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El Parlamento Europeo ha respaldado este jueves el nuevo reglamento de retorno, otra normativa en materia migratoria que permite, entre otras cosas, la creación de centros de deportación de migrantes. Esa vía, impulsada por el Gobierno italiano de Giorgia Meloni, ha contado con el respaldo de la Eurocámara con 389 votos a favor, 206 en contra y 32 abstenciones. Los grupos de izquierda y los liberales y los verdes han rechazado este paso que incluye los llamados "centros de retorno" en terceros países, siempre y cuando se haya suscrito previamente un acuerdo y se respete el principio de no devolución. Además, según las nuevas reglas, los migrantes están obligados a colaborar activamente en su proceso de salida. Si no lo hacen, podrían recibir castigos como perder ayudas sociales, quedarse sin permiso de trabajo o incluso ir a la cárcel. Además, las autoridades podrán encerrar a una persona en centros de internamiento hasta por un año , y este tiempo puede alargarse otro año más si el migrante no ayuda o si los papeles tardan en tramitarse. Para quienes sean considerados "un peligro para la seguridad", el proceso será todavía más estricto. Estas personas podrán ser enviadas de vuelta de forma prioritaria y, mientras tanto, podrían esperar en prisiones, aunque separadas de los presos comunes, y también se les podría prohibir la entrada a Europa para siempre . Si un migrante pide a un juez que detenga su expulsión, el proceso seguirá adelante a menos que el juez decida lo contrario tras revisar el caso . Un punto importante es que cada país de la Unión Europea decidirá si estar de forma ilegal es un delito o no . Por otro lado, en las reuniones previas se decidió eliminar una propuesta que permitía detener a los migrantes en sus casas , algo que inicialmente se había planteado pero que finalmente no se incluyó en el texto que se ha votado y que ahora pasará a la fase de negociación entre la Eurocámara y los Estados miembros Sin embargo, estos cambios han generado mucha división política . Los partidos de izquierda y los Verdes critican el plan porque consideran que es demasiado duro y que se acerca a las ideas de la extrema derecha . Estos grupos temen que se retenga a mucha gente de forma injusta y que, en los centros de retorno ubicados fuera de Europa, no se respeten los derechos humanos básicos de las personas . Por su parte, los defensores del plan aseguran que los países de fuera que reciban a los migrantes tendrán que pasar controles de seguridad y respetar los derechos fundamentales . Desde PP y Vox han respaldado este paso del Parlamento Europeo. El eurodiputado del Partido Popular y presidente de la comisión de Libertades Civiles (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, celebró el resultado de la votación y contrapuso esta política con la regularización masiva que propone el Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez . "No podemos avanzar en una política migratoria creíble y eficaz si las decisiones de retorno no se cumplen", sostuvo. Para Vox este es " un exitoso primer paso para la remigración tan reclamada por nosotros, pues el reglamento deberá ser cumplido obligatoriamente por España y todos los Estados miembros de la UE", en palabras de su portavoz, Jorge Buxadé. "Toda la cooperación de la Unión con terceros países se ve supeditada a su disposición a aceptar retornos, utilizando visados, política comercial, fondos de desarrollo e instrumentos diplomáticos", concluyó.

Los dos hijos de Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, XIX duque de Alba, Fernando (35) y Carlos (34), han sido nombrados administraciones solidarios del Ducado de Alba S.L., una de las sociedades vinculadas a la Casa y que hasta ahora estaba gestionada por personas de confianza del entorno familiar. Esta reorganización tiene lugar en plena conmemoración del centenario de su abuela paterna, Cayetana , XVIII duquesa, fallecida en 2014 y que habría cumplido este 28 de marzo un siglo de vida. La compañía fue constituida en 2012 (dos años antes de la muerte de la duquesa) por el propio duque de Alba y su hermano Cayetano Martínez de Irujo. Esa colaboración cambió en 2020, cuando Cayetano decidió apartarse de los negocios familiares. El nombramiento de los hijos del actual duque como administradores entra en una estrategia más de relevo progresivo que busca garantizar la continuidad del legado familiar. Según la página Vanity Fair, las cuentas de 2024 de Ducado de Alba SL dibujan, en cualquier caso, una sociedad de baja actividad operativa. Su objeto social es el comercio mayorista de productos alimenticios, bebidas y tabaco, aunque en la práctica presenta una estructura mínima: sin empleados y con un volumen de activos que apenas supera los 64.000 euros . El balance muestra existencias por valor de unos 40.000 euros y poca liquidez, lo que apunta a una sociedad más instrumental o patrimonial que a un negocio con actividad comercial intensa. Es una de las sociedades satélite del entramado familiar. Además, -añade el mismo medio- la compañía arrastra un patrimonio neto negativo y algunas deudas a corto plazo. No registra ingresos ni gastos en la cuenta de resultados, lo que refuerza la idea de que se trata de una pieza dentro de la arquitectura societaria de la Casa de Alba más que de una empresa operativa al uso. Fernando Fitz-James Stuart está casado con Sofía Palazuelo , con quien tiene tres hijos: Rosario (futura duquesa de Alba tras su abuelo y su padre) Sofía y Fernando. Por su parte, Carlos se casó con Belén Corsini y es padre de dos niños: Carlos y Fadrique.

El Parlamento Europeo ha dado este jueves luz verde al acuerdo comercial de la UE con Estados Unidos, pero ha añadido a su posición una serie de cláusulas para "proteger" al bloque comunitario en caso de que haya más vaivenes o amenazas arancelarias por parte de la Administración Trump. De este modo, la Eurocámara fija su postura para poder negociar el pacto con los Estados miembros y que posteriormente la Comisión Europea ponga en funcionamiento el acuerdo. Desde el Ejecutivo comunitario, el comisario de Comercio, Vladis Dombrovskis, ha explicado ante el pleno que tienen "plenas garantías" de que Washington cumplirá con lo firmado. Dombrovskis ha defendido "el diálogo" con EEUU y ha insistido en que Bruselas expresará sus dudas "cuando sea necesario" , como ya hizo hace meses, reclamando aclaraciones sobre la posición de la Casa Blanca. Así, la Comisión aboga por trabajar de la mano de Washington "en asuntos de interés común, siempre que sea posible y sentando las bases para una colaboración futura", concluyó el dirigente letón ante los eurodiputados. Precisamente la Eurocámara pospuso su posición un par de veces sobre todo en el marco de las amenazas de Trump a Groenlandia , alegando que no se daban las condiciones necesarias para poder respaldar el acuerdo y exigiendo que se respetasen los intereses de la Unión en un pacto cargado de polémica y de críticas a Bruselas desde que se firmó el pasado verano en Turnberry (Escocia). En su planteamiento, ños eurodiputados reforzaron la cláusula de suspensión propuesta, que permitiría suspender las preferencias arancelarias con Estados Unidos bajo una serie de condiciones. Por ejemplo, la Comisión podría proponer la suspensión de todas o algunas preferencias comerciales si Estados Unidos impusiera aranceles adicionales que superen el límite acordado del 15%, o cualquier nuevo gravamen sobre los productos de la UE. Por otro lado, esa cláusula de suspensión también podría activarse si Estados Unidos, por ejemplo, " socavara los objetivos del acuerdo, discriminara a los operadores económicos de la UE , amenazara la integridad territorial de los Estados miembros, sus políticas exteriores y de defensa, o incurriera en coerción económica", añaden desde la Eurocámara. Asimismo, se ha introducido una llamada "cláusula de entrada en vigor condicionada" que significaría que los nuevos aranceles solo entrarían en vigor si Estados Unidos respeta sus compromisos . Estas condiciones incluyen que Washington reduzca sus aranceles sobre los productos de la UE con un contenido de acero y aluminio inferior al 50%, a un máximo del 15%. No obstante, la Eurocámara sigue sin tenerlas todas consigo respecto a Trump, y así lo expresó el ponente, el socialdemócrata Bernd Lange, que califica el resultado como la asunción de "un mandato firme" por parte de la institución. "Los eurodiputados solo podrán aceptar las condiciones comerciales del acuerdo si el reglamento incluye salvaguardias muy sólidas y claras , y solo después de que Estados Unidos haya respetado plenamente los términos del acuerdo. Tengo la intención de defender este mandato con firmeza en las negociaciones" con el Consejo, sostuvo. "Las condiciones están claramente definidas en la posición del Parlamento. Incluyen una cláusula de entrada en vigor que exige el pleno cumplimiento por parte de EEUU antes de que el reglamento pueda entrar en vigor, y una cláusula de caducidad que garantiza la plena supervisión parlamentaria de cualquier prórroga de las concesiones, sin dejar de cumplir con las normas de la OMC", resumió. Y acabó con un aviso a la Casa Blanca: "Cualquier nueva amenaza arancelaria, o el incumplimiento del acuerdo en beneficio de los productores y consumidores de la UE, dará lugar a la expiración de la legislación ".

March 26 hearing will be second court appearance since Maduro's January 3 abduction by US military.

Three million Iranians and at least a million Lebanese have been forced from their homes because of US-Israeli attacks.

European powers and bodies warn of economic collapse as the war on Iran nears one-month mark.

President Donald Trump waves after speaking at the National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Union Station in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) 2026-03-26T11:00:51Z It’s costing more and more to gas up the hot rods that Donnie Beson has spent a lifetime tinkering with. He’s not questioning his support for President Donald Trump, but he feels as though the war in Iran has distracted the Republican president from the issues that got him elected. “Come on, Trump. Worry about us,” said Beson, 68, of Woodland Park, Colorado. “We’re in a billion-dollar-a-day war. It’s like, ‘Man, you forgot about the other stuff, and you got to take care of that first.’” Trump still has deep support among Republicans, but a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicates that the president risks frustrating his voters during a midterm election year if the United States gets involved in the kind of prolonged war in the Middle East that he promised to avoid . Although 63% of Republicans back airstrikes against Iranian military targets, the survey found, only 20% back deploying American ground troops. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r 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); }); Rising gas prices could also pose a problem for Trump. The cost of oil and gas has soared since the Iran war began nearly four weeks ago, adding more financial pressure when many Americans are already worried about affording essentials . About 6 in 10 Republicans say they’re at least “somewhat” concerned about being able to afford gas in the next few months, according to the poll, though they’re less worried than the rest of the country. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r Trust in Trump remains high among Republicans About three-quarters of Republicans approve of Trump’s handling of the presidency , and a similar 70% approve of how he’s handling Iran. Those ratings are in line with Republicans’ support for Trump’s foreign policy generally and his approach to Cuba, where he’s recently ratcheted up pressure to change the island’s leadership. Many Republicans continue to have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of trust in the president to make the right decisions on foreign issues. About half place a high level of trust in him when it comes to the use of military force outside the U.S. Roughly the same percentage of Republicans have a high level of trust on his dealings with adversaries and allies. 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); }); Sharon Fuller, 68, is a firm backer of the president and approves of his handling of the job, as well as the war in Iran. A retired hospital analyst from Ocklawaha, Florida, Fuller expressed some reservations about the war but called Trump a “huge patriot” and said she’s been impressed with how the stock market has done since he became president again. “I don’t really agree with the war, but on the other hand, I think it’s a necessity at this point,” she said. Republicans stand out from Americans overall in their support for the war. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that about 8 in 10 registered voters who are Republicans think the war with Iran will make the world “safer,” compared with about one-third of voters overall. 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); }); Further entanglement in Iran could frustrate Trump’s supporters The vast majority of Republicans in the AP-NORC poll, 81%, say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for the U.S. to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, lending support to one of the goals that Trump has articulated since the war began. But only about half of Republicans see replacing Iran’s government with leaders who are more friendly to the U.S. as a high priority. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r Stephen Hauss, 40, is a state Agriculture Department employee in Camden, Delaware, where he manages environmental programs. Hauss described his political views as libertarian-leaning, and he voted for Trump in 2024. But the start of the Iran war has changed his views about the president. “Before the war I was just kind of like, ‘OK, like, I voted for him. I got to give him, like, some benefit of the doubt,’” he said. Now, Hauss said he can’t support the U.S. trying to change the leadership of another country. He added, “I don’t think I am on board with this anymore.” Other efforts to get the U.S. more involved in Iran could complicate matters further for Trump. Only about 2 in 10 Republicans favor deploying U.S. ground troops to fight Iran, while about one-third don’t have an opinion and about half are opposed. 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); }); Thomas Sweeney, 76, is a retired chemical engineer from Frisco, Texas, who voted for Trump three times. An Army officer veteran, Sweeney said he can’t get behind the war, which has brought down his overall view of the president. “I’m not happy. I am frustrated,” he said. “Soldiers are very, very precious. You just don’t go in there and waste lives.” 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); }); Gas prices causing unease among some in GOP The rising cost of oil and gas is another vulnerability for Trump, even within his own party. About three-quarters of Republicans say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for U.S. foreign policy to keep gas prices down, which could increasingly be at odds with their support for the war. About 3 in 10 Republican registered voters in the Quinnipiac University poll say the price of gasoline has been a “very” or “somewhat” serious problem for their family lately. If high gas prices linger, they could create even more frustration for Trump supporters who hoped the president would bring down the cost of everyday goods. Fuller, the Florida Republican, said there’s no chance she’d vote for Democrats, but she had a message for Trump. “I’d like him to see what he can do to get prices down for, quote, the working people and myself now living on a fixed income,” she said. ___ The AP-NORC poll of 1,150 adults was conducted March 19-23 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 4 percentage points and for Republicans is plus or minus 6.7 percentage points. MIKE CATALINI Catalini covers government, elections and news primarily in New Jersey for The Associated Press. He focuses on accountability and how policy affects people. twitter LINLEY SANDERS Sanders is a polls and surveys reporter for The Associated Press. She develops and writes about polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and works on AP VoteCast. twitter

An Israeli soldier jumps from a tank in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 2026-03-26T10:05:18Z BEIRUT (AP) — As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, calls for mass evacuations and sends ground troops deeper into Lebanon , its leaders have hinted at a long-term occupation modeled on the devastating conquest of much of Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it needs to establish a zone of control in the depopulated south to shield its own northern communities, which have faced daily rocket attacks since the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group joined the wider war . Many in Lebanon fear that could mean the open-ended displacement of over a million people , the flattening of their homes and a loss of territory. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said this week that it would create a “security zone” up to the Litani River, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border in some places. He said troops would destroy homes, which he claimed were being used by militants, and that residents would not return until northern Israel is safe. 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 campaign would mirror the one in Gaza, in which Israeli forces flattened and largely depopulated the eastern half of the Palestinian territory , Katz said on Tuesday. Israel has said it won’t withdraw from the enclave until Hamas disarms as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. “We have ordered an acceleration in the destruction of Lebanese homes in contact-line villages to neutralize threats to Israeli communities, in accordance with the model of Beit Hanoun and Rafah in Gaza,” Katz said, referring to border towns that were largely obliterated . From one war to the next After a 2024 ceasefire halted Israel’s last war with Hezbollah, Israeli forces gradually withdrew from southern Lebanon except for five strategic hilltops along the border. Lebanese returned to find that homes, infrastructure, and some entire villages destroyed. Israel said it had dismantled Hezbollah infrastructure that could have been used to launch an Oct. 7-style attack, and it continued to strike what it said were militant targets on a near-daily basis after the truce. Hezbollah resumed it attacks after Israel and the United States launched the war with Iran on Feb. 28, accusing Israel of having repeatedly violated the ceasefire. Israel accused Lebanon’s government of failing to carry out its pledge to disarm Hezbollah, despite its unprecedented steps toward criminalizing the group. 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 latest fighting, Israel has launched blistering air raids across Lebanon, killing more than 1,000 people — mostly outside of the border area — and displacing over a million. It has warned residents to evacuate a wide swath of the south, extending from the border to the Zahrani River, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) away. The Israeli military says it has launched a limited ground operation. Political leaders speak of more ambitious plans. Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister and a member of its Security Cabinet, said this week that the current war must end with “fundamental change.” “The Litani must be our new border with the state of Lebanon,” he said. 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); }); Echoes of an earlier occupation Israel invaded southern Lebanon in 1982 during the country’s civil war. Hezbollah, established that year, waged a guerrilla campaign that eventually ended the Israeli occupation in 2000. This time around, Israel has bombed seven bridges over the Litani, the northern edge of a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone established after previous conflicts. Israel says Hezbollah was using the bridges to move fighters and weapons, and that its military will control the remaining crossings. Heavy fighting has meanwhile erupted in the town of Khiam, the fall of which would cut off the south from Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, another area with a large Hezbollah presence. After the bridges were bombed, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of seeking to sever the south from the rest of the country “to establish a buffer zone, entrench the reality of occupation, and pursue Israeli expansion within Lebanese territories.” U.N. peacekeepers say the bombing of the bridges and ongoing clashes have hindered their operations and put personnel at risk. 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); }); “This is the closest fighting activity we have seen to our positions,” said Kandice Ardel, spokesperson for the U.N. mission known as UNIFIL. “Bullets, fragments, and shrapnel have hit buildings and open areas inside our headquarters.” Ardel said peacekeepers at observation points have seen a growing presence of Israeli troops and “engineering assets,” though they have not seen any new military positions built yet. ‘Different shades’ of control Mohanad Hage Ali, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East think tank in Beirut, said Israel has already established “different shades” of control. “The first line of borders is a no-man zone. This is basically a large parking lot that is facing Israel,” he said. “There is nothing there, no movement, nothing at all.” Lebanese movement is restricted farther north. During last year’s olive harvest, farmers struggled to reach their groves because of regular Israeli strikes and had to be accompanied by Lebanese troops and UNIFIL peacekeepers, who coordinated with Israel. 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); }); Sarit Zehavi, the founder and president of the Alma Institute and a retired Israeli military officer, said Israel will likely establish a more extensive area of control stretching farther north. She acknowledged that Israel was unlikely to defeat Hezbollah and was at risk of having to maintain a long-term presence in southern Lebanon. “But the other alternative is to take the risk that we will be slaughtered. It’s as simple as that,” she said. No diplomatic offramp in sight Lebanon’s government has broken a longstanding taboo by proposing direct talks with Israel . It has also taken action against Hezbollah since the last war, criminalizing its activities and claiming to have dismantled hundreds of military positions. But neither the U.S. nor Israel has shown any interest in such talks as they focus on the wider war with Iran. If negotiations occur, Israel could demand major concessions in exchange for relinquishing territory taken by force — an updated version of the decades-old “land for peace” formula. Israel seized parts of Syria after the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is in talks with the new government in Damascus about an updated security arrangement. In Gaza, it has vowed to keep half the territory until the militant Palestinian Hamas group lays down its arms, as each side has accused the other of violating the truce reached in October. Lebanese who fled their homes are meanwhile in limbo — and some fear they may never return. Elias Konsol and his neighbors fled the Christian border village of Alma al-Shaab with UNIFIL’s help. He was reunited with his mother, who cried in his arms, at a church near Beirut where funeral services were being held for a resident killed in an Israeli strike. Konsol said there were no weapons or Hezbollah fighters in his village, but it was forced to evacuate anyway. “We no longer know our fate,” he said. “We don’t know if we will see our homes and village again.” ___ Frankel reported from Jerusalem. KAREEM CHEHAYEB Chehayeb is an Associated Press reporter in Beirut. twitter instagram mailto JULIA FRANKEL Frankel, based in Jerusalem, has reported from across Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during an event at the Miraflores Presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix,File) 2026-03-26T04:01:41Z NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a New York courtroom Thursday as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees . Maduro’s lawyer contends that the U.S. is violating the deposed leader’s constitutional rights by blocking Venezuelan government funds from being used to pay his legal costs. It’s the first time that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, will be in court since a January arraignment at which he protested their capture by U.S. military forces and declared: “I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the constitutional president of my country.” Flores has also pleaded not guilty. Both remain jailed at a detention center in Brooklyn, and neither has asked to be released on bail. Judge Alvin Hellerstein has yet to set a trial date, though that could happen at the hearing. 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); }); Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, continue to enjoy some support in Venezuela, with murals and billboards across the capital, Caracas, demanding their return. But while Maduro’s ruling party remains in power, he has slowly been erased from the government of Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president. Rodríguez has replaced senior officials including Maduro’s faithful defense minister and attorney general, reorganized agencies, appointed ambassadors and eliminated tenets of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled Venezuela for more than two decades. She has even shaken up state television, which had been dominated by Maduro’s hourslong evening appearances. Rodríguez favors much shorter appearances without the musical acts to which her predecessor often danced. Venezuela has also reestablished diplomatic relations with the U.S., which in 2019 cut ties with Maduro’s government and recognized the then-head of the National Assembly, a member of the opposition, as the country’s legitimate leader. The U.S. has eased economic sanctions on Venezuela’s crucial oil industry and also dispatched a chargé d’affaires to Caracas. 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); }); But even that may not be enough to spare Maduro and Flores from having to foot their own legal bills. In a court filing last month, Maduro lawyer Barry Pollack said the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which administers sanctions, flip-flopped on a decision to let Venezuela pay for his legal fees. The office approved the arrangement Jan. 9, he said, but then rescinded it without explanation less than three hours later. In a written declaration filed with the court, Maduro argued that he is “entitled to have the government of Venezuela pay for my legal defense.” Prosecutors responded that the U.S. government had authorized Maduro and Flores to use personal funds to pay their legal fees but would let them do so from a fund controlled by a sanctioned government. Maduro said in his declaration that he is unable to afford his defense. To qualify for a lawyer at U.S. taxpayer expense, he would have to show he is too poor to pay for it. Maduro and Flores were seized Jan. 3 in a middle-of-the-night raid on their Caracas home . 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); }); A 25-page indictment accused him and others of working with drug cartels and members of the military to facilitate the shipment of thousands of tons of cocaine into the U.S. Maduro and his wife are accused of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders of those who owed them drug money or undermined their trafficking operation. That included the killing of a drug boss in Caracas, the indictment said. If convicted, they face life in prison. Post-Maduro, everyday life for most Venezuelans remains the same. Many public sector employees earn just about $160 per month, while the average private sector worker makes about $237. Last year the annual inflation rate soared to 475%, according to Venezuela’s central bank, putting the cost of food and other essentials beyond the reach of many. ___ Garcia Cano reported from Caracas. MICHAEL R. SISAK Sisak is an Associated Press reporter covering law enforcement, courts and prisons. He is based in New York. twitter mailto

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Entre los pocos países que se libran se sitúa EEUU . La OCDE proyecta un crecimiento del PIB de EEUU del 2% en 2026, tres décimas más que en diciembre y casi igualando al crecimiento de 2025 (2,1%). España seguirá creciendo más que Alemania, Francia e Italia , pero también tendrá más inflación . En 2025, España registró un crecimiento promedio de los precios del 2,7%, seis décimas más que la media de la zona euro. Para 2026, la OCDE anticipa que la inflación española alcanzará el 3% , siete décimas más de lo previsto en diciembre y cuatro más que la media de los países del euro. Contando con que el shock energético sea temporal, la inflación caería al 2,2% en 2027, cuatro décimas más de lo estimado, pero el organismo advierte que los cálculos están sujetos a una elevada incertidumbre. Estas cifras coinciden prácticamente con el escenario previsto por el FMI y publicado la semana pasada. En su informe del 'Artículo IV' explicó que el crecimiento procederá en 2026 del consumo privado y del desahorro , aunque también de la inversión empresarial . Este viernes el INE publicará el dato adelantado de inflación del mes de marzo, que ya reflejará el impacto de la guerra, y que, se espera, ascienda al entorno del 3% frente al 2,3% de febrero . La OCDE explica que un periodo prolongado de precios más elevados de la energía, con el barril de Brent superando los 100 dólares y el TTF holandés cotizando por encima de los 50 euros el MW/h, aumentará "notablemente los costes de las empresas y provocará un repunte de la inflación de los precios al consumo" con consecuencias negativas para el crecimiento. Antes del 28 de febrero, día de inicio de la guerra en Irán, el crecimiento global permanecía "resiliente", impulsado por la IA y por condiciones financieras y fiscales de apoyo . Sin embargo, el aumento de los precios de la energía y la naturaleza impredecible del conflicto en Oriente Medio ya han elevado los costes y reducirán la demanda, "compensando los vientos a favor de la fuerte inversión y producción tecnológica ", de las menores tasas arancelarias efectivas y del impulso arrastrado de 2025. Estas proyecciones están realizadas bajo un supuesto central de que la perturbación en los mercados energéticos de petróleo, gas y fertilizantes disminuya desde mediados de 2026 , de manera que el repunte inflacionario se concentraría sobre todo en el segundo trimestre de 2026. La OCDE señala que las expectativas de inflación a medio plazo ya han aumentado e insta a los bancos centrales a permanecer "vigilantes" para asegurar el anclaje de las expectativas de inflación. Impacto desigual según la dependencia energética En el escenario central de las proyecciones, el PIB global crecerá un 2,9% en 2026 (mismo porcentaje que el estimado en diciembre) y un 3% en 2027, mientras que la inflación del G20 se elevará al 4% en 2026 , 1,2 puntos más de lo previsto en diciembre, y al 2,7% en 2027, dos décimas más. El informe señala que, si bien el panorama global es de más inflación y menos crecimiento en varios países, el impacto de los precios de la energía más altos será peor para los importadores netos con elevada intensidad energética en la producción doméstica. Los países exportadores de energía, como EEUU, obtendrán mayores ingresos, aunque eso no evitará que su población y que las empresas consumidoras de energía se vean perjudicadas por la inflación. Se espera que en EEUU y Canadá los precios de la energía más altos incentiven a la industria a una mayor producción de energía doméstica . Sin embargo, la pérdida de poder adquisitivo, la debilidad del mercado laboral y el agotamiento de los ahorros harán mella en los hogares de EEUU. En la eurozona, los precios más altos de la energía lastrarán la actividad, lo que se verá agravado por una política fiscal más restrictiva tanto en Italia como en Francia para controlar el déficit, a diferencia de la expansión fiscal de Alemania. A partir de 2027, la OCDE prevé que el crecimiento del gasto en defensa impulse unas décimas el PIB de las economías del euro.

Bajo el nombre de AGILE, la Comisión Europea ha presentado este miércoles un proyecto de 115 millones de euros para financiar el desarrollo y la salida a mercado de drones y otras tecnologías de defensa low cost para el año 2027, que cierra el actual presupuesto europeo. La idea del Ejecutivo comunitario es ayudar a trasladar a la industria de defensa europea las lecciones que se están obteniendo directamente del campo de batalla en Ucrania en su resistencia contra Ucrania: "El éxito en el campo de batalla depende de ciclos de innovación cortos ". Esa es la idea detrás de la estrategia de Bruselas . Canalizar fondos a proyectos que puedan rápidamente pasar de la fase de laboratorio al campo de batalla. "Este instrumento piloto tiene por objeto acelerar el desarrollo y las pruebas de innovaciones disruptivas en el ámbito de la defensa , así como su implantación en el mercado, como la inteligencia artificial, la tecnología cuántica o los drones, centrándose en el apoyo a las pequeñas y medianas empresas, incluidas las empresas emergentes y las empresas en fase de expansión", señaló el Ejecutivo comunitario. El dinero no es nuevo, sino que son reasignaciones de otros proyectos. La mayoría salen del Fondo Europeo de Defensa ( EDF ) y del Programa Europeo de la Industria de la Defensa ( EDIP ), que aportan 35 millones de euros cada uno. Unos 22,5 millones de euros salen del programa espacial de la UE , de las líneas de Galileo y de Copernicus , sistemas de observación de la Unión, y otros 22,5 millones de euros salen del Programa de Conectividad Segura . Un punto relevante es que la Comisión no obliga a las empresas que participen a estar basadas en territorio comunitario, pero sí les exige establecerse en la UE en un tiempo determinado, por lo que la idea es que el fondo ayude a atraer a compañías extracomunitarias . La idea es que este proyecto piloto permita aprender lecciones y aplicarlas al Fondo Europeo para la Competitividad (ECF), que la Comisión Europea ha propuesto para el próximo marco financiero plurianual (MFP), que cubrirá de los años 2028 al 2034. Andrius Kubilius , comisario de Defensa , explicó que lo que se está observando sobre el terreno es una " transformación de la dinámica del campo de batalla , donde el valor añadido de los pequeños actores resulta evidente". "Estos pueden aportar innovación, flexibilidad y soluciones rentables, además de nuevas ideas operativas. Por lo tanto, es fundamental que probemos, validemos e integremos rápidamente estas tecnologías en nuestras capacidades de defensa, garantizando que la industria de defensa europea pueda seguir el ritmo de la naturaleza rápidamente cambiante de la guerra moderna", aseguró el lituano. Bruselas presenta su plan para coordinar el gasto militar, pero deja claro que la OTAN está al mando Nacho Alarcón. Bruselas La Comisión Europea presenta una hoja de ruta militar al 2030 para disuadir agresiones. Coordinará 800,000 millones en gasto, con la OTAN al frente Bruselas quiere mirar más allá de las grandes compañías militares europeas, de la industria clásica, y poner el foco en aquello que los aliados europeos están observando sobre el campo de batalla: la importancia clave de responder de forma rápida a los avances tecnológicos relativamente baratos y veloces de los rivales. Una carrera tecnológica militar low-cost para la que, sin embargo, hay que tener músculo inicial. Y esto tiene enormes implicaciones. Los socios europeos están viendo cómo su material, o el de Estados Unidos, es enormemente caro y lento de producir y se gasta mucho en detener drones relativamente baratos y rápidos de sustituir. Se está viendo también en el Golfo: los drones iraníes, que cuestan unas pocas decenas de miles de euros, están siendo derribados por misiles de millones de euros. La Comisión propone que su proyecto piloto sea especialmente rápido , con un plazo de concesión de solo cuatro meses con el objetivo de que la tecnología desarrollada en el marco de AGILE llegue a los arsenales militares en el plazo de entre uno y tres años, apoyando entre 20 y 30 proyectos que podrán recibir una financiación del 100% en los ámbitos subvencionables. Está enfocado únicamente a pequeñas y medianas empresas, y la gran industria no es elegible para recibir ayudas. También permitirá cubrir gastos en los que las empresas hayan incurrido inmediatamente antes del cierre de la convocatoria, con el objetivo de que las compañías estén innovando ya antes de recibir los fondos. La idea es ayudar tanto al desarrollo de la tecnología como a su comercialización . Negociaciones en marcha Además de este nuevo programa, y de los ya mencionados EDIP y EDF, del que sale buena parte de los fondos que financian esta iniciativa, la UE tiene en marcha SAFE , un programa de créditos ventajosos de 150.000 millones de euros para que los Estados miembros financien su rearme . La mayoría de planes nacionales están aprobados, incluido el de Polonia , que se encuentra en el centro de una batalla política entre el Gobierno y la Presidencia de la República. Después de que el miércoles recibiera luz verde Francia y República Checa, ya tan solo queda Hungría por dar su visto bueno. Por otro lado, los colegisladores están negociando el " Ómnibus de Preparación Militar ", un paquete de simplificación que pretende acelerar permisos para proyectos de preparación militar , modificación de reglamentos para facilitar inversiones en este ámbito, y una directiva que busca facilitar transferencias intracomunitarias de productos de defensa y los procesos de contratación pública para asuntos militares y de seguridad. La presidencia chipriota del Consejo y los eurodiputados que están negociando el texto han hecho progresos, pero todavía harán falta algunas rondas más de negociación .

La búsqueda de un acuerdo de gobernabilidad en Extremadura se ha convertido en un campo de minas . Si se esquivan todas se conseguirá llegar a la meta, pero es posible acabar con algunos rasguños por el camino. PP y Vox acumulan más de tres meses de tira y afloja, de desmentidos, de "filtraciones", de batalla sin cuartel . Por eso el encuentro al más alto nivel que se produjo este miércoles en Mérida se percibió, al fin, como un alto el fuego, quizá definitivo, para sacar a la región de la interinidad. Pese a la rumorología que circuló durante horas no hubo acuerdo , pero ambas partes abandonaron la reunión con buen sabor de boca. Las alarmas saltaron cuando la comparecencia de Sánchez a cuenta de las consecuencias de la guerra de Irán arrancó en el Congreso de los Diputados a las nueve de la mañana, y el secretario general del PP, Miguel Tellado , no estaba en el hemiciclo. La mano derecha de Alberto Núñez Feijóo había puesto rumbo a Mérida para intentar acelerar la negociación con Vox y cumplir de ese modo con la máxima que Génova se había marcado tras las elecciones en Castilla y León : desbloquear la investidura de María Guardiola, la más problemática, de forma inmediata . El encuentro se había cerrado el día anterior. Pero no sirvió para cambiar los planes de Bambú. La presencia de Tellado —y también de Marta Varela , jefa de gabinete de Feijóo— no calma las aguas en Vox. Más bien todo lo contrario. Pero en Génova mantienen que los dos interlocutores nacionales del PP no sólo continuarán sentados en mesa de Mérida, sino que el patrón se repetirá en Aragón y Castilla y León con encuentros similares al que se celebró este miércoles en la capital extremeña. El líder del PP decidió intervenir en la negociación a finales de febrero ante el riesgo a una repetición electoral que ya agitaba en público el propio Abascal, y cuyas consecuencias podían ser demoledoras especialmente para los intereses nacionales de Feijóo . La dirección nacional extendió su manto sobre Aragón y Castilla y León, aunque lo cierto es que todo el PP daba por hecho que la operación sólo se había activado para salvar a Guardiola , donde más difícil se veía una salida. Pero Génova ratifica que habrá una silla reservada para Miguel Tellado en el resto de territorios. Feijóo insiste en que la autonomía de sus líderes autonómicos no está en duda, y de hecho les dará vía libre para definir el reparto de consejerías en sus respectivos ejecutivos. Pero quiere monitorizar el pacto programático, consciente de que la factura que Vox ponga en las tres regiones en liza impactará en la trascendental carrera andaluza . PP y Vox avanzan en Extremadura pero descartan un acuerdo antes de Semana Santa: "Imposible" Ana Belén Ramos Tellado ha viajado hoy a Mérida para reunirse junto a Guardiola con Vox. Ambas partes admiten "avances" y se emplazan a nuevas reuniones en los próximos días. Bambú fija entre sus prioridades "el fin de Mercosur" Ni en Génova ni en Bambú creen que los acuerdos estén ahora en peligro. Hay predisposición en ambas cúpulas por desatascar pactos que, según el entorno de Abascal, serán "independientes" unos de otros . A Feijóo le interesa por la estabilidad de su poder territorial , y a Abascal para evitar que en Andalucía se les perciba como un actor de bloqueo que incentive el voto útil hacia la papeleta de Juanma Moreno tras el frenazo que experimentaron el pasado 15 de marzo . Pero la supervisión de Tellado genera incomodidad en un Vox que lleva días agitando la tesis de que la dirección del PP busca boicotear desde Madrid a sus propios presidentes autonómicos. En la cúpula del partido ultraconservador han llegado a personificar incluso en el secretario general del PP una supuesta operación para intentar desestabilizarles a nivel nacional a través de supuestas filtraciones mediáticas sobre polémicas relativas a las cuentas del partido o de alentar la rebelión de los críticos de Vox, liderados por Iván Espinosa de los Monteros . "Todas las señales apuntan a una misma dirección", ratifican en la cúpula de Vox. "Es una estrategia que coincide con los intereses de Feijóo, pero que va en contra de los intereses de Guardiola y de sus presidentes ", lanzan. Espinosa de los Monteros: "Hay que ver euro por euro el dinero de Vox en un congreso a puerta cerrada" Borja Negrete El exportavoz de Vox descarta por el momento fundar un partido: "Ya monté un partido, se llama Vox y lo vamos a intentar recuperar". Lamenta la deriva ideológica de la formación y el dominio férreo de la cúpula "Extremadura, Aragón y Castilla y León pueden llegar a buen puerto si Génova deja de poner zancadillas ", afirmó Abascal en una entrevista para ABC el pasado domingo. "El problema es cuando la dirección del PP se mete de cualquier manera en las conversaciones para hacer un relato político", afianzó. Este miércoles, el portavoz de Economía de Vox, José María Figaredo , que también asistió a la reunión prevista para abordar cuestiones programáticas como la "bajada masiva de impuestos", celebró la buena sintonía que ahora tienen con Guardiola, pero lanzó también un dardo velado a Génova por supuestas filtraciones. "Otros muchos están tratando de sabotear constantemente el acuerdo , otros muchos están tratando de verter mentiras, falsedades o medias verdades con respecto al acuerdo", apuntó. Feijóo ha dado orden a sus portavoces nacionales, incluyendo al propio Tellado, de no ir al choque con los de Abascal pese a las acusaciones que llueven del campo contrario. Óscar Fernández , portavoz de Vox en Extremadura, compareció ante los medios en el Patio de los Naranjos de la Asamblea de Extremadura acompañado de dos dirigentes nacionales, Figaredo y el portavoz de Vivienda, Carlos Hernández Quero . Abel Bautista , número dos de Guardiola, lo hizo en solitario. Sin Tellado y sin Varela, que siguió la reunión de forma telemática . El (alto) precio de la factura de Vox Como publicó El Confidencial, y pese a la impaciencia de Génova por cerrar un acuerdo cuanto antes, Vox no quería desenredar la madeja territorial antes de Semana Santa . Preferían esperar a la vuelta para acercar los pactos territoriales a la campaña en Andalucía y tratar de condicionar a Juanma Moreno , reacio a los pactos con la ultraderecha, con la factura programática conseguida en el resto de comunidades autónomas. Horas decisivas para PP y Vox: contactos permanentes pero sin acuerdo para Guardiola Ana Belén Ramos Las conversaciones han continuado el fin de semana bajo el máximo secretismo, pero los dos partidos minimizan las opciones de desbloquear Extremadura esta semana. El reparto de la Mesa de las Cortes será el primer termómetro de Azcón con Vox A diferencia del PP, que no quiso airear los puntos concretos que se habían abordado en la reunión, Vox sí desveló los "compromisos" políticos que exigirá a los populares en los tres territorios en los que dependen de sus votos. Sólo trazaron líneas generales, pero suficientes como para aventurar que el precio de la investidura no será bajo . Hay cuestiones, como las de garantizar la "seguridad en las calles" , "vivienda accesible" o "bajada masiva de impuestos" en las que hay una coincidencia plena, pero otros puntos generan fricciones , como reconoció públicamente Abel Bautista. Desde Vox fijan como principio imprescindible, por ejemplo, el "fin de Mercosur y del Pacto Verde", a sabiendas de que el Partido Popular es el principal promotor del tratado comercial en Europa . Esta exigencia levantó cierta polvareda en las filas populares, que se abstienen no obstante de valorar las condiciones planteadas por los de Abascal. En Bambú dan prioridad absoluta también al "fin del despilfarro de dinero público" —una de sus peticiones pasaba precisamente por la eliminación de asociaciones ligadas a Igualdad— el "fin de las políticas de sustitución demográfica" o situar a "la familia en el centro", que hace referencia, por ejemplo, a la derogación de la ley LGTBi . La incógnita es el encaje que dará el PP a estas exigencias y su efecto en la "madre de todas las batallas" de las elecciones andaluzas.

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EXCLUSIVE: As U.S., Israeli and allied forces continue to intercept the vast majority of Iranian missiles and drones, a new report and expert analysis reveal a growing concern behind the headline success: the cost and sustainability of the defense itself. More than 90% of Iranian projectiles have been intercepted during the war, according to a report obtained by Fox News Digital from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), thanks to a layered regional air defense system built during years of coordination. But beneath that success lies a widening imbalance that could shape the next phase of the conflict. The report highlights a critical trend: Iran’s least expensive weapons are proving the most disruptive and are draining costly U.S. and Israeli interceptors. IRAN’S REMAINING WEAPONS: HOW TEHRAN CAN STILL DISRUPT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ The current air defense architecture, integrating U.S., Israeli and Arab systems, has proven highly effective at stopping incoming threats. Early warning systems, shared radar coverage and pre-positioned assets have allowed multiple countries to work together to defeat Iranian missiles and drones. During a press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "More than 9,000 enemy targets have been struck to date … Iran's ballistic missile attacks and drone attacks are down by roughly 90%," she said, adding that U.S. forces have also destroyed more than 140 Iranian naval vessels, including nearly 50 mine layers. A surge of U.S. assets before the war, including Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), batteries, Patriot systems , two carrier strike groups and roughly 200 fighter aircraft, helped absorb Iran’s opening salvos and maintain high interception rates, according to JINSA's report. But Ari Cicurel, associate director of foreign policy at JINSA and author of the report, said focusing only on interception percentages misses the bigger picture. "Overall high missile and drone interception rates have been important but only tell part of the story," Cicurel told Fox News Digital. "Iran came into this war with a deliberate plan to dismantle the architecture that makes those intercepts possible. It has struck energy infrastructure to upset markets and used cluster munitions to achieve higher hit rates." IRAN’S DRONE SWARMS CHALLENGE US AIR DEFENSES AS TROOPS IN MIDDLE EAST FACE RISING THREATS Danny Citrinowicz, a Middle East and national security expert at Institute for National Security Studies and a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, said that imbalance is at the heart of the problem. "There needs to be a change in the equation," he told Fox News Digital. "The Iranians are launching drones that cost around $30,000 , and we are using missiles that cost millions of dollars to intercept them. That gap is a very problematic one." He added that the same dynamic applies to ballistic missiles. "Building a missile in Iran may cost a few hundred thousand dollars, while the interceptor costs millions, especially when we talk about systems like Arrow," he said. "It’s easier and quicker to produce missiles than it is to build interceptors. That’s not a secret." This cost imbalance is feeding into a broader concern: interceptor depletion. The JINSA report warns that stockpiles across the region are already under strain. Some Gulf states have used a significant portion of their interceptor inventories, with estimates suggesting Bahrain may have expended up to 87% of its Patriot missiles, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have used roughly 75% and Qatar has used roughly 40%. Israel is also facing mounting pressure. While officials have not publicly confirmed stockpile levels, the report notes signs of rationing, including decisions not to intercept certain cluster-munition threats in order to conserve more advanced interceptors. PENTAGON ESTIMATES IRAN WAR COST $11.3B IN THE FIRST SIX DAYS IN CLOSED-DOOR CONGRESSIONAL HEARING: REPORT Citrinowicz said that dynamics become more acute the longer the war continues. "We are now several weeks into the war , and even if the salvos are limited, the issue of interceptors becomes more significant over time," he said. Iran has adapted its tactics accordingly, shifting from large barrages to smaller, more frequent attacks designed to maintain constant pressure while gradually draining defensive resources. These persistent salvos, even if limited in size, force defenders to remain on high alert and continue expending interceptors, accelerating the depletion of already finite stockpiles. The report underscores that drones pose a unique challenge compared to ballistic missiles. Unlike missiles, which rely on large launchers and leave detectable signatures, drones can be launched from mobile platforms and can fly at low altitudes that make them harder for radar systems to detect. For example, A Shahed-136 weighs roughly 200 kilograms and launches from an angled rail mounted on a pickup truck, after which the crew can quickly relocate. That simpler launch profile makes it easier for Iran to disperse, conceal and fire under pressure, the report stated. Iran also has incorporated lessons from the war in Ukraine, deploying more advanced drones, including those guided by fiber-optic cables that are immune to electronic jamming, and faster variants powered by jet engines. These innovations complicate interception timelines and increase the likelihood of successful strikes, even against otherwise effective defense systems. INSIDE THE ISRAELI DRONE UNIT TAKING ON IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH Despite these challenges, the report emphasizes that the defensive architecture has not failed. "The architecture has held, but the trajectory is moving in the wrong direction," Cicurel said. "Reversing it requires moving assets to where the pressure is greatest, hunting Iranian launchers and drones more aggressively, and convoying ships through the Gulf." Even with high interception rates, the broader impact of the attacks is being felt. Iranian strikes on energy infrastructure and shipping have driven oil prices higher and disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, demonstrating that air defense alone cannot prevent economic and strategic consequences. The emerging picture is not one of failing defenses, but of a system under growing strain. As long as Iran can produce cheap drones and missiles faster than the U.S., Israel and their partners can produce interceptors, the balance may gradually shift. "As long as the war continues," Citrinowicz said, "the key question will be whether Iran can produce missiles faster than we can produce interceptors."

The United States military reportedly launched airstrikes targeting the headquarters of Iraq's ​Iran-backed Shiite militia (PMF) and a residence belonging to its leader on ‌Tuesday, in an escalation of strikes against Tehran's prized militias. The latest strikes from the U.S. military follows a statement last week from Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said AH-64 helicopters "have been striking against Iranian-aligned militia groups to make sure that we suppress any threat in Iraq against U.S. forces or U.S. interests." In what appears to be an Iraqi threat against the U.S., Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement on Tuesday, "In light of the unjustified attacks and grave violations of Iraqi sovereignty, including the targeting of official security headquarters, the Council decided the following: To confront and respond to military attacks carried out by military aircraft and drones targeting the headquarters and formations of the Popular Mobilization Forces Commission and other formations of our armed forces, using available means, in accordance with the right to respond and self-defense." US WARNS IRAQ MUST ACT AGAINST IRAN-BACKED MILITIA ATTACKS ON AMERICAN ASSETS Sudani also said Iraq’s foreign ministry planned to summon the U.S. chargé d’affaires and separately the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday. The PMF is part of Sudani's government. An Iraqi Kurdish government official said to Fox News Digital, "So what the Iraqi government will now fight the Americans?" When asked about the Iraqi Kurdish government official’s comment, a spokesperson for Iraq’s embassy in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital, "Absolutely not. It is against elements that target them." According to the Times of Israel, a fresh airstrike on Wednesday hit the PMF in western Iraq. "Two missiles were fired from a fighter jet" at a base in Anbar province, a security official said. The Anbar base was also reportedly struck by U.S. forces on Tuesday. The Iraqi embassy spokesman said, responding to additional Fox News Digital press questions, that he lacked the current information to comment regarding the fast-moving developments in Iraq. The PMF has launched attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Israel and other American assets in the region, especially in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following the U.S.-Israel joint attack on the Islamic Republic on Feb. 28. Over the years, the PMF has been accused of killing American military personnel in the Middle East. DEFIANT IRAN VOWS TO FIGHT 'UNTIL COMPLETE VICTORY,' DESPITE HEAVY MILITARY LOSSES PMF leader Falih al-Fayadh was not present when his residence was hit in the northern city of ​Mosul on Tuesday. At least 15 PMF terrorists were killed in other ⁠airstrikes that hit a headquarters of the group in Iraq's Euphrates valley ​province of Anbar, according to sources and a statement from the group. The Kurdish government official told Fox News Digital on Tuesday: "The militias are brazenly doing Iran’s bidding . They’ve attacked U.S. forces and diplomats, Iraq’s own intelligence services, French troops, and the KRG’s Peshmerga [Kurdish Regional Government]. Energy and civilian infrastructure haven’t been spared. This does not require analysis — these groups openly claim responsibility." The Kurdish official added: "So why does the Iraqi government continue to pay those it itself describes as terrorists and criminals? There are four principal groups: Harakat al-Nujaba, Kataeb Hezbollah, Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada and Asaib Ahl al-Haq. This government is unwilling to defend its own interests, let alone those of its partners. At this point, the distinction between the PMF and the state is increasingly hard to discern." Elizabeth Tsurkov, a senior non-resident fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and an expert on the PMF, told Fox News Digital there was a "sense of delusion" during the Biden administration, which tried to differentiate between the PMF and six of its pro-Iran militia members that are U.S.-designated terrorist entities. She said the recent strikes clearly "show that the U.S. is tired of this inane distinction," Tsurkov said. She stressed the "entire PMF structure is a problem." Tsurkov, who was held hostage by the pro-Iranian regime, Kataib Hezbollah, for two and half years in Iraq, said, "The U.S. possesses immense leverage over Iraq. The U.S. can sanction certain ministries and certain directors generals." She added that the U.S. can also sanction Iraqi banks that transfer money to Iran. Tsurkov said the PMF are highly sensitive to U.S. strikes on their top leadership. The PMF movement is reeling from the devastating alleged U.S. airstrikes. The dead included its operations commander, Saad al-Baiji. The statement said ​U.S. forces had targeted a command headquarters in Anbar while personnel were on ​duty. The security sources said the strikes were hit during a meeting attended by senior commanders. TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST ENVOY REVEALS WHAT LED TO BREAKDOWN IN IRAN TALKS BEFORE OPERATION EPIC FURY A State Department official told Fox News Digital, "The United States strongly condemns the widespread attacks by Iran and Iran-backed militias against U.S. citizens and targets associated with the United States throughout Iraq, including U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities." The official continued: "As Secretary Rubio has said, the Iraqi government must take all measures to safeguard U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities and ensure militia groups cannot use Iraqi territory to threaten the United States, our Iraqi partners, or the region. Doing so is in Iraq’s interest. Continued attacks by Iran-backed militias undermine Iraq’s stability and risk drawing Iraq into a broader regional conflict." A spokesperson for U.S. Central Command referred Fox News Digital to the White House and to the Office of the Secretary of War for comment on the administration’s policy. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Pentagon for comment. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert warning: "Iraq Iran-aligned terrorist militias have conducted widespread attacks on U.S. citizens and targets associated with the United States throughout Iraq, including the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR). U.S. citizens should leave Iraq now." Fox News Digital reached out to the Israel Defense Forces regarding Israel's role in the ongoing strikes against Iran-backed militias. Reuters contributed to this report.

"Nobody knows who to talk to," President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the White House, describing what he portrayed as both chaos and opportunity inside Iran’s leadership. "But we're actually talking to the right people, and they want to make a deal so badly." His remarks come as the U.S. claims it is engaged in talks with a "top" Iranian figure, even as Tehran publicly denies negotiations are taking place. The question now is not just whether talks are happening, but whether anyone in Tehran has the authority to deliver. With U.S.-Israel strikes on senior Iranian leadership and growing internal fractures, Iran appears to be operating less like a centralized theocracy and more like a wartime system run by overlapping power centers, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at its core. Here’s who matters now. TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST ENVOY REVEALS WHAT LED TO BREAKDOWN IN IRAN TALKS BEFORE OPERATION EPIC FURY Across intelligence assessments and recent reporting, one conclusion is consistent: the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has emerged as the dominant force in Iran’s political system . Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Washington, D.C., think tank, said the current moment is accelerating a long-standing trend. "No doubt both the 12-Day war and this current conflict have trimmed the commanding heights of the Islamic Republic's political and military leadership," he said. "But it has also expedited the trend lines inherent in Iranian politics, which is the dominance of the security forces and the ascendance of the IRGC." "Yes, there is more IRGC control over the state than ever before, but the state is weaker than ever before and more of a national security rump state than ever before," he said. "It shouldn't particularly preoccupy Washington, who is and isn't offering negotiations," Ben Taleblu added. "The preeminent preoccupation of Washington has to be working toward a military win at a political win, and that does not come by working with the IRGC, but actually beating them on the battlefield and supporting the forces most arrayed against them in Iran, which are the Iranian people." If the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the power in Iran, the Supreme National Security Council appears to be the mechanism through which that power is exercised. The Supreme National Security Council is Iran’s top forum for coordinating military and foreign policy, bringing together senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders and government officials under the authority of the supreme leader. It was established after the 1979 revolution and has played a central role in managing major crises, from nuclear negotiations to wartime operations. Iran appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander, as secretary of the council, reinforcing its central role in coordinating military and political decisions, Reuters reported Tuesday. A Middle Eastern official source with knowledge of the system described the structure. "Right now, the power is in the hands of the IRGC," the source said. "The Supreme National Security Council makes the decisions, of course, with the backing of the majority of IRGC commanders." Formally, Iran’s system centers on Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei . But his actual grip on power remains uncertain. Khamenei inherited the position’s sweeping authority following his father’s death, but "lacks the automatic authority enjoyed by his father," the Middle Eastern official said. Moreover, he has not appeared publicly since taking power and only has issued written statements, raising questions about both his health and his ability to govern, after reportedly being injured in the initial Feb. 28 U.S.–Israeli strikes that killed his father and other senior Iranian leaders. Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, suggested his role may currently be limited: "For the time being, since Mojtaba has been injured , it seems he's a hologram and not holding power. However, if Mojtaba recovers, he will be involved in ruling Iran. He is not just a figurehead. But anyhow, for the time being, the control of Iran is in the hands of the revolutionary guards." WITH DOGS, DANCE AND UNCOVERED HAIR, IRANIANS DEFY 'UNHOLY ALLIANCE' OF SOCIALISTS, RADICALS: ‘HYPOCRITES!’ Trump’s statement that he is speaking to a "top person" has focused attention on one name in particular: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. The White House is quietly exploring Ghalibaf as a potential interlocutor and even a possible future leader, Axios reported. A former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander and current parliament speaker, Ghalibaf represents a hybrid figure inside the system, bridging military credentials and political authority. He was one of the key security figures involved in the crackdown on student protests in July 1999 and has run for president four times since 2005. IRAN WAR, 11 DAYS IN: US CONTROLS SKIES, OIL SURGES AND THE REGION BRACES FOR WHAT’S NEXT Ghalibaf is expected to meet U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the capital of Pakistan as early as the end of the week. Ben Taleblu said: "Those who see the ascendants of someone like Ghalibaf, who is an IRGC veteran, having extended power outside his traditional civilian rule, have missed the decades of how personality, not profession, has been the driving force in Iranian politics for the past few decades. I would also say those who worry about the IRGC background of the Supreme National Security Council are all that in Iran today, may have missed the fact that the past few Supreme National Security Council Secretaries, Shamkhani, Larijani, Ahmadian, all also had IRGC backgrounds." At the same time, Ghalibaf has publicly denied engaging in talks with the United States, and no direct confirmation of negotiations has been provided by either side. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi remains one of the most visible figures internationally. If talks were to take place , Araghchi likely would be part of the Iranian delegation alongside Ghalibaf, Reuters reported. But analysts caution that his role is limited. He may act as a channel for communication, but does not set policy independently. Strategic decisions, particularly on war and negotiations, are still shaped by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the broader security establishment. Beyond the headline figures, a broader group of officials who continue to shape Iran’s direction can be identified. These include Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Ahmad Vahidi, Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, naval commander Alireza Tangsiri, Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior clerical and political figures such as Saeed Jalili and Ayatollah Alireza Arafi . Each represents a different pillar of the system: military power, regional proxy operations, control of strategic waterways, internal repression and religious legitimacy. Together, they form what analysts describe as a fragmented but resilient governing network. Despite internal divisions, Iran’s leadership remains united on one core objective: survival of the regime. Kuperwasser described the split: "There are the more pragmatic elites, like Araghchi, Rouhani, and Zarif. There are also the hardliners who have usually held the upper hand … But they are united in one issue — that the regime should survive and stay in power." Iran’s U.N. mission did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.

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El PP va a tratar de usar todas las debilidades del PSOE de María Jesús Montero en la campaña de las elecciones andaluzas del 17 de mayo. En este sentido, no ha dudado ya en poner en el punto de mira a Salvador Illa, quien estará presente en la campaña en un momento delicado por las negociaciones del nuevo sistema de financiación acordado por el PSOE y Esquerra.  Seguir leyendo...

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The woman, 52, lay on the exam table at a clinic in Richland, Washington. Her legs were parted and propped up. The OB-GYN, Dr. Mark Mulholland, stood between her legs, inquiring about the woman’s sex life as he had in prior visits, she wrote in a complaint filed with Washington state health care regulators. She said Mulholland had previously asked about her enjoyment of sex and if she had a boyfriend, a strange way to learn about a patient’s sexual activity, she thought. But this was her last checkup after her hysterectomy and the last time she expected to see Mulholland. “Do you masturbate?” Mulholland asked the woman during their final appointment, according to her complaint. The question shocked her. She wrote that Mulholland explained he wanted to “make sure the nerves were intact.” Then, the woman wrote, he inserted his fingers into her vagina and pumped his hand back and forth in a way she said felt “sexual and not medical.” “Does that hurt?” the woman said Mulholland asked her, before ending their visit by saying “the playroom is open” — a comment she interpreted as Mulholland clearing her for sexual activity. The woman said she left the room in shock. She made her way to the parking lot of the Kadlec Clinic-Associated Physicians for Women, climbed inside her car and sat, incredulous, she said in an interview with KUOW and ProPublica. What happened felt terribly wrong, she said. Mulholland did not respond to requests for comment for this article after being sent a detailed list of findings by email and by letter. His attorney declined to comment. What the woman didn’t know was that by the time of her exam in February 2025, the Washington Medical Commission had already received complaints from four other women since 2022 accusing Mulholland of sexual misconduct. And yet he was allowed to keep seeing patients throughout. The accounts related by the women, whom KUOW and ProPublica are not naming to protect their privacy, included descriptions of Mulholland touching them unnecessarily, using sexually charged language, or performing painful or seemingly sexual pelvic exams that involved moving his fingers in and out. The commission also gathered testimony a year before the woman’s February 2025 appointment from three of Mulholland’s colleagues with their own troubling accounts. These included hearing firsthand about or observing him telling patients they had “tight” and “pretty” vaginas, touching and slapping his patients’ legs, and aggressively pulling a patient’s pants down without permission.  Washington law allows the commission to take emergency action and suspend a doctor’s license while disciplinary proceedings are pending. The law says a suspension is defensible if it’s more probable than not that the physician poses an “immediate threat to the public health and safety.” In Mulholland’s case, the commission did not choose suspension. Instead, it issued a formal statement of charges accusing Mulholland of abuse and unprofessional conduct in April 2025 — more than a year after the commission’s investigator submitted her reports on two of the complaints for review and 11 months after Mulholland was offered an informal settlement that he apparently did not sign. Even after the commission declared its charges against Mulholland, he was allowed to keep practicing while the case proceeded. He saw patients as late as May, before he went on leave. At least 84 patients have filed lawsuits against Mulholland or his employer since the state’s investigation became public. Court filings by Mulholland’s attorney, made in response to the lawsuits, have denied wrongdoing or improper conduct toward women. He also has denied the allegations made by the medical commission and is entitled to a hearing to contest them. Emily Volland, a spokesperson for Kadlec and its affiliate, the Providence health system, said Mulholland is no longer employed by Kadlec. Volland declined to comment on the allegations against him but said via email: “We take our patient’s safety very seriously and are fully cooperating with the state in this matter.” The lawsuits against Mulholland, Kadlec and Providence are ongoing. Lawyers for Providence and Kadlec in court filings denied allegations of negligence and wrongdoing. While other news coverage has described the lawsuits and the commission’s actions in 2025, none has focused on how the state dealt with complaints against Mulholland during the three years before he agreed to restrictions on his license. The Washington Medical Commission has faced criticism in the past for its handling of sexual misconduct complaints. A 2021 Seattle Times investigation found that in 282 cases of alleged sexual misconduct since 2009, state regulators took more than a year to impose discipline. Several other states in recent years have dealt with their own high-profile cases of sexual misconduct involving OB-GYNs. On March 10, for instance, Columbia University in New York released a report detailing how a culture of silence at the institution had allowed OB-GYN Robert Hadden to abuse more than 1,000 patients over decades.  States like Ohio and Delaware have moved aggressively to make it easier to keep doctors accused of sexual misconduct away from patients. In Washington, the medical commission wasn’t the only organization that allowed Mulholland to keep practicing. A Kadlec risk management employee, through an attorney, acknowledged to the commission that the clinic had received patient complaints against the doctor and said they were investigated. (The letter did not describe the complaints but said they included “communication with patients regarding obesity.”) Mulholland’s privileges were never restricted or terminated, the statement said. When local news stories covered the commission’s charges against Mulholland in June, it unleashed a deluge of 18 new complaints in the following three months. In September, the commission placed restrictions on his license that prevented him from seeing female patients. Mulholland agreed pending a hearing on his case. “They just let him keep practicing.” A former patient of Dr. Mark Mulholland’s Yanling Yu, a former Washington medical commissioner and a patient advocate with Washington Advocates for Patient Safety, wouldn’t comment on the Mulholland case directly. But she said it’s ethically wrong to allow a doctor facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct to continue seeing any patients while an investigation is ongoing. “In an ideal regulatory system, if there has been enough or strong evidence to support the allegation, the doctor’s practice should be temporarily suspended or at least summarily restricted to protect patients’ safety,” she wrote in an email. Kyle Karinen, executive director of the Washington Medical Commission, said the agency wasn’t slow to act and that it must operate under the system lawmakers created. “I acknowledge that sometimes it takes longer than people would like, but we take that process really seriously,” Karinen said. “When we file a case and go to a hearing, we want to make sure that everybody has the opportunity to be heard on a particular topic.” The woman who saw Mulholland in February 2025 filed a lawsuit against the clinic and a board complaint against the doctor, both in August. She said she was indignant after learning about the earlier complaints. She said the commission should have taken those women more seriously. “They just let him keep practicing,” she said. 2022: The First Complaint  The first sexual misconduct allegation against Mulholland landed in the commission’s email inbox in January 2022. The author was a first-time mother who, at 41 weeks pregnant, went to have labor induced at the Kadlec Regional Medical Center. The woman said she had hoped a female doctor would deliver the baby. But Mulholland was the on-call doctor assigned the day she arrived. When she saw that the doctor was a man, she asked if the female nurse who was there could perform her predelivery cervical check instead, according to her complaint. Mulholland insisted, she said. (He later told a commission investigator that because the woman was having labor induced, he had to personally know her cervical dilation and consistency, whether the fetus was in breech position or if her amniotic sac was intact. He also said because she was experiencing high blood pressure, her delivery couldn’t wait to be rescheduled with a female doctor.) “I didn’t have a choice but to trust who was supposed to be trustworthy,” the woman said in an interview with KUOW and ProPublica. In her complaint, she said Mulholland was inappropriate. When the nurse asked her if she still had her underwear on, Mulholland joked that he still had his on too, she wrote. During the cervical check, with his fingers inside the expectant mother, he pressed in different directions, according to her complaint. The woman said Mulholland told her he doesn’t perform exams this way because it hurts. Then he showed her what he described as the correct way, she said in the complaint. “The cervical check was the longest and most painful one I have ever had,” she said in the complaint. “I didn’t have a choice but to trust who was supposed to be trustworthy.” A former patient of Mulholland’s Three OB-GYNs, when presented by KUOW and ProPublica with the woman’s description of the pelvic exam, said the maneuver sounded unnecessarily painful. “That sounds strange,” said Alson Burke, an associate professor at the University of Washington who teaches medical students how to perform pelvic exams. “Saying ‘I don’t do something because it hurts’ and then doing it doesn’t make sense to me.” Commission records show that Mulholland said the allegation that his cervical exam was longer than what’s typical was absurd. “I do try to be as careful, quick, gentle, and efficient as I can be when doing a pelvic exam whether it is for gynecology or obstetrics,” he wrote in an email to a commission clinical health care investigator. “With regards to being the most painful one she ever had, for that I am surprised as well as sorry. I pride myself on trying to be as gentle as absolutely possible. I get frequent compliments on how much less uncomfortable my exams are than most other providers, male or female.” The nurse present during the woman’s exam told the commission it seemed “no longer or any more painful than these types of exams are typically.” Up until that day, the patient’s pregnancy had been a joyous experience, she said in an interview with KUOW and ProPublica. She was excited to meet her daughter and picked out the outfit she’d arrive home in. The nurse was ultimately able to line up a midwife to assist with the woman’s delivery in place of Mulholland. But her cervical exam with Mulholland made the birth experience “worse than we could have ever imagined,” the woman, now 27, said in an interview with KUOW and ProPublica. It brought about depression and anxiety, she said. “My daughter’s an only child, and I’m not sure if she ever will get a sibling because of how traumatic that was,” she told the news organizations. By the end of July 2022, the new mother’s case was closed without any disciplinary action. At the time, it was an isolated complaint in the record of a doctor who, records show, had not faced accusations of sexual misconduct with the medical commission before. Then, a little over a year later, came another complaint, this time filed by a woman who had worked with Mulholland for nearly a decade. October 2023: A Co-worker and Patient Speaks Out Illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica According to an investigator’s report, the woman said she had worked at Kadlec Regional Medical Center for nine years and her interactions as Mulholland’s colleague had always been professional. The complaint she filed in October 2023 concerned events she said took place when she was Mulholland’s patient. She’d had her fallopian tubes and the tissue lining her uterus removed and developed pain that was only present when she was menstruating. On the day of her appointment, her complaint said, she’d explained all this to Mulholland when he began a line of questioning. “Does it hurt you to have intercourse?” “No,” she replied. Then, the woman wrote in her complaint to the medical commission, Mulholland stood close to her and in a lower tone asked. “Not even when he’s deep inside you?” “No,” she said she asserted. Mulholland told the woman he needed to do a pelvic exam, according to the complaint. While examining her, the woman wrote, Mulholland used one hand to push down on the top of her abdomen and with the other hand began repeatedly and “powerfully” thrusting his fingers into her vagina. Burke, the associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington, said repeated “thrusting” is neither a technique she uses nor something she has ever observed. “The reason I wouldn’t recommend it is because it could be triggering and really uncomfortable for someone,” Burke said. “Is that actually helping you gather the information? And is the patient feeling safe in the way that you are examining them?” She said that no part of the pelvic exam should be performed in such a way that its intent could be perceived as sexual. According to the former colleague’s complaint, each time Mulholland shoved his fingers inside, he leaned in close and asked, “Is this the same as the pain you felt?” The woman wrote that Mulholland was “effectively holding her in place” on the exam table and she was unable to move to escape the pain. A medical assistant was nearby, she said. After the pelvic exam, she said, the assistant left. Mulholland told the woman that she had a “great looking vagina,” she wrote, and that he usually had to use three fingers, but with her, he could only use two. Before leaving, the woman said in her complaint, the doctor asked her if she worked out and said he could tell she did. Through an attorney, Mulholland later told the commission that he conducts all of his exams “as respectfully as possible” and that he is “very cognizant of his patient’s reactions.” The doctor was responding to a commission investigator’s December 2023 request for his version of what happened during the woman’s visit. That same month, a complaint from a third woman arrived. December 2023: Another Exam Complaint It was three weeks before the new year when the woman went to the medical commission for help. The patient, whose primary language is Spanish, had an interpreter join her in-person appointment virtually. A physician’s assistant had referred the woman to Mulholland to discuss a possible hysterectomy to relieve pain. The woman later told a commission investigator that during her appointment, Mulholland entered the exam room and introduced himself. Then he lifted the paper sheet that covered her naked lower half, looked at her genital area, then looked back at her, which made her uncomfortable. Without asking her to reposition herself, he grabbed her by the butt to move her down the exam table, she said. Mulholland’s pelvic exam was aggressive, she said in her written complaint to the commission. The investigator who interviewed her wrote that the woman said he’d moved his fingers in and out and that she felt a lot of pressure. “I yelled at some point,” she wrote in her complaint. A nurse was present but seemed fixated on the computer screen, the woman said. Before the appointment ended, Mulholland said he was “eager to see” the woman’s vagina again, laughed and then said he was looking forward to reuniting with her womb, the investigator quoted the woman as saying. When the Spanish-language interpreter on the computer screen went quiet and asked Mulholland to repeat what he said, the woman wrote in her complaint, the doctor told the interpreter there was no need to relay that last message. The woman was left in pain for 12 days after her appointment with Mulholland, she told the investigator, adding that she didn’t want others to go through what she had. In response to this complaint, Mulholland’s attorney wrote to the commission, “at no time has he ever simply moved his fingers in and out several times with this patient or any other.” (A separate report the woman filed with the Richland Police Department, which the department classified as a potential sex offense with “forcible fondling,” was closed in 14 days. The responding officer wrote that he hadn’t found facts to indicate a crime was committed “on the basis that the alleged incident occurred during a medical examination.”) The state medical commission pressed ahead with its investigations into the two 2023 complaints, both of which asserted Mulholland had moved his fingers in and out during a pelvic exam. The investigator assigned to both cases turned to Mulholland’s current and former colleagues. Two said that while some patients complained about the way Mulholland communicated with them about weight issues, they personally did not have concerns. Three other current or former colleagues, meanwhile, described problems. “The cervical check was the longest and most painful one I have ever had.” A former patient of Mulholland’s Alexis Tuck, an OB-GYN who worked at Kadlec from 2017 to 2022, said in a statement to the commission that she noticed a pattern of Mulholland’s patients switching providers because they wanted anyone “except Dr. Mulholland,” and sometimes requested her. She said that when she asked these patients about the reason behind their switch they replied: “He grabbed my belly fat and shook it in front of my husband.” “He called me fat and made fun of me.” “He told me my vagina is tight during a pelvic exam.” “He told me I have a pretty vagina during a pap smear.” “He made a comment about my vagina being tight and I talked to my mom about him. Apparently she had a similar weird experience with him.” Tuck told the commission that more than once, patients cried in her office while sharing their stories. “These accounts were consistent in their tone and content, painting a troubling picture of a physician whose behavior repeatedly crossed the line of professional and ethical conduct,” she wrote to the commission. Tuck told the commission that the woman who filed the October 2023 complaint was among those who described their experiences to her. Tuck said the woman was “visibly shaken and emotional” when she detailed what happened, which, based on Tuck’s retelling, was generally consistent with the woman’s complaint to the medical commission. Another colleague told the commission that Mulholland once told her as a patient was leaving the office, “I bet you were skinny like her when you were pregnant,” and that another time he said he thought he’d seen her driving a BMW and that she looked “hot.” Another said she found Mulholland’s comments about overweight women disrespectful. The claims against Mulholland were piling up. In February and March 2024, Britta Fischer, commission investigator, submitted the 2023 cases for review. What to do next was soon in the hands of commissioners. March-September 2024: A Decision Awaits  The medical commission takes its guidance on how to handle allegations against a doctor from Washington statutes, which prohibit physicians from engaging in a range of behavior defined as sexual misconduct. The law bans statements about a patient’s “body, appearance, sexual history, or sexual orientation” except for legitimate purposes of care. The law also bars behavior, gestures or expressions that could “reasonably be interpreted as seductive or sexual.” A doctor can’t remove a patient’s gown or draping unless it’s with a patient’s consent, during emergency care or in a custodial setting. A doctor can’t touch a person’s breasts, genitals, anus or other “sexualized body part” unless it’s “consistent with accepted community standards of practice for examination, diagnosis and treatment and within the health care practitioner’s scope of practice.” Determining whether or not behavior is appropriate can be particularly difficult when it comes to OB-GYNs, said Emily Anderson, professor at Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership and Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine. “They have access to our naked bodies as women, to our vaginas, to our breasts,” Anderson said. “They are allowed to do things that we don’t give other people permission to do, and that’s part of their job.” There are standards for physical exams. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Committee on Ethics wrote that exams should be explained appropriately, done only with patient consent and “performed with the minimum amount of physical contact required to obtain data for diagnosis and treatment.” State medical boards can also look to patterns of behavior. Two of the three complaints against Mulholland from 2022 through 2023 mentioned movement in and out during pelvic exams, while all three described painful pelvic exams and comments the women considered inappropriate. Three colleagues also had described hearing about or witnessing him making disrespectful or inappropriate remarks, including one who said they were directed at her. OB-GYNs “have access to our naked bodies as women.” Emily Anderson, professor at Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership and Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine Anderson, in a journal article, wrote that it’s common to find repeated, lesser forms of misconduct in the backgrounds of doctors who act egregiously. “For example, sexual violations are nearly always preceded by boundary violations such as inappropriate comments or touching,” the article said. Anderson and her colleagues recommended state regulators consider restricting a doctor’s license for multiple smaller offenses. Stephanie Loucka, executive director of Ohio’s medical board, said that if patterns of misconduct exist, the process will find them — even when an OB-GYN’s actions occur under the guise of legitimate care. Ohio began its overhaul of sexual misconduct investigations seven years ago. “If a complaint gets made, we’re going to work the fact pattern from the assumption that there might be something there, and we’re going to gather the evidence and see where the evidence takes us,” she said. “And it typically takes us clearly one way or the other.” If there’s a threat of immediate harm in cases of sexual misconduct, Loucka said, Ohio moves “with a sense of urgency” to file an emergency suspension. She estimated it has taken the Ohio board from six weeks to nine months to do so. In Washington, the medical commission reviewed the investigator’s reports on  the 2023 cases and decided on what it considered an appropriate resolution. It proposed an “informal way of settling” allegations against Mulholland. A heavily redacted May 31, 2024, letter sent to Mulholland’s attorney by the commission does not reveal the terms of the settlement. But the letter said the settlement would not require an admission of “any unprofessional conduct or wrongdoing.” Although settlements appear in the commission’s newsletter with brief summaries, the letter told Mulholland that a settlement would avoid a hearing, typically a public process. All Mulholland had to do was sign. Months passed. Mulholland’s attorney asked for the information gathered about his client, and the commission sent it. A June 2024 deadline for him to accept the agreement passed, as did a subsequent one in August. Nothing in documents released by the commission indicates he signed — or that the commission took any disciplinary action. Mulholland kept seeing patients. 2018-2023: What the Hospital Knew Illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica Long before the commission’s investigator filed her report with her superiors, Mulholland’s employer had also heard repeated concerns, according to Kadlec Clinic records acquired by attorneys in a lawsuit against Providence and the clinic. The attorneys submitted the documents as an exhibit in court. (In court filings, Providence and Kadlec denied that they were negligent or that they knew or should have known about the abuse the plaintiffs alleged.) Kadlec’s records in the lawsuit show that the clinic conducted a 2018 human resources investigation into allegations that Mulholland had mocked a co-worker’s sexuality and religion, concluding that it was “more likely than not” the allegations were true. Afterward, the records say, Mulholland’s employer provided him “coaching.” Kadlec’s records also say that the clinic conducted a 2019 workplace investigation into allegations that Mulholland made sex jokes and condescending remarks, displayed discrimination toward women, and challenged a co-worker who complained about him. A labor nurse told a Providence investigator that year that Mulholland had pinched a patient’s labia while she was in labor and asked if she was hurting. A colleague told the nurse that Mulholland had done the same to another patient who was giving birth, according to the labor nurse’s account as written down by the investigator. A different colleague reported to a Kadlec workplace investigator that a patient had disclosed that Mulholland told her to “masturbate more often,” Kadlec records say. Separately, Tuck, the OB-GYN who worked alongside Mulholland, told a Kadlec investigator that a patient disclosed she felt Mulholland had assaulted her but that the woman didn’t report it because she felt no one would believe her. Following the 2019 workplace investigation, Kadlec’s records say, Mulholland’s employer concluded in 2020 that he “engaged in multiple instances of inappropriate behavior” that violated the medical center’s expectations. He was placed on a “behavior agreement” and required to take harassment prevention training. In 2022, Kadlec records show, more emails were sent to clinic leadership alleging that Mulholland was demeaning to patients and co-workers. They described a “toxic work environment” and said management failed to address employees’ concerns about the doctor. Read More Concerned About Your OB-GYN Visit? A Guide to What Should Happen — and What Shouldn’t. Tuck departed the clinic sometime that same year. She later told the medical commission she left because management failed to take action against him. Tuck raised concerns about Mulholland within an email to Chief Medical Officer Rich Meadows in July 2022, writing that patients “felt they had been insulted/assaulted” by Mulholland. Kadlec’s records in the lawsuit show that Tuck had also told a Kadlec workplace investigator in 2019 that the clinic manager, Lisa Mallory, protected Mulholland. In the statement she later gave the state medical commission, Tuck said when she brought concerns about Mulholland to Mallory, she responded, “He’s always been like that.” Mallory, in response to a request for comment from KUOW and ProPublica, said this statement was taken out of context. She declined to say more. Meadows, through a Providence spokesperson, declined to comment. In June 2023, clinic records in the lawsuit say, Kadlec took a phone call from a patient who said Mulholland shoved his two fingers inside of her so hard during a pelvic exam that she felt his knuckles slam up against her vagina and anus. “Rough, jabbing and pushing up, like he was trying to arouse me or something,” according to Kadlec’s narrative describing the woman’s complaint. She told Kadlec that she had alerted Mulholland before the exam that her vagina was prone to tearing and that she experienced vaginal pain with as little as a sneeze or a cough. Kadlec’s summary of the woman’s account said that after a rectal exam, Mulholland told the patient: “Well, you took that surprisingly well. It’s a good thing my fingers are small.” The woman said her body where Mulholland touched her was inflamed for two and a half days. When the commission eventually contacted Mallory as part of the state’s own investigation, the clinic manager acknowledged there had been complaints within Kadlec. She did not seem to give them much credence. “Dr. Mulholland has received his fair share of complaints over the years as have all the other providers here” at the Kadlec clinic, she wrote in a statement to the state board. “From what I have observed, he cares deeply for his patients and has spent his career trying to educate women on their health. They have not always appreciated how he has done that.” September 2024: State’s Investigation Resumes By September 2024, more than two years had elapsed since the state received its first complaint about a pelvic exam performed by Mulholland. Six months had passed since an investigator forwarded her report on two other pelvic exam complaints. That month, the commission learned of a new one. “During examination, he said my vagina was very dry and that my husband wasn’t doing his job,” the woman wrote in her complaint. The woman also described her interaction with Mulholland to a commission investigator. At the appointment, the woman had told a medical assistant that she was concerned about a fishy smell, she said. Upon entering the exam room, she told the investigator, Mulholland said loudly, “Hey, I heard you had a vagina that smells like fish.” When he conducted his physical examination, the woman told the investigator, Mulholland penetrated her with his fingers and was “going in and out” and touching her clitoris. The patient said she asked Mulholland to stop more than once. She was uncomfortable and what Mulholland was doing reminded her of her past sexual abuse, she wrote in her complaint. She said he eventually stopped. Next, according to an investigator’s memo outlining the patient’s interview, Mulholland asked her if she masturbated and if she used sex toys or her fingers to do so. When the patient said she did not, Mulholland encouraged her to purchase some toys and to use them alone, she said. Then, according to the memo describing the woman’s account, Mulholland rubbed her shoulder and said, “You’re too young not to have good sex.” A mandatory reporter filed a complaint supplementing the woman’s filing at around the same time. By that time, the woman’s account brought to four the number of women asserting sexual misconduct by Mulholland since 2022. Counting a woman who reported rude behavior in a submission that was not marked as alleging sexual misconduct and that the commission closed, Mulholland had been named in six complaints. Only 11 licensed physicians and physician assistants were the subject of six or more complaints in that time frame, the commission’s spokesperson said. As of last year, 41,256 people held this type of license in Washington. A week after the mandatory reporter contacted the commission, Kelly Elder, a Washington Medical Commission staff attorney, sent the two pending 2023 cases back to Freda Pace, the commission’s director of investigations. Elder asked Pace to have investigators try and reach people whose statements hadn’t been collected before. Medical commission records show that investigator Britta Fischer also began looking into the new allegation. Fischer’s inquiries produced statements from co-workers attesting to Mulholland’s good character and stating that they were unaware of any concerns raised by patients. Mulholland himself, in a statement his attorney gave to the commission, said he didn’t have a “firm recollection” of the appointment the patient described in her complaint. He said he would never tell a patient anything to the effect that her husband was not doing his job. He said he addresses masturbation with patients who complain of sexual dryness or pain during sex, and he denied stroking the patient’s shoulder in a “suggestive way.” Due to “unjustified allegations,” the statement said, Mulholland had changed the way he worked with patients. The statement said these changes included always trying to have a chaperone present instead of just during physical exams. He also started creating more physical distance from the patient during counseling and exploring “tangential issues, such as sexual health and wellbeing” only when a patient brought them up. “Dr. Mulholland is truly sorry if his previous long-standing practice patterns have caused any patient any type of duress or anguish because of misinterpretation of what Dr. Mulholland was attempting to accomplish — excellent patient care,” the statement sent to the commission said. Still, the commission also had the prior, adverse statements from colleagues and patients. In April 2025, the agency formally accused Mulholland of abuse and unprofessional conduct. (The allegations would later be amended to include sexual misconduct.) Neither the medical commission nor the Washington State Department of Health, which oversees it, posted a news release on their websites. Members of the general public could have learned of the charges — if they knew to search for Mulholland’s name on the Health Department’s “provider credential search” page. Stephanie Mason, spokesperson for the commission, said the statement of charges would also go out to anyone who subscribed to quarterly email updates from the commission. It wasn’t until a June Tri-City Herald story that the commission’s claims seemed to become widely known. The outpouring of new patient complaints that followed echoed what the commission had already heard. “Nobody was listening to me, and I did everything that I should have done.” Torryn Kerley, a former patient who sued Mulholland. Kerley asked to be identified by name for this article. Their accounts included allegations that Mulholland had peeked at their pubic hair under the sheet, physically pulled them down the exam table, used sexual language and performed extremely painful vaginal exams. Two of the women who have filed lawsuits against Mulholland or his employers told KUOW and ProPublica they attended appointments with him after the commission had received multiple complaints and before he agreed to restrictions on his license. One said she was angry she hadn’t heard about allegations against Mulholland sooner. After a hysterectomy, she was directed to see him every four months for a year for pap smears. She saw Mulholland for the last time on May 1, 2025 — two days after the commission filed its allegations against him. She learned about the commission’s case after the media coverage began. “I don’t know if I expected the lady at the counter when you’re checking in to warn you and say, ‘Hey, you’re gonna see Mulholland, and he’s had complaints,’” she said in an interview with KUOW and ProPublica. “I don’t see a company or whatever ever doing that, but it would have been nice to know. I would have picked a different doctor.” Another woman who sued, Torryn Kerley, said she was angry at Kadlec to learn of all the women coming forward in lawsuits after she had already complained to the clinic about Mulholland. “Nobody was listening to me, and I did everything that I should have done,” said Kerley, who asked to be identified by name for this article. “I reported it. I told people about it. I told doctors in the office about it.” Karinen, the medical commission director, said it’s very unusual for the commission to file a statement of charges and then get dozens of complaints in the same vein against that same doctor, as happened with Mulholland. “That’s unheard of,” he said. Mason, the commission spokesperson, cast the arrival of the new complaints as a positive outcome of the action that commissioners took against Mulholland. “That’s what opened the door to these women coming forward, because at that point, really not very many people had said anything at all, by comparison,” Mason said. No date has been set yet for a hearing in which Mulholland can challenge the commission’s allegations against him. The post An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing. appeared first on ProPublica .

On the day that federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, I ran out of my house with my camera in hand to document the aftermath. As a visuals editor at ProPublica, I spend most of my time at my desk. But I couldn’t ignore this massive story rapidly unfolding in Minneapolis, the city I’ve called home for the past few years. The first thing I photographed that day was a woman trying to calm a man with a hug. “There was a young man right at the police tape, honestly inches away from some of the agents, and he was so angry,” she told me later. “I was getting really scared for him.” Not long after, the scene grew volatile, as federal, state and city police forces tear-gassed and detained protesters in a standoff that lasted for hours. Kristin Heiberg, I learned, is a 64-year-old technical writer, a volunteer at an animal shelter and a cancer survivor. And, like many other people here, she patrols her neighborhood with a whistle, on the lookout for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. As I’ve watched the Twin Cities rally to respond to Operation Metro Surge, I’ve wanted to see the one thing I had not: What do these people look like in their day-to-day lives? I wanted to know who they are and what motivated them to patrol their streets, drive strangers to work and provide food and rent money for the families who have been in hiding since the surge began. While media coverage has moved on, and there are fewer ICE agents on the streets, they’re still here, and my neighbors are still providing mutual aid. When I asked Heiberg who she felt was involved, she said: “Everyone in the community. Anyone with a heart.” This is how it has felt to me as well. Whether gathering with friends or ordering coffee or running into a neighbor while walking my dog, every recent conversation has led to the same place: What are you doing to meet this moment?  Each of the people I photographed scoffed at the idea that they were paid agitators, or that they were led in their efforts by state or city officials. They said they just wanted to help their neighbors. These are my neighbors, in their city, in their own words. We’re just watching out for our neighbors. If that’s a form of protest, so be it. Kristin Heiberg, who writes software user guides, patrols her neighborhood every day and attends protests and vigils. I don’t want to be one of those people that sat. I don’t want to be somebody’s history lesson. Libby Blyth is an accountant for an environmental consulting company. She drives people to work who are afraid of being spotted by ICE and delivers food to families in hiding. We’re retired. We have white privilege. We have to be the ones to stand up. Kris Allen is a retired palliative nurse practitioner. She and her husband, Ben, attend weekly prayer vigils for detained people with their church. They have protested at the federal building where ICE holds detainees and participated in sit-ins at Target stores. My parents are immigrants, and they moved here for a better life, but also to give us a better life. And we’re going to continue to support as many families as we can, especially kids. Adan Tepozteco Gavilan owns a barbershop where he and his sister, Anai, started a food drive. They have provided food to hundreds of families. It just seems so simple. My neighbors need help. And I would hope that if I was in a situation where I needed help, or if I was as scared as these people are, that somebody would help me. Elizabeth Anderson works in performing arts. She arranges for drivers to take kids to school and coordinates food delivery for more than 100 families. People are still putting themselves out there. And it’s for the sake of humanity, and our community, and showing the rest of the U.S. and the world that this is what it means to be Minnesotan. Nasrieen Habib founded Amanah Recreational Project, an organization that promotes outdoor activities for Muslim women. She redirected her organization to provide food and rent assistance. It was never a question. Once we knew what was happening, that people were being let out in the freezing cold, it wasn’t an option to leave that gate. Natalie Ehret is an attorney. She and her husband, Noah, founded Haven Watch. The organization provides coats, food, phones and rides to detainees when they are released from federal custody, often with few belongings. When they give us their worst, we are giving us our best. Shane Stodolka is a software developer. He and his roommate, Olivia Tracy, say they deliver food to more than 100 families every week. Legal immigration, illegal immigration? That’s not my call. That’s not my fight. By the time you’re my neighbor, you’re my neighbor. Norman Alston is a high school wrestling coach. When he’s not coaching, he sits outside school, watching for ICE. I need my staff to know that they’re safe. It was crazy networking … but it’s all about feeling safe and vetted. Melissa Borgmann, a cafe owner, organized rides and grocery deliveries for her staff. We’re all sort of getting through this together. We don’t have formal leaders in these groups. Jen Suek is a project manager in the health care field. She patrols her neighborhood and local schools, and she vets her neighborhood Signal chat. I think that’s the true identity of Minnesota: peaceful protesting, caring about their neighbors and stepping up to the plate. Not waiting for the government to help. Sergio Amezcua is pastor at Dios Habla Hoy church in south Minneapolis. Since early December, the church has provided food to thousands of people. I call [my friends] and I say: ‘Please think positive. This is going away very soon.’ And they say, ‘OK, thank you for staying positive.’ And then I turn off the phone, and I start crying. Jianeth Riera Lazo is the chef at a Minneapolis cafe. She helped connect friends and family members in need of food and rental assistance to people who could provide it. It’s an unspoken bond, to stick up for what’s right, knowing that something might happen to us in the meantime. … And I truly think that this will continue, this bond. Missy Dietrich is a personal trainer. She patrols her neighborhood, regularly protests at the federal building where ICE holds detainees and volunteers at a food pantry. The post “This Is What It Means to Be Minnesotan”: Why My Neighbors Continue to Stand Up Against ICE appeared first on ProPublica .

For much of last year, Trump administration officials insisted that no Americans were caught up in the government’s immigration dragnet.  ProPublica and many others repeatedly documented that is not true: Americans have even been kicked, dragged and detained for days by immigration agents. On Tuesday, House and Senate Democrats are spotlighting a particularly troubling part of the crackdown: the American children who have been collateral damage in the deportation campaign.  The forum the lawmakers are holding is part of an ongoing congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica’s report last fall that more than 170 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration agents for some amount of time. That included Americans who have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or simply prevented from leaving their location. As of last October, more than 20 of those citizens were children, ranging from toddlers to teens. A toddler, a preschooler and a 7-year-old — all citizens — were deported despite their documented parents claiming they wanted to keep the children in the U.S.  In response to questions, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Lauren Bis said in a statement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement “does NOT deport United States citizens or separate families,” American children held along with their families will be sharing their stories at Tuesday’s forum. That includes two families whose accounts were featured in ProPublica investigations. Eighteen-year-old Fernando Hernàndez Garcia is speaking on behalf of his 11-year-old sister. Both siblings are citizens .  Last year, the family was driving to Houston to get emergency treatment for the girl, who was recovering from brain cancer. Border Patrol agents ignored a hospital letter that the family had used previously to go through checkpoints. This time, agents held the family until they were deported the next day to Mexico. With few other options, the American children went with their parents — except for Hernàndez Garcia, who had not been detained and stayed to earn money and send medicine home. The family’s lawyers say they have not been able to access the care they need for their daughter in Mexico, and they have applied for humanitarian parole to return. Customs and Border Protection previously told ProPublica the family’s account was inaccurate but declined to provide specifics. Read More We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be. We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Also speaking is 16-year-old Arnoldo Bazan. As ProPublica detailed earlier this year, Bazan was tackled and choked by immigration agents who were chasing his undocumented father in Houston. Bystanders filmed the teen screaming that he was a minor and a U.S. citizen. After agents knelt on his neck and put him in a choke hold, then they handcuffed him. Bazan told ProPublica that when he was in a choke hold, “I felt like I was seeing the light.” He said he’s now speaking up — including on Capitol Hill — to help keep others from going through the same. “I don’t think nobody’s safe anymore.”  DHS said in its statement that Bazan elbowed an officer in the face as he was detained, which the teen denies. The agency’s spokesperson added that any allegations that agents assaulted Bazan “are FALSE.”  It’s unclear exactly how many American kids have been held. The government doesn’t disclose how many Americans are detained , even briefly, during immigration enforcement.  Former immigration officials told ProPublica that it used to be rare to encounter, let alone hold, American children for any amount of time. While the officials couldn’t recall a specific policy prohibiting it, they said past administrations just didn’t prioritize arresting families during immigration enforcement in the interior of the country. (A ProPublica investigation published Monday found that in his second term, President Donald Trump has deported mothers of U.S. children at four times the rate Biden did.)  In a report shared with ProPublica , the minority staff from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform compiled 128 cases of children — a mix of citizens and noncitizens — who were injured, left unattended or otherwise put at risk by enforcement operations conducted by Department of Homeland Security agents. The review found that citizen children caught up in immigration operations were also exposed to chemical agents , were placed in restraints or required medical attention, and some were held at gunpoint, were left unattended when agents detained their parents, or were present when agents smashed car windows or rammed their vehicles .  “The impact of all of these practices on children — the physical injuries but also the trauma — is really horrific,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told ProPublica.  SueHey Tello, 14, left, and her mother, Anabel Romero, 35, along with two other children in the family, were detained by federal agents in a raid at La Catedral Arena during a community horse racing event in Idaho. Sarahbeth Maney for ProPublica Several other citizen teens and mothers of U.S. citizens who were detained by immigration agents will be delivering testimony at the forum.  Anabel Romero, an Idaho mother, recalled how she was detained with three of her children during a multiagency raid at an Idaho racetrack. The stated target of the raid was illegal gambling, but it ended with more than 100 people in ICE custody. Officers pointed guns at Romero’s 14-year-old, SueHey Tello, and at her 8-year-old and 6-year-old. Tello said they dragged her from the truck and eventually zip-tied her, leaving bruises and marks . Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.” (Romero and Tello do not know which agency’s officers zip-tied them.) Tello told ProPublica she was petrified and particularly worried for her younger siblings. “My little sister’s crying, my little brother’s scared,” Tello recalled. “I don’t know what to do. [I was] looking for any familiar face.” Romero noted that the Trump administration has often said its immigration dragnet is keeping kids safe by going after predators and criminals. “They say they’re doing this to protect children,” recalled Romero. “But they hurt my children.” The post How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown appeared first on ProPublica .

Au Mali, les autorités de transition organisent à partir de ce 26 mars 2026 une série de projections du documentaire Yambo Ouologuem, la blessure. L'écrivain malien a été le premier auteur africain récompensé en France par le prestigieux prix Renaudot, en 1968, pour son livre Le devoir de violence. En 1972, sa réputation est ternie par des accusations de plagiat qui l'incitent finalement à rentrer au Mali, sous l'opprobre. Plusieurs projections de ce documentaire, qui réhabilite l'auteur, sont prévues dans différentes localités maliennes jusqu’au 31 mars.

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Negotiations to end funding standoff sparked by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown fail to find a breakthrough Sign up for the Breaking News US email Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a Manhattan court on Thursday where he will argue that drug trafficking charges against him should be thrown out more than two months after he and his wife were captured in a surprise US military raid in Caracas. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been embroiled in a dispute over US sanctions that prevent the Venezuelan government from paying for the couple’s legal defense, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran has ‘no intention of negotiating for now’. Plus, the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Iran dismissed a US ceasefire proposal on Wednesday and responded with its own negotiation plan as intermediaries sought to keep diplomatic channels between the warring countries open. What is the toll? The US-Israel war on Iran has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, more than 1,500 in Iran and 16 in Israel, according to each country’s authorities. More than a dozen deaths have been reported in the West Bank and Gulf Arab states. Experts warn there has been a collapse in healthcare access . This is a developing story. Follow our live blog for the latest updates . What did the Los Angeles plaintiff allege? The 20-year-old woman testified that she became addicted to YouTube at age six and Instagram at nine, which she said harmed her wellbeing. She blamed the platforms for her experience of body dysmorphic disorder and social phobia in her adolescence. How much will the companies pay the plaintiff? The jury awarded the plaintiff in the case damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder. Continue reading...

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