In the Capitol for a rare weekend session, the Senate voted again to move forward with the assistance.
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American allies worry U.S. is growing less dependable, whether Trump or Biden wins
French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent verdict was blunt: America’s ‘first priority is itself.’
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Mills plans to accelerate $50 million relief proposal for storm-damaged Maine communities
The governor hopes a separate bill will move more quickly through legislative review and provide more immediate support to hard-hit areas.
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Wisconsin Republican says he won’t run for Congress again after refusing to impeach Homeland Security chief
Mike Gallagher wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published after the vote that impeachment wouldn’t stop migrants from crossing the border.
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Nikki Haley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina
Haley skipped the Nevada caucuses, condemning the contest as rigged for Trump, and has instead focused on South Carolina, kicking off a two-week bus tour across the state.
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Legislation that boosts access to railroad data leaves out the public
The bill before the Legislature is designed to expand the types of information railroads are required to give the state so that emergency management and public safety agencies can prepare for potential rail disasters.
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Uproar over Biden classified documents report carries echoes of 2016 Clinton email case
In this year’s already heated election season, the Justice Department cleared Democrat Biden, too, of criminal wrongdoing but painted a politically damaging picture of his handling of classified information.
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Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses
Trump’s win in Nevada gives him all 26 of the state’s delegates.
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How the ghostwriter of Biden’s memoirs ended up in the center of a classified documents probe
Hours after the special counsel report was released, President Biden addressed reporters at the White House saying, ‘I did not share classified information’ adding he didn’t do so ‘with my ghostwriter. Guarantee you I did not.’
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CIA terminates whistleblower who prompted flood of sexual misconduct complaints
The woman’s termination came less than 6 months after she filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the CIA retaliated against her.