January 26: For this Indigenous reporter, it’s ‘a rollercoaster day of emotions’

Are we acknowledging our shared past and are we getting it right? Watch Insight’s episode in collaboration with NITV, Recognising Our Past — on SBS journalist Natalie Ahmat’s first January 26 report in 2008 wasn’t about fireworks or protests. As First Nations Australians were marching in other parts of Australia, the Mudburra and Wagadagam woman … Read more

AFP investigating ‘overseas actors’ in antisemitic attacks

ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS The news that emerged yesterday that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had informed national cabinet it was investigating whether overseas actors paid local criminals to carry out antisemitic attacks led most of the domestic coverage overnight. The ABC says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a snap meeting on Tuesday after antisemitic graffiti was … Read more

DOJ’s ‘excessive’ treatment of Jan. 6 rioters ‘undermined’ the prosecution, Jonathan Turley says

Constitutional law attorney and Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley reacted on “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday to the pardons given by President Donald Trump to nearly all the Jan. 6 rioters charged with crimes. PRESIDENT BIDEN PARDONS HIS SIBLINGS JUST MINUTES BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE  JONATHAN TURLEY: Well, the Department of Justice really made the case for these … Read more

Trump orders U.S. out of World Health Organization – National

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” and required “unfairly onerous payments” from the … Read more

California, other states sue to block Trump executive order on birthright citizenship

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco sued the federal government Tuesday over President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship via executive order — calling it an unconstitutional directive that flies in the face of long-standing legal precedent. “I have one message for President Trump: I’ll see you in court,” … Read more