James McCarten
Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press
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Trudeau, Anand meet with U.S. defence secretary and Norad commanders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand got a first-hand look on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at North America's first line of continental defence, a system experts and political leaders agree is badly in need of an upgrade.
Gunman entered Texas school unchallenged
Law enforcement officials described in chilling detail on Thursday, May 25, 2022, the time it took for tactical officers to finally gun down an 18-year-old attacker after he shot and killed 19 students and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in small-town Texas.
Tears and finger pointing in Texas, Congress after mass shooting horror
Over two days, in two acts, the small southwest Texas town of Uvalde has been the unwitting global stage for a real-world illustration of the defining tension in American life.
Jason Kenney speaks out against Line 5 shutdown at Capitol Hill
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney found mostly allies on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, as he brought his pro-pipeline pulpit to Capitol Hill, urging a largely Republican cadre of U.S. senators to get behind the idea of new cross-border energy conduits and to speak out in defence of Line 5.
Many U.S. politicians have 'sympathy' for Canada's Line 5 position: Wilkinson
White House officials, Capitol Hill lawmakers and the U.S. secretary of energy have all expressed "significant sympathy" for the plight of Canada's Line 5 pipeline, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Thursday, May 12, 2022, after a day of meetings in the U.S. capital.
Liberals promise to protect abortion rights but details are vague
Liberal lawmakers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are vowing to defend access to legal abortions, but the issue's divergent and divisive history in each country guarantees they'll go about it in very different ways.
Biden says basic U.S. rights at risk if Supreme Court draft abortion decision holds
Rescinding the constitutional right to an abortion would be just the beginning, President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, as the world confronted anew the possibility that women in the United States are poised to lose the right to choose.
Canada's foreign affairs minister meets with U.S. counterpart to discuss Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada and the United States will continue to exert "maximum pressure" on Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Canada, U.S. begin talks on deal to access, share data in criminal investigations
Amid rapidly shifting geopolitical sands, Canada and the United States unveiled plans on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, to work more closely in the nebulous world of cybersecurity, including on a long-awaited deal to make it easier to navigate each other's data privacy laws in criminal investigations.
Trudeau says 'Heartbreaking decisions' had to be made in Canada's response to Ukraine
Canada has had to make "heartbreaking decisions" when confronted with images of bombed hospitals and schools in Ukraine, civilian casualties and the Ukrainian president's passionate plea for a no-fly zone over his war-ravaged country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.