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For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses

For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses

WASHINGTON (AP) — If one theme has emerged in President Donald Trump’s second term, it's this: He's leveraged the power of his office for personal gain unlike anyone before in history.
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In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

NEW YORK (AP) — In a matter of months, it has become a regular sight around the country — immigration enforcement agents detaining people and taking them into custody, often as public anger and outcry unfold around them.
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Canada, New Zealand settle trade dispute regarding supply management of dairy sector

Canada, New Zealand settle trade dispute regarding supply management of dairy sector

OTTAWA — Canada and New Zealand have settled a trade dispute over Ottawa's dairy-sector protections that regulate the cost and supply of products such as milk and cheese.
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers urges workers to reject contract offer

Canadian Union of Postal Workers urges workers to reject contract offer

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer, saying a government-imposed vote on the Crown corporation's "best and final" offer sets a dangerous precedent.
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Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit. U.S.
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Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history and of using then-President Joe Biden’s photo for target practice.
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Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission , ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. U.S.
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Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S.
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Robust federal collection, analysis of UFO data could dispel misinformation: report

Robust federal collection, analysis of UFO data could dispel misinformation: report

OTTAWA — Systematic government collection and analysis of data about mysterious sightings in the sky could help Canada better prepare for incidents like the sudden appearance of several high-altitude balloons over North America two years ago, says a
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Understanding Canada's moves to block cheap steel imports

Understanding Canada's moves to block cheap steel imports

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced tighter rules around steel imports this week.
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