A video posted to the Department of Education website and available to high school teachers includes MAGA and “all lives matter” as examples of covert racism.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Trump allies create a new super PAC called MAGA Inc.
The buildout comes as Trump, a Republican, is under mounting legal pressure on multiple fronts.
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Kamala Harris talks abortion, appeals to voters in Milwaukee
This election cycle, both parties are focusing their efforts on gaining the support of Latino voters in Milwaukee, the state’s largest Democratic stronghold.
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Quick passage of electoral count reforms in doubt after House diverges from Senate plan
Maine’s Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.
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Lobbying group for Maine hunters and gun owners gives Mills an A rating; LePage gets an incomplete
The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine says Republican Paul LePage, who received an A from the group in 2014, pulled out of the grading process after it pressed for answers about his position on land conservation.
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Jan. 6 committee, racing year-end clock, expects final hearing next week
House committee members investigating the U.S. Capitol attack are still deciding on the topic or topics of the Sept. 28 hearing.
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House passes overhaul of election count law in response to Jan. 6 attack
The bill is similar to bipartisan legislation moving through the Senate, where Sen. Susan Collins has championed the effort and Sen. Angus King helped to draft the changes.
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Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN charter in Ukraine, Biden tells world leaders
The president also pledges $2.9 billion in global food security aid to address shortages caused by the war and the effects of climate change, in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
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Congress considers its strongest legislative response yet to Jan. 6 attack
Proposals to change the law governing electoral votes would make it harder for lawmakers to object if they don’t like the results of an election and would clarify laws that could allow a state’s vote to be delayed.
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Special master in Trump investigation prods lawyers to move quickly
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had set a Nov. 30 deadline for special master Raymond Dearie’s review but the Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to halt Cannon’s order.