James McCarten
Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press
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What's worth keeping an eye on as U.S. midterms showdown enters final month
Campaigning politicians say it all the time: the coming election will be the most important in a generation.
Putin 'failing and flailing,' has led to escalation of war and nuclear threats: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's "flailing and failing" president on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, joining a chorus of global outrage aimed at what he described as Vladimir Putin's panic-stricken escalation of a collapsing war in Ukraine.
Trudeau to prioritize global growth, food security at UN General Assembly
A likely jetlagged Justin Trudeau is shifting gears from mourning a monarch to making the world safer for democracy — and it's only Tuesday.
Murder of Las Vegas reporter drives home dangers of modern journalism
The slaying of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter, allegedly at the hands of one of his investigative targets, is driving home a reality the U.S. hasn't had to confront since the Civil War: journalism on home soil is becoming more dangerous.
Wisconsin judge rules against Enbridge on Line 5, but doesn't shut it down
The Line 5 pipeline has won a stay of execution in Wisconsin, where a federal judge sided with an Indigenous group's complaint but stopped short of ordering the controversial cross-border energy link shut down entirely.
Ottawa invokes obscure pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute
For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States in an effort to prevent a federal court from shutting down the Line 5 pipeline.
Enbridge Inc. wins latest court skirmish over Line 5 pipeline
The international dispute over Line 5 belongs in federal court, a Michigan judge declared on Thursday, August 18, 2022, dealing a critical blow to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the controversial cross-border oil and gas pipeline.
Ottawa will challenge lower but still 'baseless' U.S. duties on softwood lumber, says Ng
Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa.
US climate deal throws a bone to Canada by amending EV tax credits
The existential crisis confronting Canada's automotive industry may finally be over.
Pence's security guards feared for their lives Jan. 6
Members of the security detail protecting U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence from the mob of protesters storming Capitol Hill last year were so fearful for their lives that they asked colleagues to say goodbye to their family members, the Jan. 6 committee heard on Thursday, July 21, 2022.