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Pentagon says US has dropped to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a drawdown that may have violated a last-minute congressional prohibition. The...
Jan 15, 2021
Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate
WASHINGTON - Chuck Schumer is used to drinking from a firehose. But the incoming Senate majority leader has never taken on such a torrent of challenges, with the opening days of both the Biden adminis...
Jan 15, 2021
Vaccines to stimulus checks: Here's what's in Biden plan
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and jump-start the economy. The plan, which would require congressio...
Jan 15, 2021
Impeachment complicates the early days of Biden's presidency
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden already faces the daunting task of steering a newly announced $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill through a closely divided Congress as the pandemic and its ec...
Jan 15, 2021
Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is likely to start after Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is telling senators their decision on whether to ...
Jan 15, 2021
Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump's impeachment. The Democrats, all of whom are lawyers and m...
Jan 15, 2021
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up ...
Jan 15, 2021
Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, will read at Biden inaugural
NEW YORK - At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions. "I have kind of stumbled upon this g...
Jan 15, 2021
12 Pakistani police fired for not protecting Hindu temple
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities sacked a local police chief and 11 other policemen for failing to protect a Hindu temple that was set on fire and demolished last month by a mob led by hundr...
Jan 15, 2021
EXPLAINER: What's next after House impeachment vote
WASHINGTON - Now that the House has impeached President Donald Trump for the second time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi must figure out the best strategy for arguing the case before the Senate. Senate rules sa...
Jan 15, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Accountability is a word some elected officials seem to be forgetting
From four people walking away from the RM of Sherwood council with little to no explanation to the reaction of some coun...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 28
8:30 - The war involving Iran has increased uncertainty in global energy markets, largely because the Strait of Hormuz h...