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Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world ...

Thousands of flights canceled as major winter storm moves across the US

OKLAHOMA CITY — Thousands of flights across the U.S. set to take off over the weekend were canceled as a monster storm started to wreak havoc Saturday across much of the country, knocking out power and snarling major roadways with dangerous ice. Widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing ...

Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father

Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota. Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed children and parents at the South Texas ...

US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. U.S. Southern Command said ...

Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures

MINNEAPOLIS — Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota's largest airport Friday, and thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump administration's crackdown. The protests are part of a broader ...

House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding

WASHINGTON — The House passed this year's final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers, still smarting from last fall's record 43-day shutdown, worked to avoid another funding lapse for a broad swath of the federal government. The four bills total about $1.2 trillion in spending ...