Tag Archives: Politics

For reporters, it's hardly unusual to call sources on the phone to learn details or get quotes that will enliven their stories. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won't. But the president of t...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's lone member of the U.S. House, Republican Dusty Johnson, announced Monday that he will run for governor in the 2026 election, ending a six-year tenure in Congre...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is defending a $1.35-million housing program that resulted in 60 leases over roughly two years. A spokesperson with the Department of Growth and Development says t...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it's finishing the last fiscal year with a $249-million deficit. The province says the deficit is slightly smaller than the $273-million deficit it projected in...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, announced Monday he will not seek reelection next year amid an increasingly polarized political climate. Bacon, 61, said at a news c...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy L...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination ...

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest possible places to make his return to the House of Commons - but the rural Alberta riding he's hoping to win in an August byelection could also b...

TORONTO - A new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says progress has been made on removing trade barriers within Canada, but it adds that the patchwork of approaches could creat...

OTTAWA - Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one da...