Sen. Angus King

King recently met with some of the 38 Mainers who are two weeks into a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians.

King said the bill would kick tens of thousands of Mainers off of Medicaid health insurance because of work requirements and other changes. And he said that most able-bodied adults enrolled in the program already work.

King also said that President Trump is "attempting to govern like a monarch." The independent also accused many of his colleagues of deliberately ignoring what he sees as Trump's violations of the constitution.

The independent senator's appearance Maine Calling yielded a flood of emails and phone calls from people opposing the president's actions. But he says everyone should be worried about the erosion of checks on the president's power and what that means for his successor and American democracy.

The proposal would have direct implications in Maine, where a law has allowed some transgender athletes to compete in women's sports. The Trump administration has threatened to yank the state's share of federal funding, launched a series of investigations and threatened to sue the state.

Maine's two senators have voted opposite of one another on more than a half-dozen of President Trump's Cabinet picks. The latest, vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will now lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Russell Vought formerly led the Office of Management and Budget. But he was also a key architect of Project 2025, the conservative playbook that appears to be influencing many of Trump's recent actions.

Maine 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has generally refrained from criticizing President Trump. But he suggested the president is being sidelined by the world's richest man.

Gabbard, a former congresswoman and an Army Reserve officer, faced challenging questions from senators on both sides of the aisle during her confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined more than 20 of his Democratic colleagues in suing to block the budget move while members of Maine's delegation called for congressional action.