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The Maine Democrat is proposing legislation that would help farms and food systems reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

The president has recently shown more of a willingness to crack down on illegal immigration.

Republican senators said Phillip Washington lacked the aviation safety experience required for the job.

Her weeklong trip is the latest and higher profile outreach by the Biden administration as it acts to counter China’s growing influence.

Republicans had sought $200 million in income tax cuts for low- and middle-income Mainers, a goal one lawmaker said Democrats 'flatly rejected.'

A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.

In actions and legislation, Republicans are seeking to portray perpetrators of the Capitol riot as victims of zealous federal prosecutors, despite many being convicted of serious crimes.

A bill presented Friday would expand a program to cover student loan debt for eligible social workers in hopes of attracting, and keeping, more professionals to help children and adults who are waiting for support.

It would require schools to publish course studies and a list of books kept in libraries, as well as affirm parents' ability to meet with educators, speak at school board meetings and examine school budgets.

Biden and Trudeau were to meet for private talks before the U.S. president was to deliver a speech to the Canadian Parliament.

In addition to the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, the ex-president faces probes in New York over hush money and in Atlanta over efforts to reverse his election loss in Georgia.

The New York grand jury is expected to reconvene early next week in the case of hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The 'Parents Bill of Rights' Act serves as a message for Republicans, who believe voters agree with their position that parents don't have enough input in schools.

The tax reform debate is expected to heat up in the coming weeks as legislative leaders from both parties negotiate how to allocate nearly $1 billion in surplus revenue.

The Republican-controlled chamber rejects multiple bills to further restrict abortion access.

The move would allow continued debate about whether to increase spending or cut taxes, or both.

The testimony comes on the heels of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, which added to concerns that China will step up its support for Putin's war on Ukraine.

The grand jury isn’t expected to discuss Trump’s case Thursday, meaning any further action will likely not take place until Monday at the earliest.

The Justice Department can get around attorney-client privilege if a lawyer’s services were used in furtherance of a crime.

The 24-hour ballot drop boxes were first used as an emergency measure during the first year of the pandemic, but a new law passed last year allows their continued use.

Instead of increasing punishment, lawmakers directed several state agencies to launch an educational campaign to remind drivers that it is illegal to handle a cellphone while driving in Maine.

The Republican governor has leaned heavily into cultural divides on his path to an anticipated White House bid, aggressively pursuing a conservative agenda that targets what he calls the insertion of inappropriate subjects in schools.

The panel is is probing Trump’s involvement in a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to the porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep her from going public about a sexual encounter she said she had with Trump years earlier.

For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated a flurry of legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges.

Current federal law requires that they wait 6 months after applying for asylum.

Michael Delaney's signature on a brief defending an old New Hampshire abortion law raises some concerns.

Advocates say Maine's civil legal aid providers are 'numerous' but 'severely underfunded.'

With the state expecting large revenue surpluses, Mills is facing pressure from her own party to invest in state programs, while Republicans are calling for tax cuts.

Together, the 2 new national monuments protect nearly 514,000 acres of public lands.

A city mindful of the riot by Trump loyalists at the U.S. Capitol more than 2 years ago took steps to protect itself from any violence that could accompany the unprecedented prosecution of a former president, who stayed in Florida.

A Virginia – who arrived at the Capitol with a gas mask and goggles – threw several pole-like objects at police, stole a police baton from an officer and hit at least 2 officers with it, and pointed a strobe light at officers in the tunnel.

Abby Grossberg alleges that she faced discrimination at Fox News and that she was coached to mislead in her Dominion defamation case deposition.

McCarthy's comments come as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears close to deciding whether to charge Trump in the payment of $130,000 to silence adult-film actress Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair.

Law enforcement officials are bracing for protests and the possibility of violence after Trump called on his supporters to protest ahead of a possible indictment.

The Mills administration raised concerns and urged changes to the stopgap measure, which is one of several proposals this session to shore up EMS services that are losing money and struggling to attract new workers.

The Senate had passed the measure – known as the ESG bill – 50-46 after the House narrowly approved it 216-204, which means it does not have enough support to override a veto in either chamber.

Unlike other Oath Keepers, they were not charged with seditious conspiracy – the most serious offense prosecutors have levied so far in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The hundreds of arrests that followed the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, not to mention the convictions and long prison sentences, may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest and violence.

Robert Costello's testimony will come two days after Trump said he expected to face criminal charges and urged supporters to protest his possible arrest.

The House speaker's remarks came after former president Donald Trump told supporters he would be charged in a Manhattan case and to 'PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!'

The election became necessary after former State Rep. Clinton Collamore resigned last month following his indictment on multiple charges.

One of the most influential groups, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, is likely to ask candidates to sign a pledge supporting a federal minimum limit on abortion at no later than 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Lawmakers are scrambling to make it harder for defendants to get out of jail before trial after branding themselves as tough on crime in the 2022 midterm elections.

The Republican also allows a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature.

Regardless, the collapses create an opportunity to shape the political narrative for next year's election.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is thought to be eyeing charges in an investigation involving hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.

The video-sharing service said it weighed the 'continued risk of real-world violence' and Trump's entrance into the 2024 presidential election.

A bill sponsored by state Sen. Jill Duson, D-Portland, has key lawmakers among its co-sponsors.

He handled the initial responses to government requests for classified documents that were still in the former president's possession.

The gifts are among more than 100 foreign gifts – with a total value of nearly $300,000 – that Trump and his family failed to report to the State Department in violation of federal law.