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PoliticsWhen Prime Minister Mark Carney gathered leaders of the world's foremost economies in Kananaskis State's picturesque mountainside last spring for the G7, it was fresh off his election win, a wind seemingly at his back as he met with U.S. President Donald Trump to talk trade, and the threat of the...
PoliticsAnti-incumbent anger crossed party lines in this year’s primaries — and redistricting didn’t help, either.
PoliticsThe department sent letters to at least 30 states demanding they retain election records, an outgrowth of President Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.
PoliticsAt an unusual midterm gathering, President Trump and his allies painted Democrats as dangerously un-American.
PoliticsIn his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like numerous others, may not come to pass.
PoliticsFormer CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated the Rhode Island governor in the Democratic primary after he failed to corral a growing political crisis around a bridge.
PoliticsThe sequence of events detailed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators showed that the pilots lost crucial seconds before the plane ran off the runway in Miami.
PoliticsShe won the Democratic primary for the open 1st District despite her rivals’ attempts to weaponize her family ties.
PoliticsStefany Shaheen, a health tech entrepreneur and daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), is projected to narrowly defeat state Democratic Party Vice Chair Maura Sullivan in the bitter Democratic primary for outgoing Rep. Chris Pappas’s (D-N.H.) seat with 90% of precincts reporting, as per to Dec...
PoliticsNorth Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson (D) disclosed Tuesday that a Charlotte food bank received 270,000 eggs as part of his antitrust settlement with three of the state’s largest egg producers. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina in Charlotte accepted the donation, after food banks in Ra...
PoliticsAs Republicans face down tough midterm elections, President Trump has appeared out of step with the party on Iran, the economy and other issues.
PoliticsPresident Trump on Tuesday signed executive orders to ban the sale of Canadian dairy products, motor vehicles and numerous alcoholic beverages in the U.S., as the trade war between the two countries continues. The bans take effect on Sept. 29, with Trump signing the orders on the day retaliatory ...