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Shamed David Coote at centre of betting probe after discussing booking player BEFORE game & saying ‘I hope you backed’WASHINGTON - As president-elect Donald Trump rattles his closest neighbours with threats of tariffs, he is also firming up the team of loyalists to put his plans into action. Read this article for free: Already have an account? As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local updates to keep you safe and informed. Now, more than ever, we need your support. Starting at $14.99 plus taxes every four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content as it appears on our website. or call circulation directly at (204) 727-0527. Your pledge helps to ensure we provide the news that matters most to your community! WASHINGTON - As president-elect Donald Trump rattles his closest neighbours with threats of tariffs, he is also firming up the team of loyalists to put his plans into action. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? WASHINGTON – As president-elect Donald Trump rattles his closest neighbours with threats of tariffs, he is also firming up the team of loyalists to put his plans into action. Trump’s team to lead his trade agenda and the American economy include trade lawyers, former advisers and Wall Street executives who have all expressed favourable views of tariffs. “He’s choosing a lot of people who are going to be loyal to him and his ideas,” said Matthew Lebo, a specialist in U.S. politics at Western University in London, Ont. “And that probably will lead to a lot more volatility than even we saw in the first term.” On Tuesday evening, Trump picked Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative. The president-elect said Greer played a key role in the first Trump administration imposing tariffs on China and negotiating the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. If confirmed, Greer will oversee the trade pact’s review in 2026. “Jamieson will focus the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on reining in the country’s massive trade deficit, defending American manufacturing, agriculture, and services, and opening up export markets everywhere,” Trump said in a statement. Greer was the chief of staff to former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer as the trilateral agreement was being crafted to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was torn up last time Trump entered office. Greer’s nomination came the day after Trump said he will impose a 25 per cent import tariff on goods coming from Canada and Mexico. He has also announced an additional 10 per cent tariff on goods from China. Trump said the tariffs against Canada and Mexico would remain in place until both countries stop people and drugs, in particular fentanyl, from illegally crossing the border into the U.S. A Canadian Chamber of Commerce report suggested Trump’s previous pledge to impose a 10 per cent levy would take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy. More than 77 per cent of Canadian exports go to the U.S. and trade comprises 60 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product. Some economists have warned across-the-board duties would cause inflation in the U.S., even though Trump campaigned on lowering costs for Americans. Greer was deeply involved in Trump’s original sweeping tariffs on China and subsequent negotiations on the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade agreement, online biographies say. In testimony about China’s trade agenda at a House trade subcommittee last year, Greer said he believes “good fences make good neighbours, and trade enforcement is an important part of establishing those fences.” On Tuesday, Trump also tapped Kevin Hassett to be the director of the White House National Economic Council. The role will be key in fulfilling Trump’s campaign promise to fix the U.S. economy. His announcement said Hassett will also “ensure that we have fair trade with countries that have taken advantage of the United States in the past.” Hassett served during the first Trump term as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the president-elect has called him a “true friend.” The latest nominations round out an economic team that includes hedge fund executive Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary and Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, who was tapped for commerce secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Lutnick would oversee a sprawling cabinet agency and Trump’s tariff agenda. He has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s tariff plans. In an CNBC interview in September he said tariffs are “an amazing tool for the president to use — we need to protect the American worker.” Lebo said as Trump prepares to return to office he is removing any person who could prove to be a guardrail or check on his power. “These are people aligned with Trump,” Lebo said. “More and more aligned with his campaign rhetoric.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2024. — With files from The Associated Press Advertisement Advertisement
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"We the People" competitions require student competitors to write and present speeches that address key issues of government, the Constitution and world politics. After their four-minute presentations, students face six minutes of questions from a panel of expert judges. Students are required to answer extemporaneously without referring to notes or materials. The “We the People” Constitution Program is sponsored by the Justice Resource Center (JRC) in partnership with the Law, Youth, and Citizenship Committee of the New York State Bar Association. “I am proud of the performance of Johnstown students in New York City this year and the hard work they did preparing for the competition,” said Sean Russo, a social studies teacher and "We the People" coach. “In their reflections after the event, the students told me that they now have a much better understanding of government. They also feel their public speaking skills and overall confidence has improved through this experience.” In addition to the overall team placing fifth statewide, students Nicholas Valachovic and Austin Harrington won the Unit 2 award at the competition, Russo said. James Madison High School in Brooklyn won top place in this year's "We the People" competition. In 2020, Johnstown High School's team of seniors Calyer Fagan, Brianne Hansen and Kiersten Pelosi was awarded top honors in of the disciplines.Oppenheimer director’s next film to be The Odyssey
Varanasi, Dec 24: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today addressed the Annual Day Function of JS Group of Institutions at Varanasi. He congratulated and extended his best wishes to the management, teachers, students and everyone associated with the JS Group of Institutions. In his address, the Lieutenant Governor highlighted the critical role of Science and Technology for a brighter future of India. He emphasised that modern education must touch every person of society for progress and prosperity of all. “Education is the process of self-discovery. It is the art of sculpting individuality. Education not only trains the individual in a specific skill and knowledge, but also develops the latent intellectual, artistic and humanitarian abilities,” the Lieutenant Governor said. The Lieutenant Governor called upon the teaching fraternity to provide mentorship and guidance to the students and nurture their inherent potential so that they can contribute to nation building and development of the society. The Lieutenant Governor also spoke on the revolutionary changes taking place, under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in various sectors including education, industry and technology. Today’s classroom will give a new shape to tomorrow’s factory. It is the responsibility of our educational institutions to collaborate with Industries and prepare smart technical professionals for the smart factories, he said. On the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor commended the contribution of JS Group of Institutions in education sector. He also inaugurated the Administrative Block of JS Public School, Sadhoganj, Varanasi.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a red-state constitutional challenge to California's special authority to fight air pollution. Over a dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court turned away an appeal from Ohio and 16 other conservative states , which asked the court to rule "the Golden State is not a golden child." Although Monday's brief order closes the door on a constitutional challenge to California's anti-pollution standards, the court on Friday cleared the way for a different, more targeted legal challenge. The oil and gas industry is suing over the state's "zero emissions" goals for new vehicles, arguing California's special authority to fight air pollution does not extend to greenhouse gases and global warming. The D.C. Circuit Court in Washington dismissed that suit in April on the grounds that the oil producers had no standing to sue. Their complaint was they would sell less fuel in the future. On Friday, the justices agreed to reconsider that ruling early next year. They could clear the way for the suit to proceed. Monday's related order narrows the legal grounds that the industry can use to challenge California's rule, assuming it eventually wins standing. "The big relief for California, right now, is that the Supreme Court is not going to rule on the substance of whether California has the authority to issue greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles," said Ann Carlson, the founding director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment at UCLA. "Since the 1960s, California indisputably has had the authority to regulate conventional pollutants from vehicles," Carlson said. And California air regulators have long maintained that the Los Angeles smog problem is so severe that electric vehicles are necessary to comply with the anti-pollution standards, she said. When the Supreme Court takes up the oil industry's claims early next year, the incoming Trump administration is likely to intervene on the side of the industry. The Environmental Protection Agency must grant the state a waiver to go beyond the federal standards for vehicles, and President-elect Donald Trump's appointees are unlikely to support California's preferred policy. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar had urged the court to turn down both appeals. They said California's strict emissions standards are designed to fight smog and other air pollution as well as greenhouse gases. They argued that Congress had ample authority under the Constitution to set special rules for problems in different states. Since early in American history, they said, Congress has approved special customs duties for some states or rules involving tribes relations. In challenging California's authority, Ohio Atty. Gen. David Yost pointed to the court's 2013 decision that struck down part of the Voting Rights Act on the grounds that it violated the principle of equal state sovereignty. When Congress adopted national air pollution standards in 1967, it said California could go further because it was already enforcing strict standards to combat the state's worst-in-the-nation problem with smog. Ohio and other red states say this special authority violates "core constitutional principles because no state is more equal than the others. And Congress does not have the general power to elevate one state above the others. ... Yet in the Clean Air Act, Congress elevated California above all the other states by giving to the Golden State alone the power to pass certain environmental laws." Without commenting, the justices said they would not hear the constitutional claim. The Environmental Defense Fund hailed the court's announcement. "California's clean car standards have successfully helped reduce the dangerous soot, smog, and climate pollution that put all people at risk, while also turbocharging clean technologies and job creation," said Alice Henderson, lead counsel for its clean-air policy group. (Times staff writer Tony Briscoe contributed to this report.) ©2024 Los Angeles Times. Visit latimes.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.