Republican leaders firmly believe that nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be instrumental in pitching the court to the right and leaving a conservative imprint on the law for a generation.
Donald Trump
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Only half of detained migrant children to be reunited with families by deadline
At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated at the border, a government attorney said Monday.
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It’s showtime as Trump announces high court nominee Monday
The former reality-TV star who tends to view media attention as a victory in itself gears up for his prime-time reveal.
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Cynthia Dill: These Trumpian times deserve another ‘modest proposal’
Why not let working women harness the power of the smartphone for unregulated sexting?
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Feeling desperate, artists respond to the times in ‘America Now’
A new exhibition at the Portland Public Library portrays a country in turmoil.
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Collins says justice’s respect for precedent will protect Roe v. Wade. Experts disagree.
Maine’s Republican senator pins her support of a Supreme Court nominee on ‘settled law,’ but her reasoning withers under scrutiny.
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Ecology reminds us that we’re all connected
It’s important to see the president’s Twitter taunts as evidence of a larger, more entrenched problem: the all-too-human hubris that exacerbates countless societal and environmental problems.
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago wants to hire 61 foreign workers
Trump has criticized U.S. companies for employing foreign workers, but has defended Mar-a-Lago’s hiring practices, saying there aren’t enough local applicants.
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Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border
Hours before a hearing in San Diego, the Justice Department filed papers seeking an extension of the deadline, which is July 10 for all parents with children under 5 and July 26 to reunite everyone else.
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Trump angry at OPEC, wants lower oil prices
But at the same time, he wants countries around the world to stop buying Iranian crude oil. Those goals are in conflict.