The Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, has not threatened to stop paying federal taxes if U.S. President Donald Trump stops federal funding for the state, contrary to online posts, a spokesperson for the governor said.

Kash Patel has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the FBI on Thursday in a vote of 51-49. The vote to confirm Patel was mostly along party lines, with all 47 Democrats voting against it and Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine also voting no.

On Tuesday, state officials in Maine responded to a report of five dead ducks found on the beach in York. The strain of bird flu known as H5N1 has resurfaced in the United States, according to an article published Tuesday by Harvard Health Publishing at Harvard Medical School.

A female high school track and field athlete is praising President Donald Trump for doing what she said Maine lawmakers won't: protect women from biological males competing against them in sports.

Wolfe's Neck is now considering next steps on how to achieve its goal of supporting 400 farm projects across the country and in Maine.

Lauren McCauley is the editor of Maine Morning Star. She has covered politics and policy in Maine for more than 10 years and is the former editor of Maine Beacon. Maine’s Democratic governor and President Donald Trump got into a tense exchange at the White House Friday morning after Trump threatened to withhold federal funding unless Maine complies with his recent executive order barring transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a home in the town of Sweden suffered life-threatening injuries. A supplemental budget in the Maine legislature to shore up a $118 million shortfall in Medicaid funding will not take effect immediately. The U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas. A person who was hospitalized with measles has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation. Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump's administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren't expected to save the government any money, the administration's own data shows.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville called out Maine Gov. Janet Mills over her recent feud with President Trump and her refusal to ban trans athletes from girls' sports.

Federal agencies launched reviews into the University of Maine's Title IX policies after a tense exchange between President Trump and the state's governor.

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Gov. Janet Mills released two statements addressing President Donald Trump's threat to withhold federal funding, but neither mentioned federal taxes.