Mining jobs could be saved if the president eases Obama-era pollution restrictions, but the EPA says more deaths and illness will result.
Donald Trump
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Maine Voices: Every day I ask myself: How can this be happening in America?
Trump’s slimy behavior and his party leadership’s reluctance to criticize him are embarrassingly farcical.
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U.S.-Canada trade talks to resume after odd turn for the worse
President Trump says he plans to sign an agreement with Mexico in 90 days, but Congress would eventually have to approve any agreement.
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Trump cancels federal employees’ pay raises, citing cost of maintaining federal workforce
Federal employees were supposed to see pay raises in January, but Trump said he was cancelling them in favor of raises based on performance.
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Kanye West apologizes for calling slavery a ‘choice’
‘I’m sorry for people who felt let down by that moment,’ the rapper tells radio listeners in Chicago.
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Manafort asks judge to move trial out of D.C.
His attorneys argue that constant media coverage in the nation’s capital will deny Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman a fair trial.
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Trump: Democrats ‘will overturn everything’ if Republicans lose majorities
The president reminds a group of evangelical Christians at a White House dinner what’s at stake this fall.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs for 4th straight day
Optimism over a potential trade deal among the U.S., Canada and Mexico lifts stocks, and Amazon’s performance doesn’t hurt either.
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Newspapers praise decision nullifying Trump’s get-tough tariffs on Canadian newsprint
A trade commission finds U.S. newsprint producers were not being hurt by the imports, as the U.S. had maintained, in a decision that could lower costs for U.S. publications.
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White House counsel will leave his job this fall
In a tweet, President Trump praises Don McGahn’s service.