It's time for Canada to 'step up' on military spending, U.S. senator says
A call by almost two dozen U.S. senators for increased Canadian military spending needs a serious response from Canada, one of those senators says.
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Election officials in key battleground states say they're prepared for threats to poll workers ahead of 2024 elections
A bipartisan panel of four secretaries of state from key battleground states on Thursday told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that they’re prepared to execute a safe and secure presidential election, despite previous threats to election workers.
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Can ‘five PMs in five years’ strategy strengthen any country? PM Modi slams Congress-led INDIA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a BJP rally in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur slammed the INDI alliance questioning whether the ‘five PMs in five years’ strategy is logical for any country's growth.
‘Sedition Panda,’ a Jan. 6 Rioter, Is Convicted of Assaulting an Officer
A Florida man who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a costume panda head was convicted on Friday of assaulting a police officer and other charges related to the events of that day.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleges PDP workers detained on Phase 6 polling day, stages protest
People's Democratic Party president on May 25 staged a protest outside a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district alleging detention of her party workers and polling agents.
RCMP ribbon skirts ‘disheartening’, ‘insulting’: Indigenous activists
Ribbon skirts are now being allowed as part of RCMP uniforms, but many Indigenous people are saying Mounties shouldn’t get to wear the sacred symbol.
Today in Politics: PM Modi in Bihar, Priyanka-Dimple Yadav roadshow in Varanasi
And now all that is left is the final lap. With 58 seats in eight states and Union Territories, including Delhi, going to polls on Saturday, the action shifts to the final stretch of his long-drawn parliamentary election. Among the states where polling is being held at a single go on June 1 are Himachal Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally on Friday, and Punjab with its 13 seats.
Ex-Boston police officer who assaulted a Capitol Police officer with a chair on Jan. 6 is sentenced
WASHINGTON — A former Boston police K-9 officer who helped in the response to the Boston Marathon bombing was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison for attacking a Capitol Police officer with a chair during the Jan. 6 riot.