Tag Archives: U.S.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. has a stake in a shipping firm that receives millions of dollars a year in revenue from a company whose key owners include Russian President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law and a Russian tycoon sanctioned by the U.S., newly leaked documents show. CBC | World News

U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that “no dictator” should underestimate U.S. resolve. CBC | World News

According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, President Donald Trump’s “approval rating remains historically low, and confidence has declined.” The majority of Americans have indicated that President Trump has thus far failed to accomplish anything of significance in his first year in office draws to a close. Moreover, the poll results show that Trump’s current approval rating is “demonstrably ...

A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered indicted former Trump campaign advisers Paul Manafort and Richard Gates to remain under house arrest, rejecting for now their pleas for less stringent bail conditions. CBC | World News

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is staunchly against marijuana use in any form, recreational or medical, a position that leaves uncertainty for dispensary owners, patients, marijuana advocates and state officials across the U.S. CBC | World News

Representatives from Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google will be before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News

Major tech companies plan to tell U.S. Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News

U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The attack resulted in the death of the American ambassador to the country. CBC | World News

​A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, CNN reported, citing sources briefed on the matter. CBC | World News

The founder of Insys Therapeutics and a group of colleagues are accused of providing kickbacks to doctors to widely prescribe a fentanyl-based spray called Subsys, intended only for cancer patients with intense pain. CBC | World News