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At first, it might seem outrageous to even consider — perhaps even preposterous — but contemplate for a moment a plausible (albeit far-fetched) scenario of geopolitics: Imagine that Canada’s thirteen provinces joined the United States of America as thirteen sovereign

In the unlikely event that the alleged President-elect Joe Biden, 77, dies before the House of Representatives officially certifies the election on January 6th, the House of Representatives would elect the President.  If Biden dies after that certification but before

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is telling close associates that she will run for United States Senate in the Democratic Party Primary against Minority Leader Charles Schumer — if he settles for anything less than full student loan forgiveness during the next

BY DEREK SCISSORS Key Points American investment in the People’s Republic of China probably exceeds $1 trillion, most occurring in the past six years. The vast majority is portfolio investment—holdings of bonds and, especially, small equities stakes. The amount is

Documents suggest activity logs of incidents overwritten (WASHINGTON, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 243 pages of records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that show the Obama administration’s scanning the election systems of Georgia, Alaska, Oregon, Kentucky

A controversial government program launched nearly a decade ago to protect airline safety has failed miserably to meet its “mission of mitigating the threat to commercial aviation,” according to a scathing federal audit sprinkled with redactions to protect “sensitive security information.” Known

Sources close to Kanye West are telling The Chronicle that, in the event that California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints Rep. Karen Bass to fill the United States Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the rapper will seek her vacated

Royal experts tell The Chronicle that — if she chooses to do so — Queen Elizabeth could designate different successors on each of her Thrones.  Though she has been toying with the idea among close staff and courtiers, she is not widely

BY E.J. McMAHON Still struggling to recover from spring pandemic shutdowns, now facing the threat of renewed restrictions due to a second wave of COVID infections, the last thing New York’s economy needs is a state-mandated disincentive to put people back to

Sources close to Andrew Cuomo tell The Chronicle that the Governor may be willing to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ if he happens to be offered a Cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration — presuming that Biden is eager to project

Queen Elizabeth wants Prince Harry to “start making himself useful” during his “youthful indiscretion” in California.  Fed up with what she sees as Prince Harry “lightly abdicating his responsibility to his Nation,” but resigned to the fact that he desires

Sources close to Mayor Byron Brown tell The Chronicle that he is working to relocate the Greyhound Bus Station on North Division Street and to co-locate it at the City’s new Amtrak Station, which opened earlier this month on Exchange Street.  The

BY IAN KINGSBURY Much of New York’s highest-in-the-nation education spending is driven by a single category: special education. Of the $66.2 billion spent on K-12 education in New York in 2017-18, $15.8 billion went to special education instructional services. No other state

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC), a subsidiary of Empire State Development, has managed an excruciatingly slow 15-year process to develop the City’s Inner Harbor — all the while developers have been chomping at the bit to invest. Now,

Attorney General William Barr is launching a crackdown on the Philadelphia Mafia — and some expect that the City’s most senior mobsters are getting ready to flip on former Boss ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino, who is widely suspected of rigging the

Sources close to Niagara Falls Mayor Bob Restaino tell The Chronicle that his administration ‘generally supports’ a casino compact with the Tuscarora Nation after the Seneca Nation‘s exclusivity agreement with New York State is scheduled to end in 2023. Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul

Rumor has it that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is considering a $50 million, 10% stake in The Buffalo Chronicle Media Group‘s American-based subsidiary.  The financing arrangement is expected to aggressively expand this publication’s coverage of Canadian society, government,

Congresswoman Sharice Davids, a Democrat of Roeland Park, Kansas, is being vetted for the position of Secretary of Agriculture in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.  She would be the first openly gay person to serve in the cabinet on a