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Feds post $1.2 billion deficit between April and July: Finance Department

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.2 billion during the first four months of its fiscal year, compared with a surplus of $6.3 billion during the same period a year earlier.

Sep 29, 2023 9:02 AM Read more >

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans' strugg

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Democratic rising stars rally around Biden's reelection. They're also eyeing 2028 bids of their own

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to address presidential primary voters in New Hampshire on Saturday. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working to strengthen Democratic parties across the Midwest.

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Democratic rising stars rally around Biden's reelection. They're also eyeing 2028 bids of their own

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to address presidential primary voters in New Hampshire on Saturday. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working to strengthen Democratic parties across the Midwest.

Sep 28, 2023 10:11 PM Read more >

Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in Michigan, sources tell AP

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was a leading GOP candidate for governor last year before fraudulent signatures on his paperwork derailed his campaign, is planning to enter the race for Michigan's U.S.

Sep 28, 2023 10:06 PM Read more >

House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to “provide accountability” as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their c

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Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada

OTTAWA — The federal government is coping with cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa — but Canada's signals-intelligence agency says the "nuisance" attacks likely haven't put private information at ris

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B.C. issues certificate for contentious Roberts Bank terminal expansion project

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, saying the province "could not prohibit the project from going forward.

Sep 28, 2023 6:45 PM Read more >

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court, his attorneys said in a filing Thursday, three weeks after a judge rejected a similar attempt by the former preside

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Biden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of 'deafening' silence

TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy, declaring Thursday that the former president is more interested in personal power than upholding t

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