Trump Administration to Release Heating Oil as Collins Faces Tight Maine Senate Race
Photo: JacobinSen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, announced Wednesday that the Trump administration has agreed to release 315,000 barrels of home heating oil from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, two weeks before the midterm elections. Collins said about half of Maine households use fuel oil, and she and independent Sen. Angus King had urged the release in a letter earlier this fall. Fuel prices have risen amid the Iran war. Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president, in a race described as a toss-up. Democrats are favored to win the House, while their path to Senate control is harder and could run through Maine.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Among alternative outlets, Newsweek leads with the oil release as possible relief for Collins, quoting her statement, while Jacobin examines her 1980s-90s role in cutting injured workers' compensation benefits and notes she votes with Trump over 90 percent of the time. Left-leaning Vox frames the race around Senate control, her record of securing Maine funding, and voter frustration with Trump, citing Washington Post reporter Dan Merica.
How the sides differ Alternative sources split between a heating-oil relief story and Collins's past labor record; left sources stress Senate control and Trump frustration; right sources have not covered it.
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Vox focuses on the race's national stakes for Senate control, Collins's record of securing Maine funding, and voter frustration with Trump, featuring an interview with Washington Post reporter Dan Merica.
Newsweek leads with the heating oil release and quotes Collins's statement; Jacobin looks back at her role in cutting Maine workers' compensation benefits and her Trump-aligned voting.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.