Bath Iron Works will add another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to its schedule after the Senate and House voted override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Maine delegation criticizes Trump for pressuring Georgia to find votes
Sen. Susan Collins reminds the president that the election is over, and Sen. Angus King says Trump’s actions ‘would make Richard Nixon blush.’
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Trump, on tape, pressed Georgia official to ‘find’ votes for him
The president suggested that Georgia’s secretary of state locate 11,780 votes, or one more than Joe Biden’s margin of victory.
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Override vote on Trump’s defense bill veto stymied by unrelated relief check debate
The House voted to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which would grant a shipbuilding project to Bath Iron Works, pushing it along to the Senate, but a debate on COVID-19 relief checks has taken priority in the Senate.
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U.S. bomber mission over Persian Gulf aimed at cautioning Iran
U.S. officials say there are worrying signs that Iran may be planning attacks against American or allied targets in the Middle East in the coming days.
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Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill with possible BIW perks
The appropriations package funds financial relief for individuals and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as defense infrastructure companies like Bath Iron Works make for the Navy.
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Trump relents, signs COVID relief deal, averts federal shutdown
The $900 billion pandemic relief package will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.
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Collins, King among bipartisan group that urged Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill
Their efforts were rewarded Sunday night when the president signed the $900 billion emergency relief package and government funding authorization.
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Trump capsizes 2 bills with BIW perks
President Trump rejected two major bills that authorize COVID-19 relief and defense funding, before leaving to spend the holiday weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response
President Trump’s pardons of four Blackwater contractors convicted in the 2007 shooting deaths of more than a dozen people in Baghdad prompts outrage from some human rights activists and Iraqis.