Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) appealed a ruling Friday that delays a decision on whether to kick former President Trump off the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment until the Supreme Court resolves whether he is disqualified, according to court documents. Bellows last month ruled that Trump could not appear on Maine’s...
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) blasted GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley for her recent remarks that America is not a racist country. Speaking Friday to CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, Lee refuted Haley’s comments that America has “little kinks” to fix. “Racism, institutional racism, is in the DNA of this country,” Lee said. “When you look at...
Scott Peterson, the California man who was convicted of murder in 2004 in the deaths of his wife and their unborn son, is getting new legal assistance from the Los Angeles Innocence Project. The Los Angeles Innocence Project said in a brief statement to The Hill that it "is investigating his claim of actual innocence."...
The Houthi rebels unsuccessfully targeted another U.S.-owned tanker Thursday night in their latest attack in the Red Sea. Houthi fighters launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at the M/V Chem Ranger, a Marshall Island-flagged and Greek-operated tanker ship, at 9 p.m. local time, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The missiles did not hit the tanker...
Top NATO official Adm. Rob Bauer warned Thursday that a larger war with Russia and other adversaries is a real threat amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Bauer, chair of the Western security alliance's Military Committee, said "not everything is going to be hunky dory in the next 20 years." "I'm not saying it is...
Ford is slashing its production of electric pickup the F-150 Lightning, citing weak demands for the vehicle. The automaker is reducing production of its “top-selling electric pickup in the U.S.” to get “optimal” balance of profitability, sales growth and production, the company said Friday. The move signals the latest cuts in the electric vehicle (EV)...
EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee is demanding answers from the Treasury Department and its financial crimes enforcement division after revelations the agencies urged private financial institutions to “surveil" private transactions using “politically charged search terms" to flag customer profiles to federal law enforcement.
Future Forward, the main outside group backing President Biden's 2024 candidacy, raked in an astronomical $208 million last year to aid him in his re-election fight.
A GOP-led committee in the Kentucky House approved legislation that would keep felons locked up after three violent offenses. Critics say it doesn't address the actual causes of crime.