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Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at a housing development in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press via AP)

FACT FOCUS: Could Canada leave US cities in the dark as part of the trade war? Not likely

1:01 PM on Wednesday, August 26

Social media users are claiming that Canada could shut off electricity in the U.S. and cause massive blackouts if the trade war between the two countries escalates further

A boy walks past murals depicting Kurdish YPG and YPJ fighters battling Islamic State militants in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Kurds weigh hope and caution as Syria’s SDF dissolves and joins the state military

12:49 PM on Wednesday, August 26

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have officially dissolved, with their fighters integrating into Syria's state military

FILE - A worker sorts ballots at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center during the California primary election, June 2, 2026, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang, File)

Judge removes one hurdle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge before midterms

8:02 AM on Wednesday, August 26

A federal judge has lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, but Democratic state officials are already filing a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching

FILE - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

King Charles III to visit the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda this autumn

7:54 AM on Wednesday, August 26

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit three countries in and around the Caribbean this fall

FILE - Burke Hales, chief scientist for the PacWave wave energy test site overseen by Oregon State University, shows the electric cables that are buried under the seabed near Newport, Ore., Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

Wave energy testing site opens off Oregon, a green energy milestone in the Trump administration

6:05 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The first large site for testing wave energy technologies in the continental U.S. is open, after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration

The Kremlin says the CIA director held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts

5:44 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The Kremlin says CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine

FILE - Judge Tomoko Akane walks before delivering the verdict in the Al Hassan case at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday Nov. 20, 2024. (Eva Plevier/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Sanctioned international court president says she asked Japan to help de-escalate tensions with US

5:18 AM on Wednesday, August 26

The president of the International Criminal Court, Tomoko Akane, says there is no reason for her to face U.S. sanctions

FILE - At left, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in McKinney, Texas, May 19, 2026, and at right, Texas state Rep. James Talarico, after voting, in Austin, Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero and Eric Gay,File)

Talarico wants to unearth Paxton's depositions to keep focus on opponent's past in Texas Senate race

3:01 AM on Wednesday, August 26

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to reveal depositions involving his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton

Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks at a news conference on Canada's response to U.S. tariffs, at a roofing company in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

US-Canada animosity could impede an end to a trade war neither country wants

9:06 PM on Tuesday, August 25

The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs

Members of the U.S. Secret Service police conduct overwatch during the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave pending investigation

7:09 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Three U.S. Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office

President Donald Trump is pictured during the playing of the national anthem at the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump and Vance will keynote the Republicans' midterm convention in Texas next month

3:55 PM on Tuesday, August 25

As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas on Sept. 9-10

FILE - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a news conference on Sept. 19, 2022, outside of the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Michigan AG releases Flint water crisis report, says final accountability step her office can take

12:26 PM on Tuesday, August 25

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said a report on the lead-water crisis in the city of Flint is the final step her office can take toward accountability, years after a state Supreme Court ruling shut down criminal cases against a former governor and eight other people

People look out across Lake Ontario from the harbor in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (Keito Newman/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump mulls renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' Canadians balk at the idea

11:50 AM on Tuesday, August 25

President Donald Trump is floating the idea of renaming Lake Ontario to become “Lake America” as his trade war with Canada intensifies

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