January 2025
Yes, that’s right. It was only a year ago that Donald Trump was indicted as US President. Sorry, inducted. I’m getting ahead of myself. One of the new president’s first acts was to rename the Gulf of Mexico. It’s good to be clear about your priorities. And he blamed LA for setting itself on fire. And he was already trying to grab Greenland. Back then, Donald was still friends with billionaire donor Elon Musk. How times have changed. Elon had money to burn, and proved it by blowing up another of his rockets. Is it SpaceX or Ex-Space?
In UK politics, Keir tells Elon Musk that he’s ‘crossed a line’ by spreading lies and misinformation about grooming gangs on X. One year later, and we’re still waiting for Keir to do something about Elon and X. In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon announced the end of her marriage to police favourite, Peter Murrell.
The state of the economy continued to be an issue in the UK. The PM’s solution was to big up the opportunities presented by AI, which we now know are mainly about making nude pictures of people. In the courts, a woman successfully contested fines of £2,000 for five minutes parking. She had been unable to pay because there was no mobile phone signal. In 2026, you have to pay that sort of money to drop someone off at the airport, and that’s apparently still legal.
In sport, Luke Littler was tilting for his first major title. Too many beers?
Here is a selection of the top NewsBiscuit stories from January 2025. Click through to read the stories and see the author credits. Scroll down to see some of the month’s best headlines.
USA News
UK news
Social issues
Other news
Headlines
US news
Trump and Musk prove two wrong 'uns do make an extreme right
JFK Assassination files recovered from Trump’s bathroom
Space between Trump’s ears renamed Gulf of America
LA residents regret using Tinder
The world of work
Australian tailor is making great strides
Bogus chiropractor was just pulling my leg
Criminal who represented himself doesn't do himself justice
Gardener put on gardening leave feels a bit hard done by
UK politics
Labour hope Artificial Intelligence can replace Actual Incompetence
Liz Truss adamant that the economy crashed into her
Nicola Sturgeon finally achieves independence
And finally...
Luke Littler - If I win, I’ll stop cutting my own hair
Supermodels call for third runway at London Fashion Week
Greenland offers to sell Denmark
Inventor of ultra-velcro said it was "hard to pull off"
Custard pies - do they strike you as funny?
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