Edmonton’s mayor won’t say which provincial political party would benefit the city’s future, but he does have a list of what he thinks Edmontonians should ask candidates when they arrive on your doorstep ahead of the spring election. “This is less about city hall telling and more about us inviting Edmontonians to speak for themselves,” […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday rebuked President Donald Trump by voting to end his border emergency declaration, as 12 Republicans joined Democrats to deliver a second blow in as many days to the president, who quickly pledged a veto. The 59-41 vote was a bipartisan repudiation of Trump’s decision to circumvent Congress […]
MPs have voted to delay Brexit in the final Act of a history-defining, three-day House of Commons showdown. Britain is now staring down the barrel of a delay of at least three months to the March 29 exit day – and it could be much longer. The clash primes Theresa May to beg Tory Brexiteers […]
WASHINGTON — The former acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker “did not deny” in a private meeting with House lawmakers on Wednesday that he had spoken to President Trump about an investigation in New York that had ensnared the president and his business, the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said. Speaking after the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate was poised on Thursday to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, defying his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans. Five Republican senators have said they back the measure passed in February by the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate was poised on Thursday to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, defying his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans. Five Republican senators have said they back the measure passed in February by the […]
WASHINGTON — A last-ditch gambit to spare Senate Republicans a hostile showdown with President Trump over the Constitution’s separation of powers was torpedoed on Wednesday by the president himself, increasing the likelihood that the Senate will vote on Thursday to overturn the president’s emergency declaration and force the first veto of his term. Hoping to […]
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday to approve a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act after Democrats turned back Republican attempts to gut protections of transgender people and restrict some gun ownership. The measure will soon head to the full House, but the partisan sparring, particularly over provisions […]
John Bercow is an unusual speaker in that we know what he thinks. As someone uncharitably once said: “We’ve never had a speaker who has spoken quite so much.” But on Wednesday, in yet another typically mellifluous performance, something stood out. In response to a question from senior Labour backbencher Angela Eagle, about whether it […]
A group of residents in the community of Belcarra are getting closer to launching a class action lawsuit against the B.C. government over the controversial Speculation and Vacancy Tax. Mayor Neil Belenkie says the provincial government is unfairly targeting local owners who have second homes that are water-only access and used primarily as summer homes. […]