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Obituary: Richard Clarence Campbell SOUTH PORTLAND - Richard Clarence Campbell, 89, of Washington Avenue, died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021 at Maine Medical Center following ... Share Richard Clarence Campbell SOUTH PORTLAND – Richard Clarence Campbell, 89, of Washington Avenue, died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2021 at Maine Medical Center following a brief illness. Richard was born in Portland on March 5, 1931, the son of the late Joseph Edmund. and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Campbell. He was the youngest of six children, a devoted son, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Born d...

Pelosi names first woman to serve as House chaplain John Wagner, The Washington Post Dec. 31, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington in October.Washington Post photo by Demetrius Freeman. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday announced the appointment of Margaret Grun Kibben, a retired Navy rear admiral, as House chaplain - the first woman to hold such a post in either chamber of Congress. Kibben, a Presbyterian minister, has previously served as the Navy's chief chaplain and the chaplain of the...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on FoxNews.com. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will announce Thursday that she is appointing Rear Admiral Margaret Grun Kibben as the new House chaplain — the first female chaplain ever for either chamber of Congress. Pelosi called the appointment "historic" and thanked the bipartisan group of House members who conducted the search. "Kibben brings decades of decorated experience in the military and the ministry, as a retired Rear Admiral who served as the U.S. Navy’s Chief Chaplain and the chaplain of the Marine Corps," Pelosi s...

Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional assistance. They had settled for smaller $600 payments in a compromise with Republicans over the big year-end relief bill Trump reluctantly signed into law.

LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pandemic aid secured, Congress turned Monday to confront the White House on additional year-end priorities after President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 relief and federal spending package that will provide relief for millions of Americans. The House gaveled in for the rare holiday week session to vote on Trump’s unmet demand for larger $2,000 virus relief checks. Democrats who control the House favor the larger stipends, beyond the $600 payments included in the massive COVID bill. But the president’s push fo...