The president is preparing a budget that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched.
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Collins chose not to convict in Trump’s impeachment. Now what?
Maine’s senior senator has gone from popular to polarizing in the era of Donald Trump. How will her latest vote affect her re-election bid and her legacy?
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine gearing up for ‘Super Tuesday’ presidential primaries
After 20 years of town meeting-style caucuses, Mainers will be able to cast ballots for presidential nominees on March 3 during the single largest primary day of the 2020 elections.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-Eds, Opinion, Politics
Bill Nemitz: As Trump skates away, King warns, the Senate forever loses its balance
Maine’s junior senator decries not just a newly emboldened president, but a forever-weakened Congress.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week and Jan. 31
The House has passed the Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, to modify and reauthorize through fiscal 2026 the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch
The turbulent start has crystallized the challenges confronting Democrats in trying to mount a challenge to an incumbent backed by a united Republican Party and fortified by a soaring economy.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Politics
Susan Collins says she doesn’t know who she’ll vote for in November
After refusing to back Donald Trump in 2016, Maine’s senior senator said Friday she hasn’t thought about whether to back him at the polls this year.
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Bill that would add liquefied propane to ‘Dig Safe’ law advances
The legislation is in response to a deadly explosion in Farmington.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Two days after acquittal, Trump ousts officials who testified at impeachment hearings
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his twin brother are reassigned to the Army, and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland is fired.
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Sen. Collins says she opposes any retribution against impeachment witnesses
Maine’s Republican senator defended her votes to acquit Trump on the same day Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified against him, lost his White House job and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland announced he had been recalled.