WASHINGTON (AP) — A new accuser said Monday that as a teenager in the 1970s she was sexually assaulted by Roy Moore in a locked car, further rocking the Alabama Republican’s race for an open Senate seat. The allegation came on day when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Moore should quit the contest, […]
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Susan Collins wants Roy Moore to withdraw from U.S. Senate race
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, took a tougher stand against Roy Moore on Monday, calling for him to step aside in his bid to be the next U.S. senator from Alabama because of alleged sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl decades ago, when he was in his early 30s. “I have now read Mr. Moore’s […]
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Donald Trump picks Alex Azar to lead the Health and Human Services Department
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has tapped Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical executive and a top health official during the George W. Bush administration, to lead the Health and Human Services Department. The decision to enlist the 50-year-old Azar – who served as president of Lilly USA, the biggest affiliate of Eli Lilly and Co., […]
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Jim Handy introduces bill to restore student health centers in 15 schools across the state
Maine lawmakers will take up a bill in the next legislative session to unwind the impacts of a last-minute state budget deal that slashed funding unexpectedly to more than a dozen school-based student health centers. The proposal by Rep. Jim Handy, D-Lewiston, would restore 15 school-based health clinics that lost funding last July. Thousands of […]
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Ivanka Trump joins Sen. Collins in Biddeford to pitch Republican tax reform effort
The two speak about potential benefits to the middle class and small businesses at an event in Biddeford that draws about 250 mostly Republican invited guests. BIDDEFORD – The eldest daughter of the president teamed up with Maine’s senior U.S. senator Friday in an effort to build support for the Republican tax reform effort at […]
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Credit agency: Maine Medicaid vote could challenge budget
FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, file photo supporters of Medicaid expansion celebrate their victory, in Portland, Maine. The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service says Maine voters’ decision to expand Medicaid might make it more difficult for the state to keep its budget balanced. Voters decided they wanted Maine to expand Medicaid […]
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Sexual misconduct accusations threaten safe GOP Senate seat in Alabama
In this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally, in Fairhope, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) […]
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Susan Collins calls on GOP Senate candidate to quit if he abused underage girl
On the heels of a blockbuster Washington Post story Thursday detailing alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old by a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, Maine’s senior senator is calling on him to quit the race “if there is any truth at all to these horrific allegations.” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, said […]
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Secretary of State Matt Dunlap sues Trump voting commission over access
FILE – In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, holds a stack of papers as he meets with then President-elect Donald Trump in Bedminster, N.J. Kobach said in a deposition unsealed Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 that he had discussed with the commission of election integrity a requirement that […]
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Maine DHHS misspent funds, but will likely not face penalty
Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Maine DHHS commissioner and Mary Mayhew AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully spent over $13 million in federal funds in 2015 and 2016, but is unlikely to face a penalty for the misuse. DHHS spent $13.4 million in welfare funds on services for elderly and disabled […]