White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the meeting could be delayed again.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed the Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act (H.R. 2259), to expand services and benefits for volunteers; a resolution (S. Res. 643), honoring the memory of the victims of the brutal and senseless attack at a country music festival in Las Vegas […]
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Terry Hayes: Count me out of ‘us versus them’ politics
Separated from her siblings as a child, she grew familiar with division. So when her political party embraced tribalism, the governor candidate chose a new course.
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Canadian foreign affairs minister postpones U.N. speech amid trade talks
Among other things, the negotiators are battling over Canada’s high dairy tariffs.
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Michelle Obama calls for young voters to ‘take their power back’
Americans cast more votes than ever in the 2008 election, but even so, more than 80 million still didn’t vote.
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California raises minimum age for buying rifles from 18 to 21
Gov. Jerry Brown follows the lead of Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who in March signed into law a bill raising the minimum age for buying long guns.
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Republicans fear political fallout from Kavanaugh turmoil
Whether he is confirmed or not, some working the midterms say the damage has been done.
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House passes bill to help fight opioid crisis
It now heads to the Senate for a final vote.
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Rosenstein agrees to meet with lawmakers
The deputy attorney general is also to meet next week with President Trump.
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‘Look at me’: Women confront Sen. Flake on Kavanaugh vote
After the encounter, the swing-vote Republican says he’ll back the nomination in committee only if the FBI is given a week to investigate Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations.