## New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Her Fight to Make Childcare Free

Authored by vogue.com

At least one state in the country, though, isn’t willing to accept the White House’s rollbacks on programs like Head Start; in New Mexico, families will have access to no-cost universal childcare beginning in November.

Ahead of the initiative’s rollout, Vogue spoke to New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her own family’s struggles to afford childcare, her plans for making New Mexico a “cradle-to-career investment state,” and how she sees the Trump administration’s legislative priorities negatively affecting children and families in New Mexico and across the country.

Vogue: As a mother of two, do you think New Mexico’s new free-childcare initiative would have helped you when your kids were younger?.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham: Oh, no question.

I’ll be 66 this month, and earlier in my career, you weren’t allowed to miss work.

I’m a grandmother, and my daughter is lucky, but navigating childcare, finding it, and paying $1,800 a month—it’s crazy expensive, more than her mortgage.

This was a 2018 commitment, and we got it all done before I’m leaving this job, and I’m really excited and very proud that we are a cradle-to-career investment state in New Mexican families. »

### Hegseth reveals fourth airstrike on ‘narco’ boat off Venezuela after Trump declares ‘armed conflict’ with traffickers

Authored by independent.co.uk

Read our Privacy notice. U.S. military assets killed four people and destroyed another boat in a fourth strike against alleged drug traffickers, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Under Donald Trump’s orders, Hegseth directed “a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations” off the coast of Venezuela on Friday morning, according to Hegseth.

Hegseth, in a post on X with a video of the destruction, accused the boat of “transporting substantial amounts of narcotics” to the United States “to poison our people.”. »

### US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast, killing four, Defense Secretary announces

Authored by cnn.com

Legal experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questioned the legality of the strikes.

Describing the US military strikes as part of an armed conflict suggests that the attacks are part of a longer-term campaign and not just one-off strikes in self-defense.

In his post on X on Friday, Hegseth said “these strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!! »

### US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast, killing four, Defense Secretary announces

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Legal experts and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have questioned the legality of the strikes.

Describing the US military strikes as part of an armed conflict suggests that the attacks are part of a longer-term campaign and not just one-off strikes in self-defense.

In his post on X on Friday, Hegseth said “these strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!! »

### Russia Is Jamming UK Military Satellites Weekly, British General Reveals — UNITED24 Media

Authored by united24media.com

British satellites, he noted, are equipped with counter-jamming technology, but Russia has continued to attempt interference using ground-based systems.

The UK currently operates about half a dozen dedicated military satellites, far fewer than the fleets of the US, China, or Russia, which each field more than a hundred.

Earlier, Russia formally informed international regulators that it would consider European satellites aiding Ukraine’s military as “legitimate targets,” escalating its ongoing campaign of GPS and satellite signal jamming. »

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