A pro-Trump rally in December ended in violence as hundreds of Trump supporters sought out confrontations with a collective of local activists attempting to bar them from Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House.
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Listen to the audio and read the transcript of the president’s call to Georgia’s secretary of state
President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discussed the state’s election results Saturday.
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Ascension to legislative leadership is bittersweet for Talbot Ross
Rachel Talbot Ross, a Portland Democrat, is the first Black person in state history to serve in a leadership role in the Maine Legislature.
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Susan Collins sworn in for historic fifth term in U.S. Senate
She fought through a hotly contested race last year to become the first popularly elected Maine senator to win a fifth term.
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McConnell, Pelosi homes vandalized after $2,000 relief fails
The $600 payment is going to individuals with incomes up to $75,000.
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Maine senators oppose Republican challenge to Biden’s win over Trump
Susan Collins and Angus King come out against a plan by 11 Republican senators to vote to reject electors from some states when Congress meets this week to certify the Electoral College results.
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After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’
He is one of four convicted in the killings of unarmed Iraqi women and children.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to stymie Biden’s Electoral College count
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas argued that Vice President Mike Pence has far more power than the government claims to alter the outcome of the presidential election.
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Analysis: Can Mike Pence stop Joe Biden from becoming president?
The vice president will preside over Congress’s Jan. 6 confirmation of results that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but his role is administrative.
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Here’s how $2,000 IRS stimulus checks would work, and who would qualify
The phase-out structure that applied to the $600 checks is still the same. Because the check itself is larger, millions more people could receive at least some money.