US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said last week that he does not rule out the possibility that the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas could be politically active in the Gaza Strip after it disarms. “They [Hamas] need to demilitarize, and then they might be politically involved in Gaza,” Witkoff said in an interview with Tucker Carlson that was aired on March 21.
No matter how the political experts want to slice it, there was a lot of energy around Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on his first full day of campaigning.
Poilievre was on fire Monday, clearly hitting the ground running on what he knows is the opportunity of his lifetime to achieve what three Conservative leaders were not able to in prior federal elections.
PBS News Weekend helped their brethren at NPR promote a podcast series on Sunday in a segment headlined “How online misinformation is ‘supercharging’ conspiracy theories.” Podcaster Zach Mack made a three-part podcast on how his conservative Christian father has gone down a “rabbit hole” of conspiracy thinking, causing a deep rift in his family. One might imagine doing a podcast on Dad losing his marbles isn’t going to heal the rift.
It appears some key industries facing the threat of new U.S. tariffs may be spared from President Donald Trump’s next shot in his global trade war — at least for the moment.
Speaking on background, a White House official told CBC News that despite Trump’s repeated threats about sector-specific tariffs, they may not actually happen next month.
“Obviously POTUS has talked a lot about sectoral tariffs, but we may have sectoral tariffs on April 2 and we may not,” the official said in an email.
Monarchs strive to make their mark on history, but King George V could never have imagined that, almost 90 years after his death, he would go viral on social media.
His majesty’s extraordinary resurgence involves decapitation, theft, political protest, a republican Belfast rap group, and an ongoing cat-and-mouse chase between criminals and Australian police.
A man who threatened to bomb all of Toronto’s synagogues and “kill as many Jews as possible” has been convicted of two criminal offences, Global News has learned.
… Reached by Global News, Akbari called the witness a liar and said he had only spoken about closing “stupid casinos.” He denied even knowing what a synagogue was.
“It’s a prayer place, I guess, something like that,” he said.
The left-wing media went into overdrive on Monday following a report by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic that he was mistakenly included in a chat on Signal with senior Trump administration officials. Goldberg claims that the top national security officials were coordinating a military strike through the group chat.
Perhaps we should thank Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for being so clear. We are often told that this or that election is the most important in our lifetime; sometimes, it also has the virtue of being true.
And this Canadian election campaign is taking place in truly dangerous times. The Trump administration is an enemy of a free and sovereign Canada. The threats to annex our country, via economy-crippling tariffs or other cudgels, are real. Foreign interference has never been easier, with a more sinister goal.
Lil personal news today!
I’ll be joining @YourMorning every Friday for the election to fact check the campaign.
SO stoked for this! Thank you for having me, CTV pic.twitter.com/ai38IYX1EF
— Rachel Gilmore (@atRachelGilmore) March 25, 2025
Disney’s Snow White is churning out empty cinemas, according to X users who shared embarrassing photos showcasing the film’s screenings resulting in zero or one reserved seat in movie theaters. “This is hilariously abysmal,” one social media user said of the film’s flop.
Media’s dependence on government inches towards permanence
For the first time in the nation’s history, almost all the media covering an election have a direct, even existential, stake in the outcome.
And when the votes are all counted, a great many if not most of those on the losing sides will blame it on the reporters, editors, headline writers, and producers who will be managing the coverage in the weeks ahead. It’s an open question whether they will be forgiven. Some may be. Most probably won’t.
See the Globe get Ratio’d.
CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid https://t.co/MKryuVZSRV pic.twitter.com/PRCCGzkx8Y
— Robert Fife (@RobertFife) March 25, 2025
h/t Mauser
A Columbia University student who moved to the US as a child is suing the Trump administration over attempts to deport her for participating in pro-Palestinian protests.
Yunseo Chung, 21, a legal permanent US resident who moved from South Korea when she was seven, alleges immigration officials have executed search warrants at multiple Columbia facilities, including her dormitory.
The lawsuit seeks to block her detention and deportation, citing First Amendment and other constitutional rights.
OTTAWA — The campaign may have just begun, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre already looks to have found his favourite target: the Liberal-linked Century Initiative.
The little known pro-immigration lobby group, which seeks to grow Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100, has been on Poilievre’s lips a lot in the campaign’s opening stretch, after Liberal Leader Mark Carney added Century Initiative co-founder Mark Wiseman to his advisory council on Canada-U.S. relations last week.
NEW: MEET CARNEY'S NEW ADVISOR MARK WISEMAN
who lobbied the Trudeau government to bring in 500,000 immigrants per year (listen below)
and GOT EXACTLY that number. This is why you cant afford a house. pic.twitter.com/U2jsBMqGlZ
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) March 22, 2025
More lies.
BREAKING
Immigration Minister Miller BREAKS HIS PROMISE
to reduce parent and grandparent immigration visas to 0 for 2025 applications
Only March 11th he quietly signed a ministerial order allowing 25,000 new visas. pic.twitter.com/0CDZhQxY0p
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) March 24, 2025
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an effective ceasefire in the Black Sea, the White House has said after talks in Saudi Arabia.
In two separate statements, the White House reported agreements with both Russia and Ukraine “to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea”.
They also “agreed to develop measures … to ban strikes against energy facilities”, the statements said.
Please tell me this isn't real. @fancypants_s https://t.co/trUYB5KjhF
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 25, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
