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Election 2022, Nation / World, Politics

FBI search of Trump club spurs controversy in Maine’s 2nd District race

by Steve Collins August 10, 2022August 11, 2022

Poliquin calls for probe into the move, Golden counsels caution and Bond insists ‘no one is above the law’

Nation / World, News, Politics

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder former U.S. official John Bolton

by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Prosecutors say the murder-for-hire scheme unfolded more than a year after the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was killed in a targeted airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.

Nation / World, News, Politics

Biden signs bill to aid veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits

by Amy B Wang, Matt Viser and Paul Kane The Washington Post August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

The bill signing will mark a significant achievement for Biden, who has long spoken of the country’s obligation to care for its veterans after they return home.

Nation / World, News, Politics

Trump invoked Fifth Amendment hundreds of times in New York investigation

by MICHAEL BALSAMO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press August 10, 2022August 11, 2022

The civil investigation, led by state Attorney General Letitia James, involves allegations that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misstated the value of prized assets like golf courses and skyscrapers.

Local & State, Politics

Insulin price cap championed by Collins stripped from spending bill by fellow Republicans

by Colin Woodard August 9, 2022August 10, 2022

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug’s price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries – in 20 years.

Nation / World, News, Politics

Congress can get Trump tax records, appeals court rules

by JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the decision ‘an important victory for the rule of law.’

Nation / World, News, Politics

Biden administration to halt controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ program

by Hamed Aleaziz Los Angeles Times August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

“Remain in Mexico,” formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols Policy, or MPP, forced back more than 60,000 asylum-seekers during the Trump administration.