Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, is questioned by reporters during votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans must now shift their focus to enacting President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax plan, a far heavier lift than the […]
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Angus King rejects overtures from Democrats, will remain independent
Maine Sen. Angus King says he’s not interested in a potential request that he join the Democratic Party. PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Sen. Angus King says he’s not interested in a potential request that he join the Democratic Party. King is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. A Democratic National Committee member is sponsoring […]
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Bruce Poliquin focuses on helping veterans get services
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said Thursday he intends to push a measure aimed at making it possible for more nursing homes to treat veterans without facing as much bureaucratic rigmarole. The 2nd District Republican told a small news conference in Lewiston that providers have to deal with “onerous red tape” to get reimbursed for offering […]
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Real ID extension: Feds will accept Maine IDs through Oct. 10, 2018
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an additional one-year waiver for Maine’s REAL ID Act compliance, which will allow federal agencies to continue to accept driver’s licenses and identification cards from Maine through Oct. 10, 2018, state officials said Thursday. Mainers were in danger of no longer being able to use their driver’s […]
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Gov. Paul LePage wants to delay Maine legal pot sales until 2019
Gov. Paul LePage is proposing a moratorium on full implementation of Maine’s recreational marijuana law until 2019. According to House Minority Leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, who is sponsoring the bill on behalf of LePage, both the law that’s on the books, which was enacted last year in a statewide referendum, and a new bill to […]
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Family of Bethel Marine captain killed in August did not get call or letter from Trump
From left, Capt. Ben Cross’s brother, Ryan Cross, his mother, Valerie Cross, and his father, Robert Cross, along with other family members gather in front of Ben Cross’s casket as he is laid to rest. Ryan Cross told the Portland Press Herald that the family had not received a call or letter from President Donald […]
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Judge dismisses LePage lawsuit against attorney general over cost of hiring outside attorneys
AUGUSTA — A Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by Gov. Paul LePage that sought to require Attorney General Janet Mills to cover the costs of hiring outside attorneys when she declines to represent the governor. LePage had filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court in May after Mills declined to represent his office in […]
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Details emerge on Donald Trump's calls to Gold Star families
President Donald Trump, in a personal phone call to a grieving military father, offered him $25,000 and said he would direct his staff to establish an online fundraiser for the family, but neither happened, the father said. Chris Baldridge, the father of Army Sgt. Dillon Baldridge, said that Trump called him at his home in […]
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Matt Dunlap decries ‘vacuum of information’ from Trump voter fraud commission
The Maine member of President Trump’s voter fraud commission has written a pointed letter to its executive director, demanding he be given documents and kept informed about the group’s activities and charging that there is “a vacuum of information.” Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, one of four Democrats on the 12-person commission, sent the letter […]
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Congress rolls toward shutdown fight over immigration, Obamacare
The year’s most divisive fights in Congress are set to converge in a bitter partisan clash in December that could result in a U.S. government shutdown. The unresolved battles — over a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration, health-care subsidies, Planned Parenthood and storm relief — are hanging over talks on must-pass spending legislation to […]