The Hudak Report 05/22/25

Al Jazeera: Member of Irish rap band Kneecap charged with ‘terrorism’ offence

CBC News: Anand says she'll summon Israeli ambassador after IDF fired shots near 4 Canadians

Common Dreams: After 'Heartless' ICE Refusal, Judge Orders Officials to Allow Mahmoud Khalil to See His Family

Common Dreams: Wyden Exposes Which Phone Carriers Don't Notify Customers​ About Government Surveillance

The Canadian Press: Canada Post makes new offers to union ahead of strike deadline

Canadian political news:

• Eby ends Downtown Eastside consultancy contract that came under fire

• Poilievre names 48 Conservative MPs as critics, announces House leadership team

• Trade, Arctic security top of list as Western premiers meet in Yellowknife

• Union head says new federal government needs to regain public servants' trust

Other Canada news:

• B.C. is getting a new area code this weekend

• Bell rolls back software update that knocked out internet for tens of thousands

• Canada's top pension fund drops net-zero emissions target

• Mining claims in Ring of Fire up 66 per cent over past 3 years: environmental group

• Quebec to impose French-language quotas on streaming giants

• Rank-and-file mobilizes as Quebec residential construction strike nears

Trump administration news:

• CBO Report Shows Trump-GOP Bill Would Spur Unparalleled Wealth Transfer From Poor to Rich

• Department of Justice scraps Memphis Police investigation

• Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Cuomo, Singling Out Another Political Target

• Trump leans into widely disputed claims about "white genocide" in South Africa

• Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Aims to Strip Federal Courts of Contempt Powers for Injunction Violations

• Official Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump

• 'Welfare Checks' by ICE Leave Dozens of Migrant Youth Without Homes

Other US news:

• Alliance Defending Freedom Sues Minnesota To Mandate Trans Discrimination

• Bill derided by authors as enabling book banning heads to Ayotte’s desk

• Gerry Connolly Dead at 75

• ‘Mayhem’ as ICE officials arrest multiple people at immigration court in Phoenix

• Physician-assisted death becomes legal in Delaware

• Route 6/10 contractor settles environmental violations with state for $11M; criminal charges dropped

• Tennessee governor refuses another death row reprieve

• UnitedHealth paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers: Report

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli and US aggressions in the Middle East:

• Gaza Health Ministry reports 82 martyrs in past 24 hours

• Israel Expands Ethnic Cleansing Operations in Khan Younis

• Israeli top court rules Shin Bet chief Ban’s firing by Netanyahu ‘unlawful’

• UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount

Other world news:

• Congo-Kinshasa: Former DR Congo Prime Minister Sentenced to Hard Labour for Corruption

• England: Birmingham bin strikers block scab vehicles

• Italian PM Meloni’s new citizenship rules anger Italian-Americans

• Rwanda's Former First Lady Agathe Habyarimana Avoids Genocide Trial in France

• South Sudan on edge as Sudan’s war threatens vital oil industry

• Suicide bomber hits school bus in Balochistan, Pakistan accuses India

• Zimbabwe: UZ to Pay New Lecturers US$3 Hourly as Striking Staff Shown the Door

• As Israel's military kills the innocent, Anita Anand does nothing.

• Ken Paxton Can Access Your Prescription Records

• Soon 'Palestine Once Existed'

• US soldiers are invading Gaza under the guise of delivering aid. We won’t fall for it.