The governor fired back in a statement, accusing Trump of stoking divisions and questioning the value of his efforts to help Maine's fishing industry by lifting restrictions in a conservation area far from the Maine coast.

Collins points to 5 areas where the Senate can work to address racial disparities, while her challengers offer their ideas for action that can come out of nationwide protests.

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Thursday that she was ‘thankful’ for retired Gen. James Mattis' extraordinary rebuke of Trump for politicizing the military.

Ella Jones will lead the St. Louis suburb that was thrust into the national spotlight following the 2014 fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old black man.

The former president holds a virtual town hall event in the midst of the pandemic and protests over race and police brutality.

The revisions complicate Trump's own record as a voter at a time when the president has made unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud in mail-in balloting.

Nearly 40,000 Maine voters have already requested ballots for the July 14 primary election.

Longtime Rep. Steve King loses Iowa’s Republican primary after being ostracized by party leaders for comments about white nationalism.

Governors of Tennessee, Florida and Georgia say they would be interested in hosting.

With no real competition, Biden wins in Indiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, South Dakota, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

The nation's 43rd president calls for compassion a unity, a stark contrast to President Trump's message.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says the president 'came across as unsympathetic and insensitive.'

Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists 'many things wrong' and Sen. Collins says Trump's use of force against D.C. protesters wasn't justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.

Joe Biden blistered President Trump a day after police drove back peaceful protesters near the White House so Trump could pose with a Bible before a damaged church.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee offers emotional support and promises bold action.

The city would not be able to staff all 11 sites, and some would not allow social distancing, City Clerk Katherine Jones said Monday.

The president made his statement in the Rose Garden minutes after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of peaceful protesters in the park across the street from the White House.

Voters will cast ballots in both the Democratic presidential race and a host of down-ballot contests.

The party is trying to gather enough signatures to once again get a question about the voting style on the November ballot, effectively stopping its use in the presidential election.

The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice. Mills added more pointed criticism at a news conference in which she said the country needs leadership, ‘not more hatred and more division.’

The Vermont senator tells Maine Democrats that creating a system that values the dignity of all people 'starts with justice for George Floyd.'

Data found that, as of March, in the 55 top races, the median Democratic incumbent had raised more than six times what the median leading Republican challenger had raised.

Among other legislation, the House passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, to impose sanctions on Chinese individuals found responsible for human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China.

Finance Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa says the administration has no firm plans for the $1.25 billion in federal relief and is considering future needs. Some lawmakers want to use the money to support businesses affected by the pandemic.

The Maine Democratic Party will hold an online rally and remote voting this weekend in lieu of its traditional in-person convention.

The RNC outlined a number of safety protocols it said it would invoke during the convention in Charlotte, an apparent response to the Democratic governor's request for a safety plan.

Officials warn that it may take days to count what they expect will be a surge of ballots.

The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee wants to learn what the Mills administration plans to do with $1.25 billion in federal aid that has so far gone unspent.

The new system of remote voting by proxy was pushed forward by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and fellow Democratic leaders this month as a temporary measure.

The former vice presidents say the president is politicizing the issue and 'it's stoking deaths.'

U.S. Senate hopeful Tiffany Bond has 2,500 of the 4,000 voter signatures she needs to get on the ballot, but securing the rest in a time of social distancing will be tricky.

The change comes in response to two tweets in 24 hours in which the president falsely claimed that mail-in ballots are fraudulent.

North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen requested a written COVID-19 safety plan Monday from the CEO of the Republican National Convention.

The conflicting approaches to the pandemic played out across the country as the reported death toll edged closer to 100,000.

A law passed last year requires felons to pay all fines and other legal financial obligations before their sentences can be considered served.

The president wants a guarantee that the party will be allowed to gather despite any virus outbreaks.

Joe Biden marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap urges people to vote via absentee ballot during the July primary election to limit the exposure that voters and polling workers have to the coronavirus.

The former attorney general tweets that his recusal over Robert Mueller 'was required by law.'

Moscow has offered to extend New START, but President Trump insists China should have to sign on.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee suggested Friday that African Americans who back President Trump ‘ain’t black.’

Among other legislation, the House passed a resolution authorizing the use of remote proxy voting by House members and remote proceedings by House committees during the coronavirus public health emergency.

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled at the White House to consider next steps in coronavirus aid.

The president claimed without any evidence that mail-in ballots lead to 'total election fraud.'

The state's top law enforcement official warns that if Trump refused to wear a mask Thursday, 'he’s going to be asked not to return to any enclosed facilities inside our state.'

He is the first director of national intelligence to be installed on a partisan vote since the position was created in 2005.

Fair Elections Portland sued after the City Council decided not to put a proposal to publicly fund municipal election campaigns to voters.

Two lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations about practices of the Maine Information and Analysis Center.

Its order keeps previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers at least until early summer.

The stand-alone bill would make changes to the small-business loan program sought by hotels, restaurants and other industries.