<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Voltage · Policy</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app</link><description>Plugged in. Charged up.</description><item><title>The White House Ships a Tetris Clone. Tetris Would Like It Deleted.</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/the-white-house-ships-a-tetris-clone-tetris-would-like-it-deleted-34880.html</link><pubDate>2026-09-05T04:38:34+00:00</pubDate><description>A taxpayer-funded arcade of Trump-branded browser games rips the mechanics straight from Tetris, and the company says nobody asked its permission. Property rights, it turns out, apply to government websites too.</description></item><item><title>UEFA Wants Heads to Roll After FIFA&#x27;s Secret World Cup Sale Collapses</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/uefa-wants-heads-to-roll-after-fifa-s-secret-world-cup-sale-collapses-18142.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T06:22:16+00:00</pubDate><description>Europe&#x27;s football body welcomed FIFA&#x27;s retreat on its privatization plan — then immediately demanded accountability for whoever cooked it up behind closed doors.</description></item><item><title>Homemade bomb kills three at Moscow restaurant, investigation underway</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/homemade-bomb-kills-three-at-moscow-restaurant-investigation-underway-18042.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T02:00:41+00:00</pubDate><description>A woman carrying an improvised explosive device was stopped at the door of a central Moscow cafe Saturday night — the blast killed her, a guard, and a customer, and wounded 21 others.</description></item><item><title>Netherlands sweeps both EuroHockey U-21 titles in Valencia, Spain takes silver and bronze</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/netherlands-sweeps-both-eurohockey-u-21-titles-in-valencia-spain-takes-silver-an-18040.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T02:00:02+00:00</pubDate><description>A storm delay of more than an hour couldn&#x27;t change the scoreboard math: the Dutch women&#x27;s side came back from 0-1 to win 2-1, then the men&#x27;s team took gold the same day.</description></item><item><title>Two Gunmen Open Fire Outside Idaho In-N-Out, Triggering Lockdowns and Mass Panic</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/two-gunmen-open-fire-outside-idaho-in-n-out-triggering-lockdowns-and-mass-panic-18039.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T01:57:03+00:00</pubDate><description>Cellphone footage captured the shooting near Twin Falls&#x27; Blue Lakes Boulevard on Saturday; police shut down the Perrine Bridge and placed surrounding businesses on lockdown.</description></item><item><title>Dogs Shred Waves at Pacifica and Nobody Is Mad About It</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/dogs-shred-waves-at-pacifica-and-nobody-is-mad-about-it-17934.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T21:26:35+00:00</pubDate><description>The World Dog Surfing Championships returned to Northern California, where a Miniature Pinscher named Rusty and dozens of competitors proved the ocean belongs to everyone — especially the four-legged.</description></item><item><title>Uganda contained Ebola in 20 cases. Next door, DR Congo just crossed 1,500 deaths.</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/uganda-contained-ebola-in-20-cases-next-door-dr-congo-just-crossed-1-500-deaths-17932.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T21:25:50+00:00</pubDate><description>The gap between the two outbreaks isn&#x27;t luck — it&#x27;s preparedness, surveillance infrastructure, and a government that actually invested in both. The contrast is stark and instructive.</description></item><item><title>Arizona Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Case Sues Sheriff&#x27;s Office for $3.25M, Says He Was Never Cleared</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/arizona-man-detained-in-nancy-guthrie-case-sues-sheriff-s-office-for-3-25m-says--17928.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T21:21:48+00:00</pubDate><description>Carlos Palazuelos was held for seven to eight hours, released without charges, and — according to his attorney — left to face public harassment while the sheriff&#x27;s office stayed silent.</description></item><item><title>Spain Deploys Floating Barrier at Ceuta After 67 Deaths and 50,000 Crossings</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/spain-deploys-floating-barrier-at-ceuta-after-67-deaths-and-50-000-crossings-17927.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T21:13:36+00:00</pubDate><description>A pneumatic buoy line in the Mediterranean is Spain&#x27;s answer to the worst border crisis in Ceuta&#x27;s recent history — but thousands of migrants are still waiting to be returned, and the enclave is nowhere near normal.</description></item><item><title>This Story Is Not About Technology and We Both Know It</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/this-story-is-not-about-technology-and-we-both-know-it-17827.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T16:59:15+00:00</pubDate><description>Infobae ran 800 words on a dancer&#x27;s breakup and her dog. Voltage does not cover this. Here is why you are still reading.</description></item><item><title>Swalwell&#x27;s dead campaign keeps paying lawyers with donor money — $150K more since May</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/swalwell-s-dead-campaign-keeps-paying-lawyers-with-donor-money-150k-more-since-m-17824.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T16:54:46+00:00</pubDate><description>The disgraced ex-congressman has no office to run for and no campaign to speak of, but the checks to his law firm keep clearing. A bipartisan bill wants to make that illegal.</description></item><item><title>Canada Tops CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Group C on Goal Difference After 2-2 Draw With Jamaica</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/canada-tops-concacaf-pre-olympic-group-c-on-goal-difference-after-2-2-draw-with--17704.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T12:27:29+00:00</pubDate><description>A late Jamaican penalty in the 90+12 minute denied Canada a clean finish, but the Canadians held the tiebreaker that mattered. Both sides advance to the quarterfinals of the U-20 tournament.</description></item><item><title>Maduro&#x27;s Government Calls the Opposition — A First Meeting Is Set for Next Week in Caracas</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/maduro-s-government-calls-the-opposition-a-first-meeting-is-set-for-next-week-in-17702.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T12:26:41+00:00</pubDate><description>Jorge Rodríguez confirmed a phone call with opposition Assembly president Dinorah Figuera to launch what he called an &#x27;inclusive and effective&#x27; dialogue. The agenda includes earthquake victims, democratic guarantees, and political rights.</description></item><item><title>Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong Can&#x27;t Say Yes or No on Defunding the Police — CNN Notices</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/wisconsin-democrat-francesca-hong-can-t-say-yes-or-no-on-defunding-the-police-cn-17698.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T12:23:44+00:00</pubDate><description>The polling frontrunner for the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial nomination dodged a direct question on defund-the-police on CNN, while old DSA tweets and socialist positions continue to surface.</description></item><item><title>Colo Colo&#x27;s coach has no idea if their announced goalkeeper is actually coming</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/colo-colo-s-coach-has-no-idea-if-their-announced-goalkeeper-is-actually-coming-17587.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T08:08:39+00:00</pubDate><description>Fernando Ortiz just shrugged off the Vozinha question with four words. The club president already made the announcement. The player still isn&#x27;t here.</description></item><item><title>Divers Pull Second Body From New Jersey&#x27;s Passaic River After Two Children Drown in Two Days</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/divers-pull-second-body-from-new-jersey-s-passaic-river-after-two-children-drown-17582.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T08:02:56+00:00</pubDate><description>A 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy died in the Passaic River this week after a swimming trip near Pulaski Park turned fatal. The boy reportedly drowned trying to save his 11-year-old sister.</description></item><item><title>Socialist NY Assemblyman-Elect Runs a GoFundMe While a $142K Salary Waits in Albany</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/socialist-ny-assemblyman-elect-runs-a-gofundme-while-a-142k-salary-waits-in-alba-17579.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T08:00:19+00:00</pubDate><description>Brian Romero won 66% of the Democratic primary, faces zero Republican opposition, and still can&#x27;t make rent — so he asked the internet for $2,000. He took the page down when the New York Post called.</description></item><item><title>Federal Judge Blocks Somalia TPS Termination Again, One Day After Appeals Court Reversed Her Colleagues</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/federal-judge-blocks-somalia-tps-termination-again-one-day-after-appeals-court-r-17578.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T07:59:58+00:00</pubDate><description>An Obama-appointed Massachusetts district judge issued a fresh administrative stay on Somalia&#x27;s TPS rollback, leaning on a new constitutional angle — just as the First Circuit shut down nearly identical moves by two other judges.</description></item><item><title>Bomb Kills Three at Moscow Restaurant in Suspected Suicide Attack</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/bomb-kills-three-at-moscow-restaurant-in-suspected-suicide-attack-17488.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T04:04:19+00:00</pubDate><description>A homemade explosive device detonated at the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square Saturday evening, killing the woman who carried it in, a security guard, and a patron.</description></item><item><title>Italy Wants to Freeze Spain Out of Schengen. It Legally Cannot.</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/italy-wants-to-freeze-spain-out-of-schengen-it-legally-cannot-17382.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T23:53:02+00:00</pubDate><description>Giorgia Meloni floated suspending Schengen with Spain after 50,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta. The EU&#x27;s own rulebook says that&#x27;s not how any of this works.</description></item><item><title>Minnesota Assisted Living Facility Served a Mentally Ill Resident 18 Shots Before His Doctor&#x27;s Appointment</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/minnesota-assisted-living-facility-served-a-mentally-ill-resident-18-shots-befor-17379.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T23:51:35+00:00</pubDate><description>State investigators found Covered Bridge Assisted Living in neglect after its staff followed a written &#x27;alcohol plan&#x27; that delivered two shots per hour to a man with psychoactive substance abuse diagnoses — then watched him miss his telehealth visit because he was, per the facility&#x27;s own nurse, &#x27;dead to the world.&#x27;</description></item><item><title>Mamdani Buys Time on NYC&#x27;s Pied-à-Terre Tax After 17,000 Letters Went to the Wrong People</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/mamdani-buys-time-on-nyc-s-pied-a-terre-tax-after-17-000-letters-went-to-the-wro-17375.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T23:47:11+00:00</pubDate><description>The socialist mayor extended the appeal deadline to September 18 after his own Department of Finance mailed tax notices to far more residents than the city ever said would be affected.</description></item><item><title>Sophie Cunningham gives a kid her game shoe and Portland still boos her</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/sophie-cunningham-gives-a-kid-her-game-shoe-and-portland-still-boos-her-17263.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:32:33+00:00</pubDate><description>The Fever won 112-98, Cunningham scored 13 points, and the most memorable moment of the night had nothing to do with the trans-flag crowd.</description></item><item><title>Argentina&#x27;s drug smugglers are hiding cocaine inside fuel tanker trucks — and Gendarmería keeps finding it</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/argentina-s-drug-smugglers-are-hiding-cocaine-inside-fuel-tanker-trucks-and-gend-17262.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:32:13+00:00</pubDate><description>Three tanker interceptions in under a week netted more than 800 kilos of cocaine. The hiding mechanism, investigators say, originated in Colombia and has spread across the region.</description></item><item><title>U.S. Raises Travel Alert for Ceuta as Morocco Migration Crisis Turns Dangerous</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/u-s-raises-travel-alert-for-ceuta-as-morocco-migration-crisis-turns-dangerous-17258.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:28:57+00:00</pubDate><description>The State Department is telling Americans to reconsider visiting the Spanish enclave after uncontrolled crossings from Morocco left 67 dead and forced Spain to deploy its army, national police, and Civil Guard.</description></item><item><title>ICE Picks Up Guatemalan Man Charged With Rape After Massachusetts Jail Releases Him</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/ice-picks-up-guatemalan-man-charged-with-rape-after-massachusetts-jail-releases--17256.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:28:16+00:00</pubDate><description>Rocael Ordonez-Cruz, 23, walked out of Middlesex County House of Correction before federal agents were waiting. The charges — rape, assault to rape, indecent assault, indecent exposure — were already filed.</description></item><item><title>AeroDiana Small Plane Crashes Near Nazca Lines, Killing All 13 on Board</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/aerodiana-small-plane-crashes-near-nazca-lines-killing-all-13-on-board-17255.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:27:58+00:00</pubDate><description>The aircraft departed Pisco airport and went down near Vista Alegre, Nasca, on Saturday, August 1, 2026. There were no survivors.</description></item><item><title>Iran Is Reading Your Troops&#x27; Instagram. The Pentagon Is Finally Doing Something About It.</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/iran-is-reading-your-troops-instagram-the-pentagon-is-finally-doing-something-ab-17140.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T15:05:17+00:00</pubDate><description>U.S. service members in Jordan may soon lose their phones after CENTCOM&#x27;s top commander warned that open-source social media posts are helping Iran score its own missile strikes.</description></item><item><title>UN Special Rapporteur warns Chile&#x27;s Supreme Court mass judge removals threaten judicial independence</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/un-special-rapporteur-warns-chile-s-supreme-court-mass-judge-removals-threaten-j-17136.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T15:03:42+00:00</pubDate><description>Fifty-six Chilean judges face removal proceedings over medical-leave travel. A top UN expert says the process lacks due process guarantees and may violate international standards.</description></item><item><title>Panama Re-Bids a $139M Wastewater Plant After the First Contract Came Back Unsigned</title><link>https://rm-voltage.vercel.app/nota/panama-re-bids-a-139m-wastewater-plant-after-the-first-contract-came-back-unsign-17030.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T11:01:48+00:00</pubDate><description>The Caimito treatment plant was awarded in June 2023 for $111.4 million, then returned to Minsa by the Contraloría General without the required countersignature — now the price tag has grown by nearly $28 million.</description></item></channel></rss>