David Brinn, who grew up in Portland, is the managing editor of Israel’s largest English-language daily newspaper.
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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history.
Maine Voices: Our political leaders must learn to give a little to get a little
To stand alone in Washington, D.C., must be hard. It’s also never been more necessary.
Commentary: What if the United States is not ripped apart?
The fighting and the meanness that we see daily in the news may be what the extremists believe and feel but not what 40% – even 50% – of Americans believe and feel.
Supporters rally for suspended Oakland town manager
The Town Council placed Ella Bowman on paid administrative leave Aug. 23, and she still does not know the details as to why, except that it was because of an employee complaint.
Biden will be first sitting president to visit Auburn since 1912
When Biden speaks at Auburn Manufacturing on Friday, he will be only the fifth president to visit the Twin Cities while in office.
Commentary: The false centrism of the political group No Labels
The No Labels manifesto championed by the likes of Joe Manchin is composed of misinformation, naivete, misguided solutions and timeworn platitudes.
Gordon L. Weil: Dems move to center, fighting GOP appeal
Bernie Sanders is no longer a “democratic socialist.” He has dropped that label on his website. President Joe Biden has gone out of his way to say he is not a socialist, contrasting himself with Vermont’s Sen. Sanders. The label has proved to be a political liability. When Biden ran for president in 2020, he […]
Bar Harbor protester sues police over arrest outside home of conservative activist Leonard Leo
Eli Durand-McDonnell says officers violated his first amendment rights when they arrested him at the behest of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo.
Another View: Americans are moving to other states as they sort themselves by ideology
The busy moving vans represent a worrying trend.
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