Tag Archives: James Clapper

King, Collins, Pingree back probe on possible Russian meddling in Trump’s election

Three of Maine’s four members of Congress said they support a new investigation of Russian influence on the 2016 U.S. election, with the fourth, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, leaving the door open to such a probe. The specter of Russian influence hung over much of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton. She was damaged […]

Maine officials aren’t sure what to make of Trump’s infrastructure plan yet

Good morning from Augusta, where the State House is pretty quiet this week in the lead-up to Thanksgiving. So, we’ll look to one of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans after an often unspecific campaign — injecting the mind-boggling sum of $1 trillion into infrastructure projects in the next 10 years. It has only been vaguely outlined […]