The president-elect has pledged to spend billions making major infrastructure improvements and on retrofitting initiatives that can help the U.S. battle climate change.
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Sanders, Trump lead pack in Mainers’ donations to presidential candidates
The state is seeing heightened campaign activity among the eight Democrats still in the running for their party’s nomination.
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See who is contributing to Pete Buttigieg
This searchable database includes all itemized individual donations by Maine residents of $200 or more (or additional donations by individuals who have exceeded $200 for the election) to the 2020 presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg. The database covers donations reported to the Federal Election Commission through Jan. 31, 2020. Go here to see Maine contributions […]
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Jim Fossel: Center-left Democrats are running out of time
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ lead against a divided opposition could yield a nominee who is unacceptable to the party’s mainstream.
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Six big questions heading into tonight’s final debate before primaries
The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa’s caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs.
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Commentary: What makes the Iowa caucuses so complicated?
The organizational requirements, the high turnout, the money spent and on hand – all of these keep things interesting.
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Leonard Pitts: Reporter misquotes Buttigieg and apologizes. Then all hell breaks loose
No controversy ends quietly on social media – instead, the conspiracy theorists just transfer their anger to someone else.
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Buttigieg says it’s time for the U.S. to legalize marijuana
The Democratic presidential candidate says he used marijuana ‘a handful of times a long time ago.’
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Dana Milbank: Democrats flip the script on a cut-and-run president
During Tuesday’s debate, they sounded very much like Republicans of yore in denouncing Trump for jeopardizing national security.
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State treasurer backs Buttigieg for president
Henry Beck’s endorsement marks the first by a top Maine Democrat as his party tries to winnow the field of possible challengers to President Donald Trump.