Adrienne Bennett said Tuesday she intends to challenge Democrat Jared Golden, creating a three-way GOP congressional primary.
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Green Independent Party candidate explores run against Sen. Collins
Teacher and activist Lisa Savage is the latest potential contender in what is expected to be one of the nation’s most closely watched U.S. Senate races in 2020.
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Analysis: It doesn’t take a crime to impeach a president
The Constitution’s standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for impeachment is vague and open-ended to encompass abuses of power even if they aren’t, strictly speaking, illegal, legal scholars say.
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins: Donald Trump’s remarks ‘completely inappropriate’
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says “it’s not OK” for a president to encourage a foreign state to investigate a political rival
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Crafts, a former state lawmaker, plans to seek 2nd Congressional District seat
Dale Crafts of Lisbon said he will make a formal announcement Oct. 10.
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Donald Trump calls for China to investigate Bidens
President Donald Trump calls on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China
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Intelligence whistleblowers have some legal protection — here’s what the law says
As tensions between Congress and the Trump administration mount, whistleblower laws are under a national spotlight.
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Who is Hunter Biden and why is Donald Trump talking about him?
The story behind the work Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine and President Donald Trump’s calls for an investigation
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The Ukraine memo: What we know, what we don’t
Spoiler Alert: It’s not a smoking gun
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What you need to know about the impeachment inquiry into Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Here’s what you need to know about what impeachment is and how it works.