The Daily Populous

Saturday December 21st, 2024 day edition

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The French overseas department is reeling from a devastating cyclone, and residents’ anger boiled over during a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Emmanuel Macron engaged in a war of words with locals in an angry exchange during his two-day visit to Mayotte.

However, amid tense scenes, Macron was heckled on Thursday night by local people who were furious at France’s response to the disaster.

“If you pit people against each other, we're scr*wed, because you're happy to be in France.

Because if this wasn't France, you'd be 10,000 times more in the sh*t.”.

“Macron humiliated the relatives of thousands of victims,” Alma Dufour, an MP for the far-left France Unbowed party, wrote on X.

“We've got the biggest human catastrophe since World War II and we're putting on a Macron show,” said Sandrine Rousseau, a Green MP, in an interview with France 2. »

Elon Tries to Kill “President Musk” Allegations After Total Disaster

Authored by newrepublic.com

Many Democrats leapt on the events of the week to say just that: “The leader of the GOP is Elon Musk,” tweeted Representative Brendan Boyle.

“I don’t know why Trump doesn’t just hand him the Oval Office,” said Representative Greg Cesar.

“It’s clear who’s in charge, and it’s not President-elect Donald Trump,” posted Pramila Jayapal, saying Trump followed the lead of “Shadow President Elon Musk.” »

Girl unresponsive 3 months after crash caused by suspect in Trump assassination attempt

Authored by wptv.com

Law enforcement said the crash was caused by Ryan Routh, the man charged in the attempted assassination of President-elect Donald Trump in Palm Beach County,.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said this week that during the apprehension and arrest of Routh, a car crash occurred that caused serious injuries to Mia Rosalie Monreal, a 6-year-old Port St. Lucie girl.

Pardo said she was in the car with Mia, her youngest son and her boyfriend when the crash happened. »

Biden forgives $4.28 billion in student debt for 54,900 borrowers

Authored by cnbc.com

The Biden administration announced Friday that it would forgive another $4.28 billion in student loan debt for 54,900 borrowers who work in public service.

Biden has forgiven more student debt than any other president.

He has cleared nearly $180 billion for 4.9 million people with student debt. »

US spending tens of millions of dollars maintaining seized yacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch

Authored by independent.co.uk

The U.S. has spent tens of millions of dollars over more than two years maintaining a $230 million mega-yacht it seized as part of efforts to crack down on oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin during the war in Ukraine, newly unearthed documents reveal.

Kerimov, a trained economist and representative of the republic of Dagestan in Russia’s Federation Council, made a fortune investing in Russian gold mining firm Polyus.

The 348 foot superyacht was seized in May of 2022 in Fiji and sailed to San Diego ( FIJI SUN/AFP via Getty Images ). »