The president claimed without any evidence that mail-in ballots lead to 'total election fraud.'

The state's top law enforcement official warns that if Trump refused to wear a mask Thursday, 'he’s going to be asked not to return to any enclosed facilities inside our state.'

He is the first director of national intelligence to be installed on a partisan vote since the position was created in 2005.

Two lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations about practices of the Maine Information and Analysis Center.

Its order keeps previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers at least until early summer.

The stand-alone bill would make changes to the small-business loan program sought by hotels, restaurants and other industries.

It's part of a Republican-led investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, although there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens.

Republican operatives are recruiting ‘extremely pro-Trump’ doctors to go on television to promote reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible, without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by public health experts.

Susan Collins votes in committee to endorse U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, the nominee for director of national intelligence, while Angus King opposes the pick.

The Fed chairmans says a lending program the agency is creating for small businesses should be operating by the end of the month.

The attorney general says the Justice Department will not be affected by political pressure.

They say Inspector General Steve Linick was looking into how the State Department approved a $7 billion weapons sale over congressional objections.

In an exchange on Twitter, Maine's senior U.S. senator said the president did not follow a federal law, which she helped pass in 2008, when he fired a federal watchdog in the office of the U.S. Inspector General late last Friday.

The Maine Republican Party says it is close to obtaining the signatures it needs on petitions to prevent the use of ranked-choice voting in the November presidential election.

Among other legislation, the Senate passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line.

Jared Golden opposed the $3 trillion measure while Chellie Pingree favored it in a Friday night U.S. House vote.

The bill is sure to go nowhere in the Republican-led Senate, let alone reach President Trump’s desk, where a threatened veto awaits.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress will likely take up another virus bill, “but it’s not going to be a $3 trillion left-wing wish.”

So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a contest with a razor-thin margin.

The senators ask John Ratcliffe to clarify his views on enhanced interrogation techniques as a follow-up to questions posed by King during the confirmation process.

Aimee Stephens' firing from her post at a funeral home wound its way up to the high court, where justices are considering whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people.

Critics question the former vice president's digital savvy and capacity to build the national vote-by-mail effort that might be necessary to win during the pandemic.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has been recognized for the seventh time by the Lugar Center and a policy institute at Georgetown University.

Douglas Wigdor, who is well known for his work on prominent sexual harassment and assault cases, says that he is not currently being paid for his work with Reade.

Prosecutors for the last 3 years had maintained that Trump's first national security adviser lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview.

The Trump nominee says he was writing as an academic and commentator when he criticized as 'indefensible' a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act.

'His knowledge of cybersecurity is particularly important given the challenges our country faces,' said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

Rep. John Ratcliffe is an ardent supporter of the president, who has been openly dismissive of the government's spy agencies and once derided them as having 'run amok,' but Sen. Susan Collins, who holds a key vote, expressed support for him.

Key to any plan to reopen the economy, Democrats say, is robust testing.

Gov. Janet Mills says she has consulted with lawmakers from both parties in developing a reopening plan, and a Republican effort to call the Legislature back so it can revoke her emergency powers is unlikely to win enough support.

The Senate will gavel in Monday as the coronavirus rages while the top House Republican is proposing a ‘hybrid’ reopening for the House.

The former vice president won 29 delegates while Sen. Bernie Sanders got 10.

Six months out, 'It's Donald J. Trump versus the coronavirus and the recovery,' a strategist says.

Congressional leaders are turning down President Trump's offer of the rapid coronavirus testing used at the White House.

The former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that didn't explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment.

Three congressional contenders in Maine's 2nd District call for state to reopen more quickly than the governor's plan envisions.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his campaign.

The book reportedly describes a conversation with the president in which Trump told Bolton that he wanted to withhold security aid from Ukraine until it helped him with investigations into political rival Joe Biden.

The deal is a major step in the two camps avoiding the acrimony between the Democratic establishment and progressive insurgents.

'I will challenge her,' the Republican tells Howie Carr on WRKO in Boston on Wednesday.

Having competed against Donald Trump, Clinton could offer Biden unique insight as he prepares for the November general election.

The directive comes as many stay-at-home orders are set to expire.

The CARES Act would provide Maine with $3.2 million to cover extra election costs, but the Legislature can't appropriate $658,000 in matching funds because it is not in session.

Retired Bar Habor financial planner, Max Linn, filed paperwork Friday to try to secure a spot as an independent in the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Democrats are now much more likely than Republicans to support their state conducting elections exclusively by mail, 47% to 29%.

The House has approved the Senate amendment to a bill (H.R. 266) to add $320 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, which President Trump signed into law Friday.

Voters are paying attention to the government's response to the pandemic, which has already divided candidates and been the subject of political attacks.

The former New York City mayor is deploying his massive personal fortune to combat the coronavirus.

Lewiston congressman says there's too much critical work for him to do everything at his kitchen table.

At a virtual town hall meeting, the senator and others encourage Mainers to request and use absentee ballots to keep down crowds on Election Day as a safeguard against the coronavirus.

The moment marks the arrival of a more contentious phase in the virus fallout – the political fight over who to blame for the economic devastation.

The new 12-member panel, with a 7-5 Democratic majority, will also have the power to subpoena Trump administration officials and conduct depositions.

Senators warned Russia could interfere again this presidential election year.

The letter to Gov. Janet Mills was signed by all but three of the Legislature's 70 Republicans.

Bangor's Adrienne Bennett held a virtual protest rather than risk attending a rally in Augusta calling for the state to reopen, a position she endorsed.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills joined the governors' conference call with Vice President Pence; her press secretary said the White House's breakdown of the state's testing capacity was wrong.

The event had been postponed for two weeks and then officials said it would be mail-in only.

They may accept some Democratic demands to break a stalemate over the Trump administration’s $250 billion request for a small-business subsidy program that's out of money.

Officials briefed large groups of Maine legislators privately and without public notice multiple times, in apparent violation of state law.

Auburn's Eric Brakey has taken in the most money for his campaign but he trails far behind U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Lewiston Democrat.

Maine's U.S. senators are part of a large bipartisan group that includes two-thirds of the Senate and more than 30 House members.

The Democrat, Maine's House speaker, has raised $14.8 million overall and leads Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who has raised $13.2 million.

Leaders of the progressive movement say many Americans who supported Bernie Sanders may not be as likely to settle for the former vice president.

Elizabeth Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.

After tweeting on Monday that presidents have 'total' authority, Trump said Tuesday he's leaving it to governors to determine when states can resume activity.

The former president endorsed his vice president in a video on Tuesday.

Some say they will form regional alliances to coordinate the reopening of schools and businesses after the pandemic subsides,

The announcement follow's last week's primary election in Wisconsin where thousands of people waited in line to vote.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his own campaign last week.

Conscious of Mainers' independence and protective of constitutional rights, the governor comes to strict distancing orders deliberately, even as they extend to the state's highest office.

'I am staying here,' says the New York governor.

Senators, representatives on Capitol Hill seek more help for everything from newspapers to rural hospitals.

President Trump sought to foment the tension among Democrats by tweeting Wednesday that the party stacked the race against the Vermont senator.

Milwaukee, the state's largest city and home to the largest concentration of black voters, operated just five of its 180 polling places.

Stephanie Grisham is out as press secretary and Kayleigh McEnany is in.