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Susie Wiles, United States President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and offered an unvarnished take on her boss and those in his orbit in interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair that sent the West Wing into damage control. The startlingly candid remarks from Wiles, the first woman to ever hold her current post, included describing the president as someone with “an alcoholic’s personality,” and Vice President JD Vance as a calculating “conspiracy theorist.” The observations from Wiles, who rarely speaks publicly given the behind-the-scenes nature of her job running the White House, prompted questions about whether the chief of staff might be on her way out.Wiles pushed back after the...

Ottawa and Ontario are set to sign a deal Thursday that will reduce the regulatory burden on large projects, including the road to the Ring of Fire, The Canadian Press has learned. Provincial and federal government sources who are not allowed to speak publicly say Ottawa has agreed to eliminate any duplicative work on its impact assessments on large projects.A draft agreement posted on the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s website says the goal is to work together to implement the “One Project, One Review and One Decision” approach.Webequie First Nation and Marten Falls First Nation are leading environmental assessments on three roads that would connect the provincial highway system to their communities and mining activities in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario.In...

A Canadian delegation that included members of Parliament say they were denied entry into Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, with one MP saying she was shoved several times by Israeli soldiers at the border. In interviews with Global News, members of the 30-person delegation said they were not given an official reason for being denied entry, but that some members were told to sign a form effectively declaring themselves security and public safety risks, which a few of them refused to do.Ontario Liberal MP Iqra Khalid said she was checking on a member of the delegation who had been taken aside for additional questioning after the group had been at the Allenby Crossing between Israel and Jordan for about five hours. The crossing also serves as the entry point to the West Bank from...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports. The organization said in a statement Tuesday that its decision was made following its assessment of Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which took effect Sept. 1.Skate Canada says it is unable to host events in the province while maintaining its standards for safety and inclusivity.The decision applies only to national- and international-level events and does not affect Alberta athletes’ ability to participate in Skate Canada programming and competitions, the organization said.No upcoming national or ...