The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional debt before the agency moved to take the homes.
Dari Alpi
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, New England, Religion and Values
Convicted former Catholic priest, Cheverus teacher dies at 87
James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump signs order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
President Donald Trump referenced election fraud as he signed the order Tuesday, saying, ‘this will end it, hopefully.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation and advocates for public schools say eliminating the department would leave children behind in an American education system that is fundamentally unequal.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
What to know about Trump’s plan to abolish the Education Department
President Donald Trump has been promising to abolish the Education Department since the 2024 campaign. Here’s what to know about his effort to close it.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
Trump plan will dismantle US Education Department
The department sends billions of dollars a year to schools and oversees $1.6 trillion in federal student loans.
Posted inNation & World
Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza, killing more than 400 and shattering ceasefire with Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes, which killed mostly women and children, after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement.
Posted inNation & World
Trump won’t rule out deploying US troops to support rebuilding Gaza, sees ‘long-term’ US ownership
‘The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,’ President Donald Trump said at an evening news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Posted inNation & World, News
Midair collision kills 67 people in deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy Potomac River, and crews were still searching. It would be the deadliest U.S. air crash in nearly 24 years.