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Trump’s opponents planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
Washington Post: Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president’s emergency powers. Lawyers are strategizing…
October 4, 2026
Iran’s top security official warns of dire economic crisis. U.S. rushes to withdraw bombers from U.K. air base after new threat of Iran plot
New York Times: Mohsen Rezaei, Iran’s top security official, made the rare admission on Saturday at a high-level…
October 4, 2026
California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president’s son, officials say
CNN: Wanying “Heather” Zhang, of Irvine, allegedly surveilled a close relative of a Taiwanese government official after traveling…
October 4, 2026
Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection
CNN: The incident occurred at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, according to Russian state media…
October 4, 2026
Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill
CBC: Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state’s governor has a solution to…
October 4, 2026
‘We will build this pipeline for the people of Canada’: Hodgson promises Pacific Link will get built
CTV: Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is promising the new Pacific Link oil pipeline to the…
October 4, 2026
Canada’s spy agency shakes up hiring process to ‘meet operational needs’: documents
CBC: As of March 2026, CSIS’s hiring ratio is 85 per cent internal appointments to 15 per cent external…
October 4, 2026
FINTRAC redacted details for $26.7-million in contracts since 2021, as watchdog warns ‘there is no oversight’ over disclosures
The Hill Times: ‘Contracting information should be transparent by default, with only limited’ exceptions, says Procurement Ombud Alexander…
October 4, 2026
Israel’s horrifying Flydubai near-catastrophe demands investigation, not victory lap
Haaretz: The efforts of the passengers and the other pilots, who prevented the disaster at the last moment,…
October 3, 2026
OpenAI safety employee quits, says ‘time for trial and error is over’
Reuters: Writing in “I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken,” published by the Atlantic on Saturday, David…
October 3, 2026
Ukraine will hit Russian refineries in response to Moscow’s ‘new doctrine’ of airstrikes, Zelenskiy says
Reuters: Ukraine’s intelligence services has obtained documents showing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had issued a “new doctrine”…
October 3, 2026
ShinyHunters hacker in FBI data theft detained in Jordan, cooperating with bureau, sources say
Reuters: Saif al-Din Khader was detained by Jordanian authorities, the three sources said. Two of them said he…
October 3, 2026
New AI czar unveils goals, members of White House task force
Wall Street Journal: A new White House task force will have 120 days to report on the risks…
October 3, 2026
China launches anti-dumping probe into European chemical exports
Financial Times: The commerce ministry in Beijing said on Saturday that it had started an investigation into p-nitrotoluene,…
October 3, 2026
Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with axe, UAE official says
BBC: The co-pilot who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel attacked the pilot…
October 3, 2026
U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine now involve oil deal tied to Trump allies
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s…
October 3, 2026
Internal documents detail Ottawa’s economic worries over Alberta referendum
CBC: Finance Canada briefing notes, released to CBC News through access to information legislation, detail the federal government…
October 3, 2026
Elephant in room
The Globe and Mail: Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for…
October 3, 2026
Canada scores dairy win on U.S. soil as farmers grumble about Trump’s trade war
CBC: Both sides in trade dispute have been ‘needless, pointless and childish,’ says one retiree…
October 3, 2026
France hasn’t issued crab licence off Newfoundland, despite surprising pledge: Ottawa
The Canadian Press: Joanne Thompson said Friday evening that the Canadian government has been in contact with French…
October 3, 2026