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El gobernador y el Attorney General del estado se movilizan para posponer las primarias de mitad de mandato de 2026 apenas un día después de que el fallo de la Supreme Court desmantelara la Voting Rights Act Louisiana pospone las primarias mientras los estados se apresuran a rediseñar los distritos tras el fallo de la Supreme Court Aquí hay más de esa declaración de la Attorney General de Louisiana, Liz Murrill, y del gobernador republicano Jeff Landry: La histórica victoria de ayer en la Supreme Court para Louisiana tiene una consecuencia inmediata para el Estado. La Supreme Court suspendió anteriormente una injunction contra la aplicación por parte del Estado del Congressional map actual. Por orden de la Court, sin embargo, esa stay terminó automáticamente con la decisión de ayer. En consecuencia, el Estado tiene prohibido actualmente llevar a cabo elecciones al Congreso bajo el Congressional map actual. Estamos trabajando junto con la Legislatura y la oficina del Secretary of State para desarrollar un camino a seguir. Continuar leyendo...

La acusación de que el buque contiene grano saqueado de territorios ocupados por Rusia desencadena una disputa diplomática entre ambas naciones. Ucrania ha pedido a Israel que incaute un buque que afirma transporta grano saqueado de territorios ocupados por Rusia, lo que ha provocado una inusual disputa diplomática entre ambos países. La disputa se hizo pública esta semana cuando el presidente Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo que “otro buque” que transportaba grano “robado por Rusia” había llegado a un puerto en Israel y se disponía a descargar. Continuar leyendo...

• Los paramilitares controlados por el Kremlin también alegaron que infligieron 'pérdidas irreparables' a los insurgentes evitando bajas civiles • El ministerio de defensa de Rusia ha afirmado que su Africa Corps –el sucesor del antiguo grupo mercenario Wagner– evitó un golpe de Estado en Mali durante el fin de semana, evitando bajas civiles masivas e infligiendo “pérdidas irreparables” a los insurgentes rebeldes. • Indicó en un comunicado que sus tropas en la ciudad desértica de Kidal, cerca de la frontera con Argelia, lucharon durante más de 24 horas mientras estaban completamente rodeadas y superadas en número. También alegó, sin proporcionar pruebas, que los militantes habían sido entrenados por instructores mercenarios europeos, incluidos ucranianos. El número de bajas no fue especificado.

Teatro La Fenice called comments by its controversial appointee Beatrice Venezi ‘offensive and detrimental’Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist. Continue reading...

Alan Johnson and David Blunkett say Tory proposal for a privileges committee inquiry is a ‘nakedly political stunt’Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is trying to get Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to give MPs a vote on a proposal to get the Commons privileges committee to investigate allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Other opposition parties may be backing her, but we don’t know for sure because the process is relatively secret; MPs have to write a private letter to the speaker, who then decides whether this is a serious request that should be decided by the Commons as a whole, or a frivolous complaint that should be ignored. (We do know that Karl Turner has written to the speaker about this too, but only because he was daft enough to post his letter on social media last week.) Today we are likely to find out whether or not Hoyle is agreeing to a Commons vote.Boris Johnson was referred to the privileges committee over allegations that he lied to MPs about Partygate (allegations the committee concluded were justified). Badenoch wants to make the case that Starmer is just as dishonest as Johnson. He isn’t, by any stretch, and the claims that Starmer lied to MPs about Mandelson are spurious; they relate to contest intepretations of political language of the kind that are commonplace in parliamentary debate. But the fact that this has even become a live consideration for the speaker is a big win for the Tories.The fact that Kemi Badenoch has changed the accusations she is levelling against the PM on an almost daily basis as her claims have failed to stand up to scrutiny shows what this is really about. This is a nakedly political stunt with no substance ahead of the May elections.Any comparison with Boris Johnson is absurd. When parliament referred that matter to the privileges committee, a police investigation had directly disproved his categoric statements that he knew nothing about the breach of lockdown rules.I suppose our constituents might ask [if a privileges committee goes ahead], have we got the balance right between holding the government to account and seemingly squabbling amongst ourselves when there is so much else going on that perhaps parliament ought to be focusing on as well.I have to say, a really truthful position is, why the rush at the moment? Has it got anything to do with local elections? Continue reading...

Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’Royal Mail is investigating allegations that a postal worker claimed to have “dumped” Reform UK campaign leaflets in a bin ahead of Thursday’s local elections.A post on a Facebook group for Royal Mail staff said: “My DO had reform party’s D2D today. I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me! Idgaf!” Continue reading...

Pesident presses case for controversial $400m project following White House correspondents’ dinner shootingThe shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel gives new urgency to the project to construct a 1,000-seat ballroom at the White House, Donald Trump claimed after the incident on Saturday night.The US president pressed the case for his controversial ballroom initiative at the press conference he held at the White House on Saturday and a social media post on Sunday, after an armed attacker was arrested as he rushed towards the Hilton’s ballroom, where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents Association’s annual dinner. Continue reading...