Gov. Tim Walz on the final week of the election – CBS News Watch CBS News Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the final week of the election, Biden’s response to rhetoric at Trump’s rally and the importance of unity in Vice President Harris’s closing message. Be the…
The budget will increase taxes by £40bn, with the lion’s share coming from a £25bn rise in employers’ national insurance contributions, the chancellor announced at the budget. Rachel Reeves said the amount businesses will pay on their employees’ national insurance contributions will increase from 13.8% to 15% from April 2025. She also lowered the current…
Scotland’s erstwhile First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond, has been laid to rest after his funeral in Strichen in Aberdeenshire, his adopted home. As everyone who is interested knows, he died of a heart attack while opening a ketchup bottle at lunch in North Macedonia where he had been attending…
The close U.S. presidential election between Vice-President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could be decided on the issue of immigration, and either result will have implications for Canada. While the economy has been identified as a top concern among American voters, immigration is not far behind, with more people saying they want a clampdown at the…
Washington — Ballot drop boxes were set on fire in two states, Washington and Oregon, just a week ahead of Election Day, as authorities were already on high alert for the possibility of violent incidents driven by claims of election fraud — including the sabotage of ballot drop boxes. Two ballot boxes went up…
👉 Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the first Labour budget in 15 years. She’s looking to close a £40bn…
Rachel Reeves will pledge to put “more pounds in people’s pockets”, fix the NHS and grow the economy in Labour’s first Budget, despite warnings of tough decisions to come. The Chancellor, the first woman to hold the role, will say there are “no short cuts” to driving the economic growth Labour has promised to deliver…
Helen Tipper Axel Rudakubana – pictured in a court drawing from August – is due to appear in court again on Wednesday The most senior figures in government first became aware of the possibility of new charges against the suspect in the Southport murders in the past few weeks, the BBC has been told. A…
Phoenix — Inside a secure facility with armed guards in Phoenix, Arizona, the sound of democracy reverberates as ballots are printed, sorted, stuffed and shipped. The Runbeck Election Services facility near the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will print about 35 million ballots for counties in eight states for the November election, including Arizona, Nevada,…
A final report into missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children. It’s also calling on Canada to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for investigation. Kimberly Murray, Canada’s special interlocutor…
