It was past due. The pendulum needed to swing back to the right before it got locked at full-blown socialism. It seems that the nation’s education system has failed to show that freedom and socialism cannot work. It is one or the other. I am seeing a lot of upset liberals spouting the fear of […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King press Trump for wiretapping evidence
AUGUSTA — Maine’s U.S. senators have voiced concern over President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that former President Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped during the presidential campaign. The Portland Press Herald reports Republican Sen. Susan Collins urged Trump to turn over any evidence he might have to support his assertions to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Both Collins […]
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White House aides defend Donald Trump's wiretapping claim
WASHINGTON — White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s telephones during last year’s election, although they won’t say where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn’t true. In televised interviews, Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump firmly believes the […]
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Donald Trump signs new travel ban affecting 6 countries
President Donald Trump salutes as he stands on the tarmac after disembarking Air Force One as he arrives Sunday, March 5, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Trump is returning from Mar-a-Largo, Florida. Updated 11:40 a.m.: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a revised travel ban that temporarily halts entry to the U.S. […]
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Donald Trump asks Congress to probe possible wiretaps at Trump Tower
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The White House on Sunday demanded that Congress, which is already investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, also examine whether former President Barack Obama abused his executive powers in connection with that campaign. The request followed President Donald Trump’s claim Saturday that his predecessor had tapped the telephones […]
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Rep. Bruce Poliquin urges Maine to comply with Real ID law
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, speaks at the Auburn Fire Department’s 9/11 service Sept. 11, 2016. AUGUSTA — U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is pressuring Gov. Paul LePage and the Legislature to quickly change state law to avoid what he calls a “dire situation” regarding the state’s noncompliance with federal Real ID rules. In a Friday […]
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Trump administration crackdown on recreational pot seen as logistical nightmare
States where medicianal and recreational marijuana are legal have parallel regulatory frameworks. Though there are separate licenses, many producers do both. So a crackdown on growers could mean wiping out half a company’s inventory while leaving the other half untouched. When it comes to marijuana, medical is good, recreational is bad, according to White House […]
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Donald Trump vows to boost defense budget
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — President Donald Trump pledged to boost defense spending as he basked in the nation’s military might aboard a next-generation Naval aircraft carrier on Thursday. Wearing an olive green military jacket and blue ball cap, Trump vowed to mount “one of the largest” defense spending increases in history. “Hopefully it’s power we […]
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Mike Pence used an AOL email account to conduct state business
Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking before administering the oath of office to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana’s governor, according […]
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Fact Check: Sen. Claire McCaskill wrong about contacts with Russian ambassador
WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of many Democrats taking umbrage at the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had twice met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. during last year’s presidential campaign, during a furor over that country’s alleged interference in the election, and misled his colleagues about it during his confirmation […]