The former national security adviser’s memoir, whose publication the Justice Department is trying to block, is the most substantive, critical dissection of the president from an administration insider.
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Trump eyes racial equality debate through economic lens
Administration officials say there have been numerous discussions arguing for and against having the president address the nation on police-community relations and racial injustice.
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Group warns Trump protesters to avoid Guilford, gather in Bangor
Some are concerned about potential violence if protesters and Trump supporters gather outside Puritan Medical Products in Guilford, where the president plans to visit Friday.
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticize Trump’s response to protests
Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists ‘many things wrong’ and Sen. Collins says Trump’s use of force against D.C. protesters wasn’t justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
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Mills raises security concerns about Trump’s plan to visit maker of test swabs in Maine
The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice. Mills added more pointed criticism at a news conference in which she said the country needs leadership, ‘not more hatred and more division.’
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Transcripts released of Flynn’s calls with Russian diplomat
The Trump administration’s new national intelligence director declassifies documents that allies of the president say bolster their contention that the former national security adviser was wrongly pursued.
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U.S. officials weighed first nuclear-weapons test in decades
The discussions followed accusations by administration officials that Russia and China are conducting low-yield nuclear tests.
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Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic
The president’s tweets targeting Michigan and Nevada mark an escalation in his campaign against voting by mail.
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Collins says Trump didn’t follow the law when firing inspector general
In an exchange on Twitter, Maine’s senior U.S. senator said the president did not follow a federal law, which she helped pass in 2008, when he fired a federal watchdog in the office of the U.S. Inspector General late last Friday.
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Trump, Republicans launch broad attack on Russia probe foundations
The Justice Department’s dismissal of the Michael Flynn case is swept up in a broader push by the president and his allies to reframe the Russia investigation as a plot to sabotage his administration.