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Biden administration names 10 prescription drugs for price negotiations
The move is expected to cut costs for some patients but faces litigation from the drugmakers and heavy criticism from Republican lawmakers.
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Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
The Georgia case alleges that Trump, Meadows and 17 others participated in a wide-ranging conspiracy to try to keep the Republican president in power illegally.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Republicans silence ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat for day on ‘out of order’ rule; crowd erupts
House Republicans determined the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.
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Trump’s trial set for March 4 on federal charges of trying to overturn 2020 election
The date would come right in the middle of the Republican presidential nominating calendar and the day before Super Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Car owned by Margaret Chase Smith sells for $15,000 at auction
The 1941 Plymouth Super Deluxe Business Coupe was owned by the groundbreaking Maine politician for over 40 years.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith
The late U.S. senator’s car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.
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Trump is selling his mug shot on shirts, koozies and bumper stickers
The Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee is also selling his mug shot, saying it would give out a T-shirt in exchange for a $47 donation.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Maine Republicans still back Trump, but independents are a new wild card in state’s primary
New rules that allow unenrolled voters to participate in either party’s presidential primaries, coupled with ranked-choice voting, could complicate former President Donald Trump’s odds of winning Maine’s Republican nomination, despite continued strong support in his party.
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Trump released on $200,000 bond after surrendering at Atlanta jail, posing for mug shot
After turning himself in on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, he became the first U.S. president to take a mug shot.