It’s just the latest example of how spending taxpayer dollars to help the private sector can scramble the usual partisan lines.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jan. 6 panel deepens probe into Trump Cabinet
The commitee is prepared to subpoena conservative activist Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas, who’s married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed the Formula Act (H.R. 8351), to suspend, temporarily, rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products.
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From ‘an attempted coup’ to chaos, searing moments of Jan. 6
Here is what stood out:
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Steve Bannon convicted of contempt for defying Jan. 6 panel
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, faces up to 2 years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced, and his attorney pledges to appeal.
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Liz Cheney braces for primary loss, and focus shifts to 2024
As an unequivocal Trump critic on the House Jan. 6, panel, the Wyoming Republican faces consistent and credible death threats, and has been forced to abandon traditional retail campaigning.
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Lee Zeldin, Republican nominee for New York governor, assaulted at rally
A man apparently tried to stab U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor at an upstate event.
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Jan. 6 takeaways: White House in chaos, unmovable Trump
Former President Donald Trump was ‘the only person in the world who could call off the mob,’ but he refused to do so for several hours, said the committee’s chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson.
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Steve Bannon’s defense asks for direct acquittal by judge, then rests case
Steve Bannon, a former Trump political strategist, was indicted in November on 2 counts of criminal contempt of Congress.
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Tonight’s House hearing: White House insiders to talk about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6
A former national security official in the Trump White House and a former press aide will be the key witnesses at a prime-time hearing of the Jan. 6 committee.