Maine’s independent senator is the latest to meet with President Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia, who died in February.

Bob and Julie Miner say the recent controversy over their operation was predictable but unwarranted and doesn’t change their positive outlook.

Returning from a trip to Europe that coincided with the attacks in Brussels, King warns against the fear and stereotyping of Muslims that creates ‘cauldrons of discontent and frustration.’

Bennett Richardson, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth and now works for Politico Europe, said Belgium’s capital city had been on high alert since the November terrorist attacks in Paris.

The congresswoman had appealed last month on behalf of a Kennebunk woman who was denied entry because of a tattoo on her collarbone.