Trump says US ending all trade talks with Canada over digital services tax
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. is terminating all trade discussions with Canada.
Trump cited Canada’s digital services tax on American tech companies as the reason for ending trade talks.
“They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also. Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
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Trump said the administration will inform Canada within the “next seven day period” of what tariff it will pay to do business with the U.S.
The president added in his post that Canada is “a very difficult Country to TRADE with” and claimed that Canada has levied tariffs of up to 400% on U.S. dairy products.
Following Trump’s announcement, the U.S. dollar gained 0.7% against the Canadian dollar.
Stocks pared their earlier gains on the news. The benchmark S&P 500 index reached an all-time high after rising 0.59% as of early afternoon, though it sank on the president’s announcement to a gain of about 0.21% as the market neared the end of this week’s trading.
Canada’s digital services tax took effect in June 2024 and requires large businesses, whether they’re headquartered in Canada or elsewhere, to pay a 3% tax on revenue earned from engaging with online users in Canada if they meet certain conditions.
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Payments on the tax are due to be collected on Monday, and the tax applies to revenue from online marketplace services, online advertising, social media services and certain sales of user data.
The Canadian government and the Trump administration have clashed over tariffs after the president slapped a series of levies on Canadian goods after his return to the White House earlier this year, prompting Canada to retaliate with tariffs on American exports.
Many of those tariffs remain in effect as the two sides seek to compromise on a new trade framework. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which Trump negotiated during his first term, is due to be renegotiated by next year – though the two governments have sought to conclude negotiations earlier.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump had previously set a deadline of July 21, 2025, to reach a deal on a new trade agreement between the two countries – which engage in a significant amount of bilateral trade.
The U.S. is Canada’s largest trading partner, while Canada is the largest importer of American exports and one of the top three sources of U.S. imports.
Lauren Sánchez shares first look at wedding to Jeff Bezos, reveals her new name
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are officially married, Fox News Digital can confirm.
On Friday, Sánchez updated her Instagram account to read “Lauren Sánchez Bezos,” after saying “I do” to the Amazon founder. She also shared the first look at her wedding gown on Instagram.
“06/27/2025,” she captioned her post, adding a red heart.
The wedding celebrations are in full swing as the streets of Venice have been buzzing with star power.
On Friday, the Amazon founder was all smiles as he waved to onlookers, while looking sharp in a classic black tuxedo as he headed to San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, where the wedding is being held today.
The billionaire businessman, 61, took a water taxi to meet his wife.
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Sánchez, 55, was photographed earlier in the day stepping out of the Aman Hotel in a white short-sleeved jacket and matching skirt. She also wore a headscarf and sunglasses, and was seen blowing a kiss to the camera.
Photographers showed her leaving in a water taxi before arriving on San Giorgio island.
Venice is rolling out the red carpet for what’s shaping up to be the wedding of the year as Bezos prepares to say “I do” to Sánchez in a lavish celebration.
A-list guests have already begun arriving in style, including Oprah Winfrey and best friend Gayle King. Also seen making their way to the festivities: Ivanka Trump and Karlie Kloss—along with tech titan Bill Gates and Bezos’ father, Miguel Bezos.
Earlier Friday, Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner stepped out in head-turning fashion, with Kardashian in a black dress and flip-flops while Jenner wore a bold leopard-print gown.
Actress Sydney Sweeney was also photographed walking the streets of Venice in a short black dress with a plunging neckline.
Model Vittoria Ceretti – Leonardo DiCaprio’s current girlfriend – was spotted in a floral dress, talking on the phone as she carried what appeared to be a shopping bag, and Orlando Bloom stepped outside the Gritti Palace Hotel, where he was photographed.
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Singer Usher and wife Jennifer Goicoechea were seen taking photos of their own while on a water taxi Friday.
A-listers have been flooding the Italian streets for the luxurious wedding of Bezos and Sánchez, one of the year’s most talked-about celebrations.
On Thursday, celebrities such as Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian, DiCaprio, Kylie Jenner and more were seen boarding water taxis at various luxurious hotels in Venice, Italy, ahead of the couple’s extravagant wedding celebrations.
Sánchez gave onlookers a wave as she boarded a boat with her soon-to-be husband by her side outside the Aman Hotel. The couple shared a sweet kiss while aboard the boat.
According to People, the couple hosted a welcome party for their guests in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell’Orto church on Thursday night.
Sánchez wore a golden, satin dress – a look from Schiaparelli’s Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture collection – according to the outlet.
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She later posted a photo of herself in the gown on her Instagram story, referring to it as her “pre-wedding dress.”
Guests reportedly arrived in a convoy of about 30 boats. According to the outlet, guests were served pizza cooked onsite by a famous Neapolitan chef.
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Throughout the day, baskets of white and purple-colored flowers were brought in to decorate the venue, along with a piano, People reported.
Pelosi fumes as Hegseth removes ‘political activist’ name from Navy ship for war hero
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader Harvey Milk will be renamed after Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson.
“We are taking the politics out of ship naming,” he wrote on X along with a video announcing the move.
Milk was California’s first openly gay politician, who was shot and killed inside San Francisco city hall by former San Francisco supervisor Dan White. The ship, a fleet replenishment oiler, was originally named after him in 2016 under President Barack Obama.
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He served four years in the Navy in the Korean War but left due to his sexuality.
Peterson was awarded the Medal of Honor after his death, having died of his wounds during battle in World War II in an act of self-sacrifice that saved lives.
“People want to be proud of the ship they’re sailing in,” Hegseth said of the change. “We’re not renaming the ship to anything political. This is not about political activists, unlike the previous administration.”
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Peterson, who spent 20 years in the Navy, was in charge of running the steam engine in the U.S.S. Neosho when it came under Japanese fire in the Philippines in 1942.
On May 7, 1942, the Neosho was severely damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Peterson and other members of his repair party were badly injured, but Peterson managed to close four bulkhead steam valves. He sustained third-degree burns in the process, but the move kept the ship afloat. On May 11, the U.S.S. Henley rescued 123 survivors from the Neosho, and Peterson died two days later from his wounds.
The renaming comes amid a push from Hegseth to remove DEI and “woke” policies from the Department of Defense.
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When the move was first reported earlier this month, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the move a “shameful, vindictive erasure of those who fought to break down barriers for all to chase the American Dream.”
“As the rest of us are celebrating the joy of Pride Month, it is my hope that the Navy will reconsider this egregious decision,” Pelosi said in a statement.
Bombshell memo flips script on Dem governor’s decades-long claim on cocaine probe
FIRST ON FOX: Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has for years dismissed an investigation into her alleged cocaine use as politically motivated, but a newly unearthed memo obtained by Fox News Digital contradicts her decades-old claim.
In early 1990, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Maine, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Maine’s Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE) investigated Mills, then a sitting district attorney in Maine, after a drug suspect accused her of using cocaine.
The investigation was eventually dropped without charges being filed, but Mills has maintained that the investigation never had any merit and that she was politically targeted for her Democratic affiliation and criticism of BIDE. In 1990, she and two other district attorneys in Maine criticized BIDE for inflating arrest numbers through excessive enforcement of low-level drug offenders.
“It’s scary,” Mills told the Portland Press Herald in November 1991. “Maine apparently has a secret police force at work that can ruin the reputation of any who opposes it.”
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A March 1995 memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ/OPR), addressed to the Deputy Attorney General, of whom Merrick Garland was an associate serving as the principal associate Deputy Attorney General, unearthed by Fox News Digital, refutes Mills’ claim, revealing there was no misconduct by federal or state authorities investigating her case.
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According to the DOJ memo, WCSH-TV reported in December 1990 that Mills was being investigated by a federal grand jury for drug use, citing law enforcement sources. Mills later sued that reporter for libel and slander. The report also prompted Mills’ attorney to demand a grand jury investigation, arguing that “the press received leaks from BIDE law enforcement officials.”
The results of the libel and slander suit are no longer available. The docket for the case showed that the records were disposed of in 2015 in accordance with policy. However, a 1991 Lewiston Sun-Journal article appears to state that the effort to “end drug probe rumors” was thrown out by a judge.
In January 1992, then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., stepped in and requested the DOJ/OPR investigate allegations that Maine’s USAO had “refused to investigate the grand jury leak” and that attorneys had engaged in “intimidation and coercion of witnesses” during the investigation.
Those concerns were initially raised by Patrick Paradis and N. Paul Gauvreau, the House and Senate chairs of the Judiciary Committee of the Maine Legislature, in a letter sent to then-Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine. The letter suggested that the allegations involving Maine’s USAO “go far beyond the state agency involved.”
Ultimately, no charges were filed against Mills for her alleged cocaine use.
But the Department of Justice also found that all of Mills’ claims were “unsubstantiated,” including allegations that she was politically targeted, that investigators solicited false testimony, that witnesses were coerced or threatened and that BIDE agents leaked grand jury information to the press.
“The USAO in Maine conducted a proper investigation of serious allegations; no misconduct of any kind can fairly be attributed to any member of that office,” DOJ/OPR concluded in 1995.
While the Justice Department debunked Mills’ claims, she dismissed the allegations against her as politically motivated throughout the investigation.
According to the memo, Mills “announced publicly that she was the victim of a smear campaign” in 1991.
“I’d say it’s awfully coincidental that this investigation started and was leaked to the press shortly after my public comments about the lack of accountability at BIDE,” Mills said that same year.
Mills also claimed it sets a “very bad precedent when a prosecutor has to look over his or her shoulder every time you put somebody in jail and wonder whether that person is going to find an audience down the street in the BIDE office or down the road in the U.S. Attorney’s Office to say dirty things about you.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Mills’s office multiple times for comment but did not receive a response.
Earlier this year, Mills accused President Donald Trump of leading a “politically directed investigation” into Maine’s Department of Education.
During a National Governors Association (NGA) meeting at the White House in February, Mills and Trump publicly sparred over biological men playing in women’s sports.
Trump said Mills should comply with his executive order preventing transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, or “you’re not going to get any federal funding,” to which she replied, “We’ll see you in court,” which is exactly where the issue has been tied up.
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Longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins is up for re-election in 2026, and with Mills’ governorship term limited next year, she would be a competitive Democratic candidate to challenge Collins.
Mills indicated in April that she did not “plan to run for another office,” but admitted that “things change week to week, month to month,” leaving the door open to a potential Senate bid.
MLB star blast achieves statistical feat unseen since Willie Mays in the 1950s
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani belted his 28th home run of the season in the team’s 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday at Coors Field.
With the home run, Ohtani became the first player since Hall of Famer Willie Mays to hit 28 home runs and have six triples through the team’s first 80 games in a season. Mays achieved the feat in 1954.
Ohtani’s home run came in the top of the seventh inning with the Dodgers up 2-1. There were no runners on and two outs when Ohtani belted Rockies’ reliever Tyler Kinley’s hanging breaking ball 418 feet into the Dodgers’ bullpen.
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The three-time MVP is in the midst of another outstanding season for the Dodgers. In 80 games, Ohtani has a .291 batting average with 52 RBI and 11 stolen bases in addition to the 28 home runs.
Ohtani’s 28 home runs are tied for second in the big leagues with New York Yankees superstar slugger Aaron Judge. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh leads Major League Baseball with 32 home runs.
In addition to the excellence Ohtani provides at the plate, the Japanese star has begun pitching for the team.
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Ohtani made his debut on the mound on June 16 against the San Diego Padres and pitched one inning while he yielded one run on two hits. Ohtani hadn’t pitched since August 2023, after he underwent elbow surgery.
His second appearance was also an inning, when he faced the Washington Nationals on June 22 and pitched a scoreless inning and struck out two batters.
The Dodgers don’t want to send Ohtani down to the minor leagues to build up his pitch count, because his bat is too valuable, which is why his first outings have only been an inning long.
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Ohtani’s next scheduled start is against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET.
The Dodgers (51-31) and Royals (38-43) begin a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET.
Former Harris donor furious at Democrats after ‘complete s— storm’ defeat
Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ prospective gubernatorial bid is not striking up much excitement among Democratic fundraisers in California, Politico reported Friday.
The outlet spoke to multiple Democratic Party donors in California to see how they felt about Harris possibly running for governor. So far, her interest in exploring a gubernatorial run in the state following her 2024 presidential election loss hasn’t enthused many.
“She still would probably lead, but honestly, no one is incredibly pumped,” one Southern California fundraiser told Politico.
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Harris, who lost November’s election to President Donald Trump, is seriously considering a 2026 bid to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif. A source close to Harris told Fox News Digital in March that she has told allies she will decide by the end of summer on whether to launch a gubernatorial campaign.
The two potential options for Harris are launching a gubernatorial run next year in her home state or seeking the presidency again in 2028. Extremely early polls in the next Democratic Party presidential nomination race — which are heavily reliant on name recognition at this point — indicate that the former vice president holds a significant lead over other potential White House contenders.
“In interviews, several major donors in the state told POLITICO they fear her reemergence as a candidate would re-open still-fresh wounds from her defeat in 2024,” the outlet reported. “Some harbor lingering frustration about how her billion-dollar campaign juggernaut ended in debt and want assurances she would have a clear plan to win the governor’s mansion.”
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Mather Martin, a party fundraiser from San Francisco who worked for multiple Harris campaigns, told Politico, “There was more enthusiasm at first” for Harris’ run. However, he added, “I think it waned a bit.”
Another donor who gave a six-figure donation to Harris’ presidential campaign last year told the outlet they had found the implosion of her White House bid “traumatizing” and seemed reluctant to support her in the state.
“Kamala just reminds you we are in this complete s— storm. With Biden, we got bamboozled… I think she did the best she could in that situation, but obviously she knew about the cognitive decline too. I’ve written so many checks because I knew the Trump administration would be horrible, but we’re living in a nightmare because of the Democrats. I’m furious at them, truly.”
The donor who declared that “no one is incredibly pumped” about Harris’ run also shared that donors “realize it’s just going to bring up the whole pathetic last presidential, which no one wants to hear about again. And then it’s the whole ‘Did you know Joe Biden?’ thing.”
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Scott Drexel, a donor-adviser based in the San Francisco Bay Area, noted, “It’s very fair to say there’s not an overwhelming clamor” for Harris’ gubernatorial run.
He also pointed out, “It’s very hard for there to be one if it’s not 100 percent clear if she really wants to do it.”
“She’s going to have to work for the nomination. Every day that passes, there’s less of a sense of inevitability about her candidacy,” Drexel said.
Democratic donor and San Francisco trial lawyer Joe Cotchett told Politico, “She is talking to people around the state about whether she is going to run. If she does, she’s going to have very difficult problems.”
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Harris’ team did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Alligator attack kills woman in popular tourist park, safety initiative launched
Florida wildlife authorities have released a new report on a vicious May alligator attack that took the life of a Michigan woman.
Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed while canoeing with her husband near Lake Kissimmee State Park when they unknowingly approached an 11-foot, four-inch alligator lurking beneath the surface, a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says, according to KETV.
FWC said that the alligator thrashed underneath the canoe, causing the pair to be thrown into the water.
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“The victim was immediately bitten on the torso, and efforts by her husband to assist her were unsuccessful,” according to the report. “The alligator performed a death roll and swam away with the victim.”
FWC alligator trappers later caught the alligator.
Amid the release of the report, FWC announced a new partnership with GatorWise, described as “a new public awareness campaign that aims to promote realistic public perceptions about alligators and assist the public in taking appropriate actions to minimize conflict,” in order to help Floridians navigate the waters during the summer, when alligator attacks become more common.
“Florida has seen tremendous population growth in recent years, with many people living or recreating near water,” Matthew Nichols, FWC alligator management program coordinator, said of the partnership. “Because alligators can be found in nearly any water in Florida, it’s safest to always assume they’re present. GatorWise provides consistent, science-based information from across the Southeast to help people safely share the landscape with these important animals.”
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According to the wildlife authority, there are an estimated 1.3 million alligators in Florida. FWC’s 2025 statistics show that there have been two “major” alligator bites through May, one of them being fatal. There have been no “minor” bites this year.
Last year, there were a total of 11 bites, nine considered major and two minor, with no fatalities. In 2023, there were 23 alligator bites, 18 major and five minor, with two fatalities.
The GatorWise website provides basic instructions, like assuming alligators are present when near the water, not feeding alligators, not disposing of fish or food scraps in the water, not attempting to pick up an alligator, and ensuring pets aren’t wandering shorelines off-leash.
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“Alligators are native to many wetlands of the southeastern United States, making them critical to the health and balance of these ecosystems,” the site says. “Minimizing conflicts with people while maintaining necessary protections from overharvest is crucial to keeping alligator populations stable within their range.”
“To do that we must Educate people about alligators, while increasing Respect for these animals and their natural behaviors, which will allow for alligators and humans to Coexist.”
Fox News Digital reached out to FWC.
New bill threatens to fine restaurants for handing out utensils and napkins
Restaurant operations and processes could be affected by a bill in Delaware that was just voted out of committee and seeks to crack down on waste in the Diamond State.
House Bill 111 would prohibit food establishments from providing any single-use food service items — plastic or not — unless a customer specifically requests them.
Restaurants would be forced to forgo giving out utensils, napkins, and even condiment packets, according to the bill’s text.
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After three violations, food establishments would be subject to civil penalties starting at $100 and a fine of $500 after a fifth violation.
Restaurants would be allowed to have self-service stations so that patrons could grab their own single-use food service items, according to the bill.
Maddy Corporen, an employee at Cilantro Cocina de Mexico in Rehoboth Beach, told local news outlet WBOC that if the law is passed, it might be hard to follow.
“In the summer especially, we’re so busy, we’re not thinking super clearly about everything,” Corporen told the outlet.
“While we’re setting up a to-go order, we might just throw it [a utensil or napkin] in there and completely forget about it,” she added.
The legislation may complicate things for those who place to-go orders through apps like Uber Eats or DoorDash.
If a customer does not request “single-use food service items” through the food delivery app and a restaurant still provides those items, the restaurant is subject to penalties.
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Nonprofit organizations and schools would be exempt from the new rule.
Many cities and states such as New York City, Washington D.C., Denver, Chicago, California and Washington have implemented “Skip the Stuff” rules to date.
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The rules were implemented to crack down on waste and environmental impact by reducing the use of non-biodegradable and non-recyclable materials.
‘Say hi to Snow White’: Disturbing emails between banker and Epstein exposed
A former major banker with ties to Jeffrey Epstein lost a bid to clear his name and go back to work in one of the world’s key cities for global finance this week.
Jes Staley, a former Barclays CEO and a longtime executive at JPMorgan, lost his appeal in a UK court this week to overturn a lifetime ban from London banking stemming from his ties to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker, who died in 2019.
During the course of the appeal, the 68-year-old Staley, who is from Boston, admitted to having sex with an Epstein employee, the Guardian reported. He told the tribunal it happened behind Epstein’s back.
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Excerpts from a cryptic 2010 email chain were also revealed in court, with no explanation given.
“That was fun,” Staley wrote to Epstein, according to the BBC. “Say hi to Snow White.”
“What character would you like next?” Epstein replied.
“Beauty and the Beast.”
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While the court agreed to cut his fine from £1.8 million, about $2.47 million, to £1.1 million, or around $1.5 million, the ban remains intact, BBC reported. The court took issue with a 2019 letter that a Barclays board member sent to British financial regulators after Epstein’s arrest in the United States on sex trafficking charges.
Staley didn’t write it but admitted he had approved the draft, he told the tribunal. It claimed he and Epstein did not have a close relationship and that they had cut off ties before 2015, the year Staley became Barclays CEO.
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The judge disagreed, finding the evidence that the two were close “overwhelming,” according to the UK reports.
The emails described visits to Epstein’s New York City mansion and his private island in the Caribbean, and Epstein reportedly lobbied for Staley to get the Barclays job.
Staley later stepped down amid pressure over his ties to the suspected trafficker and child sex abuser.
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Epstein died in 2019 in his jail cell while awaiting trial on trafficking charges.
A federal investigation determined he had hanged himself, but his family disputes that finding.
Staley has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and condemned them.