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Failure to oust Speaker 'MAGA Mike' Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was Donald Trump who bestowed the "MAGA Mike Johnson" nickname on the House speaker the day he won the gavel. It is the Republican speaker himself who is proving whether it sticks...
May 08, 2024
Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to convince jurors that a key p...
May 08, 2024
Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food. The bat...
May 08, 2024
Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to the Republican convention
MIAMI (AP) - Former President Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention, the state party chairman said Wednesday. ...
May 08, 2024
B.C. government networks hit by 'sophisticated cybersecurity incidents': Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said late Wednesday that the province had identified "sophisticated cybersecurity incidents" involving government networks. A government source later said...
May 08, 2024
Michigan former clerk and attorney charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's attorney general announced charges Wednesday against a former township clerk and a lawyer who had supported attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential e...
May 08, 2024
Sask. education minister considering school year extension as teachers vote
REGINA - Saskatchewan's education minister is being accused of trying to influence a teachers vote after saying he's not ruling out extending the school year should educators reject his offer and take...
May 08, 2024
Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Pete McCloskey - a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day - has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Rep...
May 08, 2024
House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in sudden action Wednesday to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, her long-shot effort swiftly and resoundingly rejected by Democra...
May 08, 2024
B.C. drug use advocates warn decriminalization change may cause more drug deaths
VANCOUVER - Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Net...
May 08, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...