Maine’s senior senator said she made her appeal directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday.
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Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown
Democratic officials and protesters on the streets are demanding that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.
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Man shot, killed by federal officers in Minnesota amid immigration crackdown
Minnesota’s governor says federal officers have shot another person in Minneapolis.
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Susan Collins’ reelection bid gets $42M boost from Senate majority leader PAC
The investment — the largest ever by the PAC in Maine — shows the race’s importance to Republicans trying to maintain control of the U.S. Senate.
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Amid heightened tensions about ICE, 30 new citizens naturalized in South Portland
The teary-eyed scene came as immigrants throughout Maine fear a looming crackdown by federal agents.
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Why a Maine Democrat says Trump officials are putting extremist imagery on ‘public display’
The Trump administration’s social media posts and messages in recent months have raised eyebrows.
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US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals
In Maine, state data shows overdose deaths declined 24% from January to November in 2025 compared to the same period the previous year.
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Angus King meets with Danish and Greenland officials amid Trump’s threats
Maine’s junior senator told the Press Herald that the president’s stated reason for wanting to own the Danish territory is ‘nonsense’ and ‘so clearly meaningless’ that it suggests ‘an ulterior motive.’
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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports
The justices are evaluating claims of sex discrimination lodged by transgender people versus the need for fair competition for women and girls, the main argument made by the states.
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What does the new childhood vaccine schedule actually mean for your family?
Officials say not much will change. Experts aren’t so sure.