Democrats used their majority to advance a state budget proposal – one that unravels a bipartisan effort to stabilize highway projects by moving away from fuel taxes and tapping a revenue stream from electric vehicles.
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Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.
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Lawmakers unveil sprawling plan to expand online privacy protections
The compromise bill would give users the right to opt out of certain data practices, including targeted advertising.
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Rep. Laurel Libby says neo-Nazi comments taken out of context in debate over paramilitary training
Libby, of Auburn, was speaking in opposition to a proposal restricting paramilitary training, which she considers unconstitutional.
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Trump’s campaign is expecting to raise record $43 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
The high-dollar event is expected to include about 100 guests, including more than a few billionaires, and top a new single-event fundraising record set by Biden, who raised $26 million recently.
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Republican opposition to child tax credit bill could be softening in Senate
The $79 billion legislation pairs an expansion to the child tax credit – a major priority for President Biden and Democrats that nonpartisan estimates say would lift 400,000 children out of poverty.
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Joseph Brennan, former Maine governor, congressman and political leader, dies at 89
The Portland native also served in both chambers of the Maine Legislature and as state attorney general.
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Fire outside the Vermont office of Sen. Bernie Sanders being investigated as arson
Authorities said a suspect still remains at large and no motive had been established.
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Sexting scam catches U.K. lawmaker
A senior Conservative lawmaker admits sharing an intimate photo of himself as well as his colleagues’ personal phone numbers.
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Justice official violated ethics in aiding Trump, D.C. Bar panel finds
The committee calls for professional sanctions on Jeffrey Clark for trying to reverse the 2020 election results.