Category Archives: Politics
Court hearing: Did Biden legally suspend oil lease sales?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden legally called for suspending new and gas lease sales while considering their effect on climate change, and onshore and offshore sales were legally postponed, a federal attorney argued Tuesday.
Italian leader urges Ukraine ceasefire in visit with Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Italian Premier Mario Draghi met in the Oval Office on Tuesday for a visit intended to showcase allied unity against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it also provided a window into divergent
House panel alleges cover-up by contract vaccine maker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executives at contract vaccine manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions covered up quality control problems that led to more than 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines needing to be trashed, congressional investigators said in a report ...
GOP Rep. Tom Reed, who faced misconduct claim, resigns
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Congressman Tom Reed is resigning, leaving office more than seven months before the end of his term. Reed said last year
Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s 1st president, dies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. He was 88.
Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because supply disruptions and a massive safety recall have swept many leading brands off store shelves.
Salvador man sues claiming wrongful deportation by ICE
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Salvadoran man who claims he was jailed, beaten and tortured after being wrongfully deported from the United States filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government seeking damages for his treatment.
Clumsy format, too many moderators made 2021 election debates less effective: report
OTTAWA — The next federal election debates should have a simpler format and better moderation to focus more on what leaders say than what they are asked, says the commission that oversees the events. "There is widespread agreement that the 2021
Biden pushes ‘ultra-MAGA’ label on GOP as he defends record
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned voters unhappy with soaring inflation and his stalled domestic agenda against turning power over to “ultra-MAGA” Republicans in the midterm elections as he increasingly tries to cast former Presid...
Conservative leadership candidates to meet face-to-face in Edmonton for next debate
EDMONTON — Conservatives tuning into the next leadership debate hope to see the six candidates vying for the party's top job lay off the personal attacks, says one campaign manager. "I want the candidates to speak to the issues, debate the
