Canada’s foreign minister said there is “unease” in the U.S. capital regarding the incoming administration’s approach to tariffs. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said she’s had a great deal of conservations with Republican and Democratic senators, as well as leaders in the Trump administration, as Canada attempts to stave off the tariff threat. “What I see
The service is set to be expanded to 24 states starting with the 2025 filing season. A group of Republican lawmakers is asking President-elect Donald Trump to stop the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) free online tax filing tool Direct File as soon as he returns to the White House. Direct File was run as
Penny, a Marine veteran, was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a Manhattan jury this week. Daniel Penny, the man acquitted this week of criminally negligent homicide while restraining a threatening passenger on a New York subway, accepted Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s invitation to the annual rivalry game on Dec. 14 between the
‘We’re not on the winning side of the scoreboard here in the telecommunications and cyber espionage battle,’ said cyber expert James Lewis. Experts are urging the U.S. government to ramp up its efforts to counter communist China’s cyber espionage, in the wake of a massive hack of U.S. telecommunication networks by the Chinese state-sponsored cyber
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Jordanian, Turkish, and Iraqi leaders about preventing a surge in sectarian conflicts and terrorism in Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 13, in hopes of promoting regional stability after Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall from power in neighboring Syria.
‘Sometimes they were solid white light, others flashed of red and green,’ Sen. Andy Kim said. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said he saw multiple drones flying over New Jersey during an overnight patrol, while federal officials have not been able to determine their origin. The FBI, White House, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have
‘I don’t believe the Trump Treasury Department would welcome Chinese currency manipulation very fondly,’ said Peter Navarro. Incoming Trump administration senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro told Reuters on Dec. 12 that the new Treasury Department would not take lightly Chinese attempts to manipulate its currency. In 2019, the first Trump administration declared