Ontario Premier Says Canada Could Cut Off Energy Export to 3 US States in Response to Trump Tariffs

‘It’s a last resort,’ Doug Ford says. ‘I don’t think President-elect Trump wants that to happen.’ The head of Canada’s most populous province on Wednesday warned that he could cut off energy supplies to several northern U.S. states should President-elect Donald Trump go through with his plan to implement a 25 percent tariff over border

Schumer Says Senate Will Vote on Social Security Fairness Act

The House version of the bill passed in November, with strong bipartisan support. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) said on Dec. 11 that he will bring the Social Security Fairness Act before the Senate for a vote. The bill removes rules that reduce Social Security benefits in certain cases, such as those receiving pensions

Trump Says Transgender Bathroom Issue Less Important Than Others

‘I don’t want to get into the bathroom issue,’ the president-elect said. ‘Because it’s a very small number of people we’re talking about.’ President-elect Donald Trump stated that there were more important issues than the transgender bathroom debate when he was asked about the topic in a Time magazine interview published Thursday. Trump was named

Proposed Measure Addresses Disarray That Led to Deadly, Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal

A 4 1/2 hour Dec. 11 hearing rehashed two years of finger-pointing but ended with reference to a bill ensuring such a calamity never happens again. After two years of exhaustive investigation, at least three conflicting reports, and more than a dozen combative congressional hearings, legislation incorporating lessons learned from the United States’ deadly withdrawal