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May 18America spends more than other countries, yet millions of people are uninsured and underserved, the senator from Vermont said during his remarks at Saturday's commencement.
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May 18In recent months, the specter of immigrants voting illegally in the U.S. has erupted into a leading election-year talking point for Republicans.
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May 17In an April poll, respondents said by 51% to 32% they were doing better financially under Trump than Biden.
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May 16The new rules could pave the way for a small-scale lithium-ore mining operation in the western Maine town of Newry.
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May 16But the White House has said Biden would veto the bill if it passes Congress, and the Democratic-led Senate seems certain to reject it.
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May 16The announcement comes after President Biden and Trump agreed to 2 debates this summer.
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May 16The audio is at the center of a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.
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May 16Cohen's cross-examination is a pivotal moment for Trump's team, who must convince jurors that his once-loyal attorney and fixer can't be believed.
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May 15The quick agreement on the timetable to meet followed the Democrat's announcement that he will not participate in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than 3 decades.
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May 15The Russian leader’s 2-day trip starting Thursday comes as his country’s forces have pressed an offensive in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region that began last week.
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May 14Philip Hilton will be running unopposed, while Gwendolyn Doak and Louise Hiltz will be going head to head for the seat at the RSU 9 board of directors.
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May 14The election includes contested Republican primaries in both of Maine's congressional districts, as well as 18 contested primaries for seats in the Legislature.
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May 14Mills says she will let the bills die because she believes lawmakers lacked the legal authority to enact them on Friday and is concerned that signing them will lead to litigation and uncertainty.
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May 14Trump's campaign has lined up allies to appear at the New York courthouse to attack witnesses and others, and to challenge the legitimacy of foundational U.S. legal systems.
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May 14Donald Trump is joined at the courthouse by an entourage of Republican lawmakers that included House Speaker Mike Johnson and others considered vice presidential contenders for Trump's 2024 campaign.
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May 13After a long day of voting and negotiating, Democrats in the Maine House didn't have enough members present Friday to pass the remaining bills.
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May 13'Make sure it doesn't get released,' Cohen said Donald Trump told him about a story that he'd had an affair with a Playboy model before his alleged encounter with adult film actor Stormy Daniels.
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May 12The measures coincide with growing concerns from lake groups and environmentalists about the threat of climate change and invasive species.
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May 13Most of the open legislative seats heading into the fall – 22 of 39 – are currently held by Democrats, giving Republicans a mathematical advantage. But other factors also play a role.
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Here's what 10 prominent legislators had to say about their time in office and their future plans.
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Senate Democrats passed 80 additional spending bills, despite protests by Gov. Janet Mills. The House, however, voted to adjourn without taking the bills up.
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May 11President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it's often Donald Trump’s that he's citing
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May 11Six months out from an Election Day in which many Americans have voiced their dissatisfaction at a rematch between Trump and Biden, Kennedy has been offering himself as an alternative.
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May 10The former Trump adviser had argued that he did not need to comply with subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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May 11Maine Senate advances spending bills opposed by Gov. Mills, but the House chose not to vote on them.
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May 10Trump's former attorney is expected to take the witness stand next week.
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May 10All override efforts failed Friday and the Legislature has yet to override a veto by Gov. Janet Mills, who has rejected 49 bills since taking office.
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May 10Maine's Angus King backs a bipartisan bill to restrict use by youngsters and clamp down on tech firms.
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May 8The president said the U.S. is committed to provide defensive weapons, but won't ship offensive weapons out of concern for the more than 1 million civilians sheltering in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
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May 8A group including 2 Republican lawmakers has argued that legislative leaders violated the state constitution by passing a party-line budget and then calling a special session to finish other work. But an assistant attorney general told the court the process was lawful.
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May 8Maine Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden voted with the majority as Republicans tried to oust their own speaker, stirring an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
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May 9A legislative committee advanced at least $10 million in additional spending this week after repeated warnings from the administration about pushing the state budget past the 'breaking point.'
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May 8The move seems likely to delay the case and is the second time in as many days that the former president has gotten a favorable ruling that could push any future trials beyond the November election.
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May 8Microsoft's president credited the Biden administration's economic policies for paving the way for the new investments in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
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May 7The bills 'moved off the table' still require final approval from lawmakers, who meet again Friday, before they can be sent to Gov. Janet Mills.
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May 7They met for a second day at the Capitol to discuss her threat for a vote on the motion to remove him from office.
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May 7The president has struggled to balance his support for Israel since the attack by Hamas – the deadliest day for Jews worldwide since the Holocaust – with his efforts to protect civilian life in Gaza.
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May 7The porn actor is at the center of the case because she was paid $130,000 in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to keep quiet about what she says was an unexpected sexual encounter with Trump a decade before.
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May 7In the final weeks of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign, Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about what she says was an awkward and unexpected sexual encounter with Trump.
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May 7The order is intended to address a large gender gap in the construction industry and help the state combat a severe workforce shortage.
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May 6Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signaling that an attack was imminent.
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May 5Exactly six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked in the first contest in 112 years with a current and former president competing for the White House.
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May 4He has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable.
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May 4The Democrat and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
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May 4The group is pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted.
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May 4A look at some of the highlights from the past week.
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May 3'Dreamers' will be able to access tax breaks when they sign up for health care this fall.
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May 3Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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May 3The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have 'irreversible consequences' for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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May 2The effort to repeal the long-dormant law, which bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life, won final legislative approval on Wednesday.
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May 2Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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May 2The trial, now in its second week of testimony, has exposed the underbelly of tabloid journalism practices and the protections, for a price, afforded to Trump during his successful run for president in 2016.
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May 1Johnson has come under heavy criticism from some Republicans for moving forward with aid for Ukraine as part of a $95 billion emergency spending package that passed this month.
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May 1Maine's Legislature will reconvene May 10 to take up override votes on a handful of bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills.
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May 1The program, which is set to expire at the end of May, helps people with limited means pay their broadband bills.
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April 30Critics of the new law hope to block it in court, saying it is unconstitutional. Supporters of the waiting period are confident it would be upheld.
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April 30Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., filed a motion to vacate last month and told reporters she's laying the groundwork for future consideration.
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April 30After court adjourned, the former president called the gag order 'totally unconstitutional.'
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April 29Israel-Hamas war protesters and police clash on Texas campus, Columbia University begins suspensionsColleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday.
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April 30The governor let the 72-hour pause pass without her signature, saying she was ‘deeply conflicted.’ She vetoed a second bill that would have banned rapid-fire devices.
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April 28An evening normally devoted to presidents, journalists and comedians taking outrageous pokes at scandals and each other often seemed this year to illustrate the difficulty of putting aside the election and the troubles in the Middle East and elsewhere.
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April 28The jokes are the latest attempt to crack the code on how to clap back at Trump, whose own insult comedy schtick has redrawn the boundaries of what is acceptable in modern politics.
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April 28'Biden is the worst president in the history of our country, worse than Jimmy Carter by a long shot,' Trump said in a variation of a quip he has used throughout the 2024 campaign.
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April 29Some approved legislation still awaits action by the governor, and lawmakers will return for at least one more day to address vetoes.
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April 28On the second day of the party's convention, the GOP adopts a platform that takes positions on school curriculum, foreign policy and news coverage.
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April 27The Guardian obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be-released book, 'No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.'
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April 27The week began with a moment for the history books, with prosecutors for the first time presenting a jury with a criminal case against a former American president.
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April 26The bill would have required companies leasing state land for clean energy projects to enter into contract with labor unions.
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April 28The bill aimed to reduce the tax burden for middle-income residents while also raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Janet Mills said it would not provide meaningful relief and could create challenges for state budgeting.
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April 26Most economists say the underlying momentum of the U.S. economy remains strong. But growth and jobs – which have been surprisingly sturdy – have generated little tangible benefit to Biden’s hopes for reelection.
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April 26After 12 years in the Legislature, Sen. Matt Pouliot, an Augusta Republican, is looking forward to fatherhood, and to helping end Maine's housing shortage.
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April 26Maine state House majority leader says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden
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April 30The newly signed law, which the governor proposed in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting, expands requirements for background checks to include private, advertised sales and also updates the existing yellow flag law.
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April 26Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, got a mixed welcome before speaking to party faithful, many of whom displayed support for former President Donald Trump.
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April 25The indictment names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. The identities of the seven other defendants were identifiable based on descriptions.
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April 24The breakthrough came Wednesday when a second Republican joined all Democrats in voting to overrule the Republican House speaker, who has steadfastly blocked repeal.
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April 24States’ efforts are largely focused on identifying content produced using AI as opposed to controlling that content or prohibiting its distribution.