Category Archives: Politics
Psaki won’t confirm she’s leaving White House for MSNBC
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday would not confirm reports that she will soon take a TV job at MSNBC, saying she is focused on her job speaking for President Joe Biden.
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON — Farmers in Prince Edward Island got the all-clear Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resume sending some of the world's most celebrated table potatoes back over the Canada-U.S. border. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspe...
Palin joins 50 others in running for Alaska US House seat
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin on Friday shook up an already unpredictable race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, joining a field of 50 other candidates seeking to fill the seat held for decades by the late-U.S. Rep. Don
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag.
Nurse’s homicide conviction: Flashpoint in Nashville DA race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a patient in 2017 has become a flashpoint in the campaign for Nashville district attorney.
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA — Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt shame and sorrow that Catholics caused such profound ha...
More B.C. public workers now covered by whistleblower law protections
VICTORIA — Expanding whistleblower protections in British Columbia will give the government more insight into issues of concern at the public service level, says the attorney general. The protections under the Public Interest Disclosure Act were exten...
Russia aims Ukraine disinformation at Spanish speakers
Washington (AP) — Though Russia is the country that invaded its neighbor Ukraine, the Kremlin’s version relentlessly warns social media users across Latin America that the U.S. is the bigger problem.
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation the House approved Friday as Democrats made the case for allowing states to set their own policies on pot.
