Former Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson has emerged as Democrats’ likely pick to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
The FBI will no longer investigate assault confrontations with ICE agents, according to two people familiar with the directives.
According to those sources, FBI special agents in charge of field offices and agents in those field offices were told Thursday that the FBI would no longer investigate cases of assault against a federal officer.
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LONDON — Over to you, Andy Burnham.
The man dubbed the “King of the North” became the new British prime minister today, the latest in a revolving door of leaders who will attempt to halt a decade of political turbulence and economic stagnation.
Burnham, 56, was appointed unchallenged after the unpopular Keir Starmer agreed to step down last month following a series of election defeats, U-turns and scandals.
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The Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a case on excessive fines in the upcoming term in October.
The case involves a pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, who helped a passenger load cargo onto Jouppi’s plane in preparation for a flight from Fairbanks International Airport in Alaska to Beaver Village, Alaska, in 2012.
Before departure, state troopers executed a search warrant on the plane and discovered nine gallons of beer in plain sight. Because Beaver Village has a local statute that prohibits importing alcoholic beverages, Jouppi was sentenced to imprisonment, a fine and the forfeiture of the plane used to facilitate the illegal transportation into the community.
Jouppi brought a lawsuit arguing that the forfeiture of the airplane violated the excessive fines clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The justices will hear arguments about how courts determine whether a fine contravenes the excessive fines clause, which holds that the amount of the fine “must bear some relationship to the gravity of the offense that it is designed to punish.” A key question is whether courts should consider the gravity of the underlying offense purely in the abstract or the seriousness of the specific defendant’s wrongdoing.
The case will be one of more than 20 that have already been granted for the next term, including on the topic of the Second Amendment, environmental issues, voting rights and immigration.
The national average price for regular gasoline hit $4 per gallon again today as the renewed conflict with Iran and Ukraine-Russia attacks rattle energy markets.
It’s the first time that the national average has been at $4 or higher since June 17.
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Second lady Usha Vance gave birth yesterday to her fourth child, Vice President JD Vance announced on X.
“We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning,” Vance said in a statement. “Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother.”
Usha Vance, 40, is the first woman since the 1870s to give birth while her husband is vice president.
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Trump said the new Air Force One plane that was gifted by Qatar will be sent away for upgrades, amid swirling concerns about its security features.
As he returned from a trip to the FIFA World Cup final in New Jersey yesterday, Trump was asked by reporters whether the plane lacked missile-defense capabilities.
“It has a lot of capability,” Trump said of the jet, which he started using this month. “But as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re gonna send it to have it be maxed out. … It’ll take about a month,” Trump added. He did not detail the nature of the works.
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Former state Senate President Troy Jackson emerged from a whirlwind weekend of voting as Maine Democrats’ likely pick to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
By last night, all of Jackson’s major opponents had dropped out of the race, including Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, physician Nirav Shah and former congressional staffer Jordan Wood, who reversed course after initially committing to remain in the race.
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The Pentagon today released the names of two soldiers killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan, identifying them as 25-year-old Tyler James Feehan of Hawaii and 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas.
Gonzales was killed Friday and Feehan was killed Saturday. The Defense Department did not provide details on the exact circumstances of their deaths.
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