March 15, 2017
March 2017
White House tries to hold line as support for health care bill falters
The projected impact of the plan causes widespread dissatisfaction among even conservative and moderate lawmakers.
Populists loyal to Trump rebel, further imperil health-care plan
They see it as a political trap and worry that it will fracture his working- and middle-class coalition.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow leaks Trump tax return from 2005
The White House responds that the president, as ‘one of the most successful businessmen in the world,’ paid ‘no more tax than legally required.’
White House: Trump ‘confident’ wiretap proof exists
Press secretary Sean Spicer rules out microwave ovens – but not TVs – as suspected surveillance tools.
Man and teen arrested after chaotic altercation in Waterboro
The man went to a home to buy drugs but ended up in a confrontation involving weapons, the York County sheriff says.
Canada’s Girl Guides cancel all U.S. trips
There is little doubt the revised travel ban is behind the decision by the 70,000-member counterpart to the Girl Scouts.
Revised travel ban will face tests in courtrooms across U.S.
Seven states are trying to derail the order that affects travelers from six Muslim-majority nations.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct dredging on lower Kennebec River
The work is designed to ensure the safe passage of Navy destroyers built at Bath Iron Works.
White House, allies see shadowy forces at work
To critics, the assertions seem a paranoid view of reasons for the administration’s struggles.