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Honoring victims, survivors and first responders following the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history was the first order of business for state lawmakers as they get back to work. Remembrances

Trump's lawyers argue that the presidency isn't explicitly mentioned in the amendment, only any "officer of the United States" — a legal term they contend doesn't apply to the president. Trump made the opposite argument defending against his prosecution for fraud by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, contending the case should move to federal court because the president is "an officer of the United States."

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.

Maine becomes the latest state to bar Trump from its 2024 ballot as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs state authority to block the former president from elections.

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state is removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s primary ballot. Shenna Bellows becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally to bar Trump under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Civil War-era clause bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from office. It’s the same provision cited recently by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the ballot in that state. The Trump campai...

Maines secretary of state found that Trump could no longer run for his prior job because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol

The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

By Nicholas Ricciardi and David Sharp | Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. While Maine has just four electoral votes, it’s one of two states to split them. Trump won one of Maine’...

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.

Maines Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the states presidential primary ballot under the Constitutions insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to continue his campaign.