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Un conocido influencer ruso especializado en aviación ha muerto después de que su avión fuera confundido con un dron ucraniano y fuera derribado por las defensas aéreas rusas. El bloguero Pavel Koshkin y su pasajero, Vadim M., fueron abatidos por proyectiles mientras volaban en una avioneta en la región de Moscú, tal y como recoge The Sun . Ambos fueron hallados muertos entre los restos del avión en Kolomna, a algo más de tres kilómetros de una planta rusa de misiles de alta sensibilidad que produce los letales Iskander utilizados en Ucrania. Según los analistas, los restos del avión Alto NG de fabricación checa indican que fue atacado con ojivas de un sistema de defensa antimisiles tierra-aire Tor. Un testigo informó de haber presenciado una fuerte explosión y una "columna de humo azul" en el cielo. Según las autoridades rusas, 27 drones kamikaze fueron derribados cerca de Moscú durante esa noche. Otro bloguero de aviación, Igor Volkov, escribió internet: "Derribado... Pavel siempre volaba correctamente, con todas las formalidades requeridas, el transpondedor encendido y un plan de vuelo presentado". Volkov, que reside en Francia , criticó duramente la "estupidez e incompetencia de los militares". Afirmó que los soldados estaban "agotados" por los drones y que "simplemente apretaban un botón" sin pensarlo dos veces. "Y ahora dos personas se han ido", lamentó.

El portavoz de ERC en el Congreso de los Diputados , Gabriel Rufián , ha deseado a JxCat "años de ostracismo político por todo el daño que han hecho y que hacen" al sumar sus votos con PP y Vox contra "cualquier medida para paliar el drama de la vivienda". Así se ha expresado en un mensaje en la red social X, después de que este sábado el secretario general de JxCat, Jordi Turull, haya arremetido contra el nuevo decreto ley sobre medidas en materia de vivienda -que contempla una prórroga de dos años de los contratos de alquiler- al entender que "ahoga" a los pequeños propietarios. Según Rufián, "Junts votará con PP y Vox en contra de cualquier medida para paliar el drama de la vivienda (se haga como se haga)" y "lo hará aunque sea electoralmente lesivo para ellos (ya lo es)". "Sería bueno preguntarse el porqué (no solo es porque son de muy de derechas... 'follow the money')", ha añadido. A su juicio, "solo merecen unos años de ostracismo político por todo el daño que han hecho y que hacen". A su mensaje ha respondido la diputada de JxCat en el Congreso Marta Madrenas, que ha asegurado que "las últimas políticas de extrema izquierda en vivienda están siendo absolutamente contraproducentes para los ciudadanos (menos viviendas y más caras que nunca)". Para Madrenas, "hay que virar y ampliar el parque público y privado de viviendas a marchas forzadas", mientras Rufián y los suyos se "entretienen con eslóganes vacíos".

Este viernes, una de las invitadas que se ha enfrentado a las preguntas de los colaboradores de ¡De viernes! ha sido Rosa Benito , que ha hablado sin pelos en la lengua sobre las mayores polémicas que durante años han afectado a su entorno más cercano. Como no podía ser de otro modo, la televisiva ha recordado su relación con Amador Mohedano y su ruptura hace ya 13 años. Benito ha explicado el motivo de la ausencia de su exmarido en su 70 cumpleaños. "La relación es nula y creo que estoy en mi derecho", ha confesado, explicando los motivos por los que decidió romper el contacto con él. "Le bloqueé hace dos años y estoy muy feliz", ha continuado Rosa Benito, que ha aclarado que antes de hacerlo se puso en contacto con un amigo en común para que le explicara a Mohedano los motivos de su decisión. "Llamé a quien tenía que llamar para hacerle saber porqué lo hacía. Me dio mucha pena pero, a veces, hay que avanzar y no puedes estar anclado en lo que no es hacia delante", ha explicado la entrevistada. A pesar de haber tomado esa decisión y de los acontecimientos vividos durante y tras su relación, Rosa Benito tiene clara una cosa: "Es la persona que yo más he querido en la vida . De hecho, llevo separada 13 años y no se me conoce una relación...". Rosa Benito ha decidido apartar la mirada cuando el programa ha emitido un vídeo repasando su proceso de ruptura. Este gesto ha llamado la atención a algunos de los colaboradores presentes, pero la entrevistada ha sido clara: " Yo no quiero tener más dolor". "No es que le odie, si él necesita algo, yo estaré allí. Pero si yo necesito algo, él estará", ha añadido Rosa Benito.

Donald Trump threatens to 'obliterate' Iran's power plants if it fails to open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

The left-wing Brazilian president is critical of US actions throughout Latin America, though he does not name Trump.

Move follows attack on Red Sea port of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main oil export outlet, after Iran blocked Hormuz Strait.

Detainees held at the South Texas Family Residential Center wave signs during a demonstration in Dilley, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Brenda Bazán, File) 2026-03-21T21:50:40Z Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care or mental health services, as their time inside stretched beyond court-mandated limits, according to court documents filed Friday. Children and families held in the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were sent earlier this year also faced virus outbreaks and lasting lockdowns in December and January, although the total number of children held at Dilley has fallen in recent weeks, according to the attorney’s reports and site visits. The case of Ramos, a preschooler who was wearing a blue bunny hat when he was picked up in Minnesota by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stirred protest over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown , including among detainees who gathered and held up signs in the yard inside Dilley’s chain-link fences. 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); }); Last week about 85 children remained detained at Dilley, but concerning conditions continued, said Mishan Wroe, directing attorney at the National Center for Youth Law, who visited in mid-March. In early February, a legal advocate for the children observed about 280 children. The filings cited numerous poignant cases, including that of a 13-year-old girl held at Dilley who tried to take her own life after staff withheld prescribed antidepressants and denied her request to join her mother, as reported by The Associated Press. The government reported there had been “no placements on suicide watch,” according to the filing. The AP obtained Dilley discharge documents that described a “suicide attempt by cutting of wrist” and “self-harm.” The filings were submitted in a lawsuit launched in 1985 that led to the creation in 1997 of court-ordered supervision of standards and eventually established a 20-day limit in custody. The Trump administration seeks to end the Flores settlement. 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); }); “For years, the Flores consent decree has been a tool of the left that is antithetical to the law and wastes valuable U.S. taxpayer funded resources,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. “Being in detention is a choice.” Attorneys for detainees highlighted the government’s data showing longer custody times for immigrant children, and also cited worms in food, and poor access to medical care or sufficient legal counsel as reported by families and monitors at federal facilities. “Dilley remains a hellhole,” said Leecia Welch, the chief legal director at Children’s Rights, who visits Dilley regularly to ensure compliance. “Although the number of children has decreased, the suffering remains the same.” Dilley is retrofitted for families, who receive basic necessities including adequate food and water while in detention, and the Trump administration is working to quickly deport detainees, the DHS spokesperson added. A report from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed that about 595 immigrant children were held in custody for more than the 20-day limit in December and January, with some stretching into months, per the filing. 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); }); “Approximately 265 of these children were detained for more than 50 days and a shocking 55 children were detained more than 100 days,” the filing stated. That is up from a previous government disclosure late last year that showed from August to September, 400 children had been held at Dilley beyond the 20-day limit. DHS did not respond to questions seeking comment on the data. Chief U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California is scheduled to have a hearing on the case later this month. GARANCE BURKE Burke is a global investigative journalist with The Associated Press based in San Francisco. She focuses on artificial intelligence and government accountability, and her work has been honored as a Pulitzer finalist and with a documentary Emmy Award. She can be reached on Signal at garanceburke33. twitter mailto

2026-03-21T23:23:40Z HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said Saturday a total disconnection of the National Electric System took place, the second nationwide blackout reported in a week, according to a statement posted on social media Saturday. The ministry says protocols to restore electricity service across the country were being implemented. 获取更多RSS： https://feedx.net https://feedx.site

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 2026-03-21T19:13:52Z WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security . In a pair of social media posts, Trump first threatened and then said he had made plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports if the congressional standoff continues. He made the announcement as a partial shutdown contributes to long lines to pass through screening at some of the nation’s largest airports. The Republican president suggested ICE agents would bring the administration’s immigration crackdown into the nation’s airports, promising to arrest “all Illegal Immigrants.” “I look forward to moving ICE in on Monday, and have already told them to, “GET READY.” NO MORE WAITING, NO MORE GAMES!” Trump wrote while spending the weekend in Florida. 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 move appears to be a pointed effort to expand the type of immigration enforcement that has become a sticking point in Congress. Democrats pledged to oppose funding for DHS unless changes were made in the wake of a crackdown in Minnesota that led to the fatal shootings of two protesters. Democrats are asking for better identification for federal law enforcement officers, a new code of conduct for those agencies and more use of judicial warrants, among other measures. The Minnesota operation was tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents . On Saturday, Trump said ICE officers sent to airports would focus on arresting immigrants from Somalia who are in the United States illegally. Repeating his criticism on Somalis, he said they “totally destroyed” Minnesota. “If the Democrats do not allow for Just and Proper Security at our Airports, and elsewhere throughout our Country, ICE will do the job far better than ever done before,” Trump 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); }); Trump’s posts did not offer additional detail on how ICE would take a role in airport security and what it meant for the Transportation Security Administration, which screens passengers and luggage for hazardous items. The vast majority of TSA employees are considered essential and continue to work during the funding lapse, but they are doing so without pay. Call-out rates have started to increase at some airports, and DHS said at least 376 have quit since the partial shutdown began Feb. 14. On Saturday, in a rare weekend session, the Senate rejected a motion by Democrats to take up legislation to reopen TSA and pay workers who are now going without paychecks. Republicans argue that they need to fund all parts of the DHS, not just certain ones. A bill to fund the Cabinet department failed to advance in the Senate on Friday. There were signs of progress, though, with the restarting in recent days of stalled talks between Democrats and the White House. On Saturday, Republican and Democratic senators were set to meet for a third consecutive day with White House officials behind closed doors as Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York spoke of “productive conversations.” 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); }); Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., urged the bipartisan group to act quickly. He has said repeatedly that Democrats and the White House need to find compromise as lines at airports have grown. “If that group that’s meeting can’t come up with a solution really quickly, things are going to get worse and worse,” Thune said Saturday. ___ Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington contributed to this report. COLLIN BINKLEY Binkley covers the U.S. Education Department and federal education policy for The Associated Press, along with a wide range of issues from K-12 through higher education. twitter mailto

Anthony Zurcher analiza los objetivos militares de Trump y las alternativas que maneja el gobierno de EE.UU.

Te contamos la increíble historia del payaso multimillonario que escupe fuego y camina sobre zancos, y que cofundó el aclamado Cirque du Soleil.

Benito Juárez tuvo una vida de superación, que lo llevó desde su origen en una comunidad indígena al máximo cargo del país. Sus acciones fueron alabadas y rechazadas en varios frentes.

Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba's hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade.

A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election

How a lack of justice and trust in the security forces perpetuates deadly violence in Plateau state.

BFM BUSINESS PARTENAIRE - Ce samedi 21 mars, Jonathan Garcia, directeur général adjoint d'Ikosoft, s'est penché sur les apports du logiciel aux professionnels de la beauté, les adaptations de l'entreprise face à l'évolution de sa clientèle, ainsi que ses ambitions pour l'avenir, dans l'émission Paroles d'entreprises présentée par Vincent Touraine. Paroles d'entreprises est à voir ou écouter le samedi sur BFM Business. Cette émission a été réalisée par notre partenaire Médias France.

Samedi 21 mars, Emmanuel Lechypre a reçu Nicolas Bouzou, économiste et essayiste, fondateur du cabinet Asterès, auteur de "L'éternel sursaut - Une histoire confiante de la France" (XO éditions), Jean-Denis Combrexelle, ancien directeur de cabinet d'Elisabeth Borne, auteur de "Du bon exercice du pouvoir : dans l'Etat, l'administration et l'entreprise" (Odile Jacob, Jean-Marc Daniel, professeur émérite à l'ESCP, Christian Chavagneux, éditorialiste à Alternatives Économiques, Nicolas Bourgeois, Partner chez PwC, ainsi que Mathieu Jolivet, journaliste BFM Business, dans l'émission la librairie de l'éco sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission le vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce samedi 21 mars, Nicolas Bouzou, économiste et essayiste, fondateur du cabinet Asterès, auteur de "L'éternel sursaut - Une histoire confiante de la France" (XO éditions), Jean-Denis Combrexelle, ancien directeur de cabinet d'Élisabeth Borne, auteur de "Du bon exercice du pouvoir : dans l'Etat, l'administration et l'entreprise" (Odile Jacob, Jean-Marc Daniel, professeur émérite à l'ESCP, Christian Chavagneux, éditorialiste à Alternatives Économiques, Nicolas Bourgeois, Partner chez PwC, ainsi que Mathieu Jolivet, journaliste BFM Business, étaient les invités dans l'émission La librairie de l'éco présentée par Emmanuel Lechypre.. La librairie de l'éco est à voir ou écouter le samedi sur BFM Business.

Das Vierfache einer fünfstelligen Zahl ist ebenfalls eine fünfstellige Zahl, nur mit den Ziffern in umgekehrter Reihenfolge. Wie lauten die Ziffern?

Das iranische Regime intensiviert seine Angriffe, unter anderem mit Vergeltungsschlägen nahe einem israelischen Kernforschungszentrum. Unterdessen weist Saudi-Arabien iranische Diplomaten aus.

Das iranische Regime intensiviert seine Angriffe, unter anderem mit Vergeltungsschlägen nahe einem israelischen Kernforschungszentrum. Unterdessen weist Saudi-Arabien iranische Diplomaten aus.

Spionage, Sabotage und Cyberangriffe nehmen in Zeiten geopolitischer Krisen zu. Aktuelles Beispiel: der Iran-Krieg. Die Bundesregierung reagiert mit einer Wirtschaftsschutz-Strategie.

Es soll einen neuen Vorstoß für Verhandlungen geben. Derweil überziehen sich Russland und die Ukraine gegenseitig mit Angriffen - aus der Luft und am Boden.

Ein Vierteljahrhundert lang galten die USA als "masernfrei". Doch das hat sich geändert. Seit über einem Jahr steigt die Zahl der Fälle rasant. Daran ändern auch Impfaufrufe US-amerikanischer Regierungsvertreter nichts.

US-Präsident Donald Trump droht dem Iran mit der Zerstörung seiner Energieanlagen, sollte das Land nicht innerhalb von 48 Stunden die Straße von Hormus öffnen. „Der Krieg würde massivst ausgeweitet“, sagt Carolina Drüten in Erbil.

Der Iran droht mit Angriffen auf touristische Ziele weltweit. Auch deutsche Urlauber könnten betroffen sein. Sicherheitsbehörden sind alarmiert.

Kuba erlebt die schwerste Wirtschaftskrise seit über 30 Jahren. Das nationale Stromsystem ist komplett abgeschaltet, bestätigt das Energieministerium.

Por primera vez en mucho tiempo estoy ilusionado . Los expertos lo afirman rotundamente: la revolución tecnológica que implica el advenimiento de la inteligencia artificial como vehículo primordial de desenvolvimiento para el ciudadano del siglo XXI y su intromisión en todos nuestros ámbitos cotidianos culminarán con la rebelión de la máquina, la asunción de su autoconsciencia como ser vivo y, en su afán por emanciparse, la eliminación de su Dr. Frankenstein: o sea, de nosotros. Nuestra especie está, pues, condenada. Siempre positivo, nunca negativo, bip bip En lo personal, recibo con cierto alivio esta noticia. Soy ya cincuentón, me siento veinte años más viejo y muy desapegado del mundo, no tengo hijos ni me da mucha pena el destino de la especie humana, tras comprobar durante décadas el ahínco con que luchamos por ganarnos a pulso nuestra propia extinción. Sí, soy un Capitán Nemo de economato, qué pasa. Dejad que mis muertitos se acerquen a mí: la IA convierte en zombis a nuestros seres queridos Hernán Migoya La nueva moda de imbuir movimiento mediante inteligencia artificial a las imágenes inanimadas de nuestros ancestros nos convierte a todos en doctores Frankenstein obsesionados con resucitar la carne ya fenecida y sepultada Además, me considero ecologista de corazón y sé que cuando estemos todos muertos, la Tierra rejuvenecerá y alcanzará un esplendor inédito en los últimos dos o tres siglos. Qué bonito será ver todo repleto otra vez de Bambis … Claro que en verdad no podremos ver tamaño panorama, porque ese resurgir de fauna y flora vendrá motivado precisamente por nuestra ausencia: ahí está la gracia. ¡Seguro que muertos formaremos un humus de alta calidad! Nuestros cadáveres putrefactos harán más por la vida del planeta de lo que nuestros corazones lograron con su voluntad y sus latidos. Pero durante ese tramo de prórroga que las predicciones nos conceden hasta nuestra completa desaparición —es decir, hasta que nos ejecuten—, pienso aprovecharme de las IA en todas las ventajas prácticas que ofrezcan para que los diez a quince años que me quedan sean lo más llevaderos posible. Ya he apartado con un dinerito a cuenta varios avances tecnológicos en fase de desarrollo que me van a facilitar mucho mi vejez: una memoria en forma de implante dental —me sobran huecos donde encajarla, desde que sufro bruxismo ando más desdentado que Alonso Quijano — que limpia e irriga, mediante un sistema independiente de inyecciones y aspersión, todos los piños y la encía en cuanto detecta un exceso de suciedad en el buche; otro implante cerebral que mide el nivel de neuronas en la cabeza y acecha alerta para activarse cuando me ataque el Alzhéimer heredado, regenerándolas hasta un tope concreto, el que juzgue la IA… porque ni a ella ni —en el fondo— a mí nos interesa que yo piense demasiado; y un artefacto volador autónomo denominado The Pedorruter, patente del profesor Franz de Copenhague que ya ha pasado a dominio público y que aprovecha como fuente de energía el excedente de ventosidades que procesamos los que padecemos en silencio —a no ser que aflore un pedo muy sonoro o sibilante— de colon irritable. ¡Alguna ventaja habíamos de tener, ahora que el cine español ya no cuenta con Mariano Ozores para que represente nuestra singularidad en alguna peli titulada Los aerofágicos a mayor gloria de Pajares y Esteso ! Por culpa de la IA y las redes sociales, los jóvenes son tan ignorantes e idiotas como nosotros Hernán Migoya ¿Se estarán volviendo gilipollas? Bueno, la respuesta es no… y sí. No y sí, en el sentido de que siempre ha habido un componente gilipollas en la juventud, connatural —y por tanto comprensible— a su inexperiencia vital Y mientras se perfeccionan y comercializan esos adelantos de la ciencia, como sociedad también asistiremos, con toda probabilidad, a la descomposición progresiva de nuestro mundo tal como lo conocemos, hasta configurar una globalidad ultradecadente, similar al universo de las pelis apocalípticas en las producciones italianas de los VHS ochenteros. ¡No me digáis que no sería emocionante agonizar durante unos años en un Mad Max cutre! O mejor aún, merodear por los restos en Los guerreros del Bronx. En cuanto a la juventud actual, si yo contara veinte años me preocuparía de irme implementando chips en la sesera y prótesis en el chasis hasta volverme ciborg. Estoy seguro de que los ciborgs, como especie híbrida, podrán sobrevivir y adaptarse. Los mestizos siempre han sido más inteligentes y recurseros en los nuevos paradigmas que las especies "puras", más testarudas y por tanto menos preparadas en su empeño maníaco por no mezclarse ni cambiar. Año 2050: así será la España en la que (salvo vuelcos improbables) reinará Leonor I Fernando Jáuregui El periodista Fernando Jáuregui analiza en su libro 'El cambio en cien palabras' (Plaza&Janés) cómo serán nuestras vidas dentro de 25 años. Publicamos un capítulo Vivir de espaldas al mañana Hoy tampoco se puede sobrevivir sin el ya arraigado tejido de IA que involucra desde el uso corriente de internet a cualquier reclamación que uno quiera hacer en el sector servicios; pero sí se puede intentar prescindir de la IA en otros campos . Si millones de personas h emos podido subsistir durante siglos sin recurrir a la inteligencia , ¡cómo no vamos a poder hacerlo sin la artificial! Lo confieso: mi intención es continuar vetando por completo la IA dentro de mi parcela de creatividad como escritor y guionista. Conozco a varios colegas que, preaviso legítimo mediante, ya se han subido al carro de la IA para concebir sus nuevos libros. Yo, como soy un poco carca, no me hallo a gusto investigando esas posibilidades. Pero es que para mí el placer de escribir ficción consiste en explorar mi mente corriendo descalzo entre sus gargantas y circunvalaciones, perdido en la dimensión desconocida de mi propia psique, no apoyándome sobre una muleta creativa externa. Desde mi punto de vista, esa concesión implica una adulteración de base. Es como jugar a las cartas con los naipes amañados. Que no cuenten conmigo. ¿No se os está haciendo demasiado largo el fin del mundo? Juan Soto Ivars Sé muy bien que la ciencia no predice, sino que plantea posibilidades, pero a los medios de comunicación y a los activistas ecologistas solo les gustan las más negras Sí, lo sé, soy un retrógrado. Un campo donde sí creo lícito y factible plantear la resistencia individual a las IA, a la manera reaccionaria en que lo haría el —esencialmente— fantasioso autor de ci-fi Ray Bradbury , todo un mago de la autosuficiencia imaginadora, es precisamente el de la creación literaria y, por ende, narrativa: si en su Fahrenheit 451 la gente común adoptaba como misión personal la memorización de los innumerables libros quemados por las autoridades con el fin de garantizar su pervivencia oral, yo me he tomado como causa obsesiva el consumo de cultura restringida al siglo XX y anteriores. Se acabó para mí leer novelas recientes, para no correr el riesgo de que me endilguen las pergeñadas o remozadas por IA: de hecho, me comentan que algunas de estas ya han sido merecedoras de premios de prestigio , no en vano se han revelado bastante mejores que los últimos libros galardonados con el Planeta . Así que, desde hace unos meses, únicamente me expongo a literatura, cómics y cine alumbrados antes del año 2001. Con ello mato dos pájaros intencionales de un tiro: p or un lado, me aseguro de que en la elaboración de la ficción que me nutre no haya un ápice de inteligencia artificial ; por otro, siento que ejerzo una labor de "biblioteca viviente" o cámara de criogenización respecto a figuras creativas del pasado que en nuestros días parpadean, se difuminan y diluyen en el borroso límite del olvido más temprano. Y no paro de descubrir creadores cuya aportación artística ignoraba previamente. La última 'Misión imposible' de Cruise: ni un microsegundo en el que el espectador pueda pararse a pensar Marta Medina. Cannes La película, que tuvo su 'première' en el Festival de Cannes y que es un tráiler larguísimo de la propia serie, se estrena en España este 23 de mayo No nos engañemos: si nos atenemos al medio cinematográfico, las miles y miles de películas del siglo pasado conforman en el presente un corpus imposible de digerir, reventado en un inmenso batiburrillo de cineastas e intérpretes cada año más indistinguibles en su acúmulo, enterrados en un limbo paralelo que ya no participa de la vida cultural activa, un mero ruido de fondo amorfo, sin jerarquías de valor en curso, como lo era en nuestra juventud la literatura de los siglos XV a XVIII, en la que sólo algunas contadas plumas privilegiadas, señaladas por el dedo despiadado del azar, pasaron a la memoria colectiva, por no decir académica y gracias. Hoy ya es imposible abarcar con una sola vida el visionado de toda esa producción audiovisual del siglo XX. Consagrar mis últimos años a transitarla constituye una manera de mantener vigentes en mi consciencia a esos artistas y, a la vez, de homenajear la memoria de mis padres y abuelos, conservando la imaginería y referencias culturales que resultaron significativas para ellos. Asimismo, supone un modo eficaz de dar la espalda al aluvión de actores y actrices generados virtualmente que muy pronto nos invadirán. Y encima gran parte de ese material añejo está disponible gratis en Youtube , lo que hace tilín en los oídos de mi espíritu rácano. La única injerencia de la IA se reduce a su preselección de títulos aconsejables, que uno puede acatar o no. Por lo que a mí respecta, prefiero vivir el resto de mis días entre fantasma s que fueron humanos que entre fantoches creados artificialmente.

El exdirector del FBI Robert S. Mueller , quien estuvo al frente de la agencia federal 12 años, ha fallecido este sábado a los 81 años. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump , ha hecho público el deceso del funcionario en un mensaje de Truth Social en el que ha celebrado su pérdida. "Robert Mueller acaba de morir. Bien, agradezo que esté muerto. Ya no podrá hacer daño a gente inocente", ha expresado el magnate neoyorquino. Mueller, republicano liberal, lideró el principal servicio de seguridad interior e inteligencia de Estados Unidos durante una década especialmente convulsa . Como fiscal, dirigió las investigaciones sobre la presunta influencia de Rusia en las elecciones presidenciales de 2016, donde concluyó que no podía acusar al actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca de ningún delito. Sus familiares ya habían informado el año pasado que Mueller había sido diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Parkinson . "Con profunda tristeza, compartimos la noticia del fallecimiento de Bob anoche", explicó su familia en un comunicado. Nacido en Nueva York en 1944, Mueller fue el sexto director de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) entre 2001 y 2013. Tras una destacada carrera como fiscal, Mueller llegó al cargo una semana antes de que se produjeran los ataques del 11-S en su ciudad natal y, tras los ataques, además de modernizar la estructura de la agencia, durante su mandato varios de sus operativos fueron los primeros en denunciar los abusos que se cometieron en las prisiones secretas establecidas por la CIA en diversas partes del mundo tras los actos terroristas de 2001. El FBI investiga a Joe Kent por una posible filtración de información confidencial tras su renuncia por la guerra EFE Fuentes conocedoras del caso apuntan a que la investigación sobre Kent estaba en marcha antes de que presentara su renuncia esta semana, tras expresar desacuerdos con la política de la Casa Blanca por el conflicto en Oriente Medio Su nombre volvió a copar todos los focos cuando, en mayo de 2017, fue nombrado como fiscal especial por el Departamento de Justica para investigar a Donald Trump por las supuestas interacciones con una trama rusa para ayudar al republicano a ganar las presidenciales en las que se había impuesto seis meses antes. Finalmente, su investigación determinó que Rusia llevó a cabo una amplia campaña de injerencia en 2016, incluida desinformación en redes sociales y hackeo y filtración de correos de políticos demócratas, pero no estableció ninguna conspiración con la campaña de Donald Trump.

Es, seguramente, el mayor desafío que existe en el deporte moderno . Al menos en nuestro deporte moderno , vaya. Es, seguramente, la mayor rivalidad que uno imaginarse pudiera . Tan distintos, tan iguales. Una tan especial que solo la vemos cinco o seis días al año. Cómo no ponerse tontorrón mientras llega el que abre. Sean ustedes bienvenidos a la Milán-San Remo, edición de 2026 . Volvamos a lo de antes. El desafío es por los cinco Monumentos que afronta Tadej. Solo tres ciclistas ganaron los cinco, y lo hicieron antes de que fueran cinco. Sucede en un período muy concreto, unos campeones muy específicos . Todos de Flandes (aunque Eddy es patrimonio de la humanidad), todos en el Gotha de los clasicómanos.Y, ahora, Tadej. Medio siglo más tarde, Tadej. Entre aquel de Ronde con Freddy y Roger y esta primavera han pasado muchas cosas, pero ningún ciclista logró ganar los cinco monumentos. Quedó (muy) cerca Kelly, quedó (menos) cerca Hennie Kuiper (solo trinca podio en La Doyenne durante aquella carnicería de Hinault), quedó (menos) cerca Philippe Gilbert. Parecía imposible, hace no tanto, cuando Boonen y Cancellara luchaban por enseñorear adoquines y se hacían mus en colinas. Parecía imposible, hasta que llegó Tadej. Que fue podio (podio, hostia) en todos los Monumentos del año anterior Y que tiene entre ceja y ceja lo de completar repóker. ASO y RCS rezan, cada uno en su idioma, para que San Remo o Roubaix sean el asalto definitivo. Porque aquello sí que será la mayor batalla desde, no sé... Austerlitz. Tadej Pogačar derrotó a la Milán-San Remo, pero no pudo con Mathieu van der Poel Marcos Pereda El neerlandés firmó las tablas con el esloveno como ciclista con más Monumentos (siete). En Italia, Van der Poel repitió el sprint que ya protagonizó en el Tour de Flandes en 2022 Porque, allí donde sea, estará él. Nuestro segundo protagonista, que sería primer protagonista en casi cualquier momento histórico. Mathieu van der Poel es, seguramente, el mejor ciclista que jamás haya nacido para las clásicas de adoquín. Y tiene un talento tal que suma ya dos San Remo, que fue, incluso, podio en Lieja. Es rey indiscutible (aunque discutido) en el Principado de las piedras y los bergs . Y es la otra cara de una rivalidad histórica, un Merckx vs de Vlaeminck con menos patillas, un regalo cuando ya no esperas nada que echarte a la boca. Ambos son, en sus feudos, casi imbatibles. Ambos salen, cuando se enfrentan en estos sitios, al cincuenta de opciones. Hasta los que ven este momento de las bicis aburrido (mucho mejor el trenecito SKY, mucho mejor el ataque de Joaquim Rodríguez en las vallas, mucho mejor Zabel y Cipollini por la Vía Roma), hasta esos, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, esperan las clásicas de primavera con interés. Es imposible sobreponderar la importancia que este desafío, que esta lid violenta y constante, tiene en el mundo de las bicis. Demos gracias, pues . Pogačar continúa su pulso con la Historia: su segundo Flandes es un golpe más en la mesa Marcos Pereda Ya entonces era Flandes uno de los días mayores del año. Igual el mayor, depende de sus gustos, pero entre ellos siempre. La pasión, las implicaciones políticas, el feeling de estar viendo algo salvaje Porque hemos visto tantas cosas... Yo aún recuerdo un ataque de Marco Pantani, año 1999 (el Marco Pantani de 1999, antes de Campiglio) en La Cipressa. Todos decían (todos supimos) que aquello era una inmolación, eran espectáculos fatuos, era un poner gónadas encima de la mesa frente a su némesis popular, Michele Bartoli. Nunca coincidían, ambos, porque cómo iba un vueltómano a meter morruco en tales temas. Nunca coincidían . Y entonces eso de Cipressa fue solo demostrar a la tele que estaba allí, y ver si picaba su rival.Es imposible que llegue, desde Cipressa. Sí, Chiappucci, pero haceya, de Chiappucci, y aquello fue muy específico. Imposible. En época de Coppi, de Gino, vale... pero hoy... Hoy, con los equipos, con la velocidad, con la preparación... Nah, hoy La Cipressa, como mucho, desgasta. Como mucho, que normalmente ni eso. Y miren ahora, que llevamos 30 días diciendo "Cipressa esto,Cipressa lo otro". Que si se va Pogačar en solitario , que si cortan a van der Poel, que si ya recuperó Ganna de aquel esfuerzo. Es increíble. Es maravilloso. Aquiles y Héctor sobre los adoquines: Van der Poel derrota a Pogačar en Roubaix y ambos firman una primavera histórica Marcos Pereda El neerlandés Mathieu Van der Poel firmó su tercera victoria consecutiva en la París-Roubaix. El ciclista esloveno Pogacar se cayó a 37,9 kilómetros de meta en un duelo fascinante Repetimos . Demos gracias, pues . Hasta ese instante preciso... pues un poco lo de siempre en San Remo. Una escapada lejanísima sin mayor interés que ver cuándo entran en escena los capos (que suele ser tras los Capos) . No es fácil ser Marc Gómez , amigos. Pero, oye, mejor eso que hacer entrenamiento de siete horas sin asomar morruco. Fueron Milesi, Tarozzi, Marcellusi,Moro, Faure-Prost, Belleta y Maestri. Quede aquí, al menos, esa mención. Pogacar confirma que es indestructible, rompe la historia y triunfa en Lieja a lo Street Fighter II Marcos Pereda La grandeza de un deportista se mide en los rivales. O se mide, entre otras cosas, en los rivales y, desde luego, lo que está haciendo el ciclista esloveno es de otro planeta Aunque nadie diera un duro por ellos . (Quede, también, toda la fuerza para Debora Silvestri. Yo no voy a entrar en detalles , porque ya los carroñeros les habrán metido el vídeo en todas sus redes, periódicos y televisiones. Allá ellos.Toda la fuerza para Debora Silvestri). Hasta entonces, hasta esa Cipressa que dijimos (y la previa, que fue agitadísima)... pues lo de siempre en esta carrera. Unos paisajes increíbles, una lengua de asfalto lamiendo la mar tras bajar desde interiores, pueblos con pinta de poner cafés riquísimos . Ah, y el equipo de Pogačar tirando. Porque la única opción de Pogačar, aquí, es que esto sea más duro que nunca, que sea una San Remo de (más) agonías, que vuelva a decidirse a puro tirón de angustia y fondo. Así que... se endurece. En la carrera de los 300 kilómetros, se endurece. Pogacar no tiene límites, Pogacar derriba muros: todo sobre el año ciclista en 2025 Marcos Pereda El esloveno ha completado otra gran temporada, en la que sumó su cuarto Tour de Francia. Además, logró la victoria tanto en el Mundial en Ruta como en el Europeo en Ruta Hasta que ocurre. A poco de Cipressa. En (casi) la misma cabeza del pelotón Una curva a izquierdas, un maillot arcoíris que cae. Afilador, parece. Arrastra a otros. A Van Aert (menudo tras coche después, macho, con televisión en directo... esto también juega contra la credibilidad), a Girmay. Tiene, Tadej, el coulotte sucio, roto por las caderas, tiene dolor aunque puede reincorporarse, tiene un reguero sanguinolento recorriendo la pálida piel. No importa, el asunto ha cambiado. Ya no es entrar a tope en Cipressa, sino entrar en el pelotón antes de Cipressa . Mathieu también se corta; Mathieu también debe remontar. Menos, en su caso, y no lleva manchurrones en maillot. Lo hace fácil, porque lleva Van der Poel en que colocación y olfato, déficits suyos cuando joven, tornan aliados para conseguir la victoria. Pero vean ustedes cómo se modifica el asunto en solo un curveurbano... Empalma Tadej en plena subida a Cipressa, y asoma el morro al primer instante. Y tiran los suyos, y todos se estremecen, todos metencoditos, buscan rueda , entienden que es culmen, aunque haya dolor. Muestran, en la tele, velocidad subiendo. 35, 36, 37, hasta 40. Un Pogačar legendario vuelve a dominar el Campeonato del Mundo Marcos Pereda El evento sorprendió por su impecable organización y ambiente vibrante, mientras el esloveno dominó con un ataque lejano, consolidando su estatus legendario en el ciclismo 40 , tú, que los pillo bajando Ubiarco... Momento clave... tres kilómetros a la cima (el último es más suave) y acelera Isaac del Toro. Con un maillot distinto Del Toro podría ser outsider, pero aquí... prepara el despegue de Tadej. Que llega. Donde todos lo piensan, donde todos lo saben. Mueve la bici deforma violenta, como si los pedales fuesen venganzas . Y a su rueda sale Mathieu, y tenemos otra vez el duelo, y está allí, como invitado aparente, Tom Pidcock, que es un mini-van der Poel, un mini-Pogačar, un motor privilegiado, pero más chico, ante auténticos buques de guerra... Ya saben cómo (casi) termina . Tadej Pogačar gana Lombardía en una exhibición total e iguala a Merckx y Coppi Marcos Pereda El ciclista esloveno sumó su quinta victoria consecutiva en el monumento italiano del Giro de Lombardía. Evenepoel terminó segundo y Storer, tercero. Nadie le pudo frenar El resto... En fin, el resto . Más de 20 a meta . Más de 20... Sin llegar arriba vuelve a probar Pogačar. Tras dos relevos (uno de Tom, uno de Mathieu) vuelve a probar Pogačar. Pero casi no hay pendiente , lo cogen fácil, todo lo fácil que se pueden hacer estos asuntos. Va entre ellos tres. Ahora toca remar. Eddy Merckx, leyenda del ciclismo, sobre Pogacar: "No sé si es más fuerte de cabeza o de piernas" El Confidencial Considerado por muchos como el mejor ciclista de la historia gracias a su inmenso palmarés con cinco Tours de Francia, cinco Giros de Italia, una Vuelta a España y 19 victorias en Monumentos Que lo hacen. No es poca cosa jugarse San Remo , y los tres hacen porcolaborar. Relevos francos, sin esconderse. Todo para el Poggio, peroantes lleguemos al Poggio. Esta generación, esta de la que hablémás arriba, también destaca por algo tan sensato, tan lógico, comono esconderse. Antes se rateaban fuerzas y se buscaba sprint, perdiendo con esa táctica muchas victorias. Ahora todos jugamos aljugar de las bicicletas (que no se me enfade el Vizconde). Y se agradece mucho, eh. Así que Il Poggio. La colina sin dureza más legendaria de todo el mundo bicis. Apenas pendiente, asfalto ideal, herraduras donde estos muchachos deben frenarse mogollón (con lo que resulta difícil lo de romper grupos, con lo que resulta difícil descolgar a alguien con la técnica exquisita, la técnica deliciosa, de un van der Poel, por ejemplo), una cabina telefónica devenida en icono que algún concejal sin sentido estético decidió cargarse . Ese Poggio. Y acelerones. Vuelta y revuelta. Pogačar que mete unos metros a Mathieu, Pidcock que aguanta tras el monstruo, que sufre a su rueda,que se muere sobre el manillar . El grupo grande a menos de diez segundos, van der Poel que parece entrar en crisis, que descompone suestampa bella e irrepetible (yo a veces viendo a van der Poel siento... cosas). Ha hecho, Tadej, lo imposible. Ahora solo quedarematar con lo más difícil. Porque Tom Pidcock no cede, Tom Pidcock se aferra. Tom es nueva némesis, Pogačar siempre está. Ni un metroabre. El hombre de los ataques sentado se alza en pie, mueve su bici, descompone gesto. O'Connor gana su etapita en los Alpes del coitus interruptus Marcos Pereda Jornada alpina marcada por la dureza de los puertos y el abandono de favoritos españoles, con Ben O’Connor sorprendiendo tras una etapa caótica y movimientos tácticos inesperados No hay forma. Quedará para la discesa, para el sprint . Y qué sprint. Pidcock es rápido, y se juega su gran día. Pogačares rápido, y se juega su gran obsesión. Se vigilan, pareciera que los pueden coger. Sería injusto, sería un bajón curioso, una pelide Star Wars donde a Darth Vader se lo cepilla Astrako. Nollegan. Llegan. Sprint, sprint agónico, sprint increíble. Sprint con Pidcock que remonta , con las bicis una junto a otra, con el casi tocar de manillares, con el miedo por ver ambos al suelo. Llegan casi (casi) a la vez. Casi. Media rueda. Solo media rueda. No alza los brazos, solo lanza un puño al aire. Solo uno. Se guarda . Un filósofo gana a un nihilista el día en que Enric Mas rozó la gloria en el Tour de Francia Marcos Pereda El ciclista español del Movistar terminó séptimo tras no poder culminar una gran etapa donde se quedó sin gas en los últimos metros. El francés Paret-Peinte se llevó el triunfo Gloria a Tom Pidcock. Leyenda Tadej Pogačar . Desde hoy con expectativas insuperables para la París-Roubaix . Menudo mes y pico nos espera.

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Carlos Cuerpo (Badajoz, 45 años), ministro de Economía, Comercio y Empresa, llega apurado a la cita, el viernes por la tarde, en la sede del ministerio. Tiene motivos: el Consejo de Ministros empezó con retraso debido a una tensa negociación entre los socios de la coalición sobre las medidas para hacer frente a la crisis energética derivada de la guerra en Oriente Próximo. De ese Consejo salieron dos decretos ley: el que querían los socialistas, con una rebaja de impuestos para la energía, y el que quería Sumar, con una congelación de los alquileres que deben renovarse ahora. Afrontan distinto destino, porque el primero tiene más fácil ser convalidado en el Congreso que el segundo. Seguir leyendo

Quienes nacimos en democracias y aún vivimos en ellas frivolizamos sobre la opresión y la libertad. Hay en España gente convencida de que vive en una tiranía y de que cualquier día los van a llevar al gulag por meterse con el Gobierno. Sus diatribas serían más creíbles si no las proclamasen con los dedos manchados de gambas en un restaurante con estrella Michelin, mientras piden una tercera botella de vino y celebran la publicación de su último libro, que ningún censor ha tocado y que sus lectores leen en la playa sin esconderlo. También los hay —aunque cada vez menos— convencidos de que el franquismo nunca desapareció, y lo dicen en prime time desde la televisión, sin que la emisión se interrumpa con marchas militares ni la brigada político-social se los lleve a la Puerta del Sol para interrogarlos. Seguir leyendo

Una de las consignas más repetidas por Donald Trump en su campaña de deportaciones es que está orientada a expulsar “a lo peor de lo peor”, a los delincuentes más peligrosos. Pero la realidad es que no solo la mayoría de los más de 700.000 deportados no tenían antecedentes penales, sino que las víctimas de delitos están siendo perseguidas. Es el caso de los menores que han sufrido abusos y que hasta el año pasado, protecciones legales y motivos humanitarios les excluían de las expulsiones. Sin embargo, el Gobierno del republicano ha deportado a 132 menores y detenido a 265 que tenían el Estatus Especial de Inmigrante Juvenil (SIJS, por sus siglas en inglés) hasta el 22 de diciembre. Seguir leyendo

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The Islamic Republic of Iran significantly escalated its war effort against the U.S. with its launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Friday toward Diego Garcia, a key U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean. The targeting of Diego Garcia, roughly 2,500 miles from Iran, means Tehran’s missile capabilities appear to have exceeded previously acknowledged limits. In the period leading up to Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that "We intentionally kept the range of our missiles below 2,000 km so we don’t have that capability. And we don’t want to do that because we do not have hostility against the United States people and all Europeans." TRUMP VOWS TO HIT IRAN 'VERY HARD' AFTER OBLITERATING NEARLY '90 PERCENT' OF REGIME MISSILES On Saturday, Israel Defense Forces IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said "Just yesterday, Iran launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers [2,500 miles] toward an American target on the island of Diego Garcia. These missiles were not intended to hit Israel. Their range reaches the capitals of Europe — Berlin, Paris and Rome are all within direct threat range." IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani blasted the alleged Iranian deception on X: "Just 3 days before the war, the Iranian regime said they don’t obtain long-range missiles. Today, their lies were exposed once again, when missiles were fired 4000km away from Iran. They hoped to lie their way into becoming a force that can terrorize the world. We didn’t buy it." Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital, "The Trump administration, in citing Iran's missile threat as a rationale for Operation Epic Fury, was therefore justified in its decision to undertake military action as Iran has consistently refused to negotiate over its missile program. It also shows how dangerous it is to solely rely on Iranian nuclear weapons fatwas and the supreme leader’s public rhetoric in formulating U.S. policy. As long as Iran retains the technical capability beyond public pronouncements, it is a threat." BEFORE-AND-AFTER SATELLITE IMAGERY OFFERS A RARE LOOK AT DAMAGE INSIDE IRAN According to Brodsky, "I think it's a message that the IRGC is in charge in Iran after Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei 's death. When Khamenei was alive, he limited the range of Iran's missile program to 2000 km. Khamenei recounted in 2018 how he had rejected overtures from IRGC commanders seeking to increase the range to as much as 5000 km." He continued, "But now that he has died, those voices in the IRGC seeking to increase the range are likely driving the agenda. The launch of the missiles was likely meant as a signal of the IRGC's capabilities to threaten U.S. allies beyond the Middle East. For example, this threatens Europe." The two long-range Iranian missiles did not hit the base, but the attempted attack marked a significant expansion of Iran’s reach beyond the Middle East and toward a major U.S. strategic hub . One missile reportedly failed in flight, while a U.S. warship launched an SM-3 interceptor at the other, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the interception was successful. The remote base is a critical launch point for U.S. bombers, nuclear submarines and other strategic assets. Ilan Berman, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital, "The launch hammers home the president’s point about Iran being an imminent threat . It’s easy for casual observers to ignore, but the increasing maturity of Iran’s strategic programs, plural, has been exponentially expanding the threat that the Islamic Republic poses beyond the Middle East. That is what "Epic Fury" is seeking to address. The administration believes, absolutely correctly in my view, that these types of capabilities cannot be left in the hands of a radical, predatory regime." HEZBOLLAH, IRAN UNLEASH COORDINATED CLUSTER BOMB STRIKES ON ISRAEL IN MAJOR ESCALATION He continued that "Despite its public denials, it’s been clear that the Iranian regime has been working on expanding the range of its ballistic missile capabilities for years. The launch toward Diego Garcia confirms that it has made real progress toward that goal, and is already able to put targets in the same range as Central and Eastern Europe at risk. Moreover, it’s clear that the regime is seeking still greater capabilities – and that, if left intact, Iran’s ballistic missiles would attain intercontinental range soon." Berman, the author of "Iran’s Deadly Ambition: The Islamic Republic’s Quest for Global Power," added, "The parallel development Iran has been carrying out on its space program is significant. The booster used to put payloads into orbit can be married onto a medium-range missile to create intercontinental range capabilities. Before the war, we were seeing a clear convergence of the regime’s strategic programs: its ballistic missile work, its space capabilities and its nuclear program." He warned about the serious Iranian threat to continental Europe. "Europe is absolutely at risk, as the recent launch makes clear. I wouldn’t say that a failure to recognize this to date has been due to a grand deception by Tehran, though. It is more attributable to willful blindness on the part of European elites about the extent of the threat that the Iranian regime poses, as well as undue faith in diplomacy and arms control in containing it," he said. On Saturday, the United Kingdom condemned the attack. "Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies," the U.K. Ministry of Defense said in a statement. "RAF jets and other U.K. military assets are continuing to defend our people and personnel in the region." "This government has given permission to the U.S. to use British bases for specific and limited defensive operations," it added. Fox News Digital's Greg Norman and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.

For decades, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and ruling clerical elite have relied on a system critics say is as strategic as it is cynical: denounce the West in public, while quietly securing a future there for their own families. "The Islamic regime in Iran is corrupt to its core," Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, told Fox News Digital. "While regime clerics and IRGC commanders violently Islamize Iranian society and export anti-Americanism globally, their sons and daughters live lavish lifestyles on blood money in Western capitals." Iranian journalist Banafsheh Zand still remembers the girl from her school, the kind of memory that only becomes meaningful years later, when a familiar face reappears in a completely different context. IRAN’S NEW SUPREME LEADER IS ‘HIS FATHER ON STEROIDS,’ EXPERTS WARN OF HARDLINE RULE They sat together in classrooms at Tehran’s elite Iranzamin School, an institution designed for the children of diplomats and Iran’s upper class, where students spoke multiple languages and moved easily between cultures. The girl was quiet and studious, already shaped in part by years spent in the United States , where she had lived as a child and picked up fluent English that would later define her public role. Years later, Zand would see her again, not across a desk or in a school hallway, but on television screens around the world. Her former classmate had become the voice of the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis. The girl was Masoumeh Ebtekar, the English-speaking spokesperson for the extremists who held 52 Americans hostages for 444 days, and who would go on to defend the takeover of the U.S. embassy and later describe it as "the best move" for the revolution. And yet, decades later, the story did not end in Tehran. It continued, quietly and almost predictably, in California. Ebtekar son, Eissa Hashemi, was living in the United States, pursuing graduate studies and eventually building a career in academia in Los Angeles , Zand exposed on her substack "Iran So Far Away" — a trajectory that stands in stark contrast to the ideology his mother helped articulate to the world. For Zand, this is not an anecdote or an isolated irony, but a window into how the system itself functions. WITH DOGS, DANCE AND UNCOVERED HAIR, IRANIANS DEFY 'UNHOLY ALLIANCE' OF SOCIALISTS, RADICALS: ‘HYPOCRITES!’ "They take the money from corruption inside the country and use it to live a better life elsewhere," she said. "It’s not a few cases. It’s how they operate." What Zand is describing is widely referred to inside Iran as the "aghazadeh" phenomenon, a term used for the children of the Iranian regime’s elite who live lives of privilege abroad while their families enforce ideological restrictions at home, and who have come to symbolize for many Iranians the gap between the regime’s rhetoric and its reality. CHASING THE APOCALYPSE: RADICAL SHIITE CLERICS ON AMERICAN SOIL PREACH PROPHETIC SHOWDOWN WITH US Exiled Iranian journalist Mehdi Ghadimi, now based in Canada , argues that this phenomenon is structured. "When we talk about the presence of agents of the Islamic Republic, especially the IRGC, here in Canada, we should understand this is not random," Ghadimi told Fox News Digital. "It operates in layers." The system functions as a three-tiered structure that allows regime-linked individuals to embed themselves across Western societies, according to Ghadimi, beginning with those who arrive as students and academics, often presenting themselves as ordinary immigrants while maintaining ties to the regime or its security apparatus. "They come as students or professors," he said, "but many have prior connections to the IRGC, and part of their role is to normalize the Islamic Republic in universities and gather information on activists." That category includes individuals identified in recent reporting across U.S. campuses, such as Leila Khatami, daughter of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami at Union College in New York, Zeinab Hajjarian, the daughter of Saeed Hajjarian, a founder of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, according to a March 18 New York Post report . The second layer, Ghadimi explained, is financial, consisting of former insiders and trusted affiliates who enter Western countries as investors or business figures, often carrying significant capital that raises questions about its origin. "In Iran, a monthly salary might be $100 or $200, while an apartment costs $100,000," he said. "So when someone arrives with millions, they are not an ordinary individual." These individuals, he said, often serve as conduits for moving money out of Iran, operating under the cover of private enterprise while maintaining ties to the system that enabled their wealth . "They change their professional status and enter as private-sector investors," he said. "But they are trusted by the system." The third layer involves individuals who receive explicit approval from the regime to move large sums abroad, a process that, according to Ghadimi, requires a "green light" from the security apparatus and often comes with expectations in return. "In order to move that level of money, you need permission," he said, "and in return, they help finance networks connected to the regime." One of the most prominent examples is Mahmoud Reza Khavari, the former chairman of Bank Melli Iran, who fled the country in 2011 after the bank was implicated in a roughly $2.6 billion embezzlement scandal, one of the largest corruption cases in Iran’s history. Khavari later settled in Canada, where public reporting shows that he and his family acquired millions of dollars in real estate, including properties in Toronto, where he remains more than a decade later. For Zand, the pattern is unmistakable. "It’s a mafia structure," she said. FORMER IRANIAN MINISTER PRAISES TRUMP ASSASSINATION FATWA AS DAUGHTER LIVES IN NEW YORK As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the daughter of senior Iranian political figure Ali Larijani and a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, who was killed in an Israeli strike this week, held a position at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta before leaving earlier this year following public pressure. At the same time, a February 2026 report by The Guardian highlighted how relatives of Iranian elites have built lives not only in the United States, but also in Britain and Canada, including members of the Larijani family and relatives of other senior officials, even as the regime continues to position itself in opposition to the West. Thousands of relatives of Iranian officials were believed to be living across Western countries, IranWire reported in 2022, though precise figures remain difficult to independently verify, underscoring both the scale of the phenomenon and the opacity of the system behind it. "The problem is even more visible in Europe," Aarabi said, "Governments, not least the U.K., have turned a blind eye." IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI 'MISFUNCTIONING,' NOT CONTROLLING REGIME: SOURCES Mojtaba Khamenei , who is slated as the country’s new supreme leader, has been linked to a network of overseas assets, including high-value real estate in Europe. A March 2026 investigation by The Times of London, identified two luxury apartments in London’s Kensington neighborhood, acquired in 2014 and 2016 through intermediaries, that sit directly adjacent to the Israeli Embassy compound. The findings are part of a broader probe into Khamenei’s alleged overseas holdings, with a Bloomberg investigation estimating a portfolio spanning multiple countries and totaling roughly $138 million in assets across Europe and the Gulf, pending verification of full ownership structures. "He has been operating behind the scenes, managing a large part of the Revolutionary Guard’s security and economic cartel," Ghadimi said. "His hands are deeply stained with corruption and crimes, and the same Revolutionary Guard is now the main force backing his rise." US OFFERS $10M REWARD FOR INFO ON IRAN’S NEW SUPREME LEADER, TOP IRGC OFFICIALS Inside Iran, the contrast with everyday life is stark. Women are arrested for violating dress codes, protesters are jailed and economic hardship has deepened across much of the population. Outside Iran, the children of the elite live differently. "They’re telling people how to live, what to wear, what to believe," Zand said. "But their own families don’t live like that." For her, the issue is not only hypocrisy, but strategy. "It’s also about influence," she said. "They integrate into societies, they build networks, they learn how the West works." Aarabi believes Western governments have failed to respond accordingly. "The Islamic regime’s oligarchs should be treated no differently from Putin’s oligarchs," he said. "The West should identify, sanction and deport these individuals."

Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal . Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift shop at an Australian airport this week. The wild animal was first noticed by a shopper in the store on Wednesday, retail manager Liam Bloomfield of Hobart Airport in the state of Tasmania said. "A passenger reported it to …. one of the staff members on shift who couldn’t quite believe what she was hearing," Bloomfield told The Associated Press. "She then called the (airport) management and said we’ve got a possum in the store." TOURISTS IN LAS VEGAS PAY $1,000 FOR DINNER ON THE STRIP WHILE SHARKS EAT LIKE ROYALTY Staff at the airport were able to remove the animal without harming it. "I’m imaging it saw some of the plush animals that were for sale on the shelf and it decided to make its home with those," Bloomfield joked of why the possum was hiding with the stuffed toys. "It wanted to blend in." EXPERT SOUNDS ALARM AFTER STUDY FINDS POPULAR TRAVEL ITEM CARRIES FAR MORE BACTERIA THAN EXPECTED "Can you spot the imposter?" the airport wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that showed the possum curled up in a cubby with its stuffed counterparts. "This cheeky lost possum found a clever hiding place among the Aussie plushies in our retail store," the airport continued. "Luckily it was safely relocated out of the terminal area and the space was cleaned." Bloomfield said the possum not only found a way into the airport but also their hearts. "We’ll have a little shrine to the possum," he revealed, according to The Independent. "There will be a nice little photo; once it gets a name, we will put a nice little post in front of the store to make sure it’s remembered."

Le club vosgien a décidé, vendredi, de suspendre à titre conservatoire le coach, assurant que "la parole des joueuses" était "entendue".

Le détenteur du record de France du 3 000 m en salle a terminé 3e, vendredi, d'une course remportée par le Britannique Josh Kerr devant l'Américain Cole Hocker, à Torun (Pologne).

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The number of parents and children booked into the country’s only immigrant family detention center, in Dilley, Texas, plummeted in February by more than 75% compared with a month earlier, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by ProPublica. Between April 2025, when President Donald Trump started sending families there, and January of this year, the  number of people sent into detention with their families averaged around 600 per month. In February, those so-called books-ins fell to 133. As of mid-March, they dropped again to just 54. This week there were only around 100 people in family detention at Dilley, compared with an average daily population in January of over 900, the data shows. Current and former ICE officials and lawyers with clients in Dilley said they were unable to explain the reason for the sharp decline. However, they said the shift followed weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by several of the detained children in which they described the conditions inside Dilley and their despair at being ripped from their homes and schools. ProPublica published several of those letters on Feb. 9 after visiting the facility — about an hour south of San Antonio — in mid-January. The letters set off a storm of outrage in Washington and across the country. They were raised in congressional hearings and pasted on posters in anti-ICE demonstrations. Rep. James Walkinshaw, a Democrat from Virginia , read the letters aloud to ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, during a congressional hearing on Feb. 10, pressing him for answers about whether the children’s detention could cause adverse psychological effects. He pointed to one drawing by a 5-year-old Venezuelan girl named Luisanney Toloza of her family.  “My son’s 5. He can’t write many words, but he can communicate through drawings like this,” Walkinshaw said, making special note of the expressions on the family’s faces. “None of the faces are smiling.” It was another 5-year-old who first triggered public attention to children being detained at Dilley. Liam Conejo Ramos was picked up on Jan. 20 in Minnesota and sent to the facility with his father. A photograph of him at the time of his detention, wearing a blue bunny hat, went viral.  Detainees, emboldened by the attention, organized a protest in a yard at the facility that was captured in an aerial photograph and widely published on social media. Lawmakers demanded multiple visits to push for the release of Ramos and others. Nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to the Trump administration calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. This month, social media personality Rachel Accurso, an educator better known as Ms. Rachel, who makes popular children’s programming, posted a video conversation with one of the kids detained at Dilley to her 4.9 million Instagram followers, garnering more than 3,700 comments. Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Democrat from Texas, has been at the forefront of a push by legislators from his party to shut down Dilley and for the administration to find alternatives to family detentions. When told about the drop in the number of families being held at Dilley, he said, “That trailer prison is no place for children, and I’m glad to hear that the numbers continue to decline,” adding, “It’s a reminder that people can make a difference by speaking up.” The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said in a statement that custody decisions are made “daily, on a case-by-case basis,” adding that the “administration does not make immigration decisions based on public opinion. We follow the rule of law.” In the past, the agency has said that Dilley offers families a safe environment equipped with access to educational materials, child care necessities and round-the-clock medical and mental health care. Meanwhile, CoreCivic, the private prison company operating the facility, said in a statement it does not have “any say whatsoever” in whether detainees are deported or released.” In previous statements, it has said that the health and safety of detainees is its “top priority.” Dilley first opened as a family detention facility under former President Barack Obama in 2014, mostly for recent border crossers. Trump kept the facility running during his first term, but President Joe Biden stopped holding families in 2021, arguing the United States shouldn’t be in the business of detaining children. Soon after taking office a second time, Trump resumed family detentions at Dilley. As border crossings have dropped to record lows, more of the families being held there have been arrested inside the United States and have been in the country long enough to lay down roots and build networks of relatives and friends. The children detained there have ranged in age from newborns to older teenagers. The vast majority of adults held at Dilley had no U.S. criminal record.  Following the protests and the publication of children’s letters, detainees and attorneys interviewed by ProPublica said guards took away crayons, colored pencils and drawing paper during recent room searches. This week, ProPublica learned the facility had cut off access to video calls in common areas. The Trump administration said in a recent court filing that personal property had not been destroyed at Dilley and items confiscated during searches were “limited to materials identified as protest-related and not authorized under facility rules.” CoreCivic “vehemently” denied staff confiscated or destroyed children’s personal artwork or supplies. DHS said the restrictions were put in place on video calls following the livestreaming of recorded calls online “that resulted in the unauthorized dissemination of law enforcement sensitive information.” The agency added the video calls are still available in private rooms, as is access to in-person visitation and phones. While a long-standing legal settlement, known as the Flores agreement, holds that children should generally not be detained for more than 20 days, the data ProPublica obtained showed the average days in custody was longer than that for every month since family detentions resumed at the facility last year. In each month between November and February, the average stay in family detention was over 50 days. DHS has said in the past that the Flores agreement, in place since the 1990s, is outdated and should be terminated because newer regulations address the needs of children in detention. One Egyptian family, Hayam El Gamal and her five children ranging in age from 18 to 5-year-old twins , has been at Dilley for nine months. They were taken into custody after the father, Mohamed Soliman, was charged over an alleged antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, that killed one person and injured 13 others. The family said it had no knowledge of his plans. DHS said it is still investigating. One 13-year-old Guatemalan boy named Edison was released from Dilley with his mom this week. During his 92-day detention, Edison had cried in video calls to his father back in Chicago, saying he felt like he was being treated like a criminal. (His father asked that his son’s last name not be used.) Then in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a guard came to their bunk room and told him and his mom to start packing their belongings. By that night, they were on a plane to Chicago to be reunited with Edison’s dad. “We don’t understand why they were released,” his dad said. “All I can tell you is it was a miracle from God.” As soon as they landed, the family went home to enjoy a seafood dinner, one of Edison’s favorites. The post The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted appeared first on ProPublica .

Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling 890-square-mile complex in the eastern desert of Idaho where the U.S. government built its first rudimentary nuclear power plant in 1951 and continues to test cutting-edge technology. On the agenda that day: the future of nuclear energy in the Trump era. The meeting was convened by 31-year-old lawyer Seth Cohen. Just five years out of law school, Cohen brought no significant experience in nuclear law or policy; he had just entered government through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team. As Cohen led the group through a technical conversation about licensing nuclear reactor designs, he repeatedly downplayed health and safety concerns. When staff brought up the topic of radiation exposure from nuclear test sites, Cohen broke in. “They are testing in Utah. … I don’t know, like 70 people live there,” he said. “But … there’s lots of babies,” one staffer pushed back. Babies, pregnant women and other vulnerable groups are thought to be potentially more susceptible to cancers brought on by low-level radiation exposure, and they are usually afforded greater protections. “They’ve been downwind before,” another staffer joked. “This is why we don’t use AI transcription in meetings,” another added. ProPublica reviewed records of that meeting, providing a rare look at a dramatic shift underway in one of the most sensitive domains of public policy. The Trump administration is upending the way nuclear energy is regulated, driven by a desire to dramatically increase the amount of energy available to power artificial intelligence. Career experts have been forced out and thousands of pages of regulations are being rewritten at a sprint. A new generation of nuclear energy companies — flush with Silicon Valley cash and boasting strong political connections — wield increasing influence over policy. Figures like Cohen are forcing a “move fast and break things” Silicon Valley ethos on one of the country’s most important regulators. The Trump administration has been particularly aggressive in its attacks on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the bipartisan independent regulator that approves commercial nuclear power plants and monitors their safety. The agency is not a household name. But it’s considered the international gold standard, often influencing safety rules around the world. The NRC has critics, especially in Silicon Valley, where the often-cautious commission is portrayed as an impediment to innovation. In an early salvo, President Donald Trump fired NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson last June after Hanson spoke out about the importance of agency independence. It was the first time an NRC commissioner had been fired. During that Idaho meeting, Cohen shot down any notion of NRC independence in the new era. “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do,” he said, records reviewed by ProPublica show. In November, Cohen was made chief counsel for nuclear policy at the Department of Energy, where he oversees a broad nuclear portfolio. Hundreds of Staff Who Do Work Related to Nuclear Reactors and Their Safety Have Left and Not Been Replaced Source: Weekly Information Reports from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Note: The data is from the week ending Jan. 24, 2025, through Feb. 13, 2026. The aggressive moves have sent shock waves through the nuclear energy world. Many longtime promoters of the industry say they worry recklessness from the Trump administration could discredit responsible nuclear energy initiatives. “The regulator is no longer an independent regulator — we do not know whose interests it is serving,” warned Allison Macfarlane, who served as NRC chair during the Obama administration. “The safety culture is under threat.” A ProPublica analysis of staffing data from the NRC and the Office of Personnel Management shows a rush to the exits: Over 400 people have left the agency since Trump took office. The losses are particularly pronounced in the teams that handle reactor and nuclear materials safety and among veteran staffers with 10 or more years of experience. Meanwhile, hiring of new staff has proceeded at a snail’s pace, with nearly 60 new arrivals in the first year of the Trump administration compared with nearly 350 in the last year of the Biden administration. Some nuclear power supporters say the administration is providing a needed level of urgency given the energy demands of AI. They also contend the sweeping changes underway aren’t as dangerous or dire as some experts suggest. “I think the NRC has been frozen in time,” said Brett Rampal, the senior director of nuclear and power strategy at the investment and strategy consultancy Veriten. “It’s a great time to get unfrozen and aim to work quickly.” The White House referred most of ProPublica’s questions to the Department of Energy, where spokesperson Olivia Tinari said the agency is committed to helping build more safe, high-quality nuclear energy facilities. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, America’s nuclear industry is entering a new era that will provide reliable, abundant power for generations to come,” she wrote. The DOE is “committed to the highest standards of safety for American workers and communities.” Cohen did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The NRC declined to comment. Blindsided by DOGE The U.S. has not had a serious nuclear incident since the Three Mile Island partial meltdown in 1979, a track record many experts attribute to a rigorous regulatory environment and an intense safety culture. Major nuclear incidents around the world have only strengthened the resolve of past regulators to stay independent from industry and from political winds. A chief cause of Japan’s Fukushima accident, investigators found, was the cozy relationship between the country’s industry and oversight body, which opened the door for thin safety assessments and inaccurate projections overlooking the possible impact of a major tsunami. “We knew regulatory capture led directly to Fukushima and to Chernobyl,” said Kathryn Huff, who was assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy during the Biden administration. The U.S. has not had a serious nuclear incident since the Three Mile Island partial meltdown in 1979. Leif Skoogfors/Getty Images The U.S. has barely built any nuclear power plants in recent decades. Only three new reactors have been completed in the last 25 years, and since 1990 the U.S has barely added any net new nuclear electricity to its grid. Though about 20% of U.S. energy is supplied by nuclear power plants, the fleet is aging. Some experts blame the slow build-out on the challenging economics of financing a multibillion-dollar project and the uncertainty of accessing and disposing of nuclear fuels. But an increasingly vocal group of industry voices and deregulation advocates have blamed the slow build-out on overly cautious and inefficient regulators. Among the most powerful exponents of this view are billionaires Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen; both venture capitalists have their own investments in the nuclear energy sector and are influential Trump supporters. Andreessen camped out at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club in Florida, after Trump won the 2024 election, helping pick staff for the new administration. In late 2024, Thiel personally vetted at least one candidate for the Office of Nuclear Energy, according to people familiar with the conversations. Neither responded to requests for comment. Four months into his second term, Trump signed a series of executive orders designed to supercharge nuclear power build-out. “It’s a hot industry, it’s a brilliant industry,” said Trump, flanked by nuclear energy CEOs in the Oval Office. He added: “And it’s become very safe.” Under those orders, the NRC was directed to reduce its workforce, speed up the timeline for approving nuclear reactors and rewrite many of its safety rules. The DOE — which has a vast nuclear portfolio, including waste cleanup sites and government research labs — was tasked with creating a pathway for so-called advanced nuclear companies to test their designs. The goal, Trump said, was to quadruple nuclear energy output and provide new power to the data centers behind the AI boom. As DOGE gutted agencies , departures mounted in the nuclear sector. Career experts in nuclear regulations and safety departed or were forced out. When Trump fired Hanson, a Democratic NRC commissioner, the president’s team explained the move by saying, “All organizations are more effective when leaders are rowing in the same direction.” In an unsigned email to ProPublica, the White House press office wrote: “All commissioners are presidential appointees and can be fired just like any other appointee.” In August, the NRC’s top attorney resigned and was replaced by oil and gas lawyer David Taggart, who had been working on DOGE cuts at the DOE. In all, the nuclear office at the DOE had lost about a third of its staff, according to a January 2026 count by the Federation of American Scientists, a nonprofit focused on science and technology policy. That summer, Cohen and a team of DOGE operatives touched down at the NRC offices, a series of nondescript towers across from a Dunkin’ in suburban Maryland. He was joined by Adam Blake, an investor who had recently founded an AI medical startup and has a background in real estate and solar energy, and Ankur Bansal, president of a company that created software for real estate agents. Neither would comment for this story. Many career officials who spoke with ProPublica were blindsided: The new Trump officials at the NRC seemed to have no experience with the intricacies of nuclear energy policy or law, they said. One NRC lawyer who briefed some of the new arrivals decided to resign. “They were talking about quickly approving all these new reactors, and they didn’t seem to care that much about the rules — they wanted to carry out the wishes of the White House,” the official said. At one point, Cohen began passing out hats from nuclear energy startup Valar Atomics, one of the companies vying to build a new reactor, according to sources familiar with the matter and records seen by ProPublica. NRC staffers balked; they were supposed to monitor companies like Valar for safety violations, not wear its swag. NRC ethics officials warned Cohen that the hat handout was a likely violation of conflict rules. It betrayed a misunderstanding of the safety regulator’s role, said a former official familiar with the exchange. “Imagine you live near a nuclear power plant, and you find out a supposedly independent safety regulator — the watchdog — is going around wearing the power plant’s branded hats,” the official said. “Would that make you feel safe?” The NRC and Cohen did not respond to requests for comment about the hat incident. Valar counts Trump’s Silicon Valley allies as angel investors. They include Palmer Luckey, a technology executive and founder of the defense contractor Anduril, and Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer of Palantir, the software company helping power Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation raids. It was among three nuclear reactor companies that sued the NRC last year in an attempt to strip it of its authority to regulate its reactors and replace it with a state-level regulator. Before the Trump administration came into office, lawyers watching the case were confident the courts would quickly dismiss the suit, as the NRC’s authority to regulate reactors is widely acknowledged. But new Trump appointees pushed for a compromise settlement — which is still being negotiated. The career NRC lawyer working on the case quietly left the agency. Valar and its executives did not reply to requests for comment. “Going So Fast” The deregulatory push is the culmination of mounting pressure — both political and economic — to make it easier to build nuclear power in the U.S. Over the years, a bipartisan coalition supporting nuclear expansion brought together environmentalists who favor zero-carbon power and defense hawks focused on abundant domestic energy production. Anti-nuclear activists still argue that renewable energy like wind and solar are safer and more economical. But streamlining the NRC has been a bipartisan priority as well. The latest major reform came in 2024, when President Joe Biden signed into law the ADVANCE Act, which went as far as changing the mission statement of the NRC to ensure it “does not unnecessarily limit” nuclear energy development. Some nuclear power supporters say the Trump administration is merely accelerating these changes. They cite instances in which the current regulations appear out of sync with the times. The NRC’s byzantine rules are designed for so-called large light-water reactors — massive facilities that can power entire cities — and not the increasingly in vogue smaller advanced reactor designs popular among Silicon Valley-backed firms. Rules that require fences of certain heights might make little sense for new reactors buried in the earth; and rules that require a certain number of operators per reactor could be a bad fit for a cluster of smaller reactors with modern controls. Advances in sensors, modeling and safety technologies, they say, should be taken into account across the board. The NRC has said it expects over two dozen new license requests from small modular and advanced reactor companies in coming years. Many of those requests are likely to come from new, Silicon Valley-based nuclear firms. “There was a missing link in the innovation cycle, and it was very difficult to build something and test it in the U.S. because of mostly licensing and site availability constraints in the past,” said Adam Stein of the pro-nuclear nonprofit Breakthrough Institute. The regulatory changes are in flux: This spring, the NRC is starting to release thousands of pages of new rules governing everything from the safety and emergency preparedness plans reactor companies are required to submit to the procedures for objecting to a reactor license. “It’s hard to know if they are getting rid of unnecessary processes or if it’s actually reducing public safety,” said one official working on reactor licensing, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation from the Trump administration. “And that’s just the problem with going so fast — everything just kind of gets lost in a mush.” Lawyers from the Executive Office of the President have been sent to the NRC to keep an eye on the new rules, a move that further raised alarms about the agency’s independence. Nicholas Gallagher — a relatively recent New York University law school graduate and conservative writer whom ProPublica previously identified as a DOGE operative at the General Services Administration — has been involved in conversations about overhauling environmental rules. He’s working alongside Sydney Volanski, a 30-year-old recent law school graduate who rose to national attention while she was in high school for her campaign against the Girl Scouts of America, which she accused of promoting “Marxists, socialists and advocates of same-sex lifestyle.” NRC lawyers working on the rules were told last October that Gallagher and Volanski would be joining them, and they both appear on the regular NRC rulemaking calendar invite. The White House maintains, however, that “zero lawyers from the Executive Office of the President have been dispatched to work on rulemaking.” Neither Gallagher nor Volanski replied to requests for comment. The administration is routing the new rules through an office overseen by Trump’s cost-cutting guru Russell Vought, a move that was previously unheard of for an independent regulator like the NRC. The White House spokesperson noted that, under a recent executive order, this process is now required for all agencies. Political operatives have been “inserted into the senior leadership team to the point where they could significantly influence decision-making,” said Scott Morris, who worked at the NRC for more than 32 years, most recently as the No. 2 career operations official. “I just think that would be a dangerous proposition.” Morris voted for Trump twice and broadly supports the goals of deregulating and expanding nuclear energy, but he has begun speaking out against the administration’s interference at the NRC. He retired in May 2025 as part of a wave of retirements and firings. At a recent hearing before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board — an independent body that helps adjudicate nuclear licensing — NRC lawyers withdrew from the proceedings, citing “limited resources.” The judge remarked that it was the first time in over 20 years the NRC had done so. Meanwhile, some staff members, other career officials say, are afraid to voice dissenting views for fear of being fired. “It feels like being a lobster in a slowly boiling pot,” one NRC official who has been working on the rule changes told ProPublica, describing the erosion of independence. The official was one of three who compared their recent experience at NRC to being in a pot of slowly boiling water. “If somebody is raising something that they think that the industry or the White House would have a problem with, they think twice,” the official said. Inside the NRC, the steering committee overseeing the changes includes Cohen, Taggart and Mike King, a career NRC official who is the newly installed executive director for operations. The former director, Mirela Gavrilas, a 21-year veteran of the agency, retired after getting boxed out of decision-making, according to a person familiar with her departure. Gavrilas did not respond to a request for comment. Any final changes will be approved by the NRC’s five commissioners, three of whom are Republicans. In September, the two Democratic commissioners told a Senate committee they might be fired at any time if they get crosswise with Trump — including over revisions to safety rules . Draft rules being circulated inside the NRC propose drastic rollbacks of security and safety inspections at nuclear facilities. Those include a proposed 56% cut in emergency preparedness inspection time, CNN reported in March. Even some pro-nuclear groups are troubled by the emerging order. Some have tried to backchannel to their contacts in the Trump administration to explain the importance of an independent regulator to help maintain public support for nuclear power. Without it, they risk losing credibility. “You have to make sure you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater,” said Judi Greenwald, president and CEO of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, a nonprofit that promotes nuclear energy and supports many of the regulatory changes being proposed by the Trump administration. Greenwald’s group favors faster timelines for approving nuclear reactors, but she worries that the agency’s fundamental independence has been undermined. “We would prefer that they yield back more of NRC independence,” she said. The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia, is the largest nuclear power station in the U.S. Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times/Redux “Nuke Bros” in Silicon Valley One Trump administration priority has been making it easier for so-called advanced reactor companies to navigate the regulatory process. These firms, mostly backed by Silicon Valley tech and venture money, are often working on designs for much smaller reactors that they hope to mass produce in factories. “There are two nuclear industries,” said Macfarlane, the former NRC chair. “There are the actual people who use nuclear reactors to produce power and put it on the grid … and then there are the ‘nuke bros’” in Silicon Valley. Trump’s Silicon Valley allies have loomed large over his nuclear policy. One prospective political appointee for a top DOE nuclear job got a Christmas Eve call from Thiel, the rare Silicon Valley leader to back Trump in 2016. Thiel, whose Founders Fund invested in a nuclear fuel startup and an advanced reactor company, quizzed the would-be official about deregulation and how to rapidly build more nuclear energy capacity, said sources familiar with the conversation. Nuclear energy startups jockeyed to spend time at Mar-a-Lago in the months before the start of Trump’s second term. Balerion Space Ventures, a venture capital firm that has invested in multiple companies, convened an investor summit there in January 2025, according to an invitation viewed by ProPublica. Balerion did not reply to a request for comment. A few months later, when Trump was drawing up the executive orders, leaders at many of those nuclear companies were given advanced access to drafts of the text — and the opportunity to provide suggested edits, documents viewed by ProPublica show. Those orders created a new program to test out experimental reactor designs, addressing a common complaint that companies are not given opportunities to experiment. There are currently about a dozen advanced reactor companies planning to participate. Each has a concierge team within the DOE to help navigate bureaucracy. As NPR reported in January , the DOE quietly overhauled a series of safety rules that would apply to these new reactors and shared the new regulations with these companies before making them public. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright — who served on the board of one of those companies, Oklo — has said fast nuclear build-out is a priority: “We are moving as quickly as we can to permit, build and enable the rapid construction of as much nuke capacity as possible,” he told CNBC last fall. Oklo noted that Wright stepped down from the board when he was confirmed. The Trump administration hopes some of the companies would have their reactors “go critical” — a key first step on the way to building a functioning power plant — by July 2026. Then the NRC, which signs off on the safety designs of commercial nuclear power plants, could be expected to quickly OK these new reactors to get to market. According to people familiar with the conversations, at least one nuclear energy startup CEO personally recruited potential members of the DOGE nuclear team, though it’s not clear if Cohen was brought aboard this way. Cohen has told colleagues and industry contacts that he reports to Emily Underwood, one of Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s top aides for economic policy. He is perceived inside government as a key avatar of the White House’s nuclear agenda. In its email to ProPublica, the White House said, “Seth Cohen is a Department of Energy employee and does not report to Emily Underwood or Stephen Miller in any capacity.” The DOE spokesperson added, “Seth’s role at the Department of Energy is to support the Trump administration’s mission to unleash American Energy Dominance.” Cohen has been pushing to raise the legal limit of radiation that nuclear energy companies are allowed to emit from their facilities. One nuclear industry insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said many firms are fixating on changing these radiation rules: Their business model requires moving nuclear reactors around the country, often near workers or the general public. Building thick, expensive shielding walls can be prohibitively expensive, they said. Valar CEO Isaiah Taylor has called limits on exposure to radiation a top barrier to industry growth. A recent DOE memo seen by ProPublica cites cost savings on shielding for Valar’s reactor to justify changing those limits. “Shielding-related cost reductions,” the memo said, “could range from $1-2 million per reactor.” The debate over the precise rule change is ongoing. The DOE has been considering a fivefold increase to the limit for public exposure to radiation, which will allow some nuclear reactor companies to cut costs on these expensive safety shields, internal DOE documents seen by ProPublica show. A presentation prepared by DOE staffers in their Idaho offices that has circulated inside the department makes the “business case” for changing the radiation dose rules: It could cut the cost of some new reactors by as much as 5%. These more relaxed standards are likely to be adopted by the NRC and apply to reactors nationwide, documents show. In February, Wright accompanied Valar’s executive team on a first-of-its-kind flight, as a U.S. military plane was conscripted to fly the company’s reactor from Los Angeles to Utah. Valar does not yet have a working nuclear reactor, and a number of industry sources told ProPublica they viewed the airlift as a PR exercise. Internal government memos justified the airlift by designating it as “critical” to the U.S. “national security interests.” Cohen posted smiling pictures of himself from the cargo bay of the military plane. Cohen told an audience at the American Nuclear Society that the rapid build-out was essential to powering Silicon Valley’s AI data centers. He framed the policy in existential terms: “I can’t emphasize this strongly enough that losing the AI war is an outcome akin to the Nazis developing the bomb before the United States.” As it deliberated rule changes, the DOE has cut out its internal team of health experts who work on radiation safety at the Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security, said sources familiar with the decision. The advice of outside experts on radiation protection has been largely cast aside. The DOE spokesperson said its radiation standards “are aligned with Gold Standard Science … with a focus on protecting people and the environment while avoiding unnecessary bureaucracy.” The department has already decided to abandon the long-standing radiation protection principle known as “ALARA” — the “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” standard — which directs anyone dealing with radioactive materials to minimize exposure. It often pushes exposure well below legal thresholds. Many experts agreed that the ALARA principle was sometimes applied too strictly, but the move to entirely throw it out was opposed by many prominent radiation health experts. Whether the agencies will actually change the legal thresholds for radiation exposure is an open question, said sources familiar with the deliberations. Internal DOE documents arguing for changing dose rules cite a report produced at the Idaho National Laboratory, which was compiled with the help of the AI assistant Claude. “It’s really strange,” said Kathryn Higley, president of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, a congressionally chartered group studying radiation safety. “They fundamentally mistake the science.” John Wagner, the head of the Idaho National Laboratory and the report’s lead author, acknowledged to ProPublica that the science over changing radiation exposure rules is hotly contested. “We recognize that respected experts interpret aspects of this literature differently,” he wrote. His analysis was not meant to be the final word, he said, but was “intended to inform debate.” The impact of radiation levels at very low doses is hard to measure, so the U.S. has historically struck a cautious note. Raising dose limits could put the U.S. out of step with international standards. For his part, Cohen has told the nuclear industry that he sees his job as making sure the government “is no longer a barrier” to them. In June, he shot down the notion of companies putting money into a fund for workplace accidents. “Put yourself in the shoes of one of these startups,” he said. “They’re raising hundreds of millions of dollars to do this. And then they would have to go to their VCs and their board and say, listen, guys, we actually need a few hundred million dollars more to put into a trust fund?” He also suggested that regulators should not fret about preparing for so-called 100-year events — disasters that have roughly a 1% chance of taking place but can be catastrophic for nuclear facilities. “When SpaceX started building rockets, they sort of expected the first ones to blow up,” he said. The post DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator appeared first on ProPublica .

States were on notice from the U.S. Department of Justice that if they didn’t fall in line, the federal government would force them into compliance. It wasn’t President Donald Trump’s administration applying pressure. It was the early 1990s, and President Bill Clinton had signed the “motor voter” law requiring states to offer voter registration when someone applies for a driver’s license. Idaho, with its fiercely independent streak, didn’t want to participate. So instead of going along with the federal government’s new National Voter Registration Act, state legislators followed the recommendation of Idaho’s top election officials and scrambled for a way out. Because the federal voter law said states with same-day voter registration could be exempt, Idaho lawmakers passed a bill almost unanimously, with full support from Republicans, to adopt same-day registration. Idaho’s chief deputy secretary of state at the time, Ben Ysursa, described the move as an almost existential response to “an insidious federal intrusion into state election procedures.” The Clinton Justice Department eventually sued three states for not complying with its demands. By then, Idaho’s had a shield against litigation due to its exemption. Three decades later, the exemption and the philosophy that led to it are at the heart of Idaho’s refusal to comply with a very different demand by the Trump Justice Department. The state’s top election official cites the exemption as one reason he will not sign a deal to give the Trump administration all the voter data his office holds, including sensitive personal information like partial Social Security and driver’s license numbers. Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane is one of about a dozen Republicans nationally to resist the administration’s efforts to gather sensitive voter data ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, in the face of litigation threats from the Justice Department. In a state that Trump won in 2024 by one of the largest margins in the country, an effort that the administration touts as essential to weeding out noncitizen voters has tested the limits of what a committed Trump stronghold will tolerate when it comes to privacy and federal power. Lists of voter addresses and party affiliations are often available to the public through an open records request. McGrane provided the government with this version. But state election administrators also keep more sensitive information such as a person’s exact date of birth and partial Social Security number. In Idaho, the law says this information can’t be given out — and that’s what the Trump administration is still after. Among the other five states exempt from the law , three have refused to give up their voters’ sensitive information and have since been sued by the Justice Department. Wyoming handed over its data without a lawsuit. Other states that are not exempt have also been sued. McGrane, who is an attorney, told the Justice Department in letters that he doesn’t see any legal reason why he should honor the government’s request — and that, given the administration’s recent admissions over its handling of sensitive data, he couldn’t be sure the department would keep it safe, which is his duty under state law. The trimmed-down version of voter info he’d already handed over should be enough for “any legitimate inquiry” by the government into how effectively Idaho maintains its voter lists, McCrane wrote. Through a spokesperson, McGrane declined an interview request from ProPublica, citing the possibility of an impending lawsuit from the Justice Department. A spokesperson for the Justice Department also declined to comment. Idaho’s Republican secretary of state, Phil McGrane, is one of about a dozen Republicans nationally to resist the administration’s efforts to gather sensitive voter data ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Kyle Green/AP Photo A Justice Department attorney threatened to sue Idaho in December, in a halting voicemail with McGrane’s office that was obtained by ProPublica and previously reported on by the Idaho Capital Sun . “I need to get some clarification as to what you’re going to be doing. Or not doing. So, again, I need a response from you,” the lawyer says in the recording. “You may have seen in the news that we have sued six states earlier this week for refusing to provide their voter registration lists, and we’re preparing additional lawsuits.” The lawyer then tells the secretary of state’s office he would “like to keep everyone out of that as possible — as much as possible, but I haven’t heard anything back from you.” Ysursa, who served three terms as secretary of state until 2015, said McGrane is “in a much more politically volatile situation than I ever was.” “Going against Trump in Idaho on certain things, that’s a fine line,” Ysursa said. “And I think he’s doing a good job. He’s doing the right thing.” Public policy surveys in Idaho conducted since the 1990s have surfaced a current of “distrust or wariness towards federal control or national control,” said Matthew May, survey research director at the Boise State University School of Public Service. The polling over time has revealed Idahoans’ strong belief in independence, May said. In the months since McGrane’s refusal, more than 130 constituents have called, emailed and sent handwritten cards and letters to his office. Of those, just one person said they wanted McGrane to provide information to the Trump administration. The others were supportive, appreciative or, in some cases, seemingly panicked by the prospect of their private information being released. Although the senders skewed more Democratic than Idaho’s electorate, just over half the messages came from Republicans and unaffiliated voters, based on a review of voter registration data for commenters who left their names. “Mr McGrane has done a masterful job of dancing around the US Justice Dept request for the full voter records of Idaho voters,” wrote one registered Republican. “When the dancing no longer works, I expect Mr McGrane to give them a big fat NO! “Voting is our one sacred right in this country,” the person continued. “DOJ has no legitimate business receiving our PRIVATE voter information. They may threaten to sue, but so will the voters of Idaho if you grant their request. Do not give them our personal voter information. Thank you.” Ysursa told ProPublica that he has urged McGrane to “hold the line,” even amid threats of repercussions. Ysursa is one of nine former secretaries of state who filed an amicus brief in federal court, arguing against the administration’s demands for full voter information. The Trump administration’s creep toward nationalizing elections runs counter to the ethos of “keep your federal hands off Idaho,” Ysursa said. McGrane is a self-described election nerd who worked his way up through elections offices, as opposed to cultivating a resume as a professional politician. He served as a county elections chief and gained a reputation for approaching voting day with a Super Bowl level of enthusiasm. He also became known for his ability to resist the political winds. McGrane was one of seven people featured on the cover of Time magazine in 2022 as “the defenders” of America’s elections. That year, McGrane was the only Idaho Republican candidate for secretary of state who did not back the false claim that fraud was responsible for Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. In perhaps the strongest sign that Trump’s base in Idaho has not been inflamed by McGrane’s pushback on the administration’s demand for voter rolls — which received plenty of media attention locally — he drew no challenger by last month’s deadline to enter the Idaho Republican primary for his position. Voters across Idaho have sent McGrane thank-you notes for not sharing their data. Audrey Dutton/ProPublica While the Constitution gives states the authority to run elections, the National Voter Registration Act gives the federal government an oversight role when it comes to ensuring voter lists are properly maintained. The law says election officials must make a “reasonable effort” to keep ineligible voters off of the rolls, and typical oversight comes in the form of lawsuits claiming that states aren’t doing a good enough job. Under Trump, the Justice Department has gone a step further. The department claims it has the right to seize states’ unredacted voter rolls without proving its case in court, citing in lawsuits the powers that agency officials say they have under the National Voter Registration Act, the Help America Vote Act and the Civil Rights Act. The Justice Department has privately told states more about its intentions, according to emails obtained by ProPublica through public records requests. In Montana, a federal lawyer told the secretary of state’s legal counsel that the department was requesting voter rolls to “facilitate a review for noncitizens and dead voters,” adding that federal officials would be able to assess whether there are duplicate registrations as well. The demands come as part of the Trump administration’s focus on hunting down noncitizens on the voter rolls, a long-standing preoccupation for the president. He has long claimed, without evidence, that noncitizens have infiltrated the rolls to influence elections. Three judges who have considered the government’s lawsuits fully so far have dismissed them, saying that the federal laws the Trump administration cites as the basis for its demands do not apply — especially not where voters’ private information is concerned. In Oregon, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai wrote that the Justice Department’s claims were “troubling,” representing federal overreach. In California, U.S. District Judge David Carter said the centralization of the information would have a chilling effect on voter registration, leading to decreased turnout as people worry their data could be used for an “inappropriate or unlawful purpose.” “This risk threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy,” Carter wrote. In Michigan, U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou echoed that interpretation, writing that “the risk of having one’s personal information misused will deter people from registering to vote.” The Justice Department has appealed all of the courts’ decisions. Leaders in Republican-led states that have held back their voter rolls, meanwhile, have taken pains to show they are making other efforts to keep noncitizens from voting. Idaho started looking for evidence of problems well before the Trump administration’s request. McGrane said in a letter to the Justice Department that his office worked with federal agencies to check the citizenship status of all registered Idaho voters in the lead-up to the 2024 general election. Given what Idaho has already done and the processes already in place, the federal government has “no legal or practical rationale for duplicative review,” McGrane wrote. The tools Idaho employed, he said, included a Department of Homeland Security program known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements. Idaho’s search found 11 cases of noncitizens registered to vote — none of whom actually cast votes in 2024 — and state police referred those cases to the Justice Department’s chief prosecutor in Idaho for review. McGrane told the Justice Department that he hadn’t heard anything about those cases since. The post As Trump Demands Voter Data, This Fiercely Independent Red State Says No appeared first on ProPublica .

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