Politics

WINNIPEG — Manitobans elected a new government on Tuesday, with the New Democrats sweeping the Progressive Conservatives from power after seven years in Opposition. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years.

WINNIPEG — It's election day in Manitoba. Heather Stefanson's Progressive Conservatives were fighting to win a third consecutive majority government, while Wab Kinew's NDP was trying to regain the government it lost in 2016.

WINNIPEG — Heather Stefanson says she is stepping down as leader of Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party after the NDP won the provincial election. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers who had been sitting in stunned silence gasped at the declaration: The office of speaker “is hereby declared vacant.

WINNIPEG — Dougald Lamont has announced he's stepping down as Manitoba Liberal leader. Lamont lost his seat in St. Boniface to NDP candidate Robert Loiselle. The Canadian Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday criticized his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump , for calling retired Gen.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew has been re-elected as the legislature member for Fort Rouge. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Mike Pence , the former vice president, chastised a group of hard-right Republicans who ousted Kevin McCarthy from his role as House speaker Tuesday, saying that “chaos is never America’s friend.