Elyse Apel

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Tom Joyce |Christian Wade |Elyse Apel |John Ransom

A politician who attempted to remove President Donald Trump from the Maine 2024 Republican primary ballot wants to be governor of the blue state. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows last week announced a run for governor ahead of the 2026 election. The Democrat is running to replace fellow liberal and incumbent Gov. Janet Mills, who is term-limited. Maine law prevents governors from serving three consecutive terms. “I believe now more than ever, we need a new day in America.

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Philip Lenczycki |John Ransom |Elyse Apel

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A U.S. electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suspended its permit application to build a plant near a Michigan National Guard base following fierce opposition. Chuck Thelen, CEO of Gotion Inc. — a “wholly owned and controlled” subsidiary of Chinese company Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co. Ltd.

3 weeks ago | readlion.com | Fred Lucas |Mariane Angela |Elyse Apel |John Ransom

(The Daily Signal) – A House panel heard Tuesday from experts about curbing the ability of district court judges to impose nationwide injunctions, which have been a thorny problem for President Donald Trump’s agenda. “This is not new, but it is not old. For 180 years of our nation, there were no such injunctions,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, during the hearing.