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Trump administration officials consider further restricting U.S. refugee cap

by COLLEEN LONG and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press September 7, 2019September 7, 2019

Some members of the president’s team want the number to be 15,000 or fewer.

Maine Voices: Support for open borders will be Democrats’ undoing in 2020

by Jonette Christian Special to the Press Herald September 7, 2019December 27, 2019

Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.

Nation & World

NOAA backs Trump on Alabama forecast, rebukes office that accurately contradicted him

by Jason Samenow, Andrew Freedman and Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post September 6, 2019December 27, 2019

The agency says information provided to the president ‘demonstrated that tropical-storm-force winds from Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama.’

Elections, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump campaign names LePage honorary chairman in Maine

by Scott Thistle September 6, 2019December 27, 2019

Joe Turcotte, the Republican National Committee’s director for Maine, will serve as the campaign’s state director.

Op-eds, Opinion

Marc A. Thiessen: Senate Democrats make unprecedented threat against Supreme Court

by Marc A. Thiessen The Washington Post September 6, 2019September 5, 2019

They want to restructure the court if the justices do not rule as they see fit. Talk about ‘disdain for an independent judiciary.’

Nation & World, News

Taliban attacks test Trump as he seeks to end Afghan war

by DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press September 5, 2019December 27, 2019

The Afghan government and others worry that the attacks during ongoing U.S.-Taliban talks are evidence that the insurgent group cannot be trusted.

Op-eds, Opinion

Dana Milbank: Trump’s Dorian response is par for the course

by Dana Milbank The Washington Post September 5, 2019September 4, 2019

The president prepares for the powerful storm by tweeting and hanging out on the fairways.

Business, Elections, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Here’s why Bernie Sanders was disinvited to speak in Portland on Monday

by Scott Thistle September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.