Barack Obama

Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts.

President Donald Trump took his case for a wall along the southern U.S. border directly to the American people on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, using the first televised Oval Office address of his presidency to justify an 18-day government shutdown that observers say is beginning to manifest itself along the country's northern boundary with Canada.

A group of Canadian lawmakers travelling to China this weekend will use the trip to push for the release of two Canadians detained there since last month, says a Conservative MP in the delegation.

A byelection candidate Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau stumped for in eastern Ontario on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, says she believes their party is gaining momentum in territory the Conservatives have owned for 14 years.

Canada's foreign minister delivered an impassioned defence of a free press on Thursday, October 25, 2018, after U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out again at the media, this time accusing journalists for causing a series of letter bombs.

U.S. President Donald Trump pulled some of his usual barrage of podium punches on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, urging politicians of all stripes to stop attacking each other's morals and calling on supporters to settle their ideological differences the civilized way: at the ballot box.

A new connection in the trading relationship between Canada and the United States will cost $5.7 billion, with one senior official vowing the Gordie Howe bridge will elbow its way through any legal or political challenges —including from President Donald Trump himself.

She's been called Obama's "secret (Vancouver) weapon" for her work on viral videos that garnered millions of views during the 2012 U.S. election. She's working with the B.C. government on stakeholder relations.

National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was among Canadian officials who attended John McCain's funeral in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, September 1, 2018, and he called the senator a "friend to Canada."

Dozens of epitaphs written over the weekend proclaim the late U.S. Senator John McCain as an American hero, writes Eric Holthaus. But history may miss one of his greatest achievements: His decades-long call for climate action.

Last June, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan hung out the "we're hiring" sign and dangled grants of up to $1 million to try and lure some of the best and brightest international researchers to come to work in Canada.

For years, Megan Boler's research focused on the power of social media as a democratizing force, giving voice to the voiceless and empowering everyday people to come together and participate more meaningfully in how they are governed.

Former first lady Michelle Obama delighted and captivated her Montreal audience on Monday night, highlighting education and gender equality in an hour-long chat.

Donald Trump's first year as president defied description. It was a non-stop deluge of headlines — with one eye-popping story swiftly supplanting another, the sensational often swamping out the significant. Here's what it's been like since last Jan. 20, 2017.

A string of calming comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about NAFTA has proponents of the agreement breathing some relief that his trigger finger is far from the button that would blow up the deal.