Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women’s Foundation to the Senate. All three appointees to fill vacant Ontario Senate seats The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 3:32 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Marnie McBean (left), Paulette Senior (centre) and … Read more
Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West warned Democrats against celebrating former President Donald Trump’s removal from the Colorado 2024 ballot. Earlier this week, Colorado’s Supreme Court released a 4-3 ruling barring Trump from running for office again due to his actions on January 6th, citing section three of the 14th Amendment. West wrote a post on … Read more
By Oliver Darcy | CNN Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav met on Tuesday with Paramount Global Chief Executive Bob Bakish, and they broached a potential merger between the two companies, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. A potential merger of the two media giants would create an entertainment and news juggernaut, … Read more
Washington — Ten Americans and a fugitive wanted by U.S. authorities have been released from Venezuelan custody in exchange for the U.S. release of a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, senior administration officials confirmed. As part of the deal, Venezuela returned escaped convict Leonard Francis to U.S. custody. Francis, nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” fled … Read more
Coloradan taxpayers can each expect an extra $800 back when they file their state income tax returns early next year, state officials said Wednesday. The refund is based on revenue collected above the cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, the state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 1992 to limit the … Read more
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has vowed to “withdraw” from the GOP Primary ballot in Colorado after the state ruled that former President Donald Trump could be removed. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision on Tuesday that Trump would be “disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the … Read more
There wasn’t anything ambiguous in Donald Trump’s racist rant at a rally in New Hampshire over the weekend. And yet, Republicans are once again bending over backward to pretend he didn’t say exactly what he meant when he said immigrants from South America, Africa, and Asia are “poisoning the blood of the country.” “I think … Read more
An “embarrassing” vote by the Boston City Council has led to movement on Beacon Hill, where a bill that would strip the body of its authority to approve public safety grants was referred to a legislative committee for review. State Sen. Nick Collins, a Democrat from South Boston, introduced the bill at an informal Senate … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
X/@VivekGRamaswamy Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy issued a statement on Tuesday demanding that his primary rivals withdraw from the Colorado ballot in solidarity with former President Donald Trump after the Supreme Court deemed Trump ineligible to run for office. Following the news that the Colorado Supreme Court had officially barred Trump from the ballot, Ramaswamy … Read more
