Category Archives: Politics
Much of Canada moves their clocks forward for daylight time on Sunday
VANCOUVER — Most Canadians will move their clocks forward by an hour before going to bed Saturday night for daylight time. Yukon and most of Saskatchewan observe permanent daylight time and the premiers of Ontario, B.C. and Quebec have said they're
Justice Thomas slams cancel culture, ‘packing’ Supreme Court
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he's concerned efforts to politicize the court or add additional justices may erode the institution's credibility, speaking Friday in Utah at an event hosted by former Republican U.S...
Oil, sanctions, jets: How Congress pushes Biden on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, the White House resisted calls from Congress to ban Russian oil imports to the U.S. And then, it did just that.
Crossing Trump: 2 SC Republicans take different approaches
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Under pressure recently to prove her loyalty to Donald Trump, Rep. Nancy Mace traveled to New York and filmed a social media video outside Trump Tower reminding her South Carolina constituents that she was one of
Agenda languishing, Democrats press Biden to go it alone
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Top Democrats are pleading for President Joe Biden to act alone on some of the party’s core legislative priorities, viewing executive action as their best hope of delivering on their promises and energizing liberal voters they worry...
Russia’s bioweapon conspiracy theory finds support in US
Russia's baseless claims about secret American biological warfare labs in Ukraine are taking root in the U.S. too, uniting COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, QAnon adherents and some supporters of ex-President Donald Trump.
Florida’s DeSantis, Disney butt heads over LGBTQ school bill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney Co. is suspending its political donations in Florida after the company’s CEO received huge blowback for not using Disney's vast influence in the state to try to quash a recently passed Republican bill that
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Defense Department spokesman John Kirby; Maksym Kozytskyy, governor of Lviv Province, Ukraine. __
California cakewalk? No big-name rivals for Gov. Newsom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six months after winning a recall election that could have ousted him from office, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is in an enviable position as he revs up a reelection campaign that could give him a
B.C. reports three new COVID-19 deaths as mask mandate is lifted
VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded three more deaths related to COVID-19 for a total of 2,935 fatalities since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry said in a news release Friday the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has dropped to 368 from
