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Trump now says son's meeting with Russian lawyer sought info on Clinton

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel’s investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent. “Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about […]

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Clinton, Skowhegan, Winslow move forward with limiting retail pot establishments

PORTLAND — Three more Maine towns have taken steps to limit retail marijuana establishments. Maine voters in November narrowly approved a referendum legalizing marijuana. The Portland Press Herald reports Clinton, Skowhegan and Winslow have each moved forward with restricting retail marijuana establishments. Clinton’s board of selectman voted Tuesday night to put an emergency moratorium on […]

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Website posts Maine pleas to electors to stop Donald Trump

More than 340 Mainers have written open letters to members of the Electoral College, most of them pleading for electors to nullify Republican Donald Trump’s Election Day victory. Typical is one from Gracia Holt of Freeport who told electors, “You must not elect Donald Trump! He is mentally unbalanced, inexperienced, incapable of governing, guilty of […]

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Election results greeted with hope and doubts

LEWISTON — The election of celebrity businessman Donald Trump as president left some residents shocked and others giddy Wednesday. “I love the fact that Trump got elected,” Clinton Spence of Lewiston said. “We really need change.” Over lunch at Simones’ Hot Dog Stand, Jeff Simonton said people favored “the lesser of two evils” in tapping […]

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Voters happy that it’s all finally over

After a seemingly endless slog of insults and advertisements, voters on both sides of the political divide could agree on one thing Tuesday: They’re relieved that it’s finally over. “I’m just so tired of the whole thing,” Deborah Powell of Lewiston said. She called the election “the worst ever.” The results main event on Election […]

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GOP panel pushes Cain about backing Clinton

The National Republican Congressional Committee this week pressed Maine Democrat Emily Cain to say whether she’s still backing her party’s presidential candidate. What makes it an odd twist is that her opponent, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, the first-term Republican from Maine’s hotly contested 2nd District, has made it clear to this point he will not […]