Her win at least temporarily halts Donald Trump’s sweep of the GOP voting contests.
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Nikki Haley urges Maine voters to choose ‘a new-generation leader’ over ‘two 80-year-old candidates’
The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador made a campaign stop in Portland on Sunday night ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries.
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Supreme Court decision could come Monday in case about barring Trump from 2024 ballot
Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state’s primary, which is Tuesday.
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Trump endorses Robinson for North Carolina governor, refers to him as ‘Martin Luther King Jr. on steroids’
Despite lack of a formal endorsement, Trump’s support combined with strong fundraising and popularity among Republicans helped make Robinson the Republican front-runner for the gubernatorial nomination.
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Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho, sweeps Michigan GOP convention
Trump earned every delegate at stake Saturday, bringing his count to 244 compared to 24 for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
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Biden will push higher taxes for the rich in State of the Union
Biden will speak before both houses of Congress on Thursday night.
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Support builds for $50 million fund to aid small businesses hurt by winter storms
A bill sponsored by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, received unanimous, bipartisan endorsement in committee on Friday.
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Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
Russian state media and online accounts tied to the Kremlin have begun pushing misleading and incendiary claims about U.S. immigration.
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Drawing pushback, House Republicans send new subpoenas in impeachment inquiry
The subpoenas went to 2 rank-and-file attorneys in the Justice Department’s tax division as well as 2 officials who have previously testified before the committee.
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Peace activists urge protest votes in Maine’s Democratic primary
The Maine Coalition for Palestine is urging people to write-in ‘ceasefire’ on presidential primary ballots Tuesday to protest President Biden’s support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.