trump
U.S. Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, in case on Trump birthright citizenship order
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory on Friday by curbing the power of federal judges to impose nationwide rulings impeding his policies, but it left unresolved the issue of whether he can limit birthright citizenship. The court’s 6-3 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, did not let Trump’s birthright citizenship order go into effect immediately, directing lower courts that blocked it to reconsider the scope of their orders. The ruling also did not address its legality. The justices granted a request by theRead more
Judge halts Trump’s attempt to keep international students from Harvard
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House. The order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves the ability of Harvard to host foreign students while the case is decided. Harvard sued the Department of Homeland Security in May after the agency withdrew the school’s certification to host foreign students and issue paperwork for their visas. The action would have forced Harvard’s roughly 7,000 foreign students — aboutRead more
Let bygones be bygones? Fans weigh in on criticism of Wayne Gretzky over Trump ties
Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet Jones arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration. As the Edmonton Oilers face off against the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final, some hockey fans say its time to move on over the rhetoric surrounding The Great One. (Kevin Lamarque/The Canadian Press) It wasn’t long ago that some Canadians were up in arms about hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s ties to U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. But as the Edmonton Oilers skate their way through the Stanley Cup final, hockey fans say it’s time toRead more
Musk vs. Trump: A power couple tumbles into a messy divorce
It’s splitsville for a global power couple. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are tumbling into a messy public divorce, with unusual political fallout. Tension between the erstwhile Oval Office buds bubbled into open view Thursday, as they exchanged digs in public and on their own social media sites. It got ugly, quickly. Within hours, Musk appeared to call for Trump’s impeachment. Meanwhile, Tesla stock had plunged, as the market feared the president might punish Musk businesses. The official cause of the breakup between the world’s most powerful elected politician andRead more
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ raises major questions: Can it be built? Should it be built? What’s Canada’s role?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defence system, which Canada has expressed interest in joining, is raising questions about the project’s cost and feasibility as well as concerns about a space-based arms race. Trump’s plan is modelled after the Iron Dome that protects Israel — a land mass smaller than Vancouver Island — and aims to be more robust and hundreds of times bigger. The Iron Dome is mainly built to defend against lower-flying threats like short-range rockets, mortars and shells, while Trump and other top U.S. officials say the proposed Golden Dome wouldRead more
Trump wants to accept a Qatari jet for Air Force One. Here are the facts
A Qatari Boeing 747 sits at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida after U.S. President Donald Trump toured the aircraft on Feb. 15. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to accept a Qatari jet as an Air Force One replacement has raised a long list of legal, ethical and technical questions. Any deal to accept the plane has not been finalized, but since the weekend Trump has been adamant that he wants it. “They’re giving us a free jet,” he said, adding that only “a stupid person” wouldRead more
Trump keeps 10% tariffs on U.K., cuts taxes on British autos, steel and aluminum in trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Thursday to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal but played down the possibility of other nations getting similarly favourable terms on his import taxes, which are roiling the global economy. Under the framework agreement, the U.K. is to buy more U.S. beef and ethanol and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States. But Trump’s baseline 10 per cent tariffs against British goods are to stay in place, and the Republican president suggested that even higherRead more
Trump calls 1st American Pope a ‘great honour’ as world leaders welcome Leo XIV
Current and former world leaders were quick to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, after his fellow cardinals chose him to succeed the late Pope Francis. “What excitement, and what a great honour for our country,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on social media, referencing the fact that the newly elected Pope was born in the United States. All four of the U.S.’s living past presidents offered congratulations to the 69-year-old, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Leo XIV — himself the first-ever, U.S.-born pope. Former U.S. presidentRead more
Trump signs executive order to speed up deepsea mining permits
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deepsea mining industry, marking his latest attempt to boost U.S. access to nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy. The order, which Trump signed in private, seeks to jumpstart the mining of both U.S. and international waters as part of a push to offset China’s sweeping control of the critical minerals industry. Reuters first reported last month that the order was under deliberation. Parts of the Pacific Ocean and elsewhere are estimatedRead more
Trump blows up the notion his Canada talk was just a fleeting fancy
There’s been no shortage of speculation about how U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about Canada might impact the federal election. It’s now time to start asking a new, longer-term question: About how his attitude will impact Canada beyond Monday’s election. It now seems increasingly obvious that Trump’s expansionist aspirations are no fleeting fancy. He kept quiet for a while, leading some to wonder whether he’d gotten it out of his system — that maybe he was just simply trolling our former prime minister, Justin Trudeau. But in recent days, theRead more