The groups receiving grants include Portland Parks Conservancy, Somerset Woods Trustees and the group Hearty Roots.
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Watchdog probes whether Justice Department officials tried to overturn election
The New York Times reported that a former assistant attorney general discussed a plan with then-President Trump to oust the acting attorney general, try to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race and suggest falsely that there had been widespread election fraud.
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Biden orders federal review of threat posed by violent domestic extremism
The threat assessment, coordinated by the national intelligence office, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, will be used as a foundation to develop policy, the White House said.
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Compliance with speed rules to save rare right whales could be better, report finds
Mariners are adhering to the limits well overall, but compliance remains low in some management areas.
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Twitter bans account of Iran’s top leader after Trump threat
An image of a drone hovering over the former U.S. president appeared to call for an attack on Trump, with the caption ‘Revenge is certain’ written in Farsi.
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Mitch McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February
The ultimate power over timing rests with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who can trigger the start of the trial at any point by sending to the Senate the charge of incitement of an insurrection.
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Collins part of bipartisan Senate group to meet with Biden aide on coronavirus relief
The president’s plan is already running into skepticism about its size and scope, leading some Democrats to begin prepping the budget reconciliation process to enact big portions of the package with a simple majority in the Senate.
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Maine officials join push to protect Voting Rights Act
Maine’s attorney general and secretary of state filed briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of cases that concern Arizona laws that have drawn criticism from voting rights advocates.
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Biden proposes 5-year extension of nuclear treaty with Russia set to expire in weeks
The treaty is the last remaining agreement constraining U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and the proposed extension is being communicated to Russia, an official says.
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Vatican convicts its former bank chief of embezzling millions
The trial was significant given that it showed a willingness by the Vatican to prosecute its own for shady business deals that have long characterized the Holy See’s murky finances.