Written by In 2018, then acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) Thomas Homan told HuffPost that Congress needed to fix immigration laws because: “I’m the first one to say, I can’t arrest 11 million people.” Now, newly tapped as Donald Trump’s “border czar”, he will be tasked with just that. The president-elect said on Monday […]
As President-elect Donald Trump huddles with his transition team to shape his new cabinet, several influential figures who played a key role in his campaign’s outreach to Arab American voters in Michigan are pushing for him to adopt a more favorable stance toward Palestinians in a post-war effort for regional peace. In an interview with […]
The agenda at the United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit has become more complicated with the re-election of Donald Trump, who made “Drill, baby, drill” an applause line on the campaign trail. The summit, which kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, marks the first time in 15 years that global representatives will negotiate a new […]
Outlet after outlet has quickly diagnosed Trump’s victory: it’s the economy, stupid. The Washington Post sardonically cited the Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl: “It turns out voters really dislike inflation.” We can expect months of haughty analysis about inflation in the United States, and probably another round of it after the 2025 Australian election, no matter […]
US President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to support the cryptocurrency sector could provide a fresh impetus for mainland China to revitalise its digital-asset market, according to an industry veteran, as tech competition between the two countries continue to escalate. “If the US Congress and the [incoming] president make crypto policies clear, constantly legislate and promote the […]
If the second Trump Administration is as incompetent and corrupt as the first, Australia will win handsomely again, as Alan Austin reports. GLOBAL TRADE, when managed skillfully, benefits both buyers and sellers. But sometimes there are winners and losers. When Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imports from China in 2018, China retaliated, costing thousands of […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has 70 days until he takes office, but his foreign-policy decision-making has already begun. 1. The United Nations. On Monday, Trump nominated New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to be the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik is a longtime critic of the international body. She has accused the U.N. […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump preparing for his second term, Japan establishing a minority government, and the key goals of this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference. Policy Preparations U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has 70 days until he takes office, but his foreign-policy decision-making has already begun. Welcome […]
November 11, 2024 3 min read Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling measures under extreme heat conditions may be scuttled by the incoming Trump administration By Ariel Wittenberg & E&E News A worker adjusts his helmet on a construction site in […]
As the world reels from a year of record heat and looks all but certain to suffer another, delegates from nearly 200 countries have descended on Baku, Azerbaijan, for this year’s United Nations climate summit—known as COP29—which runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 22. This summit’s primary focus is a contentious one: money. Developing nations […]