The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee promises to address a pandemic-induced recession and centuries of racism and systemic inequalities.

Twenty-five percent of the president's senior staff are nonwhite, compared to 36 percent of Biden’s.

Three candidates are vying in a potentially close race to see which of them will take on Jared Golden in November.

The president cites a tropical storm in the forecast for the postponement of Saturday's event in Portsmouth, but campaign officials had privately acknowledged fears about how many people would attend.

Two Democrats seek party's nomination for state representative from House District 112, which includes Starks, Anson and Kingfield, among 16 communities in Somerset and Franklin counties.

In the upcoming July 14 state primary, Rick Foss and Edward Cohen are running against one another for State Representative for District 109 in Waterville.

Greg Lumbert, a former selectman, and Fred Kimball, who ran a year ago, are vying Tuesday for the open select board seat.

Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to let him report to prison on Sept. 3 instead of July 14.

Biden is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government’s regulatory and spending power to bolster U.S. manufacturing and technology firms.

In an unusual response, the U.S. Senate campaign of Sara Gideon denounces claims that she did little as Maine House speaker when a Democratic lawmaker was accused of sexual misconduct.

The numbers follow a statewide trend heading into the July 14 primary and state referendum election.

Readfield residents Tavis Rock Hasenfus and Joanne Mason seek to represent the Democrats in the November general election for the District 81 seat in Maine House of Representatives.

It was altered by Secretary of State Matt Dunlap based on feedback received during a 30-day public comment period.

The president is trying to position himself as a man of action on everything from foreign policy to racial justice in an election year.

It marked the Biden campaign's most comprehensive statements yet on how it would better equip the nation to fight the coronavirus and future pandemics.

Because of a surge in mail-in ballots, results are likely to be delayed.

Monday evening's debate featured Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives; Betsy Sweet, a lobbyist and political activist; and Saco attorney Bre Kidman.

The Paycheck Protection Program, criticized by Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon for helping special interests and large corporations, provided a forgivable loan of between $1 million and $2 million to her husband’s law firm.

The annual Readfield Town Meeting, set for Tuesday, July 14, also includes budget proposals expected to result in a property tax decrease.

The three contenders for Maine's 2nd District say they worry about the future of the retirement program unless revisions are made.

Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon, a Democrat from Freeport, is widely considered the front-runner seeking the party's nomination to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.

Democratic victories would redefine policy fights over expanding health insurance access and overhauling criminal justice procedures, among other matters.

Republican voters will have to settle 9 State House primary races on July 14, while Democrats will select 25 nominees, including 7 races with 3 candidates each.

This election year voters can request absentee ballots up until Election Day.

Maine's U.S. Senate contest is already the most expensive race in state history and is likely to draw tens of millions of dollars more before the November elections.

'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man' is set to be published July 28.

But Trump administration officials defend their work.

He left the job on June 20 after a standoff with Attorney General William Barr and confusion over whether President Trump had fired him.

Reps. Rachel Talbot Ross and Craig Hickman want the Legislature to act quickly on bills held over from the March adjournment that would address racial disparity and discrimination.

Meanwhile, the president's campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $131 million in June.

Brakey gave up acting for politics almost a decade ago and, mostly, hasn't regretted it.

King delivered his comments on the floor of the Senate, urging development of a cyber-defense program that could fend off a 'catastrophic' attack.

The measure has no chance of passage, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes the case that ‘a vote against this bill is a vote to weaken Americans' health and financial security during a pandemic.’

Congressional members are seeking more information even though White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insists President Trump hasn't been briefed on the findings.

Gov. Paul LePage's former press secretary, now a Bangor real estate agent, faces two foes in the July 14 Republican primary in Maine's 2nd Congressional District.

The re-energized movement against racial inequality has amplified the voices of Black candidates, in some cases pushing the political debate over race into Republican-leaning areas.

Just over four months before Election Day, the president is escalating his efforts to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote.

The Maine Democratic Party has added more than 40,000 new voters to its ranks since 2016 and now have a more than 90,000-voter edge over their Republican rivals.

Former President Barack Obama and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insist that the party must be vigilant.

He calls the signature achievement of President Barack Obama 'a joke.'

With just over four months remaining until the election, the contrasting styles of Trump and Biden are increasingly on display.

President Donald Trump opposes expanding voting by mail, arguing it will trigger fraud, even though there's no evidence that will happen.

Congress is now at a familiar impasse despite polling that shows Americans overwhelmingly want changes.

A federal prosecutor testifies that Trump ally Roger Stone was given special treatment prior to his sentencing because of his ties to the president.

Maine voters have already requested more than 100,000 absentee ballots for the July 14 primary, and local election officials say it will be a ‘daunting’ task to process those ballots so that results are known on election night.

Congress is hitting an impasse on policing legislation, despite widespread public support for changes in response to the killings of Black people.

Resident Kelly Couture says Selectman Alan Tibbetts' "LIAR" signs are "divisive" and "borderline hate speech." Couture also accused Tibbetts of moving and damaging Trump-Pence campaign signs, which he denies.

Determination marks life of Lisbon businessman, former Republican state lawmaker.

In his latest attack on mail-in voting, the president claims that millions of ballots will be printed in foreign countries and somehow cast as legitimate, a scenario that experts describe as far-fetched.

Did teens, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans troll the president of the United States

The Senate has passed a substitute amendment sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., to the Taxpayer First Act. The amendment, known as the Great American Outdoors Act, would fund deferred maintenance programs at the national parks and provide for the purchase of land and waterways to expand public lands.

A pre-rally outdoor event is cancelled, and the campaign says six members of the president's advance team have tested positive for the coronavirus.

A Portland independent filed a civil rights suit claims that because of the pandemic, Maine should 'do the right thing' and waive its normal signature collection requirements.

The 2 sides were facing off Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington.

Bolton's comments in an interview with ABC News come as he's promoting his tell-all memoir, which delivers withering criticism of Trump's leadership from one of his former top advisers.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins was the only Republican to oppose Justin Walker's appointment, which drew Democrats’ objections that he’s inexperienced and biased against the Obama health care law.

Tiffany Bond suing state to waive signature rules so she can be a fifth candidate in the general election.

Democrats and Republicans have introduced separate legislation to reform policing in America, and they diverge on some issues.

The former vice president says the president wants to declare the pandemic over even as the outbreak continues to kill Americans and disrupt the economy.

Social-distancing requirements and other restrictions have made collecting $5 qualifying contributions needed to obtain public financing more difficult.

After the City Council postponed its decision on consolidating polling places and called for a final effort to recruit poll workers, over 100 people applied in the hours after the effort began Monday night.

A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.

Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.

Nearly 1.1 million Georgians voted by mail for Tuesday's primary.

The former vice president, who has already said he will pick a woman as his running mate, is facing increased calls from Democrats to put a woman of color on the ticket.

Officials are trying to make sure everything goes well during the July 14 primary, which will be the first statewide election since the pandemic hit.

The president is back to business as usual, 3 months after bowing to the realities of a pandemic that has killed more Americans than several major wars.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the committee chairman, says the panel will be looking at how the Justice Department went 'so off the rails' as it investigated Trump and his campaign.

The Maine Democratic Party says it’s incorporating opposition to police brutality into its platform this year

Fears are mounting that several battleground states are not prepared to administer problem-free elections during the pandemic.

The plan by Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes on the president, who has vowed not to change the names.

Despite dysfunction in the Department of Labor, House Speaker Sara Gideon has been quiet about the troubled agency.

The party is looking to Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the chamber, for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd.

Administration officials say there have been numerous discussions arguing for and against having the president address the nation on police-community relations and racial injustice.