Day: April 29, 2025

ICYMI: ‘China and the US are not conducting consultations or negotiations on tariff issues,’ foreign ministry spokesperson says

Downing Street has said that it was “undoubtedly good” to see the meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the weekend.

Asked whether the UK prime minister had been reassured by the meeting and the language from the White House in recent days, the prime minister’s official spokesperson said: “It was undoubtedly good to see that meeting between president Trump and president Zelenskyy.” Continue reading…
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Elections Canada decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney, projected to form the next federal government, spoke to an excited crowd in Ottawa on Tuesday morning.
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After a projected win for Liberals, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addressed supporters in Ottawa Tuesday morning, saying he wants to continue to ‘fight’ for Conservatives.
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US president expected to hail avalanche of orders and policies as Mark Carney marks election victory in Canada with warn ing that ‘America wants our land’

* 100 days of Trump: interactive look at second term so far

Angry voters are holding empty chair town halls as Republican members of Congress are refusing to hold those meetings with constituents.

Weeks into Donald Trump’s second term as president, Republican members of Congress were advised by the National Republican Congressional Committee against holding in person town halls with constituents, as several cases of Republican members of Congress being berated by constituents over federal worker firings and cuts went viral. Continue reading…
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