The threat is 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods; the real target is leverage before North America’s trade pact is remade.
Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/08/18/trump-canada-hockey-tariffs-smoot-hawley/)
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An Education Department student-loan analyst said he was unaware of an income calculation error in the federal database.
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