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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump , ha manifestado que las Fuerzas Armadas de su país "ni siquiera han empezado a destruir lo que queda en Irán " después de que este jueves estas volasen el puente B1 de Karaj, el más grande del país. Así, Trump ha instado a Teherán a hacer "rápido" lo que "sabe" que "hay que hacer" para poner fin a la guerra en Oriente Próximo. Si no, después de los puentes "serán las centrales eléctricas". "El puente más grande de Irán se derrumba y ya nunca volverá a utilizarse ¡Y esto es solo el principio! ¡Es hora de que Irán llegue a un acuerdo antes de que sea demasiado tarde y no quede nada de lo que aún podría ser un gran país!", ha dicho en redes sociales, adjuntando un vídeo donde se observa un bombardeo contra un puente en el que han muerto al menos ocho personas.

La NASA ha confirmado que la maniobra de inyección translunar de la misión Artemis II, uno de los momentos más críticos de la misión, se completó con éxito, poniendo a la tripulación en ruta hacia la Luna, pese a registrar incidentes menores que no comprometen el desarrollo del vuelo. La agencia reconoce que durante las primeras fases de la operación de la nave espacial Orión se registraron ajustes técnicos y una breve interrupción en comunicaciones, ya resuelta, aunque insiste en que no hay más incidencias. Las autoridades han destacado que la maniobra, de 5 minutos y 52 segundos , fue ejecutada "de forma impecable" por el equipo de control de vuelo en Houston y marca el último gran encendido de motores de la misión, tras lo cual la nave continuará su trayectoria impulsada por las leyes de la mecánica orbital alrededor de la Luna y de regreso a la Tierra. Asimismo, ha subrayado que la tripulación se encuentra en buen estado y que los sistemas de la cápsula funcionan según lo previsto. Durante las primeras jornadas de vuelo, los astronautas realizaron diversas pruebas a bordo , incluyendo la verificación de sistemas clave como el suministro de agua, el sanitario y los dispositivos de eliminación de dióxido de carbono, además de maniobras de control manual que aportarán datos para futuras misiones. Durante su paso por la cara oculta del satélite , previsto para el 6 de abril, los tripulantes de la Orión se encontrarán a más de 400.000 kilómetros de distancia de nuestro planeta y superarán el récord establecido por el Apolo 13 para una misión que transporta seres humanos. Artemis II tiene el objetivo de enviar a astronautas a la órbita lunar por primera vez desde que los integrantes del Apolo 17 abandonaran el satélite en 1972. La tripulación de Artemis II está conformada por el comandante Reid Wiseman, la especialista Christina Koch y el piloto Victor Glover, los tres de la NASA, así como por Jeremy Hansen, de la Agencia Espacial Canadiense (CSA). El programa Artemis busca establecer una presencia permanente de Estados Unidos en el satélite natural con una base, además de sentar las condiciones para la exploración de Marte.

Arranca la campaña de la Declaración de la Renta 2026 , uno de los momentos más relevantes del calendario fiscal para millones de contribuyentes en España. A partir del 8 de abril , los ciudadanos pueden presentar por internet sus declaraciones correspondientes al ejercicio anterior, en un proceso que, como cada año, llega con novedades y cambios introducidos por la Agencia Tributaria. Como en cada campaña, los expertos aconsejan comprobar con atención los datos fiscales antes de confirmar el borrador y evitar dejar la presentación para el último momento, especialmente en los casos más complejos. La campaña estará abierta hasta el 30 de junio de 2026 , por lo que buena planificación puede marcar la diferencia entre realizar el proceso correctamente y cometer errores. La declaración puede presentarse a través de Renta WEB , la plataforma que permite consultar el borrador, realizar modificaciones, y enviar la declaración, siempre que el contribuyente cuente con certificado digital, número de referencia o Cl@ve PIN. Quienes prefieran hacerlo por teléfono tendrán que esperar a partir del 6 de mayo, cuando arranca el plan "Le llamamos" . En el caso de la atención presencial , el servicio en las oficinas de la Agencia Tributaria comenzará el 1 de junio. las claves que debes conocer Aplicar correctamente las deducciones es uno de los factores que más influyen en el resultado final dela Renta. Gastos como el alquiler, tratamientos dentales o determinados casos personales pueden reducir la factura fiscal si se registran correctamente. Conocer qué tipos de deducciones se pueden aplicar a cada caso resulta clave para no pagar de más. En esta edición, uno de los principales cambios se aplica a las rentas del capital , con un nuevo tramo que eleva al 30% el tipo para las ganancias superiores a 300.000 euros anuales, mientras se mantienen los porcentajes en los tramos inferiores y continúan con un 19% para los primeros 6.000 euros, siendo una modificación que impacta principalmente a grandes patrimonios. ahorrar en la renta Cada contribuyente tiene una situación diferente, y factores como los ingresos, la vivienda o actividades realizadas durante el ejercicio anterior pueden influir en la declaración. La venta de una vivienda, contar con una vivienda vacía, tener varios pagadores o haber obtenido ingresos por plataformas digitales son algunos de los casos que pueden modificar el resultado. Una de las principales dudas al realizar la Declaración de la Renta es si el resultado será a pagar o a devolver. Este resultado depende de diferentes factores, como los ingresos, la retenciones aplicadas en la nómina y las deducciones disponibles. Entender cómo se calcula este resultado permite tener una idea previa y anticipar posibles ajustes antes de presentar la declaración. Así puedes ahorrar en la Renta según tu comunidad autónoma Las deducciones autonómicas también pueden marcar la diferencia en el resultado final de la declaración. Cada comunidad autónoma cuenta con beneficios fiscales que conviene revisar antes de presentar la declaración de la Renta: Cometer errores en la declaración o pasar por alto determinados detalles puede tener consecuencias. La Agencia Tributaria refuerza cada año sus mecanismos de control para detectar posibles irregularidades, por lo que es muy importante revisar todos los datos antes de presentar el borrador y conocer qué tipo de situaciones pueden derivar en sanciones futuras.

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University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman speaks during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 7, 2023. At center right is Regent President Karen Walsh. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File) 2026-04-02T21:29:34Z MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired. The surprise effort to remove Jay Rothman from the post he has held since 2022 was detailed in letters Rothman sent to regents over the past week that were obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Here is what to know about the situation: What’s the president’s job? The president of the Universities of Wisconsin oversees the entire university system, which includes the flagship Madison campus, 12 other universities and several other branch campuses. The president reports to the 18-member board of regents. Vice presidents and chancellors who run the campuses, including the main one in Madison, report to the president. The president also oversees staffing at the system’s administrative offices and directs work done there. Rothman is the eighth president of the UW System, which was created in 1971 by the state Legislature. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); Why is this happening? It came as a surprise that the board of regents wanted to remove Rothman. Details emerged in two separate letters Rothman sent to regents he met with. No concerns had been aired publicly by regents about Rothman’s performance. According to Rothman, no regent has explained to him why they want him out. “When I asked you to articulate reasons for the Board’s conclusion and apparent lack of confidence in me, you merely noted that each Regent has his or her own perspective on the matter,” Rothman wrote in a March 26 letter to the board president. “You did not provide any tangible reasons for the Board’s determination.” The AP contacted all 18 board members on Thursday, and they either did not respond to emails or had no comment. Can the board do this? It is unclear whether the board can fire the president without cause. A spokesperson for the university was checking on what the law allows. Rothman said in his letter to the board president that he had not been “provided any substantive reason or reasons for the Board’s finding of no confidence in my leadership.” Because of that, Rothman said, “I am not prepared, as a matter of principle, to submit my resignation.” #ap-readmore-embed { margin: 28px 0; text-align: center; position: relative; z-index: 2; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn { appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; border: 0; background: #000; color: #fff; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; padding: 14px 22px; border-radius: 999px; font-family: inherit, "AP Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1; box-shadow: 0 10px 18px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); transition: transform 120ms ease, box-shadow 120ms ease, opacity 120ms ease; touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: relative; z-index: 3; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:hover { transform: translateY(-1px); box-shadow: 0 14px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.16); } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:active { transform: translateY(0); box-shadow: 0 10px 18px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); opacity: 0.95; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid rgba(228, 0, 43, 0.35); outline-offset: 3px; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-icon { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-right: 2px solid currentColor; border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor; transform: rotate(45deg); margin-top: -2px; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-fade { display: none; height: 48px; margin-top: -48px; pointer-events: none; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0), rgba(255,255,255,1)); } @media (min-width: 768px) { #ap-readmore-embed { display: none !important; } } Read More (function () { var EMBED_ID = "ap-readmore-embed"; var BTN_ID = "apReadMoreBtn"; var FADE_ID = "apReadMoreFade"; var STOP_SELECTOR = ".Page-below"; var SIGN_IN_GATE_SELECTOR = ".sign-in-gate-content"; var HIDDEN_ATTR = "data-ap-readmore-hidden"; function ready(fn) { if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", fn); } else { fn(); } } function isElementNode(n) { return n && n.nodeType === 1; } function cancelEvent(e) { if (!e) return; if (typeof e.preventDefault === "function") e.preventDefault(); if (typeof e.stopPropagation === "function") e.stopPropagation(); if (typeof e.stopImmediatePropagation === "function") e.stopImmediatePropagation(); e.cancelBubble = true; e.returnValue = false; } ready(function () { var embed = document.getElementById(EMBED_ID); var btn = document.getElementById(BTN_ID); var fade = document.getElementById(FADE_ID); if (!embed || !btn) return; var signInGate = document.querySelector(SIGN_IN_GATE_SELECTOR); if (signInGate) { embed.innerHTML = ''; return; } var isMobile = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 767px)").matches; if (!isMobile) return; var stopEl = document.querySelector(STOP_SELECTOR); if (!stopEl) return; var rootCandidates = [ embed.closest(".Page"), embed.closest("article"), embed.closest("main"), document.body ].filter(Boolean); var root = rootCandidates.find(function (c) { return c.contains(stopEl); }) || document.body; var all = root.getElementsByTagName("*"); var hidden = []; for (var i = 0; i It has all been done in secret, until now The board of regents met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss personnel matters. But until Rothman’s letters were obtained by the AP on Thursday, there was no inkling that the meeting was about his future. Rothman said in a letter sent Wednesday to two regents that they told him if he didn’t resign they were prepared to meet over the weekend to fire him. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); Who is Jay Rothman? Rothman spent his career as an attorney, rising to become chairman and CEO of the Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner law firm before being hired as UW president. Foley & Lardner has 1,100 attorneys and 22 offices nationwide. Regent Karen Walsh, who led the presidential search committee, in 2022 called him a “servant leader” who builds consensus. She declined to comment when contacted Thursday. Rothman holds a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee and a law degree from Harvard University. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); What did he do as UW president? Rothman’s tenure has been marked by his efforts to increase state funding amid federal cuts, debates over free speech on campus amid pro-Palestinian protests, and declining enrollment leading to eight branch campus closures. Rothman raised the possibility of resigning in 2023 when the board of regents rejected a deal reached with the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature over diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The board later reversed its vote and approved the deal. The fight over Rothman’s future comes as the university will need to replace the chancellor of the flagship Madison campus this year. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is leaving to take the job as president of Columbia University. SCOTT BAUER Bauer is the AP’s Statehouse reporter covering politics and state government in Madison, Wisconsin. He also writes music reviews. twitter mailto 获取更多RSS： https://feedx.net https://feedx.site

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 2026-04-02T21:54:14Z NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could slap long-threatened pharmaceutical tariffs of up to 100% on some patented drugs from companies that don’t reach deals with his administration in the coming months. Companies that have signed a “most favored nation” pricing deal and are actively building facilities in the U.S. to onshore production of patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients will have a 0% tariff. For those that don’t have a pricing deal but are building such projects in the U.S., a 20% tariff will apply but will increase to 100% in four years. A senior administration official told reporters on a press call that companies still have months to negotiate before the 100% tariffs kick in — 120 days for bigger companies, and 180 days for everyone else. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to preview the executive order before it was issued, did not identify any companies or drugs that were in jeopardy of getting hit with the increased tariffs but noted the administration had already reached 17 pricing deals with major drugmakers, 13 of which have signed. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); In the order, Trump wrote that he deemed such actions necessary “to address the threatened impairment of the national security posed by imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients.” It arrived on the first anniversary of Trump’s so-called Liberation Day , when the president unveiled sweeping new import taxes on nearly every country in the world that sent the stock market reeling. Those “Liberation Day” tariffs were among the duties the Supreme Court overturned in February. Some warned of consequences of the coming tariffs announced Thursday. Stephen J. Ubl, CEO of pharmaceutical company trade group PhRMA, said taxes “on cutting-edge medicines will increase costs and could jeopardize billions in U.S. investments.” He pointed to America’s already large footprint in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and noted medicines sourced from other countries “overwhelmingly come from reliable U.S. allies.” #ap-readmore-embed { margin: 28px 0; text-align: center; position: relative; z-index: 2; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn { appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; border: 0; background: #000; color: #fff; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; padding: 14px 22px; border-radius: 999px; font-family: inherit, "AP Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1; box-shadow: 0 10px 18px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); transition: transform 120ms ease, box-shadow 120ms ease, opacity 120ms ease; touch-action: manipulation; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: relative; z-index: 3; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:hover { transform: translateY(-1px); box-shadow: 0 14px 22px rgba(0,0,0,0.16); } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:active { transform: translateY(0); box-shadow: 0 10px 18px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); opacity: 0.95; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-btn:focus-visible { outline: 3px solid rgba(228, 0, 43, 0.35); outline-offset: 3px; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-icon { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-right: 2px solid currentColor; border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor; transform: rotate(45deg); margin-top: -2px; } #ap-readmore-embed .ap-readmore-fade { display: none; height: 48px; margin-top: -48px; pointer-events: none; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0), rgba(255,255,255,1)); } @media (min-width: 768px) { #ap-readmore-embed { display: none !important; } } Read More (function () { var EMBED_ID = "ap-readmore-embed"; var BTN_ID = "apReadMoreBtn"; var FADE_ID = "apReadMoreFade"; var STOP_SELECTOR = ".Page-below"; var SIGN_IN_GATE_SELECTOR = ".sign-in-gate-content"; var HIDDEN_ATTR = "data-ap-readmore-hidden"; function ready(fn) { if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", fn); } else { fn(); } } function isElementNode(n) { return n && n.nodeType === 1; } function cancelEvent(e) { if (!e) return; if (typeof e.preventDefault === "function") e.preventDefault(); if (typeof e.stopPropagation === "function") e.stopPropagation(); if (typeof e.stopImmediatePropagation === "function") e.stopImmediatePropagation(); e.cancelBubble = true; e.returnValue = false; } ready(function () { var embed = document.getElementById(EMBED_ID); var btn = document.getElementById(BTN_ID); var fade = document.getElementById(FADE_ID); if (!embed || !btn) return; var signInGate = document.querySelector(SIGN_IN_GATE_SELECTOR); if (signInGate) { embed.innerHTML = ''; return; } var isMobile = window.matchMedia("(max-width: 767px)").matches; if (!isMobile) return; var stopEl = document.querySelector(STOP_SELECTOR); if (!stopEl) return; var rootCandidates = [ embed.closest(".Page"), embed.closest("article"), embed.closest("main"), document.body ].filter(Boolean); var root = rootCandidates.find(function (c) { return c.contains(stopEl); }) || document.body; var all = root.getElementsByTagName("*"); var hidden = []; for (var i = 0; i Trump has launched a barrage of new import taxes on America’s trading partners since the start of his second term and repeatedly pledged that sky-high levies on foreign-made drugs were on the way. But the administration has also used the threat of new levies to strike deals with major companies — like Pfizer , Eli Lilly and Bristol Myers Squibb — over the last year, with promises of lower prices for new drugs. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? 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For a product with metal that amounts to less than 15% of its entire weight (like the cap on a perfume bottle) only country-specific tariffs will now apply, officials told reporters Thursday. But for products with more metal, such as a largely steel washing machine, they said a 25% tariff will apply to the whole value. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); More sectoral taxes are piling up Thursday’s orders reflect the latest example of Trump tapping into sectoral duties. The president used Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to impose the levies, the same authority he cited to slap import taxes on cars , lumber and even kitchen cabinets . And many expect to see more product-specific import taxes down the road. That’s because a ruling from the Supreme Court struck down tariffs Trump imposed using another law — the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act — to immediately slap tariffs on any country, at nearly any level. While the Feb. 20 court decision marked a significant blow to Trump’s economic agenda, the president still has plenty of options to keep taxing imports aggressively. Beyond sectoral levies, Trump also imposed a 10% tariff on all imports under a separate legal power mere hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling, but that duty can only last for 150 days. Some two dozen states already challenged the new tariffs. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); Trump has argued his steep new import taxes are necessary to bring back wealth that was “stolen” from the U.S. He says they will narrow America’s decades-old trade deficit and bring manufacturing back to the country. But Trump has also turned to tariffs amid personal grudges , or in response to political critics . And upending the global supply chain has proven costly for businesses and households that are already strained by rising prices. 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Vanderbilt head coach Shea Ralph cheers on her players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) 2026-04-02T19:02:26Z PHOENIX (AP) — Shea Ralph of Vanderbilt was named The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year on Thursday after turning the Commodores into one of the top teams in the nation. Ralph led a team that returned just one starter to the most successful season in school history. The team went 29-5, with 13 of those wins coming in the regular season against a rugged Southeastern Conference schedule. The Commodores finished tied for second in the conference, which matched the best finish in program history. They earned a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament and reached the Sweet 16. “It’s wild. It’s hard to wrap my mind around it. This whole year we haven’t slowed down,” Ralph told the AP. “I love basketball, I love the group that I coach.I love they stayed with me. It’s been hard and it’s been challenging, but in a good way.” Ralph received 23 votes from the 31-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. UCLA’s Cori Close, who was the AP Coach of the Year last season, was next with four. Ralph’s mentor at UConn, Geno Auriemma, received two votes while Mark Kellogg of West Virginia and Kara Lawson of Duke each received one. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); ”The thing I love the most of where I’m at is the vision never changed,” Ralph said. “That’s really important to me. 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And that’s the reason why I came here.” ▶ View and download the women’s NCAA tournament bracket Vanderbilt started out 20-0 and had seven wins over ranked teams this season. freestar.queue.push(function () { window.fsAdCount = window.fsAdCount + 1 || 0; let customChannel = '/dynamic_' + fsAdCount; let adList = document.querySelectorAll(".fs-feed-ad") let thisAd = adList[fsAdCount]; let randId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2); thisAd.id = randId; let thisPlacement = fsAdCount == 0 ? "apnews_story_feed" : "apnews_story_feed_dynamic"; freestar.newAdSlots({ placementName: thisPlacement, slotId: randId }, customChannel); }); “I think truly we never talked about it,” Ralph said of the undefeated start. “I chuckled to some of my staff members this is what I’m used to. I feel comfortable here. Keep kicking their butts in practice and challenging them and keep preparing the same way no matter what our record is.” ___ AP Sports Writer Teresa M. 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En Irán, la población describe escenas de ira y relaciones tensas a medida que se abren grietas en las familias por la guerra.

Macron criticó la postura, en ocasiones contradictoria, del líder estadounidense respecto a la guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán.

Nuevas pruebas de ADN han resuelto el caso, de 51 años de antigüedad, del asesinato de la adolescente Laura Ann Aime en Utah, Estados Unidos.

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Ce jeudi 2 avril, dans Le Tech Flash, Léa Benaim est revenue sur le le projet d'Amazon de racheter Globalstar, la désintégration en orbite d'un satellite Starlink, le projet de Nothing de lancer des lunettes connectées, la publication par erreur du code source d'Anthropic, et la panne massive de robotaxis en Chine. Cette chronique est à voir ou écouter du lundi au jeudi dans Tech&Co, la quotidienne, présentée par François Sorel sur BFM Business.

Jeudi 2 avril, François Sorel a reçu Jérôme Marin, fondateur de cafetech.fr, Lucas Perraudin, président de AI to market, Frédéric Simottel, journaliste BFM Business, Léa Benaim, journaliste BFM Business, Hong Tuan Duong, président et co-fondateur de PredictCan Biotechnologies, Isabel Marey-Semper, fondatrice et PDG de DOXANANO, Alexandros Pantalis, président et cofondateur de Phagos, Khadija Benmansour, cofondatrice de Kor, et Sanae Salhi, présidente et cofondatrice de DiaDeep, dans l'émission Tech & Co, la quotidienne sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Hong Tuan Duong, Président et co-fondateur de PredictCan Biotechnologies, Isabel Marey-Semper, Fondatrice et PDG de DOXANANO, Alexandros Pantalis, Président et cofondateur de Phagos, Khadija Benmansour, Cofondatrice de Kor, et Sanae Salhi, Présidente et cofondatrice de DiaDeep, étaient les invités de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, la quotidienne, ce jeudi 2 avril. Ils se sont penchés sur la catégorie santé du concours Tech for Future sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez-la en podcast.

Matthias Blübaum spielt beim Kandidatenturnier um die Qualifikation für die Schach-WM. Dafür trainiert er auch mit einem Supercomputer. Sein Ex-Trainer erklärt, wie das funktioniert.

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Seit Jahrzehnten verharrten die Länder in Feindschaft und schotteten sich ab. Nach der jüngsten Annäherung hofft die türkische Wirtschaft auf gute Geschäfte. Neue Logistikrouten könnten der Region Aufschwung bringen.

Angesichts der Blockade der Straße von Hormus und gezielter iranischer Angriffe auf Raffinerien in den Golfstaaten wächst die Sorge um die Ölversorgung. Steht der Markt vor dem nächsten Preisschock?

Die Regierung erwägt laut Medienberichten das Aus für die kostenlose Mitversicherung von Ehepartnern bei der Krankenversicherung. Sozialverbände und Opposition schlagen Alarm.

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Donald Trump glaubt fest an den Erfolg der Nasa-Mission „Artemis 2“: Der US-Präsident geht nach dem massiven Raketenbeschuss seitens der USA von einem schnellen Machtwechsel auf dem Mond aus.

La Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo del Tribunal Supremo ha estimado el recurso presentado por el Consejo de Transparencia y ordena al Gobierno hacer públicos los convenios para revender o donar vacunas covid a otros países. El alto tribunal revoca así el fallo acordado por la Audiencia Nacional, que se permitía al Ejecutivo mantener el secreto sobre el listado de todos y cada uno de los acuerdos suscritos con otros Estados, así como los pagos efectuados en favor de España. Los magistrados consideran que la Administración no ha proporcionado "ninguna razón capaz de avalar que el conocimiento del texto íntegro" de este tipo de convenios con un tercer Estado pueda dañar las relaciones exteriores de España ni la imagen y prestigio internacional de nuestro país. En consecuencia, exigen al Ejecutivo de Pedro Sánchez facilitar información sobre cuántos de estos fueron suscritos para reventa o donación , la fecha de los mismos, el número de dosis, la marca de la vacuna , el país con el que se firmó el acuerdo y cuánto dinero se va a pagar al Gobierno de España . La Sala sostiene que el mero hecho de tratarse de un convenio o acuerdo internacional "no implica que su contenido deba ser secreto o que la información referente al mismo pueda ser denegada" e insiste en que la información pública relacionada con la actividad exterior también está sometida a la ley de Transparencia. Al respecto, la sentencia añade que no es la presencia de otro Estado la que determinará la aplicación de los límites del secreto, sino el objeto del convenio y el " peligro rea l de que el conocimiento de su contenido, o parte del mismo, pueda causar un perjuicio probable a la política exterior". La primera vacuna universal capaz de acabar con virus respiratorios y alergias está más cerca que nunca R. Badillo Además, no se trataría de una vacuna inyectable, sino inhalable. Los primeros experimentos en ratones han dado muy buenos resultados Según la propia jurisprudencia del Supremo, el derecho de acceso a la información pública es amplio y cualquier límite debe representarse de forma justificada y proporcionada. "De forma que, cuando se pretende denegar el acceso a una información, se deben explicar las razones por las que dicho acceso puede menoscabar, de forma concreta y específica", los intereses protegidos por la ley , como son motivos de seguridad nacional, defensa, relaciones exteriores, seguridad pública , protección del medio ambiente, etc. El Supremo defiende también que no hay perjuicio para el proceso de toma de decisiones , puesto que los acuerdos sobre los que se interesa la información ya han sido alcanzados. Al respecto, detalla que este tipo de restricciones tienen un "alcance temporal limitado sin que se pueda demorar la entrega de la documentación de forma indefinida". Acogerse a la ley nacional de Transparencia Además, los magistrados mantienen que la información sobre la reventa o donación de vacunas covid en poder de las autoridades españolas debe regirse conforme a los criterios de nuestra ley nacional . Según recoge la sentencia, la información solicitada aparece referida a un acuerdo o convenio elaborado entre el Gobierno y otros Estados, generado al margen de la Comisión Europea y de sus acuerdos con las empresas farmacéuticas. Sánchez desclasifica el 23-F mientras ignora a Transparencia y oculta sus viajes y los de su familia en Falcon Borja Negrete Moncloa se ha negado a presentar alegaciones ante el Consejo de Transparencia para explicar sus motivos para ocultar esta información, algo que el ente público considera que ataca un "derecho constitucional" Ese precio no viene condicionado por el que previamente pagó España a las empresas farmacéuticas ni por el negociado por la Comisión, ya que puede haberse fijado un precio de venta inferior o superior al pagado por España inicialmente. De este modo, los datos solicitados por no están sujetos al reglamento europeo. Entre estos contratos, destaca el firmado con el Ministerio de Salud del Gobierno de Andorra sobre la reventa de vacunas Biontech/ Pfizer para luchar contra la emergencia sanitaria , y que dio lugar a este procedimiento. El Ministerio concedió parcialmente la información solicitada, facilitando el número de dosis revendidas, más de 13.500, y la fecha de solicitud. Sin embargo, se omitieron datos esenciales como las cláusulas del contrato o cuánto dinero recibió el Estado.

En otro año con acento electoral, la celebración de las andaluzas del 17-M dará paso a un efímero respiro, antes de que septiembre estrene la carrera de las autonómicas y municipales de 2027. En el comienzo del curso político, los candidatos deben estar proclamados. Los socialistas tienen prácticamente el mapa definido. Aunque existía alguna duda, el ministro de Política Territorial, Ángel Víctor Torres, pugnará de nuevo por ser presidente de Canarias. Pero, es muy posible que la presidenta del Congreso, Francina Armengol, no repita como cabeza de cartel en Baleares. Ferraz no tiene confirmada todavía su candidatura, a la espera de que ella, que renovó al frente de la secretaria general del PSIB-PSOE hace poco más de un año, acabe de tomar la decisión. Echarse a un lado para facilitar la eclosión de otros liderazgos sería un paso lógico, pero el propósito de Torres de volver a intentarlo (como en su día hizo con éxito Guillermo Fernández Vara en Extremadura) concedía idénticas opciones a Armengol. Por eso, ninguno de los dos ha renunciado a dirigir el partido. La idea de que sería candidata parecía asentada aunque fuentes de la dirección y del socialismo balear confirman que se especula sobre su continuidad desde hace meses. Y, según ha podido confirmar este diario, está valorando dar por cerrada su etapa política en Baleares . En la reflexión, aseguran fuentes del partido, tiene un enorme peso su condición de presidenta del Congreso. Republicana, feminista, catalanoparlante: el PSOE más federal llega al Congreso con Armengol Carlos Rocha La elección de la expresidenta balear es un guiño a los nacionalistas. Tiene experiencia negociadora como jefa de un Gobierno de coalición y se enfrentó al escándalo de los abusos a menores tuteladas por el Consell Armengol fue elegida con el voto favorable de Junts , en virtud de un pacto que incluía la normalización del uso del catalán, el euskera y el gallego en la Cámara, su reconocimiento como lenguas oficiales en la Unión Europea, aún pendiente, y la creación de comisiones de investigación sobre los atentados de Barcelona y Cambrils en 2017, el espionaje con Pegasus y la actuación contra los independentistas de las llamadas 'cloacas del Estado'. En estos momentos, las relaciones con los posconvergentes están rotas . En el Gobierno y sus aledaños existe un debate abierto sobre si la situación mejorará o no con el posible regreso a España , una vez que se le aplique definitivamente la amnistía. Ganan los optimistas, quienes consideran que el líder de Junts vive aislado en Waterloo, sin información fresca sobre el momento social y político, y opinan que a su vuelta será más pragmático. Pero, la realidad es que sin ninguna certeza sobre el rumbo que tomará Junts, su candidatura en Baleares le obligaría a dejar la presidencia del Congreso en abril del próximo año, aunque lo normal sería hacerlo antes. Su propia nominación como cabeza de cartel colisionaría con la naturaleza institucional del cargo. Esto supondría la votación de otro presidente del agrado de Junts , con nuevas condiciones cuando la legislatura se encontraría ya en tiempo de descuento. Si Pedro Sánchez cumple lo que ha dicho las elecciones generales se celebrarán en julio. Armengol compatibilizará la presidencia del Congreso con liderar el PSOE en Baleares Alejandro López de Miguel La tercera autoridad del Estado planea mantener su cargo orgánico como secretaria general, algo poco habitual. Bono lo simultaneó en Castilla-La Mancha y Batet fue ascendida en el PSC cuando ya estaba al frente de la Cámara La situación de Armengol puede ser tan controvertida como la de los ministros candidatos, aunque el relevo de los miembros del Gobierno es más sencillo. En la próxima hornada, tras Pilar Alegría (Aragón) y María Jesús Montero (Andalucía), otros tres ministros deberán abandonar el Ejecutivo: Torres, Diana Morant (Comunidad Valenciana) y Óscar López (Madrid). Unas salidas en el horizonte de un año , que mantienen viva la discusión sobre la idoneidad de que los miembros del Gobierno batallen por el virreinato regional. Por prurito institucional, representan a la vez a una comunidad y al Estado, y porque impiden la incubación de otros liderazgos territoriales. En el caso de Baleares, Armengol ha encumbrado a la secretaria de Estado de Industria, Rosario Sánchez, como vicepresidenta del PSIB . Sánchez ya despliega una intensa actividad en el partido, destinada a lanzar su proyección pública. A falta de la resolución de la presidenta del Congreso, es la más firme candidata a sucederla. Con la confirmación de la candidatura balear, a los socialistas únicamente les quedará resolver quién será cabeza de lista en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Si Pedro Sánchez mantendrá a Reyes Maroto o, de nuevo, se improvisará un candidato.

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Todo comenzó por un sticker, una imagen creada a partir de una foto y compartida con el móvil. El sargento en cuestión “gozaba de cierta simpatía entre la tropa por la cercanía que mostraba con ellos a costa de las bromas que gastaba”. Él se dejaba llamar “calvo” o “gordo” y a cambio bautizaba con motes a sus subordinados, por ejemplo, tildando a uno de “ hobbit ”, como una de las razas de El señor de los anillos, por su baja estatura. Algunos “le reían las gracias”, pero una soldado, que fue objeto de sus burlas, no lo hizo. Le dio el primer aviso cuando descubrió que le había hecho un sticker que circulaba ya entre toda la unidad y el problema escaló cuando, amonestado por un capitán, el sargento la convirtió en protagonista de comentarios sexuales. “Tus compañeros te van a hacer un bukake ”, llegó a decirle en referencia a la práctica de eyaculación colectiva sobre una persona. El Supremo ha confirmado la condena que un tribunal militar le impuso por estos hechos. Seguir leyendo

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En la moda, cada temporada está marcada por una tendencia: cortes un poco especiales, estampados llamativos, etc. En lo que se refiere a calzado, los colores vivos se han convertido en los grandes protagonistas de los looks . Sin embargo, a veces resulta complicado combinarlos con determinadas prendas. Por eso, es imprescindible tener en el armario unas sneakers cómodas, pero versátiles. Aquí es donde las zapatillas blancas se presentan como un excelente comodín. Seguir leyendo

Einer französisch-palästinensischen Europaabgeordneten wird „Rechtfertigung von Terrorismus“ vorgeworfen. Die Staatsanwaltschaft spricht zudem von einem Fund möglicher Drogen bei der Politikerin.

Das Triebwerk der „Orion“-Kapsel bringt die vier Astronauten der Artemis-2-Mission auf eine Flugbahn zum Mond. „Die Menschheit hat einmal mehr gezeigt, wozu wir fähig sind“, teilt die Besatzung mit.

Mitten im Reiseverkehr kurz vor Ostern kommt es in einem ICE in Nordrhein-Westfalen zu einem gravierenden Zwischenfall. Ein Mann spricht Drohungen aus – und zündet Böller.

An investigation has exposed a nearly $20 million insurance scam in Nepal involving guides who allegedly fake or induce mountainside rescues, including by lacing the food of some hikers near Mt. Everest, according to a report by The Kathmandu Post. Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal, where some adventurous individuals go to climb Mount Everest , the world's highest peak. The mountain sits on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China . MIKE TOBIN DOCUMENTS DARING MOUNT EVEREST CLIMB IN NEW FOX NATION SPECIAL The Kathmandu Post reported that after it highlighted the fraud in 2018, the government established a fact-finding committee, issued a 700-page report and declared reforms. But last year, the Nepal Police’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) reopened the matter and discovered that the fraud was increasing. The outlet indicated that the CIB probe points out two main fraudulent scenarios. One involves guides suggesting to tired adventurers who do not want to walk back that if they feign illness, a chopper will pick them up, according to The Kathmandu Post. The outlet reported that, in the other scenario, guides and hotel staff, according to the CIB probe, have been coached to scare trekkers at high altitude, where altitude sickness can occur. They allegedly claim that the trekkers are in danger of dying and that only immediate evacuation will spare them. In some instances, investigators discovered that Diamox (acetazolamide) tablets, utilized to prevent altitude sickness, were given in conjunction with excessive water intake to cause the symptoms that would give grounds for a rescue, the outlet reported. In at least one instance noted in the investigation, guides allegedly laced food with baking powder to cause people to be unwell, the outlet stated. AMERICAN JIM MORRISON MAKES HISTORY SKIING DOWN MOUNT EVEREST, DEDICATES RUN TO LATE PARTNER Police recorded a case in which four individuals were picked up on one chopper flight, but insurance claims were filed as more than one separate rescue, the report noted. The framework tying the system of mass fraud together was detailed in police interrogations, according to the outlet, which reported that hospitals shell out 20% to 25% of the insurance money to trekking businesses and 20% to 25% to chopper rescue operators in return for patient referrals. Trekking guides and their businesses get a boost from inflated invoices, the outlet suggested. In some instances, tourists are offered money to join in the scam, The Kathmandu Post added. In the period between 2022 and 2025, investigators found a whopping 4,782 foreign patients serviced at implicated hospitals, with 171 cases verified as fraudulent rescues, the outlet reported. During that span, Era International Hospital raked in deposits of over $15.87 million for such activities and Shreedhi International Hospital got more than $1.22 million, the outlet reported. Mountain Rescue Service carried out 171 fake rescues from an overall 1,248 charter flights, scoring around $10.31 million from insurers, the outlet reported, adding that Nepal Charter Service executed 75 fake rescues out of 471 flights, claiming $8.2 million. Everest Experience and Assistance was allegedly tied to 71 suspicious rescues out of 601 flights, with claims of $11.04 million. HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO OCEAN OFF HAWAII COAST, LEAVING MULTIPLE DEAD AND INJURED CIB charged 32 people last month with offenses against the state and organized crime, the outlet reported, noting that nine individuals were arrested while others were said to be absconding. Individuals from Mountain Helicopters, Altitude Air and Manang Air, which was rebranded as Basecamp Helicopters, as well as physicians and administrators with Swacon International Hospital, Shreedhi International Hospital and Era International Hospital were among the individuals who have been charged, the outlet indicated.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the Iran Human Rights Society. Hiding behind the war with the U.S. and Israel, critics say the regime appears desperate to eliminate opposition, particularly following anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation's rulers and resulted in tens of thousands being murdered by the country's security forces and militias. In March, the regime was met with condemnations, including from President Donald Trump, over the execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi. MOJTABA KHAMENEI REGIME EXECUTES CHAMPION WRESTLER AS IRAN INTENSIFIES BRUTAL CRACKDOWN DURING WAR On Iran's latest killing spree, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "This latest barbaric act is more evidence of why the regime can never be allowed the advanced capabilities that we are destroying." The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mai Sato, said that since the start of the war at least six executions have taken place as of March 30 and noted on her X account that an additional two executions took place on March 31. Sato described the regime’s known victims as protesters, an accused spy for Israel, and individuals charged with "armed rebellion" against the regime. Sato said that "due to the internet blackout, it is unclear who else has been executed or are at risk of execution." She said, "What is clear is that the death penalty is being used as a tool for suppressing political opposition in wartime conditions." IRAN'S INTERNET BLACKOUT HIDING STRIKE DAMAGE AND SUPPRESSING DISSENT, ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY The secretariat of the NCRI provided a written statement to Fox News Digital describing the recent executions of four members of the Iranian dissident organization People’s Mohahedin Organization of Iran (PMOE/MEK). The NCRI said members Mohammad Taghavi and Akbar Daneshvarkar were transferred from Ghezel Hesar prison on March 29 and executed the following morning. Four additional members of the group, Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani Amerian, Abolhassan Montazer and Pouya Ghobadi, were transferred as well. On March 31, the regime executed Alipour and Ghobadi. Ali Safavi, a member of the NCRI’s Foreign Affairs Committee, called for "urgent action" to save the lives of Amerian and Montazer. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the NCRI, posted on X that the execution conducted on March 31 "reflects the clerical regime’s fear and desperation." She called on the United Nations and its member states to engage in "practical and effective measures, including the closure of embassies and the expulsion of the regime’s terrorist diplomats and agents." Before the Islamic Republic killed thousands of its own people during January protests, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that the Islamic Republic carried out "at least" 1,500 executions in 2025. According to the high commissioner, "the scale and pace of executions suggest a systematic use of capital punishment as a tool of State intimidation, with disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants." Amnesty International has raised similar concerns, and additionally noted that five "young protesters" now "face the imminent risk of execution," having been transferred from Ghezal Hesar "to an unidentified location" as of March 31.

Dr. Gal Rosen is an Israeli paramedic who has saved lives under the threat of missile attacks. Racing from emergency to emergency, heart pounding, but calm under fire — "don't think, just act." He said he lost his mother when he was a child at the hands of a murderous terrorist. He saved lives as an army paramedic, but he continues to do it now as a civilian — defiantly choosing to live in Israel and work at Tel Aviv's Magen David Adom (MDA) while under threat and emergencies from multiple-front wars. He saves lives in the "dark" of war. He sees lives go, sometimes after making difficult split-second decisions. ARIZONA DEPUTIES SAVE CHOKING 2-WEEK-OLD BABY IN ROADSIDE RESCUE AFTER PARENTS' EMERGENCY CALL "We need to choose sometimes," he says, speaking to Fox News Digital during a rare moment off between emergencies. "And this is hard ." But, today, he is sharing a story of "light": a stark contrast from the stories he usually refuses to share with his family to spare them the horrifying realities of war — even if they live those themselves. Last Thursday, Rosen delivered a healthy baby boy into the world and, in sudden threat of a missile attack and blaring sirens, carried that son away from the mother in the ambulance as he and the father raced to reach a bomb shelter. This was his fifth emergency delivery of a newborn as a paramedic. It was his first under the threat of a missile attack and blaring sirens. "It was so surrealistic situation, in my opinion, never happened to me, something like this," he said, able to smile about the gravity of it all one week later, after finally finding sleep and time to reflect. "This is an amazing thing to share at home," Rosen said. "Most of my stories are not like this, most of our stories I share are really hard things for my family to hear. This is why, usually, I'm not sharing with my family stories from my work: 'Sorry, I'm not doing it.' "Car accidents or about the CPRs or about really difficult situations that I had to deal with." Just two days after bringing one life into the world, he saw five go. "I had, like last Saturday, five cases of death in the shift," he said. "I don't want to get home and tell about it in my family, right? But this story is amazing. UNSUNG HEROES OF 2025: FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO SAVED LIVES ACROSS US "I went to my grandma," he continued, "and said, 'You have to hear it.' "She was so proud of me and also my family and my father and my friends and my partner. Of course, this is a really nice story to tell to everyone. " The call came around 6:30 a.m. local Tel Aviv time on a Thursday morning: a woman was in labor, getting an assist on emergency delivery over the phone as if it was a movie. But this was real life, a new life and war. By the time the MDA paramedic team arrived, the baby was still inside and the husband was helping his wife through the final moments of delivery. Dr. Rosen stepped in for the last few minutes and helped safely deliver the boy. Then came the alert. Within moments, a warning sounded that a missile attack on Tel Aviv was expected in about 10 minutes. The paramedic suddenly had to balance the urgency of a wartime emergency with the delicate, critical first steps of childbirth. He quickly placed the newborn on the mother’s chest for skin-to-skin contact, a key step for bonding and early development. He had the father cut the umbilical cord and helped the mother nurse the baby for the first time. NYPD OFFICERS SAVE CHOKING 2-YEAR-OLD BOY, BODYCAM VIDEO SHOWS "I tried to do something as close as possible to reality for them," he said, wanting to preserve the intimacy of a normal birth even though they were far from a hospital delivery room. With the help of the father and her team, he then moved the family into the building’s shelter. There, in the middle of blaring alarms and the sounds of missile interceptions overhead, relatives from the apartment building — a grandmother, an aunt and others — came downstairs and saw the baby for the first time. "It was the first time they met the baby, while there were alarms," he said. "Adrenaline" and former army paramedic instinct took over. "I put the helmet, I put the vest and everything, I took the baby, and we stopped by the side and I ran with the baby to a public shelter," he recalled. "So, me and the father, we're running together, I'm taking the baby with me, running to a shelter and just a random building and there was no shelter there. "'OK, this is not good.' We need to go out. "And we're going out. There is still alarms; I know that we have like maybe 20 seconds left, going to another building, and then we're getting into a public shelter. There is 50 people there in the shelter and they closed the door. We were still there standing in the shelter, so I gave the father the baby. "I didn't want the idea for the father also — you know, in the future — to think about the situation that a stranger held his baby while there is a missile attack. " In the shelter, with the postpartum mother still in the ambulance under the Iron Dome, the unmistakable sound of war came with a shock. "We also heard the interception with the Iron Dome," Rosen said. The sound, he said, was impossible to ignore: "a boom," followed by a shock wave you could feel. The air was vibrating. The grateful father and mother, identified by MDA as Nikola and Violet, said the experience was frightening but that the emergency team helped keep them calm. ICE AGENT SAVES LIFE OF 'UNRESPONSIVE' 1-YEAR-OLD BOY IN JFK AIRPORT AS PANIC ENSUES IN TSA SECURITY LINE "It wasn’t a simple experience," they wrote in a joint statement, preferring to keep privacy but permitting Dr. Rosen to share the war story out of praise and thankfulness. "The labor started at home, and just minutes after the MDA team delivered the baby, the siren caught us, and we went down to a shelter. The team functioned amazingly, calmed us, and treated us in the best possible way. This isn’t the ideal experience, but we’re happy everything ended safely, and we’re grateful to the team who helped us so much." In that cramped shelter of about 50 huddling Israelis, surrounded by strangers and the threat of falling missiles, the room broke into applause. People congratulated the father and shouted "Mazal tov." Mother was still in the ambulance with members of the MDA team, still at risk postpartum, as the Iron Dome was busting missiles overhead. " And after 10 minutes that we sat there, we went out, and we walked in the street with a baby, 30 minutes old, crossing the intersection together, going to the ambulance," Rosen said. "They put a helmet on her and a vest on the mother, and one of my teammates stayed with her, because she couldn't come to the shelter. It was too much time, too risky for her. "And, you know, in these moments, I didn't think so much. So I just act. "I realized that it would be better to protect the son; it would better to go to find a shelter. And we didn't think about the idea that maybe we'll be in alarms, because we were in the situation, we were at the moment, we're with the family, with the delivery, with everything, and you can't imagine something like this — even though it's Israel, and now we can actually imagine everything. "Still, it was really, really, really exciting — excitement and happiness – and a good thing because most of our days right now are dark ." Despite losing his mother to a murderous terrorist and living under the threat of multiple-front wars and shrieking Iron Dome sirens and missile attacks, Rosen would choose no other life. MISSILES ABOVE, NEWBORNS BELOW: ISRAELI HOSPITALS SHIFT CRITICAL CARE UNDERGROUND "My mother was murdered in a terror attack when I was a kid, when I was a child, and to choose to still be here with my family, to live here: This is our home and to choose, going to a different path, not hate. "I will save lives, and I will do my best to help other families going through these situations, and I will do my best to make sure there are no other families that will need to suffer from a loss. "So I think this is the mentality of Israelis in general. But still, see, this is one of the only places in the world that people are getting rescued by a flight to come back to Israel. "In a war," he deadpanned. But, with everything happening under the stress of war, Rosen kept the calm, precision and resolve of an army paramedic, knowing the best medicine for a baby born under stress is skin-to-skin and mother's milk. "I learned in med school, I learned these two things are the most important: Put the baby on the skin, give them the bond, help her to nurse ," he said. "It also can help the mother a lot when she nursing the baby. It's also helping with postpartum bleeding. And a lot of things. "So this situation, it's hard to do when we are in this missile attack." But all is well that ended well and — in the case of Nikola and Violet's newborn — began as well as could be under the circumstances. "I was so excited I couldn't sleep for — like the delivery. It was something like 17 hours into my shift," he recalled. "So I worked 16 hours. It was after 17 hours shift. "Now and after 17 hours shift, I went back home, I tried to sleep, I couldn't sleep, and then I had to go to another shift. So I was awake for at least 24 hours. " One week later, the adrenaline and excitement have not worn off. And the baby boy, mother, father and MDA paramedic team live on to tell an all-timer.

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Our reporting started, like much of our work, in a spreadsheet. As I parsed through federal court data, I noticed something odd: Within months of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, prosecutors began filing obscure charges related to trespassing on military property — so many, in fact, that more cases were filed in 2025 than in the prior decade. Nearly all of these charges originated from cases along the U.S. southern border, where last spring, the White House designated large swaths of land as national defense areas. Putting them under military authority allowed troops to play an unprecedented role in apprehending undocumented immigrants; federal soldiers are generally barred from enforcing the law on domestic soil. If you were caught in one of these zones, the government could also now prosecute you for breaking federal laws, including one enacted in 1909 to keep spies away from arsenals. In an investigation we published recently, my co-reporters Perla Trevizo, Abe Streep, Pratheek Rebala and I dug into what experts say is a major flaw afflicting these prosecutions that threatens to ensnare people for crimes they did not commit: Migrants didn’t know the land they were crossing now belonged to the armed forces. And many judges have ruled that you can’t be guilty of trespassing on military land if you had no idea you were on it. Since April of last year, we found, at least 4,700 immigrants already charged with entering the country illegally faced these military trespass charges; at least one had to wait in jail for more than a month to stand trial. Most of the charges didn’t stick. In fact, we found that in 60% of the resolved cases, the trespass charges were dropped or dismissed. Yet prosecutors kept filing them. Download the full data used in our analysis on our GitHub page. Military Trespass Cases Under Trump Administration Skyrocket Note: Counts are of unique cases in which charges were filed under 50:797 (“Penalty for violation of security regulations and orders”) and 18:1382 (“Entering military, naval, or Coast Guard property”). Source: Federal Justice Center’s Integrated Database. Agnel Philip/ProPublica As we visited courtrooms in West Texas and New Mexico and pored through case records, it became clear how hard it would be to prove that someone knowingly trespassed on military land. Some couldn’t read. At least one person didn’t speak English or Spanish. The small signs are spaced far apart and easy to miss, and many migrants were arrested far away from them. A Justice Department spokesperson said the prosecutions have deterred unauthorized border crossings and cartel activity. And prosecutors have argued in court that illegally crossing is enough to prove criminal intent for the military trespassing charges. Senior officials in the U.S. attorney’s offices handling trespass cases declined repeated interview requests. In November, Perla, Abe and I set out to report throughout southern New Mexico and West Texas to see for ourselves what information we could gather about where the zones were and how they were marked. Abe and I arranged a ride-along with Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart, whose New Mexico agency shares jurisdiction with Border Patrol and the military in one of the zones.  A sergeant from her office drove us along a dirt road that parallels the border as she pointed out 12-by-18-inch red and white signs opposite the fence. She told us her office hadn’t received specific information about where the military zone boundaries were; all they had were the signs. Even in broad daylight, it was difficult to read the words on them unless we got within a few feet. Small signs like this are posted around the national defense areas, but their size and placement often make them difficult to see. Paul Ratje for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune On another outing in New Mexico — this time with the photographer Paul Ratje — I went to a spot in Sunland Park where Ratje said he’d previously taken photos of the border fence. The 2-acre dirt lot sat less than a mile from residential neighborhoods and a popular Italian restaurant. From the lot, we could see more red and white signs along the nearby border road. While we were taking pictures, a pickup truck with a Border Patrol livery approached us. I was surprised to see that inside, instead of Border Patrol agents, there were two Army soldiers. The soldier in the passenger seat pointed to the signage along the border road and told us not to go past there. The border road was part of the defense area, he told us, though the lot we were standing in wasn’t. The next day, Perla and I returned to the same location. This time, a Border Patrol agent drove up. The lot was part of the defense area, he told us. When I pointed out that I had been given conflicting information the previous day, the agent said he was told by the military that people couldn’t be in this area. We left. (An Army spokesperson said that the base responsible for the defense area in New Mexico published a map in December; the lot was not included in it.) My interactions with Border Patrol and the military had so far only added to our confusion about these areas. Later that day, Perla and I drove south to a stretch of border fence along the Rio Grande near Tornillo, Texas. We saw a Border Patrol van near a gate in the fence. We thought we’d try to ask where the defense area was. Before we could do that, another Border Patrol van pulled up to us. Soldiers, including one with a rifle strapped across his shoulder, emerged from both vehicles. Another soldier told us he was “not at liberty to discuss” the national defense area’s exact location.  Read More The Trump Administration’s “Disturbing” New Legal Strategy to Prosecute Border Crossers Is Taxing Courts and Testing the Law The response bewildered us. We asked him how we were supposed to know whether we were trespassing. He shrugged. (Spokespeople for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Defense did not directly answer questions about these interactions.) As we got back into our rental SUV, Perla and I wondered: If we, as reporters who investigate things for a living, couldn’t get a straight answer on where these military zones were, how did the government expect people crossing the border to do better?  In the four months between our reporting trip and the publication of our investigation on March 16, the government continued to file military trespassing charges in more than 1,300 cases. And it’s established new military zones, too, in Arizona, California and Texas. The post Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border appeared first on ProPublica .

The Trump administration official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution was an unnamed author of key industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist. Aaron Szabo, an assistant administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, is listed in PDF metadata as the author of a January 2022 comment letter objecting to proposed controls on methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. The letter was submitted to the EPA by the American Exploration and Production Council, which represents some of the industry’s largest emitters of the planet-warming gas, including ConocoPhillips, Diversified Energy and Hilcorp. Szabo’s name does not appear in the document itself, but it can be found in information embedded by the software used to create the PDF file. Szabo was registered as a lobbyist for one of the AXPC’s lesser-known members, Ovintiv, when he drafted the arguments against the restrictions, which were finalized later in the Biden administration. He has also lobbied for other clients in the oil and chemicals sectors. While he did not hide that work during his confirmation last year as head of the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, he described it in terms that avoided any mention of efforts to influence climate policy: “I learned how regulated entities comply with the federal government’s thousands of regulations and policies. I also saw firsthand that the people working in these companies want to ensure the environment is properly protected.” In his current role overseeing federal climate rules at the EPA, Szabo has been soliciting input and even specific regulatory language from oil industry groups that stand to gain from watered-down methane rules, according to internal emails, calendar entries and records of closed-door conversations reviewed by ProPublica. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., the ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, pointed to Szabo’s previous lobbying as evidence that the EPA had effectively been captured by the oil and gas industry. “Now he can do Big Oil’s dirty work from inside the EPA,” Whitehouse told ProPublica in an email. As part of its plan to “unleash American energy,” the Trump administration has waged an unprecedented campaign against regulations on fossil fuels, the main cause of global warming. One of its biggest moves was to repeal the “endangerment finding” that classified greenhouse gases as pollutants — the basis for the EPA’s authority to limit emissions at all. Rather than throw out the methane rules entirely, however, Szabo’s office is working to revise them, emails and documents show. It has already delayed many of the compliance deadlines until next year. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a climate superpollutant, responsible for one-third of the rise in global temperatures since preindustrial times, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. When it escapes into the atmosphere without being burned for energy, it can trap 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide, research shows. The oil and gas business is the largest industrial source of U.S. methane emissions, in part because of leaks from poorly maintained equipment. If it is uneconomical to collect the gas for sale, companies sometimes intentionally release it in a process known as venting. To cut down on methane discharges, President Joe Biden’s EPA imposed much stricter controls on oil and gas operations, including requiring increased monitoring for leaks and equipment upgrades. According to agency estimates, the new rules would have lowered the industry’s methane emissions by nearly 80%. And, given that the gas breaks down relatively quickly, this would have been one of the fastest ways to reduce global warming. Industry groups pushed back. In the January 2022 letter that Szabo helped to draft, the AXPC used the word “burdensome” 10 times to describe the new requirements and pushed for more “flexibility” to allow for less expensive leak-detection methods and less frequent monitoring, among other requests. The group also cast doubt on the rules’ expected climate and health benefits, highlighting what it called “the importance of communicating the significant uncertainties within the estimates.” The AXPC’s chief executive, Anne Bradbury, added in a later statement that the rules risked “undercutting US production in the near and long-term — which will lead to increased energy costs and reduced energy security.” Do you have any information we should know about Trump’s EPA, oil industry lobbying or methane pollution? Alex Cuadros can be reached by email at alex.cuadros@propublica.org and on Signal at alexcuadros.63. The AXPC failed to persuade the Biden administration to change its approach. But it renewed its push after President Donald Trump returned to office and ordered federal agencies to “suspend, revise, or rescind” any “undue burden” on domestic energy production. Szabo, after two years as a fellow at the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, joined the administration on Day 1 as an adviser to EPA chief Lee Zeldin. He immediately signaled that he planned to weaken the regulations he had argued against as a lobbyist. His staff met with AXPC representatives as early as Feb. 6, 2025, less than three weeks after Trump’s inauguration, to discuss its petition to “reconsider” the methane rules, according to emails and calendar entries obtained through public records requests and shared with ProPublica by Fieldnotes, a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry. His staff went on to meet with them at least twice more, and Szabo himself was listed as a required attendee for a meeting with Bradbury last July. The AXPC didn’t respond to emails from ProPublica seeking comment. According to records of closed-door conversations reviewed by ProPublica, other oil industry representatives have described their meetings with Szabo and his staff as highly favorable to their interests. “Mr. Szabo assured us that the EPA is focused on these [methane] rules and doing everything that can be done to limit the damage they will cause,” the leadership of a major trade group wrote to its members last year in an internal newsletter. Lee Fuller, of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, also spoke glowingly about his meeting with Szabo’s office on a conference call with industry representatives last year. “It was one of the more fascinating meetings that we’ve ever had, just because they were suddenly willing to talk to us,” he said. “And they’re also suddenly willing to talk about things that we’ve been trying to get them to do for years, and they’ve never even let it kind of come onto the radar screen.” The IPAA declined to answer specific questions from ProPublica but linked to a September 2025 letter in which the group publicly asked the EPA for exceptions to the methane rules. Szabo’s office has even invited oil industry groups to offer specific wording for the revised rules. “We had a call several weeks back re. pneumatics on temporary equipment,” Mike O’Connor of the American Petroleum Institute wrote to an EPA official, referring to devices that are a major source of methane emissions. “EPA had informally requested input on this topic and any suggested reg. text language. We are providing the attached draft document as informal input to EPA’s inquiry.” The draft called for a number of exemptions. The shift in priorities under Szabo can also be seen in communications from the EPA itself. In a June 2025 email reviewed by ProPublica, an agency official asked O’Connor to meet and discuss alternative leak-detection methods. Echoing the language in the AXPC comment that Szabo helped to draft, the official spoke of “the additional flexibility we would like to pursue.” “I think their agenda was, from what I could tell, to do what industry wanted,” one former EPA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe confidential discussions, said of Szabo and other Trump appointees at the agency. “Since when is it a bad thing for public officials to ask the public what they think?” the EPA said in an emailed statement, referring to Szabo’s interactions with oil industry representatives. Szabo “fulfilled all his ethical obligations to the letter. He met with EPA career ethics staff when he started at EPA to ensure he is aware of and complies with federal ethics requirements.” Szabo’s affinities are hardly a secret. He is thanked by name in the EPA chapter of Project 2025, the deregulatory blueprint for the second Trump administration. As part of the nomination process for his appointment at the EPA, he also submitted ethics disclosures listing oil, natural gas and chemicals companies he had lobbied for. Still, at his confirmation hearing on March 5 last year, he repeatedly declined to elaborate on his role in Project 2025, beyond saying he provided “general advice and thoughts” on the Clean Air Act. The post The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules appeared first on ProPublica .

In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace. The cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent record of patient abuse; probes of fraud involving several New Jersey labor unions, including one opened after a top official of a national union was accused of embezzlement; and an investigation into a cryptocurrency company suspected of cheating investors. In total, the DOJ quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal cases in the first six months of President Donald Trump’s administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases, according to an analysis by ProPublica. The bulk of these cases, which were closed without prosecution and known as declinations, had been referred to the DOJ by law enforcement agencies under prior administrations that believed a federal crime may have been committed. The DOJ routinely declines to prosecute cases for any number of reasons, including insufficient evidence or because a case is not a priority for enforcement. But the number of declinations under Bondi marks a striking departure not only from the Biden administration but also the first Trump term, according to the ProPublica analysis, which examined two decades of DOJ data, including the first six months of Trump’s second term. ProPublica determined the increase is not the result of inheriting a larger caseload or more referrals from law enforcement. In February 2025 alone, which included the first weeks of Bondi’s tenure, nearly 11,000 cases were declined, the most in a month since at least 2004. The previous high was just over 6,500 cases in September 2019, during Trump’s first administration. Some of the cases shut down were the result of yearslong investigations by federal agencies such as the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration. For complex cases, the DOJ can take years before deciding whether to bring charges. The shift comes as the DOJ has undergone an extraordinary overhaul under the Trump administration, with entire units shuttered, directives to abandon pursuit of certain crimes and thousands of lawyers quitting or, in some cases, being forced out of the agency. In doing so, the DOJ is retreating from its mission to impartially uphold the rule of law, keep the country safe and protect civil rights, according to interviews with a dozen prosecutors and an open letter from nearly 300 DOJ employees who have left the department under Trump. The Trump DOJ, the employees wrote, is “taking a sledgehammer” to long-standing work to “protect communities and the rule of law.” The change in priorities was outlined in a series of memos sent to attorneys early last year. Trump’s DOJ has said it is “turning a new page on white-collar and corporate enforcement” and emphasizing the pursuit of drug cartels, illegal immigrants and institutions that promote “divisive DEI policies.” Trump, in an address last March at the department, said the changes were necessary after a “surrender to violent criminals” during the past administration and would result in a restoration of “fair, equal and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.” The department prosecuted 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of the administration, which was nearly triple the number under the Biden administration and a 15% increase from the first Trump term. It has pursued fewer prosecutions of nearly every other type of crime — from drug offenses to corruption — than new administrations in their first six months dating back to 2009. The DOJ has also closed hundreds of cases involving alleged crimes that the administration has publicly emphasized as enforcement priorities. Even as the Trump administration unleashed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency operatives to root out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, the DOJ declined over 900 cases of federal program or procurement fraud. About three times as many cases of major fraud against the U.S. were declined under Trump compared with the average of similar time periods under prior administrations. And while the Trump administration has promised to “ make America safe again ,” its DOJ has declined more than 1,000 terrorism cases, also more than prior administrations. Federal prosecutor Joseph Gerbasi had spent years in the department’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section helping build cases against major suppliers of fentanyl ingredients in India and China. After Bondi came in, he was left bewildered when his team was ordered to abandon its work. “All of the building blocks of what would become successful prosecutions were pulled out,” said Gerbasi, who retired as the section’s acting deputy chief for policy in March 2025 after 28 years with the department. The move had an “overwhelming deflating effect on morale,” he said. After Trump’s Inauguration, the Department of Justice Turned Down a Record Number of Cases The first quarter of 2025, and especially February of that year, saw the department declining to prosecute cases against thousands of defendants outside of its regular six-month review process. Source: DOJ data provided by TRAC Ken Morales/ProPublica Barbara McQuade, who worked as a federal prosecutor in Michigan for two decades until 2017 during Republican and Democratic administrations, said it was not unusual for new administrations to come to office with a few “pet priorities” — such as a focus on violent crime or drug trafficking. But she said those changes usually involved modest adjustments in policy and that most of the decisions on what crimes to focus on were typically made at the local level by the district U.S. attorney in coordination with the FBI or other agencies. “We would revise those about every five years, not having anything to do with any administration, just because it made sense,” she said. A DOJ spokesperson, in an emailed response to questions about the spike in declinations, said that in “an effort to clean, remediate, and validate data in U.S. Attorneys’ case management system,” the department reviewed all pending criminal matters opened prior to the 2023 fiscal year, which included updating the status of closed cases. “This Department of Justice remains committed to investigating and prosecuting all types of crime to keep the American people safe, and the number of declinations is a direct result of our efforts to run the agency in a more efficient manner.” The agency did not respond to questions about the types of cases declined. The spike of declined cases began in February 2025 when the department ordered prosecutors to review every open case launched prior to October 2022 and determine whether to close it. Such a review would typically take months, according to one attorney tasked with reviewing cases. A memo, which was described to ProPublica reporters, ordered the review to be completed within 10 days. Former DOJ prosecutors told ProPublica that they typically reviewed caseloads every six months with supervisors and that closing out languishing cases wouldn’t ordinarily be cause for concern. They said the February directive, however, was unusual. None could recall a similar order. The directive came as higher-ups in the department had begun making frequent demands for data about specific types of cases and charging decisions, such as the outcome of fentanyl cases, according to former prosecutor Michael Gordon. Gordon, who helped prosecute Jan. 6 cases before moving to white-collar crime prosecutions, said the “fire drills” from officials in Washington became so regular that he grew used to the forlorn look on his supervisor’s face when he showed up at Gordon’s door, apologetically delivering yet another frantic request. “It was either ‘give us stats we can use to make ourselves look good’ or ‘give us the stats to show how bad things are in this area,’” Gordon said. “It was never productive fact-finding.” Though Gordon didn’t see the memo, he remembered getting the request to review all cases that had been open for more than two years and report back on their status, entering into a master spreadsheet basic information about any that he wanted to keep pursuing. “The office was pushing us to close everything by a certain date so that when they had to report up to D.C. they had a low number of open cases,” he said. “You really had to go to bat to keep open a case that was more than two years old.” Gordon said he was fired by the DOJ last June. He has filed a lawsuit alleging his termination was politically motivated. The department did not respond to questions about Gordon’s comments or his lawsuit. The government filed a motion to dismiss the case late last year, arguing that the federal court did not have jurisdiction over the matter. The court has not yet ruled on that motion, and the case is still pending. Investigations into individuals or corporations declined for prosecution are generally not reported to courts and usually only disclosed in summary form by the DOJ in annual reports. To conduct its analysis, ProPublica obtained declination data from the DOJ and the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a center that obtains data through Freedom of Information Act requests. The DOJ Declined a Slew of Cases Shortly After Pam Bondi Was Confirmed as Attorney General Nearly 11,000 criminal cases were declined during her first month in office. Source: DOJ data provided by TRAC Ken Morales/ProPublica Here are some of the areas most impacted by the spike in declinations. Drugs As president, Trump has spoken frequently about the “ scourge ” of drugs coming into the country. At the same time, the Justice Department has declined to prosecute nearly 5,000 cases of federal drug law violations, including trafficking and money laundering. The number of declinations were 45% higher than the average of the prior three new administrations. Gerbasi, the counternarcotics prosecutor, declined to comment on specific cases that might have been declined in his office. But, he said, once Bondi was appointed, the priority in the office became building cases against Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan group that the Trump administration has labeled a foreign terrorist organization. “Tren de Aragua was not anywhere close to the scale or impact of the cartels we were focused on,” Gerbasi said. “But we were told to generate those cases.” He said his office had to scramble to fly people to investigate local gangs in small towns that were reportedly affiliated with Tren de Aragua. “They never would have merited a full-scale federal investigation,” he said. “It told me that decisions were going to be based on political appearances and not based on the merits of where investigative resources should be placed.” The DOJ declined to comment on Gerbasi’s remarks. Trump’s DOJ Has Rejected Far More Cases Than Previous Administrations Across a Wide Range of Categories Many of the dropped cases were in programs the DOJ has claimed were priorities. Source: TRAC, DOJ Note: “Other” primarily includes government regulatory offenses and theft. Comparison to average of past administrations only includes the first six months after a presidential administration change: Obama (2009), Trump (2017) and Biden (2021) Ken Morales/ProPublica National Security Under Bondi, the DOJ declined more than 1,300 cases involving terrorism and national security, nearly twice what was typical at the start of the most recent new administrations. While domestic terrorism was the hardest-hit program, just over 300 cases involving charges of providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations were also dropped. The DOJ program handling matters relating to national internal security — which considers cases of alleged spy activity and the security of classified information — saw over 200 declinations, which is four times as many as typical in the first six months of a new administration. Some of the cases related to serving as an unregistered foreign agent, a charge Bondi ordered prosecutors to stop pursuing unless they involved “conduct similar to more traditional espionage by foreign government actors.” Jimmy Gurulé, a former federal prosecutor and George W. Bush appointee to the U.S. Treasury Department who investigated the financing of terrorism, said the decline in terrorism cases was troubling. “The Trump DOJ has been used as a political weapon,” he said. “It’s a question of prioritizing resources. Are they going to be used for national security threats or to prosecute his political enemies and critics?” The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment on Gurulé’s remarks. Labor The DOJ shut down over 60 union corruption and labor racketeering cases, 2.5 times the number in Trump’s first term. Nearly half of the cases turned down for those offenses were out of the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office, which in the past has aggressively pursued alleged union corruption. All were noted as declined for insufficient evidence. Most of those cases had been opened by Grady O’Malley, an assistant U.S. attorney who oversaw several prosecutions of union corruption while working in the New Jersey office over four decades. He retired in 2023 and was disturbed to learn from former colleagues that the office was shutting down the open union probes. A Trump supporter, O’Malley said that while he doesn’t blame the president, he worries the decision to drop so many cases could embolden unions that he and his colleagues spent years working to hold accountable. “No one is assigned to do labor union cases, and the unions have every reason to believe no one is looking.” The New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office said it had no comment on the declination of labor cases. White-Collar Crime The Trump administration has pledged to root out “rampant” fraud in federal benefit programs like food stamps and welfare. The controversial surging of federal agents to Minnesota in January began as a stated crackdown on noncitizens allegedly ripping off nutrition and child care programs. The DOJ, however, shut down more than 900 cases of federal program or procurement fraud in the first six months of the administration, including one targeting a mortgage lender accused by several state regulators of defrauding the Federal Housing Administration. The case was dropped due to “prioritization of federal resources and interests.” The U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Alabama, which declined the case, did not reply to a request for comment. The number of fraud cases closed was about double that in the same time period of the Biden and first Trump administrations. The agency also closed over 100 health care fraud cases as a result of “prioritization of resources and interests” even though the Trump administration has said it is making this area of enforcement a priority . Among other cases the DOJ determined weren’t a priority: the probe into the Virginia nursing home accused of abuse, as well as investigations in Tennessee into fraud at a national hospital chain and one of the largest Medicaid managed care companies. The Western District of Virginia U.S. attorney’s office, through a spokesperson, declined to comment on the nursing home case. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee said the office does not comment on investigations that do not result in public charges. The DOJ’s Antitrust Division, which focuses on preventing big businesses from creating harmful monopolies, also declined an unusually high number of cases in Trump’s second term. More than 40 cases were dropped within the first six months of Bondi’s tenure. That’s more than double the number declined in the same time period by the prior three new administrations. Despite the declinations, the department said it charged slightly more people with fraud in 2025 compared with the final year of the Biden administration, and those cases alleged larger financial losses. Promises Kept The DOJ under Bondi has also rapidly pursued many of the priorities laid out in Trump’s early executive orders and her own “first day” directives to staff. Trump in February 2025 issued an executive order pausing new investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits citizens and companies from bribing foreign entities to advance their business interests. The order asked the attorney general to review and “take appropriate action” on any existing probes to “preserve Presidential foreign policy prerogatives.” In the first six months, Bondi’s DOJ shut down 25 such cases, which is more than the combined number dropped by the prior three new administrations over the same time period. One of the cases declined for prosecution involved a major car manufacturer, which had reported possible anti-bribery violations to federal investigators involving a foreign subsidiary. The DOJ declined the case for prosecution last June, citing the “prioritization of federal resources and interests.” On her first day, Bondi ordered a review of criminal prosecutions under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, or FACE Act, which prohibits people from illegally blocking access to abortion clinics and places of worship. The department dropped as many cases under the act in its first six months as the past three new administrations combined, over the same time frame. Bondi’s order focused on “non-violent protest activity,” although at least one of the closed cases was being investigated as a violent crime. The DOJ has since charged protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and journalists in Minneapolis under the FACE Act. The defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty. The agency closed three times the number of cases alleging environmental crimes as the Biden administration did and one-and-a-half times as many as compared with Trump’s first term. The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases. One-fifth of all of the dropped environmental protection cases were shut down for “prioritization of federal resources and interests.” How We Tracked Declined Cases To quantify declined cases, ProPublica used data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse . The dataset consists of compiled FOIA responses of the United States attorneys offices’ criminal division case management system from January 2004 to July 2025, the latest available through TRAC. The data contains nearly 4 million unique cases involving individuals or organizations. We supplemented case details in the TRAC data with data directly from the DOJ. We counted how many declinations were recorded in the first six months of Trump’s second term, compared with the same period of time for prior changes in presidential administration. That includes the first six months of the first Obama administration, the first Trump administration and the Biden administration. Cases can have multiple defendants. Prosecutors can and do decline to prosecute some defendants in a case while pursuing prosecution for others. We counted each defendant separately. Trump’s second administration inherited around 100,000 open criminal investigations, comparable to the number that Biden’s DOJ inherited. Under Trump, the DOJ declined 20% of these existing cases in its first six months, compared with Biden’s 11%. Referrals from law enforcement under Trump’s second administration were lower than the other incoming administrations in the data except for Biden, whose DOJ operated during the COVID-19 lockdown. When looking at inherited investigations, we included only cases that were open at the start of a new administration. We excluded any that had progressed to prosecution, as those would no longer be eligible for a declination. To understand which types of cases the DOJ was declining, we looked both at the area of the DOJ that was handling the case as well as the lead charge being considered. DOJ programs represent distinct areas of subject matter expertise within the department’s prosecution divisions. To further aggregate, we grouped together programs by subject matter, primarily relying on their categorization in the DOJ’s Offices of the United States Attorneys 2024 fiscal year annual statistical report. When reviewing cases by lead charge, sometimes referred to as the investigative charge, we considered them separately from the assigned DOJ program. According to the DOJ’s documentation , these are the “substantive statute that is the primary basis for the referral.” We used a large language model to help us identify charges of interest, which we then confirmed by hand by reviewing the statutes. About 2% of cases were sealed, with the DOJ program and lead charge information redacted. The post Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration appeared first on ProPublica .

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