
Support builds in Maine for switching back to presidential primaries
Reviving the debate, legislative leaders in both parties say the change would prevent extreme delays like those at some caucuses over the weekend.
Recent Maine caucus news
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With high turnouts throughout the region, Democrats were favoring Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Participants in Democratic caucuses in Wilton and Farmington demonstrated passionate support for both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, with young voters leaning towards Sanders.
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He tops Hillary Clinton 64-36 percent in Democratic caucuses with a turnout so large that some voting sites were overwhelmed.
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Saturday's caucus drew almost 1,500 people to Chelsea Elementary School.
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Republican Party officials say 18,650 voters turned out, triple that of 2012, and give the Texas senator 12 of the state’s 23 delegates.
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The Texas Republican, who has the second-most delegates, stumps in Maine one day before Republicans caucus to voice their preference for the party's presidential nomination.
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Democrats, Republicans and Green Independents will caucus this weekend, and Kennebec, Somerset and Franklin party officials say voters are excited about it.
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2016 Presidential Election News
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Changing such well-established law with a back-door approach invites unintended consequences.
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Matthew Dunlap sued the president's voting integrity commission after it refused to share records with him, even though he was a member.
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She's made no public appearances since a prayer service the morning after the inauguration, given no media interviews as first lady and has not indicated in any detail what she plans for her new role.
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A 31-year veteran of the Justice Department, Boente says the department already is supporting the president's order banning some immigrants against a challenge brought in Virginia federal court.
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The statement says in part: 'We cannot sit idly by and watch as our Muslim brothers and sisters are denied refuge in this country simply on the basis of their religion and nationality.'
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Meanwhile, President Trump tweets that 'big problems' were created at airports by the outage, protesters and 'the tears of Senator Schumer.'
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Trump is something of a mystery to world leaders, and May will be the first to meet him since he took office.
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The president meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May, who says the two agree on many things.
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Moscow's establishment has welcomed Trump as a pragmatist who will not try to enforce American values on the rest of the world.
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The president's action to start construction leaves unclear whether it will be a wall along the entire border or just in certain areas.
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AES Electrical of Laurel, Maryland, alleges it bore increased expenses because of change orders and other demands from Trump's staff.
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Following Kellyanne Conway's 'alternative facts' comment, the classic novel about an all-seeing, untrustworthy government is resonating with many readers.
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A spokesman denies that the draft, which would instruct the Pentagon to send newly captured 'enemy combatants' to Guantanamo, is a White House document.
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He says he may take steps to 'strengthen up voting procedures.'
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He also signs a notice requiring the materials for the pipelines to be produced in the United States.
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During the 2016 presidential campaign he repeatedly claimed: 'I've won many environmental awards, by the way. I've actually been called an environmentalist, if you can believe that.'
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He also is expected to use his executive authority to quickly withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
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His speech makes clear that he intends to govern as he campaigned, in direct communion with his followers, bypassing the usual niceties and channels of power.
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The signs appeared downtown hours before the inauguration of Donald Trump as president.
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Supporters of President Trump say they felt lucky to be there for his inauguration.