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Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference

by Elahe Izadi, Laura Wagner and Meryl Kornfield The Washington Post December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Trump’s lawsuit claims a poll by Ann Selzer for the Des Moines Register that incorrectly found he was behind in Iowa amounted to consumer fraud.

Nation / World

N.Y. judge denies Trump’s motion to throw out hush money conviction

by Shayna Jacobs The Washington Post December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Justice Juan Merchan ruled that Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records should not be overturned because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity ruling.

Nation / World, Politics

Trump, in wide-ranging news conference, embraces role of president-in-waiting

by Marianne LeVine and Hannah Knowles The Washington Post December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on remote work, a TikTok ban, Postal Service privatization, Eric Adams and the murder of the United Healthcare CEO.

Election 2024, Local & State, Politics

Maine will join other states in casting Electoral College votes Tuesday

by Rachel Ohm December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Maine’s 4 electors will meet at the State House to cast ballots for president and vice president.

Business, Local & State, News

Some fishermen see Trump as a friend, but tariffs could make for pricier fish

by Patrick Whittle Associated Press December 13, 2024December 15, 2024

Conservation groups who have pushed for stricter rules and fishing standards said they’re also waiting to see the direction Trump takes fisheries and ocean policy.

Nation / World, Politics

Donald Trump named Time magazine’s Person of the Year

by MICHELLE L. PRICE and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

The president-elect rang in the honor at the New York Stock Exchange. It’s the second time he’s been given the recognition by the magazine.

Local & State, Politics

Maine reproductive health providers seek $6 million ahead of Trump term

by Joe Lawlor December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning will ask the state for funding to support non-abortion services such as primary care, screenings and birth control.

Nation / World, Politics

FBI Director Christopher Wray will resign before Trump takes office

by ERIC TUCKER Associated Press December 11, 2024December 12, 2024

By stepping down rather than waiting to be fired, Christopher Wray is trying to avert a collision with the new administration that he said would have further entangled the FBI ‘deeper into the fray.’