The four candidates in Maine’s U.S. Senate race met for a virtual debate Thursday night with less than two weeks to go until Election Day.
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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Mute buttons and masks: Inside the final 2020 debate
The mute button is among a handful of changes implemented by the Commission on Presidential Debates to help ensure a better sense of order than in the raucous first debate.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State
Nonprofits say House candidate misrepresented her involvement in local organizations
In two separate candidate profiles, Christina Hughes said she has held roles in three local organizations, but officials from those organizations said she’s misrepresenting herself.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Judges again block Trump order to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted
The Trump administration has appealed a similar New York decision to the Supreme Court, and the nation’s high court agreed to hear the case next month.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Russian hackers targeting state, local government networks, U.S. warns
They steal data from at least 2 servers in their effort to denigrate Joe Biden.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects
Foreign accounts do not show up on his public financial disclosures because they are held under corporate names.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Final debate could thrust foreign policy back into presidential campaign
President Trump’s loudest foreign policy pitch isn’t about his record. It’s casting Biden as corrupt because of his son Hunter’s business associations in Ukraine and China.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Biden, Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools
Democrats did well in the mock election exercise – a tradition in Maine schools – as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s handling of pandemic takes center stage in final debate
While the president says the coronavirus is ‘going away’ and a vaccine will be ready in weeks, Joe Biden says, ‘Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president.’
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s path to victory hinges on Pennsylvania, Florida, tough odds
If Trump can claim both states and hold onto North Carolina and Arizona while playing defense in Georgia and Ohio, which he won handily in 2016 but where Biden is now competitive, he will win.