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Saskatchewan government says change room policies will be left to school divisions

Saskatchewan government says change room policies will be left to school divisions

REGINA — Months after Premier Scott Moe talked about instituting a firm policy on school change rooms, the Saskatchewan government has decided to leave the issue to school divisions.
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Irritated with WADA, Congress looks to give government authority to withhold payments

Irritated with WADA, Congress looks to give government authority to withhold payments

A bipartisan group of lawmakers looking for reforms at the World Anti-Doping Agency reintroduced a bill that would give the White House permanent authority to withhold money from the drug-fighting agency.
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FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts

FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last year's hurricane in North Carolina.
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On Dakota prairie, home of Trump's DHS pick, immigration crackdown threatens way of life, economy

On Dakota prairie, home of Trump's DHS pick, immigration crackdown threatens way of life, economy

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers.
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Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law

Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law

MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago.
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Texas' bar association drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge

Texas' bar association drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduc
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Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t.
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On Dakota prairie, home of Trump's DHS pick, immigration crackdown threatens way of life, economy

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers.
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Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists

Experts worry that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons will legitimize political violence, embolden extremists

WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on Monday, far-right activists cheered the move and said it strengthened their loyalty to him.
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Trump won't ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist

Trump won't ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist

Numerous faith leaders across the U.S. say the immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump’s new administration has sown fear within their migrant-friendly congregations.
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