The president reportedly has told White House aides that he would endorse Maine’s governor if he makes a run against Angus King in 2018.
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Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Monday’s order will allow the ban on residents of 6 mostly Muslim countries in though appeals are planned.
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Narcissism prevents global solutions to our shared problems
The alarming world view that favors superiority and dominance tends to disregard the air, waters, land and wildlife on which we collectively depend.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Time dismisses Trump’s claim he ‘took a pass’ on being ‘Person of the Year’
The magazine says the president is ‘incorrect’ about how it makes its choice. A former editor is less kind.
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Trump fans flames in Franken groping scandal
The president’s critics say politics are at play in his responses – or not – to prominent men accused of sexual harassment.
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
Trump signs into law Sens. Collins, Shaheen bill on diabetes
The law will establish a commission of experts on treatment and prevention.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump blasts former aide at center of Russia probe as ‘liar’
The president on Twitter said George Papadopoulos has already been proven to be a liar, though he was named to Trump’s foreign policy advisory council in March 2016.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Falmouth woman who took Donald Trump campaign signs is fined $250
Elizabeth Stothart, who was found guilty of a civil infraction, wrote a newspaper column in which she admitted taking the signs after seeing the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape of Trump bragging about groping women.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: President Trump’s anti-opioid proposal falls far short of need
His emergency declaration offers ringing promises on how he’ll fight addiction – but not the cash to fulfill them.
Posted inMaine, News
Trump declaration on opioid crisis greeted with hope and skepticism in Maine
Treatment providers, doctors and others say the president’s action has symbolic value, but a commitment of money and other resources is needed to have a significant impact.