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The Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, is seen Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)2025-05-07T04:42:47Z Follow live updates on the Conclave to elect the next Pope VATICAN CITY (AP) A senior cardinal has urged the cardinals voting in a conclave to elect a pope who prizes unity in diversity, and puts personal interests aside.Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, outlined the marching orders for the 133 men who will enter the Sistine Chapel later Wednesday to begin voting to elect a new pope. In his sermon at the final pre-conclave Mass, Re reminded the cardinals that a conclave represented the highest human and church responsibility, and that they must set aside every personal consideration. He said the new pope must foster communion and unity within the church.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APs earlier story follows below.VATICAN CITY (AP) With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis, celebrating a morning Mass before opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faiths 2,000-year history. Hailing from 70 countries, the cardinals are being sequestered from the outside world, their cellphones surrendered and airwaves around the Vatican jammed to prevent them from all communications until they find a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member church. Francis named 108 of the 133 princes of the church, choosing many pastors in his image from far-flung countries like Mongolia, Sweden and Tonga that had never had a cardinal before. His decision to surpass the usual limit of 120 cardinal electors and include younger ones from the global south those often marginalized countries with lower economic clout has injected an unusual degree of uncertainty in a process that is always full of mystery and suspense.Many hadnt met one another until last week and lamented they needed more time to get to know one another, raising questions about how long it might take for one man to secure the two-thirds majority, or 89 ballots, necessary to become the 267th pope.Wait and see, a little patience, wait and see, said Cardinal Mario Zenari, the Vaticans ambassador to Syria as he arrived for the final day of pre-vote discussions. A final Mass, then All outThe cardinals began the day by participating in a final pre-conclave Mass in St. Peters Basilica. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, celebrated the Mass, which is meant to pray for cardinals to find the wisdom, counsel and understanding to elect a worthy new shepherd.Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapels boys choir sang. They took up their seats around the main altar, which lies above the traditional burial place of St. Peter, considered to be the first pope.Re, 91, had presided at Francis funeral, delivering a heartfelt sermon recalling historys first Latin American pope and the reforming 12-year papacy he oversaw.At 4:30 p.m. (1430 GMT; 10:30 a.m. EDT) the cardinals walk solemnly into the frescoed Sistine Chapel, chanting the meditative Litany of the Saints and the Latin hymn Veni Creator, imploring the saints and the Holy Spirit to help them pick a pope. Once there, they pledge to maintain secrecy about what is about to transpire and to not allow any interference, opposition or any other form of intervention from outsiders to influence their voting.Standing before Michelangelos vision of heaven and hell in The Last Judgment, each cardinal places his hand on the Gospel and swears to carry out that duty so help me God and these Holy Gospels, which I touch with my hand. The awesomeness of the chapels frescoes, and Michelangelos in particular, is meant to remind the cardinals of the weighty responsibility they bear. In his regulations for the conclave, St. John Paul II wrote that in the Sistine Chapel, everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God, in whose sight each person will one day be judged. After the cardinals take their oaths, a senior cardinal delivers a meditation. The master of papal liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, calls out Extra omnes, Latin for all out. Anyone not eligible to vote then leaves and the chapel doors close, allowing the work to begin. The cardinals dont have to take a first vote on Wednesday, but they usually do. Assuming no winner is found, the Vatican said black smoke could be expected out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at around 7 p.m.The cardinals retire for the night and return Thursday morning. They can hold up to two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon until a winner is found.While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting. For the past century, it has taken between three and eight ballots to find a pope. John Paul I the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 was elected on the third ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013. Lobbying before the conclaveWhile the cardinals are supposed to resist any secular influences in their choice, such lobbying abounded in Rome in the days before the conclave as various groups reminded cardinals of what ordinary Catholics want in a leader.Young Catholics penned an open letter reminding cardinals that there is no church without young people, women and the laity. Conservative Catholic media slipped cardinals copies of a glossy book containing their assessments of contenders. Survivors of clergy sexual abuse warned cardinals that they would be held accountable if they failed to find a leader who will crack down on decades of abuse and cover-up.Advocates for womens ordination were sending pink smoke signals over the Vatican to demand that women be allowed to be priests.Challenges facing a new popeThere are any number of challenges facing a new pope and weighing on the cardinals, above all whether to continue and consolidate Francis progressive legacy on promoting women, LGBTQ+ acceptance, the environment and migrants, or roll it back to try to unify a church that became more polarized during his pontificate. The clergy sex abuse scandal hung over the pre-conclave talks. Since Francis chose 80% of the voters, continuity is likely, but the form it might take is uncertain.As a result, identifying front-runners has been a challenge. But some names keep appearing on lists of papabile, or cardinals having the qualities to be pope. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 70, is a leading Italian, by nature of his office. He was Francis secretary of state, the Vatican No. 2, so known to every cardinal. Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle, 67, is a top candidate to be historys first Asian pope. He had a similarly high-profile job, heading the Vaticans evangelization office responsible for the Catholic Church in much of the developing world. Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo, 72, the archbishop of Budapest, is a leading candidate representing the more conservative wing of the church. ___For APs full coverage of the conclave, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/papal-conclave ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them.

People stand in line outside of a Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)2025-05-07T04:03:18Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays.The day ahead of the deadline, people lined up at government offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs. In Chicago, officials established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments, while officials in California and elsewhere planned to continue offering extended hours for the crush of appointments. Im here today so I wont be right on the deadline, which is tomorrow, said Marion Henderson, who applied for her REAL ID on Tuesday in Jackson, Mississippi.Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday assured people who dont yet have a REAL ID but need to take a domestic flight Wednesday that they will be able to fly after clearing additional identity checks.Some complained about the need to secure the ID after waiting in line for hours. Michael Aceto waited in line at a DMV in King of Prussia, Philadelphia, for about two and a half hours Tuesday before getting his REAL ID. Its a pain in the butt. Its really a lot of time. Everybodys got to take off from work to be here, he said. Its a big waste of time as far as Im concerned. The Transportation Security Administration warned people who dont have identification that complies with REAL ID requirements to arrive early at the airport and be prepared for advanced screening to avoid causing delays. The new requirements have been the subject of many Reddit threads and Facebook group discussions in recent weeks, with numerous people expressing confusion about whether they can travel without a REAL ID, sharing details about wait times and seeking advice on how to meet the requirements.Noem told a congressional panel that 81% of travelers already have REAL IDs. She said security checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification, like they have already been doing. Those who still lack an identification that complies with the REAL ID law may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step, Noem said.But people will be allowed to fly, she said. We will make sure its as seamless as possible.REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that Homeland Security says is a more secure form of identification. It was a recommendation by the 9/11 Commission and signed into law in 2005. It was supposed to be rolled out in 2008 but the implementation had been repeatedly delayed.The whole idea here is to better validate those individuals that were encountering a checkpoint to ensure they are who exactly they say they are, said Thomas Carter, TSAs Federal Security Director in New Jersey.Carter said those without a REAL ID should give themselves extra time to clear security. If they do that, I do not have a belief that this will cause people to miss their flights if they take that additional time in, he said. Besides serving as a valid form of identification to fly domestically, people will also need a REAL ID to access certain federal buildings and facilities. State government offices that issue drivers licenses and state IDs have seen a significant increase in demand for REAL ID and some have extended their office hours to meet the demand. Some officials have recommended people wait for a while to get REAL ID compliant licenses and cards if they dont have flight planned in the next few months. We are encouraging people who have passports or other REAL ID-compliant documents and people who dont have travel plans in the next few months to wait until after the current rush to apply for a REAL ID, said Erin Johnson, a spokesperson with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.Johnson said that the department has seen a significant increase in demand for REAL ID in recent weeks. In February, there were more than 48,000 applications for a REAL ID; that has nearly doubled to over 99,000 in April, she said. ___Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana in Washington, D.C., Janie Har in San Francisco and Joseph Frederick in Newark, New Jersey, and Tassanee Vejpongsa in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, contributed to this story. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

The old Florida Capitol is seen with the tower of the current Capitol rising behind, during a legislative session in Tallahassee, Fla., March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)2025-05-07T04:06:53Z Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next years ballot in some states. A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers will have to verify that petition signers have either read the ballot title or had it read aloud to them. In South Dakota, sponsors will need to make sure their petition titles appears in 14-point type on the front page and 16-point font on the back, where people typically sign. And in Florida, volunteers will have to register with the state if they gather more than 25 petition signatures from outside their family or risk facing felony charges punishable by up to five years in prison. Across about dozen states, roughly 40 bills restricting or revamping the citizen initiative process have passed at least one legislative chamber this year, according to a review by The Associated Press. Many already have been signed into law. Some advocates for the initiative process are alarmed by the trend. Globally, as theres movements to expand direct democracy. In the United States its contracting, said Dane Waters, chair of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California, who has advised ballot campaigns in over 20 nations. Most of the new restrictions come from Republican lawmakers in states where petitions have been used to place abortion rights, marijuana legalization and other progressive initiatives on the ballot. GOP lawmakers contend their measures are shielding state constitutions from outside interests. This is not a bill to restrict. It is a bill to protect to make sure that our constitutional system is one of integrity, and that its free of fraud, said state Sen. Jennifer Bradley of Florida, where the new initiative requirements already have been challenged in court. A right in some states, but not othersAbout half the U.S. states allow people to bypass their legislatures by gathering signatures to place proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the ballot. Since Oregon voters first used the process in 1904, a total of 2,744 citizen initiatives have appeared on statewide ballots, with 42% wining approval, according to the Initiative and Referendum Institute.But the process has long caused tension between voters and their elected representatives. Lawmakers often perceive the initiative process as an assault on their power and authority, and they want to limit it, Waters said. They view it, in my opinion, as a nuisance a gnat that keeps bothering them. Restrictions on petition canvassersBecause initiative petitions require thousands of signatures to qualify for the ballot, groups sponsoring them often pay people to solicit signatures outside shopping centers and public places. Some states now prohibit payments based on the number of signatures gathered. States also are trying to restrict who can circulate petitions. A new Arkansas law requires paid petition canvassers to live in the state. And a new Montana law will make petition circulators wear badges displaying their name and home state. The new Florida law expanding registration requirements for petition circulators also requires them to undergo state training and bars canvassers who are noncitizens, nonresidents or felons without their voting rights restored. More requirements for petition signersIn addition to providing their name, address and birth date, people signing initiative petitions in Florida also will have to provide either their Florida drivers license, state identification card or the last four digits of their Social Security number. That information is not required in other states, said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a progressive group that has backed dozens of ballot initiatives in states. Hall said people concerned about privacy might hesitate to sign petitions.I work in ballot measures, and I deeply support many of the things that folks have tried to put on the ballot in Florida, Hall said, and I dont know if I could bring myself to do that thats a very prohibitive requirement. Making the fine print largerMany states already prescribe a particular format for initiative petitions. South Dakotas new mandate for specific font sizes was prompted by allegations that some people got duped into signing a petition for abortion rights last year, said sponsoring state Sen. Amber Hulse, a Republican. Printing the ballot title in large type might make it harder for some issues to get on the ballot if people know what theyre signing. But thats actually a good thing, Hulse said. More power for elected officialsBefore they can collect signatures, petition sponsors must get approval from state officials. New measures in several states give those officials greater authority. New Arkansas laws allow the attorney general to reject initiatives written above an eighth-grade reading level or which conflict with the U.S. Constitution or federal law. Utahs lieutenant governor, who already can reject unconstitutional petitions, now also will be able to turn away petitions that are unlikely to provide adequate funding for their proposed laws.A new Missouri law gives greater power to the secretary of state, instead of judges, to rewrite ballot summaries struck down as being insufficient or unfair. A higher threshold for voter approvalMost states require only a majority vote to amend their constitutions, though Colorado requires 55% approval and Florida 60%. Republican-led legislatures in North Dakota and South Dakota approved measures this year proposing a 60% public vote to approve future constitutional amendments, and Utah lawmakers backed a 60% threshold for tax measures. All three propositions still must go before voters, where they will need only a majority to pass. Voters rejected similar proposals in Ohio, Arkansas and South Dakota in recent years, but they approved a 60% threshold for tax measures in Arizona. Lawmakers contend the move has merit.Raising the threshold can help protect the constitution from being manipulated by special interest groups or out-of-state activists, North Dakota House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said earlier this year.___Associated Press writers Jack Dura and Kate Payne contributed to this report.___ Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. DAVID A. LIEB Lieb covers issues and trends in state governments across the U.S. Hes reported about government and politics for The Associated Press for 30 years. twitter mailto

Smoke rises to the sky in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)2025-05-07T08:01:56Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 48 people, including women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas in a devastating war now entering its 20th month.The strikes included one attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials from the Al-Aqsa Hospital said, including nine women and three children. It was the fifth time since the war began that the school has been struck. Strikes on targets in several other areas killed at least 21. A large column of smoke rose and fires pierced the dark skies above the school shelter in Bureij, a built-up urban refugee camp in central Gaza. Paramedics and rescuers rushed to pull people out from the blaze.The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes. Israel blames Hamas for the death toll because it operates from civilian infrastructure, including schools. The new bloodshed comes days after Israel approved a plan to intensify its operations in the Palestinian enclave, which would include seizing Gaza, holding on to captured territories, forcibly displacing Palestinians to southern Gaza and taking control of aid distribution along with private security companies. Israel is also calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers to carry out the plan. Israel says the plan will be gradual and will not be implemented until after U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his visit to the region later this month. Any escalation of fighting would likely drive up the death toll. And with Israel already controlling some 50% of Gaza, increasing its hold on the territory, for an indefinite amount of time, could open up the potential for a military occupation, which would raise questions about how Israel plans to have the territory governed, especially at a time when it is considering how to implement Trumps vision to take over Gaza. Trump jars Israelis with remark on hostage figuresThe war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages. Israels offensive has killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, many of them women and children, according to Palestinian health officials. The officials do not distinguish between combatants and civilians in their count.Trump on Tuesday stunned many in Israel when he declared that only 21 of the 59 hostages remaining in Gaza are still alive. Israel insists that figure stands at 24, although an Israeli official said there was serious concern for the lives of three captives. The official said there has been no sign of life from those three, whom the official did not identify. He said that until there is evidence proving otherwise, the three are considered to be alive. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details related to the war, said the families of the captives were updated on those developments.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing the families of the captives, demanded from Israels government that if there is new information being kept from us, give it to us immediately. It also called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the war in Gaza until all hostages are returned. This is the most urgent and important national mission, it said on a post on X. Since Israel ended a ceasefire with the Hamas militant group in mid-March, it has unleashed fierce strikes on Gaza that have killed hundreds and has captured swaths of territory. Before the truce ended, Israel halted all humanitarian aid into the territory, including food, fuel and water, setting off what is believed to the be the worst humanitarian crisis in 19 months of war.Key interlocutors Qatar and Egypt said Wednesday that mediation efforts were ongoing and consistent. But Israel and Hamas remain far apart on how they see the war ending. Israel says it wont end the war until Hamas governing and military capabilities are dismantled, something it has failed to do in 19 months of war. Hamas says it is prepared to release all of the hostages for an end to the war and a long term truce with Israel. The US-Houthi deal does not appear to cover IsraelAgainst the backdrop of the plans to intensify the campaign in Gaza, fighting has also escalated between Israel and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis fired a ballistic missile earlier this week that landed on the grounds of Israels main international airport. Israel responded with a series of airstrikes over two days, whose targets included the airport in Yemens capital, Sanaa. The Houthis have been striking Israel and targets in a main Red Sea shipping route since the war began in solidarity with the Palestinians. On Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. would halt a nearly two-monthlong campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, after the rebel group agreed not to target U.S. ships. Israel does not appear to be covered by the U.S.-Houthi agreement. The Israeli official said the deal came as a surprise to Israel and that it was concerned by it because of what it meant for the continuation of hostilities between it and the Houthis. ___Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. ___Follow APs war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war TIA GOLDENBERG Goldenberg is an Associated Press reporter and producer covering Israel and the Palestinian territories. She previously reported on East and West Africa from Nairobi. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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by Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive This article was produced in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In May 2015, President Barack Obama gave a big speech about dropping trade barriers with other nations. He delivered it on a sunny day at Nikes world headquarters in Oregon. Sometimes when we talk about trade, we think of Nike, Obama said, before making his pitch for a trade deal with Asian countries that he described as the highest-standard, most progressive trade deal in history.President Donald Trump canceled that deal, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, less than two years later.Now, as Trump erects more trade barriers in his second administration, Nike once again is center stage in conversations about globalization, a familiar place for a company that has its roots importing Japanese track shoes and briefly made sneakers in the United States. Last month, Trump announced sweeping tariffs that would slam imports from the countries where most Nike sneakers and apparel get made. A close look at Nikes massive supply chain offers a case study in the possible ripple effects of the escalating global trade war and shows how vulnerable factory workers could get squeezed. Some degree of taxation on imports has long been a feature of international garment trade, and Nike has decades of experience navigating these tariffs. The company has not spoken about how it will handle the current round under Trump, but its among 76 companies that signed a letter to the president last week warning about dire consequences for footwear companies unless there is tariff relief. In response to questions about how tariffs might impact factory workers, Nike said in a statement it is committed to ethical and responsible manufacturing.We build long-term relationships with our contract manufacturing suppliers because we know having trust and mutual respect supports our ability to create product more responsibly, accelerate innovation and better serve consumers, the statement said. Where does Nike make sneakers and clothing? Nike doesnt own or operate the overseas factories that make its products. Instead, it works with 532 contract manufacturers that employ nearly 1.2 million workers, according to an online Nike map. No country is more important to Nikes manufacturing than Vietnam, where the brand works with 131 factories that employ nearly 460,000 workers. Half of Nikes sneakers were made in Vietnam last year, according to the companys annual report. Nikes second-largest production base is Indonesia, where its 45 contract factories employ more than 280,000 workers. The company has been moving production out of China over the last decade. It works with 120 Chinese contract factories that employ more than 100,000 workers down from more than 350,000 workers in 2012. Some of the footwear and apparel that Nike makes in China is sold to Chinese consumers and therefore not subject to tariffs. Are tariffs affecting Nike? Yes. On April 2, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs that included 46% on Vietnam, 32% on Indonesia and 34% on China. The next trading day, Nikes shares fell 14%, wiping out $14 billion in shareholder value. A week later, the president paused most of the tariffs for 90 days, but a 145% tariff on imports from China and a 10% surcharge on most imports from other countries remain in place. Tom Nikic, a veteran industry analyst at Needham & Co., calculated that the tariffs, if fully implemented, would nearly wipe out Nikes profits if the company made no changes to its current pricing or production. By my math, their earnings would decline by approximately 95%, he said in an email. Will Nike squeeze factories for better deals? Almost certainly, said Jason Judd, executive director of the Global Labor Institute at Cornell University. The default for a brand or retailer faced with a tariff or some other shock is to press suppliers for discounts. The COVID shock is a good example, Judd added. We know from talking to suppliers that the COVID shock meant canceled orders and renegotiations over price. The Worker Rights Consortium, a labor monitoring group, estimated brands canceled $40 billion in orders during the pandemic. When Trump announced tariffs during his first administration, Nikes top executives said theyd find savings in their supply chain. We have a lot of levers we can work with, from sourcing to other levers, Andy Campion, then Nikes chief financial officer, said in 2019. How will tariffs affect Nikes factory workers? Factory workers will likely feel the impact directly. Dara ORourke, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whos studied wages in Nike factories, said the tariffs could become a huge hammer.It is likely that you will see this kind of pressure from managers to say to workers, For a period of time, were going to have to work harder and longer, he said. Hold the line or youre going to lose your job. That could mean workers are asked to make more sneakers and T-shirts every shift and work longer hours, according to Thulsi Narayanasamy, director of international advocacy for the Worker Rights Consortium. It is likely that you will see this kind of pressure from managers to say to workers, For a period of time, were going to have to work harder and longer. Dara ORourke, associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley When suppliers are squeezed and workers have unreasonable production targets, they dont drink water, dont take food breaks, she said in an email. She added that in these circumstances, the organization consistently hears about women having urinary tract infections, struggling with repetitive strain injuries, kidney stones, and having back problems due to rapid, repetitive movements for more than 12 hours a day. Narayanasamy said brands like Nike have a choice: Push costs that they could reasonably absorb onto their suppliers, replete with the knowledge that doing so will immediately harm millions of factory workers, or not.In its statement, Nike said it sets clear labor expectations for supplier factories in its Code of Conduct and Code Leadership Standards. Foreign garment workers could also face furloughs or work without pay, said Cornells Judd. That happened across the industry during the pandemic. In 2021, the Worker Rights Consortium identified 31 garment factories three of which did work for Nike that the consortium said didnt pay $39.8 million in severance benefits owed to 37,637 workers who lost jobs during the pandemic. Nike previously has disputed that it owed wages to workers at the three factories named in the labor groups report. In its statement, Nike also said factories are responsible for severance benefits.Manufacturing suppliers hold the financial obligation to pay worker severance, social security and other separation benefits to impacted employees in accordance with local law and Nikes Code of Conduct, the company said. And in the event of any closure or divest, Nike works closely with the supplier to conduct a responsible exit. Will tariffs force Nike to move manufacturing back to the U.S.? To think this will bring jobs back to the U.S. is poorly thought out, would be the nicest thing I could say, said Berkeleys ORourke. Footwear and apparel manufacturing remains labor-intensive. Sneakers require gluing and stitching. T-shirts require sewing. Efforts to automate shoe production have mostly flopped. Thats part of the reason Nike makes most of its products in countries with low wages. ProPublica reported this month on a former Nike factory in Cambodia where most employees made the minimum wage about $1 per hour. Ngin Nearadei, center, worked for three years in a Cambodian garment factory that produced baby clothes for Nike and other brands. She told ProPublica she couldnt have afforded to buy the clothes she helped make. (Sarahbeth Maney/ProPublica) Nike also uses huge factories that are filled with equipment thats difficult to transfer to a new location. Theyre often located near materials companies that make the rubbers, nylons and polyesters needed to make sneakers. The full production system is not easily movable, ORourke said. Instead of moving the work back to the U.S., industry watchers expect apparel companies will continue to manufacture products in countries with low wages, but manufacturing will shift to those subject to less onerous tariffs.That could further harm workers in Vietnam, Indonesia, China and other countries with relatively high proposed tariff rates and a lot of Nike manufacturing jobs. In Indonesia, for example, one labor union expects as many as 50,000 workers could lose their jobs if the full Trump tariffs go into effect. As the number of people looking for work increases, wages in those countries will decrease. The line at the gate to find work gets longer, Judd said. And that means employers of any kind can start paying new workers less because unemployment has jumped. What could tariffs mean for Nikes prices? Estimates vary and depend on how much of the cost Nike passes to consumers.If the 46% tariff on Vietnam goes into effect, the price of a $155 sneaker made in Vietnam would increase to $220, according to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, a trade group that counts Nike as a member.The example, which isnt specific to Nike, assumes the importing company passes nearly all of the tariff cost to customers. No athletic footwear brand has given specifics, although Adidas CEO Bjrn Gulden last week said higher tariffs will eventually cause price increases.But Nikes been in a slump and has been discounting many of its sneakers to boost sales.Its possible that Nike will absorb more of the tariff cost to avoid raising prices too steeply. It will likely be hard for Nike to raise prices, the investment bank UBS recently wrote in a research note.

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Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiles at fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)2025-05-07T05:04:06Z AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico (AP) Mexican matador Diego Silveti performs a ritual ahead of each bullfight.In each hotel room where he dresses in the garment that may bring him glory or death, he sets up an altar where he leaves his wedding band and prays before heading to the arena. By leaving my ring behind, Im telling God: Heres everything I am as a father, a husband, a son and a brother, Silveti said. I commit to what I was born to be a bullfighter. Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti touches an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the bullring chapel before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti touches an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the bullring chapel before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More An embroidered image of the Virgin of Guadalupe decorates Mexican bullfighter Diego Silvetis capote, or bullfighters cape, in a hotel room in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) An embroidered image of the Virgin of Guadalupe decorates Mexican bullfighter Diego Silvetis capote, or bullfighters cape, in a hotel room in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More He last encountered a bull in late April in Aguascalientes, a state in central Mexico where bullfighting is considered a cultural heritage. Weeks before, though, Mexico City lawmakers banned violent bullfighting in the nations capital. While matadors there are still allowed to fight bulls, piercing their muscles with laces or running a sword through their body is prohibited under that ban.Animal rights advocates celebrated the ruling and Environment Secretary Julia lvarez said the lawmakers made history. But matadors like Silveti, as well as fans and cattle breeders, contend this long-time Spanish tradition bears a profound significance that would be undermined if bulls cant be killed in the arena. What they propose goes against the essence and the rituals of bullfighting, Silveti said. Its a veiled prohibition that opposes the ways in which it has been done since its origins. Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Bullfighting in Mexico traces its roots to SpainThe European conquerors of Mesoamerican territories in the 16th century brought along Catholicism and cultural practices that are now intertwined with Indigenous customs.Researcher and bullfighting fan Antonio Rivera lives in Yucatn, a southeastern state where bullfights reflect ancient Mayan traditions.In local celebrations, the roots of bullfighting are sacrificial rites, Rivera said. Ancient cultures believed the gods requested sacrifices and blood fertilizes the earth.Every year, the Yucatn peninsula celebrates about 2,000 events featuring bulls, he said. In 2021, Yucatns Congress declared bullfighting part of its cultural heritage. It was a way to keep the ancestral memory alive, the official declaration said, and a way to honor its peoples identity. When I see a bull, I feel an immense devotion, Rivera said. Its a mirror of myself. Its like looking at a living museum containing all the rituals from our collective memory. Mexican bullfighter Arturo Gilio partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Mexican bullfighter Arturo Gilio partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Like father, like sonInstead of soccer balls, Silveti grew up playing with muletas and capotes the brightly colored capes matadors use to channel the bulls charge.His father was one of Mexicos most beloved and renowned bullfighters. Until his death in 2003, fans called him King David and many remember him fondly when his son is in the ring.No one asked us where we wanted to be born, Silveti said. The love towards the bull and the feast of bullfighting has been my life and my ancestors life.His grandfather and his father before him were also matadors. Silveti emphasizes that his sons now ages 6 and 2 will decide their profession, but he would proudly support them if they followed in his footsteps.Neither the boys nor his wife watch him at the bullring, but Silveti conveys his passion in other ways. His family often visit ranches where bulls are breed. Occasionally, with his sons in his arms, Silveti bullfights baby cows.My youngest loves it, the matador said. When he watches a bullfight, he plays with a napkin or a cloth and says Ol! How is that possible? Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante holds a bulls tail and ears after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante holds a bulls tail and ears after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Each bullfight has its ritualsThe King was no longer alive when Silveti became a professional bullfighter in Spain in 2011, but he senses his fathers presence constantly.I feel his spirit in my soul, Silveti said. On certain days, when Im alone and focused, I try to speak to him and follow his example.As a child, Silveti never watched his father at the ring. He stayed home with his mother and brothers. With no social media at hand to monitor live updates, they asked God to protect him. Many matadors, like Silveti, pray ahead of each bullfight. At the Aguascalientes plaza, the Rev. Ricardo Cullar blesses them. Bullfighters pray in the bullring chapel before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Bullfighters pray in the bullring chapel before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More My job is to attend the religious needs of the bullfighting family, Cullar said. Not only matadors, but also aficionados, those selling food at the arena and the bullfighters assistants. According to Tauromaquia Mexicana, Mexicos biggest bullfighting organization, more than 20,000 jobs depend on this tradition. A woman in traditional Spanish garb touches her cross necklace before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) A woman in traditional Spanish garb touches her cross necklace before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A take on bullsOne of the organizations opposed to violent bullfighting, Cultura sin Tortura, was pleased by the Mexico City measure and said it would continue its efforts elsewhere. Another half a dozen Mexican states have also imposed bans.We will keep advocating for the prohibition, given that no animal must be seen as entertainment, the group said on social media.Cattle breeders, meanwhile, say they view bulls not as sources of income but as fascinating creatures they spend years caring for. Manuel Sescosse, who owns a ranch, said that breeding this specific type of bull is as thrilling as bullfighting.They must look good at the arena, Sescosse said. Offensive but noble. They must charge and simultaneously spark a sensitivity driving the crowds to deep emotion.The perfect bull for a fight is 4 or 5 years old and weighs between 900-1,200 pounds.According to Sescosse, each rainy season a bull is mated with 30 cows and their offspring are carefully monitored. Most receive a name. All are fed exclusively with grass and large areas are secured for them to exercise and grow strong. At the proper age, only a handful will be selected for bullfighting.You watch them since they are born and become calves and grow, Sescosse said. That affection grows when they turn out good for a bullfight, leave a mark and are revered. Fans look at bulls before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Fans look at bulls before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Long live CentinelaNot everyone attending bullfights is drawn to the sacred aspect, but some do find deeper purpose.Daniel Salinas says matadors follow strict norms to demonstrate their appreciation toward the bulls life, even as they end it. We celebrate death deriving from a rite in which a human being confronts a wild animal, he said.At Aguascalientes, when his second bull died, Silveti caressed him and respectfully closed his eyes before stepping out of the arena.Im aware the bull is offering me everything he has and Im also willing to present him with my life, Silveti said. Ive been gored 13 times and Ive taken those hits willingly because I do this for a bigger purpose.It rarely happens, but when a bull has a unique, artistic connection with its matador, his life is spared. Instead of a sword, he gets a banderilla (a dart-like stick). Then he returns to his ranch and breeds a progeny that fans will revere.Following Silvetis performance in Aguascalientes, Spanish matador Alejandro Talavante faced one of those bulls.Centinela pitch-black hide, four years old, 1,140 pounds won the fans hearts as Talavantes passes made him spin and dance. The matador aimed to kill more than once, but the crowd pleaded for him not to. And in the end, the judge indulged.Centinela gave a final, vigorous run and vanished through the tunnel while thousands cheered. It was a day of glory for him as well. Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante partakes in a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Women in traditional Spanish garb gather before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Women in traditional Spanish garb gather before a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti gestures to fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti gestures to fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More ____Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. MARA TERESA HERNNDEZ Hernndez is a reporter on the APs Global Religion team. She is based in Mexico City and covers Latin America. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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by Jake Pearson ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. Last month, a Department of Government Efficiency aide at the nations consumer watchdog agency was told by ethics attorneys that he held stock in companies that employees are forbidden from owning and was advised not to participate in any actions that could benefit him personally, according to a person familiar with the warning.But days later, court records show, Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old software engineer who has been detailed to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since early March, went ahead and participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him. Experts said that Kligers actions, which ProPublica first reported on last week, constitute a conflict of interest that could violate federal criminal ethics laws. Such measures are designed to ensure that federal employees serve the public interest and dont use their government power to enrich themselves. At the CFPB, which regulates companies that provide financial services, there are strict prohibitions on the investments that employees can maintain.As ProPublica previously reported, Kliger owns as much as $365,000 worth of shares in Apple Inc., Tesla Inc. and two cryptocurrencies, according to his public financial report. Investments in those businesses are off limits to employees since the bureau can regulate them. A further review now shows that hes invested in even more companies that are on the agencys Prohibited Holdings list. Kliger also disclosed owning as much as $350,000 worth of stock in Google parent Alphabet Inc., Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway and the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.That means, at a maximum, Kliger could own as much as $715,000 of investments in seven barred companies, the records show.Experts said a defanged and downsized consumer watchdog is unlikely to aggressively regulate those and other companies, freeing them of compliance costs and the risk associated with examinations and enforcement actions. That in turn could boost their stock prices and benefit investors like Kliger. Don Fox, a former general counsel of the independent federal agency that advises executive branch workers on their ethical obligations, said that this looks like a pretty clear-cut violation of the federal criminal conflict-of-interest statute. Richard Briffault, a government ethics expert at Columbia Law School, said the fact that Kliger was warned not to take any actions that could benefit him personally showed that hes on notice that this is a problem, as opposed to doing this by accident, or unintentionally.But Briffault said there would likely be no recourse for Kligers actions given that the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has greatly deprioritized public integrity, ethics and public corruption as issues for them. The New York Times reported last week that the section handling such cases is down to just a handful of lawyers.From the outset, the Trump administration has been dogged by ethics controversies, from the presidents own foray into the cryptocurrency industry to Elon Musks dual roles as both the head of DOGE and a major federal contractor. Kligers case is a nice illustration of how even on this micro level, they are violating the law, acting in ways that positively should cause people to not trust what theyre doing because there is no question that these corporations will benefit, said Kathleen Clark, an expert on government ethics at Washington University in St. Louis.Kliger hasnt returned a phone call or email seeking comment. The CFPB didnt respond to a request for comment.The White House didnt answer questions about the warning, whether Kliger had sought ethics waivers or if he was in the process of divesting. Instead, a spokesperson provided ProPublica the same statement it previously had, writing that Kliger did not even manage the layoffs, making this entire narrative an outright lie. A spokesperson said that Kliger had until May 8 to divest.The April 10 ethics warning came amid a heated legal battle over the future of the CFPB. The following day, an appeals court in Washington, D.C., allowed the agencys acting director, Russell Vought, to implement mass firings after a lower court judge had stayed them. The court instructed Vought to conduct a particularized assessment of the bureau and to lay off only those employees who were deemed to be unnecessary to perform the agencys statutorily required duties. In court filings, the government has said that review was done by the bureaus chief legal officer, Mark Paoletta, and two other attorneys. In court papers, Paoletta has said the cuts are designed to achieve a streamlined and right-sized Bureau. On April 13, Kliger was among a small team of DOGE and agency officials who received an email from Vought about the coming layoffs with the subject line CFPB RIF Work government parlance for reduction in force, according to emails produced in court records. Voughts email is redacted in the filing, but hours after he sent it, records show the bureaus chief information officer wrote to Kliger and another DOGE aide regarding a follow-up on Russs note below and advised Kliger that hed been granted access to agency computer systems that should allow you to do what you need to do, according to the email.Layoff notices to more than 1,400 bureau employees went out on April 17.In the preceding 36 hours, Gavin was screaming at people he did not believe were working fast enough to get the notices out and calling them incompetent, a federal employee on the layoff team using the pseudonym Alex Doe wrote in sworn declaration filed by lawyers for unionized employees trying to stop the administration from dismantling the bureau. Among those laid off were the agencys ethics officer and their entire team of lawyers, according to court records. Those are the very employees whod twice notified Kliger that he was required to identify any investments in companies on the bureaus Prohibited Holdings list. The warning last month explicitly instructed him not to participate in any bureau activity that could benefit the businesses whose stocks he owned, said the person familiar with the notice, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of its sensitivity.Last week, the appeals court reversed course and temporarily stopped the firings at the CFPB amid a flurry of legal challenges. Agency officials then notified the more than 1,400 fired employees whod been told they were being let go that the pink slips were being rescinded. The court battle over the CFPBs future is ongoing, though, with oral arguments before appellate judges in Washington, D.C., scheduled for later this month.

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