Maine’s secretary of state said Thursday that former President Trump was ineligible to be on the state's primary ballot under the 14th Amendment, becoming the second state to take such action. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, said she had concluded that Trump "over the course of several months and culminating on January...
Former GOP presidential candidate Will Hurd, who is backing Nikki Haley for president, said Thursday he thought the former South Carolina governor would survive the controversy around her remarks about the Civil War. “People are trying to use this as a thing because she has momentum, and that momentum is not going to change,” Hurd,...
Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) went after Elon Musk on Thursday, demanding that the Tesla owner correct false statements about the safety of the company’s vehicles. The letter comes after a report from Reuters last week found the company knowingly deployed defective parts to customers for years, avoiding recalls and potentially putting...
The Israeli military acknowledged Thursday two deadly strikes on the Maghazi refugee camp on Christmas Eve that killed dozens of Palestinians, noting the attacks killed civilians. The admission comes as the Palestinian death toll exceeds 20,000 in the Israel-Hamas war and pressure rises on Israel to halt its all-out offensive in Gaza. The Israeli military...
Israeli officials concluded Thursday that the soldiers who fired and accidentally killed three hostages in Gaza earlier this month were not justified in the shooting. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the findings of an investigation into the shooting that says troops were aware of the possibility that hostages taken by the Palestinian militant group...
The Justice Department on Thursday said it will sue Texas if it enforces a new anti-illegal immigration law which the Biden administration believes is unconstitutional.
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie is defending his decision to stay in the presidential race in a new ad that says former President Donald Trump will "burn America to the ground."