The action would make states pay for one-quarter of the $400-per-week enhanced jobless benefit, but it is unclear how the program would be implemented.

Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.

The House passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to fund Defense Department programs for fiscal 2021.

Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming 'vaccine hesitancy.'

President Trump’s re-election campaign denies involvement.

Chaotic events during this year’s primaries did not instill confidence.

Part of the challenge is the perception that he’s too moderate to deliver on issues that are important to them.

He falsely claims the pandemic ravaging the nation and endangering his re-election campaign was 'disappearing.'

Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.

The debate, which will feature Susan Collins, Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11.

The Democrat's climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.

The statement from the nation's counterintelligence chief is believed to be the most pointed declaration by the U.S. intelligence community linking the Kremlin to efforts to get Trump reelected.

The lobbyist who pushed for the change is a former longtime aide to the Maine senator.

President Trump is engaging in a deeply personal attack on his presidential opponent, even questioning without foundation the former vice president's faith in God.

King, a longtime advocate for the agency, warns a key Senate leader that post offices will struggle to keep up with mail-in ballots unless policies are changed.

The book includes 43 portraits of immigrants painted by the 43rd president, along with biographical essays he wrote about each.

Quinnipiac University's survey of 807 registered Maine voters finds Republican Sen. Susan Collins trailing the Democratic House speaker by 4 points.

Voting rights groups have expressed concern that delays in service amid a surge in voting by mail could lead to ballots being thrown out.

State Finance Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa directed department leaders to find ways to reduce costs as the state grapples with COVID-19-related revenue losses.

The president is considering giving his acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House, while the former vice president has scrapped plans to accept the Democratic nomination in Milwaukee.

Top Democrats want the Legislature to take up hundreds of unfinished bills, but Republican leaders say they first want an agreement on the scope and length of a session.

The former vice president will go up in 15 battleground states, expanding the playing field.

The president tweets that the system is safe despite having earlier said the election should be delayed because mail voting may encourage fraud.

At the Waterville Republican Committee caucus Monday, no one was chosen to run for mayor against Democratic nominee Jay Coelho, a former city councilor.

Those appointed for their political connections to the president, rather than any qualifications, have raised eyebrows and, in at least 1 case, ethics concerns.

Multiple obstacles remain in crafting a bill, including an impasse on extending a $600-per-week pandemic jobless benefit, funding for the U.S. Postal Service and aid to renters facing eviction.

Four primary races decided by ranked-choice voting, including the 2nd District Republican contest, were not affected after the Secretary of State's Office discovered the errors.

The summer meeting of the National Governors Association had been scheduled to convene Wednesday in Portland.

Areas of agreement include a $1,200 direct payment and changes to the Paycheck Protection Program to let especially hard-hit businesses obtain more loans under generous forgiveness terms.

The Supreme Court last month rejected claims by the president’s lawyers that he cannot be criminally investigated while in office.

The former president, still popular, especially among Democrats, endorsed 57 candidates for the U.S. House and Senate on Monday.

Nevada joins seven states that plan on automatically sending voters mail ballots.

Bre Kidman, who finished third in the Democratic Senate primary, bucks tradition to endorse Savage instead of the primary's winner, Sara Gideon.

A roundup of measures approved in each chamber.

The veteran lawmaker from Lisbon won a three-way primary last month and is challenging first-term incumbent Democrat Jared Golden.

The Trump administration is willing to extend the $600 jobless benefit but is balking at other Democratic demands.

The leading contenders include California Sen. Kamala Harris, California Rep. Karen Bass and Obama national security adviser Susan Rice.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his advisers vow to unleash a tsunami of change.

The White House chief of staff says Democrats rejected reasonable offers, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi derides Republicans for trying to advance a short-term fix.

The two-term Republican incumbent fended off primary challenger Larry Lockman by 52 votes in a closely watched primary. Rosen will now face Democratic challenger Beverly Ulenhake in the Nov. 3 election.

A government oversight group says President Donald Trump’s reelection effort is hiding the funds by routing payments through companies tied to his former campaign manager.

Linn accused former state GOP leader Charlie Webster of threatening him to try to help Susan Collins' reelection bid.

Along with Coelho, 11 other Democrats were nominated as the party's candidates in the November election.

While it’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized less than 2 weeks after attending a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June.

The date of the presidential election – the Tuesday after the first Monday in November – is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.

The Lincoln Project, a national super PAC, was established by a group of Republicans who oppose President Trump and are working to unseat Republican senators they view as his supporters.

Part of his plan is to build 1.5 million new homes and public housing units in hopes of addressing the nation's affordable housing crisis.

Key to the debate is the $600 weekly unemployment benefit bump that is expiring for millions of jobless Americans.

The survey of nearly 900 likely Maine voters, conducted between July 18-24, also shows high favorability ratings for Gov. Janet Mills and low favorability for President Trump.

The former Auburn state senator, who lost a congressional primary this month, is moving to Austin to raise money for a libertarian group.

The hearing marks the attorney general's first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing him face-to-face with a panel that is holding hearings on what Democrats say is politicization of the Justice Department under his watch.

The Bar Harbor independent said he'll only drop out if U.S. Sen. Susan Collins endorses his agenda by Monday.

One promoter believes arts venues will close without funding this week.

They say it was issued in bad faith and request it be 'invalid and unenforceable.'

Only 50 percent of Biden supporters consider him a strong leader.

Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail.

Court defeats are threatening the president's image as a champion of deregulation.

Opponents say excluding illegal immigrants from being counted is an effort to suppress the political power of Latinos.

Despite having one of the nation's hottest Senate races, Maine has yet to solidify who exactly is going to be on the ballot come November.

The close working relationship she forged with him during the Obama administration is seen as a key intangible that other contenders simply don’t have.

A spokesman for Sen. Susan Collins' campaign said the money was an attempt to bribe the senator but the campaign does not intend to pursue a legal challenge.

The House and Senate versions of a bill that would rename them were approved by veto-proof margins this week.

Four Mainers argue the system disenfranchises voters whose ballots are eliminated before the final round of tabulation.

The president cites a ‘flare-up’ of the coronavirus, but some delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, to formally renominate him on Aug. 24.

Rep. Jared Golden convinced House colleagues to add $20 million to help fund long-term mental health care for veterans.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s vulgar insult has broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now preparing a "handful" of pandemic relief bills instead of a single package amid disagreement within his own party.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was responding to a question about how President Trump characterizes the coronavirus outbreak.

Lara Trump leads a busload of women campaigning for her father-in-law in an event at a beachside restaurant.

The Democratic presidential candidate promises to spend $775 billion over 10 years to increase tax credits for low-income families, bolster care-giving services for seniors and provide preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.

The ACLU says the president's move will likely be found unconstitutional.

The measure calls for Maine's Bureau of Veterans Services to provide state benefits to veterans who received other-than-honorable discharges before the federal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law was repealed in 2011.

Republican Sheriff Mike Williams called planning for event security is "past the point of no return."

Republicans promise a new round of direct payments to earners below a certain income level, and President Trump insists on a payroll tax holiday for workers.

The owners of Stars and Stripes Brewery say they did not know an event scheduled at their business Wednesday was for the president's reelection campaign.