Representative Laurel Libby announced her decision not to run for reelection to the state legislature and instead will launch Lead Maine, a network aimed at educating, empowering, and mobilizing grassroots conservatives in Maine. Libby cited the challenges of being a minority legislator in an extreme Democrat majority, highlighting issues like a 65% budget increase, failing education, and rising healthcare costs. She emphasized the importance of maintaining Senator Susan Collins’ Senate seat, crucial for Republican control. Libby urged Mainers to get involved with Lead Maine to support conservative causes and prevent extreme candidates from gaining power.
Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, transit infrastructure and other prominent internet services.
The Justice Department engaged in a "disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps" in the process of securing an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday in directing prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with all grand jury materials from the case.
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managing federal disaster response.
President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party supported it.
