Avril Haines is expected to be nominated as director of national intelligence, a job for which Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, was under consideration.
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Jared Golden backs Trump bid to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District representative, a combat veteran, said it’s “time to bring our armed forces home.”
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation / World, Politics
Trump campaign legal team distances itself from conservative firebrand attorney
Sidney Powell has made multiple incorrect statements about the voting process, unspooled unsupported and complex conspiracy theories and vowed to ‘blow up’ Georgia with a ‘biblical’ court filing.
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Maine Democratic Party chief moving to Rhode Island
State Rep. Drew Gattine of Westbrook only declared contender to replace her at the party’s helm.
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Chris Christie calls conduct of Trump’s legal team a ‘national embarrassment’
He and several other Republicans have begun to publicly urge the president to concede.
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Michigan leader: Trump didn’t ask for election interference
However, state House Speaker Lee Chatfield did not elaborate on what was discussed.
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Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition
His transition was chaotic, but the disarray in many ways was of his own doing.
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Criminal justice reformers cheer multiple election victories
But they also saw setbacks, including a blow to the movement to defund local police departments.
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Many GOP lawmakers resist statehouse mask-wearing rules
Nearly 200 legislators nationwide have tested positive for the virus and four have died.
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People of color push for diverse Biden Cabinet
Rep. Deb Haaland, a New Mexico Democrat and member of the Pueblo of Laguna, could become the first Native American secretary of the interior.