Fri, December 13, 2024

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Time

How Estrangement Has Become an Epidemic in America

According to our research, today, 1 in 2 adults is estranged from a close relative,' write Joshua Coleman and Will Johnson.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: floridaphoenix

DeSantis dilemma on Senate pick and the MAGA-Florida connection

When Ron DeSantis sidles up next to Donald Trump Saturday in Landover, Maryland, to watch the Army-Navy football game, the topic of whom the Florida governor appoints to the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio might be a topic of conversation.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: 10 News

Vanderbilt Poll highlights Tennesseans' concerns and views post-election

Overall, the poll shows the election had little impact on Tennesseans' stances on key issues. A notable difference was the increased approval for state lawmakers since May, despite the poll showing leaders often holding positions on some issues that are out of step with Tennesseans.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: USA Today

Who is Ron Johnson? What to know about Trump's nominee for US ambassador to Mexico

President-elect Donald Trump selected Ron D. Johnson, former U.S Army Green Beret and diplomat, as his choice for U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Pressure on Ernst, a veteran and senator, shows what's next for those who oppose Trump

Ernst faced an onslaught of criticism from within her own party, including threats of a potential primary challenge in 2026, when she appeared cool to Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Globe and Mail

Trudeau accused of throwing Freeland under the bus as he courts Carney for government

Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of throwing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland under the bus just days before she is set to table the fall economic update, as he tries to recruit former central banker Mark Carney into his government.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Daily Telegraph

The great trolling of Justin Trudeau: Why Donald Trump won't leave Canadian PM alone

President-elect has threatened a tariff war on multiple countries, but the 'governor of the 51st state' will always be a special target

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Raleigh News & Observer

Timeline: How NC GOP lawmakers expanded their power, increased government secrecy

Republican legislative leaders have made many changes since 2011 to expand their control over state government while expanding secrecy about its operations.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: FOX59 News

Sen. Blumenthal says mysterious drones spotted recently 'should be shot down, if necessary'

Conn., said the mysterious drones spotted in New Jersey over the past few weeks, and most recently in Connecticut, should be "shot down, if necessary."

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Independent Record

Sheehy meets with cabinet nominees, endorses Defense pick

Pete Hegseth, the incoming president's pick for secretary of defense who has been caught up in a barrage of controversy, secured Tim Sheehy's endorsement.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Firstpost

Why is France set to get its fourth PM in 12 months?

Elizabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, and Michel Barnier - and is now set to get its fourth. But why has this been such a tumultuous year in French politics and for President Emmanuel Macron?

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: FOX59 News

'Politically motivated' FBI treated conservatives like domestic terrorists on Wray's watch: whistleblower

FBI Director Wray's resignation sparks debate over "political weaponization," with an FBI whistleblower linking bias to post-9/11 reforms and incentivized crime forecasting.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSNBC

Chris Wray is taking a key guardrail of democracy with him when he leaves the FBI

The FBI director says he's resigning at the end of Biden's term. His departure clears the way for Trump to install a loyalist to lead the agency.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Toronto Star

Doug Ford government's bill would allow municipal councillors to be fired for misconduct

Municipal politicians could be fired for serious misconduct — and barred from running for four years — under new legislation introduced by the provincial government.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Richmond

Youngkin wants to bar funds for police, jails in so-called 'sanctuary cities'

Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to deny state supports for police and fails to localities that don't cooperate with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service when it seeks to deport criminals.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: RTE Online

Labour to decide approach on Government formation talks

The Labour Party parliamentary party will meet in Leinster House to decide its approach to any further talks on Government formation.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

What is Delhi's Mahila Samman Yojana and how to register?

Delhi's Mahila Samman Yojana is a welfare scheme aimed at empowering women through financial aid and support for their education, health, and entrepreneurship. To register, eligible women can apply online through the official Delhi Government portal by providing the necessary documents and details.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

How to reform the political system to fight polarization and extremism

On Dec. 19, at 6 p.m., Elections Reform Now will present a webinar on "How to Reform the Political System to Combat Polarization and Extremism." In 2021, a group of the leading academics in the United States formed a task force to study the polarization of the American electorate and arrive at solutions to the dysfunction of our electoral system.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Arab Bishop tells Islamic rebels that Christians can't be 'second-class citizens' in Syria

Leaders of churches and ecclesial communities in Syria met with representatives of the armed Islamic-led rebel groups that seized control of the region amid fears that Christians could face persecution or strict regulations that could disrupt their faith life.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Canada Weighs Export Taxes on Uranium, Oil If Trump Starts Trade War

Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US — including uranium, oil and potash — if incoming President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose broad tariffs.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Cleveland

Trump cabinet picks lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill ahead of confirmation hearings

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill race to avoid a government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees continue to make their case to Senators who could service hurdles to confirmation.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Balancing order and compassion: How Utah lawmakers hope to target chronic homelessness

As homelessness rates rise, state legislators urge strict enforcement of camping laws and major investments in a massive new shelter.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Iowa AG defends lawsuit against federal government over non-citizen voter list

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is defending her lawsuit against the federal government—Over access to a list of potential noncitizen voters...Bird and secret

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Kent Politics Podcast: Kent GP Dr Julian Spinks diagnoses the NHS and what the treatment should be

On this week's Kent Politics Podcast, our reporters discuss the problems facing the NHS and how they might be fixed - as seen from the perspective of a veteran Kent GP. Dr Julian Spinks tells us how things have changed in his time in the medical profession,

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

'Trump Tariffs' and the effect they would have on Michiganders

President-elect Donald Trump's tariff trade policy has focused on China, but it's not the only country on the list. Recently, America's neighbors, Mexico and Canada, have received some indications that Trump would also add tariffs on goods from their countries.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

[Interview] Judith Butler on Korea's martial law fiasco and the far right's 'anti-gender' playbook

The renowned political philosopher sat down with the Hankyoreh21 on Dec. 4, just after the Korean president's abortive martial law declaration

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN

Biden offers 1,500 pardons and commutations in one day

Joe Biden, recently criticized for pardoning his son Hunter Biden for his criminal offenses, is making news again by granting 1,500 pardons in a single day, an all-time record.

[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Australian Financial Review

Albanese and Dutton lay down the battle lines for the election race

The Coalition is taking a gamble on nuclear while Albanese is trying to convince voters to back his childcare plan.
Thu, December 12, 2024

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The National Business Review

Government decides to start from scratch with the Holidays Act

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has vowed to fix the Holidays Act. Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden has decided to go "back to the drawing board", after a long-awaited review of the Holidays Act.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: NewsChannel 9 - KTSM

G7 to meet on Syria as new government pledges 'rule of law'

G7 leaders will meet virtually Friday to discuss the momentous changes underway in Syria, where the interim government has vowed to institute the "rule of law" after years of abuses under ousted president Bashar Assad. Assad fled Syria after a lightning ...

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: NewsChannel 9 - KTSM

What is 'sportswashing,' and what acts does it launder?

The awarding of the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia renews concerns over "sportswashing" and its lingering effects

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Daily Star

Nahid's remarks anti-politics

The BNP yesterday strongly criticised the recent remarks made by Information Adviser Nahid Islam and accused him of creating division in the national unity.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald

Why is everyone talking about nuclear energy?

But the Coalition has opened a new front in the long-running climate wars, proposing to unwind the prohibition on nuclear energy and add seven nuclear power stations to Australia's future energy mix.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Steve Forbes: The idea of preemptive pardons underscores the criminality of the Biden admin

Forbes Media chairman Steve Forbes discusses the continued Biden-Harris rift and former President Bill Clinton addressing President Biden's pardon power on 'The Evening Edit.' House passes bipartisan JUDGES Act despite Biden veto threat The V8 That Won ...

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: WAtoday

Zempilas to face teal challenge in Churchlands from Stirling councillor

Independent candidate Lisa Thornton could make Liberal hopeful Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas' path to parliament far more difficult.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: ABC

Mayor Eric Adams meets with Trump border czar to talk NYC's role in new immigration policy

New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with incoming border czar Thomas Homan Thursday to discuss their plans to remove what he says were violent undocumented immigrants.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

B.C. government close-lipped on watchdog report that finds seniors care is worsening

A day after B.C.'s seniors advocate released a critical report that concluded long-term care for seniors is worsening, the B.C. government had nothing to say. Asked Wednesday and Thursday to respond to the findings of the annual monitoring report,

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Community leaders, organizations react to consent decree between Louisville and DOJ

LMPD is set to undergo extensive reforms under what Mayor Craig Greenberg calls a 'historic' consent decree with the DOJ.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

The week in whoppers: Joe Biden gaslights about his foreign-policy record, Ana Navarro fearmongers about Pete Hegseth and more

Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This claim: "[Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia] are far weaker today than they were when I took office." — President Biden, Sunday We say: Pure gaslighting.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Biden Issues More Pardons and Commutations Under Pressure From Criminal Justice Groups

Outgoing President Joe Biden granted 39 pardons and commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement today. The orders came under intense pressure from a coalition of civil rights,

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Starmer and Rayner visit development as Labour outline housing plans

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy PM Angela Rayner visit David Wilson Homes housing development in Cambridgeshire as Labour outline housing plans. Includes discussion with local residents, apprentices working on the site and others.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The Globe and Mail

Conservatives accuse Trudeau of scapegoating Freeland as he courts Carney for government

Conservatives accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of throwing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland under the bus just days before she is set to table the fall economic update, as he tries to recruit former central banker Mark Carney into his government.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The New Zealand Herald

Three roads to be tolled, Government reveals toll rates

Three new roads in Auckland, Tauranga and Wellington will be tolled, Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced today. Among them is the $830m Penlink road north of Auckland, as has long been speculated.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Gov. Tim Walz wants to remain a force in politics, at state and national level

Five weeks after losing a national election, Gov. Tim Walz is keeping his options open both in Minnesota and nationally, gearing up for the 2025 legislative session and trying to understand why the ticket he joined with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris didn't win over enough voters.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

Why are more and more local governments communicating through public relations firms?

Palisades Park, Clifton, Hackensack and other local governments have hired public relations companies to communicate with the press and people.

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The New Zealand Herald

The winners and losers of local politics - On the Tiles: Local Edition

A rough year for local politics could see many incumbent mayors and councillors in the firing line in next year's elections. For the final episode of the Herald's On the Tiles

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: MSN

'Join or Die': Analyst warns Trump shows no interest in 'turning the other cheek'

President-elect Donald Trump wants his new administration to work together with more purpose than the last — and that means exacting promises of loyalty immediately from those joining it, and reprisals against those who dared oppose him last time,

[ Thu, Dec 12th 2024 ]: The New York Times

Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization

Donald J. Trump's choice of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America goes against recent efforts to shield the federally funded news organization from politicization.

KZN government spends R600m on airtime, data for officials

Despite fiscus constraints KwaZulu-Natal government is spending R600 million on airtime and data for officials.

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government has allocated R600 million for airtime and data for its officials, as revealed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) through a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request. This expenditure, which covers the period from 2020 to 2023, has been criticized by the DA as excessive, especially given the province's financial constraints and the need for funds in other critical areas like infrastructure and service delivery. The DA's shadow MEC for Finance, Francois Rodgers, highlighted that this amount could have been used to build 1,000 RDP houses or to significantly improve water and sanitation services. The breakdown of the spending shows that the Department of Education spent the most, followed by the Department of Health, with the Office of the Premier also having a significant allocation. The DA has called for a review of these expenses, suggesting that the government should prioritize spending on essential services for the public rather than on what they consider to be lavish perks for officials.

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https://www.msn.com/en-za/politics/government/kzn-government-spends-r600m-on-airtime-data-for-officials/ar-AA1vMB6s