Politics

Like his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way

Mitt Romney's announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate came with a distant echo of his father’s departure from politics five decades ago.

Sep 15, 2023 7:28 AM Read more >

Biden's Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he's not getting much credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare's new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets for enacting the overwhelmin

Sep 15, 2023 7:07 AM Read more >

Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

TORONTO — An organization representing more than 150 Canadian tech companies is calling on the country to take a sensitive but speedy approach to artificial intelligence.

Sep 15, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Volatile world, arbitrary detentions have Ottawa seeking more friends at UN next week

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is planning to use next week's United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.

Sep 15, 2023 6:32 AM Read more >

The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is challenging efforts by former President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election .

Sep 15, 2023 4:19 AM Read more >

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania's special election

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives and provide political reinforcements to either the commonwealth’s Democratic governor

Sep 15, 2023 3:32 AM Read more >

Weather Network app can't send alerts after cyberattack but Alert Ready working

OTTAWA — The Weather Network and MétéoMédia still can't send weather alerts through push notifications from its app following a "malicious cyberattack" on Monday.

Sep 15, 2023 1:00 AM Read more >

California lawmakers approve bills including eviction protections and mental health care reform

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature voted Thursday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap.

Sep 14, 2023 11:41 PM Read more >

The Republicans most at risk in next year's election are falling in line behind impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans whose elections in swing districts next year will determine which party gains control of the House are overwhelmingly voicing their support for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Bi

Sep 14, 2023 9:25 PM Read more >

Former North Carolina US Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress, died Thursday. He was 95.

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