Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is defending her recent remark that she feels “vindicated” for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The Supreme Court rejected appeals last week from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump; Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump; Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine professors’ union says a public university’s decision to enact tighter controls on pop-up courses will penalize students.

The University of Southern Maine is instituting the controls over pop-up courses following a course that proposed giving students credit ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine university is instituting stricter controls over pop-up courses following a course that proposed giving students credit for protesting against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

The University of Southern Maine barred retired professor Susan Feiner from teaching ...

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The federal government is investing more than $46 million in improvements to water systems in three Maine communities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making the money available in the form of grants and loans for water infrastructure projects in ...

FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — Three transportation projects around the state of Maine are getting a boost of nearly $27 million from the federal government.

One of the projects is in Kingfield, Woodstock and Fryeburg while one is in Waterville and another is a statewide effort by Maine Department ...

MACHIAS, Maine (AP) — Heart Start programs in Down East Maine will receive nearly $2 million to improve service.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the federal money will go to Downeast Community Partners for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s two senators have criticized President Donald Trump over his response to the CIA’s assessment of the involvement of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi (jah-MAHL’ khahr-SHOHK’-jee).

Trump said last week the ...

YORK, Maine (AP) — A southern Maine organization will receive more than $1.3 million from the federal government to beef up its support for low-income families.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say York County Community Action Corporation will use the money for ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s fingerprinting technology is going to get a significant upgrade thanks to help from the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Criminal History Improvement Program is granting the Maine Department of Public Safety more than $1.4 million ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jack Reed says more than $23 million in federal funding is available to help Rhode Island families and seniors keep warm this winter.

The Rhode Island Democrat says the Trump Administration proposed eliminating the Low Income Home Energy Assistance ...

Maine’s congressional delegation is forcefully denouncing pipe bombs and suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who faced her own scare with a letter that claimed to contain ricin, said there’s “no place in our society for threats or harassment ...

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — The Navy has awarded a contract of nearly $55 million for a 140-ton crane at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

The contract with Konecranes Nuclear Equipment and Services is part of the Navy’s plan to extend the life of up to seven Los Angeles-class attack submarines at ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A crowdfunding campaign that collected over $2 million for Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ prospective Democratic challenger in the 2020 election has raised legal concerns.

The Portland Press Herald

INDIAN TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Four American Indian groups in Maine will receive more than $400,000 from the federal government to respond to the impact of the opioid epidemic in native communities.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sending the money for substance abuse ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The University of Southern Maine barred from teaching a retired professor who organized a one-credit course for students to protest Republican Sen. U.S. Susan Collins in Washington as she considered then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

University president ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The alma mater of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says it has no plans to rescind an honorary degree it awarded the Maine Republican despite requests from alumni and faculty.

Hundreds of St. Lawrence University alumni who opposed the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Legislation backed by Maine’s two senators that is designed to protect songwriters has been signed into law.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King both supported the Music Modernization Act, which is now law. The bill is meant to ensure that ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in Maine both say the fight over the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has lit a fire under the voter base in advance of next month’s elections.

Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote in support of Kavanaugh that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s vote confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sent viewers flocking to Fox News Channel, which recorded its biggest Saturday audience in more than a decade.

Fox’s daytime audience was bigger than any for the network since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, ...

NORRIDEWOCK, Maine (AP) — A bridge over Maine’s Kennebec River now bears the name of a deputy killed in the line of duty.

The dedication of the Corporal Eugene Cole Memorial Bridge was held Sunday in the deputy’s hometown, Norridgewock, on what would’ve been his 62nd birthday.

Cole ...

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Despite the presence of protesters outside her Bangor home, Republican Sen. Susan Collins said that the response of Mainers has been “overwhelmingly positive” in the hours since her return after voting to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

“Many ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — A northern Maine nonprofit group is receiving more than $5 million from the federal Economic Development Administration to help turn a former paper mill into an industrial park.

Our Katahdin will use the money to build infrastructure such as roads and power on the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway; Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The remaining undecided Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, says he will support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The West Virginia senator announced his decision moments after the remaining undecided Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said she would vote to ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he’s “deeply disappointed” in a confidential FBI report about sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling it a “whitewash.”

A Judiciary Committee member, Blumenthal said Thursday ...