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PoliticsCanadian businesses are opening Tuesday for the first time under the federal the government body's new dollar-for-dollar tariffs on $28 billion worth of U.S. imports. As numerous owners brace for higher costs and supply-chain issues, experts say consumers may not notice much impact. The new levi...
PoliticsThe average price of gas going into this Labor Day weekend reached a record holiday high compared to past years at $4.14 a gallon, as per to a national tracking average from AAA. The previous record for Labor Day was $3.82 in 2012. The high price for fuel comes as diesel hit its highest price ev...
PoliticsAn emergency crew rescued a construction worker from high up in scaffolding on the White House North Portico on Monday afternoon, responding to a dispatch saying that a worker had been injured. The worker was put into a stretcher and ambulance, which then went to the hospital, based on to the Wa...
PoliticsHunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, revealed Monday that he’s debuting a meme coin, traded under the ticker $LAPTOP, in reference to the political controversy that swarmed him in 2020 and since over his personal laptop. Biden teased the launch, first conveyed by the Wall Street Journ...
PoliticsThe USS Abraham Lincoln left for the US Sunday after a five-day port visit in Thailand and an extended deployment in the Middle East. In a Sunday statement announcing the vessel's departure, U.S. Navy Capt. Dan Keeler — the Lincoln's commanding officer — thanked "the people of Thailand for their ...
PoliticsSpecial envoy Steve Witkoff on Sunday expressed the U.S. is confident that trilateral talks will result in a "good resolution" to the Ukraine war after he and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with officials in Kyiv. Sunday marked Witkoff and Kushner's first time traveling to Kyiv ...
PoliticsThe authorities are charging the man, who they noted had two pistols and a Taser on him but did not draw his weapons, with misdemeanor assault.
PoliticsAn armed man lunged at Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton (D) during a Canfield, Ohio, fair on Sunday, injuring various other attendees. Acton's campaign shared a statement after the incident, which took place at around 2:30 p.m. at the annual Canfield Fair, located in a Youngstown suburb, NB...
PoliticsPresident Trump, who is already slated to speak on the first night of the Republican National Committee's inaugural midterm convention in Dallas, will also close out the event's second night, The Hill's broadcast partner NewsNation confirmed Sunday. Trump is set to give the first night's keynote ...
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PoliticsA Russian aide noted talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and two United States envoys were “highly useful” as the Americans attempt to restart stalled peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Yuri Ushakov, a foreign-policy adviser to Putin, said that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and...
PoliticsUnlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station.