President Trump’s former chief strategist faces charges he cheated donors to a group seeking to fund a southern border wall.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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New focus for campaign: Will Biden or Trump keep you safer?
The Democratic nominee accuses the president of causing the divisions that have ignited violence, while Trump suggests that Biden is powerless to stop extremists.
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Democrats seeking to compel in-person election security briefings
Maine Sen. Angus King says written updates are ‘flatly insufficient.’
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Biden, Harris prepare to travel more as campaign heats up
The Democratic presidential nominee and his running mate will appear in battleground states after Labor Day, aides say.
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Expiring waivers could make food harder to get for many Maine kids
A bipartisan group in Congress, including 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the waivers for the entire school year.
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Four people at RNC in Charlotte test positive for coronavirus, county says
The disclosures come after county health officials raised concerned about a lack of social distancing and mask wearing during the business meeting of the RNC in Charlotte on Monday.
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Republican convention takeaways: What virus? Fear motivates
President Donald Trump’s nominvation acceptance speech was often foreboding, his new policies were few, and he gave only a vague idea of what four more years under him would bring
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Ad targeting Collins over Postal Service debts leaves a lot out
Postal finances are more complicated than the ads let on, and members of both parties have had a hand in bringing the agency to where it is today.
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Who’s in power? Convention lineup has clues to Trump’s favor
The Trumps won the most airtime at the Republican National Convention, an indication that the president considers his re-election a family affair.
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LePage and Poliquin tout Trump before his acceptance speech
The former Republican governor and the two-term 2nd District congressman, who lost his re-election bid in 2018 to a Democrat, praised a recent trade deal that removes European Union tariffs on Maine lobster.