The president says he is issuing an executive order that will prevent Myanmar’s generals from accessing $1 billion in assets in the United States.
Carol Semple
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Impeachment trial highlights: History lessons, Trump tweets, 13-minute video
William Belknap, an obscure and long-dead Cabinet secretary from the 1800s, played a starring role Tuesday.
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Man who wore horns at riot apologizes for storming Capitol
Jacob Chansley, who previously said Donald Trump inspired him to be in Washington on Jan. 6, said Trump ‘let a lot of peaceful people down.’
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Mystery metal monolith in Turkish field turns out to be a government gimmick
It was discovered by farmer near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Gobekli Tepe, which is home to megalithic structures dating to the 10th millennium B.C., thousands of years before Stonehenge.
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Nominee for Maine’s 4th-ever state archivist would be first woman to hold the job
Katherine McBrien previously worked as chief curator at the Maine Historical Society and as curator of historic collections at the Maine State Museum.
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Trump censure promoted by Sen. Collins is still on the table as trial is set to begin
However, the reception has been lukewarm so far from Democrats, who would prefer to see the former president convicted in the impeachment trial, and from Republicans, who fear political consequences in barring Trump from office.
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New Hampshire man accused of taking items from Capitol during siege
The Keene man gave a news media interview saying he entered the U.S. Capitol and saw people smashing computers and other equipment.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Schools nationwide plan for potential of remote learning into the fall
President Biden has made reopening schools a top priority, but administrators say there is much to consider as new strains of the coronavirus appear and teachers wait their turn for vaccinations.
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Alabama U.S. Sen. Shelby, a senior Republican, announces he won’t seek a 7th term
His stepping down will leave a power void for the region and will set off a free-for-all primary.
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Maine ban on funding religious tuition goes to U.S. Supreme Court
So far, courts have sided with the state, which contends using taxpayer dollars to fund religious education violates the separation of church and state.