Jessie Liu, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, would examine whether officials with the Interior Department and the National Park Service and attorneys with the Department of Justice violated ethics or misled U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes during the course of the case that was initiated in February by the DC Preservation…
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has not spoken with Democrats in the U.S. about whether the party — which is set to take control of Congress in January after the midterm blue wave — could pursue legislation to get rid of tariffs on Canada. “The short answer is no, I haven’t,” he told reporters…
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the U.S. and Canada will be working in the coming weeks to deliver a “mutually beneficial” trade deal after a conversation with President Donald Trump. Carney confirmed the chat between the two world leaders in a post on social media Sunday. “This builds on our recent constructive discussions on the…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska‘s Republican-run state government on Saturday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed at President Donald Trump’s direction to stop the certification of a possible Democratic win in that state’s pivotal U.S. Senate race, writing that there is “no reason for this Court to entertain this meritless lawsuit any…
Democrats, election officials and voting rights groups have long wondered whether President Donald Trump, upon his return to the Oval Office, would again attempt to overturn an election when his party is trailing. It’s no longer hypothetical. Trump followed that by calling for the prosecution of Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman, based on…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An airplane passenger was arrested for allegedly writing a message while midair that he was going to “hijack” the plane, forcing the United flight to be diverted back to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff Saturday. The 25-year-old allegedly communicated that he was “gonna hijack this” plane — although he used an…
Also along for the ride: an entourage ranging from aging boxing champions to Cabinet members to relatively unknown aides who help craft Trump’s words and ideas. The passenger list for Trump’s marathon through the sky signals who has the ear of the president. “It can say what his priorities are,” said David Cohen, a professor…
PERRY, Ga. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that Audi will build an automobile plant in Georgia as he tries to deliver on his promise to bolster American manufacturing in the final days before the midterm elections. Speaking at a campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, where he sought to boost Republican candidates, Trump…
This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Vance strengthening in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP) (Uncredited, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) MIAMI – Tropical Storm Vance formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said. The center…
Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections. The hundreds of planned events were billed as nonpartisan, though they sought to build on nearly two years’ worth…