US AND CANADA

TRUMP DEFENDS PUTIN, CALLS RUSSIA'S REMOVAL FROM G8 A STRATEGIC FAILURE

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At the 2025 G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump reignited longstanding tensions over Russia's exclusion from the influential group of industrialized nations. Speaking alongside newly appointed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump asserted that expelling Russia from the then-G8 in 2014 was a "very big mistake"—a move he blamed on former President Barack Obama and, incorrectly, on former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

TRUMP MOVES TO HALT CALIFORNIA EV PROGRAM

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President Trump signed resolutions Thursday that effectively halt California's program to phase out gasoline-powered cars in favor of electric vehicles by 2035. The move, which the state is immediately challenging in court, follows a decision by the Republican-led Congress to revoke California's waiver permitting it to establish stricter emissions standards. The action underscores the continuing disagreement between the federal government and California over climate change policy.

TRUMP'S TRAVEL RESTRICTION NET WIDENS: 36 COUNTRIES FACE POTENTIAL ENTRY BANS UNDER NEW STATE DEPARTMENT REVIEW

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The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has entered a new phase, with internal documents revealing plans to potentially ban citizens from 36 additional countries. This dramatic expansion would represent one of the most sweeping travel restriction policies in modern American history.

POPE LEO ROCKS CHICAGO WHITE SOX

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Pope Leo XIV is swinging for the fashion fences — and this time, it's not an AI hallucination. The pontiff, born Robert Provost in Chicago, made headlines this week by donning a White Sox baseball cap during a general audience at the Vatican. Smiling under the brim of his cap and dressed in his traditional white cassocks, the image was both shocking and endearing, a bold blend of solemn tradition and South Side swagger. As the first American pope and a lifelong White Sox fan, Leo's choice felt like a holy home run for fans of casual flair and sports devotion alike.

AUTHORITIES STILL SEARCHING FOR SUSPECT IN SHOOTING OF 2 MINNESOTA STATE LAWMAKERS

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A massive search stretched into its second day Sunday for a man who authorities say wore a mask and posed as a police officer while fatally shooting a Democratic state lawmaker in her suburban Minneapolis home, an act Gov. Tim Walz called “a politically motivated assassination.” Authorities said the suspect also shot and wounded a second lawmaker and was trying to flee the area.

AIR INDIA LONE SURVIVOR DETAILS FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE PLANE CRASH

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Speaking out is the only survivor of the Air India plane crash. The British national described his experience of the moments leading up to the tragedy, when the plane had just left the airport, hours after Vishwash Kumar Ramesh left the London-bound flight AI171, which crashed down on June 12 in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing every other person on board.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A 57-YEAR OLD MAN IN SHOOTING 2 MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS

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A man posing as a police officer shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a brazen attack at their home early Saturday, and a second lawmaker and his wife were wounded in a separate shooting in what Gov. Tim Walz described as “targeted political violence.”

ISRAEL STRIKES IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES, MISSILE FACTORIES

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Israel said it targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders on Friday at the start of what it warned would be a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon.