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The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding United Airlines a federally-subsidized contract to serve Northern Maine Regional Airport with flights to Newark. Starting this July, United will provide 12 round-trip flights per week between Presque Isle and Newark Liberty International Airport with a 50-seat jet, replacing that Boston-Presque Isle service that PenAir has provided since 2012.
Congress is ratcheting up political pressure on Facebook after reports that a political data analytics firm employed by President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign received personal data and information from up to 50 million profiles on the popular social networking site. Lawmakers involved in congressional investigations into Russian election interference have renewed interest in the platform, calling for top company leaders to testify on Capitol Hill and more scrutiny of safeguards meant to protect user data.
The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.
A modest measure strengthening the federal background check system for gun purchases will be included in the $1.3 trillion government spending bill being negotiated by congressional leaders, aides said Wednesday. The "Fix NICS" measure would provide funding for states to comply with the existing National Instant Criminal Background Check system and penalize federal agencies that don't comply.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra's campaign says he's been "fighting and winning" for California while his opponents make "empty promises." Campaign manager Dana Williamson is responding to criticism of Becerra during a debate between his three opponents.
Republican Rick Saccone conceded defeat to Democrat Conor Lamb on Wednesday night in a closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, more than a week after the end of a remarkable race that has shaken GOP confidence ahead of the November midterm elections. Lamb, 33, claimed the seat by about 750 votes in a Republican-held district that President Donald Trump won by almost 20 percentage points just 16 months ago.
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at penalizing website operators that facilitate online sex trafficking, chipping away at a bedrock legal shield for the technology industry. The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent a heartfelt, handwritten letter to the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, commending their efforts to champion gun control after a lone gunman killed 17 people in February. The note said the Parkland, Florida, teenagers had "helped awaken the conscience of the nation, and challenged decision-makers to make the safety of our children the country's top priority."
Breitbart, the alt-right news site whose executive chairman Steve Bannon was pushed out in January after feuding with President Donald Trump, has lost about half its readership according to comScore, raising questions about its future. The site dropped from 15 million unique visitors in October, per comScore, to 13.7 million in November, 9.9 million in December, 8.5 million in January and 7.8 million in February.
Grayson "Kash" Jackson was selected among three candidates as the gubernatorial nominee of the Libertarian Party of Illinois during a state convention earlier this month. Grayson "Kash" Jackson was selected among three candidates as the gubernatorial nominee of the Libertarian Party of Illinois during a state convention earlier this month.
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate and kept its forecast for three hikes in 2018 amid modest inflation Fed raises rates, keeps forecast for 3 hikes in 2018 The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate and kept its forecast for three hikes in 2018 amid modest inflation Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2DL2wlt Jerome Powell listens to President Trump announce him as Trump's nominee for Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017. If confirmed, Jerome Powell will succeed Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank.
A shooting at a Maryland high school Tuesday morning injured three people, including the gunman. Police were urging relatives to go to a nearby school to reunite with their students there.
"Civil society requires the toleration of the expression of opposing viewpoints, no matter how personally discomforting you may find them. Therefore, it would be profoundly hypocritical for the editorial staff of the New York Times opinion section not to immediately invite me to come to their offices to call them all morons and trolls."
The handful of congressional Republicans calling for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be fired added a high-profile member of the House Judiciary Committee to their ranks on Wednesday. "I think Mueller should be fired," Gohmert said.
In this July 27, 2017, file photo Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. The state's governor will appoint Hyde-Smith as Mississippi's first female member of Congress to fill the Senate vacancy that will soon be created when Sen. Thad Cochran retires, three state Republicans told The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, from left, Lois Vossen, Dolores Huerta, Peter Bratt and Benjamin Bratt participate in the "Dolores" panel during the PBS Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Huerta, the social activist who formed a farm workers union with CAfA sar ChAfA vez and whose "Si, Se Puede" chant inspired Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign slogan, is the subject of a new PBS documentary.