Prime Minister Mark Carney is pausing his federal election campaign as Liberal leader for a third time to tackle U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating global trade war. [Global]

A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings — not only on foreign interference but also violent extremism and overseas conflicts. The internal memo says the proposed briefings, to be co-ordinated by the Privy Council Office, would ensure security-cleared leaders, as well as designated alternates, are offered an "intelligence-informed understanding" of the threats facing Canadians. [CP]

Doug Ford met in his office today with the Republican governor of Utah, who says he will be telling all of his fellow governors to visit Canada on similar trade missions. [Global]

Crown corporations and government departments have been directed to, where viable, cancel American contracts, subscriptions, travel plans and membership in trade organizations. [Global]

Bluesky is rolling out a new update introducing features that might ease the transition for social media users coming over from X (Twitter). ( MacRumors)

On a Mac that has a top row of function keys, Apple includes volume and brightness controls that can be used to make adjustments in stepwise increments. However, there may be times when you want to make more fine grained adjustments to these settings than the default increments allow – in which case, read on. [MacRumors]