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Smith says policy to stop disclosing government expense receipts could be reversed

Smith says policy to stop disclosing government expense receipts could be reversed

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will consider reversing a recent policy change that ended the public disclosure of expense receipts over $100 for ministers and other government officials.
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Bad diets, too many meds, no exercise: A look inside the latest 'Make America Healthy Again' report

Bad diets, too many meds, no exercise: A look inside the latest 'Make America Healthy Again' report

WASHINGTON (AP) — A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Cuban exiles honored at Miami's 'Ellis Island of the South' as Trump ramps up immigrant arrests

Cuban exiles honored at Miami's 'Ellis Island of the South' as Trump ramps up immigrant arrests

MIAMI (AP) — For decades, its powerful lighthouse illuminated Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and during the height of the Cold War, what was known as the Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for hundreds of thousands of Cubans fleeing communist rule.
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Delaware ex-Gov. Mike Castle, who championed 50 State Quarters Program while in Congress, dies at 86

Delaware ex-Gov. Mike Castle, who championed 50 State Quarters Program while in Congress, dies at 86

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular 50 State Quarters Program of commemorative coins while he served in Congress, has died. He was 86.
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Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina

Effort underway to get Afghan women at risk of deportation to University of Regina

Parissa Ahmadi says the least worst thing that could happen if she doesn't make it to Saskatchewan this summer, and is deported to Afghanistan, is that she's jailed and tortured. The worst thing — she doesn't like thinking about too much.
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'Great relief': After uncertainty, Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall

'Great relief': After uncertainty, Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall

TORONTO — Thomas Mete says he is feeling "great relief" now that he knows he'll be returning to Harvard University to finish the last year of his degree, after a tumultuous summer of limbo.
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Federal budget watchdog has 'no idea' who successor will be or when they'll be named

Federal budget watchdog has 'no idea' who successor will be or when they'll be named

OTTAWA — Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux has "no idea" who will be taking over his job when his term ends next month. Giroux, who took on the job in 2018, will mark his final day on September 2.
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Premier Smith, Alberta Next panel face hecklers, supporters at fiery Edmonton event

Premier Smith, Alberta Next panel face hecklers, supporters at fiery Edmonton event

EDMONTON — A travelling panel collecting public feedback on Alberta's grievances with Ottawa struggled to keep an emotionally-charged crowd on topic at its third summer town hall on Thursday night.
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Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner,' but capital leaders push back

Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner,' but capital leaders push back

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's “emergency police commissioner" with all the powers of the
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Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC's police force, has spent 22 years at DEA

Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC's police force, has spent 22 years at DEA

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump's unprecedented decision to take ove
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