President Donald Trump declared Friday that the United States “will not restart” trade discussions with Canada, marking a significant escalation in tensions between the two nations despite their deep economic ties under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The statement came amid ongoing disputes over trade practices and recent Canadian policies…

By Michael Katz | Friday, 31 October 2025 06:01 PM EDT Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger stated that if elected Tuesday, she would refuse to collaborate with President Donald Trump. Spanberger told “PBS NewsHour” in a Thursday segment that Trump is “not the right person” to rebuild Virginia’s economy…

By Newsmax Wires | Friday, 31 October 2025 03:21 PM EDT As American children prepared to don costumes and hit the streets for Halloween trick-or-treating, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were busy taking real-life monsters off those same streets. In a nationwide operation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

By Newsmax Wires | Friday, 31 October 2025 08:09 PM EDT Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to suspend federal immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area over the Halloween weekend. Pritzker had asked that ICE and its partners halt enforcement…

The office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., stated Friday that his support for the filibuster remains “unchanged” despite President Donald Trump’s call to eliminate it. Trump has urged Thune to employ the “nuclear option”—a move to abolish the Senate filibuster rule and lower the chamber’s 60-vote threshold—to reopen…

SpaceX has been awarded a $2 billion contract by the War Department to develop a satellite system aimed at tracking missiles and aircraft, according to sources familiar with the matter. The funding was included in a spending bill signed by President Donald Trump in July, though the Pentagon had not…

By Michael Katz | Friday, 31 October 2025 06:01 PM EDT Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger declared she would refuse to collaborate with President Donald Trump if elected, citing his alleged “attack on the federal workforce” as a reason. In an interview with “PBS NewsHour,” Spanberger criticized Trump’s policies,…

The U.S. Secretary of War emphasized during talks in Malaysia that Washington would “stoutly defend” its interests in the Indo-Pacific, signaling heightened strategic engagement with regional allies. Pete Hegseth, meeting with Chinese Admiral Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations defense ministers meeting in Kuala…