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Commentary: GOP faced with the most damning impeachment testimony yet

by Jon Healey October 25, 2019December 27, 2019

How bad was diplomat William Taylor’s testimony for President Donald Trump? Bad enough to prompt dozens of House Republicans on Wednesday to interrupt the impeachment inquiry, arguing that the process should be conducted in public, not in secret. Three House committees have been taking depositions privately in day-long sessions held in a secure room in […]

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Senate Democratic leaders: The Fighting for Maine Agenda is about putting Mainers first

by Troy Jackson, Nate Libby and Eloise Vitelli October 25, 2019October 24, 2019

We’re focusing on health care, property taxes, energy independence and giving workers a fair shake.

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Tom Waddell: Public hearings will reveal who Trump really is

by Tom Waddell October 25, 2019October 24, 2019

Everyone, including the president’s supporters, need to hear for themselves how he has violated his oath of office.

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Rep. Golden: Corporate money behind scary prescription drug ads

by Rep. Jared Golden October 25, 2019December 27, 2019

Common sense reforms that most Americans support are made to look like a ‘socialist takeover.’

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Douglas Rooks: Our endangered ‘government of laws’

by Douglas Rooks October 24, 2019October 25, 2019

When those public officials chosen under a democratic system do not want to be bound by the legal limits of their power, they sometimes ignore those limits, and defy those trying to defend the system. That’s the lesson we’re now learning in Washington. But we saw it unfold in Augusta years earlier, during the administration […]

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Timothy L. O’Brien: A true public servant deals Trump a crushing blow

by Timothy L. O’Brien October 23, 2019December 27, 2019

A career civil servant who is a West Point graduate, soldier, officer, military attache and veteran diplomat told Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump personally and explicitly tried to force Ukraine’s president to investigate Trump’s political opponents by withholding crucial military aid and a coveted White House meeting. William Taylor testified that the U.S. […]