WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson suggested that fellow Republican Sen. John McCain’s brain tumor and the after-midnight timing of the vote were factors in the Arizona lawmaker’s decisive vote against the GOP health care bill. In a radio interview Tuesday with AM560 “Chicago’s Morning Answer,” Johnson answered questions about the collapse of the years-long […]
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Angus King discusses 'exceedingly dangerous situation' with North Korea
AUBURN — Drawing parallels to the “miscalculations and misunderstandings” that started World War I, U.S. Sen. Angus King on Wednesday morning expressed concern about the “exceedingly dangerous situation” with North Korea. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said North Korea “will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen” if it doesn’t stop […]
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FBI agents searched former Trump campaign chair's home
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents have searched one of the homes of Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Manafort’s spokesman said Wednesday. Spokesman Jason Maloni said in a statement that FBI agents had obtained a warrant and searched one of Manafort’s homes, but he would not say when the search occurred. The Washington […]
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More than $5M coming to Maine for Head Start
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s U.S. senators say a provider in the state is getting more than $5 million in federal funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say Community Concepts Inc. will receive nearly $5.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and […]
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Poll suggests problems for Susan Collins if she runs for governor
An early, shadowy poll in Maine’s 2018 gubernatorial race that looks aimed to ward off U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who is considering running to replace Gov. Paul LePage, says she might have trouble surviving a Republican primary. The conservative governor has escalated an intra-party war against the moderate senator since her key vote in late […]
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Donald Trump threatens 'fire and fury' in response to North Korean threats
President Donald Trump used his harshest language yet to warn North Korea on Tuesday that it will be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before,” if it does not stop threatening the United States. “North Korea best not make any more threats,” Trump told […]
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Guam residents fear attack after North Korea statements
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Residents of the tiny Pacific island of Guam say they’re afraid of being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after Pyongyang announced it was examining plans for attacking the strategically important U.S. territory. Though local officials downplayed any threat, people who live and work […]
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Angus King: Ivanka Trump key to family leave benefits for all
AUBURN — The manager of the Topsham Lamey Wellehan was supposed to join owner Jim Wellehan and U.S. Sen. Angus King on Wednesday as King announced he’s co-sponsoring the new federal Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act. But Alysha Bouffard’s young baby was sick, so she took the day off. Paid. “That’s the type of […]
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U.S. analysts say North Korea has missile-ready nuclear weapons
North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence […]
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ACLU sues Paul LePage for blocking critics on Facebook
AUGUSTA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine sued Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday in federal court, alleging that he violated constitutional free-speech rights by blocking two critical commenters from his Facebook page and deleting their comments. The 20-page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court follows a July letter from the group asked the Republican governor to […]