The Trump administration is seeking information that it says will support claims in its lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education, but the MPA says the request is overly broad and includes confidential information.
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Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director
Maine’s senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week after reportedly clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
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Protesters disrupt Susan Collins’ ribbon cutting in Searsport
A group of demonstrators greeted Maine’s senior senator, but the event remained civil.
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Maine delegation split over Trump’s plan to take over police operations in capital
The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat ‘out of control crime’ and ‘rising violence’ in Washington, D.C., even though police data shows violent crime is at a 30-year low and dropping in the district.
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Trump administration seeks to claw back $62 million in low-income solar grants for Maine
The Governor’s Energy Office said Friday that it had received a termination letter from the Environmental Protection Agency for funding it had promised last year.
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Sen. Collins breaks party line as Senate confirms former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as federal judge
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against Emil Bove’s confirmation while Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the appointment a ‘dark day.’
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Susan Collins votes with fellow Republicans to consider nomination of ex-Trump lawyer for federal judge
The Maine senator said of Emil Bove, who is being considered for a lifetime appointment, there was cause ‘to conclude he would not serve as an impartial jurist.’
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Mainers turn out to make ‘good trouble’ amid political turmoil
Demonstrations honoring late civil rights leader and former Congressman John Lewis take place across the state.
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Trump plans to hike tariffs on Canadian goods to 35%
Imports from Maine’s largest international trading partner may face steeper taxes next month, the result of the president’s continued frustrations over a trade deficit and fentanyl smuggling.
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New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order
The ACLU of Maine is among several plaintiffs challenging the White House’s use of a phrase in the 14th Amendment in a bid to end an intrinsic part of US law for more than a century.