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Experts: 2024 U.S. presidential election

webfull — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:32:35 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden will lay out what he sees as the stakes of the 2024 presidential election — democracy and freedom — in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 6, his first campaign event of the new year. “This Saturday will mark the three-year anniversary of when, with encouragement from Donald Trump, a violent mob breached our nation's Capital. It was the first time in our nation's history that a president tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power," said Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie-Chavez Rodriguez.

Published: 4 January 2024

Expert: Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records

webfull — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:40:25 +0000

Donald Trump, the former U.S. president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star. While falsifying business records in New York on its own is a misdemeanor punishable by no more than one year in prison, it is elevated to a felony punishable by up to four years in prison when done to advance or conceal another crime. (CBC News)

Published: 4 April 2023

Experts: Canada and U.S. reach border deal on irregular migrants

webfull — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:57:20 +0000

The Trudeau government has reached a long-discussed deal with the United States on irregular migration which will allow Ottawa to close the Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. The deal would close a loophole in the agreement, which came into force in 2004 and currently prevents Canadian law enforcement from turning back asylum seekers who enter Canada from the United States at border locations that are not official ports of entry. (CBC News)

Published: 24 March 2023

Experts: U.S. midterm elections

webfull — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:31:29 +0000

Control of the U.S. Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden's low approval ratings would drag the party down. (CBC News)

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Published: 9 November 2022

Amid rising pressures and a political divide, Biden’s centric views might be a bad omen for a second term | The Globe and Mail

webfull — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:35:44 +0000

April 29, 2022 | U.S. President Joe Biden, a lifelong centrist Democrat, has a extremely difficult job at an exceedingly tumultuous time in history. His low poll numbers reflect the scale of the challenges he faces. As politics becomes more and more polarized, what does Joe Biden's moderate approach to politics bode for his re-election chances, should he decide to seek a second term? Max Bell School professor David Shribman provides perspective in this article for the Globe and Mail.

Published: 3 May 2022

2022 is turning out to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for Biden | The Globe and Mail

webfull — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:19:51 +0000

January 18, 2022 | After last week's defeats, U.S. President Joe Biden has been transformed from Battling Joe Biden into the Embattled Joe Biden, David Shribman writes for The Globe and Mail. "The new year brought forth a new Biden - a fiery, determined, passionate President substituting for the dewyeyed, sentimental chief executive. But in the hothouse of American politics, the new year also brought forth new defeats, new disappointments and new dissenters."

Published: 18 January 2022

The GOP is overhauling its long-standing identity | The Globe and Mail

webfull — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:53:21 +0000

November 14, 2021 | In his latest piece for the Globe and Mail, Max Bell School professor David Shribman explains how the Republican Party is seeking to transition away from its reputation as being the party of Big Business, instead leaning into trust-busting and other strategies for reining in the power of America's corporations.

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Published: 16 November 2021

With Trump digging in, creating his presidential library will be a challenge | The Globe & Mail

webfull — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:01:19 +0000

November 1, 2021 | David Shribman speaks on the challenges facing Trump as he curates his Presidential library.

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Published: 4 November 2021

Expert: Taliban's rapid advance across Afghanistan

webfull — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:24:43 +0000

Taliban insurgents entered Kabul after previously taking control of all of Afghanistan's other major cities apart from the capital. Prior talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government on a political understanding that could lead to a peace deal, backed by the United States and its allies, have failed to make significant progress. (CBC News)

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Published: 19 August 2021

Americans are super-spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation | McGill Newsroom

webfull — Tue, 04 May 2021 18:37:41 +0000

April 6, 2021| The mis- and dis-information that fills many corners of the American media ecosystem is having an affect on Canadians' perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Professor Taylor Owen and other McGill academics. The McGill Newsroom has the full story.

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Published: 26 April 2021