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Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics

Senate District 16: Cyrway, Perkins face off in Waterville-area Republican primary

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024

We asked the candidates in the June 11 primary about themselves and the actions of the last Legislature. Here are their answers.

Nation & World, News, Politics

House Republicans issue criminal referrals against James and Hunter Biden

by FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

After a year of investigation, Republican lawmakers have failed to implicate President Biden in any wrongdoing, and now allege that his son brother lied to Congress and should be prosecuted.

Nation & World, Politics

Hunter Biden’s exes are called as witnesses in his federal gun trial

by CLAUDIA LAUER, RANDALL CHASE, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

President Biden’s son has been charged with 3 felonies stemming from the purchase of a gun in October 2018.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Biden says he’s acting to restrict asylum to help ‘gain control’ of the border

by SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG, ELLIOT SPAGAT and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

A long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by the president would bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem that the southern border is overwhelmed.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Prosecutors spend first day of testimony in Hunter Biden’s gun trial detailing his drug problems

by RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

Hunter Biden has been accused of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics, Times Record

Senate District 24: Guzzetti, Tepler vie in Democratic primary for Sagadahoc seat

June 4, 2024June 6, 2024

We asked the candidates in the June 11 primary about themselves, and the actions of the last Legislature. Here are their answers.

Election 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics

Wisconsin AG files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020

by SCOTT BAUER Associated Press June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

No evidence has been found of widespread voter fraud that could have swung the 2020 election, but Trump has continued to spread falsehoods about the election, particularly in Wisconsin.