WASHINGTON — President Trump has repeatedly warned that terrorists are pouring into the United States from Mexico, in one of his central justifications for building a border wall. But his own government’s assessments conclude that Mr. Trump has seriously overstated the threat. And counterterrorism officials and experts said there had never been a case of […]
Between 150 and 200 people attended the Rally 4 Resources outside the Saskatchewan Legislative Building Tuesday, despite bitter wind-chill. Refrains of “build that pipe” erupted from the crowd throughout speeches from rally organizers and pro-resource advocacy group Canada Action, Regina Chamber of Commerce CEO John Hopkins, Senator Denis Batters and Premier Scott Moe. “We haven’t […]
Alberta’s driver examiners are threatening to walk off the job this week if the provincial government doesn’t meet their demands ahead of the deprivatization of their industry. Related Alberta considers taking driver road tests back from private sector Transportation Minister Brian Mason announced in October the province was taking back driver’s licence road testing from […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Donald Trump does not plan to invoke emergency powers over what he calls a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border during a televised speech later on Tuesday, the Washington Post reported, citing an unnamed senior White House official. Trump, who is to make his case for funds to build a border wall […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — In the past few weeks, Sunny Blaylock’s household has gone from dual income to no income. Blaylock is a government contractor and has been laid off as a result of the U.S. government shutdown. Her husband Seth is a diplomat and has been deemed an essential employee. He’s now working without pay. […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has invited representatives from cable and broadcast news channels to an off-the-record lunch at the White House ahead of his prime time speech Tuesday night, an address in which he is expected to frame his demand for border wall funding as a response to a national security and humanitarian crisis. The […]
BEIJING — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed an expected U.S.-North Korea summit in talks in Beijing on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said, days after Kim warned he may take an alternative path if the United States does not ease sanctions. Kim’s visit to China, confirmed by North Korean […]
There have been countless examples over the past three years of passion in politics spilling into hate-filled abuse. I remember a 2016 Vote Leave bus visit to Norwich when two placard-wielding protesters, one a Leaver and one a Remainer, nearly came to blows. Last year we saw a worrying confrontation between a Remain supporter and […]
For all its power, dynamism and (supposed) cut and thrust, politics can be a lonely outpost, whether you’re male or female. The hours are erratic. The ‘robust’ online debating (read: trolling) can be truly scathing. The running of a constituency office is a wild, unpredictable beast. Often, keeping a head above water takes a strong […]
President Donald Trump’s recent claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a wall at the Mexican border got no support from the ex-presidents’ club. Trump stated in a Rose Garden news conference Friday: “This should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me. And they all know it. Some of them […]