Politics

Liberal foreign aid looks to bolster feminism, cut red tape for charities: Hussen

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's focused on speeding up aid funding while cementing the Trudeau government's feminist approach to development abroad.

Sep 19, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Long-secret Canadian intelligence sealed Avro Arrow's cancellation, new paper says

OTTAWA — The Diefenbaker government's 1959 decision to scrap the fabled Avro Arrow was significantly influenced by Canadian intelligence that pointed to a diminishing need for the costly aircraft in the evolving Cold War, says a new research paper ba

Sep 19, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

Timeline of events surrounding killing of B.C. temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Parliament Monday that there is "credible" intelligence linking agents of the Indian government to the shooting death of a Sikh temple leader in Surrey, B.C.

Sep 19, 2023 12:19 AM Read more >

Diplomats expelled as Trudeau links Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader's death

OTTAWA — Senior diplomats have been ordered expelled in both Canada and India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver.

Sep 18, 2023 11:10 PM Read more >

Political divide emerges on Ukraine aid package as Zelenskyy heads to Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington this week comes at a critical juncture for his alliance with the United States as Republican leaders in Congress diverge on how to send more military and humanitarian aid

Sep 18, 2023 9:16 PM Read more >

Families upended by school shootings share trauma in push for gun law changes, but get mixed results

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For nearly a week, families whose lives were upended by a Nashville elementary school shooting took turns sharing dark details to Tennessee lawmakers. Their children thought they were going to die.

Sep 18, 2023 9:05 PM Read more >

Rudy Giuliani sued by former lawyer, accused of failing to pay $1.36 million in legal bills

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani's former lawyer sued him Monday, alleging the ex-New York City mayor has paid only a fraction of nearly $1.

Sep 18, 2023 8:25 PM Read more >

Biden tells a Broadway theater packed for fundraiser that Trump is determined to destroy the nation

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told a packed Broadway theater full of big-name stars hosting a fundraiser in his honor that he was running for reelection because Donald Trump was determined to destroy the nation.

Sep 18, 2023 6:29 PM Read more >

Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stuffy Senate is now a bit less formal. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate's official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor.

Sep 18, 2023 6:25 PM Read more >

Trump calls DeSantis abortion ban 'a terrible mistake,' sparking anger from some key Republicans

Donald Trump is facing new blowback from anti-abortion activists for refusing to commit to national abortion restrictions and for calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of a six-week ban on the procedure a “terrible mistake.

Sep 18, 2023 5:37 PM Read more >