We should be talking about how to expand school meals, not arguing over whether students deserve them.
Donald Trump
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Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders
In the last two weeks, he issued five relating to Medicare, government transparency, federal spending and imposing sanctions on Turkish officials.
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Trump taps Perry deputy to replace him at Energy Department
The president says he is nominating Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to replace the departing secretary.
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Republicans alarmed by shifting explanations for withholding aid to Ukraine
A Republican congressman speaks out publicly and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he now supports impeaching President Trump.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Trump officials fill in the blanks on quid pro quo in Ukraine
Two of President Donald Trump’s presumably loyal appointees painted an alarming picture last Thursday of how Trump and lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani turned up the pressure on Ukraine to ensure its help with two politically oriented investigations. No matter how the White House tries to spin the news, it’s seeming increasingly clear that the president […]
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Bill Nemitz: A Maine senator, a constituent and a failure to communicate
It started as an airport chat between Sen. Susan Collins and a ‘rude’ constituent. Now it’s the stuff of full-page newspaper ads.
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Trump, Pelosi clash over White House photo
The president and House speaker have very different takes on an encounter in the Cabinet Room.
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White House says next G-7 summit will be held at Trump golf resort
The idea of holding the meeting of world leaders at a resort owned by the president has been criticized by government ethics watchdogs.
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Pence hails Turkey’s cease-fire agreement calling for Kurds to vacate border area
The agreement essentially gives the Turks what they had sought to achieve with their military operation in the first place.
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U.S. envoy says Trump directed him to work with Giuliani on Ukraine policy
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland distances himself from the president and tells Congress that he disagreed with the directive.