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Maine, News, Politics

Women for Trump draw crowd of 100 for campaign stop in Old Orchard Beach

by Scott Thistle July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Lara Trump leads a busload of women campaigning for her father-in-law in an event at a beachside restaurant.

Nation / World, News, Politics

Biden unveils caregiver plan, says Trump ‘quit’ on country

by WILL WEISSERT and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press July 22, 2020September 14, 2020

The Democratic presidential candidate promises to spend $775 billion over 10 years to increase tax credits for low-income families, bolster care-giving services for seniors and provide preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.

Maine, News, Politics

Maine bill would help veterans discharged because of sexual orientation

by Scott Thistle July 21, 2020July 22, 2020

The measure calls for Maine’s Bureau of Veterans Services to provide state benefits to veterans who received other-than-honorable discharges before the federal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law was repealed in 2011.

Business, News, Politics

Freeport brewery cancels Trump campaign event, saying it was misled

by Scott Thistle July 21, 2020September 14, 2020

The owners of Stars and Stripes Brewery say they did not know an event scheduled at their business Wednesday was for the president’s reelection campaign.

Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics

Lisbon’s Dale Crafts wins Republican congressional primary

by Steve Collins July 21, 2020April 2, 2021

President Donald Trump told candidate he’s coming to Maine to campaign with Crafts.

Politics

He’s back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls

by ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

The president hasn’t appeared behind the podium to address the pandemic since late April.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics

State plans to finish ranked-choice voting count in congressional primary on Tuesday

by Steve Collins July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

An outside group that analyzed election numbers says Dale Crafts of Lisbon likely got 58% of the Republican primary votes in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

Nation / World, Politics

In Trump’s telling, Biden goes from ‘Sleepy Joe’ to destroyer of ‘American way of life’

by Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey The Washington Post July 18, 2020

It’s the latest effort by the president’s advisers to shift the conversation from rising coronavirus cases and deteriorating public support for the pandemic response.