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Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social went public Tuesday and hit a valuation of US$8 billion, despite its lack of profitability. In Business Matters for Wednesday, March 27, Anne Gaviola has more on why some analysts suggest this head-scratching valuation propels Truth Social into the “meme stock” category.

There is swirling speculation in the U.S. about whether former president Donald Trump will still face trial on multiple federal criminal charges before voters head to the polls in November. As Global’s Jackson Proskow reports, justice delayed could be justice denied, if the Republican candidate is re-elected.

Prior to his face-off with former United Nations (UN) ambassador Nikki Haley for South Carolina’s vote for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday, supporters of Donald Trump seemed unfazed by the former U.S. president’s ongoing legal troubles.

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of former U.S. president Donald Trump, testified in Trump’s criminal hush money trial. As Neetu Garcha explains, Pecker described his “catch and kill” strategy, which involved paying sources for negative stories about Trump to “take them off the market,” so they would...

A man who set himself on fire in a park across the street from the New York City courthouse where former president Donald Trump is on trial has died. Police say the incident did not appear to have anything to do with the trial, but it has prompted officials to reconsider security.

The first criminal trial against a former U.S. president is now underway, over Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. Reggie Cecchini explains what unfolded in the first day of the historic trial, and how it will impact Trump’s 2024 election campaign.

A Florida man was rushed to a burn unit in New York City after setting himself on fire in a public park on Friday afternoon, outside of the courthouse where former U.S. president Donald Trump’s hush-money trial was taking place. Amid the chaos, three NYPD officers and one court officer sustained minor injuries from their...

Opening arguments have begun in the criminal trial against former U.S. president Donald Trump, centred around alleged hush money payments made to an adult film star prior to the 2016 presidential election. Neetu Garcha reports from New York on how the prosecution and defence are making their cases.

Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Donald Trump’s media company, has announced plans to launch a live TV streaming platform. Our tech expert Mike Agerbo has more on that – plus he explains how a skin patch is being used to prevent organ rejection.

History will unfold in New York on Monday as the first criminal trial for a former American president gets underway. Donald Trump faces trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records, relating to hush money payments to an adult film star — something prosecutors allege was done to influence the 2016 election. Reggie Cecchini has...

The first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president is set to begin next Monday. Despite repeated attempts by Donald Trump to delay the hush money trial from moving forward, the case will proceed as planned. While the U.S. Supreme Court’s handling of the matter of presidential immunity remains uncertain, the outcome of the trial...

A Florida judge overseeing the case involving former U.S. president Donald Trump’s classified documents has dismissed the request from his lawyers to dismiss the case based on the Presidential Records Act. In the ruling, Judge Aileen Cannon wrote that the act “does not provide a pre-trial basis to dismiss,” leaving the defence available as an...

Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals.

The RCMP has charged two men of violating international sanctions by conspiring to sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya. They are both former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency based in Montreal. Nishan Duraiappah, the chief of Ontario’s Peel Regional Police, was photographed meeting with...

The first criminal trial against a former U.S. president is now underway, over Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to hide an affair with an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. What unfolded in the first day of the historic trial, and how it will impact Trump’s 2024 election campaign. The Israeli war...

A chemical company in Sarnia, Ontario is temporarily shutting down after residents of the neighbouring First Nation reported getting sick. Levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, reached alarming levels in Aamjiwnaang First Nation last week. How the community is still seeking accountability.It is believed more than 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, more...

In the Middle East, Israel is weighing its response after an unprecedented attack by Iran. Now the focus is on what Israel will do next. The United Nations (UN) Security Council convened emergency talks on Sunday, where Secretary General Antonio Guterres emphasized the need for maximum restraint. For decades, Tehran’s official policy has been the...

Former U.S. president Donald Trump has been handed a partial legal victory after a New York state appeals court gave him another 10 days to post the bond in his civil fraud case, while also reducing the amount from $464 million USD to $175 million USD. Reggie Cecchini looks at whether this partial lifeline can...

A trade adviser to former President Donald Trump turned himself in to a federal prison in Miami on Tuesday. Peter Navarro was sentenced in January to four months in prison for refusing to complty with a subpoena from the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. capitol.

Former U.S president Donald Trump’s lawyers say he has been unable to raise the $454 million USD needed to post a bond covering the civil fraud case he is appealing. Jackson Proskow explains why insurance companies are wary of helping Trump, and what could happen if he misses the deadline.