A Maine-native was the recent target of criticism from Elon Musk after he testified in front of Congress about DOGE and government waste. But it wasn't his comments that were picked apart, instead Musk mocked the fact that he is blind. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette is a USM graduate who was raised in Maine.

Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

Unlike her sister Dolly Parton, Stella Parton doesn’t hold back when it comes to publicly talking politics.

President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the Unit

Musk’s unusual demand has faced resistance from several key US agencies led by the president’s loyalists — including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon — which instructed their employees over the weekend not to comply.