Fundraising numbers so far suggest that much of the enthusiasm among the Republican base is focused on the president and doesn’t necessarily translate to Republicans running for other offices.
Donald Trump
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Uncategorized
Trump embraces natural gas industry on visit to Pennsylvania
The president sees his pro-industry policies as a boost to his chances of winning the battleground state again.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World
Ukrainian leader felt Trump pressure before taking office
President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky told advisers in May that he was concerned about becoming entangled in U.S. elections.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans storm secure hearing room, delaying impeachment deposition
Democrats criticize the intrusion by the Republican House members, who brought electronic devices into a secure room as a Defense Department official was poised to answer questions.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Timothy L. O’Brien: A true public servant deals Trump a crushing blow
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. […]
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump draws outrage by comparing House impeachment inquiry to ‘lynching’
The president compared the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Diplomat tells House that he was told Ukraine aid was contingent on investigations
The testimony of acting ambassador William Taylor is among the most watched because of a text message in which he called Trump’s attempt to leverage military aid to Ukraine in return for a political investigation ‘crazy.’
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s demonization of immigrants is nothing new. But it’s time to say ‘no more’
Speak out against his rhetoric, and against elevating an immigration hard-liner to homeland security secretary.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Airing grievances at Cabinet meeting, Trump calls Emoluments Clause ‘phony’
After reversing on his plan to hold the next G-7 summit at his Doral, Fla., golf resort, Trump dismissed criticism that he is profiting off his presidency.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’
Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.