James McCarten

Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press

54 Articles

Trudeau discouraging Trump from sending troops to border

Canada is discouraging the United States from sending American soldiers to the border to intercept illegal migrants who could spread the COVID-19 contagion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, March 26, 2020,

Coronavirus in Canada

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | March 26th 2020

President Donald Trump, Fox News Channel Anchor Bill Hemmer, Fox News Channel, White House,

Trump wants Americans back to work in virus-racked United States

A chilling debate is unfolding in the virus-racked United States as President Donald Trump, desperate to reanimate his country's paralyzed economy, considers scaling back its COVID-19 defences and sending people back to work in a matter of weeks — just as the pandemic appears poised to erupt on American soil.

Coronavirus in Canada

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

Feds cancel some flights to avoid firewall between U.S.-Canada border

The federal Liberal government imposed its own limits on incoming flights from overseas on Friday, March 13, 2020, — nothing as severe as Donald Trump's ban on foreign nationals arriving from Europe, but enough to signal to the United States that it need not erect a viral firewall along the Canada-U.S. border.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Mike Blanchfield & James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | March 14th 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the airport in Bagotville, Que. on June 7, 2018 for the G7 meeting hosted by Canada in Malbaie. File photo by Alex Tétreault

Trump's ban on travel from Europe could threaten Canada-U.S. travel and trade

U.S. President Donald Trump is slamming America's door on most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe — a drastic step in response to an accelerating global pandemic that, should it proceed, could pose a serious threat to commerce and travel between Canada and its largest trading partner.

Coronavirus in Canada

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | March 12th 2020

RCMP, Manitoba army reservist, neo-Nazi group, Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews,

Canadian reservist pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges

A former Canadian Forces reservist at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a race war in the United States pleaded not guilty to weapons charges on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, as his lawyer indicated he plans to use the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution to defend his client.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 19th 2020

Kenney vents about Democrats trying to block Keystone XL pipeline

Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse on Saturday, February 8, 2020, as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidential hopefuls who have vowed to block the controversial Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 10th 2020

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,

Trump acquitted, declares success for scorched-earth politics

President Donald Trump declared his scorched-earth political style an unmitigated success on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in a fiercely partisan, made-for-TV state of the union speech that made it clear he expects to be back in the White House next year on the strength of the U.S. economy and his trade deals with Canada, Mexico and China.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 5th 2020

Trump paves way for debate in Canada

President Donald Trump signed off on Wednesday, January 30, 2020, on the new road map for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, clearing the way for the House of Commons to debate the merits of the next era of North American trade.

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

Trump to sign new USMCA bill into law

Donald Trump will usher in the start of a new era in continental trade today, January 29, 2020, when he signs into law the American road map for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a long-sought, hard-fought trilateral deal sure to play a role in the embattled president's bid for re-election.

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

Former Cdn soldier, alleged neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews denied bail in U.S.

A former Canadian army reservist and his two American cohorts, all of them tied to a white-supremacy group with growing notoriety in the United States, remained behind bars on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, over a thwarted plot to allegedly kill blacks and Jews, derail trains and trigger a race war in the name of creating a white "ethno-state."

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | January 23rd 2020