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It is the mystery that has gripped Washington.On Sunday night, Kristi Noem, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, was dining downtown at Capital Burger with her family when a thief snatched her purse out from under her chair.The culprit scored, big time: The bag contained Ms. Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, blank checks, department badge, passport and $3,000 in cash.The Capital Burger caper made for capital farce — the top official charged with patrolling the nation’s borders and protecting it from terrorist threats, burgled in plain view of her security detail. That it happened to Ms. Noem,…

Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle on April 16, 2025.David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTariffs levied by President Donald Trump during his second term would hurt the poorest U.S. households more than the richest over the short term, according to a new analysis.Tariffs are a tax that importers pay on foreign goods. Economists expect consumers to shoulder at least some of that tax burden in the form of higher prices, depending on how businesses pass along the costs.In 2026, taxes for the poorest 20% of households would rise about four times more than those in the top 1%, if the…

Most of the 1,400 students walking the halls at Calgary’s John G. Diefenbaker High School are still too young to vote in Monday’s federal election. But on Friday, they made their voices heard in another way — participating in Student Vote Canada initiative.“It’s good to be able to have a say in what happens, even if it’s just a little bit,” explained Alexander Manns, a Grade 12 student.John G. Diefenbaker is one of more than 7,100 schools taking part in the event across Canada — where more than 800,000 students are expected to cast a ballot in what Student Vote…

PGA Tour rookies Isaiah Salinda and Kevin Velo have maintained their lead in the Zurich Classic as the challenge from Australia’s Cam Davis slipped away.Salinda and Velo shot a 3-under 69 in alternate-shot play on Friday to remain atop the leaderboard leaving defending champions Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry six strokes back.Firing a 72 on Friday, Davis and his Canadian partner Adam Svensson were also six shots back in a tie for 16th after sitting third following the opening round.Salinda and Velo had a 17-under 127 at the breezy TPC of Louisiana after breaking the tournament better-ball record with a…

The nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India putting the critical Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines. The treaty, negotiated in 1960, split the Indus River and its tributaries between the two countries and regulated water sharing. “We will ensure that not a single drop of the Indus River’s water reaches Pakistan,” Indian Water Resources Minister C.R. Paatil said in a post on X. Pakistan depends heavily on the Indus system for hydropower and irrigation, and has said any attempt to stop or divert its waters will be an “act of war”. US President Donald Trump appeared to play down the…

I never had the chance to say hello. But I stood in line to say goodbye.After Pope Francis died, my editors asked me to fly to Italy in advance of a move next month to take up the post of Rome bureau chief. I recently finished an eight-year tour in Tokyo and had thought I would cover the twilight of Francis’s term.Instead, after arriving Thursday night to help report on the funeral and upcoming Conclave to elect Francis’ successor, I wandered over to St. Peter’s Square on Friday morning. I wasn’t planning to linger. I hadn’t picked up my press…

Small businesses are begging for relief from steep new U.S. tariffs on foreign goods, saying the higher import taxes imposed on dozens of key trading partners Senator Ed Markey, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said in a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday that smaller enterprises deserve exemptions from the Trump administration’s tariffs, which the Massachusetts Democrat criticized as “recklessly imposed.”Markey also noted that the Trump administration has moved to shield corporate giants such as Apple and Google from the impact of some its trade policies, and he pressed the White…

A federal judge on Friday ruled the Trump administration must reinstate the legal status of an Ohio State University graduate student who was arrested at a 2024 anti-Israel protest.Ahwar Sultan, of India, filed a civil lawsuit in D.C. District Court on April 15, alleging his F-1 student visa was “abruptly and unlawfully terminated” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after his participation in protests against Israel’s military action in Gaza, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.While Sultan was arrested at an April 25, 2024, protest on campus, his attorneys allege his charges were dismissed and subsequently expunged…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government is touting the success of its push to make Toronto implement 24/7 construction on the Gardiner Expressway, saying the project is now 15 months ahead of schedule. Last spring, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria floated the idea of 24-hour construction to speed up rehabilitation work on the Toronto route, which Ontario is in the midst of taking over.The idea sparked a back-and-forth between Queen’s Park and City Hall, with the city suggesting round-the-clock work could already take place.The province eventually offered Toronto $73 million toward the cost of rehabilitating the…

Ange Postecoglou has cited the ‘Stonecutter’s Credo’ as he still harbours hope that Tottenham can rock Europe even though some of his tenure has gone “disastrously wrong”.Spurs travel to Anfield on Sunday with a point enough to clinch Liverpool the Premier League title, while defeat for the visitors would be a record-equalling 19th for the club in the division this season.Poor domestic form has increased speculation over the future of Postecoglou, who has masterminded a run to the Europa League semifinals to give Tottenham a realistic shot at a first trophy since 2008.The 59-year-old maintains the club can enjoy a…