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End times for American democracy? Chris Hedges has some thoughts

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says the removal of Trump isn't going to fix anything. In fact, it'll probably exacerbate the lust for racial violence and white nationalism in the country.

U.S. Election 2020

By Bruce Livesey | Analysis, Politics, Culture | September 10th 2020

People, COVID-19 testing facility, Burnaby, B.C.,

Pandemic has brought Canada together, pushed Americans apart; poll finds

Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international public opinion survey suggests.

Coronavirus in Canada

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | August 28th 2020

Americans mostly oppose Trump tariff on Canadian aluminum, survey suggests

A new opinion survey suggests Donald Trump's recent decision to slap a tariff on Canadian raw aluminum is garnering poor reviews on both sides of the border.

By Jim Bronskill | News, US News, Politics | August 11th 2020

Huawei chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou,

Documents show Trump used Huawei CFO as 'bargaining chip' in trade fight with China

New court documents accuse the United States president of "poisoning" the extradition case against a Huawei executive being held in Canada.

By The Canadian Press | News, US News, Politics | July 27th 2020

Will Trump ever go?

Because it's 2020, anyone anxious about this year's presidential election has a new problem to worry about: the possibility that a defeated Donald Trump won't be willing to leave the West Wing.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | July 21st 2020

Aluminum, smelter, Alouette aluminum plant, Sept-Iles, Que.,

Trudeau urges Trump to think twice

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Donald Trump to think twice on Monday, July 13, 2020, before imposing new tariffs on Canadian aluminum, saying the sector is emerging from the pandemic-induced production stance that prompted the White House to consider such measures in the first place.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | July 13th 2020

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer,

Tariff threats resurface as USMCA readies for Wednesday debut

If the long-awaited debut of Canada's new trade pact with the United States and Mexico heralds a new dawn in North American relations, Robert Lighthizer sure has a funny way of showing it.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | June 29th 2020

President of the Treasury Board, Jean-Yves Duclos,

Feds will push back against any new U.S. tariffs on aluminum, Duclos says

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos said on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, federal officials will push back against any new protectionist effort by Donald Trump to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, making the case that Canadian aluminum is no threat to the American market.

Opinion Coronavirus in Canada

By The Canadian Press | Opinion, US News, Politics | June 24th 2020

Noam Chomsky on post-COVID-19 society: Trump is worse than Hitler, but the peasants are coming with pitchforks

Chomsky avoids the trap of blaming America's woes on a single politician, no matter how destructive and venal.

Conversations

By Robert Hackett | Analysis | June 15th 2020

Cleanup crews work to deploy boom along the Lake Michigan shoreline to near the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Ind., March 25, 2014, to recover crude oil discharged from the refinery. Author:U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Parker Wood

US lets corporations delay paying environmental fines amid pandemic

Ten companies that allegedly polluted air and water will not be required to pay penalties they agreed to before 1 June

Race Against Climate Change

By Emily Holden | News, US News | May 31st 2020

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