Politics

First GOP debate next month faces threats of boycott as lower-polling candidates scramble to qualify

NEW YORK (AP) — Seven weeks before the premiere debate of the 2024 GOP primary , anxiety is building that the event could prove messy and divisive for the party. Some candidates, like former Arkansas Gov.

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Former national chief calls for investigation into potential federal interference

RoseAnne Archibald has called for an independent investigation into potential government interference into the Assembly of First Nations a week after she was ousted as national chief.

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Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy ruling, as court quashes order to release host data

Vancouver housing activist Rohana Rezel has had a beef with Airbnb and the City of Vancouver for years, and a B.C. Supreme Court ruling this week means there's no end in sight.

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Quebec only outlier on Ottawa health deal as Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign on

OTTAWA — All three territories signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's health funding offer Thursday, leaving Quebec as the only holdout on the new accords.

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Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland appointed to Senate seats

OTTAWA — Two Mi'kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to the Senate.

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Sentencing for former Indiana congressman postponed as prosecutors seek $1.4 million in restitution

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana congressman should pay nearly $1.4 million to cover the legal bills of companies forced to incur expenses when he was prosecuted on insider trading charges.

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Connecticut lawmaker attacked after Muslim service says Hartford police downplayed assault

HARTFORD, Conn.

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Lawsuit in Florida claims Republican lawmaker sexually harassed aide and intern

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker was accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed Thursday by a former aide and a former intern, a Miami newspaper and television station reported. The two staffers said Republican Rep.

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Biden makes his economic case in deep-red South Carolina, says his policies add jobs in GOP states

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C.

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Judge orders arrest of gun training center owner in Vermont

A judge on Thursday ordered the owner of a controversial firearms training center in Vermont arrested until he proves that parts of the 30-acre facility have been removed or demolished.

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