More than 70 legislators urge Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck to investigate Chief Russell Gauvin’s social media posts questioning U.S. election results and mask wearing for COVID-19 prevention.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Joe Biden has a hefty to-do list, and it starts the day he takes charge
Overshadowing everything at the very start is Biden’s effort to win congressional approval of a $1.9 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus and the economic misery it has caused.
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Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House
Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Vice President-elect Harris to resign her Senate seat Monday
Democrat Alex Padilla, now California’s secretary of state, will serve the final two years of her term.
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In inaugural address, Biden will appeal to national unity
He plans a series of executive actions in his first hours after his inauguration.
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Kamala Harris to be sworn in by Sotomayor at inauguration
The first Black, South Asian and female vice president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice.
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Democrats build impeachment case, alleging ‘dangerous crime’
A Senate trial could begin as soon as this week.
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Biden’s long political evolution leads to his biggest test
He will inherit stewardship of a nation wrenched by pandemic, seismic cultural fissures and an opposition party’s base that considers him illegitimate.
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Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited U.S. Capitol riot
An Associated Press review of records finds that veterans of President Trump’s failed campaign were key players in the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed a resolution calling for Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to take power as acting president by activating section 4 of the 25th amendment.