The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of ‘zero tolerance’ from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
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Collins named most bipartisan senator for 8th straight year
Maine’s senior U.S. senator topped the annual list from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins wants to renew Farm to School grant program
Sen. Susan Collins says the bill is designed to raise the program’s funding to $15 million.
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Republicans launch cultural attack on Biden’s American Families Plan
The president’s child-care proposal emerges as a special lightning rod for conservatives.
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Newsmax apologizes to Dominion security chief for false report of election manipulation
The conservative news network says that while it aired the accusations against Eric Coomer made by Donald Trump’s lawyers and supporters, it found no evidence that they were true.
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Eyeing 2024, Pence says he’ll push back on ‘liberal agenda’
The choice of South Carolina for the former vice president’s first public address since the end of the Trump administration has definite political overtones.
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Florida approves bill curbing mail voting, use of drop boxes
Democrats and voting rights advocates say the measure is aimed at making it harder for some Floridians to cast ballots.
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Giuliani was warned in 2019 that he was targeted by Russia
Despite the alert, Rudy Giuliani met with a Ukrainian lawmaker who the U.S. government later labeled ‘an active Russian agent’ and sanctioned on grounds he was running a smear campaign against candidate Joe Biden.
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Analysis: Harris to lead administration’s push to bring every American online
Biden is planning an unprecedented expansion in funding to address the digital divide during the pandemic and beyond.
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Maine lawmakers could limit or eliminate legal protection for law enforcement
The Legislature heard opposing arguments Thursday on bills to change qualified immunity, a legal standard that protects police officers from lawsuits.