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.
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.
A beautiful family of four died tragically in a small plane crash just miles from home in North Carolina.
Travis Buchanan, 35, Candace Buchanan, 35, Aubrey Buchanan, 10, and Walker Buchanan, 9 were returning from a beach holiday when their plane crashed into a field Monday near Raleigh Executive Jetport.
Three of the victims died instantly, while a fourth perished at a hospital. They were the only people on board.
The small plane crashed in a field off Lower Moncure Road north of Sanford, where the family owned a farm. The crash site was well off the road, making it difficult for first responders, WRAL reported.
Abraham Garcia, a Buchanan Farms employee for eight years, said the family was returning from the beach.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed that the plane departed from Merritt Island, Florida, on Monday around 11:03 a.m. ET.
The family's Cirrus SR22T crashed a little over three hours later around 2:30 p.m. The plane came within five miles of the airport when the pilot reported engine problems and communication issues.
“About 5-6 miles from the airport, the airplane advised a local fixed-base operator about a loss of communications and navigational equipment shortly after they advised the fixed-base operator that they had engine issues,” NTSB aviation accident investigator Ryan Enders said.
The tragedy has shaken the family's community in Sanford, a small city in Lee County located about 40 miles from Raleigh.
"Travis and Candace have worked alongside me from the beginning of my photography business. They were always so generous to offer up farm space for mini-sessions or hosting my mini-session ministry days," wrote Nickie Runyan Photography on Facebook. "It was truly a joy to work alongside them any chance I had, and my entire family loved attending their farm events. They truly were a beacon of light in our community with all that they did."
The school attended by the Buchanans' two young children also shared a heartfelt statement.
"It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of one of our Crusader Families," Grace Christian Sanford School wrote in a post on Facebook.
"The Buchanan Family; Students Aubrey (rising 5th) and Walker (rising 4th) along with their parents, Travis and Candace, went to be with the Lord today," the statement continued.
"During this incredibly difficult time, we stand together in support of their family and one another," the post reads. "We extend our love, prayers and deepest condolences to their family, friends, classmates, teachers and staff."
A federal court has ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding Planned Parenthood.
Judge Indira Talwani blocked for 14 days a provision in President Trump's megabill that would strip Medicaid funding from the largest abortion provider in America.
Planned Parenthood furiously denies using federal money for abortion, which is illegal under the Hyde Amendment.
But the organization is notoriously opaque, and the fact that money is fungible has led critics to say that Planned Parenthood's federal funding subsidizes abortion indirectly.
The "Big, Beautiful Bill" attempts to address that concern by rescinding all Medicaid funding for non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood and its affiliates for one year.
Although Planned Parenthood is never named in the law, the organization says it is being singled out for retaliation since it applies to only to abortion nonprofits that receive over $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements, a threshold that excludes most smaller abortion providers.
“The Trump Administration is ending the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion – a commonsense position that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with," the White House said in response to the judge's ruling.
Planned Parenthood sued, accusing the Trump administration of trying to cripple its services over its abortion advocacy, which Planned Parenthood insists is "wholly outside the Medicaid program."
Even still, Planned Parenthood conceded that without this funding, many abortion clinics could be forced to close down.
"Many Planned Parenthood Members will be required to lay off staff and curtail services, with serious adverse consequences for the many patients served at those centers even if they do not use Medicaid to access services. Worse still, Members may be forced to shutter a substantial number of their health centers nationwide, many of which are in rural or underserved areas without alternative providers,” the lawsuit reads.
On the same day the lawsuit was filed, Judge Talwani, an Obama appointee, ordered the Trump administration to take "all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed in the customary manner and timeframes to Planned Parenthood Federation. of America and its members."
The judge's intervention has put on hold what was hailed by many in the pro-life movement as a historic victory.
Planned Parenthood said the fight is "just beginning."
"We're grateful that the court acted swiftly to block this unconstitutional law attacking Planned Parenthood providers and patients... The fight is just beginning, and we look forward to our day in court!" Planned Parenthood said in a statement.
President Trump campaigned on ridding America of the DEI agenda, and major companies are following suit.
Facing government pressure, top corporations are walking back Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies that have divided America, the Washington Times reported.
During the Biden era, DEI became a whole-of-government effort as the White House set explicit racial targets and shoveled public money toward the government's favored groups, while shutting out whites and other supposedly dominant demographics. Trump's approach has been just as sweeping, but in the other direction.
Trump has threatened to cut off government funds to institutions that practice DEI, and he has clarified that such policies violate civil rights law, creating a starkly new legal climate for corporations and universities to navigate.
Many companies in the private sector are walking a tightrope between placating the government and keeping woke activists at bay. Some major chains, such as Costco, have publicly resisted Trump's pressure, but others have tried to play it both ways, adopting new language to dodge scrutiny.
Major League Baseball deleted a "diversity" reference from its website, but the corporation says its "values on diversity remain unchanged.”
In February, Pepsi said it was axing its chief DEI officer and ending "workforce representation" goals, but the extent of the rollback has been questioned.
“If you check their website it still has DEI [crap] all over it… they’re just pushing it below the surface,” said Paul Chesser, director of the Corporate Integrity Project for the National Legal and Policy Center, told Fox Business.
Like many big names, McDonald's has taken an equivocal approach. Facing a boycott over its DEI rollback, the fast-food giant issued a boilerplate response touting "inclusion."
"As a brand that serves millions of people every day, McDonald's opens our doors to everyone, and our commitment to inclusion remains steadfast," the company said.
The big question is, are corporations like McDonald's really abandoning DEI, or just pretending? While many companies are still woke using woke lingo, the real changes are happening privately, said Dan Lennington, managing vice president and deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.
“A lot of this is happening behind the scenes,” he said. “Corporations, education institutions, hospitals, health care institutions are just sort of either caving completely, fighting or they’re trying to play it cutesy by changing the language in their DEI webpages, which is doomed to fail eventually.”
Trump has also used regulatory power to browbeat telecommunications companies like Verizon and AT&T, which have agreed to curtail DEI to get approvals for merger deals from Trump's FCC.
The administration's war on DEI is also shaking up higher education. University of Virginia's president resigned in June following months of pressure from the Justice Department, which finally threatened to cut off funding to the public university unless its DEI-friendly president stepped aside.
President Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, welcomed a new addition to her family in May, and she reportedly just shared the first photos of her newborn son.
According to the Daily Mail, Tiffany Trump uploaded several photos of her newborn son on her Instagram account, garnering thousands of comments and well wishes as she embarks on her journey of being a new mother.
Tiffany and her husband, Michael Boulous, announced the birth of their son, Alexander, in May of this year.
The pictures of Alexander that she posted showed the newborn in several adorable poses and outfits, including one where he was dressed in a knit teddy bear outfit as he slept in a wooden basket.
Alexander will be President Donald Trump's 11th grandchild, making him quite the proud grandfather. President Trump has always appeared to be close with his grandchildren, often posing in pictures with them.
President Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has five children while Eric Trump has two of his own. The president's oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, has three children.
President Donald Trump was actually the first to announce that his daughter Tiffany was expecting. It was months later, last December to be exact, that Tiffany Trump publicly confirmed that she was expecting.
The love of our lives, ATB 🧸 pic.twitter.com/r7fziTVAad
— Tiffany Ariana Trump (@TiffanyATrump) July 3, 2025
The president's daughter captioned the pictures of Alexander by writing, "The love of our lives, ATB."
Tiffany and her husband are not really involved in politics, as the Daily Mail noted:
Tiffany, who graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2020, has not been heavily involved in her father's political efforts - although she did attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last summer.
Her billionaire husband Michael was born in Lebanon and is the heir to Boulos Enterprises, a Nigerian distribution and assembly company for vehicles including motorcycles and power bikes, run by his father.
Trump's supporters went nuts over the photos, and understandably so, as they were repeatedly described as adorable and perfect.
"I see your mom in his face! Third generation gorgeous. It’s crazy that Marla is a grandmother. Although I suspect she’s a Nana.
Congratulations to everybody!!"
Another X user wrote, "Oh my goodness…such a beautiful baby! Congratulations! So very happy for you."
Only time will tell who in the Trump family has the next little one on the way.
President Donald Trump promised during the 2024 presidential cycle that he would dedicate everything possible to squashing former President Joe Biden's chaotic border situation.
That's exactly what has happened so far, and according to Breitbart, even some Democrats, like Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), believe that Trump is doing a good job because he's using the "right policy" to help control the border situation.
Cuellar, being a native Texan, has often angered his own party for his stance on the immigration crisis. It's understandable that he would be on the side of most Americans since he represents a sector of Texas that has been devastated by the illegal immigration crisis.
While most Democrats are blindly against Trump's border policies, there are a few reasonable ones that are willing to speak up on behalf of their constituents.
The Texas Democrat admitted that the numbers at the border are dropping, and unlike most people in his party, Cuellar said that it's a direct result of Trump's border policies.
Cuellar said, “President Trump is using the right policy, no catch and release," when describing why he thinks the numbers at the border have drastically dropped.
That's night and day compared to former President Joe Biden, whose "catch and release" strategy led to some of the highest border crossing numbers in U.S. history.
Cuellar also talked about the various border and immigration provisions in President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," noting that disagreed with
Biden's approach to the border, which led to a sustained spike in border crossings for years.
“Look, the numbers have gone down without building any more border wall. … Because you’ve got to look at a confluence of things. You’ve got to have the right policies.
He added, "And President Trump is using the right policy, no catch and release, that Biden, I disagreed, because he did catch and release. You’ve got to get Mexico and other countries to stop people before they come over. So, the numbers have gone down."
“Now, do we need to have more Border Patrol agents? Yes. More technology? Yes. River roads, carrizo cane eliminations," he added.
While most Democrats aren't interested in telling the truth about the border situation, Cuellar has proven otherwise.
Much like Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Cuellar isn't afraid to break ranks with his party, no matter the cost.
Trump's border policies are working, and it's becoming more difficult for Democrats and the media to deny that.
The U.S. Supreme Court has added to President Donald Trump's winning streak with another favorable decision on immigration.
The court's lopsided 7-2 ruling rebuked a Biden-appointed judge who tried to stop Trump from deporting a group of hardened, foreign criminals to South Sudan.
The case centers on Trump's efforts to rapidly deport illegal aliens to "third countries" where they have no ties. The controversy deals in particular with eight convicted criminals who were sent to Africa with minimal due process.
In April, a district court judge blocked the Trump administration from removing aliens to third countries without notice. The Supreme Court lifted the injunction in late June, but the district judge, Brian Murphy, claimed that the Supreme Court's ruling did not apply to a separate court order shielding eight men in Djibouti from being sent to South Sudan.
The Trump administration cried foul, accusing Murphy of defying the highest court in the land, and asked the justices to clarify their June ruling.
Now, the court has plainly spoken: Murphy is wrong. This means Trump can proceed with sending the eight men, who are being held at a U.S. base in Djibouti, to South Sudan.
"Our June 23 order stayed the April 18 preliminary injunction in full. The May 21 remedial order cannot now be used to enforce an injunction that our stay rendered unenforceable," the court wrote in a brief unsigned order.
The ruling is a significant win for Trump, as it empowers him to deport aliens whose home countries refuse to take them back. The eight aliens in this case have been convicted of graphic crimes like murder and rape.
"These sickos will be in South Sudan by Independence Day," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek.
The Supreme Court's liberals have focused on human rights concerns, warning that aliens could face torture once deported to unstable countries where they don't know anyone.
Two of the court's liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined in a dissent.
"What the Government wants to do, concretely, is send the eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood that they will face torture or death," said Justice Sotomayor.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote a short concurring opinion in which she expressed disagreement with the justices' June ruling, but she said the district court was nevertheless out of line to continue enforcing an order that the Supreme Court voided.
"I do not see how a district court can compel compliance with an order that this Court has stayed," she wrote.
A Republican intern on Capitol Hill was tragically killed in a shooting on Monday night in northwestern D.C.
21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was caught in the crossfire of a deadly "altercation" after 10 p.m., Metropolitan Police said.
The college senior had recently joined the staff of Kansas Rep. Ron Estes, a Republican, who released a statement sharing his condolences.
"I will remember his kind heart and how he always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile," Estes said in a press release. "We are grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas' 4th District and the country."
According to police chief Pamela Smith, the incident began as an "altercation" between two groups of people. The shooting was targeted, but Tarpinian-Jachym was not one of the intended victims.
On Monday, around 10:28 p.m., police responded to gunshots in the 1200 block of 7th Street, Northwest. They found three injured individuals: Tarpinian-Jachym, an adult female, and a 16-year-old male.
"The preliminary investigation indicates that multiple suspects exited a vehicle at the intersection of 7th and M Street, Northwest and began firing at a group. The suspect vehicle has been recovered," Metropolitan Police said in a press release.
Tarpinian-Jachym was brought to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries Tuesday. The unidentified woman is in stable condition, and the teenager is still being treated for injuries to his spine.
Police say the teenage boy was likely involved in the confrontation that led to the shooting.
"The child, I can say, we believe was kind of engaged as part of the group," police chief Pamela Smith said at a press conference Thursday.
According to the latest data, crime in D.C. is declining compared to 2023, when the city had its most homicides in over a decade.
The 2020s crime wave placed public officials in danger, including Democratic Rep. Angie Craig (MN), who was assaulted in her apartment lobby, and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX), who had his car stolen at gunpoint. A former Trump official was murdered during a carjacking spree in 2024.
In May, a young couple who worked for Israel's embassy was assassinated by an extremist outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
Tarpinian-Jachym, of Gramby, Massachusetts, was a senior at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majored in finance with a minor in political science. He had only just begun a summer internship at Rep. Estes' office.
What a senseless tragedy.
A former Democratic party fundraiser is naming the "puppet masters" who pulled strings during the Biden presidency, with Jill Biden topping the list.
Lindy Li was a fundraiser for both Joe Biden's campaign in 2020 and Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign. After Harris' defeat, Li defected from the Democratic party and became a conservative commentator.
She is not the only current or former Democrat who is distancing herself from the Biden administration. Biden's former press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has also left the party as the Biden White House falls under unprecedented scrutiny.
The issue of Biden's cognitive decline had long been ignored by an incurious liberal media, but a glut of post-election reporting has brought about a delayed public reckoning of sorts, with Republicans driving their own investigation in Congress. Perhaps more than any other figure, Biden's wife Jill has been cited as the leader of a conspiracy to hide her husband's condition from the public.
"[Biden is] definitely complicit, but there were a lot of people behind him, like puppet masters. [Former first lady Jill Biden] very much knew what she was doing. What she did was absolutely elder abuse. There is no question in my mind," said Li in an interview with Fox Digital.
Jill's role as a "puppet master" was evident in the aftermath of a notorious debate about one year ago that sent Democrats into a frenzied search for a new presidential candidate. Moments after Joe Biden blew up his campaign on national TV, Jill complimented her frail husband for answering "every question" as if he were a child.
Jill's chief of staff, Anthony Bernal, has also fallen under scrutiny. Widely seen as Jill's loyal right-hand man, Bernal was recently hit with a congressional subpoena after he backed out of a voluntary interview with the House Oversight Committee.
"They deny the cover-up, but I had a front-row seat watching it happen. People like Anthony Bernal. I saw him running the White House like he was in charge, like he was a king. It's just so amazing now to see him dodge a subpoena and completely dodge accountability. He can run, but he can't hide. His name is going to go down in infamy forever," Li told Fox News Digital.
Li also named top staffers like deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed, senior advisers Anita Dunn and Mike Donilon, and domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden as some of the power players who were calling the shots.
Tanden had an "intricate" role in using an autopen when "Biden was manifestly unqualified and unable to prosecute the duties of the office," said Li.
Li also noted Jill Biden's unusually heavy presence on the campaign trail, with Li accusing the former First Lady of "elder abuse" by pressuring her husband to seek a doomed re-election bid.
"Joe was not able to do a lot of campaign events, so Jill would come out on his behalf, acting like the president or the presidential candidate. That's why she graced the Vogue cover three times. She loved it," Li said.
Hunter Biden's legal woes also influenced his father's reckless decision to run again, Li said. Joe Biden capped his ignominious presidency with a controversial blanket pardon of his son, who was prosecuted on tax and gun charges. The pardon was signed by hand, despite the frequent use of an autopen during Biden's term.
"If I were to pinpoint two reasons why Joe decided to run again, it would be two people: Jill and Hunter Biden. Because Hunter Biden's freedom was on the line and Jill's ego was on the line," Li continued.