How will history assess President Biden? Mired with low approval ratings, the president said this week he believes history will be kinder: “You know, it will take time to feel the full impact of all we’ve done together,” he said in his Oval Office farewell address this week. “But the seeds are planted, and they’ll…
The United States today designated eight individuals who organized and executed the commemoration of Republika Srpska (RS) Day on January 8-10, 2024 in support of RS President Milorad Dodik’s secessionist agenda. Seven of those sanctioned today also helped plan and organize the 2025 commemoration. RS commemorations have been determined to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. Directed and overseen by Dodik, they are emblematic of Dodik’s longstanding efforts to undermine the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, a cornerstone for regional peace and security. These…
In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen said her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, on January 21 in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon. Source link
Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis. Source link
Washington — The incoming Trump administration is planning to ramp up operations to arrest unauthorized immigrants across major U.S. cities next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials, two sources familiar with the plans tell CBS News. The locations expected to be targeted by deportation…
The following text was jointly agreed upon by United States, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom following recent engagements. On Friday January 10, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark convened a multilateral group of experts to develop concrete plans to further counter Russia’s shadow fleet including its high-risk activities in the Baltic Sea. Already,…
The “Make America Great Again” flag will fly above the Louisiana governor’s mansion in honor of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry announced Friday. Source link
TikTok blamed President Biden and his Justice Department Friday for forcing the popular social media platform to go dark on Sunday. Source link
Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy unlawful, casting a cloud of uncertainty over more than half a million unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. A panel of judges before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
The 2025 presidential election in Belarus cannot be free or fair in the country’s current repressive environment. The Lukashenka regime’s systematic efforts to silence any dissent have determined the outcome of the election long before any ballots are cast, depriving the Belarusian people of the opportunity to choose their own leaders and determine their own…
