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As director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, I was inundated last week with interview requests regarding President-elect Trump’s “list” of potential Supreme Court justices, and about who from that list was likely to be chosen as his nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.

House Clerk Paul Smith fields calls “pretty frequently” from voters wanting to know their representative’s attendance record. As the election approaches, candidates are now asking the same about their opponents.The answer is complicated enough to make...

How was their attendance at committee meetings, where lawmakers hear from the public? Was their absence from a session day “excused” – granted for illness, “important business” such as a work conflict, or a death in the family? Were they present but missed an important vote to take a call or use the bathroom?

Hours after President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said: “The American people deserve to know what kind of a Justice President Trump’s nominee would be.” He’s right—and the answer to that question is readily available in Kavanaugh’s record.

If we have one bit of advice for abortion-rights supporters in New Hampshire, it is this: When you cast your votes this year, don’t fall into the Susan Collins trap.Bear with us for a moment. Collins, Republican U.S. senator from Maine, said recently...

‘THE Highlands” are a given in describing Scotland and its history. They are variously seen as the location of a kind of landscape, a distinct…

LEBANON — Initial reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent reversal of Roe v. Wade highlight differences between Republican politicians in New Hampshire and Vermont on the court’s decision and its impact on their constituents.In the wake of Dobbs...

A bill that would create a buffer between landfills and waterways was recommended by the House Environment and Agriculture Committee in a 10-9 vote on Wednesday.

Republican-sponsored bills would ban abortion after six weeks and allow prospective fathers to seek court order to block women from having abortions

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital this week boosted security after it received threatening telephone calls regarding a patient under its care, the Claremont hospital said in a news release Thursday.The announcement came after Valley Regional became...