Maine Gov. Joseph Brennan.

Joe Brennan, former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89

A longtime friend said the two-term Maine governor died Friday evening at his home in Portland with his wife at his side.

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President Joe Biden boards Air Force One.
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