President Donald Trump’s nominvation acceptance speech was often foreboding, his new policies were few, and he gave only a vague idea of what four more years under him would bring
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Ad targeting Collins over Postal Service debts leaves a lot out
Postal finances are more complicated than the ads let on, and members of both parties have had a hand in bringing the agency to where it is today.
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LePage and Poliquin tout Trump before his acceptance speech
The former Republican governor and the two-term 2nd District congressman, who lost his re-election bid in 2018 to a Democrat, praised a recent trade deal that removes European Union tariffs on Maine lobster.
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Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.
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Trump, on huge White House stage, decries Biden, defies pandemic
The president declares that ‘at no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies or two agendas.’
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Madeleine Albright, Gov. Mills to host virtual ‘Women for Biden’ event
The Democratic event coincides with the Republican National Convention proceedings on Wednesday evening.
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Maine Senate approves gubernatorial nominees for ethics, gambling commissions
The special Senate session was held in the larger House chamber to allow members to distance themselves.
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Postal chief defends changes, denies ‘sabotaging’ election
Acknowledging an expected surge in mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, Louis DeJoy said voters should mail back their ballots at least 7 days before the election.
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Republican convention’s opening night showcases rising stars, dark warnings
Trailing in his reelection campaign, the president tells delegates, ‘The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election.’