Satire. It is one of the most powerful tools in politics. After all, governing is serious business; laws are implicitly and explicitly backed by the threat of force. When humor is brought to the intellectual battlefield, it diminishes the stature of the satirist’s opponent. For millennia,… Read More
Former Gov. Paul LePage said he’s “always supported” Sen. Susan Collins and is confident that she will run and win again in 2020 in the face of an aggressive Democratic effort to unseat her. Read More
The angry partisan division that’s defining the nation’s politics is turning her from a shoo-in for re-election into one of the most vulnerable senators running in 2020. Read More
Greater Portland will see a flurry of presidential campaign activity Thursday after a quiet primary season so far in Maine. Read More
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
The Justice Department is siding with President Donald Trump in his fight to keep his banking records out of the hands of House Democrats. A panel of justices at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is scheduled to hear arguments Friday morning on… Read More
“We are reawakening American confidence and American pride,” Trump said. 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
The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. Read More
The president’s conversation with Wayne LaPierre further reduced hopes that major new gun-safety measures will be enacted after the latest round of mass shootings. Read More
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
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
Trump's claim triggered a quick uproar from critics who said the Republican president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes. Read More
There’s a long way to go before November 2020, but untrackable money is already affecting Maine’s most high-profile political campaign. 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
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
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 ad misattributes and misquotes the source material to make its claim seem more authoritative than it is. 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
