Shaheen Slams Secretary Lutnick’s Insulting Comments that Harm U.S.-Canada Trade and Tourism, Damage Local Economies

In today’s Senate hearing examining the President’s budget request for the Department of Commerce, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, slammed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s comments insulting Canada—arguing that his rhetoric and President Trump’s trade war have real consequences for the U.S. economy and international partnerships, particularly for states like New Hampshire that benefit greatly from Canadian trade and tourism.  

Automated Military Draft Not Imminent, Or Is it?

“Given threats and actions by the Trump administration to intervene militarily in an increasing number of places around the world, it is concerning that, at this time, steps are now being taken to grow the number of people who could be facing the threat of a future draft,” warns a statement endorsed by 43 anti-war and libertarian organizations at the end of March.

State Tries To Justify Illegal Searches in Clegg Double Murder Case

Prosecutors with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office argued Tuesday in Merrimack County Superior Court that the evidence obtained during Clegg’s arrest — like his gun, his laptop, his $7,000 in cash, his Romanian identification — would have been found legally despite the fact the it was the three searches using illegal cell phone data, obtained without warrants, that made Clegg’s capture possible.

Speaking of Words: Latest News from the Hittites

The Hittites were once a powerful kingdom that, at its peak around 1300 BCE, dominated Anatolia (now Turkey) and even reached as far south as Aleppo (now in modern Syria); they fought a major battle with the Egyptians, led by Ramesses the Great, at Kadesh in 1274