Global National: Nov. 13, 2024 | Trump fills out number of key positions in his administration

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U.S. President Joe Biden held a historic meeting at the White House with president-elect Donald Trump, who is quickly naming appointments to the team that will help carry out his plans for the next four years. Jackson Proskow looks at what the pair discussed, why Trump may not have as much free rein as expected and the concerns about two of his appointees, Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director and Matt Gaetz as attorney general.

Tom Homan has been tapped by Donald Trump to carry out the largest deportation in U.S. history. But the former acting director of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is not only focused on the southern border, but Canada is also a concern. As Mercedes Stephenson explains, Homan says Canada “can’t be a gateway to terrorists.”

With just over two months until U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, President Joe Biden's administration is promising to send every dollar of military aid it can to Ukraine. Trump has been vocal about not providing military and financial aid for Ukraine. Redmond Shannon reports on what Trump's second term could mean for Russia's war on Ukraine.

Canada Soccer has fired women's national team head coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander, and analyst Joseph Lombardi after an independent investigation into the team using drones to spy on competitors during the Paris Olympics. Mike Armstrong explains what the report found and the questions it now raises.

While abortion has been legal in Canada for decades, it's not stopping Canadian politicians from following their American counterparts by using reproductive care as a political tool. Heidi Petracek explains why abortion rights are coming up on the campaign trail in Nova Scotia's provincial election.

Plus, Toronto's new "Era": Eric Sorensen looks at how Taylor Swift fever is taking over Canada's largest city.

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