Liberals

Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday.

Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon.

Carney, 59, took 86% of votes cast to beat former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in a contest in which just under 152,000 party members voted.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday will be protecting his country's sovereignty after U.S. President Donald Trump recently suggested making Canada the 51st U.S. state.

Midway through congressional Democrats’ anti–Elon Musk press conference outside the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday afternoon, the sun began shining and Senator Richard Blumenthal found himself a new metaphor.

“Just like the sun coming out, we’re going to shine that sun because it’s the best disinfectant on what Musk and his minions are doing — President Musk,” the Connecticut senator quickly corrected himself, “because we are not going to stand for this kind of betrayal” of “our veterans.”

I have no idea why the media or liberal America thought this aspect of immigration policy would remain the same. We have a new president, a new policy, and a new attitude toward immigration enforcement. We’re going to enforce our laws. Criminal aliens are to be deported immediately. Anyone else here illegally is fair game. That’s the deal. There is no cost too great to carry out this national security priority. The best part is that the media and Democrats can’t do anything about it.

For a man with a reputation as a scourge of the woke, Bill Maher can be harsh on Republicans. Democratic politicians “are not really crazy, by and large,” he insists. “AOC is a little out there. Ilhan Omar, not my favorite. There are some people, like Cori Bush, but they’re still not nearly as crazy as the crazies on the right—Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, people like that.” He sums up the worldview of those two GOP congresswomen as follows: “I don’t believe in democracy. I’m in a cult. I’ll do what Trump says. That’s the No.

Canada’s Justin Trudeau era is coming to an end.

The three-term prime minister announced Monday morning that he plans to step down as prime minister and as party leader once the Liberals choose his successor.

Trudeau told Canadians in a televised address that although he prides himself on being a fighter, he will step aside because of the divisiveness and polarization around his leadership — including inside his own caucus.

The Canadian dollar rose to a near three-week high against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, as investors weighed the potential for Canada's economy to escape broad-based U.S. tariffs and a report that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would resign.

The loonie was trading 0.7% higher at 1.4350 to the U.S. dollar, or 69.69 U.S. cents, after touching its strongest intraday level since Dec. 17 at 1.4280.

The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, is expected to announce on Monday that he plans to step down, after a snowballing leadership crisis during which he lost support from within his own party.

The prime minister’s office said he would speak about his political future from Rideau Cottage, his temporary residence, at 10.45 am. The press conference marks the first time that he will have answered questions from reporters since November.

Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, three sources said Sunday, as the Prime Minister faces a caucus revolt and dismal public opinion polls that show his party will likely be swept out of power by Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.