President Trump has challenged the state’s practice of setting its own rules, which it has done since the 1970s.
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Group that promotes development near Canada’s border is expanding
The commission is adding areas eligible to receive assistance for economic development.
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Mills ends Maine’s absence from National Governors Association meeting
The trip, the first for Mills as governor, includes a group dinner Sunday hosted by President Trump.
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Trump floats idea of climate committee, led by critic of mainstream global warming research
William Happer would oversee a new panel studying the national security implications of a warming planet.
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Putin warns U.S. against deploying new missiles in Europe
The Russian president threatens retaliation and accuses the U.S. of bad faith in abandoning a 1987 arms accord.
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Trump says administration will ‘certainly think about’ tariffs on autos imported from Europe
The Commerce Department has been investigating whether imported vehicles and parts pose a threat to national security.
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Sen. Collins backs 16-state lawsuit against Trump’s national emergency declaration
The Maine Republican says she and others in her party are wary of his ‘unilateral action.’ And though she’s made no final decision, she’s ‘laying the groundwork’ for re-election.
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Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates
The latest spat between the Trump administration and the state of California has put the state’s bullet train project in the administration’s crosshairs.
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Trump orders Pentagon to plan for new Space Force
It would be part of the Air Force, not the separate military service he originally envisioned.
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Trump says courts will back him in 16-state lawsuit against emergency declaration
The group of states including Maine says in its lawsuit that the declaration is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union is also suing, and Democrats in Congress are planning to introduce a resolution disapproving the declaration.