Politics

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton barred from voting in husband's impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen.

Jun 21, 2023 9:32 PM Read more >

MPs to break for the summer amid negotiations on inquiry into foreign interference

OTTAWA — All parties in the House of Commons agreed to rise for the summer Wednesday despite there being no formal announcement of a public inquiry into foreign interference.

Jun 21, 2023 9:18 PM Read more >

Attorneys spar in case of ex-Trump adviser who devised strategy to keep former president in power

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer representing attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election, spotlighted Wednesday legal debates surrounding the tallying electoral

Jun 21, 2023 8:52 PM Read more >

Justice Dept. begins turning over evidence to Trump team in classified documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday night that it had begun turning over evidence to former President Donald Trump's legal team as his lawyers prepare a defense to charges that he illegally retained classified documents.

Jun 21, 2023 8:17 PM Read more >

Details on new federal infrastructure funding expected this fall: LeBlanc

WHISTLER, B.C.

Jun 21, 2023 7:48 PM Read more >

US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation's first 'lab-grown' meat

For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation's restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves.

Jun 21, 2023 7:23 PM Read more >

Georgia officials lay out obstacles to updating election system before 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials said Wednesday that they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware to update the state’s voting system to protect against security flaws, pushing back against calls to update the syst

Jun 21, 2023 6:01 PM Read more >

Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Jun 21, 2023 5:43 PM Read more >

PGA Tour will appear before a Senate panel investigating its deal with Saudi backers of LIV

WASHINGTON (AP) — The PGA Tour said Wednesday that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business deal that upend

Jun 21, 2023 5:37 PM Read more >

Plea for video as police say two killers of Sikh temple leader escaped through park

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators in Surrey, B.C., said the killers of a Sikh temple leader likely escaped in a vehicle that had been waiting for at least an hour a few blocks away from the crime scene. Sgt.

Jun 21, 2023 5:05 PM Read more >