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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor's announcement Monday that she's letting the proposa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing toward action this week on aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, unveiling an elaborate plan Monday to break the package into separate votes to sq...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to present the federal budget on Tuesday after a countrywide tour that teased many of the housing and affordability measures to be included in the do...

HALIFAX - Police in downtown Halifax arrested 21 protesters Monday after they blocked traffic during a demonstration about the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Halifax Regional Police s...

The Manitoba government has stepped in after four councillors representing a rural area north of Winnipeg resigned last week. A spokesperson for the province says it is in the process of appointing an...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - California officials on Monday sued Huntington Beach over a new law that lets the city require voters to provide identification to cast ballots at the polls starting in...

OTTAWA - The federal leader of the New Democrats spent Monday insisting his party's position on carbon pricing remains unchanged. But Jagmeet Singh refused to say explicitly whether he supports the co...

OTTAWA - People can be barred from Canada under espionage-related provisions of the immigration law only when their activities have a clear link to Canadian security, the Federal Court of Appeal has r...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she's urging Israel to help de-escalate mounting conflicts in the Middle East by not bombing Iran in retaliation for this weekend's thwarted airstrik...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife were charged Monday with abusing and assaulting their teenage daughter on multiple occasions, including hitting her in the head ...