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34,000 dead people found on voter rolls prompts expert to slam Dems for resisting ‘commonsense’ cleanup
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North Carolina’s discovery of 34,000 dead people on its voter rolls has sparked renewed calls for voter roll cleanup measures, including increased pressure on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.
After a state election official said the number of dead people found on North Carolina’s voter rolls was «higher than we anticipated,» Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina called for immediate action to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, commonly known as the SAVE America Act.
«North Carolina confirms 34,000 deceased individuals on our voter rolls,» he wrote in an X post. «This isn’t a mistake—it’s a failure. Election integrity is non-negotiable. Fix it now. Pass the SAVE America Act!»
This discovery has also prompted questions about how many other states have deceased voters still on their rolls. Jason Snead, executive director of Honest Elections Project Action, said he is especially concerned about blue states he believes have been refusing «commonsense» measures to clean up voter rolls.
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The discovery of more than 34,000 dead people on North Carolina’s voter rolls has led to increased pressure on Senate Democrats and Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act. (Kylie Cooper-Pool/Getty Images; Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Earlier this month, the North Carolina State Board of Elections submitted over 7.3 million voter records to the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database as part of an initiative to strengthen the accuracy and integrity of the state’s voter registration list. Following a comprehensive data comparison with the federal database, the elections board identified approximately 34,000 dead people on the state’s voter rolls.
Sam Hayes, executive director of the State Board of Elections, said in a press release after the discovery, «While we expected to find some cases, this is higher than we anticipated.»
«The benefit of entering into cross-state and federal database checks is that it allows us to uncover issues like this. Our goal is to use every available and legal tool at our disposal to achieve the most accurate voter rolls possible,» he continued. «Now, we must roll up our sleeves and begin the hard work to act of verifying that every person registered to vote in North Carolina is eligible. Our team, along with our state and federal [partners] will do what’s necessary to meet this responsibility.»
The state board said it will work with county boards of elections to remove the deceased individuals from the voter rolls in accordance with state and federal law.
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Voting booths are set up during a primary election. (iStock)
While North Carolina is collaborating with the federal government and taking steps to clean up its rolls, Snead expressed concern that Democratic-run states are not doing the same.
«Voter list maintenance takes effort from state officials,» he told Fox News Digital.
He called North Carolina «another example of a state doing the work to root out bad registrations using federal records like the SAVE system.»
«But too many Democrat-controlled states are refusing to do the commonsense work of cleaning up bloated voter rolls or stopping ineligible people from registering in the first place,» he said.
«That’s why it’s so important for Congressional Democrats to end their obstruction of the SAVE America Act, a commonsense, popular piece of legislation that keeps it easy to vote and makes it harder to cheat,» he added.
The SAVE America Act would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It mandates states to verify voter rolls using citizenship data, remove ineligible registrants and impose civil and criminal penalties on officials who register voters without required proof.
The legislation is currently stuck in limbo in the Senate. Last week, a cohort of Senate Republicans joined Democrats to sink a late-night attempt to attach a version of the voter ID and citizenship verification legislation to the GOP’s bill funding federal immigration enforcement.
Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., all voted against a modified version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., prepare for a floor battle over Trump-backed voter ID legislation as Senate Republicans and Democrats aim to find a compromise on healthcare after the enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies expire. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed for passage of the SAVE America Act. Last month, he vowed not to sign any other bills until it gets through, and said he wouldn’t approve of a «watered down version.»
Last month, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif.; and Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., released a statement explaining their opposition to the legislation. The statement posited that the legislation would «disenfranchise up to 21 million citizens who can’t readily access their passports and birth certificates.»
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If enacted, the three asserted the SAVE America Act would be «sowing chaos in state election administration and fueling attacks against hardworking election officials by exposing them to new criminal liability.»
Schumer charged «MAGA Republicans» with «trying to make it harder for Americans to vote.» He asserted that «they know their agenda is failing, so they’re changing the rules.»
Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel and Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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Senate GOP erupts over Trump DOJ ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, punts ICE, Border Patrol funding
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Senate Republicans are pressing pause on their push to fund immigration enforcement after a tense, closed-door meeting.
But it’s not over internal divisions. This time, the fury is directed toward the Trump administration and the surprise «anti-weaponization» fund created by the Department of Justice (DOJ). It comes as Republicans were near the finish line for their $72 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol.
For now, Republicans are calling it a day and leaving Washington, D.C.
«We will pick up where we left off,» Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said.
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Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate GOP leaders are pushing forward with budget reconciliation to fund the final piece of government that had been shut down by Senate Democrats’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
That makes President Donald Trump’s June 1 deadline effectively impossible to meet, but Republicans contend that it’s the administration’s actions that have further complicated an already rocky process.
«The message to the administration is this: we were on a glide path to passing this bill until these announcements,» a top Republican aide told Fox News Digital.
The timing of the settlement between Trump and his family and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the subsequent creation of the fund derailed Republicans’ sprint to the finish line.
«We don’t know where the votes are on reconciliation right now,» Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said.
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The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump’s comments Thursday when asked if he would be amenable to no ballroom security funding and restrictions on the DOJ’s nearly $1.8 billion fund, or veto the package outright.
«I don’t need money from the ballroom,» Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, and touted that the actual construction was being done through private funding.
«But this is being made as a gift from me and other people that are great patriots that spent a lot of money,» he continued. «We’re building what will be the finest ballroom anywhere in the world. If they want to spend money on securing the White House, I think it would be very — very much a good expenditure. But the ballroom is being built.»
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was dispatched to the Hill Thursday morning to tamp down lawmakers’ concerns over the «anti-weaponization» fund, which several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have dubbed a «slush fund.» But instead, he was berated behind closed doors.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told Fox News Digital that Blanche had a «healthy discussion on the settlement.»
«He made clear that the Anti-Weaponization Fund announced Monday has nothing to do with reconciliation. Indeed, not a single dime from the money the president is seeking in reconciliation would go toward anything having to do with the fund,» the spokesperson said. «We will continue to work with the Senate to get critical reconciliation funds approved.»
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was dispatched to the Hill Thursday morning to tamp down lawmakers’ concerns over the «anti-weaponization» fund. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sources told Fox News Digital that over two dozen Republicans demanded answers from Blanche on what kind of guardrails could be put into the fund, and specifically if those convicted for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots could be excluded.
Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., erupted at Blanche, and Thune was uncharacteristically frustrated by the situation.
Several Republicans leaving the meeting had little to say about what happened inside, while others reiterated that they were focused on funding ICE and Border Patrol and nothing else.
Those concerns were validated with several people who were pardoned by Trump earlier this year, including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who declared that he would make a claim this week.
There have been discussions of including those guardrails into the reconciliation package, given that the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the DOJ, is a major part of the process.
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«I did raise that issue, and that seemed to be what [Blanche] was saying, but you know, we haven’t seen language,» Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said.
Further complicating matters are plans Senate Democrats had for the package with their flurry of amendment votes.
Sources told Fox News Digital that one of the first amendments in the pipeline would have prevented any of the DOJ’s funds from going to convicted rapists and forced the package to be sent back to committee, sending the GOP back to square one on a politically perilous vote.
«This was all 100% avoidable,» a senior Republican aide told Fox News Digital.
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Cómo es el robot portátil que le devolvió la fuerza a niños con atrofia muscular espinal
La atrofia muscular espinal tipo II, conocida como AME II, es una enfermedad genética que ataca a los niños desde muy pequeños. El gen SMN1 deja de funcionar bien y las neuronas que controlan los músculos mueren poco a poco.
El resultado es una debilidad que avanza sin pausa: las piernas pierden fuerza, levantarse de una silla se vuelve imposible y muchos terminan dependiendo de una silla de ruedas. Los medicamentos actuales solo frenan el avance, pero no devuelven lo perdido.
Frente a esa situación, investigadores de la Universidad de Beihang y el Tercer Hospital de la Universidad de Pekín, en China, y del Laboratorio de Medios del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT), en Cambridge, Estados Unidos probaron un camino distinto.
Diseñaron un robot portátil de entrenamiento isocinético para niños y niñas con AME II. El entrenamiento es un tipo de ejercicio en el que la máquina ajusta la resistencia para mantener el movimiento siempre a la misma velocidad. Los resultados se publicaron en la revista Nature.
La AME II no impide sentarse, pero sí caminar o levantarse solo. El problema está en la falta de la proteína que produce el gen SMN1, lo que provoca que las neuronas motoras se deterioren y los músculos pierdan masa y potencia.
Con el tiempo, el cuerpo hace cada vez menos. “Actualmente, los medicamentos solo ralentizan la progresión de la enfermedad, y ninguna terapia puede curar completamente la atrofia muscular espinal”, afirmaron los investigadores.
Los equipos de rehabilitación pueden ser costosos y difíciles de usar fuera de las clínicas especializadas. Eso deja a muchas familias sin opciones reales de tratamiento.
Frente a esa falta de opciones, los investigadores diseñaron un robot que pesa menos de un kilo y se fija sobre la pierna para hacer extensiones de rodilla con resistencia ajustada a cada participante. Es portátil, fácil de usar en casa y no requiere personal médico presente.
Seis niños y niñas de entre 6 y 10 años participaron en el programa, dividido en cuatro etapas. La primera fue una fase sin intervención de seis semanas para medir el estado de base de cada uno.
Ninguno mejoró durante ese período con su fisioterapia habitual, lo que confirmó que el tratamiento convencional no alcanzaba. Luego llegó la etapa central: seis semanas de entrenamiento intensivo con treinta sesiones en casa, siempre con supervisión familiar.
Una aplicación móvil convertía cada sesión en un juego donde el niño o niña pateaba una pelota virtual cuya distancia dependía de la fuerza aplicada. El robot medía en tiempo real la fuerza, el ángulo y la velocidad, y ajustaba la dificultad según el avance de cada participante.
Tras esa etapa, el programa continuó con seis semanas de ejercicios de menor intensidad y, finalmente, más de treinta días sin el robot para ver si los logros se sostenían.
Para medir el efecto real, los investigadores usaron resonancia magnética y ultrasonido para analizar el cuádriceps, el músculo del frente del muslo que es clave para ponerse de pie.
Los resultados mostraron un aumento del 130% en la fuerza máxima y una mejora del 51% en el rango de movimiento, es decir, cuánto puede moverse la articulación.
El volumen del cuádriceps creció un 19% y su sección transversal un 12%, cambios verificados con imágenes de resonancia magnética.
Lo más alentador fue que los avances no desaparecieron al dejar el robot. Los participantes mantuvieron las mejoras al volver a su fisioterapia habitual, lo que sugiere que el entrenamiento isocinético dejó una huella real en los músculos y en el sistema nervioso.
Los investigadores reconocieron que la muestra fue pequeña, algo habitual en enfermedades poco frecuentes. Recomendaron estudios más amplios y aleatorizados, y sugirieron probar la tecnología en otras enfermedades neuromusculares para explorar su alcance.
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