Republicans fear drubbing in next round of redistricting
By Democrats were caught napping in the 2010 election ahead of the last round of redistricting — and it cost them control of Congress for nearly a decade. Now Republicans are warning the same thing could happen to them. Senior Republicans concede they’re at risk of losing dozens of state-level elections that will determine who wields […]
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Wife Of U.S. Diplomat Flees U.K. After Fatal Car Crash, Avoiding Police Investigation
British authorities are asking that Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, return to the U.K. for a police investigation of a crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn. The fatal incident occurred in late August outside England’s Royal Air Force Croughton, site of a U.S. Air Force communications base. The wife of a U.S. […]
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How Pete Buttigieg would overhaul rural health
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday rolled out a sweeping plan to expand access to health services in rural communities, while addressing drug addiction and tackling rising maternal mortality rates across the country. “We need to lift rural communities up as places of opportunity, both for this generation and future ones. That work begins […]
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Top Defense Democrat Says Lawmakers Forced Trump’s Hand On Ukraine Aid
Reps. Adam Smith, D-Wash. (left) and Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, are seen before a House Armed Services Committee hearing in March. It was sometime in July when House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he started hearing rumblings from some defense contractors. They were wondering whatever happened to the orders they’d expected after the Pentagon […]
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Democrats want to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal. It’s not that simple.
Most of the Democrats running for president have promised to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if they win the Oval Office. It won’t be that easy. By the time Inauguration Day rolls around in 2021, there might not even be a deal left — it has been hanging on by a thread since President Donald […]
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A Trump social network readies for launch
Sometimes Twitter isn’t enough. After spending years alleging anti-conservative bias on social media, President Donald Trump will soon have another way to get his message out how he wants. Trump’s reelection campaign plans to launch a smartphone app this fall to encourage supporters to donate, volunteer and reel in like-minded voters — all while providing […]
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What The Heck Happened With The Leaders' Election Speeches?
Election nights are usually topped off with live speeches by each major party leader, acknowledging their loss or victory, thanking their colleagues and supporters. But since this federal election has been anything but ordinary, why would the speeches be any different? Of the three major leaders, the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh started first in Burnaby, B.C. […]
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Green MP Makes History In New Brunswick Riding In Tight Race
For the first time ever, Fredericton’s gone Green. The federal New Brunswick riding elected Green Party candidate Jenica Atwin, who pushed out Liberal incumbent Matt DeCourcey. “I will fight to protect the environment, our home and all that dwell upon it,” Atwin told her supporters Monday night after learning she’d won. “I will fight for […]
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Greta Thunberg Mural Defacer Says He's Tired Of 'Bashing' Against Albertan 'Way Of Life'
EDMONTON — A man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully and the artist who created it says he doesn’t mind. James Bagnall says he wrote “stop the lies” and “this is oil country” on the painting of the 16-year-old girl against […]
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Jody Wilson Raybould Wins Back Vancouver Riding As Independent Candidate
VANCOUVER — Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says her victory as an Independent candidate sends a message to Ottawa about the need for change in the country’s politics. Wilson-Raybould will be the only Independent in the House of Commons after she was ousted from the Liberal party over the SNC-Lavalin scandal. “We accomplished showing […]
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