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SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn deal to unite crucial parts of Elon Musk’s empire
Financial Times: Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn and pays $250bn to acquire AI start-up as Musk envisions…
February 4, 2026
Threat of new AI tools wipes $300 billion off software, data stocks
Wall Street Journal: Investors’ fears that new developments in artificial intelligence will supplant software reverberated through the stock market Tuesday,…
February 4, 2026
Texas Democrats taste victory, then turn on each other
Washington Post: Days after their win in a state Senate race, reports of a racially charged comment roil…
February 4, 2026
Flirty emails, chummy photos show how far Epstein reached into business world
Wall Street Journal: They are executives, doctors, lawyers, and dealmakers at the tops of their fields. Their now-public…
February 4, 2026
How Stephen Miller stokes Trump’s boundary-pushing impulses
Wall Street Journal: The White House aide has been an architect of aggressive immigration sweeps in U.S. cities…
February 4, 2026
Homeland Security targeting Americans with secretive legal weapon
Washington Post: In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then…
February 4, 2026
Many famous names in Epstein files
CNN: The major headlines from the latest dump of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein focus…
February 4, 2026
Risks of working with China outweigh benefits, Michael Kovrig warns
National Post: You’ve referred to Canada’s new China deal as pragmatic but risky. Is the risk of a…
February 3, 2026
Why are Canadian arms fuelling foreign conflicts?
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock: …Canada’s current arms-export system contains a loophole so large that it undermines the…
February 3, 2026
Éric Blais: Poilievre wants to be conservative prime minister but Canada already has one
Éric Blais/Toronto Star: The Conservatives essentially gave up on a key competitive advantage by leaning into populist, “Canada…
February 3, 2026
David Coletto: Harper’s legacy still resonates with Canadians twenty after his first election win
David Coletto: Abacus Data polling finds the former prime minister remains widely trusted across regions and generations, even…
February 3, 2026
James Moore: 20 years of lessons learned from Stephen Harper
James Moore/CTV: As it turns out, the discipline, smarts, passion and pragmatism that were the cornerstones of the…
February 3, 2026
Tasha Kheiriddin: Poilievre better figure out how to talk about Trump or it’s over for him
Tasha Kheiriddin: Of course we want Canadians to be patriotic, our armed forces tough, and bad people off our streets. But there…
February 3, 2026
John Ivison: Poilievre finally tackles Trump test and looks more statesmanlike for it
John Ivison/National Post: Poilievre’s speech on Friday was a significant improvement. In contrast to his past divisiveness and…
February 3, 2026
Pierre Poilievre shifts strategy ahead of ‘urgent meeting’ with Mark Carney
Toronto Star: After securing the support of 87.4 per cent of the party faithful at the Conservatives’ convention…
February 3, 2026
Canada’s next election likely to face AI-assisted interference, watchdogs say
CBC: Testifying before a parliamentary committee and speaking to reporters on Tuesday, foreign affairs deputy minister David Morrison…
February 3, 2026
Import costs driving Canada food inflation, BOC research says
Bloomberg: The total annual change in food costs, excluding fruits and vegetables, was 3.1 per cent in 2025,…
February 3, 2026
Executive public servants received more than $146 million in performance pay
The Canadian Press: The average total performance pay per executive was $17,972, the data says, while the average…
February 3, 2026
Feds prioritize speed in trade agenda as MPs raise alarm over transparency
The Hill Times: Trade negotiations are under the jurisdiction of the executive branch in Canada, but increasingly, MPs…
February 3, 2026
Ottawa remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons: Minister
The Canadian Press: Canada has “absolutely no intention” of acquiring nuclear weapons, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Tuesday…
February 3, 2026