Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland distances himself from the president and tells Congress that he disagreed with the directive.
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Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of House Oversight Committee, dies at 68
Cummings died of complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said.
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Chiropractors give a big boost to people’s veto campaign against new vaccine law
Of the $161,841 raised so far by Mainers for Health and Parental Rights, at least $51,225 has come from chiropractors, according to a Press Herald analysis.
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Be wary about social media posts
In recent years, U.S. Sen. Angus King, a second-term Maine independent, has said frequently that American voters need be more wary of what they see online. With more care, he said, they will not fall prey easily to trickery and deceit. That advice is just as true for anonymous posts by apparently local pot-stirrers as […]
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Secretive Facebook pages roil Lewiston’s mayoral campaign
Two social media pages purporting to back Mark Cayer’s mayoral bid are actually undermining it, the Democrat says.
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Rudy Giuliani informs Congress he will defy its subpoena
President Trump’s personal attorney tweets that he won’t ‘participate in an illegitimate, unconstitutional, and baseless’ impeachment inquiry.
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Former state Republican chairman seeks return to Maine Senate in 2020
Rick Bennett of Oxford has registered as a Clean Elections candidate.
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Maine Senate Democrats will hold town halls to publicize legislative agenda
Democrats, who hold a Senate majority, say they’ll focus on health care, property taxes, energy independence and protecting workers’ rights.
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Challenger Gideon outpaces Sen. Collins with $3.2 million raised in 3rd quarter
But Susan Collins’ $2.1 million summertime haul left the Republican with $7.1 million headed into the fall, setting the stage for one of the nation’s most closely watched – and expensive – Senate campaigns.
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Democrats consider formal vote on impeachment inquiry as probe quickens
Former top adviser on Russia Fiona Hill tells House impeachment investigators there were concerns at high levels of Trump’s administration about his personal lawyer’s activities in Ukraine.