TALLAHASSEE (ANP/RTR) - Het parlement van de Amerikaanse staat Florida heeft ingestemd met een wet die Palm Beach International Airport moet hernoemen naar president Donald Trump.

De Senaat van Florida keurde het wetsvoorstel goed met 25 stemmen voor en 11 tegen. Een aantal dagen eerder werd de wet in het Huis van Afgevaardigden van de staat aangenomen met 81-30.

Republikeinen steunden het wetsvoorstel, terwijl Democraten bezwaar maakten tegen de naamsverandering. "Het is misplaatst en oneerlijk dat de Republikeinse meerderheid de stem van Palm Beach County negeert door dit erdoor te drukken zonder de inwoners echte inspraak te geven", zei Democraat Lois Frankel, die West Palm Beach vertegenwoordigt in het Congres.

Het wetsvoorstel ligt nu op het bureau van gouverneur Ron DeSantis. De Republikein heeft nog niet laten weten of hij het zal ondertekenen.

The president’s announcement came after predecessor Barack Obama went viral last week for saying aliens are ‘real’

Donald Trump has announced he is directing the defense department and other agencies to release whatever files they have on the search for alien life.

In a post on his social media platform, Trump said that he will ask the defense secretary and others “to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”

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Twee mensen overlijden na het drinken van grondstoffen voor drugs die in een jeneverfles zijn beland. Die fles werd gewoon gekocht bij de Gall & Gall.

The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing a site called freedom.gov that would let users in Europe and elsewhere access content restricted under local laws, "including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda," reports Reuters. Washington views the move as a way to counter censorship. Reuters reports: One source said officials had discussed including a virtual private network function to make a user's traffic appear to originate in the U.S. and added that user activity on the site will not be tracked. Headed by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers, the project was expected to be unveiled at last week's Munich Security Conference but was delayed, the sources said. Reuters could not determine why the launch did not happen, but some State Department officials, including lawyers, have raised concerns about the plan, two of the sources said, without detailing the concerns.

The project could further strain ties between the Trump administration and traditional U.S. allies in Europe, already heightened by disputes over trade, Russia's war in Ukraine and President Donald Trump's push to assert control over Greenland. The portal could also put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local laws.

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A traditional piner’s punt on her tether, Strahan, Tasmania.

Posted a longer shot of this same vessel a while ago but made with the Q2M. This being one of the first images made with a brand new Fuji XT5 and the brand new XF16-50.

Had very intent on yet another mono for this image but I liked the colour version for once!

Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8 R LM WR, 1/75th sec at f/3.6, ISO 400 ~28mm

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