Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she is in discussions with other Republicans on a strategy that would allow the Senate to hear new testimony.
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Jim Fossel: Partisanship is the whole point of impeachment
As we head toward a Senate trial, neither party has grounds to express shock at how biased the process has become.
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Maine Compass: It’s time to tell Americans the whole truth about CIA torture program
A new movie based on a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation makes clear how much we still don’t know.
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Former U.S. Senate candidate Levasseur arrested on domestic violence charge in Fairfield
Derek Levasseur, 45, of Fairfield, briefly ran for the U.S. Senate earlier this year and was convicted of assault in 2012 while also working as a local police reserve officer.
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Lisa Savage: As U.S. senator, I’ll stand up to neo-McCarthyism, say ‘no’ to U.S. wars
Smear campaigns and déjà vu Russia-baiting for anyone who dares mention defense cuts won’t stop me.
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The Maine Millennial: Mainers are in danger without Violence Against Women Act
There is no shame in being a victim of domestic abuse, but there are plenty of people who should be ashamed for causing or enabling it.
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Jeff Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
The former attorney general ousted by President Trump plans to run for his old seat in the U.S. Senate.
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Is Sen. Collins running in 2020? Not yet, officially, but you’d never know it.
Maine’s Republican senator, seen by Democrats as someone they can unseat, is widely expected to seek another term but keeps saying she will decide ‘in the fall.’
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Money from away piles up in U.S. Senate race
The most recent campaign finance reports show that out-of-state donors made the vast majority of contributions of $200 or more to the campaigns of Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Sara Gideon.
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Citing ‘vast sums of money’ required, Jon Treacy withdraws from U.S. Senate race
Treacy, who retired from the Air Force as a major general, was among several Democrats hoping to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.