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Some in President Trump’s circle wonder whether the secretary of state is plotting an escape strategy. -
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, representing the most progressive wing of the party, defend their plans for a public system, while Joe Biden says many people are happy with their private insurance.
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The future of the bill is uncertain, with a Republican on the committee saying, 'It's going nowhere.'
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Michael Bloomberg's voter registration drive is designed to weaken President Trump’s re-election chances in 5 states.
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Ten candidates seeking the party's presidential nomination will again take the stage Wednesday.
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The testimony by Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a longtime Republican donor, is the most damaging yet for the president in Congress' impeachment inquiry.
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But the shifting defenses and deflections have done little to undermine the core allegations under investigation in the House.
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Three current and former administration officials tell House investigators about their concerns surrounding the phone call in July.
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The commission acts as the permitting and regulatory agency for roughly half of Maine's total acreage.
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All four members of Congress from Maine voiced support for restrictions that would ban or discourage the sale and use of flavored vaping products or other e-cigarettes, especially for teenagers.
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The two-term former Republican lawmaker from Maine's 2nd District is trying to block the expansion of the new voting method to other states.
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The effort to expand ranked-choice voting to all city elections was initially led by Fair Elections Portland, but the group failed to gather enough signatures to put it on the ballot.
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Republicans respond to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's testimony by questioning his loyalty to the United States.
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Meanwhile, President Trump says he will 'strongly consider' testifying in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry.
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The president's campaign dismisses speculation, branding the news coverage as 'hysteria.'
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The high court has a separate pending request from the president to block a subpoena from a New York prosecutor.
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The House Judiciary Committee is seeking grand jury testimony and other details redacted from the public version of the investigation.
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The president provided written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller during his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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This is not the first time Biden has invited the scorn of North Korea. In May, it called him a "fool of low I.Q." for calling Kim Jong Un a dictator and a tyrant.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president is welcome to appear before investigators or answer questions in writing, if he chooses.
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Battling impeachment, Trump is backing a bipartisan bill that forces drugmakers to pay rebates if they raise prices too high.
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Much of the testimony former National Security Council official Tim Morrison gave contradicts the one Sondland gave behind closed doors.
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Marie Yovanovitch describes to impeachment investigators how she felt threatened upon learning that the president had promised Ukraine’s leader she was 'going to go through some things.'
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The Republican from Auburn says agencies have been trying to thwart President Trump since his election.
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Lawmakers say it will require phone companies to verify that phone numbers are real, and to block calls for free.
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President Trump released the summary transcript of an April congratulatory call with Ukraine President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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Ousted U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns, 'Shady interests the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an American ambassador who does not give them what they want.'
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At a rally in Louisiana, the president acknowledges for the first time a personal toll from the House investigation.
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A second official from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev is revealed to have overheard President Trump discussing political 'investigations' in a phone call July 26.
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The tax, approved after the recent two-year budget was finalized, is one of several that contributed to an increase in state revenue.
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Bevin, an ally of President Donald Trump, made the announcement the same day election officials across Kentucky double-checked vote totals at his request.
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The group has introduced bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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The ambassador to the European Union spoke on a cellphone while in a restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine, and the president's voice could be overheard.
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Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh officially gives President Donald Trump two major primary challengers in the early voting state.
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In Concord, N.H., he registers to appear on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation primary, expected to be held on Feb. 11.
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William Taylor Jr., the acting ambassador to Ukraine, testifies about a previously undisclosed call in which the president asked about 'the investigations' he had sought into political rivals.
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The move would potentially keep a half-dozen candidates in Washington until the eve of the Iowa caucuses or longer.
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Jeanne Lambrew is scheduled to appear before the Appropriations Committee to discuss Medicaid expansion, wait lists for services for disabled adults and other issues.
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Peoples was serving her fifth term in the Maine House of Representatives and had served with a host of Westbrook-area city councils, boards and civic groups over the years.
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They fail to achieve an agreement on Turkey’s decision to accept delivery of a Russian air defense system.
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Bill Weld the first major Republican challenger to officially challenge President Donald Trump in the the primary.
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The Club for Growth wants to see a Republican defeat the first-term 2nd District Democratic congressman next year.
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City councilors unanimously selected Lewis, a nonprofit administrator, to lead them and the city in the coming year.
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The who, what, where and when – in a nutshell.
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Mick Mulvaney will follow the direction of President Trump, who told him to ignore a subpoena from the House.
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Two experienced diplomats will be the first witnesses as the House opens the public portion of its impeachment inquiry Wednesday.
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The longtime Trump friend and ally, is charged with witness tampering and lying to Congress.
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Republicans retort that Democrats have no more than second- and third-hand knowledge of allegations that the president held up military aid for the Eastern European nation facing Russian aggression.
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When the ERA failed to gain enough support by one old 1982 deadline, it seemed dead, but it suddenly has life again and may win approval within months.
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The decision marks yet another reversal that could throw further volatility into the Democratic presidential primary.
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The two parties see open impeachment hearings starting this week as their best opportunity to shape public opinion.
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Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and White House counsel Pat Cipollone have been at loggerheads over the best strategy for responding to the inquiry.
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Two former Trump administration officials are asking a court to decide if they must testify in the Trump impeachment inquiry.
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Independent Sen. Angus King also voiced suspicion over the timing of Republicans' interest in investigating Hunter Biden.
