Ontario Walks Back U.S. Electricity Surtax After Trump Threats, U.S. Department of Education to Cut Half of Employees

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he would suspend the province's 25% tariff on U.S.-bound electricity after getting a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and hours after President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canada. A California father was shocked when the bill for an ambulance for his daughter doubled after adding his insurance, which he says is because of a new state law that punishes him for having coverage. The U.S. House voted Tuesday evening to advance a Continuing Resolution that, if passed by the Senate, will fund core government services for the rest of the fiscal year and avoid a government shutdown. And more... Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: Ontario walks back U.S. electricity surtax after Trump threatsCalifornia dad's bill doubled after ambulance learned he was insuredHouse passes government funding stopgap, cutting some projectsShapiro's office deleted emails relevant to sexual misconduct complaintU.S. Department of Education to cut half of employees  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.