Valentin Shriner

Dec 11, 2024 | todayschronic.com | Valentin Shriner

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Defense Department, said he had a "wonderful conversation" with Maine Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday as he pushed to win enough votes for confirmation. He said he will not back down after allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct.

Dec 11, 2024 | todayschronic.com | Valentin Shriner

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar is the "biggest reason" behind disruptions in the Upper House, where he acts like a "headmaster" to "students in a classroom," Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said Wednesday, launching an unprecedented no-holds-barred attack on the occupant of the second highest Constitutional office in the country.

Dec 11, 2024 | todayschronic.com | Valentin Shriner

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday that aims to completely restrict county agencies from cooperating with federal authorities on immigration enforcement. The vote comes weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged mass deportations and government funding cuts to cities with such "sanctuary" policies, is set to start a second term.

Dec 11, 2024 | todayschronic.com | Valentin Shriner

TikTok is challenging the federal government's order to shut down its operations in Canada, claiming it will eliminate hundreds of jobs and potentially terminate a quarter of a million contracts that it has with Canadian advertising clients. The company filed documents in Federal Court in Vancouver on Dec. 5, seeking to set aside the order to wind-up and cease business in Canada.

Dec 11, 2024 | todayschronic.com | Valentin Shriner

Tech giants who refuse to renew their commercial deals with Australian news publishers will face financial penalties under a proposal by the Labor government. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to introduce a new scheme under which companies such as Meta and Google would be hit with a levy if they choose to no longer pay news publishers for content, the Daily Telegraph reports. The outlet reports the levy would amount to greater than the cost of paying for the news content.