Canada’s new tariffs on about $20 billion of U.S. goods are now in effect, while President Donald Trump threatens further action.
Plus, Russia resumed its attacks on Ukraine with a deadly overnight strike on Kyiv, just hours after U.S. envoys wrapped up a new round of diplomacy aimed at ending the war.
And Trump spent the holiday weekend pushing “New America” as a new name for New Mexico, but unlike his other renaming efforts, he can’t do it himself.
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Canada hits US goods with ‘dollar-for-dollar’ tariffs as Trump threatens retaliation
A new round of tariffs on American goods has just taken effect in Canada, the latest move in a trade fight that keeps getting more hostile.
Canada has imposed tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. products, as high as 50%. It took effect just after midnight and covers hundreds of products. Everything from aluminum foil and cheese to clothing and steel products.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the tariffs are designed to match the latest U.S. levies dollar for dollar.
“We made the right decision to suspend our trade negotiations with the United States. We couldn’t accept what they’d offered, we wouldn’t give what they’d asked. As a result, the U.S. has imposed new tariffs designed to hurt and divide us. Now, that’s a miscalculation because Canadians will always take care of each other.”
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister
Trump has already threatened to go further. He said tariffs on Canadian-made cars and auto parts could double to 50% in January. And now he’s taking aim at one of Canada’s biggest aerospace companies.
On Monday, Trump threatened to block Bombardier from selling its planes in the United States unless the company builds them here.
On Truth Social, he wrote, “No more selling Bombardier in the United States! Their products aren’t good enough,” accusing Canada of blocking American companies from its market. Trump said if Bombardier wants access to American buyers, “They must build here.”
Canada has shown no sign of backing down.
The U.S. is Canada’s largest trading partner, and Canada is the second-biggest market for American exports. For now, most trade between the two countries is still moving without these new tariffs.
But Trump has repeatedly warned he could respond if Canada followed through. And Tuesday morning, Canada has.
Houthis strike Saudi oil sites, threaten wider attacks
The war in Iran has put new pressure on another major oil producer.
More than 70 people were injured after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked five cities across Saudi Arabia, hitting oil facilities, an airbase and other civilian and economic sites.
Saudi Arabia said the attacks caused fires that forced some energy facilities in the south to shut down temporarily.
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has since promised to “respond firmly.”
But the Houthis have threatened to go further. Sky News reported that a Houthi spokesperson said the group will soon announce a broader military campaign deep inside Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has warned of “consequences” if the Houthis continue targeting civilians, while also calling for an immediate halt to the escalation.
It did not say what those consequences would be.
Russia resumes strikes on Ukraine, killing at least two people
Ukraine’s military said it shot down or suppressed two ballistic missiles, 31 cruise missiles and 142 drones. It recorded hits in 29 locations, including residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
The attacks come one day after a pause in Russian strikes during the first official visit to Ukraine by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The two had just met with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of renewed U.S. efforts to end the war.
Witkoff said they made “substantive progress” during the visit, including movement toward scheduling more trilateral talks.
Amazon cargo plane crash kills five on ground
An Amazon cargo plane that overran the runways at Miami International Airport on Sunday killed five people in vehicles on the ground, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The aircraft hit a van carrying an airplane cleaning crew inside the airport and an SUV traveling on a road outside the airport perimeter.
The crash injured five other people.
The flight arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with two crew members on board. It was the plane’s third flight of the day, having flown from Cincinnati to Miami, then to San Juan, and back to Miami.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said 32 investigators are on site, documenting the scene and collecting what she called “perishable evidence.”
“The recovery of victims is most important. The investigation and access to the aircraft, as well as evidence, can wait,” Homendy said. “Reuniting families with their loved ones is most important.”
NTSB investigators examine the wreckage field Monday after a Boeing 767 cargo plane operating as 21 Air LLC Flight 7598 overran the end of Runway 30 while landing Sunday at Miami International Airport (MIA). pic.twitter.com/MV7vRu8kuC
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 7, 2026
Investigators expect to remain on scene for at least a week and have asked the public to submit any photos or videos of the crash. The NTSB has recovered the plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and is analyzing them.
The NTSB will hold another news conference Tuesday at 4 p.m. Eastern.
German far right nears state power, falls three seats short of majority
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now just three seats short of a majority in one state, raising the question of whether it can secure enough support to govern.
AfD finished first in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, taking nearly 44% of the vote and 39 of 83 seats in the state parliament. It needs 42 for a majority.
The focus now turns to whether the AfD can find a partner or enough support from other lawmakers to form a government. If it does, Germany could get its first far-right-led state government since World War II.
The result was also a major defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union.
Merz said his party was “deeply shocked,” but that he still plans to move forward with economic reforms despite their unpopularity. He also reaffirmed Germany’s support for Ukraine and said the country’s institutions remain stable.
In the wake of the AfD surge, Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Germany has “left nationalism behind” and will “never allow” ethnic German nationalism within its borders again.
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/0GGKvFRI2J
— AF Post (@AFpost) September 7, 2026
The AfD campaigns for tougher immigration policies and takes a more Russia-friendly position than Germany’s mainstream parties. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has classified the party’s Saxony-Anhalt branch as a right-wing extremist group.
Germany’s major parties have spent years refusing to govern with the AfD.
Trump pushes to rename New Mexico despite lacking authority
Trump spent part of his holiday weekend pushing a new name for New Mexico. He wants to call it “New America.”
The president posted an image to Truth Social on Sunday and then, on Monday, said that “many people” had suggested the change. He also called New Mexico “one of the great vote-cheating states of all time.”
Trump didn’t leave it at that. He posted an AI-generated video showing him covering up “New Mexico” on a welcome sign and replacing it with “New America.”
Since then, the president has continued to post more maps with the new name.
New Mexico’s Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, quickly pushed back on X, writing, “New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate. It’s been ours since before the United States existed.”
“While the president tries to distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran, the price of gas — and everything else — keeps rising.”
New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate — it’s been ours since before the United States existed.
While the President tries to distract Americans from his disastrous war in Iran, the price of gas —and everything else — keeps rising.
Under Democratic leadership here in New Mexico,… pic.twitter.com/EhkfzXiQG7
— Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (@GovMLG) September 6, 2026
Plus, this differs from Trump’s other renaming efforts. New Mexico’s name is explicitly written into the state constitution. He doesn’t have the authority to legally change it on his own.
Trump has used executive orders to change the federal names of the Gulf of Mexico and, most recently, Lake Ontario. But those are geographic features.
Changing a state’s legal name would likely require action in New Mexico and in Congress.
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