PORTLAND (AP) — Sen. Angus King has never taken a photography class, but his eye for detail is winning Instagram followers and praise from professional photographers. His photos offer a personal look at the senator’s dual existence in busy Washington and rural Maine. “The whole idea is to convey the world as I see it,” […]
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Auburn Middle Schoolers visit Washington D.C.
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King met with 16 eighth-grade students, parents and teachers from Auburn Middle School who traveled to Washington, D.C., as part of the school’s biennial class trip. The students toured the U.S. Capitol building, explored Smithsonian museums and walked along the National Mall to see the Washington Monument, the Lincoln […]
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Brakey challenges more signatures on Max Linn's nomination papers for U.S. Senate
AUGUSTA — A judge ordered Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday to reopen his investigation in the case of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn. Superior Court Justice William Stokes told Dunlap’s office to accept new evidence from the campaign of Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn who is also seeking the […]
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Maine delegation members say Congress needs to play more active role on Syria
After the United States, Britain and France launched airstrikes Friday night against Syria for its alleged use of banned chemical weapons, three members of Maine’s congressional delegation called on Congress to play a more active role in putting pressure on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Independent Sen. Angus King and Reps. Chellie Pingree […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King push for better security for 2018 election season
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Tuesday as the panel released recommendations to safeguard against foreign meddling in the 2018 primary season that’s already underway. Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or in […]
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Angus King: Donald Trump needs to back off criticism of Mueller probe
Maine Sen. Angus King said Sunday that President Trump’s criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is a huge mistake and that any attempt by the president to have Mueller fired would trigger a constitutional crisis. King, speaking from Carrabassett Valley, made his remarks on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” whose moderator, […]
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Sen. King tours Farmington center
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, tours the Woodlands Senior Living Memory Care Center in Farmington on Friday to see the 36-bed facility and the ongoing expansion of a 58-bed assisted living residence and 22 studio apartments this year. King said Fridays are his “Maine days” and that he had met with town managers from Jay […]
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Susan Collins and Angus King take lead on immigration proposal
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on immigration Wednesday as President Donald Trump attempted to preemptively undercut the proposal by delivering an ultimatum: Pass my plan or risk a veto. The self-dubbed “Common Sense Caucus” of senators late Wednesday circulated legislation that would fulfill Trump’s calls to grant legal status to […]
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The new lobster emoji doesn’t appear to have enough legs to stand on
The sample lobster emoji unveiled Wednesday by the governing body of cute little social media icons is, shall we say, deformed. And some people are noticing. The fact that it’s missing two legs has been pointed out by more than one lobster fan. It also appears to have an extra crusher claw, not to mention […]
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Look for a lobster emoji to surface this year
The panel that decides such things has officially unveiled a new digital image of a little red lobster in response to a Maine-based petition drive. Maine’s signature sea creature will soon be one of the “emoji” pictograms available for electronic messaging. The Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit governing body responsible for determining which emojis get added […]