CHRIS RUGABER

Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canadian minister warns that Americans will experience economic pain from Trump tariffs
Canada’s energy minister came to Washington this week to warn U.S. lawmakers that President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs would inflict economic pain on Americans, with higher prices and job losses.
 
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Bessent, 62, is founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management.
 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa., as South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Dakota on Election Day
South Dakotans will vote in several high-profile contests in the Nov. 5 general election, including the race for president and a proposed state constitutional amendment that would strike down a law banning abortion.
 
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — After voting for favorite son Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, Arkansas has since awarded its Electoral College votes to the Republican presidential candidate in every general election.