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Trump-backed US Senate candidate faces scrutiny for derogatory comments about Native Americans

Trump-backed US Senate candidate faces scrutiny for derogatory comments about Native Americans

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Tribal leaders in Montana urged Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy to apologize over remarks he made to supporters about Native Americans being “drunk at 8 a.m.
Donald Trump's campaign reports raising $130 million in August

Donald Trump's campaign reports raising $130 million in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump ’s campaign says that it brought in $130 million in August, not as much as the month prior but a figure that his advisers said put the GOP nominee in good position for the remaining two months of the general election ca
Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women

Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills following slayings of 4 Indigenous women

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is looking at ways to increase monitoring and surveillance of garbage trucks and landfills following the slayings of four Indigenous women whose remains were dumped in trash bins.
Mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Democrat to Wisconsin Christmas parade killings

Mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Democrat to Wisconsin Christmas parade killings

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of Waukesha on Wednesday condemned a campaign ad run by a Republican independent group that links Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin with the killings of six people at a 2021 Christmas parade in that Wisconsin city.
Calgary can't afford Green Line transit project as Alberta to withhold funding: mayor

Calgary can't afford Green Line transit project as Alberta to withhold funding: mayor

CALGARY — Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city can no longer afford its long-sought Green Line light rail transit project after the Alberta government announced it's pulling funding from the plan in its current form.
White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel's plans to buy US Steel

White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel's plans to buy US Steel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is signaling an openness to blocking the acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel , as a government review of the proposed takeover by the Japanese company is on the cusp of ending.
They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century.
They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release it

NEW YORK (AP) — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century.
JD Vance's Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers

JD Vance's Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers

By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his Yale education or career success. It also amounted to a political conversion.

Man serving 20-year sentence in New York makes it on the ballot for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man serving time on a 20-year prison sentence for threatening officials in New Jersey has made it onto Alaska's general election ballot for the state's lone U.S. House seat this November.