Author: Zach LaChance, Washington Examiner
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Canada has ‘no intention’ of signing free trade deal with China, Carney says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted he has no plans to pursue a free trade agreement with China, as President Donald Trump fumes over a recent partnership between the two countries. Canada and China struck a “preliminary agreement” on Jan. 16 that saw both lower tariffs on certain goods. It included Canada importing 49,000 Chinese…
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Trump weighing ‘very strong options’ for US response on Iran as protest death toll swells
President Donald Trump said on Sunday night that he is considering “very strong options” for a U.S. military response to Iran‘s violent crackdown on anti-regime protesters. “We’re looking at it very seriously. The military is looking at it, and we’re looking at some very strong options. We’ll make a determination,” Trump told reporters aboard Air…
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Powell defends his record in video statement after DOJ criminal inquiry drops
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell released a video statement on Sunday night denying criminal wrongdoing shortly after the Department of Justice opened an investigation into him. Powell appeared on camera to directly address the inquiry, which concerns Senate testimony he gave last year about renovations at the Fed headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Powell slammed…
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DOJ requests delay in returning deported Venezuelans to US after Maduro arrest
The Department of Justice has requested a week-long delay in returning a group of Venezuelan nationals deported under the Alien Enemies Act to the United States, citing the recent U.S. military operation in Venezuela. Defendants for the Trump administration have been facing a Monday deadline imposed by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to either “facilitate the…
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Patel surging FBI resources to ‘dismantle’ Minnesota fraud schemes
FBI Director Kash Patel announced that he is surging federal agents and “investigative resources” to Minnesota as a fraud scandal mostly involving Somali immigrants continues to grip the state. In a update on Sunday, Patel said the bureau’s investigation will look to “dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs,” some of which have already been…
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Trump lauds peace talks with Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, deal is ‘very close’
President Donald Trump said a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war is “very close” to being reached following his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. Trump met with Zelensky for the first time since October at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as the peace talks were at their highest…
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Iran’s president says country at war with US, Israel, and Europe
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country is engaged in a “full-fledged war” with the West and Israel, a statement that comes mere days before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump. “In my opinion, we are in a full-fledged war with America, Israel, and Europe. They do not…
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Witkoff maintains Russia ‘fully committed’ to peace talks as Kremlin signals otherwise
Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff assured key partners in the peace talks to end the Ukraine war that Russia is “fully committed to peace,” even as the Kremlin is signaling dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump‘s peace proposal. U.S., Russian, Ukrainian, and European negotiating teams descended on Miami, Florida, this weekend for the latest round…
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DOJ restores image that includes photo of Trump to Epstein files site
The Department of Justice has reuploaded an image containing various photographs of both President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein to its dedicated site for the Epstein files release, just one day after it was removed. The image, which is file “468” on the DOJ’s “Epstein Library” webpage, inexplicably disappeared from the site on Saturday as…