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Husker legend Tom Osborne’s bust was unveiled as he was recognized as the first living member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

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Husker legend Tom Osborne’s bust was unveiled as he was recognized as the first living member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Novo single chega às plataformas de música e ao YouTube na quinta-feira (17), acompanhado por videoclipe bem-humorado que transforma uma história de vulnerabilidade em diversão O post Jona Poeta faz graça da dor no pagode solar “Cuidando de Mim” apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

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(The Center Square) - Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced on Friday their commitment to bring greater transparency and accountability “to rogue local prosecutors who refuse to enforce Texas law.” The news comes after Abbott has proposed creating a new office of a statewide prosecutor ahead of legislative hearings being held this month. Abbott, Burrows and Patrick announced their plan for the Legislature to enact laws next year to implement greater state oversight of local prosecutors, stating there is “a clear pattern of certain local prosecutors releasing repeat offenders back into the community and putting innocent Texans at risk.” “Texans come first,” Abbott said. “Prosecutors must enforce Texas law and keep violent criminals behind bars. When murder charges are dropped and repeat offenders walk free, innocent Texans pay the price. Texas will hold rogue prosecutors accountable and deliver justice for victims.” “For far too long, Texans have been left at the mercy of certain local prosecutors' soft-on-crime policies,” Burrows said. “When murderers are let off the hook, released on bail through catch-and-release policies, or even have their charges dismissed, public safety is compromised.” Earlier this year, Burrows established the Texas House Governmental Oversight Select Committee, which will meet on Sept. 30 to hear testimony on this issue. The goal is to develop bipartisan reforms “to strengthen public safety, hold public officials accountable and ensure political ideology never comes before law and order,” he said, adding that it “will be a top priority for the Texas House next session.” Patrick agreed, saying the Texas Senate will also “take strong action against these rogue prosecutors.” The leaders pointed to Travis County District Attorney José Garza as an example of a “rogue prosecutor,” citing examples of murder charges he’s dismissed, violent criminals his office refused to prosecute and many examples of repeat offenders being released onto the streets with no bond. Their announcement comes after The Center Square exclusively reported on complaints made by residents in rural counties who argue local prosecutors aren’t prosecuting a range of crimes, including voter fraud, and are dismissing large numbers of cases. They are hoping the Legislature will address an unanswered question: “What happens when a local district attorney won’t investigate or prosecute cases?” Rural county residents argue there’s also a lack of transparency on the number of cases that are prosecuted and dismissed, there’s no statutory requirement for DAs to recuse themselves from a case by a certain deadline, which delays Office of Attorney General investigations, and there are no district attorney term limits. Under the Texas Constitution, the OAG falls under the executive branch and is prohibited from prosecuting crimes in a county unless the local DA requests permission or recuses its office. If the DA won’t prosecute or dismisses cases, residents feel they have no recourse, The Center Square reported. Former Zapata County Sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque and other Democrats, have called on the Republican-led state Legislature and the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to investigate an alleged systemic pattern of voter fraud in rural border counties. “Don’t dismiss these concerns because we’re a small county on the border,” Del Bosque said. “Zapata County needs help. Please don’t ignore Zapata County.” Democrat Martha Moralas, who ran for Zapata County judge, told The Center Square, “I am a Democrat asking a Republican president [and state Legislature] for help because I refuse to believe that justice has a party. My vote is not supposed to be bought, harvested, manipulated, or silenced, and neither is my right to have the truth heard in court.”

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(The Center Square) - Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced on Friday their commitment to bring greater transparency and accountability “to rogue local prosecutors who refuse to enforce Texas law.” The news comes after Abbott has proposed creating a new office of a statewide prosecutor ahead of legislative hearings being held this month. Abbott, Burrows and Patrick announced their plan for the Legislature to enact laws next year to implement greater state oversight of local prosecutors, stating there is “a clear pattern of certain local prosecutors releasing repeat offenders back into the community and putting innocent Texans at risk.” “Texans come first,” Abbott said. “Prosecutors must enforce Texas law and keep violent criminals behind bars. When murder charges are dropped and repeat offenders walk free, innocent Texans pay the price. Texas will hold rogue prosecutors accountable and deliver justice for victims.” “For far too long, Texans have been left at the mercy of certain local prosecutors' soft-on-crime policies,” Burrows said. “When murderers are let off the hook, released on bail through catch-and-release policies, or even have their charges dismissed, public safety is compromised.” Earlier this year, Burrows established the Texas House Governmental Oversight Select Committee, which will meet on Sept. 30 to hear testimony on this issue. The goal is to develop bipartisan reforms “to strengthen public safety, hold public officials accountable and ensure political ideology never comes before law and order,” he said, adding that it “will be a top priority for the Texas House next session.” Patrick agreed, saying the Texas Senate will also “take strong action against these rogue prosecutors.” The leaders pointed to Travis County District Attorney José Garza as an example of a “rogue prosecutor,” citing examples of murder charges he’s dismissed, violent criminals his office refused to prosecute and many examples of repeat offenders being released onto the streets with no bond. Their announcement comes after The Center Square exclusively reported on complaints made by residents in rural counties who argue local prosecutors aren’t prosecuting a range of crimes, including voter fraud, and are dismissing large numbers of cases. They are hoping the Legislature will address an unanswered question: “What happens when a local district attorney won’t investigate or prosecute cases?” Rural county residents argue there’s also a lack of transparency on the number of cases that are prosecuted and dismissed, there’s no statutory requirement for DAs to recuse themselves from a case by a certain deadline, which delays Office of Attorney General investigations, and there are no district attorney term limits. Under the Texas Constitution, the OAG falls under the executive branch and is prohibited from prosecuting crimes in a county unless the local DA requests permission or recuses its office. If the DA won’t prosecute or dismisses cases, residents feel they have no recourse, The Center Square reported. Former Zapata County Sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque and other Democrats, have called on the Republican-led state Legislature and the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to investigate an alleged systemic pattern of voter fraud in rural border counties. “Don’t dismiss these concerns because we’re a small county on the border,” Del Bosque said. “Zapata County needs help. Please don’t ignore Zapata County.” Democrat Martha Moralas, who ran for Zapata County judge, told The Center Square, “I am a Democrat asking a Republican president [and state Legislature] for help because I refuse to believe that justice has a party. My vote is not supposed to be bought, harvested, manipulated, or silenced, and neither is my right to have the truth heard in court.”

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Governments across Asia are increasingly allocating public capital to industrial capacity, yet the institutional capabilities required to manage these investments are often overlooked

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Governments across Asia are increasingly allocating public capital to industrial capacity, yet the institutional capabilities required to manage these investments are often overlooked

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Zinemaldiko lehen eguneko arratsaldeko saioan, euskal zinema ikusi dut: Inurri itsuak, Igor Legarreta zuzendariaren luzemetraia. Izenburu bereko (Las ciegas hormigas) liburuan oinarrituta, Algortako (Getxo, Bizkaia) familia baten istorioa kontatzen du, labe garaien aldian kokatuta. Erauntsi izugarriak kostara ekarrita, ikatza daraman garraio-ontzi erraldoi bat haitzetan harrapatuta geratu da, bertatik atera ezinik, eta merkantzia itsasora erorita. Neguak hotzak dira; ikatzik ez duenarentzat, are gehiago, eta herritarrek istripua aprobetxatzea erabaki dute, horretan bizitza galtzeko arriskua badute ere. Ekaitz bortitz amaigabeak ez die arnasa hartzen utzi ez pertsonaiei, ezta publikoari ere: berez egoera itogarria dena are estugarriago eta injustuago bihurtu da. Euri makinen azpian lan egitea gogor askoa da, pelikula osteko solasaldian Urko Olazabal aktoreak esan duen bezala, baina nolako eragina duen eszenografian, ene! Benetan merezi al dute hau guztia herritar xumeek? Ba, ez, noski, baina zeini galdetzen diozun: ikatzaren jabeari ez zaizkio inurriak axola. Filmak gidoi sinplea du, baina ez konnotazio txarra hartu horri. Sinpletasunari esker era oso efektiboan iritsarazten dizkigu transmititu nahi dituen mezuak. Zuzendariak berak esan du biziraupenaren inguruko lana dela; lur planetan, batzuek bizi eta besteek biziraun egin behar, eta biziraun behar duenak ere, bere erara eta bere mailan. Gizarteko botere egituren desoreka, batetik, eta bestetik, “ordena” mantentzen duten azpiko egitura ankerrak dira filmaren gai nagusiak. Baina, hor dago, aldi berean, zaintza. Sabas aitak (Urko Olazabal) eta Josefa amak (Itziar Ituño) bakoitzak bere erara gorpuzten dute familia babesteko modua. Argi eta garbi ikusten dira genero rolek nola moldatzen dituzten bien jokabideak eta nola ulertzen duen bakoitzak familia zaintzea zer den. Sabasen pertsonaia hotz eta ustez sentikortasunik gabeak eragina izango du semeengan, berak onena egiten ari dela uste badu ere. Azken eszenak oso dotore biribildu du filma, eta erakusten du baserriko familia bateko aitak lanarekiko eta bizirautearekiko duen jarrera. Aktoreen interpretazio paregabeek, eszenografia itogarriak eta gidoi eraginkorrak ikusle asko hunkitu dituzte; solasaldian, publikoaren parte hartzean, oso argi geratu da hori. Zineman ikusteko aukera baduzue, ez egin dudarik.

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Zinemaldiko lehen eguneko arratsaldeko saioan, euskal zinema ikusi dut: Inurri itsuak, Igor Legarreta zuzendariaren luzemetraia. Izenburu bereko (Las ciegas hormigas) liburuan oinarrituta, Algortako (Getxo, Bizkaia) familia baten istorioa kontatzen du, labe garaien aldian kokatuta. Erauntsi izugarriak kostara ekarrita, ikatza daraman garraio-ontzi erraldoi bat haitzetan harrapatuta geratu da, bertatik atera ezinik, eta merkantzia itsasora erorita. Neguak hotzak dira; ikatzik ez duenarentzat, are gehiago, eta herritarrek istripua aprobetxatzea erabaki dute, horretan bizitza galtzeko arriskua badute ere. Ekaitz bortitz amaigabeak ez die arnasa hartzen utzi ez pertsonaiei, ezta publikoari ere: berez egoera itogarria dena are estugarriago eta injustuago bihurtu da. Euri makinen azpian lan egitea gogor askoa da, pelikula osteko solasaldian Urko Olazabal aktoreak esan duen bezala, baina nolako eragina duen eszenografian, ene! Benetan merezi al dute hau guztia herritar xumeek? Ba, ez, noski, baina zeini galdetzen diozun: ikatzaren jabeari ez zaizkio inurriak axola. Filmak gidoi sinplea du, baina ez konnotazio txarra hartu horri. Sinpletasunari esker era oso efektiboan iritsarazten dizkigu transmititu nahi dituen mezuak. Zuzendariak berak esan du biziraupenaren inguruko lana dela; lur planetan, batzuek bizi eta besteek biziraun egin behar, eta biziraun behar duenak ere, bere erara eta bere mailan. Gizarteko botere egituren desoreka, batetik, eta bestetik, “ordena” mantentzen duten azpiko egitura ankerrak dira filmaren gai nagusiak. Baina, hor dago, aldi berean, zaintza. Sabas aitak (Urko Olazabal) eta Josefa amak (Itziar Ituño) bakoitzak bere erara gorpuzten dute familia babesteko modua. Argi eta garbi ikusten dira genero rolek nola moldatzen dituzten bien jokabideak eta nola ulertzen duen bakoitzak familia zaintzea zer den. Sabasen pertsonaia hotz eta ustez sentikortasunik gabeak eragina izango du semeengan, berak onena egiten ari dela uste badu ere. Azken eszenak oso dotore biribildu du filma, eta erakusten du baserriko familia bateko aitak lanarekiko eta bizirautearekiko duen jarrera. Aktoreen interpretazio paregabeek, eszenografia itogarriak eta gidoi eraginkorrak ikusle asko hunkitu dituzte; solasaldian, publikoaren parte hartzean, oso argi geratu da hori. Zineman ikusteko aukera baduzue, ez egin dudarik.

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74. zinemaldiari hasiera emateko, Werner Herzog zinegile entzutetsuaren Bucking Fastard (Mabroi Kadarikatua) pelikula bitxia izan da nire aukera. Filmografia zabala duen zuzendaria da Herzog, aspaldi hasi baitzen egiten zinema eta dokumentalak (nahiz eta berak ez hala deitu). Bucking Fastard lan berezia da, mundu errealeko bi ahizparen bizitzan oinarrituta, istorio original eta desberdina kontatzen duena. Jean Holbrooke (Kate Mara) eta Joan Holbrooke (Rooney Mara) bi ahizpa berdin-berdin dira. Beraiek ez direla bikiak esaten badute ere, aldi berean hitz egiten dute hitz berberak erabilita, berdin janzten dira, amets berberak dituzte eta gizon bera maite dute. Filma epaiketa batean hasi da: Holbrooke ahizpek Gareth Mulroney (Orlando Bloom) jazartzen omen dute, berarekin maiteminduta daudelako. Epaiketa izugarri bitxia da, bi ahizpak batera igo dira deklaratzera, eta aldi berean hasi dira hizketan. Esan dute Mulroney maite dutela eta hark beraiek maite dituela. Egin dituzten erokeria guztiak zuritzen hasiko dira, horrenbesterako ez balira bezala. Kontua da erokeria horiek benetan ez dutela ez buru, ez hanka, eta ateraldi barregarri eta arraroen ondorioz, ikusleak ez du jakingo zer gertatzen ari den. Hortxe, nire buruak erabaki du, ebatzi beharreko misterio baten aurrean balego legez, guztiaren jatorria bilatzen hasi nahi zuela. Hamar minuturen buruan, ordea, ohartu naiz alferreko ariketa jarri diodala neure buruari; Bucking Fastard datorren bezala ikusi beharreko pelikula da. Arrarotasunak aise gogorarazi dit 2023an estreinaturiko Poor Things (Izaki gaixoak) filma. Estilistikoki desberdina bada ere, badu nolabaiteko tankera. Baina, are gehiago, errealismo magikoaren eta, bereziki, Gabriel García Marquezen Cien años de soledad (Ehun urteko bakardadea) liburuaren antza handia hartu diot. Areago, konexioa egin dudanean, nolabait neure buruan filma narratzen ariko banintz bezala hasi naiz, ikusten ari nintzenari hitzak jarrita. Eta, liburua irakurri nuenean bezala, guztia ulertzen saiatu beharrean, istorioa jarraitu eta datorren bezala hartzeko jarrerari esker askoz gehiago gozatu dut. Gidoi sinesgaitza, errealismo magikoko elementuak, protagonisten berezitasun hori, elkarrizketa interesgarriak: filma David Lynchi eskaini badio, zerbaitegatik izango da.

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74. zinemaldiari hasiera emateko, Werner Herzog zinegile entzutetsuaren Bucking Fastard (Mabroi Kadarikatua) pelikula bitxia izan da nire aukera. Filmografia zabala duen zuzendaria da Herzog, aspaldi hasi baitzen egiten zinema eta dokumentalak (nahiz eta berak ez hala deitu). Bucking Fastard lan berezia da, mundu errealeko bi ahizparen bizitzan oinarrituta, istorio original eta desberdina kontatzen duena. Jean Holbrooke (Kate Mara) eta Joan Holbrooke (Rooney Mara) bi ahizpa berdin-berdin dira. Beraiek ez direla bikiak esaten badute ere, aldi berean hitz egiten dute hitz berberak erabilita, berdin janzten dira, amets berberak dituzte eta gizon bera maite dute. Filma epaiketa batean hasi da: Holbrooke ahizpek Gareth Mulroney (Orlando Bloom) jazartzen omen dute, berarekin maiteminduta daudelako. Epaiketa izugarri bitxia da, bi ahizpak batera igo dira deklaratzera, eta aldi berean hasi dira hizketan. Esan dute Mulroney maite dutela eta hark beraiek maite dituela. Egin dituzten erokeria guztiak zuritzen hasiko dira, horrenbesterako ez balira bezala. Kontua da erokeria horiek benetan ez dutela ez buru, ez hanka, eta ateraldi barregarri eta arraroen ondorioz, ikusleak ez du jakingo zer gertatzen ari den. Hortxe, nire buruak erabaki du, ebatzi beharreko misterio baten aurrean balego legez, guztiaren jatorria bilatzen hasi nahi zuela. Hamar minuturen buruan, ordea, ohartu naiz alferreko ariketa jarri diodala neure buruari; Bucking Fastard datorren bezala ikusi beharreko pelikula da. Arrarotasunak aise gogorarazi dit 2023an estreinaturiko Poor Things (Izaki gaixoak) filma. Estilistikoki desberdina bada ere, badu nolabaiteko tankera. Baina, are gehiago, errealismo magikoaren eta, bereziki, Gabriel García Marquezen Cien años de soledad (Ehun urteko bakardadea) liburuaren antza handia hartu diot. Areago, konexioa egin dudanean, nolabait neure buruan filma narratzen ariko banintz bezala hasi naiz, ikusten ari nintzenari hitzak jarrita. Eta, liburua irakurri nuenean bezala, guztia ulertzen saiatu beharrean, istorioa jarraitu eta datorren bezala hartzeko jarrerari esker askoz gehiago gozatu dut. Gidoi sinesgaitza, errealismo magikoko elementuak, protagonisten berezitasun hori, elkarrizketa interesgarriak: filma David Lynchi eskaini badio, zerbaitegatik izango da.

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) esteve em Guarulhos, na região metropolitana de São Paulo, nesta sexta-feira (18), em mais um ato de sua campanha à reeleição à presidência da República, e confirmou a ofensiva contra as casas de aposta online. Em seu discurso, o presidente respondeu à movimentação dos clubes brasileiros, que […] Fonte

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O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) esteve em Guarulhos, na região metropolitana de São Paulo, nesta sexta-feira (18), em mais um ato de sua campanha à reeleição à presidência da República, e confirmou a ofensiva contra as casas de aposta online. Em seu discurso, o presidente respondeu à movimentação dos clubes brasileiros, que […] Fonte

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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved reimbursing Texas $7.5 billion for costs incurred by the state's border security operations during the Biden administration's border crisis. It's the first time Texas has received such a reimbursement, thanks to a new federal law. Gov. Greg Abbott said he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “who confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security will be sending Texas $7.5 billion as part of the federal funding to reimburse Texas. “Texas held the line when Washington would not. Texas taxpayers spent billions to stop illegal crossings, catch criminals, and seize deadly drugs. This reimbursement is a victory for those taxpayers,” Abbott said, thanking the president and Mullin. Abbott also said Texas is also applying to the U.S. Department of Justice for reimbursement for a portion of an additional $3 billion the state spent on border security, which he says will “fully reimburse Texas for costs incurred due to the Biden Administration’s refusal to enforce federal immigration law.” The DHS reimbursement comes from a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, secured. The governor’s office submitted Texas’ application to DHS for reimbursement in June. The announcement comes 20 months after Abbott first asked Congress to reimburse Texas for more than $11.1 billion spent on border security efforts, The Center Square reported. Cornyn and his colleagues delivered. During the Biden administration, the Texas Legislature allocated more than $11.6 billion to border security efforts, the most in the state's history. That’s more than multiple state fiscal year budgets and more than what the Trump administration allocated to federal border security efforts in Texas, The Center Square reported. Last year, Texas Senate and House budget proposals allocated more than $6 billion to border security efforts over a two-year period, The Center Square reported. Abbott first launched OLS in March 2021, in response to an unprecedented number of illegal border crossers and crime within the first couple of months of the Biden administration. From March 2021 through February 2026, OLS officers apprehended 538,141 illegal foreign nationals, including those referred to Border Patrol. They also deterred 157,112 illegal entries, according to OLS data obtained by The Center Square. Through OLS, thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers were deployed to the border. Dozens of sheriff’s offices also beefed up operations participating in an OLS Task Force. OLS efforts include constructing Texas’ own border wall, building concertina wire and marine barriers, expanding technological capabilities to stop illegal crossings and drug interdiction. They also include new brush teams, canine and equestrian units as well as a range of interdiction efforts through targeted traffic enforcement, The Center Square reported. These efforts are ongoing. Operation Lone Star is in its fifth year. Although illegal crossings at the southwest border have dropped by more than 95% under the second Trump administration, crime is ongoing and cartel networks are embedded throughout Texas and nationwide. OLS 2.0 is targeting them and criminal actors designated as foreign terrorist organizations such as Tren de Aragua. As TdA crime spread to dozens of states, in September 2024, Abbott expanded OLS operations to eradicate TdA, The Center Square reported. Since OLS began, more than half a million Venezuelan nationals have been apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Texas after they illegally entered the U.S. OLS officers are also targeting South American Theft Groups and commercial vehicle crimes statewide. Last September, Texas DPS began suspending issuing CDL licenses in several categories. Targeted CDL enforcement actions are ongoing. Since March 2021, OLS officers have record amounts of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and heroin and enough fentanyl to kill nearly one tenth of the world’s population, according to data obtained by The Center Square. Law enforcement officers argue continued funding for OLS is needed as national security threats persist. Funding is also needed for prosecutors, jails and transportation. “Just because the bodies quit coming, we still have this massive cleanup to do,” Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe told The Center Square. “We still need funding for jail facilities and transportation.” “Many people overlook the fact that successful prosecutions are more important than arrest numbers in achieving justice and creating a deterrence for those who commit crimes,” Kinney County Attorney Brent Smith told The Center Square. Prosecuting crimes and sending people to jail is the deterrence that is needed to enforce the law, he argued. “The underlying reason why millions of illegal aliens invaded our country during the Biden administration is quite simple: people do not follow laws unless they are enforced,” Smith said. “The only reason most people obey the law is the deterrence of punishment that results when it is violated. This is the fundamental basis of our legal system.”

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(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved reimbursing Texas $7.5 billion for costs incurred by the state's border security operations during the Biden administration's border crisis. It's the first time Texas has received such a reimbursement, thanks to a new federal law. Gov. Greg Abbott said he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “who confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security will be sending Texas $7.5 billion as part of the federal funding to reimburse Texas. “Texas held the line when Washington would not. Texas taxpayers spent billions to stop illegal crossings, catch criminals, and seize deadly drugs. This reimbursement is a victory for those taxpayers,” Abbott said, thanking the president and Mullin. Abbott also said Texas is also applying to the U.S. Department of Justice for reimbursement for a portion of an additional $3 billion the state spent on border security, which he says will “fully reimburse Texas for costs incurred due to the Biden Administration’s refusal to enforce federal immigration law.” The DHS reimbursement comes from a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund within the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, secured. The governor’s office submitted Texas’ application to DHS for reimbursement in June. The announcement comes 20 months after Abbott first asked Congress to reimburse Texas for more than $11.1 billion spent on border security efforts, The Center Square reported. Cornyn and his colleagues delivered. During the Biden administration, the Texas Legislature allocated more than $11.6 billion to border security efforts, the most in the state's history. That’s more than multiple state fiscal year budgets and more than what the Trump administration allocated to federal border security efforts in Texas, The Center Square reported. Last year, Texas Senate and House budget proposals allocated more than $6 billion to border security efforts over a two-year period, The Center Square reported. Abbott first launched OLS in March 2021, in response to an unprecedented number of illegal border crossers and crime within the first couple of months of the Biden administration. From March 2021 through February 2026, OLS officers apprehended 538,141 illegal foreign nationals, including those referred to Border Patrol. They also deterred 157,112 illegal entries, according to OLS data obtained by The Center Square. Through OLS, thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers were deployed to the border. Dozens of sheriff’s offices also beefed up operations participating in an OLS Task Force. OLS efforts include constructing Texas’ own border wall, building concertina wire and marine barriers, expanding technological capabilities to stop illegal crossings and drug interdiction. They also include new brush teams, canine and equestrian units as well as a range of interdiction efforts through targeted traffic enforcement, The Center Square reported. These efforts are ongoing. Operation Lone Star is in its fifth year. Although illegal crossings at the southwest border have dropped by more than 95% under the second Trump administration, crime is ongoing and cartel networks are embedded throughout Texas and nationwide. OLS 2.0 is targeting them and criminal actors designated as foreign terrorist organizations such as Tren de Aragua. As TdA crime spread to dozens of states, in September 2024, Abbott expanded OLS operations to eradicate TdA, The Center Square reported. Since OLS began, more than half a million Venezuelan nationals have been apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Texas after they illegally entered the U.S. OLS officers are also targeting South American Theft Groups and commercial vehicle crimes statewide. Last September, Texas DPS began suspending issuing CDL licenses in several categories. Targeted CDL enforcement actions are ongoing. Since March 2021, OLS officers have record amounts of methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and heroin and enough fentanyl to kill nearly one tenth of the world’s population, according to data obtained by The Center Square. Law enforcement officers argue continued funding for OLS is needed as national security threats persist. Funding is also needed for prosecutors, jails and transportation. “Just because the bodies quit coming, we still have this massive cleanup to do,” Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe told The Center Square. “We still need funding for jail facilities and transportation.” “Many people overlook the fact that successful prosecutions are more important than arrest numbers in achieving justice and creating a deterrence for those who commit crimes,” Kinney County Attorney Brent Smith told The Center Square. Prosecuting crimes and sending people to jail is the deterrence that is needed to enforce the law, he argued. “The underlying reason why millions of illegal aliens invaded our country during the Biden administration is quite simple: people do not follow laws unless they are enforced,” Smith said. “The only reason most people obey the law is the deterrence of punishment that results when it is violated. This is the fundamental basis of our legal system.”

Grupo, que soma mais de três décadas de trajetória no pagode, se apresenta pela primeira vez no evento, em 14 de novembro, em São Paulo. Aparelhagem Crocodilo, Vita’s House, Bia Soull, Majis, Paulete Lindacelva, Clementaum, RD da DZ7, DJ Wuk e Samba do Cruz também estão na programação O post BATEKOO Festival confirma Pixote entre os headliners de sua edição 2026 apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

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Grupo, que soma mais de três décadas de trajetória no pagode, se apresenta pela primeira vez no evento, em 14 de novembro, em São Paulo. Aparelhagem Crocodilo, Vita’s House, Bia Soull, Majis, Paulete Lindacelva, Clementaum, RD da DZ7, DJ Wuk e Samba do Cruz também estão na programação O post BATEKOO Festival confirma Pixote entre os headliners de sua edição 2026 apareceu primeiro em Mídia NINJA.

Aaron Zahn was found guilty of charges connected to his contentious push to sell Northeast Florida’s public utility to enrich himself and his top executives. The post Ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn released from prison 20 months after reporting for 4-year sentence appeared first on The Florida Trib.

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Aaron Zahn was found guilty of charges connected to his contentious push to sell Northeast Florida’s public utility to enrich himself and his top executives. The post Ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn released from prison 20 months after reporting for 4-year sentence appeared first on The Florida Trib.

An Alaska nominee for federal judge joined other nominees in a joint confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and declined to answer some questions about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  President Trump nominated Kyle Reardon, a federal magistrate judge and former prosecutor, to fill […]

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An Alaska nominee for federal judge joined other nominees in a joint confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and declined to answer some questions about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  President Trump nominated Kyle Reardon, a federal magistrate judge and former prosecutor, to fill […]

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State Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, grew up in Fort Worth. He has tackled hot topics like gas drilling and AI in the past.

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State Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, grew up in Fort Worth. He has tackled hot topics like gas drilling and AI in the past.

پیت هگست، وزیر جنگ آمریکا، با تشریح عملیات نجات دو خدمه اف‌۱۵ایی پس از سرنگونی جنگنده در ایران، تأکید کرد که ارتش آمریکا حتی نیروهای گرفتار در عمق خاک دشمن را رها نمی‌کند. این عملیات حدود ۵۰ ساعت طول کشید.

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پیت هگست، وزیر جنگ آمریکا، با تشریح عملیات نجات دو خدمه اف‌۱۵ایی پس از سرنگونی جنگنده در ایران، تأکید کرد که ارتش آمریکا حتی نیروهای گرفتار در عمق خاک دشمن را رها نمی‌کند. این عملیات حدود ۵۰ ساعت طول کشید.

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A Montana law regulating the use of generative artificial intelligence in campaign ads has been dealt a blow by a federal judge based on freedom of speech concerns. The order greenlights general election advertising that former legislator Dan Bartel and ASG PAC planned to use, but feared being prosecuted for. The post Federal judge blocks Montana’s AI campaign ad law appeared first on Montana Free Press.

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A Montana law regulating the use of generative artificial intelligence in campaign ads has been dealt a blow by a federal judge based on freedom of speech concerns. The order greenlights general election advertising that former legislator Dan Bartel and ASG PAC planned to use, but feared being prosecuted for. The post Federal judge blocks Montana’s AI campaign ad law appeared first on Montana Free Press.

حمایت نظامی چین و روسیه از جمهوری اسلامی در چه سطحی است؟ گفت‌وگو با یاسین اهوازی

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حمایت نظامی چین و روسیه از جمهوری اسلامی در چه سطحی است؟ گفت‌وگو با یاسین اهوازی

تاجیکستان به‌طور هم‌زمان روابط اقتصادی‌اش با جمهوری اسلامی و آمریکا را گسترش می‌دهد. افزایش تجارت با ایران، درخواست واردات سوخت و تحریم‌های جدید آمریکا، یک سوال مهم ایجاد کرده: این تحریم‌ها چه اثری بر تجارت تاجیکستان با ایران خواهد داشت؟

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تاجیکستان به‌طور هم‌زمان روابط اقتصادی‌اش با جمهوری اسلامی و آمریکا را گسترش می‌دهد. افزایش تجارت با ایران، درخواست واردات سوخت و تحریم‌های جدید آمریکا، یک سوال مهم ایجاد کرده: این تحریم‌ها چه اثری بر تجارت تاجیکستان با ایران خواهد داشت؟

یک مقام یمنی می‌گوید «چهار کشور» حامی و آموزش‌دهنده‌ شورشیان حوثی هستند

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Mobilização acontece em 16 cidades brasileiras nos dias 19 e 20 de setembro Fonte

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State lawmakers got an update on efforts to remove invasive reeds from the Great Salt Lake and what it will take to keep up the progress.

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State lawmakers got an update on efforts to remove invasive reeds from the Great Salt Lake and what it will take to keep up the progress.