The utter debacle of Donald Trump’s Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin, followed by Trump’s weak and unpersuasive “oops” press conference, should cement in the minds of all patriotic Americans that this president is not operating on anyone’s behalf but his own. He is denigrating U.S. veterans and everything this country stands for, making America appear […]
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Maine’s delegation criticizes Trump for casting doubt about Russia’s role in election meddling
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticized President Trump on Monday after his much-anticipated summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during which Trump again downplayed Russia’s role in interfering with the 2016 election. Appearing side-by-side at a press conference following their closed two-hour meeting, Trump and Putin both cast doubt on what virtually all intelligence agencies […]
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Maine physician declares she will challenge Collins in 2020
MILBRIDGE — A longtime physician who moved to Maine three years ago announced Monday she plans to run as a Democrat against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020. Dr. Cathleen London said the state’s four-term Republican senator “has forgotten who she represents.” “Rather than putting her constituents first, it has become apparent that when it […]
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Susan Collins to ‘carefully’ scrutinize Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she’s going to conduct a “careful, thorough vetting” of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Trump announced Monday night that he’s selected Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative judge, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Collins statement read: “Judge Kavanaugh has impressive credentials and extensive experience, having […]
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Experts disagree with Susan Collins on ‘precedent’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has a nuanced position on how the abortion issue will play into her assessment of President Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee, and several leading legal scholars say her reasoning does not stand up to scrutiny. Collins, a critical confirmation swing vote in the Senate, has repeatedly said that her primary […]
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Maine activists call on Susan Collins to ask hard questions of Supreme Court nominee
Republican Sen. Susan Collins may hold the fate of abortion rights in the United States in her hands. President Trump, who pledged to nominate only anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court, is days away from announcing a Supreme Court nominee. And local and national organizations are ratcheting up the pressure on Collins, a pro-choice swing […]
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Democrats target Susan Collins in campaign against Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON — Liberal political strategists hope to block President Donald Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee by replaying a strategy they used to help defeat the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act last year. The multimillion-dollar plan of advertising and grass-roots activism will focus heavily on convincing two Republican defenders of the ACA, Sens. […]
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Critics on both sides assail Collins on Supreme Court fight
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has staked out the most treacherous turf in the high-stakes battle looming over a new Supreme Court justice — firmly in the middle between two sides who are gearing up for war. “No matter how I vote, there are going to be people who are furious at me,” Collins told Politico […]
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Maine doctor says she is likely to challenge Susan Collins for Senate in 2020
A Down East physician who is “tired of seeing what’s going on” in Washington is likely to declare within weeks that she will challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election in 2020. “I can’t sit idly by and just watch this,” Cathleen London, who practices in Milbridge, said Friday. “I can’t keep watching this train wreck.” […]
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As Supreme Court fight looms, Susan Collins hopes to avoid politics
As President Donald Trump prepares to pick someone to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, many are eyeing Maine’s senior senator as one of the few Republicans who might stand in the way of a right-wing successor to a judge who often provided the swing vote on the nine-person court. They are likely […]