Leaders take responsibility for their actions, and it’s high time our highest elected official started doing that.
Donald Trump
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Questionable Kushner Cos. event opens door to ending EB-5 visa program
The goal is to attract foreign investment, but the effort is inefficient and prone to corruption and manipulation.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Undocumented Maine immigrant, in U.S. for 20 years, now close to deportation
Federal officials had allowed Otto Morales-Caballeros of Naples to stay here, then President Trump’s tightened policy led to his arrest.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
FBI chief known for judgment is done in by turmoil
James Comey’s series of high-profile statements ends with his firing.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Analysis: Trump needed a good excuse to fire Comey, who gave it to him
Comey’s misstatements to a Senate Committee cleared the way for the president to get rid of an FBI director who had the ability to make Trump’s life difficult.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Vow to ban Muslims disappears from Trump campaign website
The statement has been a big reason the president’s executive order to ban people from primarily Muslim countries has not fared well with judges.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Jimmy Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health-care plea
‘I would like to apologize for saying that children in America should have health-care. It was insensitive,’ he deadpanned on his show Monday night.
Posted inNation & World, News
Analysis: Trump plays favorites with ‘open door’ policy for unions
Even among unions with most-favored status, there’s some skepticism about whether he’s for workers or just the executives who hire them.
Posted inNation & World, News
Ex-attorney general Yates testifies she warned that Michael Flynn could be compromised
Also testifying today is former National Intelligence Director James Clapper.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It is high time Sean Spicer resigned
President Trump’s press secretary has utterly failed to clearly and honestly articulate White House policy.