Daniel Beatty 
By Nancy Cook, Bill Allison and Gregory Korte, Bloomberg News In Iowa, former President Donald Trump appears headed for victory in the first-in-the-nation caucuses on Jan. 15. In New York – and in Florida, and in Georgia, and in Washington, DC – Trump is headed for something else: court. For months, a divided nation has … Read more
Statistics Canada says the total number of jobs in December was virtually unchanged for the month as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 per cent. The agency says the economy added a total of 100 jobs for the final month of the year. The result came as the number of full-time jobs fell by 23,500 in December, offset … Read more
Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA (Sipa via AP Images) Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley trails former President Donald Trump by a mere four points in New Hampshire, according to the latest poll. The survey’s margin of error is also four points. Haley has been trending upward in New Hampshire in recent months and may be peaking … Read more
The Alameda City Council voted on Tuesday against a proposal that would have sent federal officials a letter supporting a ceasefire in Gaza, diving into an issue that has divided Bay Area communities and local governments across the region. Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft said she drafted the letter because she believed it was “imperative” to … Read more
Mayor Adams sues 17 charter bus companies for $700 million for bringing asylum seekers to NYC Mayor Adams sues 17 charter bus companies for $700 million for bringing asylum seekers to NYC 00:57 NEW YORK — In a stunning and unexpected move to stop Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from shipping busloads of asylum seekers to … Read more
A fence enclosed the hundreds of tents lining the blocks around Zuni Street and Speer Boulevard on Wednesday morning as Denver police guarded the area and outreach workers helped the migrants who have been living there get ready to leave. The city of Denver on Wednesday began the process of shutting down the makeshift campsite … Read more
President Joe Biden’s attempt at celebrating lower gas prices is not going over well. On Thursday, Biden posted on X, formerly Twitter, “Right now, the average driver in America is spending over $100 less than if gas prices had stayed at their peak.” Right now, the average driver in America is spending over $100 less … Read more
President Joe Biden appears to be facing mounting pressure from within his administration—and his reelection campaign—over his handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict. On Wednesday, a second administration official, Tariq Habash, a policy advisor to the Education Department, resigned in protest, writing in a letter that Biden had “turned a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinian lives” by … Read more
An advocacy group filed a challenge Thursday that seeks to remove former President Donald Trump’s name from the Massachusetts presidential primary and general election ballots, arguing the Republican is not Constitutionally eligible to appear because of his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Free Speech for People alongside Boston-based Attorney Shannon … Read more
A judge has rejected the federal government’s request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity’s court bid to halt an audit of its activities. In his ruling, handed down last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Markus Koehnen says the Muslim Association of Canada’s case served a valid public interest, even if … Read more
