The charges against the Homeland Security secretary will go to the Senate for a trial, but neither Democratic nor Republican senators have shown interest in the matter and it may be indefinitely shelved to a committee.
Carol Semple
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U.S. inflation slows but remains elevated as price pressures are easing only gradually
Tuesday’s sticky inflation data sent stock and bond prices tumbling, with financial markets now envisioning the Fed’s first cut rates in June, rather than in May or March.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Boy critically injured in Texas megachurch shooting is son of suspect in attack
A motive for the attack that sent worshippers rushing for safety in between busy services at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday remains unclear.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden welcomes Jordan’s king as they try to frame a hostage deal in Israel-Hamas war
The president and his aides are working to broker another pause in Israel’s war against Hamas in order to send humanitarian aid and supplies into the region and get hostages out.
Posted inNation & World, News
The wreck of a ship that sank in 1940 is found in Lake Superior
The 244-foot bulk carrier Arlington is found in about 650 feet of water some 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.
Posted inMaine, News
Rockland seeing an increase in houses being condemned
The actions come after the city has received complaints, often from neighbors, about unsafe living conditions.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Remember George H.W. Bush’s speedboat in Maine? Now you can buy it.
The watercraft is emblazoned with a presidential seal and boasts 3 Mercury outboard engines that can propel the vessel to 75 mph.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections
The impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas landed quickly onto the House agenda after Republican efforts to impeach Biden over the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, hit a lull.
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IRS to collect hundreds of billions more in overdue and unpaid taxes thanks to new funding
Tax revenues are expected to rise by as much as $561 billion from 2024 to 2034, thanks to stepped-up enforcement made possible with money from the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act.
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Qatar gets ‘positive’ response from Hamas on cease-fire-for-hostages plan
However, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.