Law & Politics
The year 2024 will be remembered as one of profound transformation, marked by seismic political shifts, groundbreaking technological innovation, and powerful stories of leadership and resilience. Against this backdrop, certain individuals emerged as key figures, captivating the world and steering its course.
These newsmakers, whose challenges and triumphs were closely watched this year, were chosen in a survey of 6,367 Epoch Times readers as the most significant of 2024.
US Newsmaker of the Year: Donald Trump
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President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory as The Epoch Times’ U.S. Newsmaker of the Year—garnering 96.9 percent of first-choice votes—reflects the significance of his political comeback in
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Read MorePresident Joe Biden, on his last Christmas Eve in the Oval Office, signed 50 bills into law, including measures that make the bald eagle the country’s official bird, preclude members of Congress from collecting pensions if convicted of crimes, establish the first federal anti-hazing college campus standard, and restrain federal agencies from issuing “useless reports.”
Among other legislation enacted by the president on Dec. 24 were
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Read MoreOut of all the ambitions of President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), one that will likely face considerable pushback in Washington is slashing the ever-growing defense budget of the United States military.
After the Pentagon failed its seventh consecutive annual audit earlier this year, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ballooning budget, which climbed to $895.2 billion for fiscal year 2025, is facing renewed scrutiny among Washington lawmakers.
DOGE, soon to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy,
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Read MoreAlberta Premier Danielle Smith has scored tickets to Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C., next month, a visit that comes as premiers — and the federal government — are engaged in a major diplomatic push to stave off tariffs promised by the incoming U.S. president.
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Read MoreAlthough Canada faces a major trade war with the U.S. as soon as President-elect Donald Trump enters office in less than a month, Justin Trudeau has been distracted by a leadership crisis that could topple him as prime minister.
The situation has Canada’s regional leaders hopping on flights to influence the incoming Trump administration themselves.
Canada in Trump’s (fake) Amazon shopping cart as trolling continues by Team Trump
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For Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, that led to chewing the fat with the president-elect’s eldest son, Donald J. Trump Jr., over meals of black bear spring rolls, turkey, deer and oysters at a hunting lodge in North Carolina.
Don Jr., as he’s often called, has frequented the Yukon for hunting t
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Read MoreIrene Lima, 55, and Chad Kabecz, 40, of Winnipeg, have each been charged with four counts of bestiality, six counts of killing or injuring animals, six counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, and possessing and making child pornography with the intent to distribute it, records show.
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Read MoreSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) recently pointed to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, 2022 against the Freedom Convoy truckers for anyone who has any “doubt that emergency powers can be abused.” Paul was arguing against expanding any emergency powers for the federal government through the Department of Homeland Security because these “could be turned inward against political dissent.”
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Read MorePresident-elect Donald Trump issued a Christmas message to the “wonderful soldiers of China” who are “illegally, operating the Panama Canal” and to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday.
“Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal (where we lost 38,000 people in its building 110 years ago), always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about ‘anything,’” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump continued, saying, “Also, to Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our
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Read Morehe Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck targets across Yemen on Thursday during the speech of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, striking the port city of Hodeida and the international airport in the capital city of Sana’a in the interior.
The wave of attacks marks the fourth since July, and came after Houthi rebels launched several ballistic missile attacks and drone attacks at Israel over the past several days, including on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day.
No official estimates of damage or casualties
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Read MoreFacing litigation from Jewish CUPE members who allege the union and its leader had perpetuated antisemitism, CUPE Ontario has brought forward a motion to dismiss the lawsuit as baseless.
CUPE Ontario’s motion to dismiss the human rights case against them comes after the lawyer representing the plaintiffs requested access to CUPE’s financial records.
The lawsuit brought before the Ontario Human Rights Trib
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