San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a woman after finding the bodies of 27 dead horses and other malnourished animals on her property in Clement, California, which is about 40 miles (64km) from Sacramento. Read More

President Donald Trump may have granted clemency to more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but one of them, 71-year-old Boise, Idaho resident Pamela Hemphill is rejecting her pardon. Read More

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump's latest swipe at Canada in virtual remarks to the World Economic Forum, telling attendees that the U.S. economy could get along just fine without Canadian imports, drew a skeptical response from Canadian leaders. Read More

In the messy aftermath of the Toronto airport gold heist — that saw $24 million in gold bars and cash driven away by thieves from an Air Canada warehouse­ — the airline has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay Brink’s transport company just $18,600 in compensation for their huge loss because of poorly completed paperwork on the stolen shipment. Read More

TORONTO — Tesla Inc. is raising prices on its Canadian vehicles by thousands of dollars starting Feb.1 amid big shifts in incentives and rising trade tension. Read More

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump hasn’t imposed any tariffs on Canada yet, but he’s already dealt a potentially devastating blow to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s signature industrial policy. Read More

Comedian Amy Schumer said that trolls on her social media accounts led her to get a diagnosis for Cushing syndrome. Read More

OTTAWA — Should she become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Chrystia Freeland is proposing to put in place a mechanism for the party to turf unpopular leaders in the future. Read More

Liam Olsen, who has led the Young Liberals of Canada since 2023, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed he took young people and their issues seriously, from appointing himself to be the minister of youth and establishing youth councils, to prioritize fighting climate change and ending interest on federal student loans. Read More

OTTAWA - Quebec’s controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21, will be debated before the Supreme Court of Canada and the federal government will "be there." Read More

The Liberal government has spent years touting its efforts to make tech giants pay. Now, those pieces of legislation could be a target of the Trump administration — particularly the digital services tax that requires large tech companies to make a hefty retroactive payment in June. Read More

The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized Wednesday and walked back comments he made earlier this week suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project. Read More

Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production. Read More

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Read More

The federal government is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to clear a backlog of Phoenix pay system transactions as it transitions to a new platform. Read More

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

For all the talk of a nation divided by President Trump’s anti-Canadian rhetoric and a certain premier who won’t put the national economy before her province’s, on the question of tariffs, Canada’s message to Trump’s Washington is very united indeed. It’s so united, in fact, that this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemed to channel Ezra Levant circa 2010. Read More

In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli soil, the discourse surrounding Israel in my progressive circles has become overwhelmingly negative wrought with invective. As I’ve sought to educate myself about Israel and its ongoing war with Hamas, mainstream media and influencers on the progressive left have glossed over the complexities and nuances of this war in a deliberate fashion. Read More

Elon Musk, one of the world’s wealthiest and most successful entrepreneurs, is an enthusiastic supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump. He’s part of the second Trump presidential administration, serving as administrator for the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. Read More

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OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he is only aware of two genders -- male and female -- and that the government should leave questions of gender identity alone. Read More

OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to be lining up more key endorsements from Quebec federal ministers for his leadership bid in the coming days. Read More