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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada may have to accept some tariffs as part of a trade deal with the United States. “There’s not a lot of evidence right now” that the Trump administration would be willing to completely give up on the levies in any agreement, he said on Tuesday, as reported by CBC News. Speaking to journalists ahead …

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz, President Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, attends his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on July 15. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former national security adviser Mike Waltz faced tough questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during his Senate confirmation …

CNN  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that last week’s memo declining to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “speaks for itself,” rejecting questions about making more documents public. “Today our memo speaks for itself, and we will get back to you about anything else,” Bondi told reporters Tuesday, responding to questions about President Donald Trump’s earlier …

Facebook Tweet Email Link (CNN) — Vance Boelter was indicted Tuesday on federal charges related to the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse, and seriously injuring another state lawmaker and his wife. Boelter is accused of killing former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and seriously injuring Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife last …

Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files  Politico For Some Republicans, Trump’s Shift on Epstein Is Just the Latest Breach  The New York Times GOP Trump Rival Says Epstein Secrecy Is Why ‘People Don’t Trust Government’  The Daily Beast Democrats demand Pam Bondi and Kash Patel be summoned for Epstein hearing  The Guardian House Republicans block Democratic maneuver to force …

The Rev. John MacArthur, an influential and exacting evangelical preacher, died Monday at the age of 86. He led Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Sun Valley for more than five decades. His ministry announced his death on social media. On Sunday, Tom Patton, one of the church’s pastors, told the congregation MacArthur had been hospitalized with …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals, said in a news release that 15 …

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A federal judge barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers from some countries to keep 80 already-vetted refugees from entering the United States. In a decision late Monday, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle said President Donald Trump’s June order banning the entry of people from 12 countries “expressly states” that it does not limit the …