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President Trump’s sweeping spending freeze on U.S. foreign aid has immediate health consequences, writes Gavin Yamey.

As the government gives six local authorities permission to raise the tax by up to 10 per cent, Sean O’Grady looks at the reasons behind the decision

The US president pushed Canada and Mexico to the edge of a trade war and pulled back at the last moment.

“It’s a drop in the bucket,” an Ontario business owner said. “But it’s the only thing we can do.”

Trump ordered tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico over the weekend. Canada and Mexico reached last-minute deals to pause those tariffs Monday.

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Get more newsonWASHINGTON — Less than two weeks into his term, President Donald Trump is waging war against his own government, creating a deep sense of fear in the federal workforce — and recipients of federal aid — as he tests the limits of his power to alter the scope, function and nonparti

Donald Trump’s rapid-fire and controversial moves that have ranged from banning birthright citizenship to firing 18 inspectors general means the US president has shown a greater willingness than his predecessors to violate the constitution and federal law, some historians and legal scholars say.

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and, with military means, defended its sovereignty, or rather what he calls sovereignty.

Over the past few months, Ukraine has increasingly been under pressure from its Western allies to start mobilising young men under the age of 25. This came after the mobilisation law passed in April did not deliver the expected number of recruits.