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Month: December 2024

Democrats shift tactics on Trump Cabinet picks after lessons learned from first term

By Lauren Fox and Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats staged dramatic showdowns to protest nominations during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office. This time around, Democrats are shifting tactics, reluctant to pick endless battles with Trump Cabinet picks that are unlikely to succeed. It’s a careful tightrope for a party that is

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NGOs demand investigation into the prison death of a Cuban protester

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Non-governmental organizations monitoring Cuban prisons are demanding an investigation into the death of a man imprisoned since 2021 after being arrested for participating in historic protests against shortages and blackouts. Authorities say 29-year-old Manuel de Jesús Guillén Esplugas committed suicide in prison. However, relatives claim he succumbed to injuries sustained

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Jaguar revela su primer auto conceptual tras un controvertido cambio de identidad

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– El fabricante de automóviles de lujo británico Jaguar reveló su auto conceptual Type 00, el primer vistazo de un nuevo vehículo eléctrico luego de un controvertido cambio de identidad de marca que dividió las opiniones. El fabricante dijo que estaba “presentando una manifestación física inconfundible, inesperada y dramática de Jaguar, mientras

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Judge weighs whether to order Fani Willis to comply with lawmakers’ subpoenas over Trump case

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is weighing whether a Georgia state Senate committee has the right to subpoena testimony and documents from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as it looks into whether she has engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. The Republican-led committee was formed earlier this year

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US Postal Service says it delivered 99.2 million returned ballots, most within a day, using ‘extraordinary measures’

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — The United States Postal Service released its 2024 Post-Election Analysis Report Tuesday, outlining the agency’s steps to process more than 99.22 million ballots in the 2024 general election. The full report can be read here: 2024 Post-Election Analysis Report. “In 2024, the Postal Service once again admirably performed our role of efficiently and

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Justice Department announces sweeping reforms to curb suicides in federal prisons and jails

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and jails, announcing sweeping reforms aimed at overhauling how mental health care is provided behind bars. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco outlined the measures in a memo and report Tuesday, directing

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President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing that continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.“ In a filing made public Tuesday, Trump’s lawyers told Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan that anything short

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Trump transition signs agreement with Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks on Trump picks

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Holmes Lybrand, Kaitlan Collins and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for the team to seek FBI background checks on the president-elect’s appointees. The agreement, announced by the Trump team on Tuesday, outlines the terms of

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China hits out at latest US effort to block Beijing’s access to chip technology

CNN By Juliana Liu and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Hong Kong/Washington (CNN) — The Chinese government has slammed America’s introduction of fresh export controls on US-made semiconductors that Washington fears Beijing could use to make the next generation of weapons and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The new measures, unveiled by the outgoing Biden administration, have raised

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