She defeats Antone Melton-Meaux, an attorney and mediator who raised millions in anti-Omar money.

Politics and the moment may have conspired to bring the former vice president to the decision to select his former rival Kamala Harris as his running mate.

She has gone from being California's 'top cop' to leading congressional efforts to revamp the criminal justice system, and has been especially outspoken since George Floyd died in May while in police custody.

The Democratic presidential candidate embraces a former primary rival and makes history by selecting the first Black woman to run on a major party’s presidential ticket.

No one is giving up on an accord, though near-term prospects aren’t promising.

The Democratic challenger has a 5-point lead over the longtime Republican incumbent in a poll of 500 likely Maine voters released Tuesday by the Bangor Daily News.

The panel is considering whether Flynn's attorney is entitled to leapfrog a lower court judge and get an order from the appeals court forcing the judge to dismiss the prosecution before he himself has had the chance to rule.

The contests in Georgia, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont were also expected to draw lower turnout.

McConnell and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday exchanged blame but no new ideas on breaking the deadlock.

The nominating convention will encompass the left flank of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the Republican old guard of former Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

The commission will have 3 appointed and 9 elected members, but an election date has not been set.

Joe Biden has an unusual opportunity to unify a party still reeling from Donald Trump's 2016 win.

Negotiations over the latest coronavirus bill shifted with the arrival of Mark Meadows, the president's new chief of staff, a conservative former head of the House Freedom Caucus.

The action would make states pay for one-quarter of the $400-per-week enhanced jobless benefit, but it is unclear how the program would be implemented.

Despite the rhetoric - and a claim by Trump on Sunday that the Democrats had called him - there has been no communication between the two sides since two weeks of fruitless talks collapsed on Friday.

Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.

The House passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to fund Defense Department programs for fiscal 2021.

Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming 'vaccine hesitancy.'

President Trump’s re-election campaign denies involvement.

Chaotic events during this year’s primaries did not instill confidence.

Part of the challenge is the perception that he’s too moderate to deliver on issues that are important to them.

The former six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix is known for leading immigration crackdowns and building a career around the harsh treatment of inmates.

He falsely claims the pandemic ravaging the nation and endangering his re-election campaign was 'disappearing.'

Analysts say the structure centralizes power around Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major ally of President Trump, and de-emphasizes decades' worth of institutional knowledge.

Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.

The debate, which will feature Susan Collins, Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11.

The Democrat's climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.

The statement from the nation's counterintelligence chief is believed to be the most pointed declaration by the U.S. intelligence community linking the Kremlin to efforts to get Trump reelected.

Prospects for a deal fade as the economic recovery shows signs of losing steam, millions of Americans remain unemployed, and deaths climb.

On opposing sides politically, Joe Biden and Susan Collins are longtime friends who have offered glowing words for one another in the past.

The lobbyist who pushed for the change is a former longtime aide to the Maine senator.

President Trump signaled earlier Thursday that, absent a deal, he will take executive actions on several fronts.

President Trump is engaging in a deeply personal attack on his presidential opponent, even questioning without foundation the former vice president's faith in God.

King, a longtime advocate for the agency, warns a key Senate leader that post offices will struggle to keep up with mail-in ballots unless policies are changed.

The book includes 43 portraits of immigrants painted by the 43rd president, along with biographical essays he wrote about each.

Quinnipiac University's survey of 807 registered Maine voters finds Republican Sen. Susan Collins trailing the Democratic House speaker by 4 points.

Voting rights groups have expressed concern that delays in service amid a surge in voting by mail could lead to ballots being thrown out.

The six-figure digital and television ad buy will air in key electoral battlegrounds: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas and Colorado.

State Finance Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa directed department leaders to find ways to reduce costs as the state grapples with COVID-19-related revenue losses.

The president is considering giving his acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House, while the former vice president has scrapped plans to accept the Democratic nomination in Milwaukee.

Sally Yates has been a target of the president and many Republicans for her brief oversight of the investigation of Russia's election interference in 2016 and possible conspiracy with the Trump campaign.

The administration has asked federal agencies to identify all of the money they have not yet spent from the $2 trillion CARES Act, which passed in March.

Top Democrats want the Legislature to take up hundreds of unfinished bills, but Republican leaders say they first want an agreement on the scope and length of a session.

The former vice president will go up in 15 battleground states, expanding the playing field.

The president tweets that the system is safe despite having earlier said the election should be delayed because mail voting may encourage fraud.

At the Waterville Republican Committee caucus Monday, no one was chosen to run for mayor against Democratic nominee Jay Coelho, a former city councilor.

Those appointed for their political connections to the president, rather than any qualifications, have raised eyebrows and, in at least 1 case, ethics concerns.

Multiple obstacles remain in crafting a bill, including an impasse on extending a $600-per-week pandemic jobless benefit, funding for the U.S. Postal Service and aid to renters facing eviction.

Four primary races decided by ranked-choice voting, including the 2nd District Republican contest, were not affected after the Secretary of State's Office discovered the errors.

The summer meeting of the National Governors Association had been scheduled to convene Wednesday in Portland.