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Ireland votes in a close-run election where incumbents hope to cling on to power

Ireland is voting on Friday in parliamentary elections to decide the next government. The election will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disaffected voters after years of a pandemic, international instability and a squeeze on the cost of living. Voting began at 7am. Ireland's 3.8 million voters elect 174 […]

Trump to regain pardon power: Here's who could be looking for help

When President-elect Trump returns to the nation's highest office, he will regain vast powers, including the power to grant pardons. Trump's first four years as president pardoned 144 people — Even including some of his allies, the number was significantly smaller. Other than President Biden, whose term has not yet expired, the only president in […]

Rangers once-vaunted power play has gone missing

The Rangers lost a key part of their offensive engine on the power play and also lost a confidence-boosting penalty kill step. It's been seven games since the Blueshirts last scored a power play goal, dating back to the second period of a 6-3 loss to the Jets on Nov. 12. That's an alarming 0-for-14 […]

Biden says he wants transition of power to go smoothly

President Biden on Thanksgiving thanked the second Trump administration for a smooth transition but urged the next commander-in-chief to “reconsider” his threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexican and Canadian products. urged. “I hope so. [President-elect Trump] I'll reconsider. “We're surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Mexico and two of our allies,” Biden […]

Biden says he's thankful for 'peaceful transition' of power

President Biden visited a fire department in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving, saying he was especially grateful for the “peaceful transition of power.” “I'm grateful for my family, for the peaceful transition of the Presidency, and for the grace of God to make further progress in the Middle East. I'm truly grateful,” the commander-in-chief said Thursday. According […]

Russian strike on Ukrainian energy grid leaves more than 1M without power

Russia attacked energy infrastructure in western Ukraine on Thursday, leaving more than 1 million people without power, local officials said. The attack left more than 500,000 households without power in the Lviv region, according to regional governor Makshin Kozytsky. Rivne region governor Oleksandr Kovar said the strike left more than 280,000 households in the region […]

Islanders make wholesale changes to spark lifeless power play

The sweeping changes to both power play units promoted by Patrick Roy on Wednesday are long overdue for an Islanders club that inherited the worst special teams in the class from a year ago and somehow regressed even further. did. This is likely just a coincidence, given that John MacLean, who led the power struggle […]