The Judiciary Committee missed a golden chance to influence immigration ban.
Donald Trump
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Immigration order is threat to Maine’s growth
The state’s economic future rides on our ability to attract talent and help it develop.
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Posted inNation & World
In call with Australian leader, Trump badgers and brags
The president suggests the U.S. may not honor an agreement with the longtime ally to accept 1,250 refugees.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Family waits, hopes to be reunited with daughter left in Iraq
Labed Al-Hanfy’s daughter is in immigration limbo because of President Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Posted inNation & World
Attacks in Ukraine could test Trump’s goal of better relations with Moscow
The surge in violence by Russian government-backed separatists could pose a foreign policy challenge to the new Trump administration.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Democrats ask Pentagon to explain Russian payment to Trump’s national security adviser
They suggest that the fee Michael Flynn collected for speaking at a celebration for Russian TV may have violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine’s King, Collins positioned to play key role in Supreme Court nomination
Both lawmakers say they’ll carefully evaluate the qualifications of Neil Gorsuch before deciding whether to support his confirmation.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Senate confirms Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state; nasty showdowns over others
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee push two nominees to a full Senate vote by changing the rules while Democrats are out of the room boycotting.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Let’s hope Women’s March, protests of travel ban signal a movement against Trump
It is time for a mass outcry in response to the shabby, chaos-inspiring actions of the Trump administration.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Reign of Gov. LePage offers preview, and lessons, for life under Trump
Their approaches are quite similar, and despite fierce opposition, no one has been able to derail them.