WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The process of rebuilding after Hurricane Helene will be extremely costly and take years, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday.
Search and rescue operations are still going on in some areas, Mayorkas told reporters at the White House.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Eric Beech)
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was not allowed to speak in the House of Commons Tuesday as his public feud with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly spilled into a second day.
The White House said that Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden spoke Monday night following reports that the Republican governor of Florida had refused calls from the president and Vice President Kamala Harris as officials continue hurricane recovery efforts and prepare for another to make landfall later this week.
The federal government has no legal duty to ensure First Nations have clean drinking water, even if Liberal ministers publicly suggest otherwise, Justice Canada lawyers say.That's the defence the federal government is expected to mount in Ottawa this week in Federal Court, as it fights a national class-action lawsuit launched by a remote northern Manitoba First Nation in 2022.Shamattawa First Nation, which has been under a boil water advisory since 2018, and its Chief Jordna Hill are pursuing th
Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday the federal government continues to negotiate with opposition parties in a bid to avoid an election. But while the government fights for its survival, Freeland has ruled out proroguing Parliament. Mackenzie Gray reports.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the chair of the conservative Senate Steering Committee, has laid out a list of proposed reforms designed to ensure that the next Senate Republican leader does not have the same power as outgoing Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). McConnell has served as Senate GOP leader since 2007, making him the…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday that it was “delusional” for Vice President Harris to accuse him of “political gamesmanship” after reports emerged that he did not take the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls as his state braces for Hurricane Milton. DeSantis said in a Fox News interview Monday evening that he is “leveraging all…
MONTREAL — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, allowing the project to proceed.
According to the Russian embassy in London, Moscow is the real target.
The leaders of British Columbia's main parties have squared off in their only televised debate ahead of the Oct. 19 provincial election.
(Bloomberg) -- The American Sikh separatist targeted in a foiled assassination plot allegedly planned by India said that intelligence agents in New Delhi still want him dead and said that the Biden administration’s “quiet diplomacy” has failed to deter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilShould Evictions Be Banned After Hurricanes an
OTTAWA — Federal political parties appear to be locked in a game of chicken in an increasingly precarious Parliament over a debate that has stalled almost all business in the House of Commons.
CHICAGO (AP) — Two court rulings this week have delivered major blows to reproductive rights in Texas and Georgia but, during a crucial time in the election cycle, Democrats are seizing on them in an attempt to energize voters who support abortion access.
“It’s up to him if he wants to respond to us or not,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of the Florida Republican.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Conservative member of Parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador says there are small towns in his rural district overrun with “crack houses” and child sex trafficking, but police say they haven’t received reports to that effect.
Five Type 31 frigates are being built in Rosyth, Fife.
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The Former Marion police chief at center of newspaper raid appears in court on felony obstruction charge
The Supreme Court’s relatively new code of conduct lacks teeth. A former judge and federal watchdog said they know how to change that.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge Tuesday to a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons with an exponentially increased link to crime in recent years.
The reinstatement comes a week after a judge found the ban treated women like "some piece of collectively owned community property."
