The Save America PAC is under new legal scrutiny after the Justice Department issued a round of grand jury subpoenas that sought information about the political action committee’s fundraising practices.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Republican Sen. Graham introduces bill to restrict abortions nationwide
Republicans have been forced to reckon with a growing trove of data suggesting that abortion could be a decisive issue in the midterms, motivating Democratic and independent voters far more than was widely expected.
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Trump asks judge to block FBI from Mar-a-Lago records, opposes arbiter picks
The Trump team also referred to the documents that were seized as ‘purported’ classified records, suggesting his lawyers do not concede the Justice Department’s contention that highly sensitive, top-secret documents were found.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Z. Lee to be a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
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The race for governor: This one is personal
While this is the first time their names have been on the same ballot, the enmity between Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and former Republican Gov. Paul LePage goes back more than a decade.
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Debating over debates: Campaign tradition faces skepticism
With the fall campaign rapidly approaching, debates as a forum for voters to evaluate candidates may be the latest casualty of the nation’s polarized political climate.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Maine politicians scramble to show support for lobster industry
Long seen as emblematic of Maine’s hardworking ethos, lobstering holds an outsized influence on the state’s electorate and politicians from both parties want to show voters that they are on board.
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Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, FBI over Russia investigation
A federal judge in Florida has rejected the former president’s claims that Clinton, the FBI and others concocted the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his administration.
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Robyn Stanicki, Maine House 38
Towns: In Waldo County, Brooks, Jackson, Knox, Monroe, Swanville, Thorndike, Unity and Waldo.