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Republican state representative from Maine, Lawrence Lockman. (Photo: Maine House Republicans)
Rep. Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the attorney general’s ability to investigate or prosecute people based on their political speech, including their views on climate change. It would also prohibit the state from discriminating in buying goods or services or awarding grants or contracts based on a person’s “climate change policy preferences.”

FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that his agency has since last summer been investigating the circle of Donald J. Trump for their contacts with the Russian Federation during last year’s election campaign.

The GOP’s American Health Care Act, a bill that has been advertised as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, has finally been published — and by the looks of it, their so-called health care overhaul will leave countless Americans, especially those with low incomes, at great risk. If put in place, the Republican healthcare plan “would result in 14 million fewer people being covered by Medicaid” by 2018.

A rally against Republicans proposed changes health care changes in AC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017, after Congress’ nonpartisan budget analysts reported that millions people would lose coverage next year under the House bill dismantling former President Barack Obama’s health care law. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Former U.S. President George W. Bush discusses his new book at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)
The garage attendant looked at me with a wan smile.
“Coming from White House?” he asked. The question startled me for an instant, and then I laughed.
“Oh, no,” I said. “Those days are over.”
Again, the appraising glance.

Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist attends a listening session with manufacturing CEOs in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Photo:Olivier Douliery/CNP /MediaPunch/IPX)
Steve Bannon is accustomed to start many of his talks to activists and Tea Party gatherings in the following way:

Oklahoma state Rep. John Bennett speaks on the floor of the Oklahoma House in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 (AP/Sue Ogrocki)
(REPORT) — Muslim students visiting an Oklahoma lawmaker’s office in the state capitol were required to fill out a form that asked if they beat their wives and other Islamophobic questions, the U.S.’s largest Islamic advocacy group said Sunday.

A sticker that reads, “Keep Locker Rooms Safe,” is worn by a person supporting a bill that would eliminate Washington’s new rule allowing transgender people use gender-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings consistent with their gender identity, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, outside a Washington Senate hearing room at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.
(ANALYSIS) — The proposed bathroom bill percolating in the Texas Legislature doesn’t do what its supporters say it is supposed to do.

Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka are displayed at a souvenir street shop in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky)
UNITED NATIONS — Despite President Donald Trump’s divisive policies and inflammatory rhetoric, many of his opponents have instead concentrated for months on hurling accusations of collusion with Russia against him.