Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at the highest level recorded in the past 12 years. The poll, conducted by Research Co., found that 45 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would prefer
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Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill that the entire caucus will have to support, a task that has proven difficult in the final hours of negotiations and revealed the uphill climb the party will
Continue ReadingChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley defended efforts to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol during the insurrection and said approval was given at “sprint speed,” The Washington Post reported Tuesday. “If the forces … were ready to go as part of the preparatory stuff, then I’d say, OK,
Continue ReadingThose betting on an economic boom in the United States this spring and summer just got a dose of very good news. What’s happening: President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will have enough vaccine supply for every adult by the end of May after Merck agreed to help manufacture a recently authorized
Continue Reading First lady Jill Biden will make a trip to Meriden, Connecticut, and Waterford, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to visit two public schools that have recently reopened for in-person learning. Biden will be joined on the trip by newly confirmed Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who was sworn-in Tuesday evening by Vice President Kamala Harris. “(Biden and
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration never considered sanctions as a viable option against the powerful Saudi crown prince named as responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even though the new President promised to punish senior Saudi leaders during the election. Administration officials tell CNN there was little debate or tension inside the White House last
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Former NBA star Jeremy Lin says he’s seen a rise in racism across the US since the coronavirus pandemic started and says the country must address the issue of anti-Asian violence. “This has been something that’s really blowing up or boiling up for a little bit for me,” Lin told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday.
Continue Reading“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song “Jolene” as she received her first Covid-19 vaccine dose. “I know I’m trying to be funny now, but I’m dead serious about the vaccine,” she told the camera. “I think we all want to get back
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On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had gathered there expecting a celebratory speech on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant just two days earlier. But that evening, Lincoln’s speech was about
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On April 11, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered what would be his last speech from a window at the White House to the crowd below. They had gathered there expecting a celebratory speech on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant just two days earlier. But that evening, Lincoln’s speech was about
Continue ReadingLas Vegas Sands Corp., the upscale resort and casino company founded by the late Sheldon Adelson, is leaving its namesake city and selling its two Nevada properties in a $6.25 billion deal. Apollo Global Management and Vici Properties are partnering to buy the Venetian, a 7,000 room resort on the Las Vegas Strip, and the
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Standing onstage in December at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden described his freshly nominated pick to run the White House budget office, Neera Tanden, as “brilliant.” He cited her hardscrabble upbringing. And he even quoted his father to emphasize her set of values. “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your
Continue Reading An airbase hosting US, Iraqi and coalition forces in Iraq was targeted on Wednesday by at least 10 rockets, US coalition officials said. The Al-Asad airbase was struck by grad missiles, Iraqi officials said earlier Wednesday. There are no reports of casualties or damage, and no group immediately claimed responsibility. The rocket launcher was found
Continue ReadingThe UN Security Council will discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday behind closed doors, two UN diplomats have told CNN. The development comes after investigations were published by CNN and Amnesty International last Friday into the massacre of civilians in two separate assaults in Tigray late last year. Thousands of civilians
Continue ReadingWall Street threw a fit last week when Treasury rates spiked. The stock market tanked and investors feared the economy was overheating. Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley is warning that the temper tantrums are only just beginning. “They want the economy to overheat,” Dudley told CNN Business, referring to the Fed. “And my
Continue ReadingMarch comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or at least that’s what they say. Wait, why do they say that? Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your
Continue Reading The House is expected to vote Wednesday on HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that Democrats have made a signature legislative priority. HR 1 passed the House during the last Congress after Democrats won back the majority, but it failed to advance in the Republican-controlled Senate. Now that Democrats also control the
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President Joe Biden is barreling into his first science-vs.-politics showdown with powerful Southern Republican governors, one that could define the outcome of the race to vaccinate enough Americans before variants take hold. Biden on Tuesday warned the country to dig in for a while longer as he flexed sweeping wartime powers under the Defense Production
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Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused a storm of speculation in the nation’s Parliament. Speaking at a press conference in Perth Wednesday, Porter strongly denied the allegations made against him. “Nothing in the allegations that have been printed
Continue ReadingA week after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a triumphant road map for the country’s exit from lockdown, off the back of its successful Covid-19 vaccination drive, major flaws have been exposed in the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variants in the country. The government issued a public appeal
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