In his State of the Union, the president said he had negotiated a ‘new ratepayer protection pledge’ with large tech companies.
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Angus King: ‘I cannot in good conscience’ attend Trump’s State of the Union
The decision by U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has him joining U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden in missing Trump’s Tuesday speech.
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Why Chellie Pingree was skeptical of what she saw during an ICE facility visit
Pingree, a Democrat from Maine’s 1st District, made an oversight visit Thursday afternoon to the facility in Burlington, Mass.
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What the Supreme Court tariff decision means for Maine
Tariffs have proven difficult for Maine businesses to navigate for months.
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Trump’s selective bonuses draw favoritism complaints at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Some civilian workers at the government-owned shipyard in Kittery recently got bonuses of up to $25,000 from the Department of Defense. Others did not, and they’re not happy about it.
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Some of Maine’s members of Congress will skip Trump’s State of the Union
President Donald Trump’s past speeches to Congress have seen Democratic lawmakers skip them, get kicked out or walk out early.
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Jared Golden is lone House Democrat to back Trump’s Canada tariffs
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, continued his party-bucking ways as the House OK’d the formal disapproval of tariffs in a bipartisan vote.