The swiftest way for Prime Minister Mark Carney to ease pressure on Canada’s economy is to convince President Donald Trump today to pare back tariffs. But he has far broader plans afoot, too. A heady online mix of e-commerce and entertainment is creating a new generation of shopping addicts. And why John Singer Sargent’s posh-folk portraits are again in fashion.
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A.M. Edition for Oct. 7. Trump suggests he is open to talks on healthcare, signaling that there may be a way to break the impasse on the government shutdown. Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza continue in Egypt two years on from the deadly Hamas attacks that started the conflict. And big banks are competing for Trump's favor to be part of the Fannie and Freddie mega IPO. WSJ’s Ben Dummett explains how CEOs of the country’s six largest banks are navigating some novel hurdles in the process. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
Texas deploys National Guard troops under President Trump’s orders as legal battles intensify over his authority to send them into Democratic-led cities. As the war in Gaza enters its third year, hopes rise over a new U.S.-backed plan aimed at ending the fighting. And the Supreme Court hears a case on state bans of conversion therapy, weighing free speech rights against protections for the LGBTQ community.
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A federal judge declines to block the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago. The government shutdown enters its seventh day, with lawmakers facing questions about funding, services, and Jeffrey Epstein. And France’s prime minister becomes the fourth to resign in the last year.
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Illinois and Chicago sue to prevent President Trump from sending in the national guard. Senate votes on government shutdown. Talks in Egypt on U.S.-drafted Gaza peace plan.
CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Nearly a quarter century after the September 11th attacks, the Trump administration is using the language of terrorism to target a new enemy: Latin American drug cartels.
The president says we’re in armed conflict with drug cartels.
We talk to a Bush-era lawyer who says the powers of war are too extraordinary to use against crime.
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