Utah authorities have formally laid seven charges against the suspect in the assassination of political influencer Charlie Kirk. Read More

The Utah County Sheriff's Office has released information on the arrest and booking of George Zinn, aged 71, on charges of obstruction of justice and possession of child sex abuse material. Read More

Twenty-seven people have been infected in a new salmonella outbreak, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Most are in Alberta (13) and B.C. (12). One is in Ontario and another in Northwest Territories. Read More

While globally cherished children’s author Robert Munsch still suffers from a degenerative disease from which he’s chosen to escape through Medical Assistance in Dying, his daughter made it emphatically clear Tuesday that her father “IS NOT DYING.” Read More

Have you watched Severence yet? It’s the most nominated show going into this year’s Emmys! What about The Studio — I hear Seth Rogen is a revelation! No? Well, surely you’ve caught up on The White Lotus, finished Succession, or figured out why everyone is talking about Adolescence. If not, then what are you even doing with your life? Read More

The KGB once lauded Chrystia Freeland as someone who was “inventive” in achieving her goals.  Read More

Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to Brian Lee Crowley, the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, about the big challenges ahead for Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Read More

Monday's first session of Question Period opened with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre displaying common courtesy toward each other, and a bit of humour from Poilievre, who, after thanking the constituents of his new riding, Battle River-Crowfoot, also thanked Carney for calling a prompt byelection, playfully quipping, "I wonder if one day he might regret that decision." Read More

OTTAWA — Canada's top oil and gas executives are giving Prime Minister Mark Carney partial marks on his first six months in office, acknowledging baby steps in the right direction but stressing he has a long way to go to fulfill his vision of making Canada an energy superpower. Read More

A Canadian citizen is facing federal charges in the U.S. after allegedly trying to smuggle nearly a thousand pounds of methamphetamine into Canada through the Port-Huron-Sarnia crossing last week. Read More

A journalist has been "relieved from her duties" at Radio-Canada, CBC’s French-language service, until further notice after a Jewish group condemned comments she made on air for being "antisemitic." Read More

It’s official: Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal government are in the housing business. Last week, Carney unveiled Build Canada Homes, a $13 billion development scheme that will help fund the construction of 4,000 modular homes on six sites across the country starting next year, and “scale” up to 45,000. The agency will "fight homelessness by building transitional and supportive housing…  build deeply affordable and community housing for low-income households, and partner with private market developers to build affordable homes for the Canadian middle class.” Read More

If you bought packaged bread in Canada sometime between 2001 and 2021, you may be entitled to a slice of a new, $500-million class-action lawsuit against Loblaw and Weston. Here's what to know. Read More

For the second time in one week, Russia has violated the air space of a NATO member. On Sunday, a Russian drone flew through Romanian airspace, coming just days after a Russian drone incursion over Poland. Both incidents represent an unprecedented provocation between Vladimir Putin and NATO with the potential to cast the West into armed and prolonged conflict. There is no playbook for theatrics such as these; Putin’s antics — although momentarily contained — reveal an official disregard for sovereignty and statecraft without clearly-defined objectives, ambitions or outcomes. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times on Monday, accusing the outlet of a "decades-long pattern" of smears driven by feelings of "actual malice." Read More

Luigi Mangione will not go on trial for state terrorism charges in connection with the ambush-style killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. Read More

OTTAWA —  Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to resign from cabinet Tuesday, marking the first departure from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet. Read More

Israel started a long-threatened push into the heart of Gaza City after U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat warned Hamas there’s a “very short window” for negotiations to end the war. Read More

Robert Redford, the quintessentially handsome leading man who starred in acclaimed movies, won an Academy Award as a director and was hailed as the “godfather of indie films” for founding the Sundance Film Festival, has died. He was 89. Read More

Costco has issued a recall for a Kirkland brand sparkling wine due to a risk of the glass bottles spontaneously shattering. Read More

Charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against Tyler James Robinson, the accused in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, as the head of the FBI faces an overview hearing for his handling of the case. Read More

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Read More

The Ontario College of Teachers should send all of us scurrying to find alternatives to this and other like-minded associations and school boards. It is bent on commitments that should bring parents and others to demand change. Read More