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Facing widespread layoffs from the city’s biggest employer and what amounts to a billion-dollar budget cut over the next six months, residents of the District of Columbia expressed frustration at a Capitol Hill rally on Thursday morning, declaring themselves denizens of a city under siege.A Republican spending bill to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 would inflict major fiscal pain on the city where much of that government resides.“This’ll just be an absolute economic disaster,” said Paul Strauss, one of the district’s nonvoting “shadow” senators, at a protest in the Senate office building attended by hundreds of defiant district…

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party and a conservative-linked pressure group are ratcheting up digital advertising targeting Mark Carney amidst a Liberal resurgence in national polls. The Conservatives’ latest English-language ad labels Carney as “sneaky” – Poilievre and co.’s preferred nickname for the former central banker – and was blasted out 198 times since March 11, two days after Carney’s landslide victory in the Liberal leadership race.That’s in addition to ads the party has been running referring to “Carbon Tax Carney” – despite the Liberal leader’s pledge to get rid of consumer carbon pricing – and suggesting U.S. President Donald Trump would…

Albany residents have been invited to reflect on the standard of services and infrastructure provided by the City of Albany as the biennial scorecard survey rating its performance as a local government opens.Open from March 10-28, the MARKYT community scorecard asks residents’ opinions of everything from libraries, roads and festivals to crime prevention, housing and health services.City of Albany mayor Greg Stocks encouraged residents to complete the survey, saying the community’s input “directly influences the priorities we set and the improvements we make”.“This survey is a chance for residents to tell us what matters most to them and how we…

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was seemingly caught off guard during his first press conference with the media since signing a lucrative six-year contract extension after he was asked if the new deal meant he was going to upgrade Hailee Steinfeld’s engagement ring. Fresh off his MVP season, Allen signed a $330 million contract extension with a record $250 million guarantee earlier this week that will likely grant the veteran quarterback his hope of finishing his career in Buffalo.  Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld on the red carpet before Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre on Feb. 6, 2025. (Kirby…

Warning comes after EU announced retaliatory tariffs on $28bn of US goods in response to US levies on steel, aluminium.United States President Donald Trump has warned he will impose tariffs of 200 percent on wine, champagne and other alcoholic products from European Union countries if the bloc goes ahead with a planned tariff on US whiskey. The EU announced tariffs on $28bn in US goods, including a 50 percent levy on US bourbon whiskey, on Thursday in retaliation after US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports came into effect the previous day. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the…

The Trump administration replaced the top lawyer at the Internal Revenue Service, according to three people familiar with the change, in a shake-up that came as administration officials sought to use the agency’s taxpayer data to help with deporting immigrants.William Paul, a civil servant who became the acting chief counsel at the I.R.S. in January, is expected to be replaced by Andrew De Mello, the people said. In his first term, President Trump nominated Mr. De Mello to serve as the inspector general of the Education Department.The chief counsel job is one of the top positions at the I.R.S., and…

Several dozen protesters supporting Mahmoud Khalil occupied the lobby area of Trump Tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Thursday, calling for the release of the anti-Israel activist who was detained over the weekend. The protesters, many dressed in red, held signs reading “Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine” and “Fight Nazis Not Students.”The protesters were also chanting the common “Free, free Palestine” slogan.After occupying the lobby area – the same area where President Donald Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign – the NYPD began detaining several of them and hauled multiple demonstrators out of the building in zip ties. Demonstrators from the group,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A total lunar eclipse is a phenomenon that happens every few years and the next opportunity to see it throughout southwestern Ontario will be early Friday morning. Shortly after midnight, stargazers can catch a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse, or a full worm blood moon.The origin of the name is two-fold. Orbax Thomas, science communicator with the physics department at the University of Guelph, said the first part of the name references the fact that March is the first month after a long winter where the ground thaws and worms make…

Newcastle United are on the verge of at last winning their first major domestic trophy in 70 years after being bought by Saudi Arabia’s millions in 2021.

Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector.And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those problems at once.The German government in waiting, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, introduced a raft of measures to a lame-duck session of Parliament on Thursday that it was billing as an urgent response to President Trump and his administration’s threats to withdraw American military support for Europe.The package would rip away Germany’s signature limits on government spending and…