Matt Gagnon criticized Shenna Bellows for manipulating the language of a voter ID referendum question, leading with less popular changes to absentee ballots and drop boxes to obscure the main issue. He argued that the question should have prioritized voter ID and listed other changes separately. Gagnon also suggested that Bellows’ actions were unethical and compared her to other reprehensible figures in Maine politics. Additionally, Gagnon discussed a poll question about cutting federal research funding to elite universities like Harvard and Columbia, noting that 87% of respondents supported it, despite his own conflicted feelings on the issue.
They gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday — former presidents, vice presidents, sworn political foes and newfound friends — in a show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of President Donald Trump.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance took their first trip together, spending time in North Carolina on Wednesday with service members and their families to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice as the holidays approach.
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
