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‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/9 at 12:01 a.m. ET. Photos prelinked XKS301-308 and video TK. The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask.
Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat

Lara Trump steps down as RNC co-chair and addresses speculation about Florida Senate seat

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump , set to return to the White House.
MP Jamil Jivani meets U.S. vice president-elect amid Trump's tariff threats

MP Jamil Jivani meets U.S. vice president-elect amid Trump's tariff threats

WASHINGTON — A Conservative member of Parliament met with Donald Trump's second-in-command over the weekend as Canada prepares for the U.S. president-elect's return to the White House next month amid threats of devastating tariffs.
Prime minister announces Bernadette McIntyre as new Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor

Prime minister announces Bernadette McIntyre as new Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor

REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new lieutenant-governor for Saskatchewan. Bernadette McIntyre is to serve in the role, representing the King in the province.
Ottawa is set to spend more than $1 billion on growing N.B.'s clean electricity grid

Ottawa is set to spend more than $1 billion on growing N.B.'s clean electricity grid

DIEPPE, N.B. — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa will spend more than $1 billion on growing New Brunswick's clean electricity grid. The federal minister told a media event in Dieppe, N.B.
Trump says US should stay out of fighting in Syria as opposition forces gain

Trump says US should stay out of fighting in Syria as opposition forces gain

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S.
Clintons urge voters agitated by today's politics to remain involved in public service

Clintons urge voters agitated by today's politics to remain involved in public service

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

EDMONTON — A pair of LGBTQ+ advocate organizations say they've followed through with their plan to challenge Alberta's three transgender bills in court, starting with one that bars doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blo

Clintons urge voters agitated by today's politics to remain involved in public service

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Montreal blacksmith says he has a ‘place in paradise’ as Notre-Dame reopens its doors

Montreal blacksmith says he has a ‘place in paradise’ as Notre-Dame reopens its doors

MONTREAL — Five years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral erupted in flames. A column of smoke rose above the Paris skyline as the historic cathedral, which took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th centuries, was reduced to a smouldering shell.