Republicans, Democrats alike exhort Trump: Keep security pact with Australia and UK alive
Two weeks ago, the Defense Department announced it would review AUKUS, the 4-year-old pact signed by the Biden administration with Australia and the United Kingdom. The announcement means the Republican administration is looking closely at a partnership that many believe is critical to the U.S. strategy to push back China's influence in the Indo-Pacific. The review is expected to be completed in the fall.
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White House cage fight? UFC boss Dana White says it's happening in 2026
An Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the White House grounds will be taking place on July 4, 2026, according to UFC CEO and president Dana White. 'It is definitely going to happen,' White told CBS Mornings on Aug. 12, saying Independence Day is the proposed date as of now. White said that he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday about the event, planned for America's 250th birthday. He also said that he plans to meet with Trump and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, at the end of August to finalize details and review venue renderings. 'When he (Trump) called me and asked me to do it, he said, 'I want Ivanka in the middle of this,'' White said. 'So Ivanka reached out to me, and her and I started talking about the possibilities, where it would be and, you know, I put together all the renderings.' Story continues below advertisement White also told The Associated Press that the event is 'absolutely going to happen' at the presidential home in Washington, D.C., next summer 'Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS,' he said. The UFC boss noted it was still too early to discuss a potential main event for the White House fight night. 'This is a one-of-one event,' White added. Trump previously said last month he wanted to stage a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards of 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'Every one of our national park battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honour of America 250,' Trump said. 'And I even think we're going to have a UFC fight. We're going to have a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House.' 'Championship fight — full fight,' he added. 0:43 Trump announces UFC event to be held at the White House Former UFC champion Conor McGregor, who visited the White House on St. Patrick's Day, previously volunteered to take part in the match. Story continues below advertisement 'Excited with President Trump announcing a UFC fight event at the White House,' he wrote on July 4. 'I would be honoured! Count me in!' Happy 4th of July, USA. 🇺🇸 Excited with President Trump announcing a UFC fight event at the White House. I would be honoured! Count me in! 🤩☘️ — Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 4, 2025 The plans for the first-ever UFC fight at the White House were shared hours after Paramount and UFC announced a billion-dollar rights deal, making the streaming service the new home to UFC events across the U.S. next year, through a seven-year agreement. Under the deal with UFC, Paramount will exclusively distribute UFC's full lineup of its 13 marquee numbered events and 30 Fight Nights on its streaming platform Paramount+ — with select numbered events also set to simulcast on CBS — starting in 2026. It's a shift away from the UFC's existing pay-per-view model, which Paramount and TKO Group say will allow the mixed martial arts programming to reach more consumers nationwide. Story continues below advertisement White said in a post on the social media platform X that the deal with Paramount will make it more affordable and accessible for U.S. consumers to watch UFC events. 'This deal puts UFC amongst the biggest sports in the world,' he wrote. 'The exposure provided by the Paramount and CBS networks under this new structure is a huge win for our athletes and anyone who watches and loves this sport.' — With files from The Associated Press
The Province
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Washington at the centre of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive
For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to law enforcement Published Aug 12, 2025 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 5 minute read National Guard troops arrive at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about Donald Trump — in particular, the president's freshly announced plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors But, for the most part, third-term Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser didn't take the bait. She calmly laid out the city's case that crime has been dropping steadily and said Trump's perceived state of emergency simply doesn't match the numbers. She also flatly stated that the capital city's hands are tied and that her administration has little choice but to comply. 'We could contest that,' she said of Trump's definition of a crime emergency, 'but his authority is pretty broad.' Her comments came Monday hours after Trump, flanked by the people who oversee the military and the Justice Department, said that in the hopes of reducing crime he would be taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard, some of whom arrived early Tuesday. The crime Trump talked about is the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Toward the end, the mayoral composure slipped a bit when Bowser made a reference to Trump's 'so-called emergency' and concluded, 'I'm going to work every day to make sure it's not a complete disaster.' The city and Trump have had a bumpy relationship While Trump invokes his plan by saying that 'we're going to take our capital back,' Bowser and the MPD maintain that violent crime overall in Washington has decreased to a 30-year low after a sharp rise in 2023. Carjackings, for example, dropped about 50 per cent in 2024, and are down again this year. More than half of those arrested, however, are juveniles, and the extent of those punishments is a point of contention for the Trump administration. Bowser, a Democrat, spent much of Trump's first term in office openly sparring with the Republican president. She fended off his initial plans for a military parade through the streets and stood in public opposition when he called in a multi-agency flood of federal law enforcement to confront anti-police brutality protesters in summer 2020. She later had the words 'Black Lives Matter' painted in giant yellow letters on the street about a block from the White House. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In Trump's second term, backed by Republican control of both houses of Congress, Bowser has walked a public tightrope for months, emphasizing common ground with the Trump administration on issues such as the successful effort to bring the NFL's Washington Commanders back to the District of Columbia. She watched with open concern for the city streets as Trump finally got his military parade this summer. Her decision to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza earlier this year served as a neat metaphor for just how much the power dynamics between the two executives had evolved. Local residents rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to activiate federal law enforcement in Washington, DC, on Aug. 11, 2025. Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images Now that fraught relationship enters uncharted territory as Trump has followed through on months of what many D.C. officials had quietly hoped were empty threats. The new standoff has cast Bowser in a sympathetic light, even among her longtime critics. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's a power play and we're an easy target,' said Clinique Chapman, CEO of the D.C. Justice Lab. A frequent critic of Bowser, whom she accuses of 'over policing our youth' with the recent expansions of Washington's youth curfew, Chapman said Trump's latest move 'is not about creating a safer D.C. It's just about power.' Where the power actually lies Bowser contends that all of the power resides with Trump, and her administration can do little other than comply and make the best of it. The native Washingtonian spent much of Monday's press conference tying Trump's takeover to the larger issue of statehood for the District of Columbia. As long as Washington, D.C., remains a federal enclave with limited autonomy under the 1973 Home Rule Act, she said it will remain vulnerable to such takeovers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We know that access to our democracy is tenuous,' Bowser said. 'That is why you have heard me, and many many Washingtonians before me, advocate for full statehood for the District of Columbia.' Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows the president to take over Washington's police for 48 hours, with possible extensions to 30 days, during times of emergencies. No president has done so before, said Monica Hopkins, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's D.C. chapter. 'That should alarm everyone,' she said, 'not just in Washington.' For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to law enforcement. The District of Columbia's status as a congressionally established federal district gives him a unique opportunity to push his tough-on-crime agenda, though he has not proposed solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Let me be crystal clear,' Attorney General Pam Bondi said during Trump's announcement news conference. 'Crime in D.C. is ending and ending today.' The action fits a presidential pattern Trump's declaration of a state of emergency fits the general pattern of his second term in office: He has declared states of emergency on issues ranging from border protection to economic tariffs, enabling him to essentially rule via executive order. In many cases, he has moved forward while the courts sorted them out. US President Donald Trump, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (not shown) and Attorney General Pam Bondi, speaks during a news conference to discuss crime in Washington, DC, at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2025. Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Bowser's claims about successfully driving down violent crime rates received backing earlier this year from an unlikely source. Ed Martin, Trump's original choice for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, issued a press release in April hailing a 25% drop in violent crime rates from the previous year. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the efforts of our 'Make D.C. Safe Again' initiative, the District has seen a significant decline in violent crime,' Martin said. 'We are proving that strong enforcement, and smart policies can make our communities safer.' In May, Trump abandoned his efforts to get Martin confirmed for the post in the face of opposition in Congress. His replacement candidate, former judge and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, was recently confirmed. On Monday, Pirro — standing next to Trump _ called his takeover 'the step that we need right now to make criminals understand that they are not going to get away with it anymore.' ___ Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report. Read More Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. 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an hour ago
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Canada vows more wildfire action as smoke sparks U.S. complaints
Canada is committed to doing more to prevent and control devastating wildfires, federal officials said Tuesday as the resulting smoke sparks formal complaints and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers. But Corey Hogan, parliamentary secretary to the federal energy and natural resources minister, added the growing spread of blazes and smoke beyond Canada's borders underscores the need for an international fight against climate change that scientists say is fueling more destructive wildfire seasons. 'There's no people that want to do more about wildfires than Canadians,' Hogan told reporters in Calgary after announcing $45.7 million in funding for wildfire prevention and risk assessment research projects. 'We've seen this in the smoke that clogs our cities, we've seen this in our communities that are evacuated. 'But I think this also underlines the international challenges that are brought on by climate change. The consequences do not rest in one jurisdiction, which is why we need to globally tackle this problem, and it's going to require the work of people across the globe to make the world safer again.' Story continues below advertisement A group of Republican state lawmakers from Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota last week filed a formal complaint against Canada to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and the International Joint Commission, a binational organization that resolves disputes on shared water and air quality. The Republican lawmakers called for an investigation of Canada's wildfire management practices and for potential remedies under international law. 2:26 Kinew accuses group of Republicans of pitching 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke Republican politicians at other levels of government have also been voicing concerns about Canada's wildfires. Last month, Michigan Rep. John James sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney saying his constituents are choking on toxic wildfire smoke, after another group of Republican members of Congress expressed similar concerns to Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman earlier in July. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Canada is seeing its second-worst wildfire season on record, with fires burning in a majority of provinces across the country and spreading firefighting resources thin. Story continues below advertisement The research funding announced Tuesday will go toward 20 research projects aimed at strengthening wildfire risk assessments and improving mitigation and prevention measures, the government said. Those projects will be funded through Ottawa's Build and Mobilize Foundational Wildland Fire Knowledge program. Another 10 Indigenous-led projects will also receive funding through the Supporting and Mobilizing Indigenous Fire Knowledge grant program, which seeks to build Indigenous forest management and community protection practices into Canada's wildfire prevention strategies. 'This is about building a body of knowledge for everybody and applying that knowledge specifically to resist wildfires in those communities most impacted,' Hogan said. The $45.7 million total is drawn from previously-announced funding for those two research grant programs. Hogan said some of the work done by the projects receiving funding 'will bear fruit nearly immediately' on the current wildfire situation by informing where resources should be better allocated. Most of the work will be forward-looking and help prepare for future seasons, he acknowledged. Story continues below advertisement 'There will be some short-term benefits, but it will be really longer term that you'll see the most significant benefits,' he said. The announcement itself was short on details on what specific research will be funded, but Hogan pointed to two Indigenous-led projects in Alberta as examples. One project led by the Swan River First Nation is testing a 'wildfire risk assessment and scenario exploration tool' that will help incorporate wildfire risk into land management policies and development planning. Another project, the Blood Tribe Fire Guardianship Program, aims to develop a network of Indigenous youth and community members to 'integrate cultural burning, habitat restoration, and intergenerational knowledge transfer' into community fire mitigation strategies. 7:33 Canada faces second-worst wildfire season on record The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) suggest the fires this year have torn through 74,000 square kilometres, an area larger than the size of New Brunswick. Story continues below advertisement That surpasses the next worst season in 1989 and is about half the area burned during the record-setting 2023 season, according to a federal database of wildfire seasons dating back to 1972. Last year's fires were also devastating, including the one that nearly destroyed the Alberta town of Jasper. Natural Resources Canada has estimated that fire suppression costs could double by 2040 as the country faces ever-worsening wildfire seasons, Hogan said. 'Everyone is seized with wildfires right now' across all levels of government as the consequences continue to grow, he added. 'It's incumbent on governments across all levels to do what they can to both avoid these things happening in the first place and respond to them as rapidly as possible.' The CIFFC's current situation report said there were 719 active fires burning in Canada as of Tuesday, with 165 of them classified as out of control. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said in a statement last week that Canada's recent wildfires offer a 'stark reminder' of the countries' shared challenges, noting the U.S. and Canada have 'a long history' of supporting one another in times of crisis. 'Canadians stood with us during the tragic California wildfires earlier this year, and we are committed to standing with Canada now,' he said. Story continues below advertisement Wildfires burning across multiple American states, including California, have sent smoke into nearby communities and into Canada in recent years. —with files from the Canadian Press
