Category Archives: Politics
Biden drew more viewers in otherwise quiet TV week
NEW YORK (AP) — In an otherwise quiet week for television, President Joe Biden was the biggest star. An estimated 38.2 million people watched him deliver his
Texas county official to resign after problems with primary
HOUSTON (AP) — The election administrator in Texas’ most populous county submitted her resignation Tuesday following problems with last week’s primary, including about 10,000 mail ballots that weren’t counted the day of the election, issues with voting...
Record gas costs pose fresh political challenge for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year challenge for President Joe Biden. He's balancing concerns about costs at the pump in the U.S. against calls from both parties to step up penalties on Russian President Vladimir
Top lawmakers reach deal on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early Wednesday providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agenci...
Florida recommends against COVID vaccines for healthy kids
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo on Tuesday released guidance recommending against vaccinations for healthy children, contradicting federal public health leaders whose advice says all kids should get the shots.
B.C.’s auditor general says more work needed to assess risk of fraud in public sector
VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says the government's framework to manage fraud in the public service is well underway, but it's not fully developed. Michael Pickup says in a news release that fraud risk management in the province is dece...
Ex-prosecutor, foreign policy neophyte wins S Korea election
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and
Alberta rural municipalities say unpaid oilpatch taxes rising despite high oil prices
The amount of unpaid taxes energy companies owe to small-town Alberta is growing despite high oil prices, the province's rural municipalities said Tuesday. Rural Municipalities of Alberta says its members were owed more than $250 million at the end of...
University gets collection from lawyer who argued ‘Roe’ case
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Papers, pictures and other artifacts belonging to Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who at the age of 26 successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, will become part
Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland's surprise announcement that it would give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, a rare display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters
