Federal government posts $73.7B deficit for April-to-November period
OTTAWA — The federal government ran a budget deficit of $73.7 billion for the April to November period of the current fiscal year. The Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $232 billion in the same period a
Court throws Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law into doubt
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A court declared Friday that Pennsylvania's expansive 2-year-old mail-in voting law violates the state constitution, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on the practice after former President Donald Trump began bas...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s isolation due to child testing positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He says he took another test this morning
YouTube pulls Senate candidate ad over election fraud claim
A week after Republican Missouri Congressman Billy Long released a Senate campaign ad claiming the 2020 presidential election was rigged, YouTube has removed the ad for violating its guidelines.
Bob Dole’s burial Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The late Bob Dole, a former U.S. Senate majority leader and Republican presidential nominee also celebrated as a World War II hero, will be buried with military honors Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery.
Former Ohio congressman, newspaper chief Clarence Brown dies
URBANA, Ohio (AP) — Clarence “Bud” Brown Jr., a former congressman from Ohio and retired chairman of the now-defunct Brown Publishing Co., has died, according to a funeral home in his hometown. He was 94.
After huge pandemic losses, governments see rapid rebound
State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many are now awash in record amounts of money, boosted partly by federal aid.
Gov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog’s ‘heinie’ – and shows it
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back
Yukon to create First Nations school board after parents vote for change
WHITEHORSE — The decision by parents at eight Yukon schools to create a First Nations school board is a "monumental change" in Indigenous relations in the territory and could lead to advancements in other areas, a health and education consultant
Longtime leader out as head of Kazakhstan’s ruling party
MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s ruling party on Friday chose the country’s president as its new leader in a move that further reduces the influence of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who dominated the country’s politics for decades.
