Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson formally clinched the Democratic nod to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in November, giving the party just 100 days to quickly turn the tides in the must-win race. Jackson handily won on Saturday with 566 votes during the Democratic nomination convention in Bangor, Maine. His only challenger, biopharmaceutical executive Saundra...

The U.S. will initiate a “phased reopening” next month of the country’s southern cattle ports, which were closed in May following the detection of a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday. The USDA will reopen the livestock port in Douglas, Ariz, on Aug. 24. Ports in two...

A new Politico poll reported 3 in 5 Americans believe gas prices in their area rose more than it actually has. The results stated that roughly 1 in 4 Americans thought gas in their zip code had risen by $3 or more which has not actually occurred in any zip code in the U.S. as...

The constituencies built by out-of-the-box candidates like Wallace and Trump are unique to them.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced Saturday they fired missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia, claiming retaliation for Saudi attacks on Yemen’s coastal city of Hodeida. Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the militant group's spokesperson, said in a social media post that the Houthis executed two military operations “in response to this blatant and criminal aggression” from Saudi...

Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger and former state Senate president, now faces Susan Collins in Maine's Senate race ranked a toss-up.

Saritha Komatireddy accused Letitia James of failing to investigate nonprofit homeless shelters despite billions in taxpayer funding and fraud claims.

A $35,000 bribe allegedly tied to a COVID-19 testing contract led to Sylvia Luke's indictment, with Gov. Josh Green calling for her resignation.

Rep. Brandon Gill is the youngest House Republican and is lauded as a rising star within the party.