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Close races in Georgia appear to give Democrats control of Capitol Hill

The battle for control of Capitol Hill came down to the wire on Tuesday, January 5, 20201, as a late surge of votes from Atlanta's suburban outskirts put Democrats within shouting distance of the two remaining seats in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Election 2020

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | January 6th 2021

How Elections Canada agonized over Trump tweet

Elections Canada watched as social media posts from Canadians began wondering if the last federal election had been rigged by dubious voting machines.

By Jordan Press | News, US News, Politics | January 3rd 2021

The Biden era is on the horizon — but that doesn't mean Canada-U.S. relations are back to normal

If Donald Trump has anything in common with Canada, it might be this: a shared craving for the attention of the American people that at times can border on the pathological.

By James McCarten | News, Politics | December 23rd 2020

We asked Michael de Adder to sum up 2020

As America is ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump squats with his eyes glued to his phone, tweeting. A petulant grin on his face, he seems oblivious to the virus spilling out all around him in this cartoon by Michael de Adder.

Opinion

By National Observer | Opinion | December 23rd 2020

Pandemic fuels conspiracy QAnon theories in Canada, experts say

Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities, experts in Canada say.

By Brenna Owen | News, US News | December 11th 2020

Mother Jones' Monika Bauerlein and Steve Katz on Trump, Biden and the power of fearless reporting

In conversation with Canada’s National Observer on Thursday evening, Mother Jones CEO Monika Bauerlein flagged a tangential result of the past four years of Donald Trump: a deluge of hard-hitting, gobsmacking investigative journalism, Luke Ottenhof writes.

Opinion

Conversations

By Luke Ottenhof | Opinion | December 9th 2020

Trump signs order putting Americans at head of vaccine line, while vowing to work with world

The United States will "work with the world" to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, even as he signed an order aimed at putting Americans at the head of the line.

Coronavirus in Canada

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | December 9th 2020

The fight against KXL pipeline continues despite Biden's promise to block it

Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | December 8th 2020

The Keystone XL project nixed by John Kerry in 2015 has changed significantly, Canada's U.S. envoy says

President-elect Joe Biden's new climate envoy may be the same person who nixed the Keystone XL pipeline expansion in 2015, but the project itself has evolved significantly since then, Canada's U.S. ambassador said on Tuesday, November 24, 2020.

Race Against Climate Change

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | November 25th 2020

The pandemic has barely made a dent in climate-changing pollution levels

To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.

Race Against Climate Change

By Alexander C. Kaufman | News | November 24th 2020

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