New York Times reporter Sharon LaFraniere on Friday published a hit piece on President-elect Donald Trump’s Pentagon Chief nominee, Pete Hegseth, based on an emotional private email his mother sent him that she told him afterwards she did not mean and regretted sending. Buried in the article is Hegseth’s mother telling the Times that she sent … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump says a surprise meeting with Justin Trudeau at his Florida home was “very productive,” after the prime minister flew down to discuss the growing threat of American tariffs on Canadian goods, the border and national defence. On Friday evening, Trudeau landed in Florida and travelled to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club for a hastily … Read more
With Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods hanging over it, the Ford government is spending tens of millions of dollars on a new advertising campaign in the United States to promote Ontario’s role as a key trading partner. A new commercial targeting Americans is set to launch Monday across the U.S., with … Read more
Apple’s website hardly ever hosts sales of its own. So we have to rely on other retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Target to discount Apple devices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year, the deals have been pretty great — if you’ve been waiting for a better price before grabbing that iPad … Read more
Keir Starmer will pledge this week to undertake the most ambitious programme for government “in a generation”, as he sets out new targets to refocus his premiership amid falling approval ratings and the first resignation from his cabinet. In a political gamble designed to draw a line under the bumpy opening months in office, it … Read more
CNN data reporter Harry Enten told the network’s viewers Oct. 30 that there were signs that President-elect Donald Trump could win the election, remarking at the time, “You can’t say you weren’t warned.” Trump secured the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency early in the morning of Nov. 6, defeating Vice President Kamala … Read more
We often hear how ministers should be more honest about the state of the economy. How they should signal their intentions and, before announcing a policy shift, have the guts and intellectual heft to debate the expected impact in public, such that when a section of the public dislikes the plan, at least they understand … Read more
As a few low murmurs broke out in a respectfully reflective House of Commons chamber after its historic vote on assisted dying in England and Wales, one figure in the public gallery had a special interest in the result. Back in 2015, Rob Marris, the former Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West, had tabled the … Read more
Thick, dark slurry flecked with stones and twigs covers the entire ground floor of Ralph Connor and Tina Honeyfield’s terraced house in the former coal mining village of Cwmtillery in south Wales. They use the lights on their phone to show what happened when a long-abandoned coal tip collapsed during last weekend’s torrential rainfall and … Read more
The second-biggest loser of the 2024 election is Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who is being demoted from the powerful Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate to the largely powerless Minority Leader. Schumer’s demotion to the minority status — which is shared by the other 46 Democrats — was smoothed by his support for President Joe … Read more