Maine

North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Alaska, Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire are at the center of a new $342 million ad reservation from the Senate Leadership Fund, the Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a move that underscores how defensive the 2026 Senate map has become for the GOP even as Republicans still hold the chamber.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has launched her first negative ad in the Democratic Senate primary, escalating an increasingly bitter contest against progressive challenger Graham Platner in one of the party's top pickup opportunities of the 2026 midterms.

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, said he has covered a chest tattoo after learning it was widely recognized as a Nazi symbol

Jamaican-born police officer Jon Luke Evans has agreed to return to Jamaica after being arrested by ICE.

The chief of police of a Maine town is seeking an investigation into the arrest of one of its officers after ICE claimed he was in the country illegally

A Jamaican citizen who overstayed his visa and was working as a reserve police officer in Maine was arrested after attempting to purchase a firearm

Pro-choice Senator Angus King (I-MA) said he made a "mistake" by voting to confirm staunchly anti-abortion lawyer Josh Divine to a lifetime federal judgeship.

A Maine teenager who offered to help police investigate the murder of a female paddle boarder has now been accused of committing the crime himself, authorities say.

A flight from Cancun to London turned into a 17-hour nightmare after two passengers allegedly broke an FAA rule, forcing the flight to land in the US.

A Maine police department doubled down on the authenticity of a drug seizure photo — only to later admit that the photo had been altered by AI.

President Trump initiated a public spat with Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills over whether she will comply with his executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.

"See you in court," said a defiant Janet Mills after Trump singled her out on the matter

A coalition of a dozen state attorneys general announced plans to file a lawsuit aimed at blocking Elon Musk and DOGE from accessing the U.S. Treasury payment systems.

A Texas man called police, claiming his girlfriend tried to kill him. However, authorities believe that he actually cut his own face with a razor to frame her.

Residents in Maine were warned to stay away from brown snow that suddenly started falling in Rumford, a town about two hours north of Portland, on Tuesday.

A Maine landowner is offering a free 50-to-100-year lease for seven acres of farmland to someone interested in farming the land.

A beloved tabby cat named Morgan sparked a multi-day rescue operation in Yarmouth, Maine, after becoming trapped in a storm drain system.

The wife of a Republican congressman claimed an incident initially reported as assault was actually a misunderstanding, and her husband was only protecting her.

Lawyers claim the Army ignored clear mental health warning signs regarding Robert Card, who killed 18 people in the Lewiston shooting, before he opened fire.

A 21-year-old man changed his plea to guilty in the fatal stabbing of his 52-year-old coworker whom he reportedly harbored a crush on but "just wanted to" kill.

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly misgendered Maine's first female Governor Janet Mills whilst simultaneously condemning her politics on a phone call with his own supporters in Maine.

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

Experts worry that the organizations, which now dominate money laundering worldwide, pose a potential national security threat to the U.S.

When Kyle Green and his partner learned a gunman had just gone on a shooting spree near their home in Lewiston, Maine, they slowly lowered the blinds and told their children it was movie night.

At least 22 people were killed and "many, many more" were injured in shootings in the city of Lewiston, Maine Wednesday evening, local officials reported, with police saying that the gunman was still at large.

An injured man who was found clutching his severed arm was saved by two public workers trained in the use of tourniquets in Maine on Friday, Jan. 21.

A lottery ticket that reportedly won $3 million was sold to a regular customer at a Westbrook convenience store.

A Maine high school has fired their head coach and canceled the rest of their football season after a hazing incident where a dildo was forcibly inserted in a student's throat.

Denise Scott Ramsey was identified on Thursday, Aug. 19, as the corpse that was found under her father's shed in May, a year and a half after she first went missing.

Two Massachusetts men have been sentenced to at least 15 years in jail on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Portland following a plot to socialize with their victim in a hot tub party before stealing money, medical marijuana, and a truck from his York home in 2019.