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Aujourd’hui — 31 janvier 2025Flux principal

Since taking office, what are the legal challenges launched against the Trump admin?

31 janvier 2025 à 20:47
Since taking office just two weeks ago, the Trump administration has become the target of multiple lawsuits over the President’s executive orders and agenda, including his immigration policy, federal aid freeze and DEI shutdowns.

Canada mired in uncertainty over tariffs as White House confirms levies coming Feb. 1

31 janvier 2025 à 20:27
OTTAWA — On the eve of a possible trade war with the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a message for Canadians:  The country could be headed for tough times and he knows people feel anxious. Read More

Trump’s demands to drop DEI leads to deletion of unrelated federal pages

31 janvier 2025 à 19:38

IRS handbook containing mentions of taxpayers’ ‘inequity’ and ‘inclusion’ have been wiped, WSJ reports

As the Trump administration continues to get rid of diversity programs throughout the government, it is deleting any mention of the words “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion”.

That meant that in the Internal Revenue Service’s procedural handbook for employees, the terms were wiped out when referring to finances and tax procedures rather than actual DEI programs, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Trump’s aid freeze shuts down ‘gold standard’ famine-monitoring system

Par : Fred Harter
31 janvier 2025 à 19:10

Without Fews Net, recognised as ‘a vital life-saving tool’ for preventing food crises, people will die, experts warn

The system for monitoring global food crises appears to have been suspended after President Donald Trump’s executive order froze US foreign aid.

The website for the US-funded famine early warning systems network (Fews Net) was not accessible on Friday. A banner said reports and data were “currently unavailable” without elaborating.

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Pardoned January 6 attacker sentenced to 10 years for fatal drunk-driving crash

31 janvier 2025 à 15:57

Emily Hernandez, 24, killed Victoria Wilson, 32, and injured her husband in a 2022 Missouri wreck

One of the US Capitol attackers pardoned by Donald Trump at the start of his second presidency has been handed a 10-year prison sentence for killing a woman in a drunk-driving crash, according to authorities.

Emily Hernandez served 30 days in federal prison after she joined the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and was photographed holding the broken nameplate of Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker at the time.

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Tory Chris Philp accused of ‘brass neck’ after saying UK needs better work ethic

31 janvier 2025 à 14:20

Shadow home secretary says fact 9 million people are out of work shows Britain must ‘up our game’

One of Kemi Badenoch’s senior team has been accused of “real brass neck” after saying Britain needed a better work ethic.

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said there were 9 million working-age people not in work and Britain needed to “lift our game and to up our game”.

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