AARP poll shows U.S. Senate candidates Susan Collins and Sara Gideon in virtual tie.
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Evangelicals at base of Trump hopes for Pennsylvania repeat
In 2016, they gave him a 44,000-vote margin of victory in the state.
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Susan Collins opposes replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg before November
Maine’s senior senator says the Senate may begin the process of reviewing President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but a vote shouldn’t take place before the election.
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Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker
According to a media watchdog site, 24 congressional candidates on the November ballot have supported or promoted the conspiracy theory.
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Trump to Senate: Vote ‘without delay’ on my high court pick
Among the Republican senators to watch are Susan Collins, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of women’s rights, dies at 87
Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers, particularly young women.
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Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota
Donald Trump almost won Minnesota in 2016 and sees it as a state he might peel away from Democrat Joe Biden in November.
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Assange lawyer says Trump offered a deal to avoid extradition in exchange for documents
The alleged “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump would allow Assange to avoid extradition to the U.S. if he revealed the source of a leak of documents from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2016 election.
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Poll shows Democrats including Gideon and Biden ahead in Maine
The survey by the New York Times and Siena College showed Democrat Sara Gideon up 5 points in the U.S. Senate race and Biden up 17 points in the presidential race.
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Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters
Trump has long fanned the nation’s culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.