Mexico and Canada are putting aside their differences and forming a more united front as they try to head off US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on them as soon as next week. Since winning the election in November Trump has repeatedly threatened his country’s two largest trading partners with tariffs of 25 per cent on all exports to the US in retaliation for what he says are rising levels of illegal immigration and the trafficking of the opioid fentanyl into the country.

Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday American consumers will pay more whenever President Donald Trump decides to apply sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.

September and October, then-candidate Donald Trump waved away concerns about how he would manage Russia’s war in Ukraine, the largest ground conflict in Europe since World War II. In June, September and October,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready for talks with the U.S. and is repeating some of President Trump's statements about the war in Ukraine. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has the details.

North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe, which has been pursuing federal recognition for decades, received a big boost from President Donald Trump. Trump signed a presidential memo on Thursday instructing the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan for the tribe's full federal recognition,