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Canadian News
CTV News
CAF falling short on recruitment, housing needs
CBC News
AG uncovers unsafe drinking water, toilets that don't work in military housing
CBC Music
The oral history of OK Blue Jays
Canadian Commentary
Bernd Riegert | Deutsche Welle
Will Canada buy German-made submarines?
International News
NBC News
Furloughed fed says she's standing in Maryland food bank line after 21 years in military
The Associated Press
During cold and flu season, the youngest kids really are the germiest
NBC News
Pete Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon staff speaking to Congress
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Vox
A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army
NBC News
U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles
The New York Times
Trump Said to Demand DOJ Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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MSNBC News
Speaker Johnson defends Trump posting AI video in which he drops excrement on Americans
The Associated Press
Paul Ingrassia withdraws from Office of Special Counsel nomination
The Associated Press
Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI ‘superintelligence’
The Associated Press
Trump is adding a $250 million ballroom to the White House
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CBS News
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries
CBS News
Trump hosts Senate Republicans for lunch at White House
CBS News
Trump receives Architect of Peace Award from Nixon Foundation
The Hill
Trump strikes nerve with East Wing ballroom demolition
The Hill
Who’s funding Trump’s $250M ballroom renovation?
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NBC News
Driver arrested after ramming car into Secret Service property
NBC News
Kremlin rejects ceasefire, launches deadly new attacks on Ukraine
CNN News
Swarms of Russian drones plunge parts of Ukraine into darkness
The Guardian
Trump’s call to freeze Ukraine conflict at current frontlines is ‘good compromise’, says Zelenskyy
BBC News
Plans for Trump-Putin meeting shelved days after Budapest talks proposed
The Associated Press
Israel ‘not a protectorate’ of the US, Netanyahu says
Reuters News Agency
Israel's parliament advances bill to annex occupied West Bank
The Associated Press
North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward the east
The Associated Press
Japan plans to enhance its defenses to adapt to changing warfare realities
The Associated Press
Tropical Storm Melissa brings flood risk to Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica
Radio-Canada
Trump peut déployer la Garde nationale à Portland, statue une cour d’appel
Agence France-Presse
Pressions pour maintenir le cessez-le-feu à Gaza
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Agence France-Presse
Le Japon dirigé par une femme pour la première fois, par la conservatrice Sanae Takaichi
Agence France-Presse
La Colombie dénonce une « menace d’invasion » américaine et rappelle son ambassadeur
International Commentary
Nathalie Tocci | The Guardian
The EU was complicit in the war in Gaza. Trump’s plan can’t be an excuse to dodge responsibility now.
Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Argentina’s systematic importance to the administration
Madeleine Aggeler | The Guardian
My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’
Mary Papenfuss | The New Republic
How Ordinary People Might Become Unwitting Trump Collaborators
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling | The New Republic
Pete Hegseth is trying to choke back the flow of information to Congress
Books
Niall Stanage | The Hill
Karine Jean-Pierre releases new book
Lives Lived
Beechwood Cemetery
Colonel Walter N. Pirie has died aged 83
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