A midterm rematch in Maine could help decide which party will control Congress.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.
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While governor of Maine, LePage sought two positions in Trump administration
Two years before the end of his term, former Republican Gov. Paul LePage wanted to oversee national welfare reform and head up an international aid agency, internal records reveal.
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Breaches of voting machine data after 2020 election raise worries for midterms
One concern is the possibility that rogue election workers, including those sympathetic to Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election, might use their access and the knowledge gained through the breaches to launch an attack from within.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Surprise is key part of migrant travel from Florida and Texas to Martha’s Vineyard
Republican governors are surprising Democrat-led cities and states with large influxes of migrants. Providing little or no information is part of the plan.
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Tiffany Estabrook, Maine House 75
Maine House 75 covers Chesterville and Farmington in Franklin County.
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Phony document lands on court docket in Trump search case
A document purporting to be from the U.S. government and claiming the Treasury Department had information related to the search at Donald Trump’s Florida estate was a fabrication
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Biden accuses Republicans of using migrants as ‘props’
The president spoke hours after two buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington.
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Democrats punt same-sex marriage vote until after election
Democrats and a small group of Republicans have moved to safeguard same-sex marriage following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Veteran New York judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe
The judge also grants Raymond Dearie access to the entire tranche of documents seized from the property even though the Justice Department had said the arbiter shouldn’t be permitted to inspect the batch of classified records.