Known as the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, which he helped found, he became one of only six black House members when he won his first election by just 108 votes in 1964.
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Money from away piles up in U.S. Senate race
The most recent campaign finance reports show that out-of-state donors made the vast majority of contributions of $200 or more to the campaigns of Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Sara Gideon.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Former Trump adviser asks judge to decide whether he should testify
Should Charles Kupperman comply with a subpoena or follow the president’s directive against cooperating?
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Company with ties to Trump’s brother awarded $33 million U.S. contract
A rival bidder filed a complaint alleging that the Reston, Va., company failed to disclose Robert S. Trump’s connection.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
AP Interview: Biden undeterred by rival Warren’s ascendancy
AP Interview: Joe Biden tells The Associated Press in an interview that he’s undeterred by the ascendancy of Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren
Posted inElections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Scandal brings election risk for rising Democratic star
California Rep. Katie Hill, a rising Democratic star, is embroiled in controversy and a looming congressional investigation into her private life has put her re-election at risk
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Rick Perry defends urging Trump to make the call now the focus of impeachment inquiry
The outgoing energy secretary says he asked the president to phone the Ukrainian president because it was ‘important.’
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Town hall meetings increasingly rare for Maine members of Congress
Once a staple of congressional politics, the open forum with constituents appears to be making a comeback across the country, but not so much in Maine.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Democrats hopeful as they bring campaigns for U.S. Senate to rural Sangerville Grange
SANGERVILLE — For a few hours recently, the 115-year-old East Sangerville Grange Hall, one of those classic white clapboard New England structures, stood at the center of what may prove the most important U.S. Senate race in the nation. That mid-October Saturday night marked the first time each of the Maine Democratic Party’s Senate contenders gathered […]
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Probe of Russia probe will reveal ‘really bad things,’ Trump says
The president comments after it’s revealed that the Justice Department is now scrutinizing the government’s Russia investigation as a criminal matter.