The November supermoon will still be almost full when the Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend.
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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The Onion, Sandy Hook families team up to win Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction
Jones confirmed the acquisition and said he planned to file legal challenges to stop it.
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Republicans win House majority, giving Trump and party full control of government
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who with Donald Trump’s endorsement won the Republican Conference’s nomination to stay on as speaker next year.
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Susan Collins ‘shocked’ at Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Maine’s senior U.S. senator told reporters Wednesday that ‘the president has the right to nominate whomever he wishes, but I’m certain that there will be a lot of questions.’
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Trump taps Matt Gaetz to be attorney general, Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
The president-elect is continuing to stock his Cabinet with loyalists rather than long-term professionals in their requisite fields.
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Republican John Thune of South Dakota elected next Senate majority leader
Republicans are replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader, as they prepare to take majority control with the 53 seats they won in last week’s elections.
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Children brought from Gaza to heal from wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon
‘What we hope for Lebanon is that what happened in Gaza won’t happen here – that the beginning and the ending won’t both be the same.’
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Biden sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year, Blinken says
The almost 3-year war has shown no signs of winding down.
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Trump makes victor’s return to Washington, pledges ‘smooth’ transition of power
The president-elect is preparing to return with what he and his Republican allies see as a mandate for governance.
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Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines.
The president-elect pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for transgender students.