Mainers who recently received a letter addressed to a dead relative asking them to register to vote can throw it away, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s office said Wednesday. Read More
Republicans say they will support popular transportation borrowing when lawmakers head back to the State House next week for a special session, but the fate of three other bond items they successfully pushed to vote on separately is still undecided. 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
Trump, who was scheduled to visit Denmark on Sept. 2-3 as part of a European tour, tweeted his decision early Wednesday. Read More
The expanding shortfall is driven largely by falling tax revenue, driven lower in part due to the 2017 Republican tax law signed by Trump that slashed rates for corporations and individual earners. Read More
“Whether it’s good for our country or bad for out country, short term, it had to be done,” he said, repeating that “whether it’s good or bad, short-term, is irrelevant.” Read More
President Donald Trump constantly refers to the economy as “strong,” “terrific” and the “greatest in the history of our country,” but a closer look at the data shows a mixed picture in terms of whether the economy is any better than it was in Obama’s final years. Read More
President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that he is considering a temporary payroll tax cut amid mounting concerns about an economic slowdown. Read More
The phrase invokes an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President Donald Trump's re-election. 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
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
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
