President Donald Trump is threatening 35% tariffs on goods from Canada, accusing America's northern neighbor of unfair trade practices and failing to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
The United States buys about three-quarters of Canada's goods, making Trump's tariff a significant threat to Canada's economy. Trump said the steep penalty will take effect August 1, unless Canada takes steps to cooperate.
Trump has often complained about Canadian restrictions on American businesses, and he warned in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that conditions still need to change.
"Fentanyl is hardly the only challenge we have with Canada, which has many Tariff, Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, which cause unsustainable Trade Deficits against the United States,” Trump said in a letter to Carney shared on Truth Social.
Canada is already under 25% tariffs that Trump imposed months ago, although goods that comply with Trump's first-term trade agreement, USMCA, are exempt. It's not clear yet if USMCA exemptions will apply to the 35% tariffs.
In his letter, Trump noted the additional tariffs are separate from existing sectoral tariffs on steel, aluminum, and cars, which are some of Canada's most significant exports to the U.S.
Trump provided an off-ramp, demanding that Canada tighten borders to control the flow of fentanyl and lower its steep trade barriers, including high tariffs on dairy from the U.S.
U.S. tariffs could go higher than 35% or lower, depending on Canada's response, he said.
"As you are aware, there will be no tariff if Canada, or companies within your country, decide to build or manufacture products within the United States," Trump wrote in his letter.
The Aug. 1 date for the 35% tariffs overlaps with Trump's deadline to negotiate a new trade deal with Canada.
Trump had paused trade talks with Canada in June over its plans for a tax on U.S. technology companies. Under pressure, Carney dropped the tax.
In response to Trump's latest threats, Carney said he would defend Canada's economy while working to resolve Trump's concerns about drugs crossing the border.
"We are committed to continuing to work with the United States to save lives and protect communities in both our countries," he said.
Canada isn't the only country to get a letter from Trump, who is threatening to raise tariffs on two dozen countries unless they reach deals by Aug. 1.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (D) pledged to keep opposing the Trump administration's policies even if President Donald Trump puts him "in jail," a fanciful scenario that came from Booker's own mind.
In an interview with MSNBC's Jen Psaki, Booker taunted Trump to arrest him after he singled out the senator for criticism.
Several Democrats have been arrested or detained while protesting Trump's hardline immigration policies, leading critics to accuse Trump of "authoritarianism."
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was detained after disrupting a Department of Homeland Security press conference in June. The mayor of Newark -- a city Booker once led -- and New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver were both arrested over a scuffle outside an ICE facility in Newark.
Many say that Democrats are deliberately instigating these scenes for publicity. But Booker suggested that politicians in New Jersey are being targeted arbitrarily, and he could be next.
"My Congresswoman LaMonica McIver arresting her, my mayor they’ve arrested, they’re picking off, it seems, people that live in Newark that are in elected positions," Booker lamented.
"But I don’t care throw me in jail. Do what you have to do. I’m going to continue to stand up for what’s right," he said.
Booker concluded, “I’m hoping that when one person stands up and calls this out, it ignites the courage of another person and another person and another person. We have to at a time that our fundamental rights and freedoms, that the very democracy that we that we know is precious, is under attack by this president. We’ve got to have more people willing to stand up and fight and take him on.”
Trump did not mention arresting Booker when he criticized the senator this week over an anti-ICE bill.
The bill, which Booker introduced with Padilla, would require ICE agents to identify themselves and prevent them from wearing masks. ICE agents have faced rising threats from the left, with ten people charged with attempted murder over a recent ambush at a detention facility in Texas.
Trump said ICE agents require anonymity to do their jobs safely in the current political climate, which has seen Democrats compare ICE agents to Nazis.
"These officers are doing a tremendous job," Trump said. "They're great patriots. If you expose them because of, you know, statements like have been made by Democrat and others on the left, usually mostly, I think, probably exclusively, you put them in great danger, tremendous danger."
Booker is notorious for engaging in flamboyant political theater, setting a new record for the longest Senate speech in history earlier this year, although the stunt was quickly forgotten.
In his latest bid for publicity, Booker is indulging a fantasy of being arrested by the Trump administration. But we doubt Trump cares enough about Booker to satisfy this desire of his.
Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), is unemployed following graduation from Columbia University, where she was arrested for participating in a tent city protest against Israel, Breitbart reported. The 22-year-old is now selling used apparel online to make ends meet.
In a since-expired Instagram Story, Hirsi shared with her more than 80,000 followers that she has been selling her clothing castoffs on the Depop app. "I am now selling on [Depop]!! Check out if u wish," Hirsi wrote.
She was hawking a pair of Dr. Martens boots, some skirts, and her "beloved multicolored striped cardigan." Perhaps this is the only way Hirsi, who graduated from the Ivy League institution in May, can make a living these days.
Hirsi was a member of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group. She considers herself "hyper-woke" and has an arrest to prove it. In April 2024, she was rounded up with more than 100 of her comrades for camping out on the campus to support Palestine.
Following her arrest, Hirsi was suspended from Barnard College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University. While attending an institution that costs upwards of $90,000 a year, Hirsi decided to jeopardize her future.
She was one of several students arrested for squatting on the New York City campus of Columbia University to side with the aggressor in the war between Israel and Hamas. The suspension was lifted after Hirsi claimed that she would become homeless and desolate if she were kicked out of school.
Omar boasted about her daughter's antics in a social media post following her arrest. "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," the radical member of the "Squad" posted to X, formerly Twitter, at the time.
"She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school to stand against genocide," Omar claimed. She said noted Hirsi was using her "right to speech, assembly, and petition enshrined in our constitution."
I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi.
She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now…— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 19, 2024
While Omar sang her daughter's praises, people in the real world saw this radicalism among these students as a red flag. As NBC News reported, the top law firm Davis Polk rescinded employment offers to three students at Columbia and Harvard who had made statements in favor of Hamas.
This revelation came from an internal email at the firm. "These statements are simply contrary to our firm’s values, and we thus concluded that rescinding these offers was appropriate in upholding our responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive work environment for all Davis Polk employees," the email, signed by chair and managing partner Neil Barr, said of the radical students.
"At this time, we remain in dialogue with two of these students to ensure that any further color being offered to us by these students is considered," it added. When asked to confirm it with the press, a representative from Davis Polk said that it was true and necessary.
"The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm’s value system. For this reason and to ensure we continue to maintain a supportive and inclusive work environment, the student leaders responsible for signing on to these statements are no longer welcome in our firm," the representative said.
It's unclear whether Hirsi's activism is to blame for her lack of occupation, but it's clear that employers aren't as enamored with radical anti-Israel protesters as Democratic lawmakers are. Perhaps selling off wordly possessions is a fitting punishment for a good leftist like Hirsi.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Department of Transportation has eliminated environmental justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations when awarding grants, Breitbart reported. President Donald Trump had promised to reverse these policies set by then-President Joe Biden.
The "Green New Scam" and DEI have meant that projects and grants are awarded based on factors other than merit. Duffy announced Wednesday that his agency was bringing that to an end after being stuck with 3,200 grants hung up on these issues.
"It’s a new day in America, where common sense is in the driver’s seat. Our roads, rails, skies, and waters will be safer for it," Duffy promised in a statement.
"The public wants to see their hard-earned dollars going towards safety and efficiency standards – not woke DEI or American Energy-killing ideas," he added. Democrats are seething as Trump and his administration dismantle Biden's woke policies.
Duffy put current applicants on notice in a letter on July 2. The secretary said it was Trump's executive orders that "direct Federal agencies" to "identify and eliminate" funding agreements or policies connected "in any way to climate change, ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions, racial equity, gender identity, ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ goals, environmental justice."
The DOT will also eliminate any preference based on Biden's Justice 40 initiative, which prioritized environmental criteria. These policies were in effect "between noon on January 20, 2021, and noon on January 20, 2025" when Trump signed the executive orders.
Now Duffy said the agency "will no longer enforce these policies, or any other requirements incorporated into its Federal financial assistance agreements that are inconsistent with the policy objectives of this Administration and current DOT leadership." Duffy posted the letter to X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.
"Progress on American infrastructure will not be paralyzed by the leftist mandates of the last administration," Duffy captioned it. We’ve already cleared roughly HALF of the 3,200 projects left over from the previous administration that were announced but never received funding. We’re just getting started," he wrote.
Progress on American infrastructure will not be paralyzed by the leftist mandates of the last administration.
Last week, I sent a letter to all recipients of @USDOT grants that our department ripped out Biden-era requirements for DEI and environmental justice holding up… pic.twitter.com/Jh7T24NIwB
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) July 9, 2025
Rather than seeing DEI as discrimination codified by law, Democrats believed hiring on the basis of someone's race was a good and necessary thing. In contrast, Trump promised to dismantle DEI during the campaign, which the left tried to insinuate was due to his racism.
Still, Trump signed several executive orders to make it happen anway, as reported by USA Today earlier this year. "We have ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government and, indeed, the private sector and our military," Trump said at the time.
"And our country will be woke no longer." Of course, Democrats hated this and insisted that what Trump was doing was not only bad for the country, but also for the companies no longer forced to hire based on applicants' most superficial traits.
"Talk to any CEO of a major Fortune 500 company. They’ll tell you that their bottom line, dollar-wise, does better when there’s more diversity in the room," Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey puzzlingly claimed.
Giving preferential treatment based on someone's race, sexual preferences, or other characteristics is not only unfair, but also complete madness. Trump is restoring the country to sanity, and that includes Duffy's announcement to remove such criteria from funding decisions.
A woman has been charged with a crime after her desire to speak to President Donald Trump got the better of her, and she appeared at his residence with a firearm, as Breitbart News reported.
While the president’s life is far from a quiet one, like anyone, he’s likely looking to minimize the number of people who appear at his door with a firearm and an “urgent message."
But that was not the case earlier this week when Trump’s Beach estate at Mar-a-Lago was swarmed by Secret Service and local police when it was discovered a visitor had brought with her guns and a desire to talk to the Commander in Chief.
What started as a series of trespassing incidents at the presidential residence ended with additional security measures and renewed attention for who might be wandering the facility.
An arrest affidavit from the Palm Beach Police Department revealed it was 49-year-old Caroline Shaw who approached the south side of the property and told agents she needed to speak to Trump.
She was detained at the time, pending further investigation, and agents took a special interest in her car, which they found did, indeed, contain firearms.
Shaw found herself the proud new owner of misdemeanor charges for an expired vehicle registration and a suspended driver's license, seemingly slight infractions for someone who appeared at a presidential residence the way she did. She has, according to Newsweek, pleaded not guilty to both.
The Palm Beach Police Department (PBPD) said shortly after the incident that they responded to Mar-a-Lago due to the Secret Service’s request for assistance with a “suspicious person.”
An assessment of the situation, some review of her more deadly accessories, and it was determined that this was a serious situation, and police took custody of Shaw.
PBPD arrested her and booked her into the Palm Beach County Jail, which, given the circumstances, could have been considerably worse.
Mar-a-Lago is located in South Florida and is where Trump spends the majority of his free time, in addition to his resort in New Jersey. Both places are protected by local law enforcement as well as the Secret Service.
Since his first term, Mar-a-Lago has been host to a number of high-level meetings, and due to the nature of the club’s semi-public venue status, there have been some interesting security challenges.
Thanks to the high-profile nature of the president, not just for his politics, but also his position, there have been an increasing number of individuals arrested for their unauthorised presence at Mar-a-Lago.
This includes Chinese nationals who attempted to trespass on the property after the election late last year. Some have been attempting to enter under false pretenses, some have carried electronic equipment, and some have just said they’d like to speak to Trump.
Fox News co-host Ainsley Earhardt has opened up about her engagement to Sean Hannity, revealing that the couple plans to continue living in different states even after they marry.
Despite their upcoming nuptials, Earhardt and Hannity will maintain residences in New York and Florida, balancing professional commitments and family responsibilities across state lines.
The pair became engaged in December 2024, more than four years after they first began dating. Hannity proposed just ahead of Christmas on bended knee inside their shared church in Palm Beach, Florida. At the time of the proposal, Hannity had already relocated to Florida full-time, while Earhardt remained in Manhattan with her daughter.
In January 2025, Hannity made his departure from New York permanent, announcing on air that he was beginning broadcasts from Florida. He described it as a long-intended move motivated by both political and lifestyle preferences. “I am out. I am done. I’m finished,” he told viewers as he settled into what he called “the free state of Florida.”
The 63-year-old host cited several reasons for his decision to leave New York, including political disagreements with state leadership, a desire for warmer weather, and the financial appeal of no state income tax. He added, “Finally, for the first time that I can think of in my adult life, I actually have representatives in the state that I’m living in that share my values.”
Meanwhile, Earhardt, 48, remains based in New York City to keep her regular schedule on "Fox & Friends." She lives there with her 9-year-old daughter, Hayden, whom she co-parents with her ex-husband, former NFL quarterback Will Proctor. Earhardt describes their co-parenting relationship as amicable and supportive.
Despite living in separate states, the couple shares weekends together. Each Friday, Earhardt and Hayden fly to Florida to spend time with Hannity before returning to Manhattan after church on Sundays. While in Palm Beach, they stay at one of Hannity’s luxury homes.
“I love my time with Sean in Palm Beach. We always do a family brunch after church on Sunday, and then Hayden and I fly back. I love my New York life, too,” Earhardt said, emphasizing the satisfaction she finds in both aspects of her life.
Her Manhattan apartment reflects her taste and success, described by the Daily Mail as having opulence reminiscent of an HBO period drama. Earhardt credits her financial independence for enabling her to create a joyful and secure environment for her daughter following her divorce.
Earhardt has confirmed that she and Hannity will sign a prenuptial agreement before their wedding. She emphasized the importance of being financially self-sufficient, especially as a mother after her marriage ended. “I had my own financial support. I was able to take care of myself,” she said.
Hannity holds an extensive portfolio of Florida real estate. Among his properties are two townhouses in Palm Beach, one bought in 2021 for $5.3 million and a second purchased in January 2025 for $14.9 million. Additionally, he owns a $23.5 million waterfront mansion in the nearby town of Manalapan.
That mansion was listed for rent in June 2025 at $130,000 per month, indicating it may be an investment holding rather than a full-time residence. These properties now serve as Hannity’s primary bases since his formal move to Florida. He sold his longtime home in Centre Island, New York, in mid-2024 for $12.7 million after purchasing it in 2008 for $8.5 million.
Though their setup is far from conventional, Earhardt and Hannity seem wholly committed to making it work. “It’s not conventional. We live on opposite ends of the East Coast, but when you love someone, you make it work,” Earhardt explained.
By maintaining their own homes and shared routines, the couple appears to be optimizing for flexibility rather than proximity. Their strategy allows Hayden consistency during the school week while offering quality time together on weekends.
Their story brings together career success, thoughtful parenting, and a modern approach to love and marriage. As they look ahead to life as husband and wife, the couple continues to chart their own course across states, schedules, and shared goals.
President Trump has made a fresh pick to lead NASA, a move that is likely to anger Elon Musk after Trump rejected his preferred choice.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is the new interim leader of NASA, Trump announced in a post on Truth Social.
"I am pleased to announce that I am directing our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to be Interim Administrator of NASA. Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling our Country’s Transportation Affairs, including creating a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control systems, while at the same time rebuilding our roads and bridges, making them efficient, and beautiful, again," Trump wrote.
"He will be a fantastic leader of the ever more important Space Agency, even if only for a short period of time. Congratulations, and thank you, Sean!"
The NASA job played a role in the dramatic rift between Trump and Musk that erupted publicly in June.
Trump had initially selected Musk ally Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and private astronaut, to lead NASA. But Trump reversed course the day after Musk left the Trump administration, with Trump announcing he was pulling the nomination after a "thorough review of prior associations."
Days later, Musk launched a furious tirade attacking Trump's megabill and linking him without evidence to the Epstein files.
Trump and Musk have continued to go at it, with Trump threatening to target Musk's government contracts and Musk starting his own political party.
In a post on July 6, Trump explained why he pulled Isaacman's nomination, citing his past support of Democrats and "inappropriate" ties to Musk, the CEO of SpaceX.
Trump said he "was surprised to learn that he was a blue-blooded Democrat, who had never contributed to a Republican before."
"Elon probably was, also," the president added. "I also thought it inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon's corporate life."
For his part, Isaacman has rejected Trump's portrayal, describing himself as a "right-leaning moderate" and denying he has any conflict of interest, although he acknowledged flying twice on SpaceX rockets.
"Short of a new nominee, this was a great move,” Isaacman said after Duffy was nominated. “NASA needs political leadership from someone the President trusts and has confidence in."
Duffy said he was "honored" to be chosen for the role.
"Honored to accept this mission. Time to take over space. Let’s launch," Duffy wrote in response.
The former right-wing president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested a second time to face additional charges over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law.
The arrest was approved after a request from a special prosecutor appointed by South Korea's new liberal president, who has moved swiftly to pursue additional charges against Yoon, who was initially indicted for insurrection.
His return to custody comes months after he was released from jail over issues concerning the length of his detention.
South Korea plunged into crisis in December after Yoon declared martial law, supposedly to crack down on North Korean influence in the then-opposition party. Yoon's emergency decree was swiftly overturned by parliament and led to massive protests for and against him.
After barricading himself inside the presidential residence, he was finally taken into custody and charged with insurrection after a weeks-long standoff that ended with police scaling the walls of his compound.
Yoon was removed from office in April after the nation's Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment.
South Korea's new liberal president, Lee Jae-myung, won a snap election in June as a campaigner for democracy and moved quickly to appoint a special prosecutor to look into new charges against Yoon.
Special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk requested Sunday that Yoon be arrested again, warning that Yoon might destroy evidence about his alleged coup attempt, and a court in Seoul approved the warrant Thursday.
It's unclear how long Yoon will stay behind bars, but he could be held for up to six months if he is indicted again.
Yoon's lawyers have condemned the arrest as an extraordinary and excessive measure, but Yoon had appeared in court on Wednesday for a seven-hour hearing, after which he was taken to a nearby detention center.
His attorneys say there is no danger of evidence being tampered with, as Yoon's alleged accomplices are all in custody.
The special counsel accuses Yoon of falsifying documents, abusing power and obstructing justice. Among other acts, he is accused of ignoring the rights of cabinet members who were not invited to a meeting to discuss martial law.
The first South Korean president to be arrested, Yoon faces life in prison or even death if found guilty. He has decried the charges against him as politically motivated.
“The special counsel, who is supposed to guarantee neutrality and fairness, is leading the most politicized and biased investigation,” his lawyers said in a statement.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only justice to dissent in a case that broke in President Trump's favor, underscoring her outlier status on the Supreme Court.
The court's newest member has shown "judicial abandon," law professor Jonathan Turley said in response to her latest free-wheeling dissent.
"This is part of a signature of what's becoming a type of judicial abandon that Jackson has towards the power of these courts," Turley told Fox and Friends.
The Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling lifted a lower court injunction that blocked Trump from laying off federal workers. The majority was sending a message to lower courts to rein themselves in, Turley said.
"This is six months of delay. It could have been much longer," he said. "The court is signaling, ‘We’re going to be on you very quickly if you continue to do these kinds of orders.’"
"This is another shot across the bow to lower courts," Turley said. "They’ve got to knock this off. They've got to stop with these injunctions."
Jackson was the only one to dissent, and she wasn't shy about criticizing her colleagues over what she saw as their readiness to please Trump.
"For some reason, this Court sees fit to step in now and release the President’s wrecking ball at the outset of this litigation," she wrote. "In my view, this decision is not only truly unfortunate but also hubristic and senseless."
Liberal Sonia Sotomayor, a normally reliable anti-Trump voice on the court, signaled that she would withhold judgment of Trump's plans until they are formally presented.
"On this occasion, Jackson is alone," he told Fox and Friends. "She couldn’t even get Justice Sotomayor to sign on to this dissent," Turley said.
Jackson has begun to draw attention for scorching, polemical opinions in cases that turn out in President Trump's favor. Critics of her writings say they read like undergraduate essays, offering up sweeping arguments couched in glib rhetoric.
Her undisciplined approach has brought stinging criticism from her own colleagues on the bench. In a widely publicized clash, Amy Coney Barrett mocked Jackson' sweeping embrace of judicial supremacy and her indifference to the work of legal analysis, which Jackson dismissed as "legalese."
“We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary,” Barrett wrote.
It has been observed that Jackson is by far the most talkative justice during oral arguments. She's clearly very opinionated, and that's fine, but maybe she would have fit in better at CNN or MSNBC.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
During the 2016 presidential election, a jokester went online and told Democrats to "Save Time, Avoid the Line" and vote online.
WND reported the joke was by Douglass Mackey, who for the joke was convicted in New York state of "election interference."
But he appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the decision, arguing that if the government's case against him stands, the results necessarily would criminalize not just political misinformation and satire, but also "lies about also whether and for whom to vote. Such a sprawling political speech code is in the teeth of every applicable canon for reading criminal laws, and grossly offends the First Amendment."
Now a report in the Washington Examiner reveals his conviction has been overturned.
"A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal after finding that trial evidence brought by Biden-era federal prosecutors failed to prove Mackey conspired with others to influence the election at the time," the report said.
"The government was obligated to show that Mackey knowingly entered into an agreement with other people to pursue that objective," Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston wrote in the unanimous opinion, which was joined by Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson. "This the government failed to do."
There were claims Mackey tricked some 5,000 people into voting by text or social media, even though there was no process to accommodate those attempts.
Prosecutors claimed that there were social media platform groups discussing interfering with voting rights, but they could not show Mackey ever engaged with those.
"The government failed to offer sufficient evidence that Mackey even viewed—let alone participated in any of these exchanges," the opinion said. "And in the absence of such evidence, the government's remaining circumstantial evidence cannot alone establish Mackey's knowing agreement."
WND also reported that a "progressive activist told Trump supporters to vote by text, but she was not prosecuted.