As Donald Trump braces for possible indictment in New York, Trump’s defense team in Georgia filed a motion contesting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s investigation. It is the first official filing by Trump’s legal team in this investigation. Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Georgia, Drew...
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French backlash over raising the retirement age is a warning to the U.S.
French President Emanuel Macron’s unpopular effort to raise the retirement age could be a sign of things to come for U.S. lawmakers trying to do the same.
Continue reading...‘What a joke’: Shoppers not impressed by Nordstrom liquidation deals
The liquidation sale at six Nordstrom stores in the Toronto region has begun, and many shoppers who were looking for a good deal on Tuesday were not impressed.
Continue reading...Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks out alone in dissent in abortion appeal
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in a case involving abortion, explaining that she thought her fellow justices handled the matter improperly.
Continue reading...What we know about Trump’s arrest
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 4, 2023. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The first-ever indictment of a US president — sitting or former — may be imminent. Former President Donald Trump could...
Continue reading...Adviser on unmarked graves says some landowners are refusing access for searches
As some private landowners restrict residential school survivors from performing ceremony or searching their properties for possible unmarked graves, a federal minister says Ottawa is open to legislating new protections for the possible burial sites.
Continue reading...Israel repeals 2005 act on West Bank settlement pullout
FILE – A Palestinian youth holds a national flag next to a water tank in the former Israeli settlement of Homesh settlement near the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, repealed a 2005 act that saw...
Continue reading...Biden quietly signs one of his term’s most harmful and oppressive measures yet
Biden quietly signed into law a measure backed by conservatives that blocks local criminal justice reforms approved by Washington, D.C.’s city council.
Continue reading...Via Rail apologizes, investigating after Muslim man told no praying at Ottawa station
Via Rail has apologized and says it’s investigating after a video of an employee telling a Muslim man not to pray at its Ottawa station circulated online.
Continue reading...Rand Paul fails with ‘groomer’-related gaffe in now-deleted tweet
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky tried to wade into a right-wing culture war by tweeting his support for gun lovers, and it backfired on the Republican spectacularly.
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