U.S. President Donald Trump addressed reports Tuesday that he was seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from his own Justice Department, saying it would be "awfully strange" to effectively pay himself. Read More

The National Post’s masthead, crafted in the stylish PostSerif font, conjures up certain qualities: an open mind, a broad worldview, perhaps a little mischief. Read More

The total number of home invasions in the Toronto area has doubled in the year to date, local police say. Read More

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Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off criticism over the demolition of part of the White House to build a new ballroom, saying the sound of the construction work was "music to my ears." Read More

Baked into a wide-ranging bill aimed at protecting and strengthening Ontario’s economy tabled by Doug Ford’s government on Monday, was a provision that would bring about the end of speed cameras province-wide. Read More

A flight from Nebraska to Los Angeles made a quick turnaround just a few kilometres from the airport on Monday, after the pilot heard noises outside the cockpit and thought someone was trying to break in. Read More

Rejoice! The Information Commissioner of Canada has finally published the agency’s report on the CBC’s refusal to disclose how many people are subscribing to the paid version of its English-language digital streaming service, CBC Gem. The report was completed on Aug. 20, and is now the subject of a judicial review application at the Federal Court, so your NP Platformed had been checking in every few days to see when the information commissioner would finally put this information on the information commissioner’s website. It took a little longer than you might expect, unless you have absolutely any experience whatsoever with Canadian government. Read More

The head of CBC and Radio-Canada says there's no need to "stop everything to do a full investigation" into antisemitism within its reporting and within the organization. Read More

The Trump administration says there are “no plans” for President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in the immediate future, marking an abrupt postponement of a meeting Trump said a few days ago would happen in Hungary. Read More

The Alberta government’s recent proposal for an oil pipeline to the northwest coast has been met with opposition — primarily from B.C. Premier David Eby. I want to help set the record straight. Alberta’s government isn’t spending billions of taxpayer dollars to build a pipeline. They are merely paving a pathway for industry to invest in British Columbia which will significantly boost Canada’s GDP. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal House Leader Steven MacKinnon said Tuesday he is starting to worry that Parliament's two main opposition parties are signalling that the government should not count on their support for its upcoming budget. Read More

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko has jumped from 350 to 23 in international rankings this year is big Blue Jays fan. Read More

OTTAWA — Not only has the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) not recruited and trained the members it needs to meet its operational requirements, but the living accommodations of the existing CAF members have been found to lack basics like safe drinking water. Read More

OTTAWA — Despite hundreds of millions of dollars of investments since a devastating 2017 audit, the Canada Revenue Agency’s call centres are still plagued with worsening reliability and accuracy problems as agents give wrong information as often as 87 per cent of the time. Read More

Paris (AFP) -- Nicolas Sarkozy entered the Elysee Palace in 2007 boasting hyperactive energy and a vision to transform France, but lost office after just one term. The ex-president has now gone to prison in a spectacular downfall. Read More

New York — The chess world has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of prominent U.S. grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky aged 29. Read More

Washington (AFP) -- Donald Trump has often been dubbed a political wrecking ball for his unorthodox style -- and now the US president has literally started demolition work on the White House. Read More

In an online video interview posted last week by independent media channel Northern Perspective, Pierre Poilievre called RCMP leadership “despicable” for their alleged neglect of or even complicity in Liberal malfeasance under prime minister Justin Trudeau. Read More

For two long years pro-Palestinian protesters demanded a ceasefire and rapid shift to some sort of magical, mythical “day after” for Gaza, Israel and Hamas. Well that “day after” has finally arrived — and guess what? Despite the severe death and destruction, Gaza today looks, feels and operates much as it did the day before Hamas attacked Israel two October 7s ago. Read More