New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is poised to call an election on Sunday, looking for a strong mandate to deal with the threat that US President Donald Trump's tariffs pose to the economy. Carney's schedule shows him visiting the Governor General - the personal representative of King Charle
Roughly 100 people waved signs and danced in protest outside a Tesla dealership in Washington on Saturday, angry at the electric vehicle maker's billionaire CEO Elon Musk, who has led efforts to sharply cut the federal workforce. Cars driving past the demonstration honked at the protesters whose s
A shooting at a park in the U.S. state of New Mexico on Friday night left at least three people dead and 14 others injured. Local authorities confirmed the victims included two 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy. The injured, aged 16 to 36, were hospitalised, reports Xinhua. An investigation i
Legal advocacy groups sounded alarms on Saturday after US President Donald Trump threatened new actions against lawyers and law firms that bring immigration lawsuits and other cases against the government that he deems unethical. In a memorandum to US Attorney General Pam Bondi late on Friday, Tru
Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now cracking down on immigrants who live in the US illegally. Homeland Security investigators who specialize in money laundering are raiding restaurants and other small businesses looking for immigrants who aren’t authorized to work. Ag
The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration not to deport Badar Khan Suri, an Indian man studying at Washington's Georgetown University whose lawyer has said the United States was seeking to remove him after it accused him of harming US foreign policy. The order is to remain in
Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to curtail the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions blocking his administration's actions nationwide, marking the latest sign of tension between the Republican president and the US judiciary. Federal courts are hearing more than 100 lawsui
Flanked by students and educators, US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives. The order is designed to leave school policy almost entirely in
Donald Trump's idea of US interests taking control of Ukraine's biggest nuclear power station has a catch for the man who coined the art of the deal: it would be years before there is even a hope of it making a return on investment. The vast plant occupied by Russia since the early days of its 202
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the US Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that's been a long-time target of conservatives. The official spoke on the condition of
The White House this week forced Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner to step down as head of the US passenger railroad after President Donald Trump sought the changes, said two sources. Gardner said on Wednesday he will resign immediately, ending more than four years as head of the railroad, citing concern
Argentina's Congress started debating and will likely vote on a potential new deal between the South American country and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday, a key hurdle for the program the country needs to gets its finances in order. The lower Chamber of Deputies began debate on
