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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says the infamous ad that upset U.S. President Donald Trump and ostensibly pushed him to halt trade talks with Canada hasn’t …
Read More »Washington Post editor’s firing leads to free speech questions after Kirk killing
Washington Post editor and columnist Karen Attiah said Monday she had been fired after more than a decade at the paper over comments made since Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting — a dismissal being criticized by the newspaper’s union and free speech organizations. Attiah alleged on her Substack page she was fired for “speaking out against political violence, …
Read More »D.C. files lawsuit to stop White House from installing police commissioner for Washington
The Donald Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the U.S. capital, has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” with all the powers of the police chief — a significant move that the D.C. attorney general said was unlawful. U.S. …
Read More »National Guard starts patrolling Washington, D.C., streets
The new picture of law enforcement in the U.S. capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 U.S. National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving. The city’s police and federal officials, projecting co-operation, took the first steps in an uneasy partnership to reduce crime in what …
Read More »Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t revert to old name deemed offensive
President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to Native Americans. Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, …
Read More »Stepping off the Trump treadmill: A CBC correspondent bids farewell to Washington
I got a journalism tip over drinks from a veteran Canadian correspondent when I first landed in Washington more than a decade ago — a formula for stories guaranteed to thrill audiences back home. In summary? The more ridiculous Americans look, the better. Guns, rednecks, cultural stereotypes, I was told, …
Read More »2 Israeli Embassy staffers killed in Washington, D.C. shooting
Two Israeli embassy staffers, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, and a suspect is in custody, officials said. The two were shot and killed in the area of 3rd …
Read More »It’s clear who sees tariffs as a political winner in Washington. It isn’t Trump’s side
Some of Donald Trump’s friends in Washington suddenly sound nervous about him having the keys to the economy. A few are even talking about wrenching them away. There are a few nascent efforts to pare back the U.S. president’s legal power to set tariffs, now being used in an unprecedented …
Read More »India’s Modi arrives in Washington as deportation of illegal migrants issue simmers
As Narendra Modi’s plane landed in Washington Wednesday evening, India’s prime minister was armed with a crucial goal: avoid U.S. President Donald Trump’s wrath and try to mitigate punishing tariffs. Even with a flurry of controversial actions during Trump’s first weeks in office, Indian officials have projected cautious optimism about …
Read More »Rare trip sees election campaigning split between Ontario and Washington D.C.
Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is making an unusual campaign stop in Washington D.C. Tuesday, as Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles and Mike Schreiner continue on the hustings in Ontario. Ford headed south to Washington D.C. for meetings in the United States capital on Tuesday, a move that has been …
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