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The president said the U.S. is committed to provide defensive weapons, but won't ship offensive weapons out of concern for the more than 1 million civilians sheltering in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
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A group including 2 Republican lawmakers has argued that legislative leaders violated the state constitution by passing a party-line budget and then calling a special session to finish other work. But an assistant attorney general told the court the process was lawful.
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Maine Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden voted with the majority as Republicans tried to oust their own speaker, stirring an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
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A legislative committee advanced at least $10 million in additional spending this week after repeated warnings from the administration about pushing the state budget past the 'breaking point.'
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Rebecca Jauch resigned from her seat on Monday to take a federal job, making her the second Democrat to resign in the closing days of the session.
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The move seems likely to delay the case and is the second time in as many days that the former president has gotten a favorable ruling that could push any future trials beyond the November election.
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The bills 'moved off the table' still require final approval from lawmakers, who meet again Friday, before they can be sent to Gov. Janet Mills.
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They met for a second day at the Capitol to discuss her threat for a vote on the motion to remove him from office.
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Judge Aileen Cannon said there are too many complicated legal rules and deadlines surrounding the use of classified evidence in public criminal trials that need to be considered before she sets a court date, and offered no timeline.
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The president has struggled to balance his support for Israel since the attack by Hamas – the deadliest day for Jews worldwide since the Holocaust – with his efforts to protect civilian life in Gaza.
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The porn actor is at the center of the case because she was paid $130,000 in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to keep quiet about what she says was an unexpected sexual encounter with Trump a decade before.
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In the final weeks of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about what she says was an awkward and unexpected sexual encounter with Trump.
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The order is intended to address a large gender gap in the construction industry and help the state combat a severe workforce shortage.
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The audio in question is of an interview conducted as part of a probe into President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
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Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signaling that an attack was imminent.
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The former president spoke at a private luncheon where he used profanity to refer to special counsel Jack Smith.
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Exactly six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked in the first contest in 112 years with a current and former president competing for the White House.
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He has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable.
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The Democrat and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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The group is pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted.
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A look at some of the highlights from the past week.
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'Dreamers' will be able to access tax breaks when they sign up for health care this fall.
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The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar.
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The former aide said Donald Trump was worried about his wife Melania's reaction to alleged affairs.
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Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have 'irreversible consequences' for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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The effort to repeal the long-dormant law, which bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life, won final legislative approval on Wednesday.
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President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.
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Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016.
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Johnson has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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Maine's Legislature will reconvene May 10 to take up override votes on a handful of bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills.
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The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.
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Critics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate last month and told reporters she's laying the groundwork for future consideration.
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After court adjourned, the former president called the gag order 'totally unconstitutional.'
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Israel-Hamas war protesters and police clash on Texas campus, Columbia University begins suspensionsColleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday.
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The governor let the 72-hour pause pass without her signature, saying she was ‘deeply conflicted.’ She vetoed a second bill that would have banned rapid-fire devices.
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He has become a prominent voice for Arab American and Muslim voters, not just in Dearborn but across the country, who say that Biden has betrayed and dehumanized them.
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The former president and the Florida governor have been on chilly terms for years and had not spoken since the primary season ended.
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An evening normally devoted to presidents, journalists and comedians taking outrageous pokes at scandals and each other often seemed this year to illustrate the difficulty of putting aside the election and the troubles in the Middle East and elsewhere.
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The jokes are the latest attempt to crack the code on how to clap back at Trump, whose own insult comedy schtick has redrawn the boundaries of what is acceptable in modern politics.
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'Biden is the worst president in the history of our country, worse than Jimmy Carter by a long shot,' Trump said in a variation of a quip he has used throughout the 2024 campaign.
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Some approved legislation still awaits action by the governor, and lawmakers will return for at least one more day to address vetoes.
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On the second day of the party's convention, the GOP adopts a platform that takes positions on school curriculum, foreign policy and news coverage.
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The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be-released book, 'No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.'
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The most optimistic portions of of a day-long session by the University of Pennsylvania came as the ex-lawmakers discussed how some minor changes that require no political risk could start to create better incentives for a more productive legislature.
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The week began with a moment for the history books, with prosecutors for the first time presenting a jury with a criminal case against a former American president.
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The decision infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could help the president avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.
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The bill would have required companies leasing state land for clean energy projects to enter into contract with labor unions.
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The bill aimed to reduce the tax burden for middle-income residents while also raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Janet Mills said it would not provide meaningful relief and could create challenges for state budgeting.
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Most economists say the underlying momentum of the U.S. economy remains strong. But growth and jobs – which have been surprisingly sturdy – have generated little tangible benefit to Biden’s hopes for reelection.
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Maine state House majority leader Maureen Terry says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden