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Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to block teacher preparation grants
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to allow it to block federal teacher preparation grants that lower courts have ordered resumed. It is the latest instance of the ...The Hill - 12h -
Carney ready to talk trade with Trump if 'there's respect for Canada's sovereignty'
Prime minister-designate's comments follow Canada's reciprocal tariffs on US imports after Trump slapped taxes on steel and aluminium.BBC News - Mar. 12 -
Texans restructure WR Christian Kirk’s contract ahead of 2025 season
As expected, the Houston Texans have a new deal in place for wide receiver Christian Kirk following his trade.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
Trump Just Gave Bitcoin Its Biggest Endorsement in History
The president signed an executive order for a strategic bitcoin reserve, but the asset responded with a whimper.Inc. - Mar. 7 -
US lumber prices slide on Trump’s Canadian tariffs delay
Futures close to record high after US orders investigation into dumping practicesFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Mysterious sea foam on South Australian beaches reportedly leaves more than 100 surfers ill
Leafy seadragons, fish, and octopuses among creatures to have washed up dead on both Waitpinga beach and Parsons beach. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking ...The Guardian - Mar. 18 -
Flights leaving Bali cancelled after volcanic eruption shoots ash plume 8km into sky
Indonesia’s 1,700m Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted for 11 minutes on Thursday, causing ash cloud but no damage to nearby villages on the island of Flores. Follow our Australia news live blog for ...The Guardian - 6d -
Trump says countries that buy Venezuelan oil will face 25% tariff
President Donald Trump says he will place a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from VenezuelaABC News - 2d -
'There isn't a definitive version' - the changing face of Irish America
Irish heritage is still strong in America, but new generations bring new perspectives.BBC News - Mar. 17 -
Lutnick: ‘There’s going to be no recession in America’
Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick shot down the possibility of a forthcoming recession in America, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “Absolutely not,” Lutnick said when asked ...The Hill - Mar. 9 -
Israel to resume Hamas talks for first time since Trump took office
Mediated negotiations in Doha take place after blockade on Gaza reimposedFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Trump funding cuts will ‘kneecap’ US innovation, universities warn
Academic institutions have frozen new hires and limited PhD placesFinancial Times - Mar. 19 -
Eric Bauza Voices Bugs Bunny and More Looney Tunes Greats
Listen to the performer Eric Bauza voice the characters Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and more. His work appears in the new animated feature, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”The New York Times - Mar. 12 -
Ben Starr REALLY Wanted This Voice Role | The First Berserker: Khazan
Ben Starr, voice of Khazan, stopped by the GameSpot studio to talk about why he wanted this role, being bad playing the game on camera, and what makes The First Berserker: Khazan stand out from ...GameSpot - 1d -
Democrats: Response on USAID document destruction 'insufficient'
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) have challenged the legality of a recent order of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) leadership asking its staff to ...The Hill - 5d -
Huge protests as Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials. An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on ...The Guardian - 2d -
Don’t visit the US – it just isn’t worth the risks right now | Arwa Mahdawi
Minor visa infractions have seen tourists detained, shackled and deported by overzealous US border staff. There are many more welcoming places to go on holiday. Do you like being shackled and ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump asks Supreme Court to take up birthright citizenship plan
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to limit the scope of lower court rulings against his executive order that would end automatic birthright citizenship. NBC News' Lawrence Hurley ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
Trump calls for impeachment of judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations
In a social media post, President Trump called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ordered the halting of deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports on how ...NBC News - Mar. 18 -
Radio Free Europe sues after Trump administration halts funding
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration Tuesday over efforts to defund the organization. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump
Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump. Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.The New York Times - 5d -
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in rehiring of federal workers
The Trump administration Monday asked the Supreme Court to block an order forcing the government to rehire thousands of workers fired as part of President Trump’s effort to drastically reduce the ...The Hill - 2d -
The big question on Ukraine: is Trump ready to push Putin into peace? | Shaun Walker
Russian leader’s antagonism to Zelenskyy and lack of interest in a ceasefire leaves colossal task for US. David Lammy: Trump’s right, Putin can take the hard or easy way On paper, everyone is ...The Guardian - Mar. 15 -
Trump urges unauthorized immigrants to ‘self-deport’ in new social media campaign
President Trump urged unauthorized immigrants to “self-deport” in a new video for social media campaign, during which he announced the launch of an app that will help migrants voluntarily leave the ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance
The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’The New York Times - 3d -
Europe is rapidly rearming. Will that leave neutral Ireland defenceless? | Brigid Laffan
Debates about the ‘triple lock’ that underpins our neutrality miss the point. In a Trumpian world, Ireland must finally commit to its own security. The arrival of Trump 2.0 in the White House has ...The Guardian - Mar. 14 -
Senators to Trump Social Security nominee: 'You will be responsible' if benefits are interrupted
As the Social Security Administration cuts staff, that could impact the agency's ability to pay millions of benefit checks each month, Democratic senators warn.CNBC - Mar. 12 -
How Trump Cuts Could Change Your Summer Hiking Trip
The Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and the Fish & Wildlife Service manage more public lands than the Parks Service. And their staffs have also been cut.The New York Times - Mar. 14 -
Trump is playing into enemy hands with his strongman image on Ukraine
Trump’s Nobel Prize and place on Mount Rushmore will be unattainable unless both Ukraine and Taiwan are secure, whole and free. That is the foreign policy legacy Trump should seek to earn.The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Trump threatens tariffs for countries that buy Venezuelan oil, gas
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump to place secondary sanctions on Venezuelan oil President Trump on Monday announced Venezuela ...The Hill - 2d -
George Lowe, the voice behind Space Ghost on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, dies at 67
The man who was the voice behind the irreverent animated superhero on Adult Swim’s “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” has diedABC News - Mar. 7 -
Australia’s record gold exports to US set back its case for tariff relief as Trump trade war looms
Industries across the country are bracing for the impact of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A run on gold in ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
After Rosie O'Donnell's move to Ireland, Trump tells Irish PM he's 'better off not knowing' who she is
Rosie O'Donnell has left the U.S. for Ireland because of President Trump. She doesn't plan to return until 'it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there, in America.'Los Angeles Times - Mar. 12 -
CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit
As CBS' parent company considers settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against “60 Minutes,” America’s storied newsmagazine is pulling no punches in its coverage of the new administrationABC News - Mar. 19 -
Nigel Farage to speak at Trump fundraiser after 800 hours of non-MP work since election
Reform UK leader accused of neglecting Essex constituents, with eight trips to US since being elected MP in July. Nigel Farage is once again in America helping to fundraise for Donald Trump’s ...The Guardian - 6d -
Zelenskyy urges Trump to use ‘strength of America’ to force Moscow into ceasefire after US-Russia talks – Europe live
Ukraine president says pressure must be put on Russia after US president says talks between Witkoff and Putin were ‘productive’. Germany is close to unlocking the way to a massive increase in ...The Guardian - Mar. 14 -
From France comes a call for Trump's America to return Lady Liberty. Here's why it won't happen
A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of LibertyABC News - Mar. 17 -
America needs NOAA — Congress must demand Trump bring his DOGE to heel
NOAA serves the American public in many ways — yet, because the agency also engages in climate change research, many politicians apparently feel justified sabotaging marine ecosystem management, ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
‘Just wait until Trump takes away our unions’: Fionnula Flanagan on America, Ireland and acting silent
After almost 60 years in the US, the actor wants to quit the country. She talks about ‘hooligans’ in the White House – and her new silent film role in Four Mothers . Fionnula Flanagan, the veteran ...The Guardian - 5d -
In Canada, I saw how Trump is ripping North America apart – and how hard its bond will be to repair | Andy Beckett
With the US president now warmer to Moscow than to Ottawa, it’s little surprise Canadians I met rolled their eyes at the decline of the special relationship. As wealthy but lightly defended ...The Guardian - 2d