“[Our] society has become polarized, the Congress largely dysfunctional,” George Mitchell said. Read More
A Milbridge physician who has said she’ll run against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 has been reprimanded by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for engaging in unprofessional conduct. Read More
Bypassing a stalemated Maine Legislature, ethics regulators voted Thursday to effectively ignore a drafting error in state law that has locked away about $3.2 million in taxpayer funding for gubernatorial and legislative campaigns since July. Read More
The BDN's senior political reporter died on Wednesday at age 42. His longtime friend and editor remembers him today. Read More
From the politicians to the ordinary Mainers he wrote about to his competitors, Cousins was universally respected and admired. Read More
President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the "ridiculously high" price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the White House. Read More
A massive parade that President Donald Trump ordered to showcase American military might this fall will probably cost tens of millions of dollars more than originally expected, officials said Thursday. Read More
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The Maine Ethics Commission will decide this week whether a court order was enough to release clean election funding or if legislative approval is still needed. Read More
Two longshot major-party candidates are trying desperately to gain ground on U.S. Sen. Angus King, who was on a motorcycle tour of Maine this weekend and has seemed to be doing his best to ignore their existence so far. Read More
Veteran Bangor Daily News political reporter Christopher Cousins died Wednesday morning of a heart attack. Read More
Sanders’ original answer came in response to questions about Trump’s use of a racial slur. Read More
While the full political battlefield isn't quite set, the stakes are clear: Democrats are working to topple Republican control of Congress and governors' offices across the nation. Read More
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won Vermont's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday but was expected to turn down the nomination, as he did in his previous campaigns, and support other Democratic candidates. Read More
The LePage administration is mum on Medicaid coverage for low-income Mainers who've applied while a legal battle over Medicaid expansion continues. Read More
Despite the dispute between Washington and Ottawa, New England governors and eastern Canadian premiers said the cooperative ties between those states and provinces remain strong. Read More
The dispute has been building for days as Omarosa Manigault Newman promotes her memoir "Unhinged." Read More
In court last week, Rick Gates acknowledged that he personally may have pocketed some of the inaugural committee's money. Read More
Strzok’s lawyer, Aitan Goelman, who disclosed the agent’s dismissal Monday, said in a statement that “this decision should be deeply troubling to all Americans." Read More
Canadians often boast that their 5,525-mile boundary with the United States is the longest undefended border in the world. But tempers have frayed on at least one small stretch. Read More
As recently as last year, Trump extolled the company, saying in a meeting with executives in the Roosevelt Room that he considered Harley-Davidson a “true American icon, one of the greats.” Read More
Omarosa Manigault Newman suggested on the "Today" show that there are more recordings to come. Read More
Critics denounced the recordings as a serious breach of ethics and security. Read More
The company wants to prevent the release of its list of current and closed lawsuits — and full disclosure of its staffing, cost and operations proposals — because it says they are "trade secrets." Read More
It was a highly unusual admission, which immediately drew fire from allies of the president. Read More
David Ige said he expects to win the general election in November, but he's not going to take his challenger for granted. Read More
Collins' decision to end his re-election bid appeared to boost Democrats' chances of taking in a solidly Republican district. Read More
Escalating pressure on U.S. Sen. Susan Collins from both sides of the debate over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee won’t rush her decision. Read More
Health and Human Services Commissioner Ricker Hamilton has dedicated more than 40 years to state service, including working for DHHS since 1982, most of it in adult protective services. Read More
Faced with growing competition and threats from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday said it will create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military service by 2020. Read More
