Politics

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady tabled the province’s 2024-25 budget Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Projected GDP is $33.2 billion, which is a five per cent increase from $31.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress, a show of support from Republicans amid growing Democratic criticism of Netanyahu's leadership.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s recent warnings against speaking out on provincial wine subsidies appear rooted in an Australian trade case against Canada, and three provinces, including his own.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Ontario is giving municipalities $1.6 billion more for building key infrastructure to help support new home construction.

The deadline to file your taxes may feel like it’s far away, but experts say that not getting started early is one of the biggest mistakes Canadians make at tax season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situ

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania leaned into the podium, almost past the microphone, to make his point to the union crowd about how mad corporate leaders are at him.

DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden opened a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, asking and answering the classic “are you better off today than you were four years ago” question to remind voters of what it was like w

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders from both parties looked to put a positive light on a $1.2 trillion spending package that lawmakers are working to approve before funding expires at midnight Friday for a host of key government agencies.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis , in a tissue-thin win for Gov.