AUGUSTA — Prodded by a new environmental report that gives Maine a failing grade for its efforts to prevent schoolchildren from drinking water with high lead levels, legislators are eyeing, as a first step, a plan to have every school carry out more testing. “We should ensure that our kids aren’t being exposed to lead, […]
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Trump family presents new challenges and costs for Secret Service
On Friday, President Donald Trump and his entourage will jet for the third straight weekend to a working getaway at his oceanfront Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. On Saturday, Trump’s sons Eric and Don Jr., with their Secret Service details in tow, will be nearly 8,000 miles away in the United Arab Emirates, attending […]
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Donald Trump to name Mike Dubke as White House comms director
WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent coverage of President Donald Trump (all times local): Tweets by realDonaldTrump Updated 10:44 a.m.: Asked to confirm an AP report that President Donald Trump was considering a proposal to mobilize up to 100k National Guard troops to round up undocumented immigrants, White House spokesman Michael Short said it was “false.” — Bloomberg […]
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Education reform panel issues first report
PARIS — A 15-member commission on education reform issued its first report last week, calling for exploring statewide or regional contracts to better compensate and retain effective teachers. It was one of 17 strategies listed by the Blue Ribbon Commission to Reform Public Education Funding and Improve Student Performance in Maine. The panel was created by […]
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Donald Trump bashes news media, denies Russian connections
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON — Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of […]
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Donald Trump nominates R. Alexander Acosta as labor secretary
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced law school dean R. Alexander Acosta as his new labor secretary nominee, one day after his original pick abruptly withdrew from consideration. Trump said Acosta, who did not appear with the president, “has had a tremendous career.” He noted that, unlike Puzder, Acosta has been confirmed by […]
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Senate confirms Mick Mulvaney as Office of Management and Budget chief
Mick Mulvaney, who has focused his Washington career on driving down federal spending — even at the risk of shutting down the government and defaulting on the debt — won confirmation Thursday as President Donald Trump’s budget chief. The Senate’s 51-49 vote to put the South Carolina congressman in charge of the Office of Management […]