The move temporarily pauses the system’s agricultural research and programs weeks after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding for Maine because it allows transgender athletes to compete in sports.
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Gov. Mills says tariff back-and-forth creates ‘significant economic uncertainty’
President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.
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Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation react to Trump’s speech to Congress
Sen. Angus King said after the speech that ‘Putin is smiling,’ while Rep. Chellie Pingree said the president parroted Russian talking points on Ukraine.
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Trump, in speech to Congress, vows to keep up ‘swift and unrelenting action’
The more than 90-minute address added up to a defiant sales pitch for the policies that Trump promised during his campaign and leaned into during his first weeks back in office.
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Bill to ban transgender athletes from girls, women’s sports teams fails to advance in U.S. Senate
Maine’s senators split along political lines: Susan Collins, a Republican, voted to advance the bill, while Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, voted against it.
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Trump pauses US aid to Ukraine after Oval Office confrontation with Zelensky
Earlier Monday, the president attacked Ukraine’s for suggesting that the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine likely ‘is still very, very far away.’
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Haiti orphanage founder convicted of abusing minors faces lengthy prison term
Authorities arrested Michael Geilenfeld based on allegations brought by a Freeport, Maine, resident, who spoke to young men who said Geilenfeld abused them as boys.
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US attorney general threatens Gov. Mills with lawsuit over transgender athletes
‘Maine should be on notice,’ Pam Bondi said in a letter to the Maine governor over compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order on transgender students competing in school sports.
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Labor union leaders, including former BIW worker, call on Trump to boost US shipbuilding to counter China
Brian Bryant, a former Bath Iron Works pipefitter who is now president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, joined 3 other labor leaders in the joint letter to the president.