Heading into a tough 2020 re-election campaign, Maine’s senior senator formed a joint fundraising group with her Republican colleague from South Carolina.
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Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns
With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.
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Dems want Acosta to quit for role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex plea
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a growing collection of congressional Democrats say President Donald Trump’s labor secretary should quit
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Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, 2-time candidate for president, dies at 89
The self-made billionaire was still at the office most days, even after being diagnosed with leukemia in February.
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Republican lawmakers and Mills spar over nursing home funding
The legislators criticize the governor for delaying action on a funding bill, but the Democrat says it would have set reimbursement rates too high to qualify for federal matching funds.
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LePage’s final year included 39 days in Florida and a $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
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U.K. ambassador called Trump administration ‘clumsy and inept’
The memos also characterize the president’s policy on Iran as ‘incoherent, chaotic.’
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Susan Collins’ declaration as New England moderate challenged in Trump era
The Republican, who likely will seek another term next year, was a hero to liberals when she opposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act but outraged the left by her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Government lawyers step up effort to get citizenship question on 2020 Census
The Justice and Commerce departments have been ‘instructed to examine whether there is a path forward’ for the question, say government lawyers in a court filing.
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Trump extols ‘the story of America’ at his July 4 extravaganza
The multimillion-dollar spectacle was seen by supporters as a celebration of America and by critics as a Trump re-election rally, though his speech steered clear of partisan politics.