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It's believed to be the first time that a woman has asked a court to approve an abortion since last year's landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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The Republican censure resolution passed with a few Democratic votes, but most of Bowman's party stood by him in opposition of an effort they said lacked credibility and integrity.
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Tom Suozzi was picked because he is an experienced candidate with name recognition and an existing campaign footprint in the district.
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Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs developed with the help of taxpayer money.
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The indictments in Nevada are just the latest to come out of investigations in several states into the activities of Republican electors.
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Experts in political messaging say the context in which Trump uses 'guard the vote' primes his supporters to not only expect fraud – without reason – in diverse Democratic cities next year, but to intervene to ensure Trump wins.
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The debate went just as former President Donald Trump would hope – the candidates fought each other rather than him.
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Jeanne Lambrew acknowledges problems within the child protection office during testimony before the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.
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Also on Wednesday, Nevada became the 3rd state to criminally charge fake electors, following Georgia and Michigan.
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'Republicans in Congress are willing to give (Russian President Vladimir) Putin the greatest gift he could hope for,' President Biden said.
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His departure will leave the already paper-thin House Republican majority even tighter, with just a few seats to spare.
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'We cannot let him win,' President Biden said of Donald Trump at one of 3 fundraisers he attended in the Boston area on Tuesday.
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The investigation – focused on the business dealings of Biden family members – has yet to produce evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
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President Biden, who said he is not alone in sounding the alarm, noted that Trump is the 'only losing candidate' in U.S. history to not accept the results.
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama had been under pressure to end his holds as senators complained about the toll it was taking on service members and their families, and on military readiness.
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If she does not run for the White House, Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is not ruling out voting for Biden or campaigning for him.
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Dion was sworn in Monday night along with new Councilors Anna Bullett and Kate Sykes, and Councilor April Fournier, who was reelected to her at-large seat.
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Donald Trump has made clear his authoritarian vision for a potential 2nd term, including a wholesale purge of the federal bureaucracy, using the Justice Department to explicitly go after his political opponents, and doling out pardons to loyalists.
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North Dakota governor Doug Burgum has suspended his campaign on Monday, after failing to gain momentum with voters in a crowded primary field.
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Snyder will be succeeded by Mayor-elect Mark Dion at Monday night's City Council meeting.
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Santos' name is certain to pop up in key races across New York next year that could determine which party holds the House majority in 2025.
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Christian Ziegler declared in an email to supporters that he and his wife, a co-founder of conservative group Moms for Liberty, are being targeted because they are 'such loud political voices.'
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After the war, in 1947, as the Cold War was heating up, the HUAC held a series of sensational hearings into Hollywood's alleged Communist influence, leading to the conviction and blacklisting of the so-called Hollywood Ten.
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Four months, two House speakers and two averted government shutdowns later, the Freedom Caucus abruptly announced on Wednesday that their staunch defense of the lower spending cap had evaporated for most members.
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As the year comes to a close, the arc of power for House Republicans is at an inflection point.
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Andrew Piantidosi asked for the support of voters in an email that was sent out by the Maine Republican Party Thursday.
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The task force has only 2 weeks to complete its work and issue recommendations to the Legislature, which will reconvene Jan. 3.
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States around the country are facing legal challenges about whether Donald Trump should be barred from the presidential ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6 riots, but no challenges are pending in Maine.
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Prosecutors have previously estimated it would take them four months to present their case. That would mean the trial would be underway during the final months of the election campaign.
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The president's attempt to attack corporate profiteering comes in response to consistently poor marks from voters over his handling of the economy.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit court knocked down Trump's sweeping claims that presidential immunity shields him from liability.
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A blistering House Ethics Committee report that accused the Republican of breaking federal law proved decisive.
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During the call, the former president detailed the reasons he hadn't intervened during the effort to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
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The Republican National Committee’s rules don’t include any provisions specific to the unprecedented scenario unfolding.
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The first-term Republican congressman from New York could well become just the sixth member of the House to have been expelled by colleagues.
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During the hearing, senators at times rehashed years-old grievances over the tactics used to control a committee that has been central in the political fight over judicial oversight.
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The initial order was instated after Trump posted a derogatory comment about the judge’s law clerk to social media.
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Auburn's state senator said he'll become director of a libertarian group after his Senate term ends.
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Republican leaders have long said a vote on the impeachment investigation was unnecessary but are reconsidering.
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The Maine independent says the bill, which has been in the works for years, would ban high-capacity magazines among other things.
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State lawmakers proposed nearly 700 bills this year to circumscribe what cities and counties can do, according to a national organization focused in part on ending what it calls 'abusive state preemption.'
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The documents released by the Maine ethics commission detail the energy company's funding of the Stop the Corridor group and how a Virginia consultant working for NextEra funneled money to the Maine Democratic Party.
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The Senate majority leader said antisemitism is coming from 'people that most liberal Jewish Americans felt previously were their ideological fellow travelers.'
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The Maine Automotive Right to Repair Committee was assessed a $35,000 fine for late notifications of major contributions to donors and the commission.
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Prosecutors maintain that Donald Trump's allegedly inflated financial statements were critical to netting his company the Deutsche Bank loans at favorable rates, saving him many millions of dollars in interest.
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Here are the basics about the delegate selection process that you should know as the primary campaign gets underway.
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A law first crafted in the nation’s infancy would give Trump as commander in chief almost unfettered power to do so, military and legal experts say.
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The stronger-than-expected revenue forecast – including a $139 million surplus in this fiscal year – is driven primarily by consumer spending, sales tax growth and income tax returns.
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A former United Nations ambassador, Haley will now have access to the network's influential donors and organizational heft.
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The fall ballot did not include any statewide or national races, which typically draw more voters to the polls.
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The Republican chairman, however, says he wants a closed-door session, not a public hearing.
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Democratic President Biden's campaign cast his comments as another 'extremist' proposal from the Republican frontrunner.
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The incident is one of a recent string of crackdowns on the press, and even though most recent cases have been dismissed or dropped, such actions could deter other reporters from pursuing important stories.