Her path path toward the vice presidency tracks the nation’s ongoing struggle for racial equality.
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Analysis: The media was far less likely to let birtherism attacks slide this time
When President Trump – a leader in promoting the myth against then-Sen. Barack Obama – appeared to fuel similar accusations against Sen. Kamala D. Harris, D.-Calif., they called him out.
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Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverage
The standard political gatherings that were to unfold for the Democratic Party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for the GOP in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be largely virtual.
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Mills considers safeguards for absentee voting, after warning letter from postal service
The governor and other top state officials are considering a range of options for ensuring that Maine’s absentee voting system works smoothly this fall, as the postal service warns states of potential mail delays.
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Mills announces changes to top legal position
Derek Langhauser plans to step down as the governor’s chief legal counsel and DEP Commissioner Jerry Reid will take over the position.
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Trump dodges question on QAnon conspiracy theory
The president has retweeted QAnon-promoting accounts, and shirts and hats with QAnon symbols and slogans are not uncommon at his rallies.
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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Maine’s ranked-choice voting law
The decision comes 2 days after Maine’s secretary of state affirmed his earlier ruling that the Maine Republican Party did not gather enough valid signatures to force a people’s veto of the law.
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Federal judge again hears arguments against Maine’s ranked-choice voting law
In a federal lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, 4 voters contend they were either disenfranchised by the system or forced to cast ballots for candidates they did not support.
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Susan Collins, Angus King stick up for US Postal Service
Collins said she disagrees with President Trump’s effort to prevent emergency funding for the nation’s mail service.
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Maine members of Congress demand end to mail delays, answers from postmaster general
President Trump says he’ll withhold funding from the U.S. Postal Service to prevent the expansion of mail-in voting, raising widespread objections in the House and Senate.