The Senate will try to sprint ahead on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts after a weekend of setbacks
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Maine Senators divided as Senate pushes ahead on Trump’s tax break and spending cut plan
Susan Collins, a key Republican player in Washington, voted to begin debate on the bill last night, while Angus King voted against advancing the bill.
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Trump says he’s terminating trade talks with Canada over tax on tech firms
The tax will hit companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3% levy on revenue from Canadian users, a move the president called ‘a direct and blatant attack on our country.’
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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
The 6-3 conservative majority left open the possibility that President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship could remain blocked nationwide.
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Supreme Court allows states to block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding
As Democrats control both the Legislature and the Blaine House, Maine appears extremely unlikely — for now — to stop Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood services.
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Mainers from Iran reflect on recent U.S. bombing of native land
Maine is home to several hundred people with roots in Iran who are now wrestling with the U.S. bombing of 3 nuclear facilities last weekend.
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Maine joins lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
The lawsuit argues the Trump administration has used the clause as the basis of a ‘slash-and-burn campaign’ to cut federal grants.
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Alarm grows after US inserts itself into Israel-Iran war with strikes on nuclear sites
Iran says the U.S. ‘decided to destroy diplomacy’ with its attack on three nuclear sites, while the Trump administration indicated it wanted to restart talks even as Trump himself mused about regime change.
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Maine lawmakers in Congress respond to US strike on Iran
While Sen. Susan Collins called the attack ‘necessary’ to head off a broader conflict, and Rep. Jared Golden supported the president’s action, Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree questioned the decision to act without consulting Congress.
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Three central Maine graduates reflect on their lives and what’s next
Three central Maine students have followed very different paths to reach high school graduation, and they say they’re ready to take on their next challenges.