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• Free upgrades and pardon requests: What it's like to share a name with a president
• Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine quickly but Moscow and Kyiv are digging in before any talks
• Judges allow some Capitol riot defendants to return to DC for Trump's inauguration
• Trump's influence spreads through state capitols in both substance and symbolism
• Ahmaud Arbery's killers avoided arrest at first. Now an ex-prosecutor faces trial for misconduct
• Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice Department bracing for upheaval
• Trump will arrive in Washington Saturday for inaugural celebrations to mark his return to power
• Resettlement agencies race to help refugees ahead of Trump's second term
• Tens of thousands are expected to converge on Washington for a march days before Trump takes office
• Kristi Noem, Trump's Homeland Security pick, faces senators' scrutiny on immigration
• Biden erases more than $600M in final round of student loan forgiveness
• Bill Gates on Trump meeting: ‘Frankly I was impressed’
• Paul Driscoll, an unflappable editor who led the AP's Chicago bureau for decades, has died at age 91
• Boy, 16, in hospital after shooting near Humber College
• Pence planning to attend Trump's inauguration, New York Times reports
• Former CIA analyst pleads guilty of leaking information on Israeli plans to attack Iran
• US Treasury to launch measures Tuesday to avoid debt limit breach
• South Dakota governor Kristi Noem faces questions during DHS confirmation hearing
• Virginia Attorney General drops retaliation charge against ex-LCPS superintendent Ziegler
• Retired Georgia minister is found not guilty in the 1975 killing of a girl in Pennsylvania
• Bribery, fraud charges dropped against former New York Lt. Governor
• South Carolina man pleads guilty to the carjacking and killing of a New Mexico police officer
• Louisiana governor to fly MAGA flag for Trump's inauguration
• Timeline: Key dates in the century-long battle over the Equal Rights Amendment
• Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor
• NYC mayor says his meeting with Trump covered jobs and ceasefire deal, but not his criminal case
• Official in Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories plans to resign
• Appeals court rules against Obama-era policy to shield immigrants who came to US as young children
• Class-action lawsuit claims Costco Canada overcharging online shoppers
• Treasury secretary says she’ll take 'extraordinary measures' day after Trump inauguration
• B.C. mayor refuses to answer questions about his salary and compensation - BC | Globalnews.ca
• Metro Vancouver to start governance review after questions over mayors’ pay - BC | Globalnews.ca
• Premier Danielle Smith to spend 5 days in Washington, D.C., for Trump inauguration | Globalnews.ca
• EV startup Canoo files for bankruptcy and ceases operations | TechCrunch
• "Curious" Navy sailor tried to access Biden's medical records as colleagues "freaked out," investigation shows
• Biden’s FCC chair issues grim warning about Trump’s threat to the First Amendment
• Menendez brothers' resentencing hearing delayed due to LA fires
• CNN found liable in Florida trial for defaming Navy veteran in 2021 story
• Man dies in workplace incident at Quesnel mill
• Reward of £20,000 offered to identify parents of three siblings abandoned as babies over 8 years
• What we're watching for in Trump's first week: From the Politics Desk
• Trump will be sworn in as president at noon on Monday. Here's what to expect
• Investigation request highlights tensions between Edmonton police, its oversight body and city council - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
• Ellis Cox: Mother appeals to catch son's killer on birthday anniversary
• Opinion: Face the facts: America has outsourced its military supply chain to China
• 'Very problematic': Edmonton Mayor Sohi questions police request for provincial probe into commission appointments
• Brett McGurk breaks down complex negotiations to reach Israel-Hamas ceasefire
• Thousands Sign Christian Petition Against Reported Trump 'Pay-to-Pray' Plan
• CNN settles defamation lawsuit over Afghanistan report
• Bill Gates ‘impressed’ by Trump during three-hour dinner - Washington Examiner
• Inside Saskatoon’s 2025 crime plan - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca
• CRIME SCENE: Two men busted in Halton drug trafficking probe
• Blinken tells AP he's worried Trump team may abandon key Biden foreign policies
• Noem pledges to end Biden border control program if confirmed at DHS
• What can we expect from Trump's first 100 days?
• Moody vows to 'fight for' Trump
• ‘A pardon does not wipe away what occurred’: US attorney in DC speaks out against pardoning January 6 rioters
• Biden administration seeks last-minute appeal of court loss over fluoride in water
• 'Put this case in open court': lawyer urges judge to grant judicial review in Pacey Dumas police excessive force case
• Lawyer voices alarm over police investigation into officer brutality complaint
• MANDEL: Hail Mary for man who stabbed his parents to death
• Mississauga man, 18, charged after 2 violent carjackings involving seniors
• Mercy Muroki: Woman who was sent sexual videos by Callum Parslow says police would have taken case more seriously if he was an Islamic extremist
• DOE Title IX memo issues new guidance in paying NIL student-athletes
• Trump got the last laugh, but the hard part begins after second inaugural address
• Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing, enlisted troop pay and other military news
• Trump tees up aggressive anti-immigration push in first hours of administration, CNN reports
• Who will be in charge of the border? Noem in ‘unenviable position’: Former ICE director
• Appeals court again declares DACA illegal, but keeps immigration policy alive
• Supreme Court takes up Maryland parents' bid to opt kids out of lessons with LGBTQ books
• Edmonton teen faces several charges including attempted murder in stabbing in RV Park in Westlock: RCMP
• Hamilton man accused of beating senior with collapsible baton
• Whitby mayor, councillor speak out after swastikas found in library bathroom
• Biden administration punishes key players in major Chinese hacks of US government
• Motorist charged with attempted murder after allegedly hitting woman at Windsor park
• Assault by unknown assailants in Kingsville leads to serious injuries
• Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans
• SNOBELEN: Canada needs new approach to deal with Trump's trade war
• Two Durham cops charged criminally in deadly wrong-way chase on Hwy. 401
• Judges hand down what could be the last punishments for the Jan. 6 riot before pardons from Trump
• Woman body-slammed in road rage incident says she ‘learned’ her lesson
• Florida hotel discriminated against Arab American group after Hamas attack, DOJ says
• Man, 18, charged in two violent carjacking incidents in Mississauga
• TikTok ban: How to download your videos and data | TechCrunch
• Senate Dems join with Republicans to break filibuster on immigrant crime bill
• Putin Ally Warns Russia Needs Land Crossing Through NATO Countries
• Greenland's prime minister: "We don't want to be American. We don't want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic. We want to be Greenlandic
• Sen. Feinstein: Trump's withholding of disaster relief is a violation of his duty and of law
• 2 Durham officers charged in Hwy. 401 crash that killed 4, including baby: SIU
• Kristi Noem pledges to revive Trump policy against border 'invasion' as Homeland Security head
• The FBI used self-destruct on malware infecting over 4,000 US computers, it's super effective
• Vivek Ramaswamy set to announce his bid for Ohio governor race - Washington Examiner
• Andrew Cuomo Is Making All the Moves for a Mayoral Run
• WATCH: Sen. Slotkin asks Noem to commit to not politicizing issues
• McCarthy: Fetterman ‘should be leader of the Democratic Party’
• Fearing Trump deportations, migrants start leaving US voluntarily
• Macron, U.N. Secretary-General: Israel must pull out of southern Lebanon
• Three suspects wanted in violent downtown Windsor home invasion
• Man waving machete prompts code silver alert at Port Moody hospital - BC | Globalnews.ca
• Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao criminally indicted