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The Supreme Court just flooded more money into Maine's Senate race
The 6-3 ruling by the conservative-majority court struck down caps on coordinated party-candidate spending that governed federal races for decades.
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6mGraham Platner says he’ll end Senate campaign and let Democrats pick his replacement
Platner's withdrawal caps a 53-hour unraveling that began Monday with Politico’s report that he forced a woman he dated to have sex with him despite her repeated objections. He has repeatedly denied the allegation.
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4mJohn Deere owners will get the right to repair their own equipment under a new FTC settlement
It looks like John Deere owners can soon feel free to fix their own machines. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix […]
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3mMaine Democrats approve 600-person convention to pick Graham Platner’s replacement
The proposal would mark the first time Maine Democrats have used a convention of this scale to replace a statewide nominee.
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2mNo, Patrick Dempsey is not running to replace Graham Platner
Dempsey put the speculation to rest on Wednesday in an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, titled “Why I’m not running for US Senate.”
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2mSecond person in 4 days is fatally shot in Memphis by federal task force member
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A member of a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot and killed a person there on Wednesday, the second fatal shooting by a task force member in four days. The Wednesday shooting occurred while U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents were serving a drug warrant out of Shelby County at around […]