Tag Archives: Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Supporters who want to make South Carolina the next-to-last U.S. state to pass a hate crimes law increasing penalties for some crimes fueled by race, gender or sexual orientation...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step d...

EDMONTON - Some energy companies are still failing to pay millions of dollars in taxes, says a survey released this week by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. Oil and gas producers missed $43 millio...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing "draconian penalties" in the Criminal Code as part of its sweeping plan to target online hate, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association warns. Justice Mini...

RIVIRE-DU-LOUP, Que. - The Quebec government says it is not ruling out punitive measures for people who harass elected officials, as the province strives to stop an exodus of politicians from municipa...

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appellate judge on Wednesday refused to halt collection of Donald Trump's $454 million civil fraud penalty while he appeals, leaving the former president less than a month t...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotians with diabetes will soon have access to government funding for glucose monitoring and greater access to the province's insulin pump program. Premier Tim Houston announced Wednes...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden 's campaign on Wednesday announced it is launching "Women for Biden-Harris," a new nationwide program to organize and mobilize female voters to give him and Vice ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - On a recent evening outside Washington, the president of Argentina had the eyes and ears of a conservative crowd that had gathered to listen to Donald Trump. In a raspy voice, Ja...

TORONTO - Ontario's recent post-secondary funding announcement is only a "stop gap" that will still leave universities struggling, and which may end up hurting the student experience, a global credit ...