Donald Trump’s shipbuilding plan has Maine politicians worried about Bath Iron Works
At least 10 BIW-built destroyers are deployed in the Middle East amid a tenuous ceasefire with Iran in a reminder of what the shipyard produces.
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Maine’s biggest ski resort is in a dispute over $150K of taxpayer money
Franklin County officials say the money was improperly charged for an infrastructure project that fell apart.
Ben Midgley slaps Bobby Charles with ethics complaint over anonymous attack site
The complaint comes as the Republican primary heats up among seven contenders seeking to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Election officials prepare for possible midterm election interference
Ahead of every local and state election, officials spend months planning for a variety of emergency scenarios and plotting out in detail how they will respond.
Israel, Hezbollah war persists despite truce extension; Lebanon’s death toll nears 3,000
. Iran has said ending Israel’s war in Lebanon is one of its demands for a deal over the wider conflict. Hezbollah objects to Beirut’s talks with Israel.
Trump dismisses lawsuit against IRS, court filing shows
Trump, his adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, sued the IRS in January.
US Supreme Court turns away Eli Lilly’s challenge to whistleblower law
The case stemmed from a 2014 whistleblower lawsuit against Lilly brought by Ronald Streck, a lawyer and pharmacist who accused the company of short-changing drug rebates to Medicaid.
Maine Republicans point fingers over anonymous website attacks
Ben Midgley’s team believes midgleyexposed.com has Bobby Charles’ fingerprints on it.
Susan Collins says Iran war should be authorized by Congress or ended
The stakes for Collins are high entering her 2026 race for a sixth term. Fuel prices are climbing, and the cost of the war is rippling through household budgets.
No clear autism link to antidepressant use during pregnancy, large study finds
The researchers analyzed data from 37 earlier studies involving nearly 650,000 pregnancies with antidepressant use and nearly 25 million unexposed pregnancies.
Trump suggests deadly Russian strike on Kyiv could set back peace efforts
Russia said that Ukrainian drones had killed four people, including a child, in an overnight strike on the city of Ryazan.
Trump says ballroom’s scheduled opening will be around September 2028
“It’s under construction, ahead of schedule, and will be the finest facility of its kind anywhere in the U.S.A.,” he said in a post on Truth Social.
Angus King raises alarm over VA directive to cut vacant jobs at Maine’s Togus Medical Center
King noted that the positions remained vacant because of a Trump administration-mandated review.
Bernie Sanders is coming to Orono with Graham Platner and Troy Jackson
The “Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here” tour will also stop in Portland.
Maine Republicans willing to give Donald Trump time to solve his big political problem
Many diehard Trump supporters who came to see Vice President JD Vance in Bangor shrugged off the economic effects of the war.
Hundreds of supporters wait hours to see JD Vance speak in Bangor
Dozens of people were turned away from the door before Vance began speaking at the Bangor airport on Thursday.
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