Daniel Beatty

Heritage minister says she’d like CBC’s mandate updated to include strong online presence, fill info gaps

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Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says she wants the role of public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada redefined before the next federal election. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, St-Onge said now is the time to update its mandate, to hedge against a possible change in government. She said the Liberal government believes a strong public broadcaster strengthens democracy and promises to keep … Read more

Trump Claims He Won’t Face Biden Or Harris, Predicts ‘Free-For-All’ For Democrats

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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Donald Trump predicted that as the presumptive GOP nominee for president in 2024, he will not face either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election. Trump made the prognostication during a sit-down with alt-right publication Breitbart News. The former president told reporters Matthew Boyle and Alexander … Read more

Political ‘swatting’ incidents may prompt heavier penatlies

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By Jeff Amy | Associated Press ATLANTA — A spate of false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials in recent days could be setting the stage for stricter penalties against so-called swatting in more states. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and … Read more

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors

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Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that he has vetoed a bill that would have banned medical practitioners from providing gender-affirming care for transgender minors, saying he believes gender-affirming care is a decision families should make, not the government.  The Republican governor said he arrived at his decision to veto House Bill 68, also … Read more

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president? – The Denver Post

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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) DENVER — First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine’s Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who’s next? Both decisions are historic. The Colorado court was the first court to apply … Read more

Biden Quotes Scripture in Response to Trump’s ‘Rot in Hell’ Christmas Message

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President Joe Biden is responding to his predecessor’s divisive Christmas message. In a tweet on Thursday, Biden shared an article about former President Donald Trump wishing his political enemies a Merry Christmas by telling them to “rot in hell.” “There’s an expression they say in church sometimes: Love your enemies, do good to those who … Read more

Nikki Haley Backtracks on Civil War Gaffe: “Yes, I Know It Was About Slavery”

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Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley retreated on Thursday from an answer she gave during a presidential town hall in New Hampshire a day earlier, in which she did not mention slavery when asked about the cause of the US Civil War. “Of course, the Civil War was about slavery, that’s the easy part,” Haley … Read more

Boston City Council ‘not serious about public safety’: outgoing president Flynn says

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Outgoing City Council President Ed Flynn said the vote to block $13.3 million in federal counter-terrorism funding for the metro region showed the council was “not serious about public safety,” an attitude he hopes will shift with four new members. Flynn, who had been pushing last week for an emergency meeting to reconsider the funding … Read more

Feds push back release date of foreign interference inquiry report

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The first report from the inquiry into foreign interference in federal elections is now set to come out two months later than originally planned.  Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Thursday the federal government has granted Justice Marie-Josée Hogue an extension on her interim report on foreign interference in federal elections.  According to her terms … Read more