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DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency , the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored
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DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency , the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored
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Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?

Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?

NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to recently confirmed U.S.
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Singh says NDP expects snap election call if Carney wins Liberal leadership

Singh says NDP expects snap election call if Carney wins Liberal leadership

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday he doesn't think he'll have to chose between voting on tariff relief and bringing down the government because he expects a snap election call if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership.
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McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

WASHINGTON (AP) — No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind, the long-serving GOP leader rejecting President Donald Trump’s more high-profile Cabinet nominees — alone at times, among the Republicans, casting his no votes.
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McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees

WASHINGTON (AP) — No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind, the long-serving GOP leader rejecting President Donald Trump’s more high-profile Cabinet nominees — alone at times, among the Republicans, casting his no votes.
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B.C. police cite privacy as investigators probe chat groups

B.C. police cite privacy as investigators probe chat groups

The details of a private chat group among current and former members of the police department in Nelson, B.C., haven't been made public.
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N.S. government says U.S. tariff threat 'wake-up call' as legislature opens

N.S. government says U.S. tariff threat 'wake-up call' as legislature opens

HALIFAX — The looming threat of tariffs by the United States is a “wake-up call” for the Nova Scotia economy, the provincial government said Friday in a throne speech to open a new sitting of the legislature.
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Quebec EV company Lion Electric made big promises, but struggled to deliver

Quebec EV company Lion Electric made big promises, but struggled to deliver

MONTREAL — A Quebec company once hailed as a success story in the electric-vehicle transition has struggled to deliver on many of its most ambitious plans. Lion Electric Co.
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Ontario NDP candidate withdraws in Eglinton-Lawrence, citing close PC-Liberal race

Ontario NDP candidate withdraws in Eglinton-Lawrence, citing close PC-Liberal race

TORONTO — The candidate nominated by the Ontario NDP for Toronto riding Eglinton-Lawrence has pulled out of the election and is throwing her support behind the Liberals in a likely tight race.
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