As less than a year remains before the US presidential elections, former President Donald Trump is leading incumbent President Joe Biden in pivotal swing states critical for the 2024 race, according to recent surveys.
This decision follows a similar move by the Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month, making Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from running for office.
The decision contrasts with the recent ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court, which kicked Trump off its primary ballot because of his role in the January 6 Capitol riot. That decision has been paused pending an appeal.
The Colorado Supreme Court has removed former US President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn't an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban," CNN reported.
The US government’s credit rating has been downgraded by the Fitch Ratings from AAA to AA, citing a “steady deterioration in standards of governance," CNN reported on Tuesday.
The Monday's violence came when masked youths, wearing paramilitary uniforms, marched through the street to commemorate the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, in which Irish nationalists launched an armed insurrection in protest of British rule.
Protesters supporting the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro besieged government buildings on Sunday, calling for the military to intervene and oust the leftist hero Lula da Silva.
The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection voted to approve the referral of multiple criminal charges against former US president Donald Trump, reported CNN.
Earlier in 2020, Trump's account was suspended in the wake of the January 6 insurrection at Capitol Hill following the US Presidental elections, resulting in legal troubles for the former US President.
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): The US Congressional committee probing the attack on Capitol Hill has summoned former US President Donald Trump to testify on last year's January 6 violence.