2026 This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new […] Source

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Organizers from Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Arizona share strategies for resisting data centers in other communities.

(The Center Square) - Arizona utility companies stress they're protecting customers’ electric bills as more data centers come online.According to Upwind, a cybersecurity company, Phoenix expects its data center capacity to increase by 554%, adding an additional 5,340 megawatts to the state’s electrical grid.With more data centers anticipated in the state, the Arizona Corporation Commission opened a new docket to examine the influx. ACC held a workshop last week on how the state should address the growing number of large-load customers, such as data centers. ACC Chairman Kevin Thompson said he believes it's important for the commission to review existing policies and create new ones that will protect ratepayers and ensure large-load customers pay for their infrastructure costs. Scott Scharli, director of strategic energy management at Salt River Project, told The Center Square that his company currently powers around 20 data centers of varying sizes. Ann Porter, communications director for Arizona Public Service, said the company’s data center customers use 400 to 500 megawatts of energy. She noted APS did not have an exact number of data centers on its grid.SRP and APS are the main energy providers in the Phoenix area.According to Scharli, SRP anticipates adding 10 additional data centers over the next five years.Porter said APS plans to serve 4,000 megawatts to data centers expected to come online over the next 10 years.APS is in talks with these types of customers that could see the company serve up to another 19,000 megawatts of energy, Porter said. Nearly two hours south of Arizona’s biggest city, Joe Barrios, spokesman for Tucson Electric Power, told The Center Square by email that the company does not serve “high-load data centers.” “Although we provide service to some small data centers, these facilities require less than 1 megawatt of capacity,” he said.TEP anticipates “serving one or two high-load data center projects over the next five years,” Barrios said.He noted TEP has “seen interest from other data center developers but has no other agreements in place at this time.”With Arizona’s three biggest energy providers expecting to add more data centers, they said other customers will not have to pay for them. SRP's Scharli said data centers, which are categorized as large-load customers, will pay the full cost of their transmission infrastructure, including substation equipment, power lines and power poles.Transmission infrastructure helps deliver power to data centers and generation infrastructure.SRP requires data centers that use more than 20 megawatts to pay 80% of the forecasted peak energy demand over 15 years.Similar to SRP, Porter said APS requires these customers to pay minimum thresholds for energy. The rate plan APS uses to charge data centers makes them pay for “their cost of service” because they use more energy than residents or small businesses, she added.Barrios told The Center Square that, under TEP’s agreement with Humphrey’s Peak Power to build an incoming data center, the company will need to pay the full cost of service, which helps ensure other customers are not subsidizing it.Regarding the impact on grid reliability, Scharli said SRP’s energy grid will not be affected by additional data centers. Porter said APS only brings on data centers when there is enough power generation to support them. She added that the company always ensures its electrical grid has space for other uses, such as home developers and stores.According to Barrios, TEP will not “connect new customers to the grid unless [it is] confident that they can be served reliably and without impacting reliability to other customers.”When these large-load customers are added to an energy provider's electric grid, they reportedly can help lower prices for others.“ For every dollar that it costs [SRP] to serve large industrial customers, they actually are charged $1.14,” Scharli noted.Barrios said large-load customers “typically support greater affordability for other customers by covering a higher percentage of a utility’s fixed system costs.”

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