Anyone wondering when – or if – CNN would stop breaking into regular programming to show the daily media briefing by White House press secretary Sean Spicer now has an answer: Day 36 of the Donald Trump presidency. But the streak of televised briefings did not end because the cable channel finally decided they are […]
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Seed of populist agenda visible into Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon’s past
In November 2015, Stephen Bannon – then the executive chairman of Breitbart News – was hosting a satellite radio show. His guest was Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., who opposed President Barack Obama’s plan to resettle some Syrian refugees in the United States. “We need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet,” Zinke […]
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White House on lockdown after nearby shooting
WASHINGTON — A uniformed Secret Service officer shot a person who drew a weapon just outside the White House Friday afternoon, a U.S. law enforcement official said Friday. The shooting happened within view of sightseers outside the front of the building, near sidewalks crowded with families, school groups and government workers. The White House was briefly […]
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Portland man works in White House after addiction, prison
The night Barack Obama was elected president, Christopher Poulos watched the election returns inside a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa., where he was the only white inmate in the TV room. Poulos had been convicted in 2008 of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and spent an additional two years in federal prison. But […]
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Lewiston teacher helps decorate White House for Christmas
She looked up and saw HGTV cameras pointed at her. Along with 88 other volunteers from across the country, Macri spent three days decorating the White House for Christmas. “Working in the East Room was the best,” she said. “That’s where they hold all the state dinners.” She saw the first family’s dogs, Bo and […]
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White House wants to fight heroin by uniting public health, police forces
WASHINGTON — As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the nation, the White House plans to announce on Monday an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of addicts. The experiment, initially funded for […]
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In heroin fight, White House tries to break down walls between public health, police
WASHINGTON — As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the nation, the White House plans to announce on Monday an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of addicts. The experiment, initially funded for […]
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Obama puts stricter controls on military-style equipment for police
WASHINGTON — Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on other weapons and gear distributed to law enforcement. The surprise announcement comes after the White House suggested last year that Obama […]
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LePage joins lawsuit against Obama administration’s immigration policy
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Paul LePage has joined a multi-state coalition in a lawsuit over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration. LePage is one of four governors and 13 states who are plaintiffs in the suit. Many top Republicans have denounced President Barack Obama’s unilateral move designed to spare as many as […]
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Report details Secret Service fails as fence jumper breached White House
WASHINGTON — Layer after layer of security measures that were supposed to block an intruder from getting into the White House all failed in stunning succession on the evening of Sept. 19, according to an internal review of a fence jumper’s breach. There were nearly a dozen failures in the Secret Service’s rings of security […]