The president has faced tough questions about the way the U.S. went about leaving Afghanistan – a chaotic evacuation including a suicide bombing that killed 13 American service members and 169 Afghans.
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Court records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters
The dissonance between the rhetoric of Capitol rioters and their supporters and the record established by courts highlights both the racial tension inherent in their arguments and the flawed assessment at the heart of their claims.
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Republican announces 1st District campaign against Rep. Pingree
Ed Thelander, a retired Navy SEAL from Bristol, announced he will challenge incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree, who is serving her seventh term, in 2022.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed a bill to extend to five years the deadline for the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children to submit its report to the federal government on federal programs and policies that involve American Indian children.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Texas Republicans advance voting restrictions after Democrats’ walkout ends
Texas is now set to become the last big Republican state to pass tighter voting laws driven by former President Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House panel seeks records from social media companies in Jan. 6 riot probe
The committee is looking for records related to 2020 election misinformation, foreign influence in the election, efforts to stop the election certification and ‘domestic violent extremists’ associated with efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Federal judge penalizes pro-Trump lawyers over ‘sham’ Michigan lawsuit challenging election
The judge says the lawsuit, which sought to decertify the election won by Joe Biden, was intended to deceive the court and the public and was an abuse of the court system.
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Sharply divided House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law
The measure faces dim prospects in the Senate, where Democrats don’t have enough votes to overcome opposition from Republicans.
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House passes $3.5 trillion budget after deal with moderates
House Democratic leaders have compromised with moderates and muscled President Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Rep. Golden unapologetic about shaking up Democrats’ strategy to pass Biden’s agenda
Maine’s 2nd District congressman says progressives have held the infrastructure bill hostage to the president’s budget.