Tag Archives: Politics

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says although she once spoke positively of carbon rebates, the rising cost of the federal levy means Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can no longer justify it. The United C...

OTTAWA - A panel of top bureaucrats considered warning the public about possible foreign interference in the last general election, but ultimately decided against it, a senior official testified at a ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a "threat to democracy." Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him "unfit to be president." And former Vice Presi...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her poten...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he'd like to see the U.S. government "go back to its original design" - a system of checks and balances developed nearly 240 years ago to prev...

Last year objections to a Nebraska bill that sought to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under age 19 ground the work of the Legislature to a near standstill. This year supporters of a companion bi...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A California-based election services company is charging several large Texas counties tens of thousands of dollars in additional fees, sending election officials scrambling to pay...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's presidential campaign on Thursday terminated a contract with a vendor it blamed for sending a fundraising email that referred to people facing charges for the Jan. 6 insurrect...

DENVER (AP) - LGBTQ+ children in foster care in Tennessee and Colorado could have vastly different experiences in where they are placed under opposing legislation advanced by state legislatures this w...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A U.S. House race in California appears headed for a mathematically improbable result - after more than 180,000 votes were cast, a tie for second place. If the numbers hold, th...