Category Archives: Politics
3 Army soldiers, 9 others accused in gun trafficking ring
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago and led to at least two killings, the Justice Department
Ex-Wildrose leader returns to Alberta politics to vote against Kenney leadership
EDMONTON — The machinations wracking Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his party took a new twist Friday with the return of a former leader promising to vote against Kenney in his leadership review and then trying to take his job. Danielle
California drought deepens as wet season is anything but
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter
Ex-congressman set for sentence same day replacement picked
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will elect a new member of Congress on the same day a judge in California is scheduled to sentence the Republican who resigned from the position to a possible federal prison sentence.
Lamb revives gun incident to attack Fetterman in Senate race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Conor Lamb is accusing rival John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Senate primary of skipping candidate forums to avoid talking about a 2013 incident when, shotgun in hand, he confronted a Black man because he suspecte...
Vulnerable Democrats warn Biden about reopening asylum
PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration's decision to end sweeping asylum limits at the border this May satisfied demands by prominent Democrats eagerly awaiting the end of a program created by Donald Trump in the name of public health.
House panel’s possible options for alleging Trump 1/6 crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisers have faced charges over the attack in a court of law, and it's uncertain
COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The government said it was already making plans
Hungary’s Orban claims he can keep nation out of Ukraine war
SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's nationalist prime minister on Friday portrayed his country's upcoming election as an existential turning point and a choice between war and peace as he made a final appeal to voters at a campaign rally in
New Nova Scotia law bans use and possession of police vehicles, uniforms and gear
HALIFAX — A new Nova Scotia law that will make it more difficult for someone to impersonate a police officer will come into effect next month. The legislation will be enacted two years after a man disguised as a Mountie and
