At the Republican convention, Trump acknowledged the historical pattern that the president’s party typically loses congressional seats in midterm elections and vowed to reverse it, saying "this is the wonderful challenge — midterms, in principle, shouldn't be won by the incumbent president's party," and adding "we will change that."

Canada’s energy minister said oil sands producers now have the federal policy support needed to raise output to fill capacity on a major new pipeline. Ottawa on Wednesday unveiled plans to eliminate federal environmental reviews for energy projects, including oil and gas pipelines, gas plants and oil sands projects — the latest step in the past year to bolster energy production and speed regulatory approvals.

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