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Sophie Shirley and Emily Clark are preparing alongside their Team Canada teammates to come back from a 3-1 series deficit against their rivals, the U.S. National Women’s hockey team. CBC | Sports News
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A major U.S. national-security bill is at risk of spectacular collapse. What happens next?
A major U.S. national-security bill is at risk of a spectacular collapse Wednesday, leaving fragments of unfinished business strewn across several continents. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. border — they’re all in the bill Republicans are ditching. Here’s how we got here and what’s likely to happen next. CBC | World News
Read More »Boeing needs ‘heightened level of oversight,’ says top U.S. aviation regulator
On the same day the National Transportation Safety Board revealed their preliminary report on an oversight that caused a panel to fly off of an Alaska Airlines flight, the U.S.’s top aviation regulator said changes must be made in how the government oversees Boeing. 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 »What’s in the $118B U.S. Senate deal to address migrant backlog at southern border?
Senators in Washington announced a carefully negotiated $ 118 billion US bill that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border measures. While its passage into law is uncertain, here is a look at what is being proposed at the border. CBC | World News
Read More »Britain, U.S. hit 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, Pentagon says
The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, in the second day of major U.S. operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend. CBC | World News
Read More »16 killed in ‘new U.S. aggression’ against Iraq’s sovereignty, Iraqi PM says
Sixteen people were killed, among them civilians, and 25 injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said on Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Why surging migration is causing so many political headaches in the U.S. — and beyond
The United States is experiencing a historic migration surge, and the political fallout is spreading to some far-flung and unpredictable places. Here are eight things to know that help explain the ongoing situation. 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 »U.S. strikes targets in Iraq and Syria as retaliation for fatal drone attack in Jordan, officials say
The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias on Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, officials told The Associated Press. CBC | World News
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