The Intelligence Committee has seen no evidence supporting the president’s claim, but says ‘we were going to look into it anyway.’
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White House weighing cuts to Coast Guard, TSA to save money for wall
A proposal drawn up by the budget office would reduce the Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget by 14 percent, to about $7.8 billion.
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Baldwin sees end to impersonating Trump
But he hasn’t ruled out a role at the White House correspondents dinner.
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LePage says speculation about his D.C. trip was just foes’ ‘wishful thinking’
The governor spent several days in Washington, leading some to believe that he is being considered for a post in the Trump administration.
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Kathleen Parker: It’s the Democrats’ turn to take a tip from the Republicans
Trump spoke in plain language with plain meaning: Jobs, jobs, jobs..
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White House works to back up Trump’s wiretap claim
The president has provided no proof that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, while Obama, the FBI director and the former director of national intelligence have refuted it.
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Sen. King and Rep. Pingree criticize new travel ban; Sen. Collins and Rep. Poliquin see improvement
Maine’s congressional delegation splits mostly along party lines over President Trump’s revised executive order.
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Big crowd turns out for Angus King event on Supreme Court nominee
More than 600 people attend a ‘listening session’ at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
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Trump staff reviewing Obama’s designation of Maine, Utah national monument sites
Gov. Paul LePage has asked the administration to rescind the protection of the 87,500 acres in the Katahdin region.
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Sens. Collins, King seek evidence of Trump’s wiretapping claims
Maine’s two U.S. senators, both members of the Intelligence Committee, stress the importance of getting to the bottom of the president’s unsubstantiated allegations.