by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
- Eight-time world surfing champion to sit out second season
- Reigning WSL men’s champ John John Florence also steps away
Eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore has abandoned plans to return to full-time competition on the surfing world tour to focus on fully recover from injuries. The Australian surfing great will extend her break from the World Surf League’s Championship Tour into a second season, while reigning men’s champion John John Florence has also stepped away from competing in 2025.
Gilmore was expected to return to professional surfing at the Pipeline Pro in Hawaii next week after being awarded a season wildcard but will now sit out this year’s campaign. The WSL has granted Gilmore another wildcard for the 2026 CT season which would allow her to chase a record-extending ninth women’s world crown.
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
Administration overturns policies that for more than a decade restricted enforcement from ‘sensitive areas’
US immigration authorities will be able to arrest migrants at schools, churches and hospitals after the Trump administration overturned policies banning immigration enforcement from so-called “sensitive areas”.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection had been restricted from doing so for more than a decade. The US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both agencies, said in a statement: “Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest.”
by | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by presidentDonald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had granted a “full
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
President responds to bishop urging him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ people by saying ‘I didn’t think it was a good service’; Ice officials can again raid ‘sensitive areas’ and carry out ‘expedited removals’
Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signalled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power, Reuters reports.
The Republican president’s pardon of 1,500 defendants on Monday drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered in the 6 January, 2021, attack, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.
by | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
Data from dozens of countries reveals height and weight differences between sexes have increased since 1900Amid the profound changes humanity has witnessed, one might be
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
Right Rev Mariann Budde’s appeal amounts to bold public criticism and prompts frosty response from US president
In an inaugural prayer service sermon, the Episcopal bishop of Washington appealed directly to Donald Trump to “have mercy upon” communities across the country targeted by the new administration’s immigration and LGBTQ+ policies.
Speaking from the pulpit at the Washington national cathedral, the Right Rev Mariann Budde delivered her sermon – and an impassioned plea – as Trump sat stone-faced in the front row, alongside Melania Trump and JD Vance. Asked later about the service, Trump told reporters it was “not too exciting”.
by | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
Dubbed Stargate, it aims to construct data centers and infrastructure needed to power AI developmentDonald Trump has unveiled what he called “the largest AI infrastructure
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
- CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner also make list
- Ichiro falls one vote short of unanimous selection
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of a unanimous selection when he was elected on Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia’s name was on 342 ballots and Wagner’s on 325, which was 29 more than the 296 needed for the required 75%.
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
In a ‘step backward’, Trump effectively reinstated Schedule F, reclassifying thousands of employees as political hires
One day after Donald Trump returned to office, a leading government labor union filed a lawsuit against his administration’s reclassification of thousands of federal workers as political hires.
An executive order signed by the president – making public sector workers easier to fire – amounts to a “dangerous step backward”, according to the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents federal government employees across 37 agencies and departments.
by dap | Jan 21, 2025 | The Guardian
President Donald Trump began his first full day in office attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. The Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, pleaded with Trump during the service, asking the newly elected president to protect immigrants and respect gay rights. ‘There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives,’ she said as Trump and his family watched on. After the inauguration, Trump launched a sweeping immigration crackdown and promised mass deportations
