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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and state Rep. Linda Serrato (D-Santa Fe) on Thursday announced that they will push a bill this legislative session that aims to rein in advanced  artificial intelligence systems, an effort they describe as nation-leading and necessary amid federal inaction.

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of several farmers, farm groups and solar agencies for changes to a renewable energy program that impacts solar projects.  The lawsuit alleges that USDA changes made to the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, during the Trump administration have made […]

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(The Center Square) – One of the many initiatives on California's Nov. 3 ballot, Proposition 39, would require voters to present identification. According to the Voter Information Guide, published by the California Secretary of State's Office, the proposition would amend the state constitution to prohibit citizens from voting unless they present government-issued ID. Those voting by mail would have to write the last four digits of their Social Security number or driver’s license number on their vote-by-mail envelope. Voters would have to designate which identification number they are using, then actually use that number. If a voter indicates they used their driver’s license number but instead wrote the last four digits of their Social Security number, their ballot wouldn’t count, according to the voter information guide. The proposition would also require elections officials to annually report the percentage of each county’s voters whose citizenship officials verified. “It’s a practical way to update how we run elections in California," Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Lancaster, told The Center Square on Thursday. "Requiring a standard government-issued ID to vote is not moving backward. It’s a step toward a more modern and open system." The ballot measure also ensures a free state ID to any eligible voter who doesn't have one, Valladares added. "Prop. 39 makes sure no one is left out," Valladares said. Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, and another state lawmaker, Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, who were both early backers of the measure, were unavailable for interviews Thursday for this story. But Strickland previously told The Center Square, “I just remind everybody that 36 other states have this as part of their laws. Every state that has had this actually had higher voter participation, not lower.” All but one lawmaker on election committees in the California Legislature declined to respond to The Center Square on Thursday or did not return calls or emails. Sen. Steven Choi, R-Irvine and vice chair of the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee, told The Center Square via email on Thursday that as the author of election integrity legislation, he approves of the measure. “I fully support putting this important measure to the voters so that they can decide if they want secure elections in California," Choi said. "I believe the biggest impact you will see if Proposition 39 is successful will be building confidence in elections, across the board. With that confidence, we will likely see increased voter participation. I strongly support Proposition 39 and urge voters to do the same. “ Roughly 1.02 million voters signed the petition to place the measure on the ballot, well over the required 874,641 signatures, The Center Square previously reported. Rusty Hicks, chair of the California Democratic Party, warned the initiative would make voting more difficult in California. “Prop 39 is a Trump-backed attack on Californians’ fundamental right to vote,” Hicks said in an email to The Center Square. “It would make voting harder, put voters’ personal information at risk, force taxpayers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars and delay election results. California Democrats are united in opposition to Prop 39, and will ensure it ends up in the massive dumpster-fire with all the other failed MAGA efforts in this election.” The California Republican Party declined to comment for this story.

One question people inside and outside Oregon ask about this year’s governor’s race is: Has incumbent Tina Kotek, who won four years ago, lost any of her then-successful coalition of voters and interests? The basic answer has been no, but it has to come with an asterisk, which is the Oregon Education Association.  That’s an […]

Having theoretical access to healthcare doesn’t mean you can take advantage of it, as underscored by a report examining mothers’ experiences for themselves and their children. Released Thursday, Pulse Check 2026: Mothers on Mental Health, Care, and the Systems Around Their Families reports that nearly 48% of Florida mothers surveyed said they had struggled struggle […]

LAKELAND — Vice President J.D. Vance said in Florida Thursday that it was almost “too easy” to attack the candidacies of the two top Democrats running on the statewide ballot next month, David Jolly for governor and Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate. Yet the political reality is that he was in deep-red Polk County having […]

Korea has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline — and has not even agreed to invest at all, its national industry minister, Kim Jung-kwan, told reporters in Seoul on Thursday. His remarks came hours after President Donald Trump held a news conference in the White House to incorrectly […]

Lawyers for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike confirmed Thursday she is in critical condition and receiving life-saving medical care after her botched execution. Pike was transported to a hospital Wednesday night after Tennessee halted her execution when two rounds of its lethal injection protocol failed. Media witnesses to the execution were told to leave […]

Fim do salário mensal para a maioria. Precarização facilitada. Novo ataque aos sindicatos. “Tesouraços” nos serviços e servidores públicos. Outra contrarreforma da Previdência. Vasculhamos o programa de horrores do candidato da ultradireita The post O que Flávio propõe aos trabalhadores appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek led a group of four other governors in calling on the federal government to delay new Medicaid rules set to go into effect Jan. 1.

TOPEKA — More than 30,000 fewer Kansans are receiving federal food assistance benefits, including more than 13,500 children, after the passage of federal cuts in 2025, and current beneficiaries must navigate a system riddled with delays. State lawmakers considered Wednesday streamlining the application process for federal benefits so people who qualify for cash assistance and […]

Rules published Thursday essentially end federal grants that thousands of American farmers have long relied on to build revenue-generating solar systems on their land. The Trump administration’s changes to the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) are its latest attempt to block solar development even as the…

(The Center Square) - A 51-year-old Department of Energy employee from Richland, Wash., was arrested Thursday and charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Houthis, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy was arrested Thursday morning and is scheduled to make his initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge at 11 a.m. Friday in Richland, the DOJ said in a press release. “As alleged, a U.S. government employee traveled overseas and used his specialized expertise in an attempt to aid the Houthis, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization backed by Iran,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg in the release. “Additionally, Ellaboudy acquired materials for the construction of explosive material and drones capable of delivering these explosives. These allegations are so deeply disturbing that they almost defy imagination.” The arrest follows an FBI investigation that included a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Oxford Avenue in Richland on Thursday. According to a federal affidavit filed Sept. 30 in the Eastern District of Washington, Ellaboudy is accused of attempting to provide personnel, services, expert advice and assistance, and electronic components to Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis. The investigation began after the FBI received information that Ellaboudy had purchased chemicals and components that investigators said can be used in the construction of homemade explosives, according to the release. According to the affidavit, purchases made between November 2024 and February 2025 included nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric acid, potassium nitrate, aluminum powder, sulfur powder, firework igniter parts and other chemicals and components. Investigators also identified purchases of drone parts. The investigation also examined Ellaboudy’s travel to the Middle East. In September 2025, Ellaboudy traveled from Richland through Los Angeles and Doha to Salalah, Oman. According to the affidavit, investigators later determined that his cellphone traveled near the Oman-Yemen border. The DOJ said Ellaboudy used an official passport previously issued to him during his employment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cross from Oman into Yemen. When he returned to the United States, Ellaboudy told Customs and Border Protection officers that his overseas travel had been for official government business, court documents show. His DOE supervisor later told investigators that Ellaboudy had no authorized official government travel to the region and that the supervisor was unaware of any reason that would have required such a trip. The affidavit further states that during a recorded conversation in October 2025, Ellaboudy said he paid approximately $1,400 to be smuggled across the Oman-Yemen border and wanted to travel to Sanaa. The investigation later focused on efforts to provide technical assistance to an undercover agent whom Ellaboudy thought was a member of Ansarallah, documents allege. According to the DOJ, Ellaboudy communicated with an FBI confidential source who purported to be working for a Houthi “Colonel.” The DOJ said Ellaboudy provided electrical engineering expertise to help test and modify solar power generators and communications equipment that was purportedly intended for use in Yemen. He also provided guidance on how power and communications systems could be integrated, produced schematics and diagrams and researched additional equipment that could improve the communications system, according to court documents. Ellaboudy recognized solar power and radio communications equipment shown to him by the confidential source and offered to test the equipment because of his experience working with solar power systems, according to the affidavit. The DOE Hanford Field Office said the investigation did not directly involve the site. “This matter did not involve an attempt to harm the Hanford Site or its workforce, and at no time was there a threat to the safety or security of the site,” Hanford Field Office Manager Ray Geimer said in the DOJ announcement. The DOJ said the charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if Ellaboudy is convicted. The charges contained in the criminal complaint are allegations. Ellaboudy is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court. He could not be reached for comment.

Democrat Ebony Turner and Republican Ellen Fleischmann want to succeed state Rep. David Cook in the Nov. 3 election.

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El Kremlin asegura que responde a una amenaza occidental, pero no ha presentado pruebas públicas de un plan de la OTAN para bloquear el enclave. Además, matiza que “no estamos amenazando a nadie” mientras se incrementan los ataques híbridos en el Báltico.

Para decenas de familias que enfrentan diariamente los desafíos de enfermedades crónicas, discapacidades y tratamientos especializados, unas horas de convivencia, creatividad y descubrimiento pueden convertirse en una medicina invaluable. Ese fue el objetivo de la más reciente experiencia organizada por la Foundation for the Children of the Californias (FCC), que llevó a 60 niños pacientes […]

შეერთებულმა შტატებმა გააფართოვა სანქციები საგადახდო ქსელ A7-ის წინააღმდეგ, რომელიც, როგორც იუწყებიან, რუსეთის ხელისუფლებასთან არის დაკავშირებული. აშშ-ის ფინანსთა სამინისტროს განცხადებით, ეს ნაბიჯი გადაიდგა იმის გამო, რომ ირანის ხელისუფლება აღნიშნულ ქსელს ირანის წინააღმდეგ დაწესებული შეზღუდვებისთვის გვერდის ასავლელად იყენებდა. ქსელი A7 ცნობილ იქნა „მნიშვნელოვან ტრანსნაციონალურ დანაშაულებრივ ორგანიზაციად“. სამინისტროს განცხადებაში აღნიშნულია, რომ ეს ნიშნავს იმ გადარიცხვების აკრძალვას,...

State Democrats have dominated fundraising in recent years. But in 2026, its heavy hitters have been vastly outspent by the state’s Republican megadonors. The post UPDATE: Uihleins, Hendricks flood Wisconsin GOP with cash thru loophole appeared first on The Badger Project.