Governor Janet Mills is delaying action on 61 bills, including measures to ban untraceable firearms and allow Wabanaki nations to offer online gambling. She has until January to act, potentially vetoing or allowing the bills to become law. Mills’ office testified against the online gambling bill, indicating a clear stance. Meanwhile, the IRS has filed a court case suggesting that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements without losing their tax-exempt status, arguing it aligns with the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and religion. The IRS’s stance challenges a 71-year-old tax policy that prohibited such endorsements.
Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty. But the disgraced lawyer won't be leaving prison anytime soon.
Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.
The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4% during the month; the month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.
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