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Hearings began is week in Colorado and Minnesota on whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from running for president in 2024 because of Jan. 6 Hearings began this week on whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for president in 2024 because of his actions around the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Monday morning in Denver, a historic five-day evidentiary hearing began for a lawsuit filed against Trump by six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters represented by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). A similar hearing is set for Thursday in Minneapolis. CREW President Noah Bookbinder has said that his organization brought its suit in Colorado because "it is necessary to defend our republic both today and in the future." The group's complaint accuses Trump of inciting and aiding the mob at the Capitol two years ago, which he denies. He was impeached on similar charges but acquitted by Rep...

Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, says he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year HELSINKI -- Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, said Thursday he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year. Veteran politician Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s top diplomat since 2019 and a former leader of the Greens party, told reporters in a news conference that he would run as an independent candidate through a constituency association in the January 2024 election . The Finnish head of state is elected by a popular vote every six years. Haavisto, 65, has topped recent presidential polls by several media outlets. He is currently the caretaker foreign minister as Finland in the process of getting a new government following April’s general election . Haavisto is one of Finland’...

Mike Pence and Donald Trump are among the speakers in Indianapolis. Just days after two mass shootings, former President Donald Trump addressed gun rights activists at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Indianapolis on Friday. "I was proud to be the most pro-gun, pro-Second Amendment president you've ever had in the White House -- I think that's been acknowledged -- and with your support, in 2024, I will be your loyal friend and fearless champion once again as the 47th president of the United States," Trump said Friday. Trump spoke for nearly an hour and the recent Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky, shootings only came up towards the very end of his speech. In this screen grab from a video, former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, on April 14, 2023. Pool via ABC News "It is a scandal and a tragedy that year after year, Democrats in Washington continue to ho...