Politics

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va.; Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Lawyers in Trump's civil fraud trial are ordered to clam up about judge's communications with staff

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president's attorneys renewed claims that a clerk

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Turpel-Lafond removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous identity discredited

OTTAWA — Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge whose claims to Indigenous identity have been discredited, is no longer a member of the Order of Canada.

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Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional.

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Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court temporarily lifted a gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case in Washington on Friday — the latest twist in the legal fight over the restrictions on the former president's speech.

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Officer who shot Breonna Taylor says fellow officer fired 'haphazardly' into apartment during raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched police raid took the witness stand Friday and criticized the actions of a former officer who is on trial on charges of violating Taylor’s civil rights .

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Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.

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Judge, citing Trump's 'repeated public statements,' orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York federal judge cited former President Donald Trump’s “repeated public statements” Friday among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexu

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Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — As new Speaker Mike Johnson grabbed hold of the House gavel, he made a plea for Americans to “give me a chance" before making up their minds about the newcomer's ability to lead the far-right House Republican majority that elected h

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Canadian government tells people stuck in Gaza they could leave 'as early as Sunday'

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada has informed Canadians trapped in the Gaza Strip that they could be allowed out "as early as Sunday," as people with loved ones in the besieged Palestinian territory voiced frustration that Canadians remained off the ev

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