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First GST/HST credit payment from 2023 tax returns set to arrive July 5

First GST/HST credit payment from 2023 tax returns set to arrive July 5

OTTAWA — The first of four payments from the GST/HST credit is set to hit Canadians’ bank accounts on July 5.
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California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools

California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature on Wednesday turned to voters for help. Lawmakers voted to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the November ballot.
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Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill

Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden vowed Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from Democrats to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness to keep campaigning, much
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Legal Aid Alberta to stop services over contract dispute with provincial government

Legal Aid Alberta to stop services over contract dispute with provincial government

EDMONTON — Legal Aid Alberta says it will stop providing lawyers to those who can't afford them by next Tuesday over a funding and governance dispute with the province.
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Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action. He is often sharp and focused.
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Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful

Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action. He is often sharp and focused.
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Fight over retail theft is testing California Democrats' drive to avoid mass incarceration policies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state leaders reversed course on a plan to place a crime-focused initiative on the November ballot a day after announcing it.
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Biden bestows Medal of Honor on Union soldiers who helped hijack train in Confederate territory

Biden bestows Medal of Honor on Union soldiers who helped hijack train in Confederate territory

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles (140 kilometers) a
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House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision

House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court's landmark immunity ruling , seeking to reverse the decision “and ensure that no president is above the law.” Rep.
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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a sufficient number of them are deemed valid.
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