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US officials offer Congress briefing on Trump, Biden papers
FILE - This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The discovery of classified documents at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence is scrambling the blame game in Washington. Now, lawmakers from both parties seem united in frustration with the string of mishaps in the handling of the U.S. government's secrets.(Department of Justice via AP, File)
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Tesla hikes price of Model Y after U.S. alters tax credit rule
FILE - A Tesla Model Y Long Range is displayed on Feb. 24, 2021, at the Tesla Gallery in Troy, Mich. Tesla has raised prices on its Model Y in the U.S., apparently due to rising demand and changes in U.S. government rules that make more versions of the small SUV eligible for tax credits. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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2016 Trump campaign to pay $450,000 to settle nondisclosure agreements suit
Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 28, 2023. Donald J. Trump grew his business, fortune and fame Òthrough a pattern of criminal activity,Ó according to a new book by Mark F. Pomerantz, a veteran prosecutor, who reveals that the Manhattan district attorneyÕs office once considered charging the former president with racketeering. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
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Bolsonaro defends tenure, questions Brazil election defeat
Brazil's right wing former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at an event hosted by conservative group Turning Point USA, at Trump National Doral Miami, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
world
At least 41 dead in Nigeria after gunmen, vigilantes clash
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari arrives to attend the inauguration of Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue line at Marina station in Lagos on January 24, 2023. - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the first phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue line, a 27-kilometre rail system expected to move more than 500,000 passengers daily in Nigeria's commercial capital and most densely populated city in the country. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: `fan the flame’
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Ga.), right, during a campaign event in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 28, 2023. Trump refused to say he would support the next Republican presidential nominee if it was not him, exposing a potential quagmire along the party’s path toward reclaiming the White House in 2024 and showcasing, once again, the former president’s transactional spin on political loyalty. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
explainer
Biden and Trump are facing a classified-documents investigation. Here’s how the cases compare
FILE - A man walks past boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, just outside the West Wing, inside the White House complex, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. At least three presidents. A vice president, a secretary of state, an attorney general. The mishandling of classified documents is not a problem unique to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
canada
For Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, the election campaign has already begun
Marit Stiles, incoming leader of the Ontario NDP, provides new information related to the integrity commissioner’s Greenbelt investigation during a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
u.s. politics
FBI to search Mike Pence’s home, office for classified records
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
canada
Natural Resources Minister says ‘just transition’ bill for energy workers isn’t expected for months
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson participates in a fireside discussion in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Wilkinson says legislation to lay out the government's plan to protect jobs during the clean-energy transition is still months away. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
u.s. business
Biden administration takes aim at Google and Apple, says their app stores stifle competition
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
u.s. politics
FBI finds no classified documents at Biden’s Delaware beach house, lawyer says
FILE - U.S. Secret Service agents are seen in front of Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Del., home on Jan. 12, 2021. The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents. That's according to a statement from Biden's personal lawyer. (Shannon McNaught/Delaware News Journal via AP, File)
u.s. politics
Biden, McCarthy found ‘common ground’ in debt meeting, House Speaker says
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
opinion
How should the media treat Trump? Like the menace to democracy that he is
Gary Mason
u.s. politics
Mexico’s planned changes to electoral authority raise fears that country will become less democratic
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures as he speaks after attending a march with supporters to mark his fourth year in office, in Mexico City, Mexico November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan
opinion
Peru’s precarious democracy is a cautionary tale of electoral denialism
Maxwell Cameron
world
Peru’s Dina Boluarte exhorts Congress to advance elections amid anger over deaths
Anti-government protesters march with posters showing images of the more than 40 people who have died during clashes with police amid the country's unrest, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Protesters are seeking immediate elections, President Dina Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
u.s. politics
McCarthy, Biden to discuss debt limit and spending on Wednesday
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, speaks at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, that he is looking forward to discussing with Biden a “reasonable and responsible way to lift the debt ceiling” when the two meet for their first sit-down on Wednesday with McCarthy as leader of the chamber. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
world
Few voting in Tunisian parliamentary runoff election amid rise in president’s powers
A Tunisian voter casts their ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump opens 2024 run, says he’s ‘more committed’ than ever
FILE — Donald Trump takes the stage at his fly-in campaign rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two years after he was kicked off most mainstream social media sites, former President Trump’s posts online have grown only more extreme. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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Retired army general Petr Pavel wins Czech Republic’s presidential election
Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel greets his supporters after announcement of the preliminary results of the presidential runoff in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
opinion
Moody’s upgrades Alberta’s long-term rating, but the UCP should still be cautious as election approaches
Kelly Cryderman
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Elon Musk meets top Biden officials on EVs in Washington
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
u.s. politics
Biden taps Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff
FILE — White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients at a news conference at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2021. President Joe Biden plans to name Zients as the next White House chief of staff heading into a critical new phase as he confronts a Republican House and is expected to kick off a re-election campaign, people familiar with the decision said on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
world
Biden extends deportation protection for Hong Kong residents
President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
u.s. politics
Former U.S. leaders asked to recheck for classified docs
FILE - The north face of the Archives of the United States is seen in this general view March 11, 2019, in Washington. The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to re-check their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)
u.s. politics
Biden lambasts House Republicans in economic speech
President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
opinion
Trudeau’s ‘tyranny of the majority’ swipe at Quebec nationalists has election-call written all over it
Konrad Yakabuski
canada
Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Trump pleads guilty
RCMP officers prepare to enter an apartment complex in connection with the mailing of ricin to President Trump Monday, September 21, 2020 in St. Hubert, Que.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
international business
Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard, Treasury’s Wally Adeyemo in running to be White House economic czar, sources say
FILE - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Lael Brainard, speaks during a conversation with leaders from various organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and others at the Federal Reserve building, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Brainard said Monday, Nov. 14, that she was encouraged by last week's U.S. inflation report, which pointed to slower price increases, and said the Fed would likely soon reduce the size of its rate hikes. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election
Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean with Albertans over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. Notley speaks in Edmonton on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
u.s. politics
Georgia election probe report to remain secret for now
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
analysis
Discovery of classified documents at Trump and Biden’s homes raises many questions
David Shribman
world
Joe Biden to name Jeff Zients as chief of staff, source says
FILE - Jeff Zients, who has been selected serve as coordinator of the Covid-19 response and counselor to the President, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, to announce President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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U.S. Justice Department found more classified documents in search of Biden’s home
President Joe Biden walks from St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
u.s. politics
Chief Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House
FILE - White House chief of staff Ron Klain walks to the South Lawn of the White House to attend an event in Washington, April 8, 2022. Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Joe Biden's top aide, is preparing to exit his post in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with Klain's plans. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)