Jessica Corbett

Students with the youth-led Sunrise Movement walked out across the United States to stand against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's "extreme agenda" and promote "the fight for climate justice, workers' rights, and democracy."

"Trump is inheriting a mess that he helped create," said the National Iranian American Council. "All parties need to focus not on threats but on dialogue to end these crises."

As a top Biden adviser addressed GOP29, green groups urged the outgoing Democratic administration to do whatever it can to tackle the global crisis before Republicans seize control.

"The bill could usher in repression on a massive scale," one critic warned. Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

The choice, said one climate leader, "lays bare Donald Trump's intentions to, once again, sell our health, our communities, our jobs, and our future out to corporate polluters."

Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein published the 551-page dossier that the Trump campaign compiled on potential Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Michigan Democrat warned that the bill "gives Trump and his incoming administration dictatorial powers to target nonprofit organizations as political enemies without due process."

With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reportedly set to pick Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, journalist Ken Klippenstein on Tuesday

"Make no mistake: imposing new tariffs, mass deportations, and politicizing the Federal Reserve will lead to skyrocketing prices," said the Joint Economic Committee chair.

"The most adept satirist could not create a more shameful lineup of Cabinet secretaries," said one critic.