Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was the target of a “swatting call” on Friday night, state police said in a statement. The incident happened just a day after Bellows, a Democrat, ruled former President Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot next year. State police said they received a […]
Maine’s top election official on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, issued the decision after presiding over an administrative hearing earlier this month on Trump’s eligibility after a bipartisan group of former state lawmakers challenged […]
Republicans on Thursday night slammed the Maine secretary of state’s decision to bar Donald Trump from the GOP primary ballot as “an attack on democracy” and called for the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule it. Maine became the second state to declare the former president ineligible to serve as president due to his involvement in […]
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, issues a determination that former President Donald Trump is prohibited from seeking office again in 2024 due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The Colorado Republican Party officially asks the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on that same question. With primary […]
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, issues a determination that former President Donald Trump is prohibited from seeking office again in 2024 due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The Colorado Republican Party officially asks the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on that same question. With primary […]
Dec. 27—A nationwide search for a new state investment officer didn’t require leaving New Mexico after all. The State Investment Council voted Wednesday to select Jon Clark, an Albuquerque native, for the high-profile position. Clark has served as deputy secretary of the state Economic Development Department since March 2019 and has been filling in as […]
Dec. 27—A nationwide search for a new state investment officer for New Mexico didn’t require an out-of-state search after all. The State Investment Council voted Wednesday to select Jon Clark, an Albuquerque native, for the high-profile position. Clark has served as deputy secretary of the New Mexico Economic Development Department since March 2019, and has […]
Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has said that 20% of Russia’s fleet has been destroyed. Source: Danilov in an interview with Voice of America Quote: “Of course, we would like to have a much better situation regarding the liberation of our territories. But in parallel with this process, […]
Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! SENATE RETURNS SU NOMINATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE Via David Lightman… The Senate returned Julie Su’s nomination as Secretary of Labor to the White House as it wrapped up its 2023 business, but the former California cabinet official is expected to remain on the job. President Joe […]
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries trekked through Mexico on Sunday, heading toward the U.S. border. The procession came just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Mexico City to hammer out new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry […]
While Americans pack for a busy weekend of holiday plans, thousands of military service members continue to protect the United States at duty stations around the world. On Thursday and Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made personal phone calls to thank those who are serving abroad during […]
Dec. 22—Assemblyman Vince Fong sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Friday in an attempt to overturn her week-old rejection of his candidacy for the state’s 20th Congressional District seat being vacated by his mentor, fellow Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy. The lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court argues Weber was wrong to conclude Fong was […]