Sen. Susan Collins vowed on Thursday to fight cutbacks to National Institutes of Health research grants, saying she will personally lobby the Trump administration and is helping to form a broad coalition in an attempt to reverse the funding caps.
Maine's Republican senator cited Patel's 'aggressive political activity' as one reason for her opposition and Democrats warned that Patel had vowed to seek revenge against anti-Trump conspirators.
Congressional leaders could soon scrap weeks of budget talks in favor of a simple funding extension as Republicans weigh the best strategy to avert a government shutdown. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told Senate Republicans at a Tuesday lunch that an extension out to September,
A Madawaska Democrat, Natasha Alcala, became the first member of her party to jump into what is likely to be a hotly contested 2026 U.S. Senate race in Maine when she filed paperwork last week with the Federal Election Commission. Alcala briefly entered last year’s U.S. Senate contest but never qualified for the ballot.
Key moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced she is voting against Kash Patel to be director of the FBI under President Donald Trump.
Sen. Susan Collins is “very concerned” about how the Trump administration’s mass firings in the federal government will affect her home state. “I’m very concerned about the impact on the ...
Feb. 16—National political insiders and observers are already eyeing Sen. Susan Collins' bid for reelection in 2026 as a potentially pivotal race — and a very expensive one. One prominent ...