Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s big. It’s messy. And it’s very politically complicated. That's President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy package as Democratic leaders in Congress try to muscle it into law.
Medicaid issues, not Medicare’s, get fixes in Biden budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social agenda framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.
Medicaid issues, not Medicare’s, get fixes in Biden budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social agenda framework even as divisions force Democrats to hit pause on far-reaching improvements to Medicare.
Arpaio legal tab hits $100M as taxpayers foot his last bills
PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona's most populous county, taxpayers have covered one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman's headline-grabbing tactics inspired — and
Biden: Pope told me that I should ‘keep receiving Communion’
ROME (AP) — Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told him he was a “good Catholic” and should keep receiving
Police, public safety flashpoints in Seattle mayoral debate
SEATTLE (AP) — Policing, public safety and accusations of racism dominated the last televised debate between the two people vying to be Seattle's next mayor.
Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
CHICAGO (AP) — In the neck-and-neck fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans.
US in talks to compensate families separated at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border, a person familiar with
Many Manitoba Tory members still unable to vote for next leader, candidate says
WINNIPEG — One of two people running to become Manitoba's next Progressive Conservative leader and premier says this weekend's vote count should be delayed. Shelly Glover says she believes thousands of party members may be unable to vote because they h...
Company hires contractor in effort to recover overboard containers off B.C.
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of a ship that lost 109 containers overboard in stormy weather last week has hired a contractor to try to recover the bins loaded with cargo. It says in a statement that