Democrats make play for veteran and military support as Trump homes in on GOP nomination

Democrats make play for veteran and military support as Trump homes in on GOP nomination

By JAMES POLLARD (Associated Press/Report for America) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Highway signs welcome drivers entering North Carolina to “the nation’s most military friendly state,” and veterans here know they’re being courted. But in a state where camouflage-colored appeals have become commonplace, recent efforts by progressive groups to cut into what has long been a … Read more

Federal environment minister calls Premier Moe ‘immoral’ for flouting carbon-price law

Federal environment minister calls Premier Moe ‘immoral’ for flouting carbon-price law

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Premier Scott Moe said last week Saskatchewan would not submit the money it owes for the carbon price on natural gas as required on Feb. 29. Moe is protesting Ottawa’s decision to exempt heating oil from the levy … Read more

Migrant flows resume through Darien Gap after pilot strike

Migrant flows resume through Darien Gap after pilot strike

By Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda | Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country’s Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage … Read more

What is Super Tuesday and how does tomorrow’s voting work?

What is Super Tuesday and how does tomorrow’s voting work?

What is Super Tuesday? Super Tuesday, on March 5, is when the largest number of states will be holding presidential primaries or caucuses. Over a third of all the available delegates for both the Republican and Democratic nominations are at stake on Super Tuesday. President Biden is the leading contender for the Democratic nomination, and … Read more

U.S. Supreme Court rules Donald Trump is allowed on Colorado’s ballot

U.S. Supreme Court rules Donald Trump is allowed on Colorado’s ballot

Donald Trump can remain on Colorado’s ballot ahead of the Tuesday primary, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday morning, overturning a Colorado Supreme Court decision that had found the former president ineligible. The federal justices’ 9-0 ruling puts to rest questions about whether states can enforce the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment by disqualifying … Read more

Trump Campaign Says Nikki Haley Was ‘Crowned Queen of the Swamp’ – IJR

Trump Campaign Says Nikki Haley Was ‘Crowned Queen of the Swamp’ – IJR

Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley not only won Sunday’s primary in Washington, D.C. She was also crowned “Queen of the Swamp.” At least that is according to former President Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump fell to Haley by garnering 33.3% of the vote compared to Haley’s 62.8%, according to the results. This marked the first primary … Read more

Trump Accuses Biden of “Conspiracy To Overthrow the United States of America”

Trump Accuses Biden of “Conspiracy To Overthrow the United States of America”

Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on President Joe Biden, baselessly describing the Biden administration’s border policy as “a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” in a pair of rallies on Saturday. Trump, of course, is himself currently facing 91 criminal charges, including “conspiracy to defraud” the United States for his … Read more

Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory

Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory

By Meg Kinnard and Will Weissert, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia, notching her first victory of the 2024 campaign. Her victory Sunday at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests, although the former president is bound to pick up … Read more