The chosen replacement for Peter Mills, who retired from the job last fall, is deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire ...

A six-term Salem lawmaker who co-chaired two of President Donald J. Trump campaigns in the state has been named as head of the New England’s regional federal ...

Salem, resigned the House seat he's held for six terms to join the Trump administration as the Region 1 administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Boston. The federal Hatch Act ...

The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon’s nomination because ...

New England fishermen say that amid layoffs and a Trump-issued executive order to limit new regulations, it's unclear when — or if — they'll be able to fish this year.

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

Many towns are also looking for seven-figure appropriations for major infrastructure projects, including new fire stations ... from the Federal Emergency Management Agency if voters approve.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that ...

Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...

The Texas governor gained national attention by busing migrants to Democratic cities. Now he’s paving the way for President ...

The National Weather Service isn't providing details about how staffing shortages will affect its Maine operations, but staff meteorologists said the interruption of weather balloon launches at one of ...