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Remarks by Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg come after days of intense scrutiny over the treatment of women at the company he’s led for three decades. -
Previously, U.S. prosecutors found a Russian effort in 2016 to use social media to boost Sanders’ campaign against Hillary Clinton, part of a broader effort to hurt Clinton, sow dissension in the American electorate and ultimately help elect Donald Trump.
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The political action committee is trying to boost the fortunes of one Democratic candidate over the candidate endorsed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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Intelligence officials told lawmakers in a classified briefing last week that Russia is meddling with the hope of getting Trump reelected.
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At a campaign rally in Colorado, the president offers stinging criticism of his rivals after the Democratic presidential candidates' rancorous debate in Las Vegas.
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Meanwhile, Democratic rivals, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, seek to capitalize on his struggles in Wednesday night's debate.
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The proposal comes weeks after a large home-care provider for elderly and disabled people announced it will close in April, in part because of low reimbursement rates for workers.
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The president erupted at his acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, after learning of the assessment of the Kremlin's perceived preference.
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It's an astronomical sum that's led many of his rivals to charge he's trying to buy the crown.
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Shortly thereafter, the president publicly decries the conviction as unfair and prominent Republican legislators signal tacit support for a pardon.
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President Trump granted clemency Tuesday to 11 people, including several political allies and supporters.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, who led Sanders in a Post-ABC national poll in January, sees support drop.
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One of 22 proposed changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act would allow Maine's tribes to operate casinos under the same federal law that governs tribal gambling nationwide.
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The idea aims to counter criticism that the 2017 tax law left many large firms with no tax burden at all.
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Two candidates – front-runner Bernie Sanders and New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg – feel the heat most intensely.
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A lawyer for the WikiLeaks founder says former Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who lives in Maine, made the offer on instructions from the president.
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The president commuted the 14-year prison sentence Tuesday for the onetime contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' who was convicted of wide-ranging political corruption.
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So far, the president has defied the requests, both public and private, to keep quiet on matters of federal law enforcement.
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The bill now goes to the full Legislature for consideration.
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The Democratic debate will be held Wednesday in Las Vegas.
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The survey, conducted Feb. 10-13, is the first public poll of the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
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The senior administration official wrote an inside-the-White House account that painted the president as inept and dangerous.
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The president also pardons former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and grants clemency to financier Michael Milken.
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Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the next Democratic presidential debate.
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State and local governments would also lose $46 million worth of grants used to beef up airport security.
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Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's push fails after members of his own party balk at the proposal.
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The attacks are a sign of how seriously the field is starting to take Bloomberg as he gains traction in the race and is on the cusp of qualifying for Wednesday's debate.
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President Trump is actively seeking to rewrite the narrative that had been meticulously documented by federal law enforcement and intelligence officials, both for immediate political gain and for history.
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"Mr. Barr's actions in doing the President's personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words," the Justice Department alumni wrote in a letter posted online Sunday.
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The election calendar is turning to Nevada and South Carolina, two states with substantial minority populations.
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The president is giving an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans.
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Among other legislation, the House passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act.
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The long-shot Democratic presidential candidate, who is a military veteran and Hawaii congresswoman, makes her pitch to about 150 people at the University of Southern Maine.
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The president will be grand marshal and give the command for drivers to start their engines Sunday.
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The state's caucus on Feb. 22 is the first with a sizable population of Latino voters.
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A campaign can pay influential users to spread a message on its behalf, without ever buying an ad.
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Those running for president this year display increasing fluency with faith in their courtship of religious voters.
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Maine's business equipment tax reimbursement and exemption programs are costly for municipalities and don't appear to be effective at getting businesses to invest more in new equipment.
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Linda Wooten, a former Republican state committee member, is entering the U.S. Senate race as "the only pro-life candidate."
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Gov. Janet Mills, in particular, raised concerns that the proposed changes could end up ‘breeding confusion and extensive litigation at a time when we have finally begun to move past these.’
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Peter Rogers has served as director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency since June.
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Trump faced no consequences from Congress when making similar transfers last year, when the Pentagon canceled dozens of construction projects to free up $3.6 billion and transferred $2.5 billion in counter-drug money.
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The exchange offers fresh evidence that the former New York mayor is more willing than others seeking the White House to engage the president on his terms.
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The remarkable public rebuke of the president by a member of his Cabinet arose from a crisis of confidence at the Justice Department.
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The proposal would provide about $3 million for Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning, which lost federal Title X funding when they refused to accept restrictions on discussing abortion with their clients.
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The Exchange Street office, scheduled to open Saturday, comes as the Democratic candidate makes a push in Super Tuesday states.
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Many warn that a ticket headed by the self-declared socialist could be devastating to the party's chances of winning the Senate and holding the House in November.
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No candidate has a clear advantage on the road to winning the 1,990 delegates needed to secure the nomination this summer.
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U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank says law enforcement agencies in ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ are ‘imperiling the public,’ but Sheriff Kevin Joyce calls that misleading and says he won't comply with immigration detainer requests without probable cause.
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The president’s criticism of Judge Amy Berman Jackson is his latest attack on the independence of the judiciary.
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The bill is one of multiple measures that lawmakers will consider this year in response to growing concerns about PFAS contamination in Maine.
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The Republican congressional hopeful once called him "a disaster," but now, locked in a three-way primary, views Trump as "the best president in my lifetime."
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Analysis: The Vermont senator is benefiting from a crowded and fractured Democratic presidential field that is dividing up the rest of the vote.
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Patrick was the last remaining African American candidate in a Democratic presidential field once defined by its diversity.
