Vt. delegation condemns Trump’s kidnapping

Vermont’s congressional delegation condemned the U.S. military’s attack on Venezuela over the weekend that led to the capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Trump is not the most productive president in his first year; the more accurate claim is he’s done the most damage any president ever has. In one realm — mayhem — he’s a leader.

As new legal battles challenge President Donald Trump’s National Guard troop deployments in U.S. cities, Vermonters have been amping up efforts to express their public opposition.

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration. Is it a waste of taxpayer dollars, defending against these? Is it a witch hunt? What do judges appointed by Republicans think of all it all?

As the impact of Trump’s big, bad bill becomes more widely understood, Vermonters will begin to see first-hand the difference between policy for the public good versus policy for the benefit of certain individuals.

Any Vermonter who has been following the dire straits of the state’s health care system immediately understands the threat posed by the cuts to Medicaid. Under Trump’s big, bad bill an estimated $1 trillion will be cut from the program that helps subsidiz … (read more)

Some of Vermont’s top elected officials converged on Middlebury Saturday to spread a united message during these tumultuous early days of the Trump Administration: The Green Mountain State will safeguard its citizens from the growing threats of reduced fe … (read more)

In one of the weakest and most embarrassing displays of American capitulation, the Trump administration caved to Russia’s demands on all fronts. Moreover, Trump admitted to that America was no longer willing to help defend free nations against the aggress … (read more)

More than 100 citizens gathered at Holley Hall in Bristol on Sunday to make signs for this week’s Hands Off! demonstrations protesting the Trump administration’s defunding of programs and services, illegal deportations and invasion of privacy.

VERMONT — As three and a half years of Trump administration rollbacks of various rights and protections accumulated, one group of elected officials — state attorneys general — is receiving national attention for its role in holding the federal government … (read more)