National prices saw their highest overnight increase in years Tuesday, and prices are still going up in Maine.
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War in the Mideast widens as Trump says strikes on Iran could last several weeks
President Trump says forces have been ordered to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities and wipe out its navy.
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As Trump defends Iran war, how will Angus King and Susan Collins vote on it?
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said he is leaning toward supporting a measure that would curb military action in Iran. Will Republican Susan Collins join him?
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Pentagon insists Iran conflict is ‘not endless’ while warning more US casualties are likely
Trump administration officials laid out their case Monday for the attacks on Iran in their first news briefing since the strikes began.
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Trump says Iran’s supreme leader is dead
Some of the first strikes appeared to hit areas around the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iranian media reported strikes nationwide.
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Mainers from Iran reflect on recent U.S. bombing of native land
Maine is home to several hundred people with roots in Iran who are now wrestling with the U.S. bombing of 3 nuclear facilities last weekend.
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US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites, inserting itself into Israel’s war with Iran
President Trump said in a televised addressed that the sites were ‘completely and fully obliterated.’
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Travel ban raises fears across Maine’s immigrant communities
Families are canceling travel plans, curbing social media activity and struggling to understand how Trump’s restrictions will affect them.
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U.S. will send air defense battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
Israel is widely believed to be preparing a military response to Iran’s Oct. 1 attack when it fired roughly 180 missiles into Israel.
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Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
The two countries have fought a shadow war for years, but rarely have they come into direct conflict.