Politics

Progressive activist Cornel West leaves the Green Party and will run for president as an independent

NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive activist Cornel West is no longer running for president under the Green Party banner, his campaign said Thursday. Instead, the high-profile African American thought leader will run as an independent. “As Dr.

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Supreme Court will hear Quebec's challenge to ruling on Indigenous police funding

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will hear an appeal to a ruling that ordered Ottawa and Quebec to increase funding for a First Nations police force.

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Housing starts up 1% in first half of 2023 as apartment starts offset declines: CMHC

OTTAWA — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of new homes increased slightly across several of Canada's major cities in the first half of 2023, as the pace of apartment starts helped offset declines in other dwelling types.

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Kevin McCarthy's ouster as House speaker could cost the GOP its best fundraiser heading into 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward becoming s

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'Like stepping off the edge of a cliff': When to take retirement benefits?

Finding themselves "at the edge of retirement," Jen Gibson and her wife Christy Ganshorn found it hard to fathom dipping into their savings already.

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All Trump, all the time? Former president's legal problems a boon to MSNBC

NEW YORK (AP) — During a recent “Morning Joe” discussion of another development in the four indictments of former President Donald Trump , NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian predicted, “we are in for a real show next year.

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Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president

Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested the United States' top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer.

Oct 4, 2023 10:03 PM Read more >

Tearful mourners line up at San Francisco City Hall to thank, pay last respects to Dianne Feinstein

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mourners streamed into San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Sen.

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Trump campaign says he raised more than $45 million in 3rd quarter, far surpassing DeSantis

Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday it raised more than $45.5 million in the third quarter of the year — a haul that far surpasses Ron DeSantis, the man once seen as his fiercest rival. The Trump campaign says it ended September with over $37.

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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's body returns to San Francisco on military flight

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned Saturday to her hometown for the final time when a military jet carrying the late Democratic senator's body landed at San Francisco International Airport.

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