TORONTO – Ontario’s minister in charge of the autism program says she will “continue to stand unapologetically” for changes she is making to funding. Lisa MacLeod announced Wednesday that funding will go directly to families instead of regional service providers, which she says will ensure that 23,000 kids currently on the wait list will get […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Florida earned a passing grade for the first time on an annual gun-safety report card compiled by a prominent advocacy group, after the state led all others in bolstering its firearms laws in the year since the deadly Parkland school shooting. The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence was to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers heard pleas from state and local officials on Thursday to take urgent action to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure and address an estimated $2 trillion in needs over the next decade. The hearing by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was held two days after President Donald Trump reiterated an infrastructure […]

Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] Virginia men are giving Florida Man a run for his money this week. First, Gov. Ralph Northam said he once wore blackface to dress as Michael Jackson for a dance […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Thursday that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify on Friday, after he threatened not to show up following the panel’s warning that it could subpoena him. The committee’s Democrats want to question Whitaker about his oversight of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation […]

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said on Wednesday that she would be willing to endorse any bipartisan border security agreement that emerges from House-Senate negotiations, leaving the success of those talks largely hinging on President Trump’s endorsement. With administration officials on Capitol Hill for the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Ms. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the World Bank Group should be led by U.S. Treasury official David Malpass, a Trump loyalist and critic of multilateral institutions who has vowed to pursue “pro-growth” reforms at the global lender. Trump’s nomination of Malpass, the Treasury Department’s top diplomat, is subject to […]

WASHINGTON — Testimony by U.S. President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer Michael Cohen before the House Intelligence Committee has been postponed until Feb. 28, the panel said on Wednesday, the latest snag over an appearance by Trump’s one-time “fixer.” Cohen, who is set to go to prison on March 6 after pleading guilty to crimes including […]

The government’s ‘war room’ has ramped up its spending on private consultancy giants as time ticks down to Brexit . The Cabinet Office spent £4.2m of taxpayer cash in December, £5.9m in November and £4.4m in October with eight of the biggest firms including Bain, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloitte. The total over three […]

Brexiteers will have a ‘special place in hell’, EU chief Donald Tusk declared today in an extraordinary, furious speech. The European Council President lashed out at top Tories as talks remain deadlocked just 51 days before the UK is supposed to leave. Mr Tusk – who will meet Theresa May in Brussels tomorrow – slapped […]