Tag Archives: Politics

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Gov. Janet Mills called Tuesday evening for strengthening the state's yellow flag law, boosting background checks for private sales of weapons and bolstering mental crisis ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to temporarily halt state Attorney General Ken Paxton's scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit that was at the heart of the impea...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider its decision that would prevent private groups from suing under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, prompting a p...

OTTAWA - The president of CBC and Radio-Canada signalled Tuesday that she will recommend bonuses are rolled out to executives this year, despite plans to cut 10 per cent of the national broadcaster's ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner has launched an inquiry into police use of force against people who are racialized or coping with mental-health issues, although Kasari Govende...

OTTAWA - A majority of provinces and territories are asking the federal government to "indefinitely" hold off on a controversial plan to expand eligibility for assisted dying. The Liberal government i...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a suspicious envelope sent to the elections office in Yuba County on Wednesday morning that might have contained fentanyl. The Yuba County Sheri...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials are trying to fine-tune the way the state handles same-day voter registration as Republican legislators seek to make it easier to toss out ballot...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden again asked a judge to dismiss the federal gun case against him on Tuesday, arguing it is politically motivated and key evidence was tested after charges were filed. Coc...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A Democratic-backed bill to ban firearms at polling places and near ballot drop boxes won the endorsement of New Mexico's state Senate in response to concerns about intimidation ...