WASHINGTON, D.C. — ​​As Canada reels from another round of tariff threats and White House ultimatums, many in Ottawa and the business community are watching Washington for a different reason: U.S. President Donald Trump says he won’t run again in 2028, raising the question of whether his final years in office will finally bring relief — or more turmoil — north of the border. Read More

Axel Dumas, an heir to one of Europe’s biggest fortunes, said Jeffrey Epstein met with him once despite the Frenchman’s efforts to avoid him. Read More

For what it's worth (admittedly not much): The 5-0 score matched the American's margin over Finland, who now advances to a quarterfinal with their fiercest rival, Group B winner Sweden. Read More

A large white tent is blocking the entrance to Nancy Guthrie's home and front porch in Arizona, multiple news outlets are reporting. Read More

More information is emerging about those killed in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting. Read More

Ukrainian drones hit another Russian refinery owned by Lukoil PJSC, as Kyiv’s attacks on its foe’s energy infrastructure resume after a lull last month. Read More

WATCH BELOW: For the first time since the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, NHL players are back at the Olympics. Canadian players spent some of their pre-tournament downtime exploring the highlights of Milan. Postmedia's Rob Wong explores the history behind professional hockey players competing in the Olympics: Why they left, why they're returning and what the future holds for NHLers at the tournament. Read More

Snowboarder Eliot Grondin collected Canada’s sixth medal at the Milan-Cortina Games, winning a silver in the men’s snowboard cross Thursday. Read More

New York — U.S. actor James Van Der Beek, star of the popular TV series Dawson's Creek, died on Wednesday at age 48 after a battle with colorectal cancer. Read More

Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a fiery hearing Wednesday. Read More

Canadian Mikael Kingsbury has won silver at the Milan-Cortina Games, earning the fourth medal of his stories Olympic career. 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 new mayor of Bruderheim, Alta. hopes the tiny bedroom community northeast of Edmonton will soon erect a “Proud Home of Emerance Maschmeyer” sign to honour its homegrown hockey heroine. Read More

That was certainly true for Team Rachel Homan, who opened the Milan-Cortina women's bonspiel on Thursday with a 10-4 rout of Denmark. Read More

No serious policymaker in Washington is proposing an explicit default on U.S. debt. That would be reckless and unnecessary. Instead, the United States appears to be pursuing a more subtle strategy: a soft default, reducing the real value of its obligations through currency depreciation, negative real interest rates and accounting choices that quietly transfer costs to creditors and households. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is a well-worn playbook that has been used by heavily indebted states across history. What is notable today is the scale, coordination and global implications. Read More

A disturbing new investigation detailing the expansion of Beijing’s overseas influence infrastructure reveals there are now more than 2,000 organizations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany that the Chinese Communist Party is capable of mobilizing to advance its agenda. Read More

Frances Widdowson has found herself at the epicentre of the debate around academic freedom and free speech on campus. The political science professor joins Rob Breakenridge for a wide-ranging conversation about her wrongful termination from Calgary's Mount Royal University, her fight for reinstatement, and why she feels compelled to speak out about what she calls race-based and identity policies and politics — and the issue of residential schools in particular. Read More

As the mayor of Brampton, I’ve seen the extortion crisis hit our communities hard. Last month, I wrote an op-ed that detailed how Peel Region has become a major extortion hotspot, with over 41 incidents involving transnational networks like the Bishnoi gang that occurred between January 2024 and November 2025. These were not mere threats — they involved violence against families and businesses, including shootings and arsons that shattered lives and eroded public safety. I urged greater federal support then, specifically calling for representatives from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to join local extortion task forces. Local police can't afford to wait for responses from these agencies which are critical to their investigations. Read More

Vladyslav Heraskevych, the 27-year-old skeleton pilot from Kyiv, Ukraine, carried his country’s flag into the Opening Ceremony at the Milan-Cortina Games. Someone asked about his hopes: “Sport is important, but people's lives are more important so keep supporting Ukraine and keep following what's going on in Ukraine. Read More

MELBOURNE -- Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Thursday antisemitism in Australia is "frightening" but most people want good relations, on the final day of a visit expected to spark protests in the city of Melbourne. Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss negotiations with Iran was inconclusive and that the United States would continue talking with the Islamic Republic. Read More

The Republican-led U.S. House passed legislation aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, signalling a growing anxiety over the White House’s economic agenda before midterm elections focused heavily on affordability. Read More

Over the roughly 10 years he’s lived in Tumbler Ridge, Curtis Miedzinski almost never heard noises that disrupted the sleepy mountain town’s tranquil quiet. That changed late Tuesday afternoon, when the distinct thump of helicopter blades cut through the silence. Read More

It’s nice to open with a win in an élite-level bonspiel. Read More