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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 3, 2025.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz will exit his post, CBS News first reported, and will be nominated to be ambassador to the United Nations. It brings a premature end to the Floridian’s tumultuous White House stint, one that has been marred ever since he accidentally added a journalist from The Atlantic to a Signal chat regarding US attack plans in Yemen. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will replace Waltz, holding his role on an acting basis.
Map of electoral shifts in Canada
Ari Winkleman
Canada’s election on Monday was marked by unexpected twists from start to finish. While the Liberals staged a comeback to claim a fourth successive mandate to govern, voters at the local level triggered major changes: 60 ridings threw out their incumbent parties, leading to some unexpected upsets.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to mark his 100th day in office, at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, on April 29, 2025.
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
An image of Prime Minister Mark Carney positioned near the Canadian parliament.
Jess Frampton
Mark Carney, who has never sat in Parliament and has only been a politician for four months, faces a lot of political puzzles after leading his Liberal Party to victory in Canada on Monday, and one huge challenge south of the border.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces proposed changes to several pieces of democratic process legislation, in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press via Reuters
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tabled a bill on Tuesday that will make it easier for voters in her province to force a referendum to secede from Canada. The bill could theoretically clear the way for the province to become the 51st state.
Elise Stefanik speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 22, 2025.
Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Reuters
The New York governor’s election might be over a year away, but the Republican primary race is already heating up as one ambitious, ex-moderate, pro-Trump New Yorker faces another.
Jess Frampton
Donald Trump said Wednesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington, DC, within a week for a personal meeting, but there is reason to think that neither country is ready to get down to serious trade negotiations.
A 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump, the Chinese flag, and the word "tariffs" in this illustration taken on April 17, 2025.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
The US economy contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate in the first quarter of 2025, while China’s manufacturing plants saw their sharpest monthly slowdown in over a year. Behind the scenes, the world’s two largest economies are backing away from their extraordinary trade war.
A photovoltaic power station with a capacity of 0.8 MW covers an area of more than 3,000 square metres at the industrial site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 12, 2025.
Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM
Two months after their infamous White House fight, the US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday that they had finally struck a long-awaited minerals deal.
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