Why Canada Is Giving Mark Carney a Shot

 https://time.com/7266178/canada-mark-carney-election-prime-minister/

When Trump started attacking Canada, and Trudeau announced his resignation, the Liberals surged in the polls. The upcoming election now looks like a dead heat. Since candidates usually get a boost coming out of a leadership convention, the Conservatives will start out as the underdogs, a shocking turnaround after two years where they were leading by 20 points and the Liberals faced electoral oblivion.

Underneath the horse-race numbers, there is more bad news for the Conservatives. Polling shows that voters are more likely to trust Carney than Poilievre to manage Trump—perhaps because part of Poilievre’s base is pro-Trump.

U.S. "not an agent of Israel," envoy says amid objections to Hamas talks

 https://www.axios.com/2025/03/09/adam-boehler-hamas-israel-talks

U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler said Sunday that while he understands Israel's concerns over direct talks with Hamas, the U.S. is "not an agent of Israel."

Boehler assured that he was not close to a deal with Hamas after the meetings in Doha, which were largely centered around securing the release of American hostage Edan Alexander and the bodies of four deceased American hostages, sources told Axios.

 Boehler said he's "sympathetic" to top Israeli leaders' disapproval of his meetings, but he emphasized the U.S. is "not an agent of Israel" with "specific interests at play."

Boehler said he wanted to ascertain the vision of a "realistic" end-game for Hamas during the talks.

"The reality is what I wanted to do is jump start some negotiations that were in a very fragile place," he said.

District Court rules to keep IVF child with birth mother following embryo mix-up

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/district-court-rules-to-keep-ivf-child-with-birth-mother-following-embryo-mix-up/

The Central District Court overturned a lower court decision in the IVF mix-up scandal on Monday, and ruled that a 2-year old girl born in 2022 following an embryo transfer mistake at an Assuta IVF clinic must remain with her birth parents, who have been raising her, and not given to her genetic parents.

The ruling, which is the latest twist in the emotional and long-running saga, reversed a decision by the Rishon Lezion Family Court in November last year, which ruled that the young girl, whose name is given only as Sophia, be transferred to the custody of her genetic parents, after being raised for over two years by her birth mother and her partner.

One of Israel's goals in Doha – repair the damage caused by Boehler

 https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/03/10/one-of-the-israels-goals-in-doha-repair-the-damage-caused-by-boehler/

Israel Hayom has learned that Boehler's diplomatic approach was controversial within the White House from the beginning. Beyond his problematic statements regarding Israel, he promised Hamas concessions that both the US and Israel officially reject, such as a long-term ceasefire. These promises raised the organization's expectations and created hope among its members that they could secure concessions that had not previously been considered. According to sources familiar with the details, one of the primary objectives of the team departing for Doha Monday will be to repair the diplomatic damage created by Boehler's statements and reset expectations in the negotiations.

Wall Street Fears Trump Will Wreck the Soft Landing

 https://www.wsj.com/economy/trump-team-recession-hard-landing-c8f23d5d?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1

For the past year, U.S. economic policymakers have been singularly focused on achieving a so-called soft landing that brings inflation down without a recession. Now, a new team of pilots are considering a course correction that, by their own acknowledgment, might tip the economy toward a hard landing.

President Trump and his senior advisers in recent days have signaled indifference to rising risks that trade uncertainty chills private-sector investment. They have argued a “detox” might be needed in spending and hiring, that falling stock values aren’t a big worry, and that inflation could rise in the short run. 

After Trump turns against Zelensky and other allies, could Israel be next in line?

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-trump-turns-against-zelensky-and-other-allies-could-israel-be-next-in-line/

If Trump could turn on Ukraine, not to mention close American allies like Canada, Colombia, and Jordan, then who says he won’t do the same to Israel?

Rendering the question more pressing, Trump has already done so to Netanyahu himself. After four years of working together during Trump’s first term — which included historic achievements like the Abraham Accords and decisions like moving the US embassy to Jerusalem — Trump lashed out at his erstwhile ally, accusing him of disloyalty and saying “F*ck him,” after Netanyahu congratulated Biden on his presidential victory.

And amid all the support Trump and his team have given Israel, there are fissures emerging that make the entire facade of support seem less stable than the Israeli government wants to believe.

Will There Be a Trump Recession?

 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/recession-donald-trump-fox-news-economy-tariffs-markets-5e81f1d6?mod=hp_opin_pos_1

Recession fears are roiling markets, as tech stocks and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply again on Monday. Stock prices have been richly valued for some time, and this may be merely a market correction. But there are also signs of a slowing economy that should have the Trump Administration on alert.

Mr. Trump didn’t help the mood with his cagey response to a question by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo in a Sunday interview about whether he expects a recession this year. “I hate to predict things like that,” he replied. “There is a period of transition, because what we’re doing is very big.”

Cracks are forming in America’s economy. Trump is a big reason why

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/economy/us-economy-trump/index.html

Cracks are forming in the economy’s foundation: Layoffs are mounting, hiring is slowing, consumer confidence is eroding and inflation is picking up speed. Although all of those things would almost certainly be happening if former Vice President Kamala Harris had won the election, the uncertainty that President Donald Trump’s economic policy has unleashed is exacerbating those problems.

Dow plunges 890 points after Trump declines to rule out recession Promises made Promises Kept!

 https://thehill.com/business/5185665-stocks-slump-as-recession-fears-rattle-wall-street/

The stock market kicked off the week with steep losses Monday after President Trump declined Sunday to rule out the U.S. economy slowing into recession.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 890 points Monday, falling 2.1 percent. The Nasdaq composite closed with a loss of 4 percent, and the S&P 500 index closed down 2.7 percent.

Stocks have fallen steadily since the start of March in response to a string of underwhelming economic data and whipsaw tariff announcements from the Trump administration. But the selloff intensified Monday after Trump demurred on his outlook for the U.S. economy in a Sunday interview.

Stocks Get Hammered After Donald Trump Refuses to Rule Out Recession

 https://www.newsweek.com/stocks-get-hammered-after-donald-trump-refuses-rule-out-recession-2042497

The U.S. stock market's decline deepened on Monday, with the S&P 500 sliding 2.7 percent as concerns grew over how much economic strain President Donald Trump's tariff policy and trade war will impose on Americans.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.1 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite took the heaviest hit, plunging 4 percent in its worst day since 2022.

On Sunday, Trump said the U.S. is going through a transitional period with respect to his trade policy.

Turmoil within DOGE spills into public view as Musk’s group confronts a PR crisis

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/10/doge-musk-rebrand-trump-conflicts/

Elon Musk’s DOGE is hunting for “wins” as it races to finish slashing the federal bureaucracy and move on to the more constructive work of building digital tools for the government.

Facing weeks of negative headlines and growing pressure from within the Trump administration, the U.S. DOGE Service is racing to finish the first phase of its assignment — slashing the federal bureaucracy — and move on to what the team hopes will be seen as more constructive work: creating sleek tools for navigating government services.

Throughout DOGE, the need to find and champion positive achievements is seen as urgent, according to two people familiar with the group’s internal workings. One key ally, General Services Administration official and former Tesla employee Thomas Shedd, told his staff during a meeting last week that “I need wins to defend,” according to audio obtained by The Washington Post.

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: not even Donald Trump is as damaging to Reform as its own leader

 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/the-guardian-view-on-nigel-farage-not-even-donald-trump-is-as-damaging-to-reform-as-its-own-leader

The rightwing leader’s latest feud isn’t with remainers or ‘woke’ elites – but with his own party, fuelled by Elon Musk’s intervention

Top Washington Post Columnist Quits After Piece Critical of Bezos Is Nixed

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-washington-post-columnist-quits-after-piece-critical-of-bezos-is-nixed/

One of the The Washington Post’s top political columnists resigned Monday and alleged management spiked a piece that was critical of its multi-billionaire owner.

Ruth Marcus, who worked at the Post for four decades, penned a resignation letter that claimed her nixed article, which criticized Jeff Bezos’ overhauling of the Post’s opinion pages, marked the first time she ever had a column rejected by the paper.

Astronauts Stranded by Biden? Another day another weird Lie from Trump

 https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/heres-what-trump-said-about-the-astronauts-stuck-in-space

President Trump has spoken about asking Elon Musk to do him a "favor" by bringing the astronauts home, blaming the Biden administration's incompetence. But, it's important to note that according to CNN, NASA already had a plan under the Biden administration for SpaceX to work on a new spacecraft to bring them home.