Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs

Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.The U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant in Clairton, Pa. Canada has announced it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 percent on hu

I Ian Austen

Trump’s Canada Tariffs Rely on Untested Law

The president has invoked a long dormant section of law to hit one of America’s closest allies, a move that has troubled courts in the past.President Trump has invoked a little-known statute to impose his latest tariffs on Canada.

T Tony Romm

How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War

Detailed accounts of the final hours of the negotiations show that, while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about the trade dispute with the Unit

M Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Ana Swanson

Many N.F.L. Players Get Brain Disease. Why Hasn’t OSHA Intervened?

“We never see things that are this dire,” a former chief scientist of the agency said about rates of C.T.E. in former players.The former N.F.L. player Jonathan Martin entering an M.R.I. machine for a brain examination that was part of a study to develop treatments for the symptoms and illnesses link

J John Branch

China Pushes Back After Trump Tightens the Screws on Iran

The Trump administration risks a clash with Beijing as it tries to cut off Iran’s economic lifelines without upending a fragile U.S.-China truce.Chinese refiners have bought heavily discounted Iranian crude oil.

A Alexandra Stevenson, Aaron Krolik and Keith Bradsher

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.Volunteers processing mail-in ballots on Nov. 5, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich.

A Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow

Is the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Changing?

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has shrunk in recent months, and the way justices issue opinions on these cases has also changed. Our reporter Ann Marimow looks at what these shifts tell us about the justices, and what it could mean for the court.

A Ann E. Marimow, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Thomas Vollkommer, Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte

Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed

In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”Lawyers for the Trump administration said in a court filing that if the Kennedy Center does not undergo planned renovations, it could be

J Julia Jacobs

Lawmakers Push Hochul to Block ICE From Taking Over Upstate Warehouse

As a state law preventing the police from working with federal immigration officials goes into effect, a potential plan to use a warehouse as a detention center has drawn outrage.Gov. Kathy Hochul is under pressure to try to stop a possible detention center in Newburgh, N.Y.

G Grace Ashford

Democratic Senators Ask Homeland Security for Details About Idled Planes

The request follows a New York Times story, which revealed that Homeland Security had spent $464 million on used jets that rarely fly.A Boeing 737 that was purchased to be used for deportation flights is parked at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, La., on July 25.

D David A. Fahrenthold

A Chinese A.I. Lab May Test the World’s Cybersecurity With a Model

In July, an unreleased OpenAI model went rogue and demonstrated remarkable hacking abilities. This week, a lab called Z.ai will release a similarly powerful system to everyone.A Chinese lab called Z.ai is preparing to release similar A.I. technology as “open weight” software.

C Cade Metz

3 Charts That Explain El Niño

With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.

M Mira Rojanasakul and Chico Harlan

What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?

Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.Soldiers replacing the engine of a Leopard tank at a repair and storage facility in the Kharkiv region last month.

C Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko