Politics

Canada Post says workers to return Tuesday after labour board ruling

Operations at Canada Post will resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the company said, after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered a return to work.

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Supreme Court declines appeal from Peter Navarro; Trump White House aide to return after prison term

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court turned back an appeal Monday from Peter Navarro , the former White House official who is set to return in Donald Trump's second term after serving prison time on contempt of Congress charges.

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Takeaways from Trump's first post-election news conference

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed d

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Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins , the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D.

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2024 was big for bitcoin. States could see a crypto policy blitz in 2025 in spite of the risks

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints state Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her new lieutenant governor

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed state Sen. Chris Cournoyer to be her lieutenant governor Monday, more than three months after her first and only No. 2 in elected office resigned to take over the state bankers association.

Dec 16, 2024 11:21 AM Read more >

Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant pleaded guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.

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Japan's SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump joined SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son to announce plans by the Japanese company to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years.

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As he prepares to leave leadership, McConnell challenges Trump on foreign policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is challenging President-elect Donald Trump to reject the isolationist voices within their party and build his foreign policy around military strength, arguing that if the U.S.

Dec 16, 2024 11:11 AM Read more >

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints state Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her new lieutenant governor

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed state Sen. Chris Cournoyer to be her lieutenant governor Monday, more than three months after her first and only No. 2 in elected office resigned to take over the state bankers association.

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