WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. (all times EST): See: Schedule of events | Social media coverage Updated 12:36 p.m.: Donald Trump has closed his first speech as president with his campaign slogan: “Make America great […]
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John Martin looks back at a half-century in the State House
LEWISTON — Just a year out of college when he arrived at the State House in 1964 as a newly elected lawmaker from far northern Maine, John Martin entered a world quite different from the one newcomers find there today. The chamber still had spittoons and ashtrays on every member’s desk, he said, and from […]
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Legislative panel OKs delay to regulate marijuana sales
AUGUSTA — Enactment votes on a bill that would delay portions of Maine’s new recreational marijuana law could come early next week after a unanimous committee vote in favor of the bill Thursday. The Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee voted 12-0 in favor of LD 88, with amendments, after hours of testimony and deliberations devoted […]
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Fed ruling: Imports are hurting Auburn Manufacturing Inc.
MECHANIC FALLS — Kathie Leonard has scored a preliminary victory in arguing that unfairly cheap imports have hurt business at her Auburn Manufacturing Inc. Maine’s congressional delegation announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Commerce has found Auburn Manufacturing Inc. is being harmed by subsidized imports and has recommended a roughly 210 percent duty on […]
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D.C. locals wend through inaugural preparations
The prelude to an inauguration is almost as weird as the word is to pronounce. My office at Georgetown University’s Law Center isn’t far from the National Mall; I can look down the road and see the Capitol Building. It also gives me a second-row seat to preparations for a party so big, there’s only one […]
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Donald Trump juggles work and play on Inauguration eve
Updated 12:48 p.m.: WASHINGTON — Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump traded in his beloved private plane for a military jet Thursday and swooped into Washington for three days of inaugural festivities. As the president-elect left New York behind, the capital braced for an onslaught of inaugural crowds and demonstrators numbering in the hundreds of […]
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Frequently asked questions about attending Donald Trump’s inauguration
WASHINGTON — The inauguration is fast approaching, and D.C. is transforming to accommodate the estimated 1 million attendees and protesters expected to descend on the city this week. The new president will be sworn in at noon on Friday and there are countless events and protests scheduled in D.C. around that main attraction. Here’s everything […]
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Sen. Angus King won’t vote to confirm Scott Pruitt as EPA head
On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president, U.S. Sen. Angus King said he will oppose the Republican leader’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency. “I just can’t, in good conscience, as somebody who’s taken seriously environmental protection all my life, approve the appointment of someone who is so manifestly opposed to the […]
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Barbara Bush feels ‘1,000 percent better’ while George in stable condition
HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush, who has pneumonia, remained in stable condition Thursday at Houston Methodist Hospital, while his wife, Barbara, said she is feeling “1,000 percent better” after undergoing treatment for bronchitis. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said the 41st president’s physicians are “actively evaluating him” for removal of a breathing tube that was […]
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Gov. Paul LePage to give State of the State speech to Legislature
AUGUSTA — Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is scheduled to deliver a State of the State address after a one-year hiatus from the longstanding tradition. Aides to Republican Senate President Michael Thibodeau and Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon said legislative leaders worked with the governor’s office to schedule the address for Feb. 7. LePage’s office […]