Politics

OTTAWA — Ottawa should block Donald Trump's chosen ambassador to Canada until the U.S. president stops questioning Canada's sovereignty, says one expert.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge was presented with details today of a $9-million settlement that Facebook's parent company has agreed to pay in a class-action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ bank accounts are safe despite the Trump administration's shutdown of a consumer financial regulatory agency, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire megadonors are opening their wallets to influence the high-stakes race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday warned global leaders and tech industry executives that “excessive regulation” could cripple the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry in a rebuke to European efforts to curb AI’s risks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.

TORONTO — Some developers say looming U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum could be detrimental to the housing sector due to higher costs of key construction materials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after taking the unprecedented step of announcing in November. Lt. Gov.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal research office that tracks the progress of America’s students is being hit with almost $900 million in cuts after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency found no need for much of its work.