Politicians, dignitaries and celebrities joined members of the public on Saturday at a state funeral to honour Brian Mulroney, one of Canada’s most significant prime ministers, who in the 1980s solidified trade ties with the US and spoke out against apartheid in South Africa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and hockey great Wayne Gretzky were among […]
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Kansas City Manager Brian Platt withdraws consideration for Austin City Manager
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, City Manager Brian Platt has withdrawn from consideration for the Austin City Manager position. “I formally withdrew from consideration from Austin’s City Manager search as of this afternoon,” Platt said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. He also stated that more details were coming soon. FOX4 newsletters: Get the […]
Kansas City city manager Brian Platt withdraws from Austin top job consideration
Five days after Austin Mayor Kirk Watson announced three finalists for Austin’s next city manager, one has already dropped out of the running. Brian Platt, the city manager of Kansas City, withdrew from the running of the position Sunday afternoon, according a statement from Platt provided by Kansas City Press Secretary Sherae Honeycutt. Platt was […]
Allies say Trump aide Brian Jack would be favorite in Georgia congressional race
Former President Donald Trump is urging a longtime political aide to run for an open congressional seat in Georgia, something GOP operatives in that state say has been in the works for a long time. Trump on Thursday posted on Truth Social urging Brian Jack, a senior adviser to his 2024 presidential bid, to run […]
Is Brian Platt leaving KC? City manager is finalist for position in Austin, Texas
Kansas City’s city manager, Brian Platt, is one of three finalists for the job of city manager in Austin, Texas, that city’s mayor announced Tuesday afternoon. Platt, who was appointed to his current position a little more than three years ago, is up against the current city managers of Dallas and Denton, Texas for the […]
Brian Kerr and Glenn Whelan join interim Ireland boss John O’Shea’s staff
Interim Republic of Ireland manager John O’Shea has appointed former national team boss Brian Kerr and international team-mate Glenn Whelan to his coaching team. O’Shea, who has been placed in temporary charge for March’s friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland, has asked Kerr, who managed Ireland between 2003 and 2005, to serve as technical director to […]
Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney dies aged 84
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died. He was 84. He forged close ties with two Republican US presidents through a sweeping free trade agreement that was once vilified but now celebrated. The country’s 18th prime minister died peacefully and surrounded by family, daughter Caroline Mulroney said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. […]
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who forged closer ties with US, has died at 84
TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who forged close ties with two Republican U.S. presidents through a sweeping free trade agreement that was once vilified but now celebrated, died Thursday. He was 84. The country’s 18th prime minister died peacefully and surrounded by family, his daughter Caroline Mulroney said in a post […]
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Jared Golden on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 25, 2024
The following is a transcript of an interview with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Jared Golden, Democrat of Maine, that aired on Feb. 25, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN : — And pick up another one, with Republican Brian Fitzpatrick and Democrat Jared Golden, two congressmen who have proposed an alternative to the foreign aid […]
Parents of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie reach settlement in emotional distress lawsuit
The parents of Gabby Petitio, the 22-year-old travel blogger who was killed by her fiancé Brian Laundrie, settled Wednesday with Laundrie’s parents and their attorney in an emotional distress lawsuit and will avoid a civil trial, according to a statement. Nichole Schmidt and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito’s parents, filed a lawsuit against Brian Laundrie’s parents, […]
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan explains why you’d better ‘get used to mortgage rates of six, seven percent’
American consumers are being pulled in opposite directions right now—by rising prices that threaten consumption on one side, and by low unemployment and rising wages that are fueling growth on the other. But Bank of America predicts that the two forces, with the help of a push from the Fed, will reach equilibrium in 2025. […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he was interviewed by the special counsel investigating Donald Trump
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he sat for an interview with the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. In an interview on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” released Tuesday night, Kemp said, “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries — […]