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The independent also said he was appalled by Trump administration's suggestions that the U.S. could use the military to take control of the arctic territory.

The four lawmakers agreed the Trump administration should have consulted Congress and called Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator or an illegitimate leader. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins was less critical of the Trump administration than Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and independent Sen. Angus King.

This is an excerpt from a lengthy conversation with Golden, a Democrat, about what motivated his decision not to seek a fifth term representing Maine's 2nd District. The 43-year-old said he has no immediate plans to seek elected office after more than a decade in Congress and the Maine Legislature. But he also isn't ruling it out.

The class-action lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that sought to end the automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents' citizenship status. The dispute centers on differing interpretations of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Gov. Janet Mills and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree have accused the Trump administration of targeting hungry people as it threatens to cut off some SNAP funding to about 20 left-leaning states. But the Trump administration says it needs personal data on all SNAP recipients nationwide to root out fraud and waste in the food stamps program.

The two members of Maine's delegations serve on the House and Senate committees that oversee the Defense Department and whose bipartisan leaders have already pledged to look into the incident in the Caribbean.

In a rare feat, more than half of the 435-member House signed onto Golden's "discharge petition" to force a vote — likely sometime in early-December — to rescind what the Maine Democrat describes as blatant "union busting."

Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of treason and sedition punishable by death after the group — all veterans and former intelligence officers — posted a video pointing out that the law requires military and intelligence personnel to refuse to follow illegal or unconstitutional orders.

State officials now estimate that as a result of federal policy changes, about 1,200 people in Maine could lose their long-term housing and risk becoming homeless.

As the controversial demolition of the east wing of the White House moves forward, members of Maine's congressional delegation are accusing the Trump Administration of overstepping long held boundaries and traditions when designing his new ballroom.