All four members say the evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, even though the president – with his Russian counterpart only feet away – declined to say so.
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Trump calls EU a trade ‘foe’ before his meeting with Putin
The comment caps off a contentious round of talks in Europe as he prepares to meet the Russian president Monday ‘with very low expectations.’
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Maine’s congressional delegation weighs in on Supreme Court pick
The state’s senators, who would vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, say they will look at his record closely, with Susan Collins noting his ‘impressive credentials’ while Angus King says he will not hesitate to vote against an ‘ideologically extreme’ judge.
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Confirmation battle begins over Trump’s staunchly conservative Supreme Court pick
Republican leaders firmly believe that nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be instrumental in pitching the court to the right and leaving a conservative imprint on the law for a generation.
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Only half of detained migrant children to be reunited with families by deadline
At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated at the border, a government attorney said Monday.
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It’s showtime as Trump announces high court nominee Monday
The former reality-TV star who tends to view media attention as a victory in itself gears up for his prime-time reveal.
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Cynthia Dill: These Trumpian times deserve another ‘modest proposal’
Why not let working women harness the power of the smartphone for unregulated sexting?
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Feeling desperate, artists respond to the times in ‘America Now’
A new exhibition at the Portland Public Library portrays a country in turmoil.
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Collins says justice’s respect for precedent will protect Roe v. Wade. Experts disagree.
Maine’s Republican senator pins her support of a Supreme Court nominee on ‘settled law,’ but her reasoning withers under scrutiny.
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Ecology reminds us that we’re all connected
It’s important to see the president’s Twitter taunts as evidence of a larger, more entrenched problem: the all-too-human hubris that exacerbates countless societal and environmental problems.