WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is poised to send at least 2,000 more active-duty troops to the southwestern border, Defense Department officials said Tuesday, deployments that have already cost the military hundreds of millions of dollars and thrust the department into the center of the debate over border security and President Trump’s proposed wall. The acting […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he would support bipartisan legislation to make government shutdowns more difficult as federal agencies returned to work after a partial shutdown that spanned more than a month. “I’m certainly open to it,” McConnell told reporters. Source: Read Full Article

FORMER Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has told Irish politicians that members of his government will “continue fighting for our freedom. It doesn’t matter if we are in jail or in exile.” Spanish authorities are prosecuting people accused of being involved in 2017’s failed bid for Catalan independence. The then-Catalan government held a referendum in defiance […]

The House of Commons descended into farce as MPs debated the next steps for Brexit . Tensions were high and parliament erupted after the leader of the opposition was seen to prevent a second referendum supporter from speaking. Jeremy Corbyn refused to take an intervention from Labour MP Angela Smith despite allowing other MPs to […]

When the BC Liberals were in power, they promised to widen Highway One to six lanes between 216th Street in Langley and 264th Street in Aldergrove. But when the NDP was elected, the new government said the project was being reviewed. That was 20 months ago, and Transportation Minister Claire Trevena was recently asked if […]

It may not be in his jurisdiction but Speaker Darryl Plecas is looking at doing everything possible to allow political staff to feel comfortable to speak with him about concerns of inappropriate spending with the legislature. Plecas’ special advisor Alan Mullen says his office is in the process of creating an environment where workers can […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Virginia on Monday postponed the Feb. 8 sentencing for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, after prosecutors for the special counsel’s office accused Manafort of breaching his plea agreement in a parallel case in Washington. Judge T.S. Ellis in the Eastern District of Virginia said in […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 5, 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers in the House and the Senate to reach an agreement on a border security package to avert another government shutdown. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent an invitation to the president on Monday […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will deliver the annual State of the Union address next week after accepting an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had postponed it due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. The nationally televised address from the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, now set for […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The probe of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is wrapping up, Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker told reporters on Monday. “I’ve been fully briefed on the investigation and I look forward to Director Mueller delivering the final report,” he said at a […]