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Canada's New Leader, ICE Arrest Columbia Student, Congress and The Budget

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:12:22
Publish Date: 2025-03-10 10:05:11
Description: Canada's ruling Liberal Party has a new leader, Mark Carney, a former central banker who now faces the challenge of steering the country through economic turmoil and a tense trade relationship with the United States. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, has been arrested by ICE agents. And, House Republicans unveil a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running through September, but with Democrats opposing it, passing the bill will require almost every GOP vote.

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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Tara Neill, Kevin Drew, Krishnadev Calamur, Alice Woelfle and Mohamad ElBardicy.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Chris Thomas.
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