Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country would be "never for sale" as they met at the White House amid tensions on tariffs and sovereignty.
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1 day agoA three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that federal immigration law gives the U.S. Department of Homeland Security broad powers to regulate the conditions of admission into the United States for visa holders.
9 months agoThe lawsuit is the latest US action against TikTok and its Chinese parent over fears the company improperly collects vast amounts of data on Americans for the Chinese government, while influencing content in a way that potentially harms Americans.
9 months agoHarris is expected to make her choice by Monday ahead of her first public appearance with the new vice presidential nominee on Tuesday in Philadelphia.
9 months agoHarris, who was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates, will be officially crowned at a Chicago convention later this month.
9 months agoOn July 24, the planemaker finalized an agreement to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay up to $487 million after breaching a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement.
9 months ago"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black, until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black," Trump said, drawing a smattering of jeers from an audience of about 1,000 people.
9 months agoBorrell said the electoral commission had announced the vote results on the basis of 80% of ballots counted, while the Venezuelan opposition had published very different results.
9 months agoTrump has built a political career on mocking everyone from opponents to his own staffers.
9 months agoThe US and a number of other governments cast doubt on the official vote count. Maduro's opposition rival, Edmundo Gonzalez, asserted that he was the true winner.
9 months agoThe country's electoral authority said just after midnight on Monday that Maduro had won a third term with 51 percent of the vote, despite multiple exit polls which pointed to an opposition win.
9 months agoThe Park Fire had burned more than 141,640 hectares about 144 kilometers north of the state capital city of Sacramento as of Saturday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
9 months agoThe blaze was set off by lightning on July 17, and wind gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour drove the flames across brush, timberland and ranches, killing hundreds of cattle, with the fire was only 20 percent contained on Friday, officials said.
9 months agoThe Democratic establishment's most revered power couple waited until all the other heavy hitters had come forward, finally making their move in a video released early Friday that shows Harris taking their call.
9 months agoThe United States and Germany dismissed the need for a global deal on taxing billionaires, an initiative which is backed by France, Spain, South Africa, Colombia and the African Union.
9 months ago"I revere this office. But I love my country more," the 81-year-old said in an elegiac prime-time address to the nation urging his divided country to embrace democracy and shun hatred.
9 months agoIn an Oval Office address, Biden invoked previous presidents Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln as he described his love for the office that he will leave in six months, capping a half century in public office.
9 months agoDuring more than 4-1/2 hours of often contentious proceedings, Cheatle called the July 13 shooting "the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades," comparing the breakdown to the 1981 attempted assassination of former president Ronald Reagan.
9 months agoAiming to become the first woman president in US history, the 59-year-old Harris won the backing of a seemingly unassailable number of Democrats, most notably powerful former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
9 months agoAs the apparent frontrunner for the nomination after Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her on Sunday, Harris would bring on-the-job experience, personal ties forged with world leaders, and a sense of global affairs gained during a Senate term and as Biden's second-in-command.
9 months agoBiden, the oldest person ever to have occupied the Oval Office, said he would remain in the presidency until his term ends on Jan. 20, 2025, while endorsing Harris to run for president in his place.
9 months agoThe so-called Trump-trade, which presumes the former president's tax policies will lift corporate profits, while undermining the country's long-term budget health, gained ground following Biden's disastrous TV debate last month.
9 months agoIt was unclear whether other senior Democrats would challenge Harris for the nomination - she was widely seen as the pick for many party officials - or whether the party itself would choose to open the field for nominations.
9 months agoHe frequently mocked Democratic President Joe Biden as feeble. He derided senior Democrats, including Pelosi, for trying to persuade Biden to end his re-election bid.
9 months agoHarris fundraising events have been getting added interest from donors who want to signal they are willing to coalesce around her potential bid for the White House, according to three Democratic fundraisers.
9 months agoWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for the 81-year-old Democrat after Biden cancelled a speech due to the diagnosis.
9 months agoUS House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has expressed similar views directly to Biden, ABC News reported, citing a source familiar with the conversation.
9 months agoThe shooting brought back memories of turbulent political periods such as the 1960s, when Democratic President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, followed by the killing of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
9 months agoProject 2025 -- a sweeping blueprint from the hard-right Heritage Foundation to remake the federal government in Trump's image -- has been characterized by opponents as an authoritarian, right-wing wish list.
9 months agoThe infections are the first reported cases in poultry workers in the United States since 2022. They follow an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in US dairy cattle that has infected an additional four farm workers since March.
9 months agoThe tycoon has expressed deep disdain for the use of preferred pronouns, often mocking the practice on social media and dismissing it as part of a "woke" agenda that was dangerous for society.
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