With a major deadline to repay a pandemic era loan on the horizon, Rod Castro says he feels like he’s performing a “juggling act” while trying to figure out the best way forward. “I haven’t written myself a paycheck or cashed a paycheck in about three months,” he told CBC News. “Right now, all we’re doing … Read more
If the decision to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot in Maine stands, declared candidate and die-hard Trump supporter Vivek Ramaswamy will withdraw his own name, he vowed this week, and he challenged the other Republican candidates to do the same or be considered “complicit.” MSNBC on Saturday played clips of some of … Read more
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Abby Sewell | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza will continue for “many more months,” pushing back against persistent international cease-fire calls after mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the besieged enclave. Netanyahu … Read more
A Colorado Republican lawmaker is asking a state judge to block a new tax credit increase from taking effect because, he alleges, the state House’s speaker violated constitutional procedure during last month’s special session on property taxes and other relief. Rep. Scott Bottoms, of Colorado Springs, filed the suit in Denver District Court Thursday against … Read more
Senator Angus King (I-ME), a longtime legislator who caucuses with the Democrats, expressed his disapproval on Friday of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’s (D) decision to take Trump off the ballot in the state. On Thursday evening, Bellows followed the lead of the Colorado Supreme Court and found that Trump was ineligible for the … Read more
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada — a list that includes activists, authors, artists, Indigenous leaders and other accomplished Canadians. Simon’s office announced three new appointments of “companions” — the highest level of the Order of Canada — 15 officers, including one honorary officer, and 59 members. A number of journalists were … Read more
Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang holds one of the company’s new RTX 4090 chips for computer gaming in this undated handout photo provided September 20, 2022. Nvidia Corp | via Reuters U.S. chipmaking giant Nvidia is set to launch an adjusted version of a gaming processor with slower performance in China to comply with U.S. … Read more
Colorado’s March 5 presidential primaries — the state’s first formal foray into the 2024 election — are firming up, and the competition isn’t as simple as incumbent-versus-challenger. As it stood Friday, voters who mark Democratic ballots will have their pick of eight candidates and a no-preference option. The Republican ballot will have at least six … Read more
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
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
