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Carney’s Liberal party wins Canadian election and completes a stunning turnaround fueled by Trump

By ROB GILLIES
Updated 11:43 PM CDT, April 28, 2025

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war.

After polls closed, the Liberals were projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives, though it wasn’t immediately clear if they would win an outright majority — at least 172 — or would need to rely on one of the smaller parties to form a government and pass legislation.

The Liberals looked headed for a crushing defeat until the American president started attacking Canada’s economy and threatening its sovereignty, suggesting it should become the 51st state. Trump’s actions infuriated Canadians and stoked a surge in nationalism that helped the Liberals flip the election narrative and win a fourth-straight term in power.

“We were dead and buried in December. Now we are going to form a government,” David Lametti, a former Liberal Justice Minister, told broadcaster CTV.

“We have turned this around thanks to Mark,” he said.

The Conservative Party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, hoped to make the election a referendum on former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose popularity declined toward the end of his decade in power as food and housing prices rose. ...

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Trump wagers US economy in high-stakes tariff gamble at 100-day mark

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump campaigned for a second term on pledges to lower prices, create jobs and impose tough tariffs on imports, especially from China.

Dubbing himself the "Tariff Man" last fall, he told an audience at the Economic Club of Chicago, "To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff." However, in his first months in office, it is unclear whether Trump can, or should, implement the harsh reciprocal tariffs he announced in April against dozens of countries.

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DOGE terminates billions in contracts, including $361K for 'gender non-conforming, non-binary' BIPOC farmers

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminad $2.5 billion in "wasteful" grants that went toward gender-based causes, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Tuesday.

The USDA got rid of 420 grants for a savings of $2.3 billion, according to DOGE.

Among the programs the money was used for, $361,000 went toward "gender non-conforming, non-binary, two-spirit" BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) farmers in New York.

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DOGE, Treasury discover $334M in improper payment requests due to foul codes

  • News source: FOX News
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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in improper payment requests were identified after going live with its first automated payment system last week.

In fact, the system found $334 million in improper payment requests that were flagged because of missing budget codes, invalid budget codes and budget codes without authorization.

DOGE, which is led by billionaire Elon Musk, announced the discovery in a post on X.

In the post, DOGE said an example of an invalid...
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Cash, tinned food and radio news: Making it through one of Europe's biggest ever power cuts

  • News source: BBC News - World
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People in Spain and Portugal tell us what got them through a day with no electricity.
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Trump administration dismisses scientists writing national climate report

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Nearly 400 scientists across the United States were informed Monday afternoon that their services were no longer needed to help write a major report on climate change for the federal government.

The report, known as the National Climate Assessment, is a major publication produced every four years that summarizes the impacts of climate change in the United States, and it is congressionally mandated under the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The sixth edition is scheduled for publication in 2027 and preparations have been underway for months to...
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U.S. border town paying an economic toll for Trump's trade war with Canada

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Point Roberts, Washington — There may be no town in the U.S. as Canadian as Point Roberts, Washington.

"I would say 90% of our business is driven by the Canadians," said Tamara Hansen, who runs the Saltwater Café.

On this particular April day, the Saltwater was completely empty at the height of lunch hour.

"This is not normal, to not have anybody sitting in the restaurant," Hansen said.

Nothing is normal these days in Point Roberts, which is located on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula, about 25 miles south of Vancouver, British...
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Trump roasted Dem critics, media with new nicknames in first 100 days online: 'Watermelon-Head'

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President Donald Trump has been unafraid to publicly blast Democrats and the liberal media during his first 100 days in office, continuing a similar trend from his first term.

In one high-profile skirmish, Trump publicly berated Maine's Democrat. Gov. Janet Mills for defying his executive order barring biological males who identify as transgender from competing in women's sports.

"Your population doesn't want men playing in women's sports, so you better comply because otherwise you're not getting any federal funding," Trump told Mills during a...
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EXCLUSIVE: Cattle industry chief warns flesh-eating fly menaces US herds as Mexico yields on pest fight

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The nation’s top cattle industry leader sounded the alarm Tuesday that a flesh-eating fly infestation advancing through Mexico remains a dire threat to U.S. ranchers, even as the Trump administration claimed a key victory in efforts to stop it.

Buck Wehrbein, president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and a cattle feeder from eastern Nebraska, praised Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for taking aggressive action against the outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly whose larvae can burrow into the flesh of...
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Trump laughs off protester who attempted to disrupt 100 days speech: ‘Thought it was a guy’

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President Donald Trump laughed off a protester who attempted to disrupt a speech he was giving in Michigan marking his first 100 days in office, joking that he "thought it was a guy."

As the president was praising Republican National Committee leader Michael Watley, there appeared to be some type of disruption in the crowd, causing the president to pause his speech.

"What's the problem over there?" Trump said. "What’s the problem? Is that a radical left lunatic? He's just a child. All right, get him out."

As security personnel removed the...
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Trump celebrates 100 days in office by touting record and blasting foes

  • News source: BBC News - World
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He tells a crowd in Michigan that he is using his presidency to deliver "profound change".
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Why civil rights groups are concerned about equal protection under Trump

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Department of Justice's civil rights division under President Trump has made a seismic shift in enforcement of equal protection laws in employment, housing and education, leading to more than 100 lawyers resigning from the unit. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, joins to discuss.
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How U.S. ports and retailers are bracing for shortages as tariffs hit

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Bookings of container shipments from China to the U.S. are down nearly 50% compared to a year ago. Carter Evans reports from one of the country's busiest ports to see the economic impact at the loading dock and on small business shelves.
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Breaking down Trump's latest move on police oversight

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump has signed a record 142 executive orders in his first 100 days in office. Tucked in at the bottom of the third section on an order about "strengthening law enforcement" is a directive to review and potentially terminate what is known as "consent decrees." Scott MacFarlane has more.
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What to know about Trump's changes to auto tariffs

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump was outside of Detroit to mark 100 days in office and touted his plan to give relief to the crucial American car industry from some of the tariffs that are expected to increase prices on production. Kelly O'Grady explains.
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How Trump's Canada rhetoric is straining U.S. border town's economy

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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After liberals won the parliamentary elections, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took aim at President Trump and his threats to make Canada the 51st state. No corner of America is feeling the impact of the U.S.-Canada tensions quite like the upper left corner. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
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