An early theme is emerging the Democrats’ messaging against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins ahead of her nationally targeted 2020 re-election race: her vote for fellow Republicans’ 2017 tax plan. Read More
This ad from the group Maine Momentum accused U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of jeopardizing programs for retirees in exchange for supporting a tax cut for big corporations. Read More
The ad misattributes and misquotes the source material to make its claim seem more authoritative than it is. Read More
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said her recent decision to join a small group of fellow progressives to oppose a symbolic resolution condemning a Palestinian-led boycott movement of Israel was based on free speech concerns Read More
Maine and three other states on Friday filed the latest court challenge to new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. Read More
Parliamentarians and former government ministers slammed the president’s behavior as juvenile, undiplomatic and insulting. Read More
Trump’s announcement suggests that, despite his denials, the central purpose of his trip had been discussion of a U.S. purchase of the massive, glaciered island. Read More
Democrats still shaken by the 2010 tea party wave that netted Republicans six governors' offices, flipped 21 statehouse chambers and drove nearly 700 Democratic state legislators from office are mounting a comeback. Read More
Hugh Hurwitz's reassignment Monday comes amid mounting evidence that guards at the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York abdicated their responsibility to keep the 66-year-old Epstein from killing himself. Read More
Her past claim to tribal ancestry had drawn criticism from some Native Americans and dogged her 2020 campaign in its early weeks. Read More
The biggest winners to come out of Amash's big stand may be Democrats. Read More
On Sunday, President Donald Trump suggested that his administration was not likely to grant another reprieve to Huawei. Read More
The remarks by Trump to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, mark his latest escalation against the Chinese tech giant amid a broader trade battle with Beijing. Read More
Trump said Sunday that owning Greenland is “hurting Denmark very badly” and that “they carry it at a great loss,” although he did not immediately provide evidence to back up those claims. Read More
Democratic presidential candidates will descend on Iowa next week to do something that Native Americans say doesn't happen enough: court their vote. Read More
Not since the late Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., globe-trotted the world has a U.S. lawmaker emerged with such a presence, as a protector of long-held American values, as Pelosi. Read More
Reports that Trump had spoken about the notion of buying the land mass, which lies between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, were good for a laugh, residents said. Read More
It’s something that President Donald Trump has repeatedly asked his staff to explore in recent weeks, bewildering top aides. Read More
Maine's secretary of state is working to clear up confusion created by the state's rollout of two different types of driver's licenses and state identification cards. Read More
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic House member barred by Israel because of her support of a boycott, said she doesn’t plan to accept the country’s new offer to let her visit her grandmother in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds. Read More
“Go home, start exercising.” Read More
"Whether you love me or hate me you have to vote for me," Trump said. Read More
President Donald Trump will speak at a 7 p.m. campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday in his first visit to the state since March 2018 and six months before crucial early presidential primaries there. Read More
The move will leave 1.6 million low-income women who get services at Planned Parenthood clinics scrambling to figure out whether they need new health providers. Read More
Trump held a rally in El Paso and took a jab at Dee Margo from the stage, saying, “I don’t care if a mayor is a Republican or a Democrat. They are full of crap if they say [the border barrier] doesn’t make a difference.” Read More
The two newly-elected Muslim members of Congress are outspoken critics of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and have repeatedly sparred with Trump over a range of issues. Read More
Attorney General Aaron Frey says he's joining a coalition of more than 20 states in a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over an ease of restrictions on coal-fired power plants. Read More
