CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations throughout rural Maine, including an…
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The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine told the Maine Wire that…
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Monday that it would not hear an appeal from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist…
The extreme left-wing bias of NPR’s new CEO has added to the controversy surrounding the taxpayer-funded outlet, which began when…
Maine’s House unanimously passed a bill forbidding state and local government from contracting with businesses affiliated with hostile foreign governments,…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the key…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) once again broke with the establishment Democratic Party and spoke out against squatters rights and soft-on-crime…
When Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman released their new book, “White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy,” the publication…
President Joe Biden issued a statement condemning Israel following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza as a…
Conservatives and Christians across the country were outraged when President Joe Biden announced on Good Friday, a day when Christians…
The state of Maine ranks dead last among all U.S. states for progress made toward “unwinding” the massive pandemic emergency…
A Chinese citizen charged with felony drug trafficking after his arrest in China, ME, has invoked his status as an…
Maine’s Republican Senator, Susan Collins (R-Maine) said that she cannot support former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term,…
A British court ruled that Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange cannot be extradited to face espionage charges in the…
The liberal non-profit New Venture Fund, the largest subsidiary of the leftist dark-money organization Arabella Advisors, will be forced to…
A cargo ship flying a Singapore flag crashed into a support beam of the 1.6 mile long Francis Scott Key…
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case concerning the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently loosened…
Amid concerns that cracks are appearing in the U.S. economy, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is reassuring Americans that…
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it has adopted the “strongest-ever pollution standards for cars” which are…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), alongside 16 states — including Maine — have filed a civil anti-trust lawsuit against…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday morning in the case against a number of federal officials alleging…
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) sent a letter to Biden administration officials Tuesday calling for additional…
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden each secured their party nominations on Tuesday, following four state primaries. [RELATED:…
Maine is the 13th most federally dependent state in the nation, according to a recent study published by WalletHub’s financial…
John Barnett, longtime employee of aircraft manufacturer Boeing who had turned whistleblower, was found dead from a gunshot wound in…
President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. military to construct a temporary pier in the Mediterranean Sea in order to…
Following a highly divisive State of the Union Speech (SOTU), which saw President Joe Biden comparing former President Donald Trump…
Authorities in Piscataquis County have cracked down two more illegal marijuana operations, executing two search warrants on March 7 that…
Congressional Democrats were forced to remove funding for an LGBT community center from a massive federal spending package after public…
House lawmakers in Augusta voted to approve joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement that could bring about…
Maine Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a top proponent of sending billions of US tax dollars to the Ukrainian regime, denied…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has withdrawn her decision disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot…
The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump must be allowed to appear on the…
Three more New Yorkers have been arrested in Somerset County for illegally growing and trafficking vast amounts of marijuana at…
President Joe Biden failed to take a cognitive test during his 2024 annual medical examination, despite mounting concerns about his…
A liberal Illinois state judge ruled that Former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s Republican Primary…
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has announced his decision to step down from his position until a new leader…
Three unidentified Chinese nationals were intercepted attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada into Maine early Wednesday morning, according…
A video posted by pro-Russian news outlet The Intel Drop on Monday purported to show a Russian citizen confessing to…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday morning in a pair of cases concerning the constitutionality of laws…
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), confirmed on Sunday that Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny died…
Following former. President Donald Trump’s victory in the South Carolina primary, Republican National Convention (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel has announced…
President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday commemorating the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began two…
Early Thursday morning, thousands of cell customers reported that their phones were stuck on “SOS only” mode, meaning that they…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted new information on their Facebook…
The White House announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden has canceled yet another round of student debt, nearly six months…
The Biden supporting Neo-Nazi, former Marine Christopher Pohlhaus, led his Blood Tribe group in a lackluster protest in Nashville before…
As divisive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a hearing in the United Kingdom court, which could determine whether he will…
Over a year after a disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which led to devastating amounts of poisonous Vinyl…
The Kremlin announced Monday that Russian forces had taken full control of the Ukrainian city Avdiivka, in a significant defeat…
Former President Donald Trump (R) has declined to petition the Supreme Court for review of a December appeals court decision…
Alexie Navalny, a Russian politician who has consistently opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a Russian prison.…
Launched in 2022, online discount shopping website Temu — owned by the China-based company PDD Holdings — has come under…
President Joe Biden will not take a cognitive exam during his next visit to the doctor’s office despite growing doubts…
Former Republican President Donald Trump has tapped North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the Republican…
U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter to every Republican member of congress on Monday, urging them to oppose…
Maine Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) has scored a victory in his fight against the implementation of legislation that would pave…
On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was once-again hospitalized on Sunday, this time for a non-specified…
Allagash Brewing Company has become the leading “Visionary Sponsor” for a Portland-based non-profit that is among Maine’s leading advocates for…
Any among us that hoped the Senate negotiated border bill would somehow be better than the leaks had advertised were sadly disappointed…
The Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee held a work session this afternoon to discuss the possibility of…
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) announced last Thursday that Florida is willing to send a battalion, up to 1,000 soldiers, of…
President Joe Biden, who four years ago attack former President Donald Trump for sabre-rattling with the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
A report by The Washington Post details how China is happy to host American mayors despite the continued decline in…
The U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on Wednesday for a bill meant to bar terrorists who participated in…
From Oklahoma to Maine, a little known program operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury has been leveraged by foreign…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. announced Wednesday that four Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged years-long…
FBI Director Christopher Wray, appeared before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Wednesday to testify…
Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the-President…
On Monday, California State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced a bill she says will “protect children from the dangers associated…
The Maine State Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) is split on a resolution calling for a national…
According to an 80-page report published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General, the White House’s private pharmacy…
Many Congressional Republicans are speaking out against a child tax credit bill that was recently passed by the House Ways…
The United States Supreme Court vacated an injunction Monday that blocked federal border patrol officials from cutting or removing the…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) doubled down on his calls for a secure border despite receiving strong criticism from his…
On January 18, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) hosted a press conference discussing H.R. 5779, known as the…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed the Kennebec County Superior Court’s ruling in the case concerning former President Donald…
The federal government engaged in systemic financial surveillance of U.S. citizens who supported former Republican President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep.…
President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that the U.S. government is designating the Iranian-backed Houthis –…
The United States Supreme Court is set to consider Wednesday a pair of cases that have the potential to redefine…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) signed onto a letter Tuesday alongside two of his House Democrat colleagues calling on the…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered the Texas National Guard to cease its activities at the U.S.-Mexico border…
Hunter Biden made an unexpected appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday at the House Oversight Committee’s markup on a resolution to…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) called on U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to be more forthcoming about the details of…
Maine’s electoral college votes may soon be poised to go toward the winner of the national popular vote in presidential…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted former President Donald Trump’s request to review the Colorado Supreme Court’s December ruling…
When the Machias Police executed a search warrant at 414 East Kennebec Road in December, they suspected they find an…
The professor and author plagiarized by the erstwhile Harvard president Claudine Gay told The Maine Wire she would support Rep.…
House Republicans will consider a resolution and accompanying report to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas,…
On Wednesday, Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and dozens of other House Republicans traveled to Eagle Pass,…
Several lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI — the developer behind ChatGPT — and Microsoft for their allegedly unlawful use…
Annual Congressional trading reports show that Congress has made huge returns on investments in 2023, along with making some suspicious…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he has issued an Executive Order prohibiting individuals and businesses from certain nations…
The United States Navy has appropriated $34 million for six new workforce initiatives at Bath Iron Works (BIW) as part…
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) vetoed a bill last week which would have outlawed sex change procedures and drugs for minors,…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who opted Thursday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Maine GOP…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D), who bragged during his campaign about NYC being a “sanctuary” for illegal aliens,…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has blocked former President Donald Trump from appearing on Maine’s primary ballot next year.…
The Biden Administration has once again refused to provide independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with protection from the…
The U.S. Air Force conducted several airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq over Christmas. After the airstrikes, Secretary of…