On Friday, The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column awarded three Pinocchios to President Donald Trump’s boast that he’s already built large sections of a border wall, which the paper called “the false claim Trump most often repeats.” The Post counted nearly 200 instances of Trump making it. The Fact Checker also recently gave three Pinocchios […]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) outlined what her administration would do to fight climate change. Her proposal measures up with many 2020 rivals, though she differs in some key areas on how to address rising emissions. What would the plan do? Gillibrand, like many other candidates, wants to neutralize nationwide carbon emissions by 2050. She also […]
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced at Thursday night’s debate that his campaign will randomly select 10 families and give them a total of $120,000 over the next year as part of a pilot program for his universal basic income plan. Yang announced the online raffle during his opening statement. People will be able to enter […]
Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmental activist who toyed with a 2020 presidential run before deciding against it, has told people he plans to announce that he’s entering the race for the Democratic nomination, according to three people familiar with his plans. Steyer had said in January that he was passing on a 2020 run. Steyer […]
WHITBY, Ont. — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is refusing to say whether he thinks Quebec’s secularism law is discriminatory, even as he says governments should not tell people how to dress. “I have made it very clear that I do not think that a government should be telling people what it is they should or […]
MONTREAL — Five days ago, Justin Trudeau slammed his Conservative opponents for one of the “dirtiest, nastiest campaigns” Canada has ever seen. On Monday, the Liberal leader came out on top with enough seats to secure a minority government. “Coast to coast to coast, tonight, Canadians rejected division and negativity,” he told the crowd at […]
EDMONTON — Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg marched into the middle of Canada’s oilpatch Friday to urge people to stop fighting each other, focus on the science and take action. “We cannot allow this crisis to continue to be a partisan, political question,” Thunberg said in a speech before thousands of people on the steps […]
In July, before candidates were chosen for most of the major parties, Vancouver Granville resident David Leverton said he didn’t think the SNC-Lavalin affair would cast that large a shadow over the federal election in Vancouver Granville. “Unless people are reminded, I think people will have forgotten about it when it’s time to vote,” he […]
The striker has not scored in his last eight appearances for the Premier League side but his manager is sure they will start flowing before long Jose Mourinho says waiting for Romelu Lukaku to end his goal drought for Manchester United is like getting ketchup out of a bottle. The Belgian striker last found the net […]
The striker is to come out of international retirement to make his 120th appearance for the Three Lions in a Wembley friendly Ryan Giggs has come out in support of Wayne Rooney’s upcoming one-off England appearance and claims that the former Manchester United striker is ‘an iconic player’. D.C. United forward Rooney will line up for […]