Tag: Maine

President Trump on Monday urged lawmakers not to leave for their summer break in August until they've completed work on a bill to start dismantling Obamacare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democratic lawmaker flips out over Trump: ‘You’re a f—-ing p—-y’

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2017 5:36 pm

"I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they'll write these stupid stories because they are just so stupid," Maine Gov. Paul LePage said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine Gov. Paul LePage suggests he makes up stories to mislead media

Melissa Quinn · July 6, 2017 7:47 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Tuesday that she plans to vote against the Senate healthcare bill unless it is "dramatically changed." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Susan Collins wants Senate healthcare bill ‘dramatically changed’

Cathy Gainor · July 4, 2017 8:33 pm

Sen. Susan Collins has said she is weighing a gubernatorial run. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Susan Collins supports Indiana-modeled Medicaid expansion for Maine: Report

Kimberly Leonard · June 5, 2017 3:04 am

Governments are starting to roll back efforts as studies show that the higher minimums are hurting economies. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Opposition stiffens against movement for higher minimum wage

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2017 11:50 am

An adviser said Paul LePage is still focused on reforms at the state level. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine governor won’t run for Angus King’s Senate seat in 2018

Anna Giaritelli · May 11, 2017 2:39 am

President Trump congratulated Maine Gov. Paul LePage on his recent weight loss during remarks at the Department of Interior on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump: I like Maine Gov. Paul LePage both ‘heavy’ and ‘thin’

Caitlin Yilek · April 26, 2017 3:52 pm

An American flag fell during an inopportune moment. (Screengrab/YouTube)

Watch an American flag fall behind DNC chairman Tom Perez as he says Hillary Clinton’s name

Sean Langille · April 18, 2017 8:37 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Tuesday during a radio interview that she is mulling whether to run governor in 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Susan Collins weighing Maine gubernatorial run

Kimberly Leonard · April 11, 2017 5:43 pm

The state doesn't want to, and shouldn't, pay to create or exacerbate its own obesity problem. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

Maine’s common-sense approach on food stamps and soda pop

David Freddoso · February 21, 2017 3:51 pm

In announcing their opposition to Betsy DeVos' nomination to be secretary of education, Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are caving to one of the most destructive special interest groups in politics: teachers unions. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Collins and Murkowski abandon conservatives for teachers unions

alice-stewart · February 5, 2017 12:00 am

With the Antiquities Act of 1906, Congress sought to protect "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

Beltway Confidential

Trump should undo two of Obama’s illegal national monuments

William Perry Pendley · February 1, 2017 5:47 pm