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The revelation that lawyers for President Joe Biden have located classified documents in a locked closet is an unexpected wrinkle for a Justice Department already investigating Donald Trump over his retention of top secret documents. But there are significant differences between the cases at this point.
Questioned for a lawsuit in October, former U.S. president Donald Trump angrily hurled insults and threatened to sue E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who accused him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his videotaped testimony that were unsealed by a court on Friday.
Toronto-founded Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News exchanged volleys in court filings on Thursday in a high-stakes defamation case, with internal texts and emails appearing to provide obstacles for the top-rated cable network to overcome.
Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former president Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn't step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts of a deposition unsealed Monday.
Former Manhattan district attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo says she is ready to see Donald Trump "held accountable for his behaviour."
Donald Trump has become the first sitting or former U.S. president to face criminal charges, but history shows that leaders have faced trial in other established democracies without shaking trust in those institutions.
The trial will test press freedom and the reputation of conservatives' favourite news source and illuminate the flow of misinformation that helped fuel the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Donald Trump's re-election bid.
The legal woes of Donald Trump have cast a new light on the role of those federal agents assigned to protect Trump, and other former presidents, for the rest of their lives: the U.S. Secret Service.
U.S. special prosecutor John Durham has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with withering criticism of the bureau but a meagre court record that fell far short of the former president's prediction he would uncover the "crime of the century."
Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, a columnist who won a $5 million US sexual abuse and defamation award against former U.S. president Donald Trump filed an amended lawsuit against him on Monday seeking to hold him liable for remarks he made during a CNN town hall after the verdict.
Ron DeSantis officially entered the contest for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, setting up several combative months of campaigning against Donald Trump. He could become one of the youngest presidents ever, and the first Florida governor to reach the Oval Office.
Silvio Berlusconi may be dead, but his legacy lives on in other brash and populist political leaders, says Italian sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo.
A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer's neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump is facing accusations that he and aides asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an effort to obstruct the classified documents investigation.
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Donald Trump in Washington to step in after the former president published a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him.
Donald Trump's defence lawyer says the former president never asked Mike Pence to overturn the will of voters in the 2020 election, but only wanted the then vice-president to "pause" the certification of votes to allow states to investigate his claims of election fraud. Those baseless claims had already been rejected by numerous courts.
Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday surrendered at a jail in Georgia's Fulton County to face state charges arising from actions he is accused of taking to overturn the former U.S. president's 2020 election loss.
Donald Trump arrived at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday evening to turn himself in to authorities in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election result in that state, a county jail booking expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former U.S. president.
Within minutes of its release from a county sheriff's office near Atlanta on Thursday, Donald Trump's mug shot exploded onto screens around the world. Experts say society can seize on high-profile mug shots for a number of reasons, but particularly because they shatter the idea that powerful people are above the law.
Trump White House official Peter Navarro was convicted Thursday of contempt of Congress charges filed after he was accused of refusing to co-operate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In the hours after his truck attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont., in June 2021, the accused killer told police his anger at minority groups began with online research about politics and Donald Trump's election for U.S. president, and spiralled down a "rabbit hole" that led to anger and rage he could no longer ignore.
Trudeau has governed through Donald Trump and COVID-19. He has survived his share of self-inflicted controversies and low points. But as the Liberal caucus gathered this week, it was fair to wonder whether their hero had finally come to an obstacle he could not overcome.
Donald Trump's civil fraud trial will proceed next week after the former U.S. president lost a bid Friday to halt the proceedings while he fights a pretrial ruling that could strip him of Trump Tower and other marquee properties.
Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse, which was later listed as far larger on his financial statements, according to evidence shown Tuesday at the former president's civil business fraud trial.
Israel and the White House on Thursday condemned remarks by Donald Trump in which the former U.S. president praised the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a deadly attack by Palestinian Hamas militants.
In his new book, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, Sapolsky makes the case for transforming our criminal justice system and system of meritocracy.
Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father's real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president's "incredible vision" as a developer and his company's portfolio of "great, iconic projects" at the New York civil fraud trial now threatening its future.
Some Democrats are weighing a desperate gambit for stopping Donald Trump: Voting in the Republican primaries, for Nikki Haley, or another candidate. With Trump dominating primary polls, and leading most general-election polls, they're worried about their democracy and desperately seeking a plot twist.
One of the most consequential questions of the 2024 U.S. presidential election has now been turned over to the Supreme Court in a historic court filing Monday. The fundamental issue being litigated involves whether Donald Trump will be brought to trial before Americans vote in 2024.
Donald Trump is on the verge of entering 2024 as the election frontrunner. It's an unusual position for a candidate who's never led his past races as he is now, but he's also beset by legal threats. With primaries starting in January, here's the outlook entering the U.S. election year.
Barred from giving a formal closing argument, former U.S. president Donald Trump seizes an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil trial, unleashing a barrage of attacks during a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump was ordered Friday to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees to The New York Times and three investigative reporters after he sued them unsuccessfully over a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about his family's wealth and tax practices.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was worried at the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House, branding Trump's claim that he could stop Ukraine's war with Russia in 24 hours as "very dangerous."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday suspended his run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Journalist and The Smiths’ fan Luke O’Neil breaks down how the band’s music got to the point of being played at Trump rallies.
Krista Kafer may have voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but she’s determined to keep him from running again.
Biden or Trump? During a visit to Washington, D.C., Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said: "There's challenges with both." Smith held meetings on Capitol Hill and weighed in on Canada-U.S. issues, including potential successor projects to the failed Keystone XL pipeline.
Donald Trump on Monday turned to the U.S. Supreme Court as he presses his claim — rejected by lower courts — that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss because he was serving as president when he took those actions.
Donald Trump has been ordered to pay nearly $355 million US in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth, a New York judge ruled on Friday. But does the former U.S. president have enough money to pay it off?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former U.S. president Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's argument that the case accusing the former U.S. president of illegally holding onto classified documents should be tossed out because he viewed the material as his personal records.
When it comes to the seriousness of the criminal cases against Donald Trump, the Stormy Daniels hush money trial is the bottom of the barrel, says a former federal prosecutor. But it’s also likely to be the only of the four ongoing criminal cases against Trump to make it to trial before the election.
Seven jurors were empanelled by the second day of Donald Trump’s trial Tuesday, leaving only five slots plus several backups unfilled. It was faster than most had predicted for the historic and unusual criminal trial.
Donald Trump's lawyer accused porn star Stormy Daniels of profiting off her story they had sex in 2006, part of an effort to undermine her credibility as a witness in the first criminal trial of a sitting or former U.S. president.
U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Ottawa isn't worried about the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
As a result of Donald Trump's criminal convictions, he would require special permission to enter Canada for next year's G7 summit, if elected U.S. president. Canadian officials have already begun discussing, among themselves, how they would navigate what could be a novel scenario.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland took aim on Tuesday at Donald Trump's Republican allies, accusing them in congressional testimony of peddling false narratives that endanger law enforcement and undermine the Justice Department's integrity.
Reuters spoke to nine people who have had conversations with Donald Trump or his campaign about potential running mates for the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential candidate. Here's a look at some of the possibilities, and the advantages or challenges those politicians may bring.
The landmark criminal conviction of Donald Trump hasn't just divided U.S. voters, or the partisan political pundits. There are real disagreements in law faculties about this case. These were the reactions when CBC News reached out to two-dozen criminal-law professors in New York State.
Polling industry insiders in the U.S. agree on one thing — the criminal conviction of Donald Trump has not had a dramatic effect on the presidential election. But here's what they have found.
U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. president Donald Trump, Biden's immediate predecessor, will debate Thursday evening on CNN. Here's a brief look at why it's making headlines ahead of the actual event.
Even with new rules of decorum in place, people shouldn't expect Donald Trump to tone it down when he squares off against Joe Biden in the first U.S. presidential debate on Thursday, says political consultant Philippe Reines.
Did the U.S. Supreme Court really just give presidents dictatorial rights to murder their political opponents? Liberal justices argued that's the shocking possibility following the court's ruling on Trump's immunity case. CBC News asked constitutional scholars, who said though it's technically true, it will never happen in practice.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with former U.S. president Donald Trump, his office said Sunday. Trump survived an assassination attempt on Saturday.
Canada's premiers won't say publicly if they'd prefer U.S. President Joe Biden or former president Donald Trump to return to the White House, but they are cheering for one outcome this November — the survival of the Canada-U.S. trading relationship.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump held a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, appearing hours after questioning the racial identity of Vice President Kamala Harris.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump questioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is "Black" during a contentious interview at the country's largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday.
J.D. Vance is collaborating with Canadian YouTubers Nelk as part of a new initiative launched today by allies of Donald Trump called Send the Vote. It's a $20-million US voter registration and turnout program aimed at courting the kind of crowd attracted to Nelk's content — young men.
When Fred Trump III asked his uncle Donald Trump for money to help with his disabled son’s medical care, he says the former U.S. president suggested letting the young man die instead.
ABC says both former U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees.
My Heart Will Go On helped propel Dion to super stardom as it was used in the 1997 Oscar-winning blockbluster film Titanic.
In an era of growing protectionism, when tariffs are increasingly viewed as good, and foreign imports as bad, an unusual development is unfolding: One U.S. presidential candidate is vigorously bashing new trade barriers proposed by the other.
Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance said U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris could "go to hell," as he pushed back Wednesday on media reports of an alleged incident involving Trump's campaign staff and photo-taking at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week.
Donald Trump wants abortion on the backburner as an election issue. That just became more complicated. When asked how he'd vote in a referendum on a six-week abortion ban in his home state of Florida, he appeared to switch positions within a day.
Donald Trump stuck to his previous position that there would not be another debate with Kamala Harris before voters go to the polls in the Nov. 5 election.
U.S. prosecutors said Donald Trump was acting outside the scope of his duties as president when he pressured state officials and then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence to try to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a court filing made public on Wednesday.
In his threat to slap hefty tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports to the U.S., president-elect Donald Trump lumped together the border issues of the two nations. Experts and politicians say it's an apples-to-oranges comparison.
The running gag about Canada as a 51st state is clearly generating a torrent of yuk-yuks on Fox News, and indignation from Trump's critics. However, new statements from his transition team, press secretary and Capitol Hill Republicans could ultimately point to a more hopeful development for Canada.
The move comes in the wake of threats from Trump, who has said he would impose 25 per cent tariffs if Canada and Mexico do not handle the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs.
Two of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top cabinet ministers met Friday with two of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks in an attempt to stave off the looming prospect of tariffs on Canadian exports.
Among the most senior officials in Ottawa, there is a document circulating that outlines specific details about how Canada could retaliate against Donald Trump’s tariff threat.
For the first time since U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened hefty tariffs on Canadian goods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his argument against the import taxes directly to the American public.
As U.S. President Donald Trump renews his tariff threat on Canadian products, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says diplomacy, not retaliation, is the best way for the country to stifle the risk of punishing new trade sanctions.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said in a statement that the answer to the Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific "is still no," after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith suggested reviving the project in light of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Canadian exports.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.
U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine likely "is still very, very far away."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canadians should give Wayne Gretzky a break. The hockey legend has come under fire for supporting U.S. President Donald Trump by attending his inauguration in January and visiting him several times in recent months at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with the militant Palestinian group Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while U.S. President Donald Trump warned of "hell to pay" should the Palestinian militant group not comply.
Signs are mounting of U.S. unease with President Donald Trump’s North American trade war and it’s surfacing in various places, from economic data, to grumbling businesses, to media coverage, and in tense exchanges at the White House. Some ask: Is there a plan here?
Alberta's premier has given U.S. media outlets several reasons Trump should avoid tariffs. But her electoral rationale landed differently in Canada.
U.S. President Donald Trump sent stock markets soaring on Wednesday by softening some of his market-crushing reciprocal tariffs — though many remain in place. And China will now get a 125 per cent tariff, part of an exchange of economic blows between the superpowers.
A member of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration appears to have slipped up when he said that Canada would be getting hit with an additional 10 per cent tariff.
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt some auto manufacturers from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.
In a letter to Harvard earlier this month, Trump's administration had called for broad government and leadership reforms at the university, as well as changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded the university audit views of diversity on campus, and stop recognizing some student clubs.
While Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s opponents accuse him of being dishonest about the details of his phone call with Donald Trump, one former Liberal cabinet minister says he remains the candidate most qualified to deal with the U.S. president.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday during a news conference that tariffs would 'come down substantially,' but wouldn't disappear completely. Experts say rates would need to drop to 10 or 20 per cent in order for trade to return to some kind of normalcy.
The shadow cast by Trump has loomed large in Quebec, where the Liberals are hoping to make big gains at the expense of the Bloc Québécois.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance released today says automobile parts compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) on trade will not be hit with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a criminal with gang tattoos and a history of violence. But his lawyer says the administration is just trying to distract from the fact that it deported him by mistake, and is flouting court orders to bring him back.
It was all smiles, thumbs up, and friendly captions on U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media feeds after his initial encounter with Prime Minister Mark Carney. But in Trumpland, sunny vibes come with a limited warranty. The storm clouds are still there.
There is a long way to go — and much more to figure out than could possibly be settled in a single afternoon at the White House.
The process is still taking shape. But the two-step idea is emerging in comments following this week's meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump.
In one notable speech, on one memorable Mideast trip, we saw the clearest ever expression of what one might call the Trump Doctrine. The art of the deal now trumps ideals in U.S. foreign policy.
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for U.S. President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation.
Harvard squash player Ocean Ma of Richmond, B.C., hopes to build on a memorable freshman year in September, despite the uncertainty given the latest salvos between the Trump administration and the university.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to double the tariff rate on steel to 50 per cent, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, vehicles and other goods.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday doubling the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50 per cent, a move one Canadian industry official warned would have "unrecoverable consequences."