Your Vote 2026

The president's comment on social media came two weeks after the Maine Republican opposed his administration's bill to rescind $9 billion that had already been approved by Congress.

Gov. Janet Mills, a top recruitment target for Democrats, has effectively frozen the field of prospective challengers to Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Mills says she has no timetable to make a decision.

State Sen. Rick Bennett announced Tuesday that he's unenrolling from the Republican party to run for governor as an independent, an entry that could shake up the 2026 contest.