Por Andrew Kaczynski y Em Steck, CNN

Años después de que alcaldes de ciudades gobernadas por demócratas dieran un giro respecto a los llamados para recortar los fondos de los departamentos de policía, una de las principales candidatas demócratas a la gobernación de Wisconsin se postula con un historial marcadamente diferente: no solo respaldó la reducción de fondos policiales, sino que abogó por su abolición. Y, a diferencia de muchos miembros de su partido, no ha eliminado esas publicaciones ni se ha retractado de ellas.

Francesca Hong ha pedido reiteradamente la abolición de los departamentos de policía, según una revisión realizada por CNN KFile de sus publicaciones en redes sociales, entrevistas y declaraciones.

Hong, representante estatal de 37 años y socialista democrática, escribió en la plataforma X en 2020 que apoyaba “recortar los fondos de la policía como un primer paso hacia la abolición de la misma”. Posteriormente, en 2021, argumentó que “la policía existe para mantener el supremacismo blanco. Recortar fondos y luego abolir. La reforma no puede ser una opción”.

Hong compite en unas primarias demócratas muy concurridas —que incluyen a la vicegobernadora Sara Rodriguez, al exvicegobernador Mandela Barnes, al ejecutivo del condado de Milwaukee, David Crowley, y a la senadora estatal Kelda Roys— por el derecho a enfrentarse al representante republicano en el Congreso de EE.UU., Tom Tiffany, en este estado clave y muy disputado.

Hong y Barnes son los únicos candidatos que registran cifras de dos dígitos en las encuestas, con un 14 % y un 11 % de apoyo respectivamente, según un sondeo de la Facultad de Derecho de Marquette publicado en marzo. Una proporción significativa de los votantes potenciales en las primarias demócratas —un 65 %— se mantenía aún indecisa.

El propio Barnes vio cómo su campaña al Senado en 2022 se estancaba debido a comentarios pasados ​,reportados inicialmente por CNN, en los que insinuaba su apoyo a la retirada de fondos a la policía. En aquel momento, la campaña de Barnes declaró a CNN que él “no apoya la abolición del ICE ni el recorte de fondos a la policía”.

En un comunicado a CNN, Hong no renegó de su apoyo pasado a la abolición de los departamentos de policía, calificándolo como parte de una “conversación más amplia en torno a la abolición policial”, y arraigada en su convicción de que “el sistema actual no está funcionando”. Si bien afirmó no apoyar “recortes arbitrarios” a los presupuestos de seguridad pública —y aseguró que no los impulsaría de llegar a ser gobernadora—, también cuestionó si los niveles actuales de gasto policial constituyen un uso “óptimo o eficiente” de los recursos.

Al ser interrogada directamente sobre si aún apoyaba la abolición de la policía, Hong declaró en un comunicado: “Aunque visualizo un mundo en el que la seguridad pública no sea sinónimo de aplicación de la ley, reconozco que este cambio de paradigma constituye una visión a muy largo plazo; por ello, mi enfoque actual reside en la construcción de sistemas de atención, tanto para el presente como para nuestro futuro”.

El ajuste de cuentas de los demócratas por el movimiento de “desfinanciación de la policía” alcanzó su punto álgido tras las elecciones de 2020, cuando el partido obtuvo resultados decepcionantes en las contiendas por la Cámara de Representantes y perdió escaños. En 2022, la presidenta de la Cámara, Nancy Pelosi —citando a un colega congresista— declaró que “la desfinanciación de la policía ha muerto”. Diversos candidatos demócratas a lo largo del país han dado marcha atrás en su apoyo a la desfinanciación policial; entre ellos destaca Abdul El-Sayed, un candidato prominente al Senado por Michigan que eliminó de sus redes sociales las publicaciones en las que abogaba por dicho movimiento.

Incluso antiguos partidarios y compañeros socialistas democráticos en ciudades de marcada tendencia demócrata han c

Por Andrew Kaczynski y Em Steck, CNN

Años después de que alcaldes de ciudades gobernadas por demócratas dieran un giro respecto a los llamados para recortar los fondos de los departamentos de policía, una de las principales candidatas demócratas a la gobernación de Wisconsin se postula con un historial marcadamente diferente: no solo respaldó la reducción de fondos policiales, sino que abogó por su abolición. Y, a diferencia de muchos miembros de su partido, no ha eliminado esas publicaciones ni se ha retractado de ellas.

Francesca Hong ha pedido reiteradamente la abolición de los departamentos de policía, según una revisión realizada por CNN KFile de sus publicaciones en redes sociales, entrevistas y declaraciones.

Hong, representante estatal de 37 años y socialista democrática, escribió en la plataforma X en 2020 que apoyaba “recortar los fondos de la policía como un primer paso hacia la abolición de la misma”. Posteriormente, en 2021, argumentó que “la policía existe para mantener el supremacismo blanco. Recortar fondos y luego abolir. La reforma no puede ser una opción”.

Hong compite en unas primarias demócratas muy concurridas —que incluyen a la vicegobernadora Sara Rodriguez, al exvicegobernador Mandela Barnes, al ejecutivo del condado de Milwaukee, David Crowley, y a la senadora estatal Kelda Roys— por el derecho a enfrentarse al representante republicano en el Congreso de EE.UU., Tom Tiffany, en este estado clave y muy disputado.

Hong y Barnes son los únicos candidatos que registran cifras de dos dígitos en las encuestas, con un 14 % y un 11 % de apoyo respectivamente, según un sondeo de la Facultad de Derecho de Marquette publicado en marzo. Una proporción significativa de los votantes potenciales en las primarias demócratas —un 65 %— se mantenía aún indecisa.

El propio Barnes vio cómo su campaña al Senado en 2022 se estancaba debido a comentarios pasados ​,reportados inicialmente por CNN, en los que insinuaba su apoyo a la retirada de fondos a la policía. En aquel momento, la campaña de Barnes declaró a CNN que él “no apoya la abolición del ICE ni el recorte de fondos a la policía”.

En un comunicado a CNN, Hong no renegó de su apoyo pasado a la abolición de los departamentos de policía, calificándolo como parte de una “conversación más amplia en torno a la abolición policial”, y arraigada en su convicción de que “el sistema actual no está funcionando”. Si bien afirmó no apoyar “recortes arbitrarios” a los presupuestos de seguridad pública —y aseguró que no los impulsaría de llegar a ser gobernadora—, también cuestionó si los niveles actuales de gasto policial constituyen un uso “óptimo o eficiente” de los recursos.

Al ser interrogada directamente sobre si aún apoyaba la abolición de la policía, Hong declaró en un comunicado: “Aunque visualizo un mundo en el que la seguridad pública no sea sinónimo de aplicación de la ley, reconozco que este cambio de paradigma constituye una visión a muy largo plazo; por ello, mi enfoque actual reside en la construcción de sistemas de atención, tanto para el presente como para nuestro futuro”.

El ajuste de cuentas de los demócratas por el movimiento de “desfinanciación de la policía” alcanzó su punto álgido tras las elecciones de 2020, cuando el partido obtuvo resultados decepcionantes en las contiendas por la Cámara de Representantes y perdió escaños. En 2022, la presidenta de la Cámara, Nancy Pelosi —citando a un colega congresista— declaró que “la desfinanciación de la policía ha muerto”. Diversos candidatos demócratas a lo largo del país han dado marcha atrás en su apoyo a la desfinanciación policial; entre ellos destaca Abdul El-Sayed, un candidato prominente al Senado por Michigan que eliminó de sus redes sociales las publicaciones en las que abogaba por dicho movimiento.

Incluso antiguos partidarios y compañeros socialistas democráticos en ciudades de marcada tendencia demócrata han c

By Ben Church, CNN

(CNN) — Pep Guardiola will leave his role as Manchester City manager at the end of the season, the club said Friday, bringing an end to an era-defining legacy.

In a club press release, Guardiola reflected on his departure: “When I arrived, my first interview was with (Oasis frontman) Noel Gallagher. I walked out thinking, ‘Okay… Noel is here? This will be fun.’

“And what a time we have had together. Don’t ask me the reasons I’m leaving. There is no reason, but deep inside, I know it’s my time. Nothing is eternal, if it was, I would be here. Eternal will be the feeling, the people, the memories, the love I have for my Manchester City.

“We worked. We suffered. We fought. And we did things our own way. Our way,” Guardiola added. “So as my time comes to an end, be happy. Oasis are back again. … Love you all.”

Guardiola was already considered one of the best coaches in the world when he took over at City in 2016 and his stock has continued to rise as he’s dominated English soccer by assembling some of the best teams the Premier League has ever seen.

He’s won a total of 17 major trophies at the Etihad, including six league titles, one Champions League and one Club World Cup. He most recently won the FA Cup as his City side beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.

Guardiola’s influence while at City has been felt far beyond the professional game, with amateur sides across the United Kingdom now playing his possession-based style.

City fans would have hoped the Spaniard would stay on in his role but signs in recent weeks suggested this day might come sooner rather than later.

In Friday’s statement, Manchester City Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said of Guardiola’s departure: “Over the last 10 years honesty and trust have formed the bedrock on which we have navigated every situation together with Pep – always understanding that we could find the right answer together. Today, the right answer is for Pep to finish his journey as the Manager of Manchester City.

“The unique approach that he brings to his coaching has allowed him to constantly challenge the accepted truths of our game. It is the reason that in the last 10 years he has not only made Manchester City better – he has also made football better.”

The club added in its Friday statement that it would host a “fitting tribute and farewell” to Guardiola in the coming days.

Reports are that former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca will replace Guardiola as manager, after being earmarked for the job for some time. The pair previously worked together at City.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN

New York (CNN) — Byron Allen got his first big break as a teenage comedian on Johnny Carson’s “The Tonight Show.” Nearly five decades later, he is returning to late night not just as a comic, but as a billionaire media mogul with a sprawling and unconventional empire.

Allen owns The Weather Channel. He recently bought a controlling stake in BuzzFeed. He has made splashy, unsuccessful bids for Paramount, ABC, BET and Tegna. He has even expressed interest in buying CNN.

On Friday, the comic-turned-media mogul is taking over CBS’s 11:35 pm slot, the storied perch once occupied by David Letterman and Stephen Colbert, with “Comics Unleashed,” a low-cost, politics-free comedy show that reflects both his roots as a stand-up and the business model that made him one of the most unusual figures in American media.

The move marks a dramatic shift for CBS late night: from Colbert’s topical, Trump-era comedy to a syndicated-style comedy format built around quick jokes and minimal controversy.

“We don’t talk about politics,” Allen told CNN’s Michael Smerconish earlier this month. “We don’t talk about anything that’s topical. We don’t do anything that’s racist, sexist or antisemitic or homophobic.”

He added: “Just be funny and don’t offend.”

From performer to power player

According to Allen, 65, a comedian has two birthdays: One is the day they were born, and the other is their first time on Johnny Carson’s show.

At 18, the Detroit native was one of the youngest comedians to perform stand-up on Carson’s show, making his debut on May 17, 1979, a week before graduating high school.

“I watched him like clockwork,” Allen sold Smerconish, reflecting on his admiration of Carson, who hosted NBC’s “The Tonight Show” for 30 years.

“This is what I want to do for the rest of my life: I’m going to make people laugh,” he said on CNN.

So, he did just that. His first big break came in 1979, when he hosted NBC’s “Real People,” a newsmagazine show that profiled eccentric people across the United States.

Allen said he chose it because of the exposure it gave him, since the unique show aired during primetime on a widely watched broadcast network. Learning about how a TV show works sparked the comic’s interest in being on the other side of the camera.

“Early on I figured out it’s not show business, it’s business, show,” Allen said on The Breakfast Club this week. “I started approaching it as a business.”

He soon developed a business model that would define his career: producing reality shows and selling them directly to local stations.

In 1993, he created Entertainment Studios, helping establish his dominance in syndicated TV. The company produces inexpensive reality programs centering around courtrooms, comedy and lifestyle and offers them to local TV stations for free in exchange for splitting ad revenue.

He recalled to Smerconish a time when he spent a year calling television stations from his dining room table in his pajamas, convincing executives to carry his programs. He initially received hundreds of no’s before he was successful.

“I literally wore holes in my dining room table of sitting there from sun up to sun down,” Allen recalled, before launching “Entertainers with Byron Allen,” which still airs today.

In 2006, he then created and continues to host “Comics Unleashed,” the show that’s taking over the CBS time slot. The program is a “time buy,” in which a producer leases a time slot from a network and recoups costs b

By Rhea Mogul, Esha Mitra, CNN

(CNN) — The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy.

The Cockroach Janta Party, its name a satirical riff on the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party, has amassed more than 19 million Instagram followers in less than a week, almost double the government’s audience.

It owes its existence to remarks made by Chief Justice Surya Kant, widely taken as calling the country’s unemployed youth “cockroaches.”

“There are youngsters like cockroaches, they don’t get any employment, they don’t have any place in profession,” he said during a court hearing on May 15.

Kant later clarified he was talking about people who entered certain professions using fake degrees. But the damage was already done in a vast nation where youth unemployment remains stubbornly entrenched.

The remarks ignited a viral protest, and Gen Z flipped the insult into a symbol of pride. AI‑generated images of the party’s virtual cockroach mascot now pepper social media feeds, news channels and newspapers in the country of 1.4 billion.

Though not a formal political party, the Cockroach Janta Party serves as a noisy, youthful forum for airing grievances over soaring youth unemployment, and what they see as political dysfunction and corruption.

“They are raising the issues of the nation,” said Amrita Singh, 21, a student from India’s capital Delhi.

“I believe the (Cockroach Janta Party) started as satire, but I really like the direction it’s going in,” said Sristhi, another student, who only gave her first name. “The youth need a platform where we can put up our demands, because most of the political parties somehow… miss the issues which are actually important.”

CNN has contacted the ruling BJP for a response.

Rebuke to establishment

There’s no doubt the BJP remains incredibly popular.

Often described as the world’s largest political party by membership, it recently expanded its footprint into the state of West Bengal, previously a rare opposition stronghold, further establishing its dominance in the country.

Since the party rose to power in 2014, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, critics have accused it of stifling civil liberties and the press, pursuing a Hindu-first agenda, and inflaming religious divisions within India’s secular democracy. The BJP has repeatedly denied such characterizations.

The Cockroach Janta Party references this on its website.

“We do not check religion, caste, or gender,” it says on its sign-up form.

In its manifesto, the Cockroach Janta Party said it will cancel the licenses of “all media houses owned by Ambani and Adani,” referring to two of India’s richest men – Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani – who own prominent television channels and are seen as being close to Modi, “to make way for a truly independent media.”

The party’s founder, Abhijeet Dipke, told the Associated Press that “five years ago, nobody was ready to speak up against Modi or the government,” adding that the times are now “changing.”

The political communications strategist and student at Boston University in the United States previously worked with the Aam Aadmi Party, a political outfit born from India’s anti-corruption movement in 2012.

“The youth are really frustrated and the government is not acknowledging their concerns,” Dipke told the news agency.

Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party also took the discourse offline this week, dressing up as the insect to clean up India’s notoriously polluted Yamuna River in Delhi, according to n