QAnon is the baseless conspiracy theory that paints President Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring run by celebrities and ‘deep state’ government officials.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2020, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Pietroski, Hasenfus squaring off to represent House District 81
Incumbent State Rep. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, is being term limited out of the seat, which represents part of Monmouth, and all of Readfield and Winthrop.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, News, Politics
Man dressed as the Hulk arrested after Trump’s Hollywood star is smashed
The 56-year-old activist turned himself in to police Monday.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump halts talks on COVID-19 relief until after election
The president says he’s asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to direct all his focus before the election into confirming his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, News, Politics
Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race
In a poll conducted by the Bangor Daily News and the Portland firm Digital Research, 44% of voters picked the Democratic challenger to 43% for the Republican incumbent
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
FDA discloses vaccine guidelines blocked by White House
The Food and Drug Administration has laid out its safety standards for developers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Florida governor extends voter registration after online system crashes
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is extending the state’s voter registration deadline after heavy traffic crashed the state’s online system and potentially prevented thousands of enrolling to cast ballots in next month’s presidential election
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump reports ‘no symptoms,’ returns to downplaying virus
The president, who is still contagious with the coronavirus, tweeted Tuesday that he plans to be at next week’s debate with Democrat Joe Biden in Miami.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Michelle Obama rips Trump in new video for racism, ‘willful mismanagement’ of pandemic
In the video, released Tuesday by Joe Biden’s campaign, Mrs. Obama notes that more Americans have died from COVID-19 than died in the Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korean wars combined.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Fed chairman Powell says lack of further stimulus imperils recovery
The nation’s top banker says that economic support from the government – including expanded unemployment insurance payments, direct payments to most U.S. households and financial support for small businesses – has so far prevented a recessionary ‘downward spiral.’