The move temporarily pauses the system’s agricultural research and programs weeks after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding for Maine because it allows transgender athletes to compete in sports.
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Health and Human Services reiterates threats of pulling Maine’s funding over Title IX
Two days after being asked about the findings of a DHHS investigation into Maine, a spokesperson echoes language President Donald Trump used in his executive order banning transgender women from women’s sports.
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Bowdoin College will not change investment practices despite pro-Palestine encampment
An ad hoc committee recommended maintaining investment practices after a student referendum last May called on the college to divest from companies that support Israel.
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Gov. Mills says tariff back-and-forth creates ‘significant economic uncertainty’
President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.
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Trump administration agrees to renegotiate Maine Sea Grant funding
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, pressured the U.S. commerce secretary Tuesday, saying withdrawing the $4.5 million award that funds years of research would ’cause devastating harm’ to the state’s coastal communities.
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Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation react to Trump’s speech to Congress
Sen. Angus King said after the speech that ‘Putin is smiling,’ while Rep. Chellie Pingree said the president parroted Russian talking points on Ukraine.
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Trump, in speech to Congress, vows to keep up ‘swift and unrelenting action’
The more than 90-minute address added up to a defiant sales pitch for the policies that Trump promised during his campaign and leaned into during his first weeks back in office.
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Bill to ban transgender athletes from girls, women’s sports teams fails to advance in U.S. Senate
Maine’s senators split along political lines: Susan Collins, a Republican, voted to advance the bill, while Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, voted against it.
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Trump pauses US aid to Ukraine after Oval Office confrontation with Zelensky
Earlier Monday, the president attacked Ukraine’s for suggesting that the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine likely ‘is still very, very far away.’