James McCarten

Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks in Springfield, Pa., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. File photo by The Associated Press/Ryan Collerd

What's worth keeping an eye on as U.S. midterms showdown enters final month

Campaigning politicians say it all the time: the coming election will be the most important in a generation.

News, US News, Politics | October 4th 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as he sits with Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae during a meeting at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 21, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Putin 'failing and flailing,' has led to escalation of war and nuclear threats: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's "flailing and failing" president on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, joining a chorus of global outrage aimed at what he described as Vladimir Putin's panic-stricken escalation of a collapsing war in Ukraine.

News, Politics | September 22nd 2022

Barricades block pedestrian and automobile traffic near United Nations headquarters in New York, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Photo by The Associated Press/Seth Wenig

Trudeau to prioritize global growth, food security at UN General Assembly

A likely jetlagged Justin Trudeau is shifting gears from mourning a monarch to making the world safer for democracy — and it's only Tuesday.

News, Politics | September 20th 2022

Las Vegas police Captain Dori Koren speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. File photo by The Associated Press/John Locher

Murder of Las Vegas reporter drives home dangers of modern journalism

The slaying of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter, allegedly at the hands of one of his investigative targets, is driving home a reality the U.S. hasn't had to confront since the Civil War: journalism on home soil is becoming more dangerous.

News, US News | September 13th 2022

In this June 29, 2018, file photo, pipeline used to carry crude oil is shown at the Superior terminal of Enbridge Energy in Superior, Wisc. File photo by The Associated Press/Jim Mone

Wisconsin judge rules against Enbridge on Line 5, but doesn't shut it down

The Line 5 pipeline has won a stay of execution in Wisconsin, where a federal judge sided with an Indigenous group's complaint but stopped short of ordering the controversial cross-border energy link shut down entirely.

News, US News | September 9th 2022

This June 29, 2018 file photo shows tanks at the Enbridge Energy terminal in Superior, Wis. File photo by The Associated Press/Jim Mone

Ottawa invokes obscure pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute

For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States in an effort to prevent a federal court from shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.

News, US News, Politics | August 30th 2022

The Mackinac Bridge spans the Straits of Mackinac from Mackinaw City, Mich., on July 19, 2002. File photo by The Associated Press/Carlos Osorio

Enbridge Inc. wins latest court skirmish over Line 5 pipeline

The international dispute over Line 5 belongs in federal court, a Michigan judge declared on Thursday, August 18, 2022, dealing a critical blow to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the controversial cross-border oil and gas pipeline.

News, US News, Politics | August 19th 2022

Stacks of lumber are seen at Teal-Jones Group sawmill in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday, May 30, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Ottawa will challenge lower but still 'baseless' U.S. duties on softwood lumber, says Ng

Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa.

News, US News, Politics | August 5th 2022

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.

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.

News, US News, Politics | July 22nd 2022