The series of meetings comes 5 days before the House plans to take up a package to improve the nation’s infrastructure.
President Biden
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Withdrawal of ATF nomination shows just how powerful firearm lobby remains
Even a man with exemplary credentials cannot lead the agency set up ‘to protect communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations’ and ‘the illegal use and trafficking of firearms.’
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: White House must answer questions about Kabul drone strike that killed family
The U.S. government should put investigators on the ground to determine the truth.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Democrats face heavy lift on Biden agenda as Republicans stand by
Congress must fund the government in the next 10 days, or risk a federal shutdown.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Portland City Councilor Spencer Thibodeau resigns to take job in Biden administration
The District 2 councilor was previously a senior adviser for the Biden-Harris campaign in Maine. His new position will be in the Department of Energy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Chellie Pingree: We must save Roe v. Wade
I’ve co-sponsored legislation that would keep the government out of our personal health decisions, and I support President Biden’s drive to confirm pro-choice federal judges.
Posted inNation & World
Biden, world leaders push climate action, vow methane cuts
‘We have to act and we have to act now,’ the president says, speaking on a White House set with virtual arrays of solar panels in the background and a wall of other global leaders listening on screens.
Posted inNation & World
Biden angers France, EU with new Australia, U.K. initiative
After promising European leaders that multilateral diplomacy would guide U.S. foreign policy, the president has alienated numerous allies with a go-it-alone approach on key issues.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Our engagement in Afghanistan was not a failure until we quit
Our capitulation has swept aside considerations of future security risks, personal freedoms in the country and obligations to those we helped.
Posted inNation & World
Biden to mark Sept. 11 rite amid new terror fear
For the first time, he will hold the rank of commander in chief as he commemorates the anniversary of the attacks in 2001.