Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is aiming to cut wait times for driving tests by spending $2.3 million to hire more examiners. Public Works Minister Kim Masland says wait times are too long and h...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that "no one will lay a finger on your firearms" if he returns to the White House, and ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former TV news reporter known for his aggressive on-camera demeanor is getting into New Jersey's U.S. Senate race as a Republican candidate for the seat currently held by Democr...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations, Mtis and Inuit have sole authority over the protection of ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Elections Commission has complied with court orders and voted to tell the more than 1,800 local clerks who run elections in the battleground state that they can acce...

For decades, the plotline for LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. was one of advances - often slow-paced and hard-fought but inexorably moving forward. Now, faced with unprecedented attacks in state legislatu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The epilogue to Republican George Santos' short and tumultuous congressional career will be written Tuesday as voters in New York's third congressional district decide who will compl...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives hangs in the balance in a special election on Tuesday in the Philadelphia suburbs. If that sounds vaguely familiar, it's because ...

A special election in the suburbs of New York to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos could offer clues about the mindset of suburban voters everywhere as 2024 election contests ramp up across ...

PARKSLEY, Va. (AP) - A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to t...