Both blame each other for the collapse of nearly a year of negotiations in Qatar.
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Mark Sanford will challenge Trump in Republican primary
The former governor and representative from South Carolina joins former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who launched a bid against the president in April.
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Trump calls off secret meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders
He tweets Saturday that he has ‘called off peace negotiations’ following a Taliban attack in Kabul that killed a U.S. soldier.
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Trump administration officials consider further restricting U.S. refugee cap
Some members of the president’s team want the number to be 15,000 or fewer.
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Maine Voices: Support for open borders will be Democrats’ undoing in 2020
Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.
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Trump campaign names LePage honorary chairman in Maine
Joe Turcotte, the Republican National Committee’s director for Maine, will serve as the campaign’s state director.
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Taliban attacks test Trump as he seeks to end Afghan war
The Afghan government and others worry that the attacks during ongoing U.S.-Taliban talks are evidence that the insurgent group cannot be trusted.
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Timothy L. O’Brien: Mike Pence’s Doonbeg visit proves he’s a giver
Go ahead and forgive yourself if you find some details of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Ireland confusing. Although Pence has official meetings in Dublin (on Ireland’s east coast) he and his federal entourage have found lodging in Doonbeg (on Ireland’s west coast). Why Doonbeg? Well, Pence has ancestral ties to Doonbeg, about which […]
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Here’s why Bernie Sanders was disinvited to speak in Portland on Monday
The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.
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Cory Booker is the next Democratic candidate planning campaign stop in Maine
The U.S. senator from New Jersey is scheduled to visit Portland for a cocktail hour reception and fundraiser on Saturday.