The Hudak Report 05/23/25

Advocate: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care

Al Mayadeen: Israeli embassy staff killed in shooting near Washington Jewish Museum

rabble: Ontario community reclaims public water from private corporations

Rhode Island Current: Providence police cite three striking Butler workers, one motorist for noise violations

The Canadian Press: Union says Canada Post offers 'fall short' as strike deadline nears

Zeteo: I Don’t Need You to Cure My Blindness

Canadian political news:

• Conservative MP launches petition to end temporary foreign worker program

• Manitoba ethics commissioner faults former premier for pushing mining project

• Ontario launches $3.1-billion critical minerals plan

• Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources

• Supreme Court of Canada to examine role of rape shield law in sexual services case

• Workers and Students Condemn Higher Education Cuts

Other Canada news:

• 3 people sentenced after 84 foreign nationals found living in ‘deplorable conditions’

• Calgary restaurant owners found guilty of defrauding temporary foreign workers

• New report casts doubt on potential revival of Quebec LNG project

• RCMP leader accused suspended Coquitlam officers of mounting 'campaign of hate'

• WSIB workers strike against toxic workload, low pay

Trump administration news:

• 5 key takeaways from the MAHA commission report

• In 'Intolerable Attack,' Trump DHS Blocks Harvard From Enrolling International Students

• Supreme Court clears way for Trump to fire 2 independent agency leaders over liberal dissents

• Trump Is Trying to Scrap Basic Protections for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

• Trump's Education Department closure and layoffs blocked by federal judge

Other US news:

• Coalition For Palestine Activists Arrested In Portland Maine

• Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil challenges arrest in US immigration court

• George Washington University student banned after pro-Palestinian graduation speech

• Native leaders, advocates gather for Emily’s Law bill signing ceremony

• Oscar Smith addresses Gov. Bill Lee in last words before execution

• Senate Republicans vote to revoke California’s right to set its own tailpipe pollution rules

• Supreme Court sidesteps major ruling on religious public charter schools

• The Israel Embassy Shooter Manifesto

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

• 53% of Israeli public opposes aid entering Gaza, new poll shows

• Ireland’s deputy premier accuses Israeli government of genocidal acts

• Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa, raid homes in West Bank

• Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza

Other world news:

• 6.2 earthquake strikes near Crete, Greece; shaking felt as far as Israel and Egypt

• Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

• China: 200 rare and endangered species see population recovery

• Court rules to arrest Georgian opposition leader as anti-government protests continue

• Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe

• Dozens injured in Argentina pension protests as Congress fails to vote

• DR Congo ex-leader Kabila loses immunity to 'treason' probe

• Four fatal work accidents on Germany’s railways in just four weeks

• In Panama, an Indigenous-led project rewrites the rules of reforestation

• Lesbian mothers win legal status in Italy IVF ruling

• Starmer signs deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius after last-ditch legal challenge

• Thousands of Greeks Take to the Streets of Athens to Protest Israeli Attacks on Gaza

• U.S. to impose sanctions on Sudan over chemical weapons use

• Avoiding the NLRB

• Bubble zone protest-bans threaten Palestine solidarity—and public dissent

• Discussing judicial racial bias in Canada at the UN

• Empire's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Rodriguez and Mangione are Just the Beginning

• Meta goes to War

• NYPD Assault on CUNY Gaza Encampment Shows Why We Need Sanctuary Universities

• The Western Media Brought Gaza To This Point