President Donald Trump's plans to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending sent shockwaves to federally-funded programs in Maine.

Some believe the administration will alleviate financial pressures and secure the border. Others worry of potential consequences to the climate and immigrants.

Some local leaders are calling out President Donald Trump's decision to reinstate what is known as the global gag rule.

Monday memo caused widespread confusion and concern because it was initially unclear how the freeze would impact a myriad of programs that rely on federal funding.

Maine, meanwhile, is mired in a long-running debate over where to develop an offshore wind port — Mack Point, an existing industrial port in Searsport, or adjacent Sears Island, an undeveloped state-owned island linked by a causeway.

In separate legal actions, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine sued the Trump administration over its executive order on Monday to rescind birthright citizenship.

The number of states suing the Trump administration, including Maine, over birthright citizenship is growing. Under the 14th Amendment, anyone born in the U.S. is granted automatic citizenship, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president's first executive orders.

Let's set aside the biting environmental imperative for the development of offshore wind energy, if we can, and think for a moment about the near-term economic imperative for the State of Maine. Forget about the irony of the new administration undertaking to "consider the environmental impact of wind projects on wildlife.

The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration has continued to ramp up throughout his first week in office with agents carrying out targeted operations.

Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to flood downtown Portland in response to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday.

A Portland mom seeking asylum says there has been a lot of fear since President Trump announced new immigration policies, but she still feels safe sending her children to school.