NPR News: 07-14-2026 4AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Maine Independent Senator Angus King says the motorist fatally shot Monday morning by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers was not the target of the warrant the officers were trying to serve. King says he got that information from Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen. Maine Public's Ari Snyder is following what happened in Biddeford, a small city near Portland.

Ari Snyder0:26

Biddeford's a small city. It's maybe, you know, a little over twenty thousand people, and it's got deep immigrant roots, in part 'cause it was a mill town, and so it drew a lot of French Canadians. And now it has growing immigrant communities from other parts of the world, in part because people are being priced out of Portland, which is not far away, but it's quite expensive. [chuckles] The reaction there today on the ground was swift. Many residents, uh, said they're in shock that something like this could happen in their small town. You know, the shooting took place in the morning, and by noon, a couple hundred protesters were marching through downtown.

Giles Snyder· Host0:56

The shooting in Maine came less than a week after a similar shooting in Houston, Texas. The Maine Democratic Party has two weeks to select a new candidate to replace Senate nominee Graham Platner. NPR's Tamara Keith reports the process is now set, but voters are still reeling.

Tamara Keith1:12

Independent voter Joseph Berube had been disengaged from politics for decades, but Platner drew him back in. Now Platner is out after an allegation of rape he denies, and Berube is mad.

Joseph Berube· Soundbite1:25

I am more upset than I've ever been around a political figure in my whole life.