If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
2023
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine
It involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create ‘a hit catalog rather than hit records.’
Posted inNation & World, News
By pulling out of Ukrainian grain deal, Russia risks alienating its few remaining partners
Putin’s actions not only threaten global food security but also could backfire against Russia’s own interests
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Northeast floods devastate farmers as months of labor, crops swept away
Storms dumped up to 2 months’ worth of rain in a couple of days in parts of the region.
Posted inMaine
Week In Photos July 14-21, 2023
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s business community doesn’t support new tax-funded entitlement
Next session, Gov. Mills should introduce a bill that creates a family-related leave program that works for all Mainers, including small businesses, and is considerate of Maine’s economic constraints.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Conor Sen: The White House knows where inflation’s headed. You can too
The White House embraced “Bidenomics” to describe its economic agenda last month, reclaiming a term that President Joe Biden’s detractors have frequently used as a pejorative. Various administration officials have since talked up its ambitions. I have no doubt that they’re sincere about the importance of the middle-class, infrastructure investments and union jobs with an […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Third ‘Fool’ novel helps author Richard Russo hold on to his father
‘Somebody’s Fool’ is part of a series that began some 30 years ago and focused on a character based on the Portland author’s father. It goes on sale Tuesday.