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Man arrested in January 2021 pipe bomb case targeting party headquarters
12/04/2025

Man arrested in January 2021 pipe bomb case targeting party headquarters

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities arrested a Virginia man Thursday morning who they say was involved in planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to numerous media reports. The man’s identity h...

Judge blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defund’ provision for 22 states and DC | via States Newsroom
12/04/2025

Judge blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defund’ provision for 22 states and DC | via States Newsroom

A federal judge has once again blocked a controversial provision barring federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other nonprofit reproductive health providers. But this time, she’s ruling in a different case with a different set of arguments.   U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on T...

National progressive group throws support behind Graham Platner
12/04/2025

National progressive group throws support behind Graham Platner

A national progressive political action committee endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner on Wednesday, the latest signal that the political novice’s campaign to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins does not appear to be hindered by his controversial past remarks. The endorsement from ...

US Senate panel seek speedy bipartisan deal on health insurance subsidies | via .bsky.social .com https://mainemornings...
12/04/2025

US Senate panel seek speedy bipartisan deal on health insurance subsidies | via .bsky.social .com https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/12/03/repub/us-senate-panel-seek-speedy-bipartisan-deal-on-health-insurance-subsidies/

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate committee that oversees health care started coalescing around an approach to lower costs for Americans during a Wednesday hearing, though several hurdles lay ahead. Republicans and Democrats on the panel appeared to accept that enhanced tax credits for people who purch...

Lawmakers press for Epstein files briefing, as Dems release photos of his private island | via States Newsroom
12/04/2025

Lawmakers press for Epstein files briefing, as Dems release photos of his private island | via States Newsroom

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi for a briefing this week to review the contents of the Epstein files ahead of the Justice Department’s legally binding public release date later this month. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alas...

Hundreds of students, community members rally in support of detained Portland immigrant family
12/03/2025

Hundreds of students, community members rally in support of detained Portland immigrant family

Deering High School senior Jack Borland said during his sophomore year he wanted to start a club. He told his soccer teammates about it after practice one day, hoping they’d join. They nodded along politely, he said, but when the first meeting rolled around only one showed up: Joel Andre. “That....

Maine officials condemn USDA’s latest SNAP threat as illegal and ‘outrageous’
12/03/2025

Maine officials condemn USDA’s latest SNAP threat as illegal and ‘outrageous’

Maine officials say they will continue to fight the Trump administration over its latest threat to withhold food assistance if the state refuses to share sensitive personal information with the federal government. “It’s outrageous that we have an administration that focuses this much on cutting ...

Trump administration puts a hold on immigration applications from 19 nations | via States Newsroom
12/03/2025

Trump administration puts a hold on immigration applications from 19 nations | via States Newsroom

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration late Tuesday paused all immigration applications from 19 countries the president earlier had listed for restricted travel into the United States, a move that freezes processing for green card holders and citizenship applications. After two West Virginia Nation...

More industries want Trump’s help hiring immigrant labor after farms get a break | via Stateline
12/03/2025

More industries want Trump’s help hiring immigrant labor after farms get a break | via Stateline

As food prices remain high, the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now, other industries with large immigrant workforces also are asking for relief as they combat labor shortages and raids.

Feds promised ‘radical transparency’ but are withholding rural health fund applications | via KFF Health News
12/03/2025

Feds promised ‘radical transparency’ but are withholding rural health fund applications | via KFF Health News

Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for spending their share of a $50 billion federal rural health program. The Trump administration, which has promised “radical transparency,” said in an FAQ that it plans to publi...

No ‘clear path forward’ in US Senate on spiraling health care costs, with deadline near | via States Newsroom
12/02/2025

No ‘clear path forward’ in US Senate on spiraling health care costs, with deadline near | via States Newsroom

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree that health care costs are rising too quickly and expect to vote next week on legislation that could help Americans. The only catch is that party leaders hadn’t decided as of Tuesday what to include in the bills. Senators also seemed to ...

Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Maine, other Democratic-led states
12/02/2025

Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Maine, other Democratic-led states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. USDA sought data from states earlier this....

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