Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government ...

Rep. Christine Drazan, a prominent Republican from Canby, was appointed to fill an empty state Senate seat Thursday as she ...

"The View" hosts all criticized Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner over his Nazi-style tattoo and controversial ...

The Senate rejected a Republican bill that would have paid essential government workers during the ongoing 23-day government ...

The government shutdown stretched into Day 23 on Thursday as the Senate failed to advance a measure to pay some federal ...

Md., appeared to agree to negotiations Thursday afternoon on a plan to pay federal employees and potentially contractors amid ...

As the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week, lawmakers are no closer to ending it. The Senate blocked a bill ...

Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the law expire at the end of the year. Democrats say they won’t vote ...

The Senate failed to advance the House-passed funding bill that would end the government shutdown for the 12th time on ...