Politics

Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won , beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point.

Sep 18, 2023 2:45 AM Read more >

Officers warned about harassment before former Saskatchewan police chief's exit: memo

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Officers with a beleaguered Saskatchewan police force were warned about harassing behaviour in the weeks before their police chief accused members of personal attacks and character assassination, internal documents show.

Sep 18, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Where the leaders are in the Manitoba election campaign

Here's where the leaders of Manitoba's political parties will be on Monday as they campaign for the Oct.

Sep 18, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

North Carolina Republicans seek control over state and local election boards ahead of 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor's party — almost always the Democrats for over a century.

Sep 17, 2023 9:03 PM Read more >

MLA Adam Walker ousted from BC New Democratic Party, Premier David Eby says

VICTORIA — A New Democrat member of the British Columbia legislature representing a riding on Vancouver Island for the past four years has been turfed from the government's ranks, Premier David Eby announced on Sunday.

Sep 17, 2023 5:25 PM Read more >

Parliament resuming as parties jockey for position on cost of living, housing fixes

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will return to their seats in the House of Commons on Monday as the governing Liberals lay out new housing and cost-of-living initiatives hoping to end the beating their party is taking in the polls.

Sep 17, 2023 3:51 PM Read more >

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.

Sep 17, 2023 8:51 AM Read more >

Canada joins allies in sending air defence missiles to Ukraine

OTTAWA — Canada is joining a three-month-old partnership with several key allies to send air defence missiles to Ukraine.

Sep 17, 2023 8:15 AM Read more >

Texas AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial is over. Here's what led to his acquittal and what's next

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The GOP-dominated Texas Senate acquitted fellow Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, putting him back in office and showing no political damage after a two-week impeachment trial on allegations of corruption.

Sep 17, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

Donald Trump's GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hoping to cut into Donald Trump's support at a major Iowa gathering of evangelical Christians, several of his top rivals on Saturday mostly avoided direct criticism of him on abortion and other issues key to social conservativ

Sep 17, 2023 6:14 AM Read more >