The discussion covered various local and national issues. Laura expressed frustration over the politicization of Cape Elizabeth’s town government. Matt announced the “caller of the week” segment and discussed the trade court decision on tariffs, predicting it would reach the Supreme Court. Bill from South Portland criticized the new police chief’s use of SWAT teams, citing incidents of excessive force. Keith speculated on Janet Mills’ potential run for the US Senate, highlighting her vulnerabilities against Susan Collins, particularly her lack of influence on defense contracts and her political liabilities.
Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.
An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men.
