WASHINGTON (AP) — Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA, won the backing of the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday, paving the way for her expected confirmation to lead the spy agency. The panel voted 10-5 to advise the full Senate to confirm Haspel, whose nomination has renewed debate over the harsh […]
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Donald Trump files financial disclosure with ethics office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has submitted his annual financial disclosure to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, and it is expected to be released publicly in the coming days. Trump’s disclosure, which includes all of 2017 and part of 2018, is being closely watched to see whether it will disclose the $130,000 paid […]
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Collins, King to offer keynotes at Jay, Turner adult ed graduations
Adult education graduations tend to receive little attention. This year, two rural programs will be thrust into the spotlight because Maine’s two U.S. senators have agreed to speak to graduates. Sen. Angus King will give the keynote speech to adult education graduates at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay on May 31. A day later, […]
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Former Auburn mayor Jonathan LaBonte resigns quietly from LePage’s Cabinet
A former Auburn mayor who had become a policy adviser to Gov. Paul LePage quietly resigned from the governor’s Cabinet last month, and the administration is not saying much about his departure. Jonathan P. LaBonte stepped down from his $112,000-a-year job as director of the Office of Policy and Management on April 10. The office’s website […]
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Poliquin says $5B cut to kids' health program is unspent money
Just a few months after approving a six-year extension of the Child Health Insurance Program that serves about 23,000 Maine minors, Congress may strip $7 billion from funds it already approved for the program. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Republican from Maine’s 2nd District, is among the co-sponsors of a measure that would rescind the […]
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LePage signs letter backing Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and a group of fellow governors are backing President Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing what they called Trump’s “transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula.” In a letter this week to Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Berit Reiss-Andersen, McMaster and six […]
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Maine explains ranked-choice voting in animated video
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s office released an informational video on ranked-choice voting Monday, roughly one month before Maine becomes the first state to use the tabulation process during a statewide election. In the five-minute-long animated video, Dunlap walks viewers through the process of selecting candidates in the voting booth on June 12 and how votes […]
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Maine GOP candidates similar, yet different
The four Republicans running to replace Gov. Paul LePage are all vowing to carry on his legacy, but they are distinguished by some subtle and not-so-subtle differences in how they would do that. Rep. Ken Fredette of Newport, state Sen. Garrett Mason of Lisbon, former Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew of […]
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Donald Trump's instinct in Korea crisis and elsewhere is 'go big'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The way President Donald Trump sees it, why go for a solid single when you can swing for a home run? Trump’s upcoming summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is only the latest example of the president’s go-big strategy. From tax reform to international trade to foreign policy, Trump has pursued […]
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet June 12 in Singapore
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will occur June 12 in Singapore, the most significant step yet in his bid to rid the region of nuclear weapons. Trump made the announcement via Twitter just hours after welcoming home three Americans held captive for more than a […]