Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
AP Explains: Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son
WASHINGTON — Looking to undermine Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack: unverified allegations about Biden’s son and his foreign business ties. But reporting in the New York Post, and the emergence of a man who says he worked with Hunter Biden, have raised more questions...
Change of plea scheduled in Rudy Giuliani-related case
NEW YORK — A change-of-plea hearing is set for Thursday for a man charged with conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani, one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, to make illegal campaign contributions. The hearing for David Correia, scheduled to occur by video, was announced in a filing Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. If it occurs...
U.S. election results one factor that could impact immigration to Canada next year
OTTAWA — After four years of Canada positioning itself as a more welcoming destination than the U.S. for new immigrants, the upcoming presidential election could change that dynamic. But as the Liberal government prepares to lay out its immigration targets for the coming year, the domestic discourse on the issue appears to be changing as well. A...
House already won? Pelosi thinks so, and reaches for more
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi once predicted she’d have the 2020 House Democratic majority secured by November — of 2019. Now, days before the Nov. 3 election, she seems to have done it, and she’s expanding her reach. With control of the House hardly contested, Pelosi is working to fortify Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden...
AP Explains: Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son
WASHINGTON — Looking to undermine Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack: unverified allegations about Biden’s son and his foreign business ties. But reporting in the New York Post, and the emergence of a man who says he worked with Hunter Biden, have raised more questions...
Thousands protest as Belarus leader faces demands deadline
KYIV, Ukraine — Tens of thousands of protesters in Belarus swarmed the streets of the capital Sunday, pressing for the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader in what human rights activists described as the largest anti-government rally since late August. Over 200,000 people took part in the demonstration in Minsk, the Viasna...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Biden in their last clash on stage
WASHINGTON — A more measured President Donald Trump does not necessarily mean a more truthful one. In the final debate of the presidential campaign, he was loose with facts on the crisis of the time — the pandemic — and much else. Trump did, though, exploit confusion sowed by Joe Biden during the primaries, when the Democrat occasionally made his...
The Latest: Biden clarifies debate answer on fossil fuels
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): Midnight Democrat Joe Biden says his pledge to gradually move the country away from fossil fuels to combat climate change doesn’t mean he will impose bans that could effectively shut down the oil and gas industry. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has...
AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story
WASHINGTON — Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden two weeks before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raised more questions than answers, including about the...
One crisis after another for Trudeau since last federal election one year ago
One year ago today, Canadians elected to put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals on a shorter leash, returning them to government but with only a minority of seats in the House of Commons. It has been a year of unprecedented calamity and crisis. So it seems somehow fitting that the anniversary will be marked by a confidence vote today...
