Most recent political stories
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The announcement comes as the ripple effects spread from the Supreme Court's decision that overturned federal abortion rights, touching on medical issues for women who never intended to end their pregnancies.
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at 8:21 PMProponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
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at 8:04 PMWind power advocates and conservationists looking to protect Sears Island from use as a wind power hub presented their points of view to lawmakers who must choose between the two sides.
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at 9:05 PMThe White House has been skeptical of the Israeli prime minister's plan to carry out an operation in the southern city of Rafah, where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
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at 9:09 PMIn all, he and co-defendants, including his company and top executives, owe $467.3 million. To obtain a bond, they would be required to post collateral worth $557 million, Trump's lawyers said.
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at 12:23 PMThe NRA filed suit against a former New York state official who the organization says pressured banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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at 7:00 AMMichael Perkins, a Republican candidate for the Maine Senate, released a flyer that some residents and town officials say could mislead voters into thinking he has been endorsed by the Winslow Town Council and town of Winslow.
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March 17Placeholder bills buy time to finalize details of legislation, but some significant and controversial proposals are only revealed at the last minute.
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The trailblazing Southern woman had covered the Civil Rights Movement as a newspaper reporter before becoming a presidential speechwriter.
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March 15An expert has said the vote could be an attempt to see if the U.S. Supreme Court would be willing to allow individual states to set congressional age limits.
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March 16Advocates say more people should be able to have convictions for low-level crimes such as marijuana possession sealed by the courts, but the proposals are opposed by Maine's governor and others.
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March 15Judge Juan Manuel Merchan agreed to postpone the trial, which had been slated to start on March 25, until mid-April.
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March 15The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has crippled independent media and prominent rights groups and given Putin full control of the political system.
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March 15Attorney Nathan Wade’s role in the prosecution had come under fire since an attorney representing one of Trump’s co-defendants alleged in early January that Wade and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis were involved in an inappropriate relationship.
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March 15The measure was introduced to help government employees pay bills if they are not getting paychecks during a shutdown.
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March 14Bernie Moreno's campaign has said that the Adult Friend Finder account was created by an intern as a 'juvenile prank.'
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March 14The Manhattan district attorney's office said in a court filing that it does not oppose adjourning the trial for 30 days, but it would fight a longer delay.
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March 14The proposal from Senate President Troy Jackson could provide up to $200,000 per year, or $2 million total, in tax credits for upgrades the team makes to the city-owned stadium.
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March 14The judge told a Trump attorney that striking down an Espionage Act statute that underpins the bulk of the felony counts against Trump would be 'quite an extraordinary step.'
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March 14The high-level warning comes as an increasing number of Democrats have pushed back against Israel and as President Biden has stepped up public pressure on Netanyahu's government.
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March 14'This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,' he said.
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March 13The demonstration Wednesday came as lawmakers are negotiating budget proposals, including funding for a bill that would establish a pilot program for eviction prevention.
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March 13The Maine Senate votes in support of a multistate plan to sidestep the Electoral College by pledging to support presidential candidates who win the national popular vote.
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March 13The invitation included 3 of Hunter Biden's former business associates, all of whom are currently facing their own legal challenges.
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March 13The Legislature's Judiciary Committee holds a work session on a series of bills that include a proposal from Gov. Janet Mills to expand background checks and update the state's yellow flag law.
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March 13The 6 charges in question have to do with soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office, which the judge said did not include sufficient detail regarding the nature of the violations. Prosecutors could seek a new indictment.
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March 13President Biden has said if Congress passes the measure, he will sign it.
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March 12Biden and his allies are betting that over a bruising 7½-month general election, his Democratic base and independent voters fearful of a second Trump presidency will stand with him despite their misgivings.
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March 13The bill, a pared down version of a larger tribal sovereignty bill, would give Wabanaki Nation tribes greater authority to prosecute crimes that occur on tribal lands.
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March 13A $20 a month subscription fee would have $1.10 in tax added to it. Half of U.S. states are already applying a similar tax on subscriptions to Spotify, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more.
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March 12In one of the most contentious exchanges of the hearing, a Georgia Democrat walked through the special counsel's career, including his service as a top official in the Trump Justice Department.
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March 12Democratic leaders and a group of Republicans seek to shift oversight of Maine's clean car standards from a citizen board to state lawmakers.
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March 12The calls for their resignations started over the weekend with a former party leader, and quickly led to bipartisan condemnations amid widespread news coverage.
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March 12Gangs have deep ties to Haiti’s political and economic elite, but they have become more independent, financing their operations with kidnapping ransoms to buy smuggled weapons.
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March 12While Republican-led states that have banned the care are threatening legal action against Maine, 11 other states have passed similar shield laws that protect practitioners who provide gender-affirming and abortion care to residents of other states.
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March 12Special counsel Robert Hur, in his report, concluded that Biden should not face criminal charges over his mishandling of documents but also impugned the president’s age and competence.
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March 13The rematch will almost certainly deepen the nation's searing political and cultural divides in the 8-month grind that lies ahead.
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March 11The town report was dedicated to Robert Geisser and Joseph Paradis Jr., recognizing their many years of service to the town.
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March 11The proposal for fiscal 2025 is an election year blueprint about what the future could hold if Biden and enough of his fellow Democrats win in November.
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March 10But Maine defenders of traditional gun rights also turned out in force at last week's hearings, and it's unclear if the support to enact changes will be sustained.
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March 10The HELPER Act would eliminate both the downpayment and monthly mortgage insurance premium requirements for 'helpers,' including firefighters and medical first responders.
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March 8The new revenue forecast brings the projected surplus to nearly $373 million over the next 2 years and is likely to increase pressure on lawmakers to make more investments to help struggling Mainers.
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March 8The new leadership essentially fuses the RNC with the Trump campaign.
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March 8Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agenciesMaine Sen. Susan Collins said, 'It would be irresponsible for us not to clear these bills and do the fundamental job that we have of funding government. What is more important?'
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March 8No Labels was not expected to name its presidential and vice presidential nominees Friday. Instead, the group says it will announce its candidate selection process on March 14.
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March 8Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican, was elected the party’s new national chairman. Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, was voted in as co-chair.
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March 8The indicted former congressman plans to run against Nick LaLota for New York’s 1st District.
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March 8Alabama Sen. Katie Britt said 'the free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader,' in the Republican rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday evening.
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March 8The State of the Union was one of President Biden's best chances to make the broadest possible case for his reelection.
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March 7Maine's independent U.S. senator joined with Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to pen a Feb. 28 letter to Biden on the subject.
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March 7Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill after it was approved by lawmakers scrambling to address a wave of criticism.
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March 7The 9-page bill was designed more to deliver a political point than to enact law and has little chance of being taken up in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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March 7Lawmakers have voiced concerns about the potential for the platform, which is owned by a Beijing-based company, to surveil and manipulate Americans.
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March 7A legislative committee approved a compromise to study natural gas use after a proposal to curtail the fossil fuel drew fierce opposition from the industry and business allies.
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March 7Congressman Jared Golden invited the president of TimberHP, Josh Henry, to join him at the U.S. Capitol Thursday night, saying he helped ensure one of Maine's heritage industries will have a future.
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March 8His speech from the House rostrum, delivered just 8 months before he stands for reelection, was something of an on-the-job interview for the nation's oldest president.
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March 8Dozens of people testified for and against a pair of bills that include expanding background check requirements to advertised private firearms sales and a 72-hour waiting period on purchases.
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March 7The measure would require commercial and industrial-scale food waste producers to donate their edible leftovers and recycle what remains.
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March 6The bill, inspired by federal approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, now faces votes in the House and Senate.
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March 6Phillips was the only elected Democrat to challenge Biden for the presidency.
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March 6His lawyers say he deserves a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated the writer for her sex abuse claims against him. Two separate juries ordered him to pay a total of $83.3 million in the case.
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March 6It's one of several proposals being negotiated as lawmakers seek middle ground between developers of transmission lines and property owners whose land would be impacted.
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March 6Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living in the isolated north have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.
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March 6Trump now counts the Republican leaders in Congress, including Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans vying to replace McConnell as Senate leader, as backing his bid.
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March 6The annual address will start at 9 p.m. Thursday.
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March 6The former president is on track to reach the necessary 1,215 delegates to clinch the Republican nomination later this month.
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March 5Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.
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March 5Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s decision avoids a 3-way contest in one of the most closely watched 2024 Senate races.
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March 5In a statement, the senator claimed prosecutors were 'trying to get me to give in simply by making wild allegations again and again, without actually proving anything.'
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March 6The proposal would make Maine a 'safe harbor' for health care that has been banned or restricted in other states.
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March 6This year's semi-open presidential primary, which allowed unenrolled voters to cast partisan ballots for the first time, didn't boost turnout at polling places across central Maine.
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March 5Hamas presented a proposal that mediators would discuss with Israel in the coming days and mediators are expected to meet Wednesday with the Hamas delegation.
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March 5The bill would have Maine join a compact with other states to allocate Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote for president, even if its contrary to the wishes of local voters.
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March 6'I would love to see the next generation move up and take leadership roles,' said Democrat Susan Steele, 71, who voted Tuesday for President Biden in Portland.
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March 6Public hearings begin on gun safety bills that would ban bump stocks, institute a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases and expand background checks to advertised private sales.
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March 5The governor's administration wants to scale back legislation expanding access to the Medicare Savings Program, which helps many older residents cover health care costs.
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March 6Election clerks and Maine's secretary of state reported low turnout as the state also rolled out a new semi-open primary system that allows unenrolled voters to participate in party primaries.
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March 4The agreements settle a civil lawsuit brought by Democrats in 2022 against the 2 attorneys and 10 Republicans in Wisconsin who posed as fake electors.