It cut off funding this week, with no notice, to agencies working to resettle immigrants and refugees in the state.

Maine lawmakers issued statements following the decision to pause federal grants and loans. Maine Republican Se

In response to the federal funding freeze, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced he would join a multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

Some local leaders are calling out President Donald Trump's decision to reinstate what is known as the global gag rule.

Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.

Last Tuesday, Jan. 21, the day after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, the Kennebec Journal ran a banner headline reading “A Return to Power” on Page 1. Beneath the large headline was a huge photo of Trump being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Some believe the administration will alleviate financial pressures and secure the border. Others worry of potential consequences to the climate and immigrants.

Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president's first executive orders.

Trump's order could hinder development of Maine’s demonstration floating wind farm on a federal Gulf of Maine lease. And a suspension of federal permitting could impact a planned wind power project in Northern Maine.

On the first day of President Donald Trump’s second term, he used his executive power to remove protections for LGBTQ+ people, including a declaration that the federal government would not recognize trans and nonbinary people.

Maine, breaks with party to vote against Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary. Can he still get confirmed?

Meta agreed to pay President Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 federal lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations after his suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack.