Tag Archives: Politics

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers will try to negotiate on expanding Medicaid in one of the poorest states in the U.S. after the Senate voted Thursday for a vastly different plan than one pr...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023,...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to b...

OTTAWA - Quebec MP Anthony Housefather remains undecided on his future more than a week after a House of Commons motion on Israel and Gaza left him questioning whether he will remain in the Liberal pa...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Vancouver's Catholic archdiocese is marking Easter with a commitment towards reconciliation with First Nations in B.C., Archbishop J. Michael Miller says. The church and the chief of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An Orlando city commissioner was arrested Thursday on charges of elderly exploitation, identity fraud and mortgage fraud following accusations that she had spent a constituent's m...

Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics. The feature was shut down in the U.K., France and Germa...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to deliver on their stalled monthslong impeachment inqu...

NEW YORK (AP) - New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge's ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial, his lawyers said Thursday. The Democrat's lawyers notifie...