Politics

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new premier and his cabinet have been sworn in.

Democrat Katrina Christiansen has launched a second bid for one of North Dakota's U.S. Senate seats. Christiansen is an assistant engineering professor at the University of Jamestown. She ran for U.S.

REGINA — A Saskatchewan school division says the education minister never asked about a school guideline that he cited as the "impetus" for the province's proposed pronoun legislation.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A veteran North Carolina trial lawyer has entered the Republican primary campaign for governor, pledging to spend millions in personal funds toward a race that's already full of fellow Republicans who got in months ago.

URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan, so far, has failed to get the needed votes to become House Speaker but his fight for the coveted leadership role isn't done , and the devotion of many of his constituents back in Ohio seems unwavering.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s second pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration was endorsed Wednesday by a Senate committee with no Republican opposition, signaling a clear path to final approval by the full Senate.

WINNIPEG — Logan Oxenham is celebrating a number of firsts this month. He was elected for the first time to Manitoba's legislature with the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election.

OTTAWA — The United Nations human-rights chief says Canada can boost its chances of joining the council that monitors freedom around the world by better following up on the pledges it makes at home and abroad.

OTTAWA — A majority of Canadians don't think lasting peace is possible between Israelis and Palestinians, a new poll suggests.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States' two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting.