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Published Feb 16, 2025  •  Last updated 2 days ago  •  6 minute read We haven’t had a hockey night in Canada quite like that since 1972, the last time politics and hockey came together in the ice palace pitting Team Canada against a major international super power, the Soviet Union…

WASHINGTON —  The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, including employees at a power grid office, the nuclear security administration and the loans office, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Democratic lawmakers also said…

President Donald Trump's estranged niece, Mary Trump, warned of a possible "catastrophic outcome" with the confirmation of new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. On Wednesday, Gabbard was confirmed by the Senate in a 52-48 vote and then sworn in as DNI, a role that oversees America's 18 intelligence…

President Donald Trump's effort to reshape the federal government through a series of sweeping executive orders ran into a number of roadblocks in the courts this week, but he also scored a major legal victory. While judges halted — at least temporarily — his administration's moves to dismantle the U.S.…

Donald Trump’s latest threat to cut US aid to Egypt unless it endorses his controversial plan to relocate Palestinians and hand Gaza over to American control is yet another reminder of why Egypt must move beyond its reliance on American financial assistance. The United States has, for decades, provided Egypt…

Letters to the Editor Newsday 2 Days Ago President Donald Trump signs an executive order as White House in Washington. AP Photo - THE EDITOR: With US President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, championing a "Made in America" agenda and imposing tariffs on imports of steel and…

President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office have included an aggressive push to erase diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government, a movement that has swiftly been adopted by some businesses as well. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, scrubbed language about DEI initiatives from various reports. At the…

Author of the article: Associated Press Jon Gambrell Published Feb 13, 2025  •  Last updated 1 day ago  •  3 minute read Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2025. Photo by JIM WATSON /AFP…

The original grants of Pepfar-funded organisations that get funds through the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been reinstated after a federal judge enforced a temporary restraining order blocking US President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grants.  As a result, they are restarting their original projects, and…

President Donald Trump speaks to the media while flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after arriving at a Senate Republican weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 26, 2019. Mark Wilson | Getty Images Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is speaking out against President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff…