Biden asks Congress for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden asks Congress for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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BBCBiden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences
The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.
- CNN
Some Republicans fear a DOGE dilemma is setting in
As Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy make sweeping promises to cut $2 trillion dollars of federal spending, senior House Republicans have raised concerns with GOP leadership that efforts to cut wasteful federal spending will put the party on a collision course.
- HuffPost UK
Putin Conveniently Forgets There Is An International Arrest Warrant Out For Him In Latest Speech
The Russian leader is suddenly very much in favour of "adherence to international law".
- The Independent
Netanyahu makes it clear: Biden is no longer in charge
ANALYSIS: US-Israel policy appears to now be fully running through Mar-a-Lago after shocking developments in the Golan Heights, writes John Bowden
- The Canadian Press
Settlement reached in complaint over Canada Post layoffs as strike hits four weeks
OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post workers says an unfair labour practice complaint over the company's layoffs has been resolved, calling it an important victory for workers' rights.
- The Independent
Biden commutes 1,500 sentences and issues 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in history
‘America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,’ Biden said in a statement
- CBC
Man medevaced to Whitehorse had nowhere to go after hospital discharged him
A man from Pelly Crossing, Yukon, wants the Whitehorse hospital to do better when discharging rural patients who arrive by medevac. He says he was given the option of paying for a hotel or going to the emergency shelter. Cheryl Kawaja reports.
- USA TODAY
FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign amid criticism from President-elect Trump
FBI Director Christopher Wray had been a constant target of criticism from President-elect Donald Trump, who already named his successor.
- The Canadian Press
Report on attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional task force investigating the attempts to kill Donald Trump during his presidential campaign is recommending changes to the Secret Service, including protecting fewer foreign leaders during the height of election season and considering moving the agency out of the Homeland Security Department.
- The Canadian Press
Labour minister says Ottawa will remain on sideline as postal strike nears four weeks
The federal labour minister says the government will remain on the sidelines as the Canada Post strike nears four weeks.
- Business Insider
29 House Republicans want Trump to scrap the IRS's free direct tax-filing tool on day one of his presidency
GOP lawmakers are framing the IRS's free direct tax-filing system as an example of the "weaponization of government against Americans."
- The Canadian Press
Florida lawmaker's party switch increases Republican supermajority in the House
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — If last month's election wasn't painful enough for Florida Democrats, they're losing another state House seat after one of their members announced Monday that she's switching parties.
- CBC
Liberals won't keep promise to immediately repeal carbon adjustor
In the first major reversal of a Liberal election promise, the Holt government will not be repealing the so-called "Higgs carbon adjustor" — one of its signature affordability commitments — by the end of this year.The Liberals promised during the recent provincial election campaign to "immediately remove" the adjustor, and introduced legislation to do so the day after their speech from the throne in November. The adjustor is a mechanism that a 2022 Progressive Conservative bill added to the Ener
- The Canadian Press
For now, 'Dreamers' will be shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 U.S. states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's public marketplace, a federal judge has ruled, limiting an effort by the Biden administration to help immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
- CNN
Biden says he’ll veto bill that would let Trump nominate more judges
President Joe Biden and key Democrats have come out against a once broadly bipartisan bill that would create 63 new permanent judgeships now that President-elect Donald Trump would be the one to fill 22 of them.
- HuffPost
Jimmy Fallon Proposes A New Challenge For Mitch McConnell After Health Scare
The GOP senator had a fall on Tuesday, but his office said he's been cleared to continue work as usual.
- CNN
Raju reports on details of McConnell’s fall and injuries
GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell tripped, spraining his wrist and sustaining “a minor cut to the face,” his office said in a statement. CNN’s Manu Raju reports.
- The Canadian Press
House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — What was once a bipartisan effort to expand by 66 the number of federal district judgeships across the country passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, though prospects for becoming law are murky after Republicans opted to bring the measure to the floor only after President-elect Donald Trump had won a second term.
- The Canadian Press
Philippine vice president skips hearing into threats she made against the president
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine vice president on Wednesday skipped the first hearing into threats she made against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying she did not believe the investigation will be fair.
- CBC
OC Transpo chief calls councillor's questions about performance reviews 'a personal attack'
A tense exchange over late buses led the head of OC Transpo to brush off what she called a "personal attack" after a city councillor asked who is doing her performance reviews.The chair of council's transit commission said the questions were disrespectful and urged River Ward Coun. Riley Brockington to apologize.Brockington had pressed transit services general manager Renée Amilcar during the budget debate Wednesday, saying he sees no investments that will fix the chronically late buses that his