WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump insists that he’s not flip-flopping when it comes to his proposal to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally — even though his new campaign manager now says his stance is “to be determined.” Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends on Monday […]
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FBI uncovers 15,000 more documents in Hillary Rodham Clinton email probe
The FBI’s year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server uncovered 14,900 emails and documents from her time as secretary of state that had not been disclosed by her attorneys, and a federal judge Monday pressed the State Department to begin releasing emails sooner than it planned in mid-October. Justice Department lawyers said last week […]
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Federal government to pay Maine $413,000 for pollution clean-up
BANGOR — The federal government has agreed to pay Maine about $413,000 to clean up decades-old hazardous pollution at oil storage facilities. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills alleged two weeks ago in U.S. District Court that Maine faces $10.8 million in total cleanup costs for pollution at former Portland-Bangor Waste Oil Co. sites in Casco […]
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Campaign insists Donald Trump will catch up to Clinton by Labor Day
WASHINGTON — After a tumultuous stretch of gaffes and falling poll numbers for Donald Trump, top GOP campaign and party officials insisted Sunday that their presidential nominee is getting back on track and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton by around Labor Day. Clinton campaign officials dismissed the idea of a changed Trump as […]
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager defends Clinton Foundation money
Days after the Clinton Foundation said it would stop accepting donations from corporations and foreign entities if Hillary Clinton becomes president, her campaign manager defended the organization’s fundraising after criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats. “Over 10 million people around the world get important AIDS medication, life-saving AIDS and HIV medication, because of the […]
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Paul Manafort resigns as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine. In a statement issued as he arrived in Louisiana to tour the flood-ravaged state, Trump said Manafort offered his resignation Friday morning. The billionaire called Manafort “a true professional.” “I […]
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Donald Trump says he regrets comments that may have caused pain
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the first time since declaring his presidential run, Republican Donald Trump acknowledged that his caustic comments may have caused people pain, saying that he regrets some of what he’s said “in the heat of debate.” A day after announcing a campaign shake-up and as he trails in the polls, the GOP […]
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Experts: Johnson will draw votes from Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
LEWISTON — When Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson visits Lewiston on Aug. 26, he’ll likely attract votes away from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, political science professors said Thursday. Meanwhile, the director of the Libertarian Party in Maine said more voters are joining the party; that Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld’s visit will […]
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Why some are turning to Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson
LEWISTON — Watching this year’s presidential election, faced with what Heidi Sawyer called “super yucky” candidates, she started paying attention to Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. Then she read what Gary Johnson had to say. “It was like he was saying everything in my brain,” Sawyer said. “For me, Johnson represents fiscal conservatism, small government, […]
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Hillary Clinton email investigation documents might be made public
A “substantial amount” of material that the FBI delivered to Congress about the Hillary Clinton email investigation – including a summary of agents’ interview with top aide Huma Abedin – appears to be unclassified, which means it could possibly be released to the public. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles E. Grassley is calling for Senate […]