Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches a hearing in the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump case at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.Alex Slits Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Imagesa Georgia Court of Appeals Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from overseeing the election interference criminal prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and other defendants.But the appeals court put a hold on the prosecution of the defendants, who are accused of crimes related to Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia’s 2020 election.The ruling…
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ottawa – This week, Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister, throwing the Liberal government into turmoil and renewing calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign or hold an election. With 2025 set to be an election year, and with the Liberals far behind in the polls and no signs of recovery, Trudeau faces a critical moment when he must decide whether to stay or go. are. Here’s a look at some of the scenarios and possibilities currently facing the Liberal Party. ——— cabinet shuffle Former Liberal party official Kareen Vallyan of Summa Strategies said much depended on what the…
In Derby, Vermont, a tall, slender tower stands on a hill overlooking the landscape. At the top of the tower, the camera points north toward Quebec, just a few hundred meters away.This tower and at least two other similar towers have popped up on the U.S. side near the Canadian border at some point over the past couple of years. The moves are part of a response to an increase in irregular border crossings in the region, most of which are people entering the United States through Canada. Although these towers are new, they have already dotted the southern border…
Here are the most important news items investors need to start their trading day:1. Boring DecemberStocks enter the last full trading week of 2024, emerging from a difficult situation. of Dow Jones Industrial Average The stock has stalled for seven consecutive sessions and fell 1.8% last week. The S&P 500 index also fell 0.6% during the same period. The only winner is Nasdaq Compositeup 0.3% for the week. Investors are keeping an eye on the Federal Reserve’s December interest rate decision on Wednesday. Policymakers are widely expected to cut the Fed’s benchmark interest rate by 0.4 percentage points. Follow live…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to receive a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday, December 16th.Michael Kapeler | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the country’s Bundestag on Monday, paving the way for early elections in February.Mr. Scholz expected and hoped to lose the vote he called in November to bring forward the election, originally scheduled for fall 2025.This is the sixth time in German history that such a vote has taken place, and the fourth time that a president has violated the vote.Scholz said Monday that he called on…
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) speaks with staff before the start of a House Armed Services Committee hearing on May 12, 2021 in Washington.Caroline Breman | CQ-Roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesThe House Ethics Committee has secretly voted to release its investigation report into allegations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use against former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. NBC News It was reported on Wednesday.The report could be released as early as this weekend, after the House takes its final vote for the session and hands out the gavel for the holidays, two sources familiar with the matter said. told NBC.Gates…
of supreme court The company agreed to hear arguments that a law effectively banning TikTok violates the U.S. Constitution’s free speech protections if the parent company does not sell the popular social media app.The Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10th. This is nine days before the law targeting the app, which is used by an estimated 170 million Americans, goes into effect.The law would require TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell or enforce the app. google, appleand other platforms will stop supporting the app in the US.Congress passed the Foreign Adversary Control Applications…
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a stand against the Republican president. government funding billsupported Elon Musk’s campaign against the package, raising the possibility of a government shutdown.Trump is against it Ongoing solution The plan was proposed by Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, according to a person familiar with the president-elect’s thinking, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.A source confirmed that Trump: told a Fox News host He is “totally opposed” to CR.Late Wednesday afternoon, Vice President-elect and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) issued a joint statement from him and Trump saying politicians would not give…
ottawa – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is weighing his options after calls for him to resign following Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell resignation on Monday. Freeland resigned as finance minister on Monday. That same day, she was scheduled to release her fall economic report, just days after Prime Minister Trudeau told her she would step down as finance minister. The decision appears to have backfired, sparking a chorus of calls for the prime minister to resign, including from several Liberal MPs, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and the Toronto Star editorial board. Prime Minister Trudeau told an emergency caucus meeting…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s looming tariff threat is one of the reasons he won’t introduce a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. In an interview with CTV’s Your Morning and Anne-Marie Mediwake, Mr. Singh was repeatedly asked to explain how he was calling on the embattled Liberal leader to resign, but he did not agree to call an election. He did not explicitly state that he was prepared to cooperate. Singh, after mentioning several times that there will be an election in 2025 and “all options are on the table,” cited…
