Lawmakers of both parties, a president and a president-elect are vying to escalate an arms race.
Donald Trump
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Maine Voices: Trump, and his economic policy, will travel path of greatest resistance
He starts off with little good faith, and his ideas for the economy won’t make him many friends.
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Trump to keep tweeting as president because it ‘gets results,’ aide says
Social media sites let him talk directly to Americans without others filtering the message, his press secretary says.
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Maine Voices: How will Trump shape China policy?
Will he take a hostile ‘Great Wall’ approach or attempt a more cooperative ‘Silk Road’ strategy of increased trade?
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Cynthia Dill: 10 things best left behind as we enter 2017
Among them: Crybabies, sore losers and gun violence.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. gives more detailed look at Russia’s alleged election hacking
A 13-page joint analysis by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI is the first such report ever to attribute malicious cyber activity to a particular country or actors.
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Obama orders sanctions against Russia over election hacking, vows more action
The sanctions include deporting 35 Russian diplomats and closing two Russian-owned compounds. Moscow says it will consider retaliation.
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Trump’s pick for budget chief liked gold, had dim view of dollar
Now, as the president-elect’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney is poised to influence U.S. fiscal policy.
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M.D. Harmon: Obama flounces out of office as Democrats ponder much-diminished prospects
Donald Trump’s election is what’s offering ‘hope and change’ these days, as the outgoing president’s U.N. inaction puts Mideast peace even further out of reach.
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Dana Milbank: As Trump kisses up to Putin, let’s look at the kind of friend he’s been
The Russian is a dictator with a long rap sheet who our president should treat as a malevolent adversary.