The banishment of Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, a Bowdoin College graduate, was a move the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil War.
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Pence won’t appeal order to testify in Jan. 6 probe, spokesman says
Former Vice President Mike Pence will testify before a grand jury in the federal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care
Transgender youths who are taking medication to transition have until the end of the year to stop doing so.
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AG acknowledges relationship with subordinate, apologizes for not disclosing sooner
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey told staff members that the relationship began in August, although he did not disclose it until Tuesday and has now directed his chief deputy to supervise the employee.
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Maine’s congressional delegation mostly mum on Trump’s arraignment
Only Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree issued a statement about the former president’s arraignment on 34 felony charges.
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Read the indictment of Donald Trump in the Stormy Daniels case
The Manhattan district attorney also releases a statement of fact that provides context for the 34 felony charges against the former president.
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A guide to ‘who’s who’ in the historic Stormy Daniels hush-money case
Former president Donald Trump is set to be arraigned in New York City on Tuesday following a long-running probe of his role in paying adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to keep quiet about an alleged affair. Security has tightened around the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Trump […]
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Video: Sen. Collins, while touring Augusta theater, urges calm as Trump is charged with felonies
Susan Collins, speaking at the Colonial Theater in downtown Augusta on Tuesday, also reiterated that the former president is not her first choice for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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Trump is heading to court. Here’s what to expect
Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
The case involves payoffs through an intermediary to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair ahead of the 2016 election.