The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.
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Cory Booker is the next Democratic candidate planning campaign stop in Maine
The U.S. senator from New Jersey is scheduled to visit Portland for a cocktail hour reception and fundraiser on Saturday.
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Pence defends stay at Trump property in Ireland
Democrats criticized the vice president’s stay at the president’s property, saying he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ expense.
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U.S. Chamber breaks with Trump plan to slash auto efficiency standards
The business organization asked the administration and California officials to find middle ground on efficiency standards.
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Macron tries to arrange a Trump meeting with Iranian leader
Trump says there’s a ‘really good chance’ he could meet with President Hassan Rouhani after a surprise intervention by the French president during the G-7 summit.
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Trump skips G-7 meeting on climate change, Amazon fires
The president left an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
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Ex-Arizona sheriff Arpaio wants his old job back
The former Phoenix sheriff was pardoned by the president on a conviction related to sweeps aimed at rounding up immigrants in the country illegally.
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Jim Fossel: Bipartisan foreign policy is not weakness
The Trump and Netanyahu administrations are driving a political wedge between Americans and Israelis.
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Maine Voices: Long-buried U.S. nuclear waste would complicate any bid for Greenland
Would the U.S. or Denmark be responsible for cleaning up over 47,000 gallons of Cold War-era radioactive waste?
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Female Trump backers try to sell his message
Mindful of his lingering gap with women, the president’s re-election campaign has female surrogates fanning out across the country.