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The former attorney general is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee this morning.
Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House, on Wednesday. Samuel Corum / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a “new partnership” with the United States to “help make America great again,” in a speech delivered yesterday in New York.
Amid an ongoing trade war with the U.S., Carney has vowed to double Canadian exports to other markets in the next decade and signed more than 20 economic and security deals in the last year. As Carney spoke in New York, U.S. trade officials were in Mexico City in talks with officials there about overhauling the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade. The discussions for now exclude Canada.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said yesterday she does not plan to run for president in 2028, rebuffing assumptions that she would join what’s expected to be a crowded Democratic primary race.
“There will be a robust group of people running for president,” Whitmer told WJBK-TV of Detroit in an interview Thursday, adding, “I will not be one of them in 2028, I can tell you that.”
But just hours later, Whitmer softened her stance.
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will give closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee this morning about her role in handling the release of the Epstein files.
The Justice Department has been heavily criticized by some lawmakers, Epstein survivors and right-wing media figures for how it has handled the release of the Epstein files under Bondi’s leadership.
Five Republicans joined all the Democrats on the Oversight Committee in March to vote to subpoena Bondi for her testimony.
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