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Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000…
Senator Rand Paul released his annual Festivus Report highlighting the most egregious examples of government waste on Friday, as Elon…
Some Maine voters will again be asked to go to the ballot box in February to fill a now-vacant seat…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has issued an executive order to establish a commission that will study what she called…
The federal government under President Joe Biden has engaged in broad efforts to censor Americans’ speech and manipulate information relevant…
President-elect Donald Trump threatened in a Truth Social post Friday to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) unless the…
Despite having one more month left in office, President Joe Biden has been radio silent as Congress scrambles to put…
President Joe Biden wasted no time leveraging a tragic Monday shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin,…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) this week met with Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the…
The U.S. House failed to pass a temporary continuing resolution (CR) funding bill on Thursday, bringing the government closer to…
The Somali Embassy in Washington, D.C., hired the services of the political lobbying firm BGR Group last month, just weeks…
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday that would send nearly a third of the federal employees out…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has named Tarlan Ahmadov, a former refugee coordinator with Catholic Charities Maine, as the first director…
The United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on January 10 in TikTok’s challenge to a federal…
The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at…
United States Congressional leaders released another short-term funding agreement Tuesday night that, if passed, would keep the government open through…
The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that…
Then-national climate adviser Gina McCarthy appears to have met directly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s record slim majority could face greater division following a GOP lawmaker’s announcement that she…
A notable critic of President-elect Donald Trump appears to be gearing up to oppose key parts of the incoming administration’s…
A bombshell Department of Justice (DOJ) report confirmed on Thursday that 26 undercover FBI informants were operating in the crowd…
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed the District 64 license plate to the newly elected representative…
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden on Thursday to alter the U.S.’s…
Two Maine-based political action committees (PACs) and their founder have sued members of the state’s ethics commission and Attorney General…
The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) has released an interactive map that…
Federal law enforcement arrested a Chinese foreign national on Monday as he prepared to fly back to the People’s Republic…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) took to X on Tuesday to express her disapproval of the passage of a bill…
In a unanimous decision, the Maine Legislative Council on Tuesday voted to approve a pay raise for Secretary of State…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday calling for the establishment of a curriculum to help educators,…
After holding its inaugural meeting last week, the Portland City Council on Monday held a workshop to discuss and identify…
The controversial satanic holiday display erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord was found destroyed Tuesday morning, just…
Reporters bombarded White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a Friday briefing about the pardoning of Hunter Biden despite herself…
President-elect Donald Trump selected businessman and experienced commercial astronaut, Jared Isaacman, 41, on Wednesday to head up NASA and work…
The Associated Press’ post-election AP VoteCast poll has revealed that female voters with an affinity for felines — a.k.a. “Cat…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) published a damning report entitled “Out of Office” on Thursday, investigating the excesses and inefficiencies…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared child sex change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions on Wednesday. Jackson made the…
China announced an export ban on Tuesday, preventing the sale of certain rare earth minerals to the U.S., including gallium,…
Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister withdrew his name from consideration for the top spot in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on…
President-elect Donald Trump has once again angered conservatives with one of his cabinet picks, this time choosing Florida Sheriff Chad…
Ranked choice voting has recently taken center stage following the November 5 election, during which a number of critical state,…
President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to threaten member nations of the BRICS economic alliance with staggering…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) is calling for an investigation into reports of widespread political bias in how…
President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden’s crimes on Sunday night after he was convicted…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D), facing a surprise challenge from the left-wing District Attorney of Kennebec County and still…
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) put forward the “Returning Education to Our States Act” on Thursday, a bill to end the…
A Saturday recount revealed that Bar Harbor residents rejected an updated cruise ship disembarkation ordinance by just 65 votes, upholding…
President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to announce his plan to impose massive tariffs on China, Mexico,…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will take over as the head of the extremely influential Senate Appropriations Committee after Republicans…
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week in a letter of using taxpayer money…
On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg requested to delay former and President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing on the thirty-four felony…
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins opposes Trump’s push for recess appointments, which would allow him to quickly put his cabinet…
A Maine Republican lawmaker who a week before election day turned himself in to police over an alleged aggravated assault…
At a Tuesday meeting of the Portland Board of Public Education, at-large member and Board Chair Sarah Lentz claimed that…
The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded $260,000 to a coalition of Maine-based defense contractors and educational…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) banned biological males from the women’s restrooms at the Capitol on Wednesday after…
A new post-election poll of likely voters from Echelon Insights found that Democrats favor Vice President Kamala Harris to head…
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put forward a resolution on Monday requiring representatives and staff at the U.S. House and…
Republicans and Democrats in the Massachusetts State House united on Thursday to support a bill that State Auditor Diana DiZoglio…
At the start of this year, Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration to…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) made it known during a campaign stop in Vassalboro Friday that she intends to seek…
President-elect Donald Trump has courted controversy with many of his cabinet picks, choosing divisive figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
Sanford City Clerk Sue Cote told the City Council during their meeting last Tuesday that the Nov. 5 election, the…
Dozens of investment advisors warned America’s biggest corporations Friday that their diversity programs will be a liability under the incoming…
President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration is coming into focus as the Republican announces, mostly via social media, who will serve…
Voter ID for ME has gathered more than double the number of signatures required to create a ballot measure, giving…
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin (R) to serve in his cabinet as the administrator…
Californians overwhelmingly rejected their state’s soft-on-crime policies, voting on Tuesday to increase penalties for various types of non-violent crimes, while…
In a statement issued following former President Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week, the executive…
On the heels of a disappointing election Tuesday for Maine Republicans, in which they failed to obtain a majority in…
Wes Pelletier, a longtime member of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA) was elected to the Portland City…
Former President Donald J. Trump survived coordinated lawfare, two assassination attempts, collusion among major tech companies, and a sustained negative…
Two Maine citizens have threatened to sue Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for improper voter roll maintenance unless action is…
President Joe Biden doubled down on insulting former President Donald Trump’s supporters in Pennsylvania on Saturday after going viral for…
Three congressmen accused U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday of failing to provide active-duty service members with the…
Bangor city officials warned residents on Tuesday that at least one person has been engaged in illegal ballot harvesting, going…
Voters in Bucks County Pennsylvania will have until the end of the day on Friday, November 1 to “apply for,…
Laurel, Kentucky Town Clerk, Tony Brown, addressed a viral video showing a voting machine refusing to let a voter select…
Former Republican President Donald Trump quickly turned President Joe Biden’s insult, calling his supporters “garbage,” into an opportunity to celebrate…
Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is currently facing allegations before the Maine Board of Overseers of the…
The United States Supreme Court declined Tuesday to remove former Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the ballot…
President Joe Biden referred to supporters of former President Donald Trump as “garbage” in a viral clip from a live…
Kiernan Majerus-Collins, a former member of the Maine Democratic Party State Committee for Androscoggin County, called Republican voters the “most…
Maine’s top Democratic officials are declining to make any new efforts to secure Maine’s elections against non-citizen voting in the…
Tesla CEO, majority-owner of social media platform X, and supporter of former President Donald Trump (R) Elon Musk has been…
Last month the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) launched a first-in-the-nation project aimed at bringing collections of children’s picture…
Could former Republican President Donald Trump win not only the Electoral College but also the popular vote in 2024? It’s…
A national poll released by Gallup on Thursday found that the vast majority of Americans support photo Identification requirements at…
Election officials in Lancaster County, Penn., have uncovered approximately 2,500 instances of voter registration fraud, the county’s Board of Elections…
Vice President Kamala Harris’s high-profile CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper quickly turned into a viral social media spectacle Wednesday…
A new poll published by Politico and conducted by Axis Research shows that Maine State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent)…
Maine voters may be some of the nation’s most powerful in the upcoming election, according to a recent report published…
Portland Mayor Mark Dion on Monday offered an apology to the city’s Jewish community for his vote last month in…
South Portland voters will be asked to make their voices heard on several questions this November, including a proposed charter…
Residents of Portland will be asked to weigh in on two ballot questions when they go to the polls in…
A political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the progressive Maine People’s Alliance has made a large independent expenditure in support…
The Head of Operations for the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, Sofia Patel, revealed on Wednesday that nearly 100 Labour officials…
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s Maine-based Political Action Committee (PAC) this week spent $90,000 on online advertising spread across…
As November 5 quickly approaches, Mainers are preparing to make their voices heard at the ballot box in a number…
Ann Cook, a Maine public school teacher who in 2022 was recorded going on a bizarre racially-charged political rant in…