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Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker

by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN September 19, 2020September 20, 2020

According to a media watchdog site, 24 congressional candidates on the November ballot have supported or promoted the conspiracy theory.

Nation / World, Politics

Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on my high court pick

by JONATHAN LEMIRE and LISA MASCARO September 19, 2020September 20, 2020

Among the Republican senators to watch are Susan Collins, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.

Nation / World, Politics

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of women’s rights, dies at 87

by MARK SHERMAN September 18, 2020September 19, 2020

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers, particularly young women.

Nation / World, Politics

Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

by WILL WEISSERT and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY September 18, 2020September 19, 2020

Donald Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he might peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November.

Nation / World, Politics

Assange lawyer says Trump offered a deal to avoid extradition in exchange for documents

by PAN PYLAS September 18, 2020September 19, 2020

The alleged “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump would allow Assange to avoid extradition to the U.S. if he revealed the source of a leak of documents from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2016 election.

Maine, News, Politics

Poll shows Democrats including Gideon and Biden ahead in Maine

by Rachel Ohm September 18, 2020September 19, 2020

The survey by the New York Times and Siena College showed Democrat Sara Gideon up 5 points in the U.S. Senate race and Biden up 17 points in the presidential race.

Politics

Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters

by AAMER MADHANI and DEB RIECHMANN September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

Trump has long fanned the nation’s culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.

Business, Election 2020, Maine

Eric Trump tells Maine lobstermen: ‘We will never, ever let you down’

by Penelope Overton September 17, 2020September 18, 2020

At a campaign event in Saco, President Trump’s son touts his father’s support for the iconic fishing industry as the reason Maine should vote to give him a second term.