President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, posting the personal cellphone number of the chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee and urging Americans to call it. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Long before he was the top official at the U.S. Postal Service, David Steiner was a corporate executive surfing mid-oughts television when he came across Donald Trump on “The Apprentice.” He was unimpressed. “If that is leadership, if that’s what we’re telling people that our culture and our media portrays as leadership, […]
Read MoreCandidates for St. Thomas city councillor seats and the mayor’s office alike pitched their platforms to the public at an all-candidates meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The meeting, hosted by the St. Thomas Kinsmen, was moderated by Matt Sharpe and was livestreamed. Council candidates had two minutes each to speak from a podium and share […]
Read MoreYORKTON — Saskatchewan NDP MLA Aleana Young says documents obtained through Freedom of Information legislation show no funding has been allocated for a proposed new hospital in Yorkton over the next three fiscal years. Speaking in Yorkton, Young said records received from the Saskatchewan Health Authority contradict statements from the Saskatchewan Party government that money […]
Read MoreTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Britain’s legal watchdog announced on Tuesday that it has upheld a suspension for the International Criminal Court’s embattled chief prosecutor over allegations of sexual misconduct, banning him from practicing law in his home country. The global court’s oversight body votes later this month on whether to remove Karim Khan from […]
Read MoreFederal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has tabbed Haldimand-Norfolk MP Leslyn Lewis as the party’s shadow minister for digital government and artificial intelligence. The move comes after the federal Liberals unveiled “AI for All,” the Carney government’s strategy to encourage individual Canadians and businesses to adopt AI through investing in training and education meant to increase […]
Read MoreMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by a conservative activist to obtain guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters in the presidential battleground state. The case has been wending its way through the courts for years and stems from attempts by conservatives to overturn President Joe […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect detained after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is believed to have made it past the outermost layer of security at the event at which President Donald Trump was scheduled to speak because he was a guest of the hotel, officials said Saturday. The shooting suspect was […]
Read MoreThe federal Liberals accepted a Conservative proposal Monday to put guardrails around proposed new cabinet powers as they debated the government’s omnibus budget bill. The finance committee tackled 606 clauses in the budget implementation legislation over five-and-a-half hours Monday as MPs faced a tight timeline to review the fast-tracked Bill C-15. That legislation proposes to […]
Read MoreFinance Minister Rene Legacy said the province’s deficit has grown to $1.3 billion amid higher spending in health care and social development. Total revenue is projected to be $372.1 million lower than budgeted, largely driven by lower corporate income tax and personal income tax revenue, as well as lower Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) revenue. It […]
Read MoreCLARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey town whose former mayor was once heard denigrating Black people on secret recordings made by a whistleblower is now facing a state lawsuit that claims he and local police officials directed officers to keep minorities out of the community. The complaint, filed by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin […]
Read MoreSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on its 23 million registered voters, concluding that the government’s request was “unprecedented and illegal.” The Trump administration’s lawsuit, filed last year, contended that California and other states […]
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