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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, arrives to meet with reporters after a bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the U.S. passed the Senate, at the Capitol in WA on July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US climate deal throws a bone to Canada by amending EV tax credits

The existential crisis confronting Canada's automotive industry may finally be over.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | July 28th 2022

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. File photo by The Associated Press/John Minchillo

Pence's security guards feared for their lives Jan. 6

Members of the security detail protecting U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence from the mob of protesters storming Capitol Hill last year were so fearful for their lives that they asked colleagues to say goodbye to their family members, the Jan. 6 committee heard on Thursday, July 21, 2022.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | July 22nd 2022

A few dozen people listened in the blazing sun as Biden spoke, including Gina McCarthy, members of Congress and Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden announces modest climate actions with promise of more to follow

President Joe Biden on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”

By Seung Min Kim & Matthew Daly | News, US News, Politics | July 21st 2022

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the official welcome ceremony at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau recalls a compassionate man

The assassination of Japan's longest-serving prime minister during a campaign speech is "horrifically disturbing" and demands pushback against rising violence and threats that are harming democracy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | July 9th 2022

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, on Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. File photo by The Associated Press/Jim Bourg - POOL

Jan. 6 hearings, abortion fallout cast long shadow over Trump's comeback hopes

It's a lesson oddsmakers have long since learned the hard way: never assume the imminent political demise of one Donald Trump.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | July 4th 2022

Justin Trudeau joins Mario Draghi, Joe Biden, Emanuel Macron, and Olaf Scholz around the table for the first plenary session at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany on June 26, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Canada pledges $50 million to combat famine brought on by war

Canada pledged $50 million to prevent Ukrainian grain from going to waste on Sunday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to work with G7 nations on further measures to halt the famine caused by the Russian invasion of the embattled country.

By Laura Osman | News, Politics | June 27th 2022

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks with a reporter after a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle

Gas tax break not happening, at least not yet: Wilkinson

The federal government has no immediate plans to cut prices at the pump by offering Canadians a temporary reprieve from the federal gas tax, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | June 22nd 2022

U.S. wants Canada to join probe of coal mine pollution crossing border

The United States government, including President Joe Biden's White House, has joined calls for Canada to participate in a probe of cross-border pollution coming from coal mines in southern British Columbia.

By Bob Weber | News, US News, Politics | June 15th 2022

Justin Trudeau takes part in a signing ceremony and media availability with Gavin Newsom and Steven Guilbeault and Jared Blumenfeld in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada, California to collaborate on climate action and nature protection

Canada and California are kindred progressive spirits on climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Thursday, June 9, 2022, as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new blueprint for working together to stave off the worst consequences of a warming planet.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | June 10th 2022

Justin Trudeau, Mia Mottley, Summit of the Americas, Los Angeles, Calif.,

Island nations face 'triple crisis,' Barbados PM tells Trudeau

The prime minister of Barbados evoked a Jamaican reggae legend on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, as she described in stark terms the "triple crisis" in her region that's threatening the health and welfare of the entire Western Hemisphere.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | June 9th 2022

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