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The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it is still leaning toward eventual reductions in borrowing costs, but that cuts could be delayed as recent inflation numbers have strayed further from its two per cent target. CBC | World News
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Bombardier gets federal exemption from sanctions on Russian titanium
Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. CBC | World News
Read More »Federal government looked into airlifts to bring 12,000 Afghans to Canada after Kabul fell
Nearly a year after it closed its embassy in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in 2021, the federal government was trying to plan flights out of the country to bring in an estimated 12,000 Afghans it believed were “current and future” clients of Immigration Canada, CBC News has learned. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. federal court panel rejects Trump argument he’s immune from 2020 election prosecution
A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former U.S. president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution. Trump will almost certainly appeal the ruling. CBC | World News
Read More »Federal court overturns American transgender woman’s persecution-based refugee claim
Canada’s Federal Court has overturned a decision granting refugee status to an American transgender woman who successfully argued that a combination of gun culture and rising transphobia left her at risk of persecution in the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. federal judge postpones Trump trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
A U.S. federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president continues to work its way through the courts. CBC | World News
Read More »R. Kelly pleads not guilty to reworked federal abuse charges
R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors said more charges alleging yet another victim are upcoming. CBC | World News
Read More »Federal judge says Barr made a ‘calculated attempt’ to spin the Mueller report in favour of Trump
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the special counsel’s Russia report, saying Barr had made a “calculated attempt” to spin the investigation’s findings in favour of President Donald Trump. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Federal Reserve cuts benchmark interest rate by half-point to offset coronavirus impact
In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizeable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. whistleblower: Federal workers had no protection while helping coronavirus evacuees
A U.S. government whistleblower has filed a complaint alleging that some federal workers did not have the necessary protective gear or training when they were deployed to help Americans evacuated from China during the coronavirus outbreak. CBC | World News
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