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Carney Announces New Canada Trade Committee as Review of Trade Deal With US Nears

Carney Announces New Canada Trade Committee as Review of Trade Deal With US Nears

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OTTAWA, April 21 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister ⁠Mark ⁠Carney on Tuesday announced ⁠a new, expanded advisory committee on Canada-United States ​economic relations, retaining only four people from the previous council formed ‌under former Prime Minister Justin ‌Trudeau.  The 24-member advisory committee will be chaired by Canada’s ⁠minister ⁠responsible for trade with the U.S., Dominic LeBlanc. The committee ​will hold its first meeting on April 27, the prime minister’s office said.  Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are part of the USMCA free trade ​agreement, called CUSMA in Canada, which is up for a ⁠review ⁠by July 1.  The USMCA ⁠has ​been critical in shielding Canada, which ships almost 70% of all its ​exports to the ⁠U.S., from the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. As much as 85% of goods flowing to the U.S. are exempt from tariffs, and economists have said the exemption has helped Canada ⁠stave off a recession.    Businesses and industry leaders are lobbying the government ⁠to get an extension of the USMCA as the uncertainty around the future of the deal has sapped investment and …

Jeffrey Epstein victims to get House committee hearing: Comer

Jeffrey Epstein victims to get House committee hearing: Comer

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House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) speaks to reporters in front of the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 18, 2026. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Victims of Jeffrey Epstein will get the chance to speak about the late sex offender’s crimes at hearings of the House committee investigating him and his procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell, the panel’s chairman said Friday. Rep. James Comer’s promise to hold those hearings came a day after first lady Melania Trump urged Congress to give “women who have been victimized by Epstein … a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.” “I agree with the first lady and appreciate what she said,” Comer, R-Ky., said in a Fox News interview. “We will have hearings.” Read more about the Jeffrey Epstein files Comer said that hearings featuring victims of Epstein would be held after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee finishes taking testimony from several high-profile people who had been connected to Epstein and his former associates. The panel has scheduled interviews …

New International Olympic Committee policy bans transgender athletes

New International Olympic Committee policy bans transgender athletes

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Only biological women will be allowed to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics following a landmark decision by the International Olympic Committee banning transgender women and those with differences in sexual development.IOC President Kirsty Coventry said the policy was “led by medical experts.”The IOC used gene testing in the 1980s, but it was abolished in the 1990s.The policy change comes after years of controversy over the participation of transgender and DSD athletes in women’s competition.Selina Sykes has more. Keywords for this article Source link

Republican Sam Graves, House transportation committee chief, to retire

Republican Sam Graves, House transportation committee chief, to retire

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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.). Kylie Cooper | Reuters Republican Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced Friday that he won’t seek reelection, joining a wave of retirements ahead of the midterm elections. Graves, 62, has represented a solidly GOP and rural northern part of Missouri since 2001. Just last month, he filed for reelection in what would have been a campaign for a 14th term. But he said in a social media post Friday that he’s “making room for the next generation.” So far, 58 House members are stepping down or running for some other office, putting Congress on track for record turnover. Graves made his announcement just days before Tuesday’s filing deadline in Missouri for candidates. “It’s time to pass the torch and allow a new guard of conservative leaders to step forward and chart a path forward for Missourians,” Graves said. Graves has been at the center of discussions about aviation safety and investigations into the deadly 2025 collision between an …

Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith discusses the war on Iran : NPR

Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith discusses the war on Iran : NPR

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NPR’s Scott Simon talks with House Armed Service Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., about the war on Iran, now a month old, and DHS funding. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The war in Iran has been going on for a month. There is no end in sight. More U.S. troops are headed to the region. President Trump is demanding that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz by April 6, or he’ll order strikes on Iran’s power plants. President also said that talks with Iran are progressing, although Iranian officials deny that there are any discussions. Representative Adam Smith of Washington State is the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee and joins us. Congressman, thanks for being with us. ADAM SMITH: Oh, well, thanks for having me. I appreciate the chance. SIMON: And we will certainly get to Iran in a moment, but first, I have to ask you about the partial government shutdown. It’s been 40 days. SMITH: Yeah. SIMON: Yesterday, House Republicans did not accept the Senate’s bill to fund the Department of …

Minnesota Senate committee advances sweepstakes casino ban bill to judiciary state

Minnesota Senate committee advances sweepstakes casino ban bill to judiciary state

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A Minnesota Senate committee has moved forward a bill that would ban online “sweepstakes” casino-style games, setting up a wider fight over how the state should handle a fast-growing corner of digital gambling. Senate File 4474 cleared the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee after a March 24, 2026 hearing. The proposal now heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee as lawmakers continue to weigh its impact. It focuses on platforms that use what lawmakers describe as a “dual-currency” system. Under the language, that means a setup where someone can take part in simulated gambling while paying some form of consideration and becoming eligible for “a prize, award, cash, cash equivalent, or chance to win a prize.” It also defines an “online sweepstakes game” as any online or mobile product using that system while it “simulates casino-style or another form of gambling.” Minnesota committee considers sweeping sweepstakes prohibition The prohibition itself states that “a person or entity is prohibited from operating, conducting, or promoting an online sweepstakes game in Minnesota.” The measure also blocks a wide …

Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin advances out of Senate committee

Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin advances out of Senate committee

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U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, tesifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters A day after a testy confirmation hearing, a Senate committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Mullin cleared his first procedural hurdle to leading the department despite prodding from his Senate peers on Wednesday over his temperament, DHS’ immigration policies and a trip he said he took abroad while a member of the House that he repeatedly said was “classified.” “Throughout the nomination process, he has failed to be forthright and transparent,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., the top Democrat on the panel, said at the start of the hearing. “Sen. Mullin also showed that he doesn’t have the experience or the temperament to lead this critical department.” The vote was 8-7, with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., chair of the Senate panel, the lone Republican vote …

Mullin agrees to meet with committee behind closed doors after dustup over claims about overseas trips

Mullin agrees to meet with committee behind closed doors after dustup over claims about overseas trips

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Wednesday agreed to meet with members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee behind closed doors after a dustup with leadership from both parties over him largely declining to answer questions about past trips overseas, saying that information was classified. After much wrangling and initial pushback from Mullin, he agreed to… Source link

Pam Bondi subpoenaed by House committee

Pam Bondi subpoenaed by House committee

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department to testify, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a deposition on the Department of Justice’s handling of its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and its compliance with a law requiring all documents related to the notorious sex offender to be made public. The 24-19 vote by the committee came after growing criticism of the DOJ for failing to release all of the Epstein files, and reports that it has removed from public view tens of thousands of documents that previously were made public. The motion to subpoena Bondi was introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, who blasted the DOJ earlier Wednesday over its suppression of many Epstein files. “AG Bondi claims the DOJ has released all of the Epstein files. The record is clear: they have not,” Mace said in a post on X. “The Epstein …