NOTE: Christmas Day will be the last edition of The Hudak Report that will be released this week.

Featured News

Bloomberg: Canada Weighs Opening Its Housing Market to More Foreign Capital

Global News: Canada Post, union finalize tentative deals on new contracts

NBC News: Sen. Chuck Schumer says he's introducing resolution to force DOJ into full release of Epstein files

News From The States: Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free from immigration custody for now

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• BC.'s David Eby 'not seeking' 2026 election, after year that tested NDP coalition

• Carney formally names financier Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador

• Dallas Brodie reinstated as leader of OneBC party after abrupt removal this month

• 'Independent state?' Proposed referendum question approved on Alberta separation

• Manitoba premier vows public inquiry into former PC government efforts to approve sand-mining licence

• Nova Scotia ready for private companies to start exploring for onshore natural gas

• Ottawa offers over $35.5B for First Nations child welfare reform

• Ottawa set to revive online harms legislation in 2026: government source

• Proposed new northern Alberta riding with increased Indigenous representation sparks division

USA news:

• ‘Blatant Act of Retaliation’: Trump Denies Colorado Request for Fire, Flooding Disaster Relief

• CBS Journalist Says Bari Weiss Spiked Segment on Notorious El Salvador Prison for ‘Political’ Reasons

• Hawai‘i Has a Rare Opportunity to Reclaim Land From the US Military

• Massachusetts removes rule requiring foster parents to support LGBTQ+ youth

• One dead in California floods as state braces for brutal week of Christmas storms

• ‘Threat to Media and Democracy’: Trump Ally Larry Ellison Puts Up $40 Billion to Help Son Buy CNN Owner

• Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments

• Topeka police seize student phones, demand passcodes, without telling families. Parents cry foul.

• Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects

World News

• Bobi Wine raises fresh allegations of campaign sabotage in eastern Uganda

• Bolivia Unions Confirm Strike Over Fuel Decree

• Ethiopian youth groups restore Rift valley lake & livelihoods

• FARC Dissidents Declare Holiday Ceasefire in Colombia

• Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak loses house arrest bid in High Court

• Honduran Parties Accuse Military of Intimidating Vote Counters

• Indonesia bus overturns on highway, killing at least 16 passengers

• Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima

• New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks

• Russian general assassinated in Moscow

• Thailand, Cambodia to hold ceasefire talks on Dec 24, as ASEAN calls for ‘maximum restraint’

• Trump naming special envoy to Greenland angers Denmark, prompting it to call in U.S. ambassador

• Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers Hospitalized as Health Concerns Grow

What I’m Reading

• CBS Is Officially State Run Media and NYT Is Close Behind