Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Is Meta boosting Trump and Vance on Facebook and Instagram?

Close-up photo of apps Facebook, Facebook messenger and Instagram.

Meta is pushing back on claims from social media users who say they've been forced to follow Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to U.S. President Donald Trump, his wife Melania Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-boosting-trump-vance-facebook-instagram-1.7438276?cmp=rss

Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight

The view from under a large pipeline in a mountainous area.

President Donald Trump's aim to boost oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska's economic future and criticized by environmental groups that worry about a warming climate.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/trump-targets-alaska-s-oil-and-other-resources-as-environmentalists-gear-up-for-a-fight-1.7438463?cmp=rss

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees be put on leave

A man with orange-grey hair, wearing a navy suit, holds a pen as he signs documents at a desk, in front of an American flag.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-dei-staff-1.7437918?cmp=rss

Trump administration drops Biden-era guidance for immigration arrests in sensitive areas

U.S. President Donald Trump sits during a prayer service in Washington, D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced that it had rolled back Biden-era guidance that limited federal immigration arrests near sensitive locations, including schools, hospitals and churches.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-immigration-arrest-guidance-dropped-1.7437617?cmp=rss

Trump has postponed the TikTok ban. Was that legal?

A man seated at a large desk signs a piece of paper while another man stands to his right.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, his first day back in office, signed an executive order postponing the country's ban of TikTok for 75 days. But whether this move was lawful is up in the air.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-postponed-tiktok-ban-legal-1.7436995?cmp=rss