Politics

DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Trailblazing longtime U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area as the region's most powerful Democrat, died Sunday. She was 89.

MADISON, Wis.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A community in the St. John's region has discovered that Olympic-grade beach volleyball sand is rare, complicated and expensive to move.

FREDERICTON — An author of a study that New Brunswick's premier cited to back his province's policy on gender identity in schools says the politician had his facts wrong about the research.

OTTAWA — A judge has rejected the federal government's request to recover legal costs it incurred during a major Muslim charity's court bid to halt an audit of its activities.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed to have special counsel Jack Smith’s team held in contempt, saying the prosecutors had taken steps to advance the 2020 election interference case against him in violation

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a story published January 3, 2024, The Associated Press reported about conditions under which felony offenders can have their voting rights restored in North Carolina.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida man threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in a series of voicemails left at the California Democrat's Washington office last month, federal prosecutors said.

OTTAWA — A federal tribunal has ordered the Senate to restore an executive who said he was fired on the basis of racial discrimination.

JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Government buildings in several states were evacuated Thursday following bomb threats, causing brief disruptions for the second day in a row in some places.