The Harris campaign held canvassing events this weekend following visits from high-profile Democrats, while Republicans turned their focus to Austin Theriault’s bid to unseat Rep. Jared Golden.
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Buttigieg tours Portland marine terminal, Roux Institute site on second day in Maine
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who was on the short list to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, is completing a national tour to highlight infrastructure investments.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touts federal investments in Freeport visit
The visit by Buttigieg, who was on Kamala Harris’ list of potential vice president candidates, comes the same day as Harris announced that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be her running mate.
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Pete Buttigieg’s view from the middle seat
The U.S. secretary of transportation’s strongest feeling – backed by a flurry of new policies, rule proposals and pressure campaigns – is that airlines have gotten a pass from regulators and need to do better by passengers.
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Closed bridges highlight years of neglect, backlog of repairs awaiting funding
Bridges fulfill a vital function that often goes overlooked until lives are lost or disrupted by closure or collapse, like that of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday.
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Buttigieg says officials like Kavanaugh ‘should expect’ public protest
“Any public figure should always, always be free from violence, intimidation and harassment but should never be free from criticism or people exercising their First Amendment rights,” Buttigieg said in a ‘Fox News Sunday’ appearance.
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Pete and Chasten Buttigieg are now parents
The couple, who have been married for three years, had been trying to adopt for a year.
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Buttigieg to push big infrastructure bill to boost economy
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg will tell a Senate panel Thursday that he hopes to help the Biden administration shepherd through Congress a massive investment in infrastructure, calling it the key to helping regrow the economy. “Infrastructure can be the cornerstone of all this,” he is expected to say in testimony prepared for […]
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Commentary: Buttigieg may finally give the U.S. its infrastructure, innovation day
The former McKinsey & Co. consultant has the cost-cutting and networking skills that the job of transportation secretary needs.
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Biden calls Buttigieg ‘a new voice’ as transportation secretary
The former city leader of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post.