A divided U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fresh blow to transgender rights, temporarily reviving a Trump administration policy that generally requires new passports to reflect the sex on the holder’s birth certificate. Read More

OTTAWA — Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux says he will resign his seat in the House of Commons after days of intense speculation that he would cross the floor to the governing Liberals, as the party tried to stamp out flames of what had been a chaotic week. Read More

TORONTO -- Prince Harry apologized to Canadians and joked in Toronto that he was "under duress" when he wore a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during a World Series game against the Blue Jays last week. Read More

To discern how Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government sees Canada’s place in a radically changed world, the federal budget tabled this week won’t help you as much as you might think. There’s a lot there — the budget’s $78.3-billion deficit is the third highest in Canadian history — but what’s not there may give you a better idea. How Canada is seen in the big, weird outside world — that too has utterly changed. Read More

OTTAWA — Canadians are not headed to the polls just yet. The Bloc Québécois and the NDP sided with the Liberals — ensuring a majority — in the first of three confidence votes on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget on Thursday evening. Read More

An event organized by a Jewish group at Toronto Metropolitan University turned into a "nightmare" after it was disrupted by anti-Israel protesters, one student says. Read More

After some unseasonably warm fall weather in southern Ontario in recent days, temperatures are forecast to fall in the days ahead and will likely result in an approaching weather system bringing the first significant snow to the region, including the GTA. Read More

Like many of the world's most famous diamonds, the Florentine Diamond is believed to have originated in India, in the Golconda mines, which are renowned for producing large and extraordinary diamonds. Read More

OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne indicated Thursday that the Carney government is just getting started in trying to overhaul the Canadian economy, telling a Toronto audience that it’s time to “double down” on investing in competitiveness and growth. Read More

British police deployed 700 officers in Birmingham on Thursday ahead of the UEFA Europa League soccer match between Aston Villa F.C. and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Read More

When U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that the Ontario government had put out a fake ad, he was onto something — but he picked on the wrong ad. Read More

As the U.S. government appeared in court Wednesday to defend its use of emergency powers to impose a sweeping, global array of tariffs, the alleged “emergency” presented by Canada appeared to be shrinking by the month. Read More

This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would reduce air traffic by 10 per cent at 40 "high-volume" airports beginning Friday. Here's what that could mean for Canadians. Read More

Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm headed towards Vietnam. Read More

A former hostage is speaking out about the sexual violence he endured while being held captive in Gaza for two years. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal elections watchdog has fined Liberal MP Jaime Battiste for a battery of electoral offences in 2019, including donating over the legal limit to his campaign and filing a “false and misleading” financial statement.  Read More

When NDP MP Leah Gazan reintroduced her bill to make “residential school denialism” a criminal offence, she did so from a place of compassion. Her intent was to protect survivors from cruelty disguised as skepticism — to stop people from mocking the dead or trivializing one of Canada’s darkest chapters. But the debate her proposal has reignited goes beyond one bill. It cuts to the core of how a democracy handles truth, grief, and dissent. Read More

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court plucked the last hope for survival of the now-famous flock of over 300 B.C. ostriches whose owner was hoping to save from being culled by the federal food inspection agency. Read More

Nancy Pelosi, a towering figure in U.S. politics and the first woman to serve as speaker of the House of Representatives, announced on Thursday that she will step down at the next election. Read More

Last month's spectacular Louvre heist, in which robbers made off with some of France's crown jewels, was a "deafening wake-up call" for museum security, the head of France's highest audit institution said Thursday. Read More

After Alexander Ovechkin notched his 895th career goal last season, breaking Wayne Gretzky’s long-standing NHL record, the Great One quipped that should the Russian sniper become the first to hit the 900-goal plateau, he might buy him a car. 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

TORONTO — Veterans at a care centre in Toronto gathered Thursday to present their art therapy work to Prince Harry and share their stories ahead of Remembrance Day, as they reflected on the lasting impact of their sacrifices in service. Read More