Articles filed under Politics
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Trump’s Iran war leaves Republicans adrift ahead of midtermsApr 03, 2026 7:43 pm - This is not the run-up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted. A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict.
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Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for PentagonApr 03, 2026 6:55 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday officially requested $1.5 trillion in spending for the Pentagon next fiscal year, which would be the largest defense budget in U.S. history.
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Todd Blanche takes on DOJ’s top job and the burden of Trump’s expectationsApr 03, 2026 3:36 pm - As Todd Blanche takes charge of the Justice Department next month, he’ll come armed with a deeper history with President Donald Trump than any prior occupant to serve in that role under the famously mercurial president.
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Justice Dept. says the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutionalApr 02, 2026 7:25 pm - The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent established in response to Richard M. Nixon’s effort to keep control of records upon his resignation from the Oval Office.
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Trump sets 100% drug tariffs on companies that haven’t lowered pricesApr 02, 2026 4:32 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a new 100% tariff on imported drugs made by companies that have not agreed to lower their retail prices, the latest move in his evolving campaign to reshape global trade and promote domestic manufacturing
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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicideApr 02, 2026 4:22 pm - The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday.
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Trump’s White House ballroom gets final approval days after a judge ordered a halt to constructionApr 02, 2026 4:18 pm - President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom won final approval from a key agency on Thursday, despite a federal judge recently ordering a halt to construction unless Congress allows what would be the biggest structural change to the American landmark in more than 70 years.
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Trump backs off campaign promises to protect Medicare, help with child careApr 02, 2026 4:04 pm - President Donald Trump said this week that Medicare and day care were too expensive for the federal government to cover, reversing himself on explicit campaign promises to protect the seniors’ health insurance program and address child care costs.
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East Maine District 63 may seek tax hike for $163 million improvement planApr 02, 2026 2:37 pm - East Maine School District 63 residents can learn about a $163 million facilities improvement plan at public meetings this month.
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Trump defends decision to attack Iran, says conflict is ‘nearing completion’Apr 01, 2026 8:45 pm - Facing economic and political headwinds a month after launching a surprise attack on Iran, President Donald Trump defended the increasingly unpopular conflict Wednesday night, but assured the nation that the military activity in the Middle East was “nearing completion.”