Germany is skeptical the EU can avoid Trump’s steel and aluminum fees and warns the region is ready to hit back.
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Maine will be among hardest-hit states if EU retaliates against Trump’s tariffs
That’s the conclusion of a Brookings Institution report, but it isn’t clear which Maine sectors would be harmed the most.
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Maine Voices: As middle ground on immigration, beef up border security while protecting ‘dreamers’
It’s a trade-off that would keep the country safe and improve the lives of millions of human beings.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump calls for death penalty to get tough on opioid traffickers
Along with harsh penalties to halt the flow of drugs, he also unveils initiatives to battle overdoses, which kill Mainers at the rate of more than one a day.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Watch: Trump needs to back off criticism of Mueller probe, King says
Maine’s junior senator also warns that any attempt by the president to have the special counsel fired would trigger a constitutional crisis.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Trump to visit New Hampshire to talk about combating opioids
The president and first lady will be in the state Monday.
Posted inMaine, News
Falmouth native preaches need for action on climate change
Joel Clement, a former Department of the Interior scientist who sued the agency, tells a crowd at Bates that working in the Trump administration was like ‘being led by a gang of vindictive fifth-graders.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump picks camera-proven Kudlow as top economic aide
Larry Kudlow will join an administration in the middle of a tumultuous remodeling as a wave of White House staffers and top officials have departed in recent weeks.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Stock market investors no longer feeling immune to Trump’s actions
They can’t brush aside politics when changes such as steel tariffs and tax reform start affecting corporate profits.
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No coordination between Trump and Russia, say House Republicans
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are expected to issue a separate report with different conclusions.