Department of Justice lawyers have filed three lawsuits this month seeking to take property from landowners and the agency says it’s ready to file more petitions for more land.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
In signing defense bill, Trump launches Space Force
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes the first new military service in more than 70 years.
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Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Term limits remain a hot issue on the campaign trail
Opponents criticize Susan Collins for vowing to leave after two terms, but now seeking a fifth.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine secretary of state loses latest round in fight for records of Trump’s defunct voter fraud panel
Matt Dunlap argued that the Trump administration illegally withheld emails pertaining to membership of the controversial Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report, Politics
Efforts to improve banking access for cannabis growers take a big hit
A proposal to protect financial institutions serving marijuana businesses was stripped from the federal spending bill, and a measure to improve access to banking is held up in the Senate Banking Committee.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump celebrates New Jersey Democrat’s switch to Republican
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Wednesday broke with his party and voted against impeaching the president.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren seizes on his reliance on wealthy donors while Sen. Amy Klobuchar challenges his experience.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Some Republicans want Trump apology for denigrating late congressman
The president’s crack on impeachment night that the late Michigan Rep. John Dingell might be ‘looking up’ from hell draws widespread scorn.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Jared Golden on splitting his impeachment vote: ‘I voted my heart’
Maine’s 2nd District congressman had explained his reasons before Wednesday’s vote.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans embrace Trump as never before with anti-impeachment fervor
The president’s Republican critics and Democrats said the House Republicans’ solid backing inextricably bound Republican lawmakers to Trump and would ultimately inflict a damaging blow.