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Ex-Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton Indicted on Charges of Mishandling Classified Information

By Jon FetherstonOctober 17, 20250 News

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on 18 counts of illegally hoarding…

News

DOJ Brings Terrorism Charges Against Antifa Members Who Attacked a Texas ICE Facility

By Seamus OthotOctober 17, 20250 News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) leveled terrorism charges against two Antifa members involved in an alleged attempt to murder…

News

Trump And Kash Patel Give Major Update On Sweeping Crime Crackdown

By DCNFOctober 17, 20250 News

President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced a major update on Wednesday about the…

News

Shenna Bellows Orders Conservative Group to Stop Mailing Partially Prefilled Voter Registration Cards

By Libby PalanzaOctober 16, 20250 News 4K Views

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has ordered Common Sense for Maine to stop prefilling the party affiliation section on…

News

Standish Woman Arrested for Murder of her Boyfriend

By Seamus OthotOctober 16, 20250 News 3K Views

A Standish woman was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after she allegedly shot her boyfriend earlier this month. [RELATED:…

News

Amid Amazon Prime Ballot Scandal, Shenna Bellows Picks New Election Day Ballot Courier, Ditches UPS

By Jon FetherstonOctober 16, 20250 News 3K Views

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows hasn’t provided voters with any new information regarding the discovery of 250 absentee ballots…

News

Beers, Sneers and Trump Highlight Mills Campaign Stop at Maine Brewing Company in Freeport

By Jon FetherstonOctober 16, 20250 News 2K Views

Gov. Janet Mills made a campaign stop Thursday morning at Maine Beer Company in Freeport, where brewery co-founder Dan Kleban,…

News

Maine U.S. Senate Hopeful Platner Once Called Cops Bastards But Now Claims ā€œIt’s Not Who I Amā€

By Ted CohenOctober 16, 20250 News 1K Views

The Marine veteran-turned-oyster-farmer — a rising Democratic Senate candidate in Maine — once called himself a ā€œcommunist,ā€ dismissed ā€œallā€ police…

News

Prominent Democrat Voices are Angry with Their Party Establishment for Urging Mills to Run for Senate Against the More Radical Platner

By Seamus OthotOctober 16, 20250 News

Maine’s Democratic senatorial primary is revealing a potential split in the party between the established Democrats who urged Gov. Janet…

News

Collins Backs Nomination of Former Lewiston Police Chief as U.S. Marshal for Maine

By Jon FetherstonOctober 16, 20250 News

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her support for the nomination of David St. Pierre, the former Lewiston police chief, to…

News

World’s Fastest Sardine Snipper – From Rockland – Honored With Her Own Festival

By Ted CohenOctober 16, 20250 News

Fifty years after being dubbed the ā€œMuhammad Ali Of Sardine Packers,ā€ Maine’s greatest has hooked another title. Rita Willey, 87,…

Politics

ā€˜Shut Up!’: Classy Dame Nancy Pelosi Loses It At Reporter Asking Simple Question About J6

By DCNFOctober 16, 20250 Politics 1K Views

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raged at a LindellTV reporter on Wednesday who asked if she is concerned about being…

News

Body Found After Tuesday Morning Fire in Harpswell

By Jon FetherstonOctober 16, 20250 News 2K Views

State fire investigators are examining the cause of a deadly blaze that broke out early Tuesday morning at a single-family…

News

Mennonite Community in Dexter Leaving the State Over Religious Beliefs, Intransigence from Secretary of State

By Seamus OthotOctober 16, 20250 News 10K Views

Mennonites in Dexter are leaving Maine for religious reasons after the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), headed by Secretary of…

Education

GOP Lawmaker Wants New Federal $1,700 Tax Credit to Apply to Maine Student Scholarship Donations

By Libby PalanzaOctober 16, 20250 Education

Republican lawmakers in Maine have announced plans to introduce legislation implementing one of the new tax credits created by the…

News

Maine Liberal Icon Stephen King, 78, To Retire ‘Before I Start To Drivel’

By Ted CohenOctober 16, 20250 News

Maine horror novelist Stephen King, who put his foot in it last month when he falsely criticized conservative Charlie Kirk,…

News

Pro-Palestinian Activists Try – and Fail – to Disrupt Damariscotta’s Pumpkin Festival

By Sam PattenOctober 16, 20250 News 6K Views

Pumpkinfest — what has long been a non-political, family-oriented festival of seasonal fun in midcoast towns of Newcastle and Damariscotta…

News

No Kings Rallies Return, Critics Say Movement ā€˜All Rhetoric’

By Jon FetherstonOctober 15, 20250 News 4K Views

The ā€œNo Kingsā€ movement is returning to Maine this weekend with rallies planned in several cities and towns across the…

News

A Day After Trump Awards Kirk Medal of Freedom, Turning Point USA Holds First Maine Chapter Meeting

By Jon FetherstonOctober 15, 20250 News 1K Views

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — One day after former President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Turning Point…

Politics

Portland Jetport Declines to Show DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Video on Government Shutdown

By Libby PalanzaOctober 15, 20250 Politics

The Portland Jetport is now among the several airports nationwide declining to play a video from Department of Homeland Security…

News

Missing 13-Year-Old Found With Man Wanted for Domestic Violence in Portland

By Seamus OthotOctober 15, 20250 News

Following a week-long investigation, Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies found a missing 13-year-old girl from Pownal in a Portland apartment on…

Commentary

Echoes of Bill Hathaway in Mills’ Quixotic Quest

By Sam PattenOctober 15, 20250 Commentary

When the late, one-term U.S. Senator Bill Hathaway passed away a little more than a decade ago, Mainers were too…

News

Lurking at Large: Portland Man Issued Summons But Not Jailed Following Carjacking Attempt

By Seamus OthotOctober 15, 20250 News

A South Portland man was issued a criminal summons after the Cumberland County Jail refused to admit him due to…

News

American Youth Currently Identifying as non-Binary or Non-Heterosexual Declining: Report

By Seamus OthotOctober 15, 20250 News 1K Views

The percentage of young Americans in college and high school identifying as non-binary or non-heterosexual dropped significantly in 2025, according…

News

Lyman Residents Sound Alarm as Tractor Trailers Ignore Bridge Closure, Raising Questions about CDL Enforcement

By Jon FetherstonOctober 15, 20250 News 3K Views

Residents in Lyman are raising concerns after a steady stream of tractor-trailers are continuing to travel down a road clearly…

News

Maine Airport’s Electric Aeronautics Partner Loses Key Funding Amid Multiple Mishaps, Grounding ā€œGreen Energyā€ Dreams

By Ted CohenOctober 15, 20250 News

An experimental electric-plane manufacturer that chose a midcoast Maine airport to debut cutting-edge technology is falling on hard times both…

News

Indefatigable Maine-built Navy Destroyer Helped Clear the Decks For Trump’s Gaza Peace Deal

By Ted CohenOctober 15, 20250 News

President Donald Trump’s widely-celebrated deal to end the Mideast war was built in part on the foundations of defensive work…

News

Mainstream Media Fawn Over Mills’ Candidacy, Pointedly Ignore Rocky Rollout of Her Senate Campaign

By Seamus OthotOctober 15, 20250 News 1K Views

Two-term Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills, 77, formally announced her 2026 Senate bid to unseat the incumbent Sen. Susan Collins…

News

Mills Frames Senate Bid Around Trump, Dodges Questions on Ballot Scandal

By Jon FetherstonOctober 15, 20250 News 1K Views

Governor Janet Mills used her Tuesday speech at a rule of law seminar at Hannaford Hall on the University of…

News

“Dude!” Portland Police Tase Man Who Approached Them While Refusing to Drop Two Knives

By Seamus OthotOctober 15, 20250 News

A Portland police officer was forced to use his taser on an armed man on Sunday after he approached officers…

Politics

How Can Mainers Register to Vote Ahead of the November 4th Election?

By Libby PalanzaOctober 15, 20250 Politics

As online and mail-in voter registration came to an end at the close of business Tuesday, Mainers are still able…

National

Democrats Vote To Keep Government Shuttered For Eighth Time In Row, Two Weeks In

By DCNFOctober 15, 20250 National

Almost all Senate Democrats voted down a bipartisan effort to reopen the government on Tuesday as the funding lapse hit…

National

ā€˜Happy Birthday, Daddy’: Watch As Charlie Kirk’s Widow Reads Birthday Message Daughter Had For Late Father

By DCNFOctober 15, 20250 National

Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk, read an emotional birthday message from her daughter…

News

Janet Mills Expresses Opposition to Question 1 on Next Month’s Ballot

By Libby PalanzaOctober 14, 20250 News 1K Views

Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills (D), who announced her intent to run for the United States Senate Tuesday morning, has officially…

Education

Maine’s Public Schools Are Failing to Meet the High Standards Set for Charter Schools: MPI Report

By Seamus OthotOctober 14, 20250 Education

The majority of Maine’s non-charter public schools would not only fail to meet at least one of the higher standards…

News

Maine Beer Company’s Dan Kleban Suspends Short-Lived Senate Campaign and Endorses Mills

By Seamus OthotOctober 14, 20250 News 1K Views

Beer brewer and short-lived Democratic Senate candidate Dan Kleban suspended his campaign on Tuesday, just 41 days after it began,…

News

Plane Crashes onto Massachusetts Highway in Stormy Weather, Kills Two

By Seamus OthotOctober 14, 20250 News

A Rhode Island married couple was killed on Monday when their small plane crashed near I-195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, damaging…

Commentary

Protecting Trust, Protecting Every Vote

By The Maine WireOctober 14, 20250 Commentary

By Robert Wessels In light of everything that has unfolded over the past few weeks, including the discoveryof hundreds of…

News

Senator Rick Scott Plugs Maine’s Potential and Blames Chuck Schumer for Shutdown at MPI Lunch in PortlandĀ 

By Jon FetherstonOctober 14, 20250 News

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida delivered the keynote address Monday at the Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon hosted by the…

News

UMaine Hockey Fans Go Bananas Over Poor Skating Ability Of Team Mascot

By Ted CohenOctober 14, 20250 News 1K Views

A UMaine fraternity is coming to the defense of the school’s hockey mascot’s panned debut performance. Bananas T. Bear, aka…

News

Maine Fishing Vessel That Disappeared in 1929 Found Off New England Coast

By Ted CohenOctober 14, 20250 News 10K Views

A fishing boat built in Boothbay that went missing without a trace nearly 100 years ago has finally been located.…

News

Who Needs Florida? ā€˜Environmentalists’ Claw Over Disputed Causes Of Alleged Lobster Migration

By Ted CohenOctober 14, 20250 News 1K Views

If Maine’s embattled crustaceans are crawling to Canada, the prevailing reason was always thought to be greenhouse-gas oceanic acidification south…

Energy & Environment

Finance Titans May Have Found Trojan Horse For ā€˜Climate Mandates’

By DCNFOctober 14, 20250 Energy & Environment 1K Views

Major global asset managers including BlackRock and Blackstone have been looking to buy power utilities across America in a move…

National

ā€˜Wonderful Day’: Chuck Schumer Thanks Trump For Release Of Israeli Hostages Held By Hamas

By DCNFOctober 14, 20250 National

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer commended President Donald Trump on Monday for brokering the Middle East peace deal to end…

News

Man Shot in Turner After Allegedly Drawing Weapon on Androscoggin Sheriff’s Deputy

By Maine Wire StaffOctober 13, 20250 News 3K Views

A routine arrest erupted in gunfire in Turner on Friday evening when a suspect allegedly drew a weapon on county…

News

Biddeford Man Charged in Death of 5 Week Old Child

By Jon FetherstonOctober 13, 20250 News 2K Views

BIDDEFORD, Maine— Police arrested a Maine man earlier this week in connection with the death of a 5-week-old baby last…

News

Portland Police Expand Community Policing Offices

By Jon FetherstonOctober 13, 20250 News

Cops in Maine’s largest city will be spending more time integrating with its various communities, according to an expanded effort…

News

Top Dancing With the Stars Memory: Maine-born Hostess – Daughter Of Ex-WGME Anchor – 2020 Cancellation

By Ted CohenOctober 13, 20250 News 2K Views

The ouster of the Dancing With The Stars hostess from Maine has been selected as one of the popular show’s…

Politics

Where is Valli Geiger? Midcoast Maine State Dem Representative’s Name Missing From Senate Race

By Ted CohenOctober 13, 20250 Politics 1K Views

The Rockland Democrat lawmaker whose ā€œaffordable housingā€ reputation quickly went south earlier this year is notably absent from Knox county…

Media

Kamala Harris’s Book Tour Continues Getting Derailed By Hecklers Accusing Her Of War Crimes

By DCNFOctober 13, 20250 Media

Multiple pro-Palestine hecklers disrupted former Vice President Kamala Harris’s book tour Saturday in Chicago as she promoted her memoir, ā€œ107…

National

Trump Admin Slashes Agencies With Shutdown Layoffs

By DCNFOctober 13, 20250 National

Executive Branch agencies initiated another round of mass firings of federal employees Friday as the government shutdown stretches on. The…

National

Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaign Faces Calls To Return Thousands In Reportedly Illegal Foreign Donations

By DCNFOctober 13, 20250 National

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News

Jared Golden Criticizes Fellow Lawmakers for Shutting Down Government Over “Normal Policy Debate”

By Libby PalanzaOctober 11, 20251 News 1K Views

Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden issued a lengthy Substack post on Friday morning urging lawmakers in Washington to end the…

News

Chair of Newburgh Board of Selectmen Voices Frustration Over Lack of Updates in Ballot Investigation

By Jon FetherstonOctober 11, 20250 News 1K Views

The Newburgh Board of Selectmen’s chairman is growing increasingly frustrated over what he describes as a lack of communication and…

new york county court News

Federal Judge Blocks President Trump’s Deployment of National Guard Troops in Chicago for Two Weeks

By Libby PalanzaOctober 11, 20250 News

A federal judge ruled Thursday to temporarily block President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago, Illinois. As…

News

Maine Poised to Benefit from $878 Billion Defense Bill Championed by Senator Collins

By Jon FetherstonOctober 10, 20250 News 2K Views

The Senate passed a $878 billion defense policy bill late Thursday by a vote of 77 to 20, advancing legislation…

National

Here’s What’s In Major Defense Bill The Senate Just Passed During Shutdown

By DCNFOctober 10, 20250 National

The Senate approved its annual defense policy bill Thursday, ending weeks of gridlock over the massive $879 billion package and…

News

Maine Joins Oregon’s Fight Against Trump Admin Over National Guard Deployment in Portland

By Libby PalanzaOctober 10, 20250 News

Maine has now become involved in an Oregon lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his Administration over the deployment of…

Politics

It’s Washington Speaking: National Media Informs Mainers Their Governor Is Running for the U.S. Senate

By Maine Wire StaffOctober 10, 20250 Politics

In a series of breathless reports over the past twenty-four hours, national news outlets ranging from Punchbowl News to the…

News

Maine’s Far Left Senate Candidate Accuses Susan Collins of Killing His Friends

By Jon FetherstonOctober 10, 20250 News 2K Views

Maine’s U.S. Senate race is shaping up to be a defining battle not just for the state but for the…

Blog

What If China’s Secret Weapon Was Sold at Your Local Gas Station: Shawn Ryan Show, Feat. Steve Robinson

By Steve RobinsonOctober 10, 20250 Blog 1K Views

Watch Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson’s full episode on the Shawn Ryan Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdIKiDQxD8 Subscribe via RobinsonReport.Substack.com

News

Shanghai Broker Touts Synthetic Drugs Shipped to U.S. in Violation of Trade, Tariff Rules

By Steve RobinsonOctober 10, 20250 News 1K Views

Emails show how a major Chinese chemical exporter is conspiring to evade U.S. tariff and trade policy to get synthetic…

News

Scarborough Residents to Vote on $130 Million School Construction Bond This Fall

By Libby PalanzaOctober 10, 20250 News

Scarborough voters will have the chance next month to approve or reject a bond of nearly $130 million to rebuild…

News

Maine State Police Investigating Death of Cumberland County Man

By Jon FetherstonOctober 10, 20250 News

The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South is investigating a death in Standish following a call for a disturbance…

News

Investigators Identify Victims, Rule Portland Apartment Fire Accidental 

By Jon FetherstonOctober 10, 20250 News

Fire investigators have confirmed the identities of two victims in a Sept. 21 apartment fire in Portland and determined the…

Business

Dems and GOP Agree: DHHS Should Solve MaineCare Rides Contract Crisis by Reissuing Flawed RFP

By Steve RobinsonOctober 9, 20250 Business

The bankruptcy of ModivCare, a Colorado-based transportation company contracted to manage MaineCare’s nonemergency medical transportation program, has thrust one of…

News

Breaking Down How Question 1 Would Change Election Law in Maine

By Libby PalanzaOctober 9, 20250 News 4K Views

This November’s question 1 has quickly become a polarizing topic in the State of Maine, with those on either side…

News

Clashing Rallies Held in Scarborough Over ICE Operations in Maine

By Jon FetherstonOctober 9, 20250 News 1K Views

Two rallies staged opposite one another in Scarborough on Wednesday highlighted sharply divided views on immigration enforcement in Maine. A…

News

Turning Point USA announces Super Bowl Halftime Show

By Jon FetherstonOctober 9, 20250 News 2K Views

Turning Point USA on Thursday announced plans to host ā€œThe All American Halftime Showā€ on Feb. 8, 2026, a live…

Commentary

DAVID BLACKMON: Now Is A Great Time To Be Out Of America’s Offshore Wind Business

By DCNFOctober 9, 20250 Commentary

Is the push and pull in the energy and climate regulatory environment hurting the ability for companies to finance and…

News

2025 Illegal Border Crossing Numbers Lowest Since 1970

By Seamus OthotOctober 8, 20250 News

The U.S. southern border saw fewer illegal crossings in fiscal year 2025 than in any other year since 1970, according…

News

SCOTUS Considers If Republican Representative Has Standing to Challenge Illinois’ Ballot Counting Policy

By Libby PalanzaOctober 8, 20250 News

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving an Illinois law allowing ballots to be…

News

Kennebunk Teacher Who Hoped Charlie Kirk Would “Rest in Hell” Resigns

By Seamus OthotOctober 8, 20250 News 3K Views

The Kennebunk High School health teacher who drew public backlash when he posted that he hoped Charlie Kirk would “rest…

News

Supreme Court to Consider Legality and Constitutionality of President Trump’s Tariffs

By Libby PalanzaOctober 8, 20250 News

As the United States Supreme Court returns to the bench, there are a number of key cases expected to be…

News

David Jones Speaks at RSU 24 School Board Meeting Where Members Voted to Adopt Federal Title IX Guidelines

By Seamus OthotOctober 8, 20250 News

Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones spoke at a Regional School Unit (RSU) 21 board meeting on Tuesday night, where the…

News

Anti ICE and Pro Law Enforcement Rallies Scheduled for Wednesday in Scarborough

By Jon FetherstonOctober 8, 20250 News

Town officials confirmed Tuesday that no special permits are required for a pair of demonstrations planned in front of Scarborough…

News

Embattled Bellows Breaks from Amazon Ballot Scandal to Fundraise in Lewiston

By Jon FetherstonOctober 8, 20250 News 2K Views

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D), who is overseeing the investigation into 250 absentee ballots discovered in an Amazon…

News

National Poll Finds Both Broad Support for Deportation Plans and Concerning Support for Political Violence

By Seamus OthotOctober 8, 20250 News 2K Views

A wide-ranging poll from Harvard CAPS and Harris Poll examined voter views on numerous current events and policies, finding majority…

News

Lewiston City Administrator Holds Public Forum to Gather Community Input on New Police Chief Search

By Jon FetherstonOctober 8, 20250 News

The search for Lewiston’s next police chief continues as City Administrator Brian Kaenrath spoke with more than 30 concerned residents…

News

Janet Mills Looks to Delay Implementing Tax Relief Benefits from One Big Beautiful Bill for Mainers Pending Legislative Action

By Libby PalanzaOctober 8, 20250 News 2K Views

Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) has indicated that she will not enact some of the changes made by federal lawmakers…

Crime

Human Remains Discovered During Missing Person Search in Clinton

By Seamus OthotOctober 8, 20250 Crime 1K Views

The Maine State Police discovered human remains on Tuesday while searching for a missing person in Clinton. [RELATED: Portland Police…

News

US Senator Collins Says Maine Secretary of State Bellows ā€œShould Step Asideā€

By Jon FetherstonOctober 7, 20250 News 3K Views

U.S. Senator Susan Collins sharply criticized on Monday morning the handling of ballots found improperly delivered to a residence in…

Featured

Shawn Ryan Show Drops Trailer for Episode Feat. Steve Robinson, Triad Weed, & Gas Station Heroin

By Steve RobinsonOctober 7, 20250 Featured 2K Views

Steve Robinson talks about the documentary he published with the Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) — High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover…

News

Thomaston Public Library “SO Excited” to Host Drag Storytime for Kids: Announcement

By Seamus OthotOctober 7, 20250 News 2K Views

The Thomaston Public Library is “so excited” to host a “drag story time and rainbow crafternoon” event on October 19,…

News

Maine Man Arrested for Drunk Driving Over 119 mph in New Hampshire

By Seamus OthotOctober 7, 20250 News 2K Views

The New Hampshire State Police arrested a Hampden, Maine, man on Sunday after he allegedly drove 119 mph while intoxicated.…

Business

DAILY CALLER EXCLUSIVE: Chinese Gov’t-Tied Network Training Illegal Immigrants To Drive Big Rigs In US

By DCNFOctober 7, 20250 Business

Chinese illegal immigrants are obtaining commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) and landing jobs in the U.S. trucking industry with support from…

News

Bangor Man Busted on Drug Charges While Driving a Vespa Scooter

By Seamus OthotOctober 7, 20250 News 2K Views

The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Friday after he was allegedly found with a “substantial amount” of illegal…

News

Portland City Council Approves Warming Center

By Jon FetherstonOctober 7, 20250 News

The Portland City Council approved plans Monday evening for a new winter warming shelter at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway following…

National

Senate Democrats Keep Government Closed Sixth Day Into Shutdown

By DCNFOctober 7, 20250 National

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Crime

FBI Crackdown on Violent Crime Leads to 8,629 Arrests, Including 35 in Maine, and the Rescue of Over a Thousand Children

By Seamus OthotOctober 7, 20250 Crime 1K Views

The FBI’s national “Operation Summer Heat” crackdown on violent crime led to over 8,600 arrests, including 35 in Maine, and…

News

Belfast Church Set to Host “All Ages National Coming Out Day” Event

By Seamus OthotOctober 6, 20250 News 1K Views

The Unitarian Universalist Church in Belfast, Maine, is set to hold an “All Ages National Coming Out Day” event on…

News

Rockland Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Seizures and Arrest of Two Repeat Offenders

By Seamus OthotOctober 6, 20251 News 2K Views

A Rockland traffic stop on Saturday led to the seizure of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines, as well as the arrest…

News

NH Executive Order Cracks Down on Chinese Land Purchases and Curtails State Use of Tech from Foreign Adversaries

By Seamus OthotOctober 6, 20250 News

New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte signed two executive orders on Monday aimed at curtailing the influence of foreign adversaries,…

Politics

Messy Dem Primary Spells Good News For Republican Efforts To Flip House Seat

By DCNFOctober 6, 20250 Politics

A messy Democratic primary is buoying Republican hopes to flip a purple House seat during the midterms. Maine State Auditor…

News

Treasury Considering a $1 Trump Coin

By Jon FetherstonOctober 6, 20250 News

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday that it is considering minting new $1 coins bearing President Donald Trump’s image with…

National

Democrat AG Candidate Reportedly Said He’d Put Two Bullets In Republican State Rep’s Head, ā€˜Piss On’ His Grave

By DCNFOctober 6, 20250 National 2K Views

Jay Jones on left, credit: Adnan Masri/Wikimedia Commons

Commentary

The FBI Is Right to Cut Ties with the Anti-Defamation League Over Org’s New, Extremist Bent

By Joshua FillerOctober 6, 20250 Commentary

The scourge of antisemitism has been on theĀ riseĀ for several years in the U.S., most recently on college campuses, and perhaps…

News

McLaughlin Resigns from Houlton Town Council Over Town Manager Arrest

By Jon FetherstonOctober 6, 20250 News

Houlton Town Councilor Jon McLaughlin resigned Friday, effective immediately, following the arrest of the town manager last week. In announcing…

Maine and New England

Jonathan Bush Expected to Announce Run for Governor on Wednesday

By Jon FetherstonOctober 6, 20250 Maine and New England 3K Views

Health care entrepreneur Jonathan Bush is expected to jump into the 2026 Maine governor’s race Wednesday in Belfast a move…

News

Burnell Organizing a Pro Law Enforcement Rally in Opposition to the Anti Ice Rally in Scarborough

By Jon FetherstonOctober 6, 20250 News 1K Views

A brewing stand-off between political protest and law-and-order solidarity is set for Wednesday, as a Republican organizer has called for…

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