James McCarten
Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press
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Biden offers heartfelt reconciliation message at inauguration
Relief and apprehension alike are washing over the national capital as Donald Trump finally makes room for Joe Biden at the White House.
Biden's first-day orders will rescind Keystone XL permit, transition documents suggest
One of Joe Biden's first actions once he becomes U.S. president on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, will be to slam the door yet again on Canada's politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest.
Congress debates impeaching Trump for the second time
WASHINGTON D. C., Wash. — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following last week’s "day of fire," another historic reckoning dawned Wednesday for Donald Trump as members of the House of Representatives debated whether to impeach the U.S. president for the second time in just over a year.
Push is on by U.S. House to remove Trump from White House
With Joe Biden's inauguration just 10 days out, the U.S. capital battened down the hatches on Monday, January 11, 2021, as the chilling truth of the Capitol Hill incursion and the dire consequences for Donald Trump both came into sharper focus.
Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill, disrupt certification of Biden election win
What was supposed to be a historic day in the U.S. capital lived up to that billing for all the wrong reasons Wednesday as an angry throng of Donald Trump supporters managed to overpower police and lay siege to Capitol Hill.
Close races in Georgia appear to give Democrats control of Capitol Hill
The battle for control of Capitol Hill came down to the wire on Tuesday, January 5, 20201, as a late surge of votes from Atlanta's suburban outskirts put Democrats within shouting distance of the two remaining seats in the U.S. Senate.
Trump urges Georgia to 'find' votes as election dramas climax around Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Voters in Georgia will head to the polls Tuesday to determine who holds the balance of power on Capitol Hill for the next two years, the opening act in what promises to be an explosive week in U.S. politics.
The Biden era is on the horizon — but that doesn't mean Canada-U.S. relations are back to normal
If Donald Trump has anything in common with Canada, it might be this: a shared craving for the attention of the American people that at times can border on the pathological.
U.S. challenges Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
The United States opened a new chapter on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets north of the border.
Trump signs order putting Americans at head of vaccine line, while vowing to work with world
The United States will "work with the world" to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, even as he signed an order aimed at putting Americans at the head of the line.