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Is Usha Vance's Hindu identity an asset or a liability to the Trump-Vance campaign?

Is Usha Vance's Hindu identity an asset or a liability to the Trump-Vance campaign?

Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance.
Manitoba's NDP government caught in fiscal squeeze during first year

Manitoba's NDP government caught in fiscal squeeze during first year

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's NDP government, approaching the first anniversary of its election victory, is facing a fiscal squeeze as it tries to fulfil promises to cut living costs, give more money to public sector workers and eliminate chronic deficits.
By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up

By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up

OTTAWA — A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $86.2 billion 2022-23: $221.
'A great teaching opportunity': How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom

'A great teaching opportunity': How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom

OTTAWA — When students return to Catholic schools in Ottawa this week, they will be able to use artificial intelligence to help solve math problems and create essay outlines.
Harris looks to Biden for a boost in Pennsylvania as the two are set to attend a Labor Day parade

Harris looks to Biden for a boost in Pennsylvania as the two are set to attend a Labor Day parade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are co-headlining a campaign event Monday in the marquee battleground state of Pennsylvania as Harris balances presenting herself as “a new way forward” while remaining intensely
Federal workers around nation's capital worry over Trump's plans to send some of them elsewhere

Federal workers around nation's capital worry over Trump's plans to send some of them elsewhere

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation's capital and its suburbs.
District attorney's progressive policies face blowback from Louisiana's conservative Legislature

District attorney's progressive policies face blowback from Louisiana's conservative Legislature

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city's history of prosecutorial and police misconduct when he was elected four years ago, but now he's facing an investigation by Republican politicians who are c

Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit and ripping Harris

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defended the Republican presidential nominee and insisted that Vice President Kamala Harris i
It's a pork chop on a stick and a vanilla shake for Tim Walz at the Minnesota State Fair

It's a pork chop on a stick and a vanilla shake for Tim Walz at the Minnesota State Fair

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz munched on a pork chop on a stick and washed it down with a vanilla shake Sunday as the Minnesota governor and his family visited his home state fair.

Judge blocks Ohio law banning foreign nationals from donating to ballot campaigns

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a new law banning foreign nationals and green card holders from contributing to state ballot campaigns in Ohio on the grounds that it curtails constitutionally protected free speech rights. U.S.
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