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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Maine to grieve with a community reeling from a mass shooting that left 18 people dead and 13 others wounded. The Bidens arrived in Lewiston on Friday afternoon, where they met with survivors, families of the victims and first responders. They were greeted upon their arrival by Governor Janet Mills, Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline and other local officials. Their first stop was Schemengees Bar, one of the locations of last week's mass shooting. Biden carried a bouquet of white flowers in one hand and held the first lady’s hand in the...

President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters, including establishing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery, as a federal holiday. Trump, who announced the promises less than 40 days before the November presidential election, also pledged to designate two groups as terrorist organizations: the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan and the amorphous movement known as antifa that opposes fascism. He also promised to increase access to capital in Black communities, create more jobs, support Black-owned businesses and expanding opportunity zones. Trump said he...

CORZINE INJURED IN PARKWAY CRASH He has broken bones and breathing tube, faces months of rehab Friday, April 13, 2007 BY DEBORAH HOWLETT AND JOHN P. MARTIN Star-Ledger Staff Gov. Jon Corzine suffered numerous fractures to his leg, breastbone, collarbone and ribs last night when the SUV carrying him from Atlantic City to the governor's mansion swerved and bounced off a wayward vehicle along the Gar den State Parkway, then slammed into a guardrail, officials said. The state trooper driving the governor, and an aide to Corzine riding in the car, also were injured in the accident, which occurred shortly...

Just six months ago it would have been almost inconceivable that the state's powerful prison-guards lobby would back Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's bid for re-election. The union had just finished spending $2.9 million to torpedo the governor's special-election agenda, lampooned Schwarzenegger's attempts at prison reform and was openly hostile to the state's top prison official, a Schwarzenegger appointee. "It was awful," says Ray McNally, the long-time political adviser of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). But the union's icy relations with the Republican governor have slowly thawed. That's no accident. This year, Schwarzenegger has launched an ambitious election-year outreach effort....

SAN FRANCISCO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to headline a fundraiser for gay Republicans in Hollywood next week in what would be his first appearance in front of a gay audience since he took office, according to the event's organizers. The June 29 fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans comes as Schwarzenegger considers whether to veto a bill that would require chapters from gay history to be added to public school text books in California. The governor already has indicated he opposes the measure. The governor's stock has been down with gay rights groups since he vetoed a gay marriage bill in...

<p>Gov. Gray Davis, in the midst of a week in which he has been wooing key Democratic constituencies, signed a domestic partners bill Friday that is being hailed by its supporters as a historic leap forward in equal rights for the gay and lesbian community.</p>

Lawmakers send Davis bill requiring clean school restrooms (Sacramento-AP) -- Schools would have to maintain clean and operational restrooms or face the loss of state maintenance funds under a bill that's headed for Governor Davis' desk. The state Senate gave the measure final approval today, voting 23 to 10 to accept Assembly amendments to the bill. The author, Senator Kevin Murray of Culver City, says school restrooms are often dirty, malfunctioning and lack soap, toilet paper and paper towels. Under the bill, schools would have to keep restrooms operational, clean and stocked with toilet paper, soap and paper towels...

GUV DAVIS OKAYS BILL FOR DRIVER LICENSES 4 ILLEGALS - SEE WHO'S FIRST!Here in California, the state Governor, Gray Davis is facing a recallelection to run him out of office for incompetency. He is rushing througha new state law to allow illegal aliens to have valid Californiadrivers licenses. A California drivers license allows identification as acitizen with full voting rights. It is obvious that he is catering toillegal Mexican aliens to try to keep them from voting him out of office. Now, Colorado will not accept the validity of California licenses fordriving priveleges or identification purposes. This joke photo created...

<p>SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gray Davis has flipped his position on a number of controversial issues- moves that critics say are intended to raise contributions and support from key interest groups as he struggles to hold on to his job.</p> <p>Davis' reputation for linking politics and fund raising to policy decisions has vexed Californians and helped his foes secure the recall election.</p>