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 […]
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Republican Max Linn jumps into U.S. Senate race, will face Eric Brakey in primary
For the past nine months, state Sen. Eric Brakey of Auburn has sailed along as the sole Republican challenger in the race to take on U.S. Sen. Angus King, a first-term Maine independent. Now, though, he has competition for the GOP’s backing. A colorful, 58-year-old financial planner, Max Linn of Bar Harbor jumped into the […]
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Showing Angus King how St. Mary’s Nutrition Center center helps
LEWISTON — A few months after the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center received a $400,000 grant from the federal government, U.S. Sen. Angus King visited Tuesday to see what the center does. The indepdent senator met with staff and volunteers and learned about the center’s programs, including the food pantry, community gardens that enable downtown residents […]
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Susan Collins says Russian election meddling still going on
AUBURN — When Russia attacked America’s election in 2016, it didn’t change any votes directly but it “absolutely” achieved its chief aim, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday. The Maine Republican said Russia’s goal was to sow discord among voters in the United States, she said, and it proved so successful that the country remains […]
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Mainers denounce Trump's vulgar comments on African countries
Both of Maine’s senators and many others denounced President Donald Trump’s use of a vulgar slur while describing immigration from Haiti and Africa. Participants in a private White House session with members of Congress said Thursday that Trump repeatedly called African nations “shithole countries” during the meeting, an assertion that Trump denied in a vague […]