Cross-border tensions or not, there’s growing talk in Washington that Canada and the U.S. could expand their military co-operation in a continental missile shield. It came up last week at a U.S. Senate committee hearing, when the top-ranking Democrat reported […]
If the U.S. were to proceed with all the tariffs it’s threatening next month, there’s no way they’d all be compounded atop each other into one astronomical total, right? Wrong, says the Trump administration. The White House said Tuesday that
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Lock up political critics? Donald Trump is open to it. But his prevailing tactic entering his second term is suing the media into submission. We’re not just talking about run-of-the-mill libel lawsuits. We’re talking about Trump now suing an Iowa
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It’s hard to envision anyone celebrating the shooting death of a doctor. Or, for that matter, a hospital administrator, a pharma employee, an average U.S. politician or voter. But Luigi Mangione’s alleged act has revealed a wellspring of hatred for one specific
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The Canadian government is talking about adding helicopters and drones at the border to stop fentanyl shipments so Donald Trump drops his threat of devastating economic tariffs. But David Asher, a Trump ally, says it should be doing more. Much more. And as someone
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Joe Biden is drawing condemnation from political allies for establishing a new precedent in American history with the first-ever pardon for presidential offspring. And all they can do, really, is complain. Because the president’s blanket pardon of his son, Hunter
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Donald Trump has levelled his most severe threat against Canada in years, warning that on his first day on office he might impose punishing economic sanctions across North America. The U.S. president-elect threatened Monday evening to slap a 25 per
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Donald Trump has signalled his willingness to bypass the U.S. Senate if it refuses to confirm the cast of controversial characters he’s picked for his cabinet. Even if his own Republican allies try blocking those nominees, which remains far from
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This item is part of Watching Washington, a regular dispatch from CBC News correspondents reporting on U.S. politics and developments that affect Canadians. What’s new Donald Trump now has a point man for his plan to impose punishing trade tariffs.
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The gasps echoing across Washington on Wednesday proved that Donald Trump retains the capacity to shock. That’s just what he did with some boundary-busting cabinet picks. Members of his own party expressed astonishment at news of the president-elect’s choices to oversee law
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