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Trump’s border visit comes as shutdown talks fall apart

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking the shutdown battle to the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his case for the border wall after negotiations with Democrats blew up over his funding demands. Trump stalked out of his meeting with congressional leaders — “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted soon after — as efforts to […]

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Earl Tilford: The Strategic Imperative of Security

In the autumn of 1960, with the presidential race between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy tightening, the Democratic Party candidate made much of a supposed “missile gap” that had emerged during the Eisenhower administration. Ike could have exposed the non-existent missile gap, but didn’t.In May 1960, Soviet air defenses downed […]

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Suspect pleads guilty in fatal shooting of Maine medical marijuana grower

BANGOR – A man who was charged along with two others in a fatal home invasion in Maine has pleaded guilty. The Bangor Daily News reports 44-year-old Tony Locklear entered his plea Tuesday to intentional or knowing murder, aggravated assault and robbery. His sentencing hasn’t been scheduled. Prosecutors say Locklear, his 22-year-old daughter, Alexis Locklear, […]