The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt.
A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 68 others in what authorities suspect was an attack.
It’s been a tumultuous week in Canadian politics, and Donald Trump has been paying attention, weighing in on Chrystia Freeland's resignation and repeating taunts about America’s “51st state.” CBC’s chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton asks The National's At Issue panel how Canada should navigate the U.S. president-elect's trolling.
