Vermont’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the creation of a pilot overdose prevention center in the state’s largest city of Burlington, including a safe injection site where people could use narcotics under the supervision of trained staff and be revived if they take too much. Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, wrote in a letter to lawmakers on Thursday that while such sites are well-intentioned...

A moderate Republican senator finally broke her silence on former President Trump’s conviction on Friday, lamenting the focus “Trump’s legal drama” takes away from President Biden’s “indefensible record.” “These distractions have given the Biden campaign a free pass as the focus has shifted from Biden’s indefensible record and the damage his policies have done to Alaska and our nation’s economy, to Trump’s legal drama,” wrote Sen. Lisa Murkowski,...

Progressive megadonor George Soros’s son and heir to his enterprise advised Democrats on Friday to emphasize former President Trump’s status as a “convicted felon,” after he was found guilty by a New York jury on charges filed by a district attorney that the powerful Soros family helped elect.  “Democrats should refer to Trump as a convicted felon at every opportunity,” Alexander Soros wrote on X. SENATE DEMS IN...