The Maine legislature passed LD 1971, a bill that restricts local law enforcement from detaining individuals solely for immigration enforcement purposes. The bill passed narrowly, 75-73 in the House and 12-14 in the Senate, with some Democrats joining Republicans in opposition. Governor Janet Mills, who has a history of occasionally supporting law and order, faces a dilemma on whether to veto the bill. Matt Gagnon speculates that Mills might veto it in a vacuum due to its interference with law enforcement autonomy, but suggests she may sign it to align with her anti-Trump stance and the current political climate, effectively making Maine a sanctuary state.
The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.
Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene's former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump's endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran.
A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims' relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years.
Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation's main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.
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