Rep. Michael Lemelin referred to COVID-19 as the 'China virus' in an email to an Asian American resident, and downplayed its seriousness.

The former president says he's 'disappointed' in his vice president and calls Sen. McConnell a 'stone-cold loser.'

Many proposals aim to fundamentally shift power from the executives to state legislatures.

Since he was barred from Twitter and other platforms, he can no longer speak directly to large swaths of his audience.

The nation's highest court has had nine members since just after the Civil War, and any effort to alter it would be explosive.

Lawmakers are considering whether to open an investigation into a technology upgrade that has cost Maine more than $34 million so far and is years behind schedule.

The Florida congressman has retained 2 prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls.

The dispute has been one of several hurdles in the renewed push for gun-control legislation, despite wide support for extending background checks.

The state's administrative and financial services commissioner will appear before the committee Friday to answer questions about a $22 million contract dispute with Workday, a Silicon Valley vendor.

Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector for Seminole County, Fla., had first been charged last summer in an indictment that prosecutors repeatedly superseded to add charges of sex trafficking of a minor.

The president's orders stop well short of some of his biggest campaign-trail proposals, including his promise to ban the importation of assault weapons.

U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.

The president will take his first initiative on guns, a top Democratic priority that has become more urgent since the mass shootings in Boulder, Colo., and the Atlanta area.

The West Virginia senator's announcement deals a blow to Democrats' hopes of pushing major aspects of President Biden's agenda through Congress.

The Senate minority leader's comments come amid an escalating battle over Georgia's sweeping new voting law, which has been publicly condemned by major companies based in the state.

A district attorney in Atlanta said that while some people 'may have found her behavior annoying,' it did not warrant charges.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a key Democratic vote, came out Wednesday against the budget reconciliation process, which would allow Democrats to push the bill through the Senate with just a 51-vote majority.

The group will give Pence a platform to outline his policy agenda and solidify support among key Republicans.

The inquiry follows House Republicans' rejection of the independent 9/11-style commission sought by Maine's Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.

Press secretary Jen Psaki says the president still believes there is 'bipartisan path forward.'

Opponents of the measure have vowed to sue to block the ban before it takes effect this summer.

The legislation is supported by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who says Maine should join 34 other states and increase transparency in elections.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared plainly on Monday that the president's plan for massive infrastructure investment is 'something we’re not going to do.'

The 38-year-old Gaetz is under scrutiny by federal prosecutors over whether he had sex with a 17-year-old and other underage girls and violated federal sex trafficking laws.

More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.

Presently, Maine voters can request an application to register online but can't fully register electronically, unlike in 38 other states.

Promoters of a bill now before the Legislature say the state needs to offer more financial incentives aimed at attracting a steady stream of moderately priced movie and TV productions to compete with other states and create jobs.

Proposed legislation could make Maine the second state to stop arresting people for possessing small amounts of drugs such as opioids, and instead steer them toward treatment.

But he has to operate with a no-margin-for-error edge in fiercely partisan Washington.

The 38-year-old unblushing defender of Donald Trump is facing a possible abrupt end to his once promising career because of a federal sex-trafficking investigation.

The scrutiny of the conservative Florida Republican stems from the Trump-era Justice Department’s investigation into a Gaetz political ally, who was indicted last year and has pleaded not guilty to a number of federal crimes.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vows to fight the president's $2.3 trillion proposal 'every step of the way.'

As controversy swirls around the proposed CMP corridor, bills are being considered that would require legislative approval for projects on public lands.

The political drama has in some ways diverted attention from an investigation of possible sex crimes by the Florida congressman.

Funding would come from a hike on corporate taxes that would aim to raise the needed money over 15 years and later reduce the deficit.

The Florida congressman says the allegations are part of an extortion plot by a for Department of Justice official.

Aiming to protect wildlife from latex litter, environmentalists urge the Legislature to bar people from intentionally releasing balloons.

Gov. Janet Mills says she will sign the measure. Republicans say the bill was rushed, lacked their support and signals an end to bipartisan cooperation.

The president's list would put three Black women on federal courts of appeals, a pathway to the Supreme Court.

A group of organizations including the Georgia NAACP have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the new law that, among other things, allows the Republican-controlled State Election Board to remove and replace county election officials.

Republican lawmakers have submitted 14 bills that would change Maine's Constitution or laws that allow a governor to declare a state of emergency.

The Maine Secretary of State's Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.

In addition to their nationwide efforts to restrict voting access, Republican lawmakers in some key states are seeking greater control over the local mechanics of elections, from voter registration to certifying results

By a vote of 41-19, state party leaders decided not to formally rebuke Maine's senior senator.

He urged Congress to pass Democratic legislation to protect voting rights, and pledged to 'take my case to the American people.'

The bill would gradually reduce the number of young people held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, without setting a date to close it.

Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, said she wanted to witness Gov. Brian Kemp sign a law that places new restrictions on voting by mail and gives lawmakers more power to oversee elections.

The Mills administration has threatened to seek more than $22 million in repayment from Workday because of the dispute, which is now drawing scrutiny from the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.

Hopes for a bipartisan, independent commission to study the attack are fading as Republicans have rejected the proposal.