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Politics

Published
August 1, 2020

Trump’s campaign in crisis as aides attempt August reset before time runs out

New television spots will aim to brand Joe Biden as a tool of liberal extremists.
Published
August 1, 2020

Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks

The Trump administration is willing to extend the $600 jobless benefit but is balking at other Democratic demands.
Published
August 1, 2020

Foreign threats loom ahead of U.S. presidential election

Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign confirmed this week that it has faced multiple related threats.
Published
August 1, 2020

Biden nears final decision on running mate

The leading contenders include California Sen. Kamala Harris, California Rep. Karen Bass and Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.
Published
August 1, 2020

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his advisers vow to unleash a tsunami of change.

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Published
July 30, 2020

Republican powerbroker’s bid to thwart Max Linn’s U.S. Senate campaign went awry

Linn accused former state GOP leader Charlie Webster of threatening him to try to help Susan Collins' reelection bid.
Published
July 30, 2020

Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate, dies of COVID-19 complications

While it’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized less than 2 weeks after attending a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June.
Published
July 30, 2020

Trump floats idea of delaying election, a virtual impossibility

The date of the presidential election – the Tuesday after the first Monday in November – is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.
Published
July 29, 2020

Republican-funded PAC spends $1 million on ads attacking Collins for not opposing Trump

The Lincoln Project, a national super PAC, was established by a group of Republicans who oppose President Trump and are working to unseat Republican senators they view as his supporters.
Published
July 28, 2020

Colby College poll shows Gideon with 5-point lead over Collins

The survey of nearly 900 likely Maine voters, conducted between July 18-24, also shows high favorability ratings for Gov. Janet Mills and low favorability for President Trump.