5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]
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Biden to visit Auburn manufacturing plant during Maine visit Friday
The president is expected to sign an executive order to boost the incentive to manufacture new inventions in the U.S. while at Auburn Manufacturing.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bernie Sanders backs Pine Tree Power’s utility takeover campaign
The Vermont senator urged Mainers to support the upcoming referendum to create a statewide public power company and push out Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record temps persist across U.S.
It’s a worldwide problem, and scientists calculate that July will be the hottest month on record.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Flavored tobacco ban gets tabled, faces uncertain prospects
The bill passed the Senate but failed to get a vote in the House, so advocates are regrouping for next year.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Senate Republican leader McConnell briefly leaves news conference after freezing up mid-sentence
After sitting down in his office for several minutes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later returned to the news conference and answered questions from the press.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine state flag referendum will wait until next year
A spokesperson for Gov. Janet Mills said she will allow a bill calling for a referendum on the state flag to take effect without her signature, effectively delaying the statewide vote until November 2024.
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Whistleblower tells Congress the U.S. is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs
The Pentagon counters that investigators have not found ‘any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.’
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Biden will be first sitting president to visit Auburn since 1912
When Biden speaks at Auburn Manufacturing on Friday, he will be only the fifth president to visit the Twin Cities while in office.
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Rudy Giuliani admits he made false statements about Georgia election workers
A lawsuit filed by the election workers accused the former New York City mayor of defaming them by falsely stating that they had engaged in election fraud while counting ballots at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.