Push to audit Maine’s 2020 election takes cues from fraught effort in Arizona

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Published
September 7, 2021

Push to audit Maine’s 2020 election takes cues from fraught effort in Arizona

A group collecting signatures says it wants Maine to do a ‘forensic audit’ of its 2020 results, but Attorney General Aaron Frey says the document that voters are signing has no legal merit.
Published
September 3, 2021

Sen. Collins said Kavanaugh considered abortion rights settled. Texas decision suggests otherwise

Justice Brett Kavanaugh's decision late Wednesday night revives questions of whether the Maine senator was misled by the nominee or whether she was intent on supporting him no matter his views on abortion rights.
Published
September 1, 2021

U.S. coordination with Taliban on strikes is ‘possible,’ top general says

President Biden has noted several times recently that the Taliban are avowed enemies of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, suggesting a shared interest with the United States.
Published
September 1, 2021

Divided Supreme Court lets Texas law banning most abortions take effect

The law is the strictest against abortion rights in the United States since the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
Published
August 30, 2021

Court records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

The dissonance between the rhetoric of Capitol rioters and their supporters and the record established by courts highlights both the racial tension inherent in their arguments and the flawed assessment at the heart of their claims.
Published
August 30, 2021

Republican announces 1st District campaign against Rep. Pingree

Ed Thelander, a retired Navy SEAL from Bristol, announced he will challenge incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree, who is serving her seventh term, in 2022.
Published
August 24, 2021

Sharply divided House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law

The measure faces dim prospects in the Senate, where Democrats don't have enough votes to overcome opposition from Republicans.
Published
August 24, 2021

Rep. Golden unapologetic about shaking up Democrats’ strategy to pass Biden’s agenda

Maine's 2nd District congressman says progressives have held the infrastructure bill hostage to the president's budget.
Published
August 24, 2021

Biden decides to stick with Aug. 31 final pullout from Kabul

The president asked his national security team to create contingency plans in case a situation arose for which the deadline needed to be extended slightly.
Published
August 24, 2021

Sen. King on the mend, days after announcing positive COVID-19 test

A spokesman for King said Maine's junior senator, who is vaccinated, was feeling better and recovering after disclosing that he had tested positive on Friday.