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Pence hails Turkey’s cease-fire agreement calling for Kurds to vacate border area

by ZEKE MILLER and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

The agreement essentially gives the Turks what they had sought to achieve with their military operation in the first place.

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U.S. envoy says Trump directed him to work with Giuliani on Ukraine policy

by ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland distances himself from the president and tells Congress that he disagreed with the directive.

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Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of House Oversight Committee, dies at 68

by BRIAN WITTE Associated Press October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Cummings died of complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said.

Nation & World, Politics

Former top aide to Pompeo testifies that he quit partly over political doings

by LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT LEE Associated Press October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell briefs Republicans about a possible impeachment trial ahead, likely by Christmas.

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Business group accuses Portland mayor of misleading supporters by saying he was ‘heckled’

by Randy Billings October 16, 2019October 17, 2019

Ethan Strimling said in a fundraising email that business leaders ‘heckled’ him for saying he’d propose a $15 minimum wage, but the chamber of commerce calls it a ‘flat-out misrepresentation.’

Maine, News, Politics

Chiropractors give a big boost to people’s veto campaign against new vaccine law

by Eric Russell October 16, 2019October 17, 2019

Of the $161,841 raised so far by Mainers for Health and Parental Rights, at least $51,225 has come from chiropractors, according to a Press Herald analysis.