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Every weekday afternoon, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos guides Canadians through the country's political news, with a regular cast of political panellists and the continuously unfolding drama of the Canadian political scene.

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022

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Documents seized at Trump's residence included top secret material

39:28

U.S. attorney general seeking to unseal search warrant that led to Mar-A-Lago raid

51:55

Trump invokes the Fifth Amendment, declining to answer questions in N.Y. civil inquiry

46:43

FBI executes search warrant at Trump's Florida home Monday night

49:56

Gen. Eyre declines to confirm reports of Canadian troops deployed to Ukraine

47:26

Government to temporarily ban handgun imports until freeze comes into effect

43:53

Canada deploying up to 225 troops to U.K. to train Ukrainian recruits

52:13

German foreign minister underlines future cooperation with Canada on energy

41:27

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan sparking outrage from Beijing

44:08

Pope tells crowd of thousands attending mass to honour and treasure their elders

58:20

Pope says he is ‘deeply sorry’ for actions of many members of the Church

40:36

Russia, Ukraine agree to deals to resume grain exports

44:57

Urgent call for action from Ontario health-care workers

41:10

Inflation rate soars to 39-year high

38:01

Random testing of fully vaccinated air travellers resumes

38:21

Record-setting heat wave pummels Western Europe

40:17

A House committee calls on ministers to testify on the decision to send repaired pipeline turbines back to Russia despite sanctions

45:15

Mandatory random COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated air travellers resumes next week

38:09

The Bank of Canada hikes interest rates for the 4th time this year

34:31

Canada's premiers demand a meeting with the Feds to talk health-care funding

36:54

Ukraine has summoned Canada's Ambassador over turbines for a Russian pipeline that pumps gas into Europe.

50:01

Rogers outage impacts cell phones, internet and debit payments across Canada

37:30

Brown plans to fight disqualification from Conservative leadership race

42:25

Patrick Brown booted from Conservative leadership race

50:18

Fears over a recession grow

26:09

Canadians facing long lines, delays for passports

28:11

Ottawa braces for Canada Day parties and protests

42:00

Controversy surrounding the feds and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is growing.

40:21

B.C. Premier John Horgan will step down after leadership convention this fall

43:27

NATO to boost high-readiness force to 300,000

39:09

Power & Politics U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Edition

50:52

House of Commons rises for the summer

50:51

Power & Politics Special Edition: Cost of Living Crisis

50:30

Trudeau government facing serious accusation

31:17

Canada spending nearly $5B to modernize NORAD

30:40

Liberals introduce bill to eliminate self-induced extreme intoxication as a legal defence

1:08:45

Freeland outlines $8.9B in financial supports to help make life more affordable for Canadians

1:11:27

Canadians face decades-high inflation and growing fears of a recession

1:03:31

Feds announce suspension of vaccine mandates for domestic travel, federal employees

1:00:21

Liberals under fire after Canadian diplomat attends embassy party for Russia Day

1:06:33

Feds to suspend random arrival testing for fully vaccinated travellers at airports

1:12:59

Conservative Party to release preliminary membership list to leadership campaigns in early July

46:59

Video by former NHLer blasting Pearson airport delays draws attention on Parliament Hill

1:06:59

Canada under pressure to invest more in NORAD, modernize out-of-date radar systems

58:41

British prime minister survives confidence vote called after 'partygate' scandal

1:05:10

Ontario Premier Doug Ford cruises to a landslide re-election

1:14:37

Ontario party leaders' political fates at stake as voters go to the polls

40:07

Leaders make their final pitch to Ontarians ahead of tomorrow's provincial election vote

1:10:52

Federal government to temporarily decriminalize small-scale possession of illicit drugs in B.C.

1:17:55

Liberals table new gun control bill that includes a national freeze on handguns

1:06:28

Supreme Court rules Quebec City mosque shooter must be eligible for parole after 25 years

54:57

Scrutiny of police response grows two days after mass shooting at a Texas school

1:07:02

Renewed calls for tighter U.S. gun control follow shooting deaths of 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas

1:06:13

Thousands still without power after deadly windstorm ripped across Ont. & Que.

47:07

Jason Kenney to stay on as UCP leader until successor is chosen

41:26

Federal government says it is banning Huawei from 5G networks

1:21:56

Kenney steps down as UCP leader after narrowly surviving leadership vote

49:59

Tories need to be a ‘big tent, multi-faith, multicultural’ party: leadership candidate Patrick Brown

1:03:26

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