Joseph Maguire is accused of withholding a whistleblower complaint from Congress.

The new policy will deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border who aren't from Mexico because it disallows anyone who passes through another country without first seeking and failing to obtain asylum there.

Republican state attorneys general chiefly support a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with the OxyContin maker, while their Democratic counterparts mostly oppose it.

As the contest begins to heat up, 3 of the 4 candidates resort to posting pictures of adorable dogs out on the campaign trail.

Hundreds of state and municipal jobs are vacant as officials struggle with a tight labor market, an aging workforce and pay that can't compete with the private sector.

Democrats contend they don't want to take away law-abiding citizens' firearms, but they're struggling to square that position with the candidate's call for confiscating assault rifles.

Groups had until Friday evening to turn in petition signatures to town clerks, the first critical step in qualifying to put a ‘people's veto’ question on the ballot next year.

The Senate votes to confirm the nomination of Kelly Craft to serve as ambassador to the United Nations.

The Boston-based Public Consulting Group was awarded a $400,000 contract with a federal grant during the LePage administration, and the state had to repay the government.

The lawsuit by Trump business competitors was the first of 3 major lawsuits alleging that the president violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

A Republican Texas state representative's provocative tweet, removed by Twitter, was interpreted by the candidate as 'a death threat.'

Andrew McCabe remains in limbo, waiting to see whether the investigation that began more than a year ago would end with a fight to stay out of prison.

The Maine Democratic Party faults her for voting against an amendment on Trump's border wall, but she says it was the wrong legislation to address presidential overreach.

The investigation was launched more than a year ago following accusations that Carson had violated federal appropriations law in 2017 by ordering furniture worth more than $5,000.

The president goes to the city for the first time since describing it nearly 2 months ago as a 'disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live.'

Portland's mayor gets the backing of more than 20 current and former elected officials, including City Councilor Pious Ali and 5 school board members.

The Texas senator specifically referenced a possible deal between the Trump administration and a bipartisan group of senators on background checks.

A Republican-controlled Senate committee has rejected Democratic attempts to cut Trump's border wall request and his moves to pay for the project without congressional approval.

Thursday's debate shows that Democrats are still divided over what the party stands for, beyond opposing President Trump.

The Bangor-based novelist tells the show's host, Stephen Colbert, that he wants a senator with a more 'liberal bent.'

The chief executives of Levi Strauss, Twitter, Reddit and others urge expansion of background checks to all gun sales and stronger ‘red flag’ laws.

Maine Family Planning lost $2 million in federal funding when it opted out of the Title X program over a ban on abortion referrals and a requirement to separate reproductive health and abortion services.

The Trump administration's rule prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the U.S.

Two Bowdoin College museums, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and the Farnsworth will receive over $200,000 each.

She views the resolution to end the president's national emergency as a way to block overreach by the executive branch.

During a trip to the Middle East, U.S. Sen. Angus King and another senator met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to talk about a range of issues, including the war in Yemen and the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey last fall.

The New Hampshire primary can only be cancelled by changing a state law.

A bill passed by the Legislature created the 15-member panel to explore how to solve workforce shortages and other worker-related issues in an industry where demand continues to grow.

If the Democratic presidential candidate's plan had been in place since 1982, the top 15 richest Americans would have seen their net worth decline by more than half, according to a paper by two economists.

The endorsements, which are reminiscent of those Mayor Ethan Strimling received in 2015, and a series of candidate forums signal the unofficial start of election season in the city.

The head of NOAA both defended the administration and thanked a local weather office that contradicted Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian's threat to Alabama.

Bolton says he offered his resignation last night but Trump did not accept.

Speaking in Fayetteville, N.C., the president claims the nation would be overrun with crime, poverty and immigrants if Democrats seize power in Washington.

Fairfield's Derek Levasseur said heavy pressure from Maine Republican leaders squelched his effort to snatch party backing from the 4-term senator in next June's primary.

The organization's head said he is investigating whether the agency's response to Trump's tweets constituted a violation of NOAA policies and ethics.

The president’s surprise announcement, and the swift emergence of competing versions of events, is in keeping with his impulsive-seeming and highly personalized style of handling complex international diplomacy.

Democrats downplayed the large crowds at Donald Trump's high-octane rallies throughout the 2016 campaign, predicting it wouldn't translate into an Election Day victory.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to pass a law requiring video cameras at polling stations ahead of next week's vote – an effort that's drawing charges of racism and incitement.

Imports of American goods tumble as Beijing prepares for negotiations.

Both blame each other for the collapse of nearly a year of negotiations in Qatar.

The Democratic presidential candidate and New Jersey senator makes a campaign stop in Portland.

He tweets Saturday that he has 'called off peace negotiations' following a Taliban attack in Kabul that killed a U.S. soldier.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tells a Dallas newspaper that the state should limit private gun sales between strangers.

Some members of the president's team want the number to be 15,000 or fewer.

A seemingly innocuous contest produces the biggest demonstrations against President Putin's rule in seven years.

The state party convention offers a chance for them to woo political power brokers in the first-in-the nation primary state.

Republicans in South Carolina, Kansas and Nevada schedule meetings to decide whether to scrap presidential preference contests before the 2020 election.

The bill will become law without her signature, but it will not take effect in time for ranked-choice voting to be used in Maine's new March presidential primary next year.

Joe Turcotte, the Republican National Committee's director for Maine, will serve as the campaign's state director.

The Mills administration estimates that 27% of Maine residents who now receive the assistance would be affected by the White House plan to eliminate automatic enrollment.