Matthew Brackley returned to his electrical business in West Bath after serving a fraction of his 15-month prison sentence for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump signed a handful of executive orders Monday, including declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

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.

"It’s not his job to reinterpret the Constitution. It’s his job to follow the Constitution," Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said Tuesday.

In the weeks after the election, appointments for contraceptives, like IUDs, grew at Maine's Planned Parenthood centers from a weekly average of 26 to 48.

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.

Eleven of the 15 have already been convicted while the rest await trial. The president's clemency includes 1,500 alleged or convicted rioters, drawing a mixed reaction from Maine's congressional delegation.

While Maine voters have overwhelmingly passed laws in the past two general elections to place stricter regulations on money in politics, those reforms have so far been blocked as legal battles play out in the courts.

"I do not support pardons given to people who engaged in violence on January 6, including assaulting police officers," Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) said. Maine Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine) provided a statement when asked about the pardons.

The chair of the Maine Democratic Party announced Thursday she won’t seek re-election when members select leaders later this month. Bev Uhlenhake, a former city councilor and mayor in Brewer and former chair of the Penobscot County Democrats, has served as chair of the state party since January 2023. She is also a previous vice chair of the party.

President Trump revoked a Biden-era executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in a census count used for election maps.

Bobby Hite, Suzanne Sayer and Chelsea Suvlu will be on the March 11 special election ballot to replace ex-School Committee member Benjamin Briggs, according to Town Clerk Jillian Richards. The filing period ended Friday, Jan. 10. Briggs, who was elected in November 2022, resigned due to moving out of Maine.