• Tue, January 7, 2025

by: Sky

Failure to report child sex abuse to become criminal offence amid grooming gangs row

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced fresh measures to crack down on child sexual exploitation - but stopped short of approving a public inquiry following demands by the Tories and Elon Musk.

by: AgWeb

Canada Gears up for Potential Trade Tensions with Trump

Canada is preparing for potential trade challenges following Trump's threat of a 25% tariff on Canadian imports. The Canadian government is considering a proactive approach, including the possible early release of a retaliatory tariff list.

by: Time

How Canada Fell Out of Love With Trudeau

Trudeau leaves his country in peril, which means Canadians are not in the mood to celebrate his accomplishments as Prime Minister. He did do some things, though.

by: cnbctv18

Delhi Election 2025 Dates Live: AAP alleges BJP government revoked Atishi's official residence due to political vendetta

The term of the 70-member Assembly ends on February 23, and elections have to held before that to constitute a new House.

by: Reuters

US allows transactions with governing institutions in Syria despite sanctions

The decision by the outgoing Biden administration will send a signal of goodwill to Syria's new Islamist rulers.

by: ABC

House passes Laken Riley Act as first bill of new Congress

The House will vote at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress.

by: CNN

Why the clock is already ticking on the new GOP congressional majority

The Republican Congress that began its first full week of work on Monday is already operating on borrowed time - unless the GOP can defy one of the most powerful patterns of recent US politics.

by: ABC

Donald Trump Jr. visits Greenland as his father says deal for US to buy it 'must happen'

Donald Trump, Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, emphasized that his visit to Greenland on Tuesday was just a personal one.

by: MSN

Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Bending to the political headwinds of the incoming Trump administration, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with "community notes" written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk's social platform X.

by: MSN

Trump: 'All hell will break out' if Hamas hostages not released by inauguration

President-elect Trump repeated his warnings that all hell will break loose in the Middle East if hostages kidnapped from Israel and held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are not released before his inauguration on Jan.

by: MSN

US Judge in Florida Blocks Special Counsel's Trump Report

A federal judge in Florida issued an order Tuesday blocking the Justice Department from releasing a final report on two criminal probes into President-elect Donald Trump's conduct.

by: MSN

Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women 'property' and transgender people 'freaks'

Facebook and Instagram have quietly loosened their public rules on hate speech against transgender people, women, and immigrants as executives seek to curry favor with Donald Trump. In an update to its hate speech policy on Tuesday, spotted first by The ...

by: MSN

Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll shows

More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025, as the country heads toward a new Republican administration in which President-elect Donald Trump has promised the mass deportations of migrants and an end to birthright citizenship.

by: MSN

Oil companies pay record $5.6M settlement after FTC alleges illegal coordination

Three oil companies will pay a record penalty to settle allegations that they illegally coordinated before a merger between them was complete in 2021 and 2022, the federal government announced Tuesday.

by: MSN

Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland?

Why does Donald Trump want to buy Greenland? - 'We are not for sale and will never be for sale,' Greenland prime minister says

by: MSN

Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Phillips

Musk's intervention came in response to Phillips rejecting a request for the government to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham - which sparked calls fro

by: MSN

Hawaii governor: RFK Jr. 'could actually damage the health of our nation terribly'

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) warned that President-elect Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services could "damage" the nation's health. "The president has been reelected,

by: MSN

Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline nears

Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to release hostages, and said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was rash to say there would be "hell to pay" unless they go free by his Jan.

by: MSN

Maddow Blog | Trump is hardly in a position to complain about a 'difficult' transition

If Donald Trump wants to see a president responsible for a "difficult" transition process, he shouldn't look at Joe Biden, he should look in a mirror.

by: MSN

GOP leaders are moving ahead with the Laken Riley Act. What's in the bill?

GOP leaders are moving ahead with the Laken Riley Act. What's in the bill? - Laken Riley was brutally murdered in February while on a run

by: MSN

Trump won't rule out military, economic action as he seeks control of Panama Canal, Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump declined on Tuesday to rule out military or economic action as part of his avowed desire to have the U.S. take back control of the Panama Canal and acquire the Danish territory of Greenland.

by: MSN

Freewheeling Trump sets out territorial ambitions

Donald Trump threatened military action to secure the Panama Canal and economic force against neighboring Canada, in a meandering press conference Tuesday a day after Congress certified his election victory.

by: MSN

Ireland joins South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel

Ireland filed a declaration of intervention Monday in support of South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The decision comes after Ireland's November Parliament motion and December Cabinet vote affirmed its stance that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.

by: MSN

Michael Cohen's Warning to Donald Trump's New Staffers

Cohen reflected on the risks of working for Trump and the fallout experienced by many of his former allies, himself included.

by: MSN

European Court Rules Against Greece in Landmark Immigration Case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Greece in a landmark immigration case for illegally deporting a Turkish migrant and accused the nation of employing systematic "pushback" practices The ECHR is an international court based in Strasbourg,

by: MSN

Will the Social Security Fairness Act Bankrupt SSA Trust Funds?

President Joe Biden stated the measure will raise Social Security benefits by an average of $360 monthly for 2.8 million recipients.

by: MSN

Donald Trump says he will go ahead with tariff threat against Canada and Mexico

United States president-elect Donald Trump is doubling down on his plans to impose tariffs on Canada in his first news conference since the certification of his election win.

by: MSN

US Pulls Back From Disrupting Violent Extremism on Social Media

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have scaled back efforts over the past two years to disrupt violent extremists' online activities, according to current and former US officials and internet radicalization specialists who fear the trend will accelerate under the incoming Trump administration.

by: MSN

Trump refuses to rule out using military force to take Greenland and Panama Canal

Donald Trump astonishingly claimed Denmark might not have 'a legal right' to Greenland and slammed Jimmy Carter for 'selling the Panama Canal for $1'

by: MSN

Commissioners reject $300K for embattled Geauga County Judge Tim Grendell

Geauga County Commissioners on Tuesday shot down a request from embattled Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Tim Grendell for $300,000 in taxpayer money to cover attorneys' fees for his disciplinary case and his appeal.

by: MSN

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and work with Donald Trump to champion 'free speech'

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and work with Donald Trump to champion 'free speech' - The Facebook and Instagram CEO will scale back the platform's fact checking systems

by: MSN

Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their sentences

Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life in prison without parole.

by: MSN

Trump Won't Rule Out Using Economic, Military Coercion to Gain Control of Greenland, Panama Canal

The president-elect threatened to hit Denmark with tariffs 'at a very high level' if officials don't cooperate with his bid to take over Greenland.

by: MSN

U.S. declares genocide in Sudan, imposes sanctions on paramilitary leader

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces has used systematic murder and sexual violence in its war in Sudan, the U.S. government says as it sanctions RSF's chief, Hemedti.

by: MSN

US says Sudan rebel force has committed genocide, and it imposes sanctions on the group's leaders

The Biden administration said Tuesday it has determined that Sudan's Rapid Support Force rebel group and proxies are committing genocide in the country's civil war and has imposed sanctions on the group's leaders.

by: MSN

Senegal and Chad say ousting of French troops was their sovereign decision

Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise.

by: MSN

Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he's looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed

Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe, setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany,

by: MSN

O'Leary: Trump US-Canada merger an interesting concept

Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary said Monday that the concept of the U.S. and Canada merging into one country is "very interesting." "I went to Palm Beach for a couple of days. On Saturday, we discussed Canada,

by: MSN

'A failure': Here's how eight prominent analysts assess Trudeau's time in power

Justin Trudeau swept into office in late 2015 trumpeting "sunny ways," and announces his exit early in 2025 in a cloud of acrimony. Here's how the analysts — some non-partisan, some more so — assess his time in office: Canada has mostly enjoyed mature political leadership.

by: MSN

Trump wants to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to something more American

Trump wants to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to something more American - Trump was speaking at a press conference on Tuesday from Palm Beach, Florida when he made the remark

by: MSN

Bill O'Reilly was in a 'Cabinet meeting' during Mar-a-lago visit

While Trump's approach is high-risk, O'Reilly argues it reflects his commitment to his agenda and disregard for political norms.

by: MSN

Watch live: Trump delivers first remarks as certified election winner

President-elect Trump is set to give remarks Tuesday morning focused on his economic agenda from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The speech marks his first public comments since Congress officially certified his 2024 election victory Monday.

by: MSN

Maddow Blog | Kamala Harris' post-election grace hasn't always been reciprocated

Kamala Harris was put in the unenviable position of having to preside over formalizing her own defeat. She handled the matter with class and dignity.

by: MSN

UK scraps plan to ban gas boilers by 2035: Can the government boost heat pump uptake?

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by: MSN

California Moves To Protect School Children From Deportation

Trump and his incoming administration are believed to be preparing to carry out immigration raids inside schools and churches.

by: MSN

Jimmy Carter funeral updates: Kamala Harris to deliver eulogy as president lies in state at Capitol

Kamala Harris to deliver eulogy as president lies in state at Capitol - Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and Members of Congress, to take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotund

by: MSN

1,50,000 jobs cuts in Pakistan: Here's why India's neighbour abolishing 60% of vacant positions

To combat financial challenges, Pakistan will abolish 60% of vacant positions and cut 150,000 jobs. The government is consolidating departments and transferring hospitals to provincial control, focusing on reducing expenditures and enhancing operational efficiency.

by: MSN

U.S.-Canada alliance stronger because of Trudeau, Biden says

The outgoing U.S. president listed a range of issues that he and Trudeau worked on together, 'from the COVID-19 pandemic, to climate change, to the scourge of fentanyl.'

U.S.-Canada alliance stronger because of Trudeau, Biden says

The outgoing U.S. president listed a range of issues that he and Trudeau worked on together, 'from the COVID-19 pandemic, to climate change, to the scourge of fentanyl.'
President Joe Biden praised the relationship between the U.S. and Canada, highlighting the strength of their alliance under Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership. During a speech at the Canadian Parliament, Biden emphasized the deep, enduring partnership between the two nations, focusing on shared values like democracy, freedom, and the rule of law. He acknowledged Trudeau's role in fostering this relationship, especially in areas like climate change, economic cooperation, and security. Biden's comments came during a visit aimed at reinforcing the bilateral ties, discussing issues such as trade, defense, and the ongoing situation in Haiti, where both countries have been involved in efforts to stabilize the region.

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