Politics

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the 50% tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would trigger the country’s economic reciprocity law.

WASHINGTON — Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Terry Yung says that when he attends Vancouver's Chinatown Festival this weekend, he'll enjoy himself knowing that the work has been done to make him and other attendees feel safe.

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr Co

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that lawmakers call a “nefarious mechanism” to steal technology for the Chinese government .

TORONTO — Several dozen First Nations in Ontario called for the resignation of the province's environment minister Wednesday after he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives and even some progressive religious groups b

OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence will not be spared from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cost-cutting drive — even though overall defence spending is set to balloon in the coming years.

MADISON, Wis.