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May 2, 2025 - World

Liberal PM will also meet with US president on Tuesday amid tensions over threatened annexation and tariffsKing Charles has accepted an invitation to open Canada’s parliament on 27 May, in “an historic honour that matches the weight of our times”, the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said on Friday.In his first news conference since an election dominated by Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty, the prime minister also confirmed he would meet the US president at the White House on Tuesday. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

NBC business analyst Christine Romans shot down enthusiasm over the new jobs numbers released on Friday, stating unusual circumstances related to DOGE government cuts kept unemployment numbers lower than expected.Speaking with MSNBC host Ana Cabrera, Romans was asked about the report that showed unemployment numbers held steady at 4.2 percent, 177,000 jobs added in April.Asked if the job numbers could "cushion" the blow of Donald Trump's tariffs just taking effect, Romans replied, "The job market is resilient and you know we ended last year and came into this year with a strong labor market; cooling but still strong."ALSO READ: 'We’ve made a mistake': Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzy"So I think that's good news considering all the uncertainty that is ahead here," she explained. "An unemployment rate of 4.2 percent that is near historic lows, you look under the hood here and you can see health care hiring a lot. You can see warehouses hiring. I wonder why? Because companies have been pulling forward a lot of their purchases of goods before tariffs.""Then you look also in these numbers in federal workers, you see 9,000 federal workers lost jobs this year, about 26,000, that's probably an undercount and here's why," she offered. "The government, even in this notice, says if you're furloughed or you're still getting a paycheck, you're still counted as as employed. So a lot of these people with buyouts are just not in these numbers yet. So this is a solid position to start from with a lot of tariff uncertainty happening right now."You can watch below or at the link. - YouTube youtu.be

May 2, 2025 - World

The Fox News Jesse Watters Primetime special featuring Elon Musk's controversial DOGE team touched off a social media firestorm about who was, and who wasn't included in the roundtable discussion. "Elon Musk was nice enough to invite us into the Eisenhower Building last night to sit in on his weekly 10 p.m. DOGE meeting," Watters said by way of introduction. "We met the whole crew, even 'Big Balls.'"The 19-year old who gave himself the unfortunate nickname is Edward Coristine, a first-year student at Northeastern University, with a dubious work history that included getting fired from an internship for allegedly "leaking proprietary company information."Social media users took aim at Coristine, but also wanted to know why the interview didn't really feature the "whole crew," since Amy Gleason, DOGE's "acting administrator" per the White House, was conspicuously absent.ALSO READ: Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grabTech journalist Mike Masnick posted, "Fox News' Jesse Watters met with 'the DOGE boys' for their 'nightly meeting,' including... Big Balls. The meeting was led by Elon Musk, who the DOJ has insisted in court does not lead DOGE. I did not see Amy Gleason at the meeting. cc: @annabower.bsky.social"Bower is the senior editor of Lawfare, who wrote an exposé on Gleason being named "purported administrator" for legal purposes after the Trump administration claimed "that neither DOGE nor its de facto leader, Elon Musk, have real decision-making authority."BlueSky poster covie93.bsky.social, with more than 53,000 followers, also asked, "Why was Amy Gleason, the person the WH said is in charge of DOGE, not in that fox 'news' interview with the DOGE team???" The Sunday Mirror's Mikey Smith made fun of Coristine's cleaned-up appearance, writing, "Don’t know what you expected the DOGE kid nicknamed 'Big Balls' to look like, but I wouldn’t have guessed 'family wedding Jedward.'"Political commentator Family-guy @eswat.bsky.social, with more than 10,000 followers, posted, "I watched an interview, last night, of Elon Mush and all the DOGE area leaders by Fox News. I was sickened by the lies and ridiculous accusations. '40% of the phone calls that come in EVERY DAY are fraudsters trying to steal from the system.'” Journalist Kim Zetter remarked how "Musk makes sure to praise Trump and his cabinet, with whom he has tangled over DOGE activity."Over on Elon Musk's X, the commentary was far more complimentary.MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called the DOGE crew "patriots" and "heroes," while Michael Reagan, adopted son of Ronald Reagan and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation wrote, "I challenge @Abc @NBC @CBS and @Cnn to put Elon Musk and his Doge team on for a sit down interview as did FOX. Do they have a pair or not??"Watch the video below or click the link.

May 2, 2025 - World

Guardian Australia spoke to a range of people all across the country to ask about their lives and perspectives ahead of Saturday’s ballotPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastOver the past three months, Guardian Australia has been speaking to ordinary people about their everyday lives – their families, work, hobbies, stressors and hopes.These interviews have formed our Anywhere But Canberra series – a portrait of what different people across the country are dealing with in the lead up to the federal election. We wanted to see how people’s lives and perspectives shaped their votes. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

Labor’s confidence going into Saturday’s election is tempered by gnawing anxiety about the underlying polling dataPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s major parties are headed for a historically low primary vote, continuing a downward trend of several decades, according to the latest from Guardian Australia’s poll tracker. Labor leads the Coalition 51.5-48.5 on the two-party-preferred measure according to our latest average, although there is still uncertainty in the polling.The two-party-preferred vote has been trending towards a repeat of the last election, but this masks a more than two-point primary vote drop for both major parties. The votes lost by the major parties have gone “everywhere”, according to pollsters who spoke to Guardian Australia. Our model estimates the support for independents and minor parties is four points higher than at the last election.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...