U.S. Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former president Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports. July 2021 recording concerns Pentagon document on Iran, per …
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Russian bombardment of Kyiv kills at least 3, including a child and her mother
A pre-dawn Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital killed three people, including a nine-year-old and her mother, officials said, and inflicted the highest casualty toll from a single attack on Kyiv over the past month. 10 wounded in the deadliest of a string of attacks on the Ukrainian capital in …
Read More »Frontrunner Donald Trump? A 2024 U.S. election year outlook
Donald Trump is on the verge of entering 2024 as the election frontrunner. It's an unusual position for a candidate who's never led his past races as he is now, but he's also beset by legal threats. With primaries starting in January, here's the outlook entering the U.S. election year. …
Read More »Trump fumes at Nikki Haley for staying in Republican presidential race
The voters of New Hampshire have thrust the United States one giant step closer to a general-election rematch between two unpopular candidates: Donald Trump versus Joe Biden. Yet Trump was fuming after Tuesday's primary – at his last remaining nomination challenger, Nikki Haley, for refusing to drop out. The verdict …
Read More »Donald Trump enters 2024 on cusp of unusual position: Election front-runner
Donald Trump is on the verge of entering 2024 as the election frontrunner. It's an unusual position for a candidate who's never led his past races as he is now, but he's also beset by legal threats. With primaries starting in January, here's the outlook entering the U.S. election year. …
Read More »The spectre of another Trump presidency looms as Trudeau’s cabinet gathers to start a new year
The Liberal cabinet likely will spend most of its time discussing purely domestic matters during its two days in Montreal. But according to the official announcement, ministers “will also discuss Canada’s relationship with the United States ahead of this fall’s presidential election." The prime minister says his government is prepared …
Read More »The running of the runners-up: In Iowa caucuses, the suspense involves second place
Call this the running of the runners-up. As Americans begin electing their president on Monday, there's little doubt anyone will beat Donald Trump in the Iowa Republican caucuses. The only suspense here involves second place — and whether Nikki Haley or Ron DeSantis will emerge as an alternative to Trump. …
Read More »Canada is already preparing for Trump’s potential tariff threats
Canada staged a large-scale diplomatic deployment this week in preparation for a U.S. presidential election that could be more consequential than usual. Looming over their Washington visit: Donald Trump's threat to impose worldwide tariffs. Dozens of Canadian diplomats mobilize across Capitol Hill as American election campaign gets underway Canada staged …
Read More »What’s at stake for Biden in New Hampshire: Avoiding embarrassment
Primaries are usually a slam-dunk for a sitting president. But Joe Biden has a challenger hoping to capitalize on Democrats' nervousness about the president. And in New Hampshire, he's not even on the ballot. Primaries are usually a slam dunk for a sitting president. But Biden isn't even on the …
Read More »Donald Trump removed from Maine’s primary ballot, the 2nd state to bar former president
Maine's top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state after Colorado to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Trump campaign says it will quickly file …
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