Canada's premiers have left a series of meetings in Washington expressing hope that the renegotiation of NAFTA will be quick and relatively pain-free, rather than a drawn-out bargaining slugfest.

The Russia-related probes haunting Donald Trump's presidency are being pushed into a dark new realm.

The former FBI director James Comey, has just announced he will testify about his relationship with a sitting president, a president who fired him, a president whose entourage he was investigating.

Most of Washington is animated by chatter about the future of the Trump presidency, and whether it might be washed away by the constant leaks related to the Russia election-meddling investigation.

The president's plane had barely taken off for his first foreign trip when multiple political storms slammed into it on Friday, May 19, 2017, pointing at severe turbulence ahead for Donald Trump.

The federal government hinted that Boeing should not take future military contracts with Canada for granted, a veiled threat that coincided with a spat between Boeing and Bombardier.

The United States has officially served notice of its intention to renegotiate the 1993 NAFTA, triggering a 90-day consultation window before talks begin later this summer with Canada and Mexico.

The speech by foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland early next month will set the broad context before the government announces its defence policy review June 7.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he's ready to start a major renegotiation of the NAFTA, now that his trade czar has achieved his long-awaited confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

President Donald Trump appeared to threaten the former head of the FBI on Twitter on Friday, May 12, 2017, warning the just-fired James Comey not to leak to the media.