With Linn disqualified from the ballot, it clears Republican Eric Brakey’s path to a general election contest involving U.S. Sen. Angus King. Read More
Want to fulfill your civic responsibility? Share Maine's first ranked-choice ballot samples far and wide. Read More
“From a friends group perspective, the more this cloud lifts, the more people are likely to invest in the monument and the communities that surround it.” Read More
In a reversal, Maine’s secretary of state disqualified Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn from the June primary ballot after a Tuesday hearing in which his campaign admitted that there was “hanky-panky” around his signature-gathering effort. Read More
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn renewed an unsubstantiated allegation that his primary opponent sabotaged his nominating signatures after his lawyer admitted at a Tuesday hearing that there was “hanky-panky” and possible fraud around them. Read More
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Democrats in the Lewiston area raised more than $170,000 in the aftermath of uproar over Republican Les Gibson's derogatory remarks about a Florida school shooting survivor. But now he has left the race and the Democrat running for the seat does not want the money. Read More
Maine's Republican U.S. Senate primary took a nasty turn over the weekend — just as it's unclear whether or not there will be a primary. Read More
The court will consider the third iteration of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, and the conservative court may be the administration's best hope. Read More
The Trump administration is proposing to rewrite rules on federal payments to hospitals treating older Americans on Medicare, making it easier for patients to see the prices of procedures and care. Read More
Many of the country’s most prominent research organizations, however, say the studies that Pruitt wants to ban are crucial to effectively protecting the environment. Read More
Tester said during an NPR interview that the committee had heard complaints from more than 20 current and former military members that Jackson had improperly given drugs, had become intoxicated on professional trips and belittled staff members. Read More
By staying involved in the Cohen probe, Sessions is entitled to briefings on the status of the investigation, which is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Read More
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, has been discharged from the hospital and has returned to his home near Sedona, Arizona, according to a tweet from his wife, Cindy McCain, on Monday night. Read More
New data and Trump's own social media posts capture two days that, nearly five years later, loom large in the controversy engulfing the White House and at the heart of the Comey memos. Read More
Top Republicans and Democrats raised concerns about his qualifications and oversight of the White House medical staff. Read More
Jim McGrath said Monday on Twitter that Bush, 93, is "responding to treatments and appears to be recovering." Read More
Monument proponents said the lack of signs hurt the monument’s ability to draw visitors. Read More
Mike Pompeo's confirmation before the full Senate now hangs in balance, with the votes of just a handful of senators determining whether he becomes the nation's top diplomat. Read More
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins suggested during a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" that the Comey memoir could be disruptive to the Mueller investigation. Read More
Some aides are warning that Kim Jong Un could be setting a trap and vowing not to back off a hard-line stance ahead of a potential leaders’ summit. Read More
Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, was widely despised at the turn of the century for flaunting his title, his wealth and his affection for white women. Read More
President Donald Trump vowed Saturday that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not “flip” and cooperate against him in the special counsel investigation into his campaign’s connections to Russia. Read More
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer must declare in writing that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination may be jeopardized if legal proceedings aren't delayed in a lawsuit filed by porn actress Stormy Daniels, a judge said Friday. Read More
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Max Linn’s ballot status will be reconsidered after his opponent in the June primary flagged more issues with nominating petition signature on his that a state attorney said “could change the outcome” for him. Read More
The case asserts that the Russian hacking campaign – combined with Trump associates’ contacts with Russia and the campaign’s public cheerleading of the hacks – amounted to an illegal conspiracy to interfere in the election that caused serious damage to the Democratic Party. Read More
President Donald Trump won't be joining his wife in attending the memorial service of former first lady Barbara Bush, matriarch of a political dynasty Trump often clashed with during his 2016 campaign. Read More
The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions with Trump that Comey found so unnerving that he chose to document them in writing Read More
