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.
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Pingree, Golden unveil earmark requests for federal funding of 20 Maine projects
Fire departments, water districts, community colleges and nonprofits are among candidates for member-requested congressional funds.
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Republican Sen. Scott suggests Democrats use race as political weapon
In his nationally televised rebuttal of President Biden’s address to Congress, the Senate’s only Black Republican belittles the president’s initial priorities as wasteful expansions of big government.