Giorno: 7 Dicembre 2022

New Zealand Court Strips Anti-Vax Parents of Medical Custody of Ill Baby

Read More The mother and father of a four-month-old baby that urgently needs a heart operation leave the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The court on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, ruled against the family who had refused blood transfusions for their baby son unless the blood came from donors who […]

Conservatives remove whip from MP Julian Knight after complaint to Met

Read More The Conservatives have removed the whip from Julian Knight after a complaint was made to the Metropolitan police. The chief whip, Simon Hart, removed the Tory whip, meaning Knight no longer sits in the Commons as a Conservative, after the complaint was made on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the chief whip said: “Following […]

Biden admin appeals ruling blocking Title 42 border protocol

Post Content The Biden administration says it will appeal a federal court decision last month that blocked a Trump-era policy allowing for the quick removal of asylum seekers at the border. The Homeland Security Department said it would file an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, challenging U.S. District […]

Democrats push firearms purchasing ban for people who voluntarily give up their 2A rights

Post Content House Democrats on Wednesday advanced legislation that would establish a federally controlled list of people who voluntarily agree to be blocked from buying guns. The bill is aimed at preventing gun suicides, which supporters of the legislation say is claiming the lives of more than 25,000 Americans each year. The proposal from Reps. […]

John Fetterman’s top aide repeatedly attacked Democrats Manchin, Sinema, Feinstein on Twitter

Post Content Sen.-elect John Fetterman’s, D-Pa., incoming chief of staff is an outspoken progressive who has repeatedly publicly criticized moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Dianne Feinstein. Adam Jentleson – who previously worked in top roles for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and for multiple liberal organizations – attacked the Democrats […]

Key GOP senator says Schumer’s assault weapons ban ‘no longer on the table’

Post Content A Republican senator who was one of the lead negotiators on a firearms and mental health bill that passed this year indicated there’s no time left in December to pass more significant legislation on guns, a sign that this top Democratic priority may fall by the wayside. “I don’t think that’s on the […]

Rallies in Japan Draw Crowds to Support China’s ‘White Paper Revolution’

Read More Rallies were held in Japan last week in solidarity with the “white paper revolution” in mainland China—the largest wave of Chinese protests in three decades. The rallies joined a worldwide response to China’s draconian COVID measures, sparked by a tragic fire in late November. On Nov. 24, the fatal apartment fire in Urumqi, […]

Labour unveils funding shake-up to help turn UK into global startup hub

Read More Labour is aiming to seize ground abandoned by the Conservatives on economic growth with plans for a shake-up of business funding to help fast-growing startups secure billions of pounds in fresh investment. Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, will use a speech to 350 business leaders in Canary Wharf, east London, on Thursday to […]

Unions tell ministers to stop ‘hiding behind’ pay review bodies in strike talks

Read More Union leaders have told ministers to stop “hiding behind” pay review bodies in winter strike talks amid warnings that industrial action on the railways could continue for six months. As a rolling wave of industrial action looms, Frances O’Grady, secretary general of the Trades Union Congress, and Christina McAnea, the general secretary of […]