The president tweeted details from the ‘beautiful’ letter he received from the North Korean leader and says Kim assured him that ‘testing would stop when the exercises end.’
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Protesters greet Collins before fundraiser at Mount Desert Island home
The event was held at the Northeast Harbor home of a man known for advising President Trump on his judicial nominations.
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Biden centers campaign where he started: Character
Joe Biden is anchoring his presidential campaign around questions of character – both his and President Trump’s.
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Former Sen. George Mitchell denies contact with alleged Epstein victim
A woman who said she was kept as a sex slave for financier Jeffrey Epstein named Mitchell among a group of powerful men she said Epstein ‘instructed her to go to.’
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Organizers turn to churches in effort to undo abortion and assisted-suicide laws
Large conservative Christian congregations are being enlisted in the drive to put the new laws on hold before they take effect in September.
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Trump picks new acting national intelligence director
Joseph Maguire starts Aug. 15, the day Dan Coats’ resignation takes effect and the deputy director leaves.
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McConnell says Senate will consider gun background checks
Republicans face enormous pressure to do something in the aftermath of two mass shootings that killed 31 people.
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Republicans freeze Twitter spending after McConnell account locked
His campaign account shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home.
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Waterville Democrats nominate candidates for city council, school board, water district
The party held a caucus Monday evening at City Hall, following the Republicans’ caucus at the end of July.
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Waterville councilor Winifred Tate resigns from city council, citing lack of time to serve
Candidates looking to fill the Ward 6 seat will have until Sept. 6 to submit a petition to the city clerk with the signatures of 25 registered voters in the ward.