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Kyodo News Digest: Jan. 1, 2025

Men dressed as a deity called Namahage visit a residential house in Oga in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita on Dec. 31, 2024, during an annual event to bring good fortune. The Japanese folk ritual was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of […]

Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in Jan.

The news comes after President Joe Biden signed a bill into law last week that averted a government shutdown but did not include President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demand to raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit. The bill was approved by Congress only after fierce internal debate among Republicans over how to handle Trump’s demand. “Anything else is a betrayal […]

Cheney Slams Trump’s GOP Allies For Trying To ‘Cover Up’ What He Did On Jan. 6

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ripped President-elect Donald Trump as a “cruel and vindictive man” and said his Republican allies were waging a “malicious and cowardly” attack against the truth to cover up his role in the Capitol insurrection. The former lawmaker’s comments came after a key Republican released a report on Tuesday that accused […]