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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation from the country’s North American neighbors in an emerging trade war. The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were necessary “to protect Americans,” pressing the three nations […]

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River. There were multiple fatalities, according to a person familiar with the matter, but the precise number of victims […]

Kamala Harris will promise to “put country above party and above self” in the closing argument of her presidential campaign. The vice president is to deliver the speech Wednesday evening from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the Capitol insurrection, in the hopes that it offers a stark visualization of the choice voters face. […]

  The Western Hockey League announced today that the Winnipeg ICE franchise has been sold and relocated to Wenatchee, Washington, and will operate under the new ownership of David White of the California-based Shoot the Puck Foundation. The sale and relocation of the Winnipeg franchise has received the approval of the WHL Board of Governors […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has again spoken out about the violence that rocked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 6. He called it an assault on democracy. “We’ve also seen this week that democracy is resilient in America, our closest ally and neighbour,” he stated on Friday morning from Ottawa. “Violence has no […]

With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality on Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affirmed his defeat. Trump led off a video from the White House by condemning the violence carried out in his name a day […]