Moscow has offered to extend New START, but President Trump insists China should have to sign on.
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Biden says he was too ‘cavalier’ about black Trump backers
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee suggested Friday that African Americans who back President Trump ‘ain’t black.’
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Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign
The president claimed without any evidence that mail-in ballots lead to ‘total election fraud.’
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More legislators call for oversight of secretive state police unit
Two lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations about practices of the Maine Information and Analysis Center.
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Supreme Court blocks House from seeing Mueller grand jury material, for now
Its order keeps previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers at least until early summer.
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Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening
Republican operatives are recruiting ‘extremely pro-Trump’ doctors to go on television to promote reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts.
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Maine senators split votes on Trump’s pick to lead national intelligence
Susan Collins votes in committee to endorse U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, the nominee for director of national intelligence, while Angus King opposes the pick.
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John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for top intelligence post, clears divided Senate panel
Ratcliffe had previously withdrawn his name under criticism that he had exaggerated his involvement in terrorism cases when he served as a federal prosecutor.
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Susan Collins says Trump didn’t follow the law when firing inspector general
In an exchange on Twitter, Maine’s senior U.S. senator said the president did not follow a federal law, which she helped pass in 2008, when he fired a federal watchdog in the office of the U.S. Inspector General late last Friday.
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Some Republican lawmakers want to impeach Janet Mills
Gov. Janet Mills’ restrictions to halt spread of coronavirus under fire.