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Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year have been reindicted.

 

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Federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier to prove citizenship when registering to vote

A federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier for voters to prove their U.S. citizenship. U.S.

 

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Vance takes his fight against fraud to red Ohio, muddying waters for GOP’s Vivek Ramaswamy

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

 

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US Rep. Max Miller sues his ex-wife for defamation in escalation of long-running divorce feud

Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team.

 

Jury deliberations begin in murder retrial of former Ohio deputy who fatally shot Black man

A jury has begun deliberating in the retrial of a former sheriff’s deputy in Ohio charged with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020.

 

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Ohio set for marquee races in the fall. US Senate contest seen as crucial for control of the chamber

Tuesday’s primary in Ohio set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber during a difficult midterm year.

 

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The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she’ll face some steep challenges in the November general election.

 

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Supreme Court denies appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker’s and lobbyist’s convictions in $60M scheme

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme.

 

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Ohio GOP primary for governor shows potential headwinds for Ramaswamy as he looks to fall campaign

Ohio’s Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race.

 

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Republicans plan big spending to keep Ohio’s Senate seat. A bribery scandal adds to their challenges

A political bribery scandal in Ohio is shadowing Jon Husted this election year. The Republican senator has never been charged or accused of any crime, and he’s said he wasn’t aware of any criminal activity.

 

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Universities pressured to strip names of those who appear in the Epstein files from campus buildings

Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for those connected to the files on the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

 

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Jury can’t reach verdict in corruption trial of 2 ex-FirstEnergy executives in $60M bribery scandal

A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio’s $60 million bribery scandal.

 

Some state officials say shifting mail ballot deadline will complicate plans for November elections

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether mail ballots that arrive after Election Day should be counted.

 

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Democrats sharpen criticism of Vance as they look past Trump to the 2028 presidential campaign

Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders.

 

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Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a public-private partnership with SoftBank and AEP Ohio to develop a massive artificial intelligence data center and power complex at a former uranium enrichment site in southern Ohio.

 

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Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day.

 

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Jury deliberating in corruption trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives accused of $4.3 million bribe

Jurors in Ohio have begun deliberating in the corruption trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their alleged roles in the $60 million bribery scheme centered on a $1 billion nuclear plant bailout.

 

The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many US voters

Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that’s backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections.

 

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Ohio State names provost as its new president after predecessor’s abrupt resignation

Ohio State has moved past the abrupt resignation of the university’s president by elevating its chief academic officer into the role.

 

US Sen. Jon Husted testifies remotely in ex-FirstEnergy executives’ corruption trial

Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has testified remotely in Akron, Ohio, in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives.

 

Judge pauses Ohio’s plan to fund new Browns stadium with unclaimed funds

Ohio’s plan to use unclaimed funds to help fund construction of a new domed stadium for the Cleveland Browns has been temporarily blocked in court.

 

Ohio State University’s president resigns after reporting ‘inappropriate relationship’

Ohio State President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. has resigned abruptly after disclosing “an inappropriate relationship” with a person who was seeking public resources for her business.

 

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FBI joins Cincinnati police search for suspect after 9 wounded in nightclub shooting

Federal authorities are joining local police in the search for a suspect in a weekend nightclub shooting in Cincinnati that wounded nine people.

 

Billionaire Les Wexner says he was ‘duped’ by adviser Jeffrey Epstein, ‘a world-class con man’

The billionaire behind the retail empire that once blanketed shopping malls with names such as Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch has told members of Congress he was “duped by a world-class con man,” his close financial adviser Jeffrey Epstein.

 

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Trial of ex-FirstEnergy executives charged in $60M Ohio bribery scheme begins

The $4.3 million that Akron-based FirstEnergy paid veteran utility lawyer Sam Randazzo in 2019 is at the center of another criminal trial tied to Ohio’s sweeping $60 million bribery scandal.

 

Texas stunner: Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate district Trump won by 17 points

Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.

 

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Illinois surgeon pleads not guilty to the killings of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in Ohio

An Illinois doctor has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the December shooting deaths of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in their Columbus home.

 

Vance’s message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown

Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city. But during his stop in Minnesota on Thursday, he blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that’s convulsed the state during the White House’s aggressive deport

 

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Suspect charged in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home pleads not guilty

A man charged with vandalizing Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home has pleaded not guilty. William D.

 

IMAX movie tells Ohio’s environmental comeback story from burning river to top-ranked state parks

When you think IMAX, chances are your mind goes to those immersive documentaries that take you inside volcanoes, deep under oceans or to distant planets.

 

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