Category Archives: Donald Trump

Democrats may need more than Kavanaugh vote backlash to defeat Susan Collins in 2020

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ vote may have given Democrats something they can use to rally against her, but the slate of potential opponents likely won’t be clear until after November.

The Senate is set to vote on Brett Kavanaugh. Where will Susan Collins land?

The Maine senator has been tight-lipped this week on the rapid developments around the Supreme Court nominee. She’ll have to decide on him today.

Susan Collins faces her most pressure-packed vote since Clinton impeachment

The FBI has delivered a confidential report on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which may force the undecided Maine senator to make up her mind on him by tomorrow.

Maine Republicans play Trump card in uphill battle to unseat Angus King

Neither U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin or Republican gubernatorial nominee Shawn Moody will be at the event, but a fundraising boost from the president’s son could still help them.

Pressure on Collins mounts as Republicans push hard to confirm Kavanaugh

Good morning from Augusta, which was far from the center of Maine’s political universe on Thursday. The day’s major political drama unfolded during almost nine hours of testimony before a U.S. Senate panel by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were […]

How Trump could help decide who wins control of the Maine Senate

Good morning from Augusta, where new sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee and confusion about the job status of the deputy attorney general got us thinking about where the president is most and least popular in Maine. We sorted the results of the 2016 presidential election between Trump, a Republican, and […]

Lobbying the feds on a Medicaid expansion plan may not make much difference

While Gov. Paul LePage is asking the federal government to reject the state’s court-ordered expansion plan, Maine is officially asking to follow federal law.

Collins undecided on next steps after alleged Kavanaugh victim comes forward

The Maine senator hasn’t yet joined two Republicans calling for a delay in Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination after a woman came forward publicly to back her claim that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school.

A LePage last stand, cost estimates and parting words from the Legislature’s final day

It’s unclear whether Gov. Paul LePage will see it as a victory, but he got lawmakers to pass a bill that looked dead as lawmakers reflected on a session marked by division.

Collins calls anti-Kavanaugh crowdfunding effort a ‘bribe’

They were some of the Maine senator’s strongest comments about liberal attempts to pressure her on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, which may be in vain.