Rep. John Ratcliffe is an ardent supporter of the president, who has been openly dismissive of the government’s spy agencies and once derided them as having ‘run amok,’ but Sen. Susan Collins, who holds a key vote, expressed support for him.
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Gov. Janet Mills rebuffs Republican criticism over administration’s pandemic response
Gov. Janet Mills says she has consulted with lawmakers from both parties in developing a reopening plan, and a Republican effort to call the Legislature back so it can revoke her emergency powers is unlikely to win enough support.
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Senate to reopen despite risks as House eyes ‘hybrid’ return
The Senate will gavel in Monday as the coronavirus rages while the top House Republican is proposing a ‘hybrid’ reopening for the House.
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Republican leaders demand removal of Janet Mills’ emergency powers
The party’s top elected officials in the Legislature want to take away the governor’s emergency powers over her handling of the coronavirus.
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Max Linn, U.S. Senate hopeful, called the USA ‘a dying country’
The Maine independent, who is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, warns that Americans need ‘to wake up’ to socialist threat.
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Back in session: Senate risks a return but House stays away
Congressional leaders are turning down President Trump’s offer of the rapid coronavirus testing used at the White House.
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Harassment, assault absent in Biden complaint
The former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that didn’t explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.
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Believe women? Sure, say Democrats, but vet their claims
Democrats are standing behind presidential nominee Joe Biden, but the sexual assault allegations against him are putting them on the defensive.
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Biden declares sexual assault ‘never, never happened’
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign.
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Pelosi ‘satisfied’ with Biden’s response to sexual assault allegation, praises his ‘integrity’
The House speaker offered her fullest defense to date of the presumptive Democratic nominee, who has been accused of misconduct in the mid-1990s by a former Senate staffer.