• Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

  • Mar 10 2025
  • Length: 12 mins
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Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

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  • Canada's ruling Liberal Party has a new leader, Mark Carney, a former central banker who now faces the challenge of steering the country through economic turmoil and a tense trade relationship with the United States. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, has been arrested by ICE agents. And, House Republicans unveil a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running through September, but with Democrats opposing it, passing the bill will require almost every GOP vote.

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