January 24 News Update

US health officials cancel climate conference; don't say why
Sydney heatwave expected to shatter weather record set before federation

Teamsters fear lockout at Honeywell
Minneapolis begins listening sessions on minimum wage
Voting rights advocates ponder strategy
The American War in Vietnam in the Age of Trump
Trump meets with leaders of building, sheet metal unions
Trump’s federal hiring freeze draws immediate fire from unions
Right-to-work advocates file lawsuits against labor-backed ballot initiative
Trump Repeats an Election Lie in Meeting With Top Lawmakers *
Trump’s First Cabinet: The Whitest and Most Male Since Reagan’s *
Corbyn comparison seen as praise and insult in French Socialist race
Sinn Féin names Michelle O'Neill as new leader in Northern Ireland
'Global gag rule' reinstated by Trump, curbing NGO abortion services abroad
Two journalists covering inauguration protests face felony riot charges

Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.