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Maine governor suggests he makes up stories to mislead media

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage lashed out at the media for reporting he planned to leave the state during a budget impasse, and he suggested he sometimes concocts stories

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Two trends suggest yes.

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Persuasive proof that America is full of racist and selfish people

What millions of Google searches reveal about our national psyche.

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Hill Democrats sue Trump over foreign business ties

The case is one of at least four legal challenges on emoluments.

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North Carolina’s battle over voting rights intensifies

After major losses in the U.S. Supreme Court, North Carolina’s Republicans plan to redouble efforts aimed at limiting voter fraud. Democrats say the laws are discriminatory.

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Since at least the 1970s a variety of scholars have redefined the U.S. social welfare state to include not only traditional benefit programs (for example Food S

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Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.

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D.C. and Maryland sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath

The case centers on the “emoluments” clause of the Constitution, which bars the president from accepting gifts from foreign governments.

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Grassley rips Trump administration for blowing off certain oversight requests

In a letter to President Donald Trump, the veteran Iowa Republican senator urged Trump to reverse a policy instituted by the White House and the Office of Legal Counsel to answer oversight requests only from committee chairmen, all of whom are Republicans because of GOP control of Congress.

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Kansas Republicans end the state’s failed tax reform experiment

It was designed by the same economists who advised Trump on his tax plan.

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CNN Exclusive: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis

US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.

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CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois man accuses Dennis Hastert in a new lawsuit of sexually assaulting him in bathroom stall when he was a fourth-grader, at least the fifth such allegation

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Where Children Are Still Denied Due Process

Most states fail to protect minors’ entitlement to counsel.

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Donald Trump’s Suite of Power

How the President’s D.C. hotel became the new swamp

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New research has found that 800 more people were lynched in the South from 1877 to 1850 than was pre...

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