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Gov. Mills says Maine Constitution may already protect abortion access
The governor says her administration is debating whether an amendment is needed to protect abortion access in Maine, or whether that right is already enshrined.
Gov. Mills increases fundraising advantage over LePage
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills collected $605,000, compared with Paul LePage’s approximately $312,000, during the latest 42-day reporting period.
Maine police union backs Golden, LePage in this year’s election
Law enforcement support for the Lewiston Democrat’s reelection bid is a surprise that counters most Republican criticism of lawmaker.
Steve Bannon convicted of contempt for defying Jan. 6 panel
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, faces up to 2 years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced, and his attorney pledges to appeal.
Liz Cheney braces for primary loss, and focus shifts to 2024
As an unequivocal Trump critic on the House Jan. 6, panel, the Wyoming Republican faces consistent and credible death threats, and has been forced to abandon traditional retail campaigning.
Lee Zeldin, Republican nominee for New York governor, assaulted at rally
A man apparently tried to stab U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor at an upstate event.
Jan. 6 takeaways: White House in chaos, unmovable Trump
Former President Donald Trump was ‘the only person in the world who could call off the mob,’ but he refused to do so for several hours, said the committee’s chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson.
Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob, Jan. 6 committee says
The defeated president turned his supporters’ ‘love of country into a weapon,’ said the panel’s Republican vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
Collins, Manchin unveil bipartisan bill to protect electoral count from exploitation
The reforms to the 1887 Electoral Count Act, spurred by former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, are co-sponsored by 14 senators, including nine Republicans, just shy of the 10 needed to overcome a filibuster.