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Trump’s new tariff threat shows Canada’s retaliation ‘being noticed’: Ontario’s D.C. rep
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month. After Trump threatened new tariffs, there are signs that trade talks have accelerated, says Ontario’s rep in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/The Associated Press) The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to levy 50 per cent tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods is an indication that the administration is taking notice of the effect Canada’s retaliatory trade action is having on the American economy. Speaking to CBC’s Power & Politics, David Paterson pointedRead more
Trump touts tariffs while in Michigan despite rising costs. Even some supporters are worried
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an event at the General Motors Proving Ground Monday, July 27, 2026, in Milford, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Flying to a rally at General Motors in Michigan this week, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “car companies are doing better than they’ve ever done” thanks to his tariffs . “All because of Trump,” he said. It was a message the Republican president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles, predicting that “it’s amazing what tariffs will do for General Motors” before autographing aRead more
Trump says ‘Board of Peace’ reaches deal for Hamas, other Gaza groups to disarm
Militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad stand on a street in Gaza City on March 20. (Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his so-called “Board of Peace” had reached an agreement on the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. In a post on Truth Social, Trump cast it a “major milestone in the implementation of the Trump 20-Point Plan” to end Israel’s war in Gaza. Trump said the agreement would be implemented in phases, with Israeli forces withdrawing as disarmament proceedsRead more
Iran will pay for any Houthi-led attacks, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday “major military punishment” for Iran and its Houthi allies, after the Yemeni fighters struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, extending the Middle East war to a second major shipping chokepoint. Fears that disruption could widen further to block another sea route sent global oil prices surging in one of the steepest rises of the war. Brent crude rose more than six per cent, breaking through $100 US a barrel for the first time since May. Two weeks since the effectiveRead more
U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran after Trump warned peace deal is ‘over’
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was launching fresh strikes on Iran aimed at keeping the critical Strait of Hormuz open to traffic, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over.” The latest round of attacks, which the United States said was launched in response to Tuesday’s assault on three cargo ships transiting the strait, rattled several cities along Iran’s southern coast and left some areas without power. “U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes againstRead more
As Trump declares ceasefire over, Iran’s leadership is divided over how it wants the war to end
A busy Ferdowsi Square in Tehran features a new banner features Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Kahamenei surrounded by ordinary Iranians. (Lyza Sale/CBC) Few will be surprised by Donald Trump’s apparent dismissal of the U.S. ceasefire with Iran in comments he made at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday. Nor will there be much surprise at the U.S. president’s language — calling Iranian leaders “scum” — or that both sides are blaming the other for breaching the truce. Indeed, many analysts predicted that the vague details of the ceasefireRead more
U.S. Supreme Court declines Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5-million US verdict in favour of E. Jean Carroll in a case in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing the former magazine columnist and then defaming her. The justices turned away Trump’s appeal after a lower court upheld the 2023 verdict and rejected Trump’s arguments that the trial was unfair because the judge impermissibly let jurors hear evidence of his alleged past sexual misconduct. Trump has been battling Carroll, a formerRead more
Trump’s D.C. reflecting pool is the butt of online jokes. What happened?
It was big, bold American flag blue. And then it was green. And then it was spotted with chunks of floating paint. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitious plan to renovate the 600-metre-long Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington, D.C., for the country’s 250th anniversary celebration has backfired spectacularly. The pool’s $14.7-million US renovation and subsequent rapid deterioration has become the butt of internet jokes. Some have dubbed June “ALGAEBTQ Pride Month” or commented that Trump, who promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington, has instead created a swamp. In oneRead more
What’s next for Trump and Netanyahu in war with Iran
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, is greeted by U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. The priorities of the two around Iran diverge, in part, because of the leaders’ differing domestic political concerns. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press) U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to find a way out of the war with Iran have suddenly become a lot more complicated. The Israel versus Iran part of the conflict dramatically ramped up in intensity over a matter of hours on Sunday, exactlyRead more
Canada’s forestry crisis should be blamed on homegrown problems, not Trump, federal report says
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Canada, Tim Hodgson, makes an announcement regarding liquefied natural gas with B.C. Premier David Eby, in Vancouver on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (The Canadian Press/Jennifer Gauthier) Canada’s forestry sector is the trade “canary in the coal mine” as it faces structural challenges that go beyond Trump-era tariffs, says the federal minister responsible for natural resources. Tim Hodgson made that comment Wednesday as he unveiled close to $130 million in funding for 56 forestry-related projects across the country. Hodgson, who is in Langford, B.C.,Read more